It will pain all Yorkshire football fans to do it but we should unite behind United tonight.

The rest of the country will be supporting Manchester United's bid to win an historic treble by defeating Bayern Munich in the European Champions League Cup final in Barcelona, and so must we.

For one night the old enmity towards our rivals from the other side of the Pennines can be put to one side.

United are striving to restore some pride to English football.

It has been 15 years since one of our teams took the top club trophy. Another triumph is long overdue. So stop gritting those teeth and cheer Alex Ferguson's boys to victory tonight.

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