Liverpool And not Manchester United by Jamil Shawwa

While in Gaza, the English  football was one of those premier sports events that I used to watch, in addition to the football in Gaza, the West Bank, and the State of Israel.  When  I went to a boarding  school in Jerusalem at 10 years old, I probably can say  that it was the time that I actually picked up a team; Leeds United, to be  a favorite. But I recall very well, Liverpool, it has always been  a team that captured the attention, at that time, around 1974-1977, it was the premiere English league top team; actually, Mancheter United did not have all that spark during those years if I remember well.  But later on, I came to know that Manchester United, historically, has been and until now, England's top team. Just to flex my muscles and show off my knowledge of football in England and Brittain- not a joke, there is a difference when it comes to football in Britain between England and Brittain; they are not the  same. England , Scotland and Wales have separate football leagues and compete in World Cup qualification. Of course, the United Kingdom is all three entities combined and still is as far as I'm concerned and know- I did not  research to see if anything has changed- too lazy this  morning to go beyond the obvious and the known.   I used I buy an English football magazines called Shoot!and another one called Football,  sometimes exchanged with other friends in that boarding school in Ramallah- the boarding school, St.George, was in Jerusalem but the boarding house was in Ramallah. In the picture from goal.com are England's top teams Manchester United and Liverpool playing this weekend, and I 'm calling this one for Liverpool, again, against all odds.