I completely agree to the ManU bit, there are some explanations though: I was a child, ManU had just bought my favourite player, hence they have to become my team as well, I'm not English, hence choosing a team there has not got as much significance as it does in your own country and finally ManU wasn't the big corporate company it has become now. At the time they were perennial underachievers, with a history that made them sympathetic. I did choose Torino as my team in Italy for that same reason (and their great outfit).