Manchester United have been one of many absolute greatest golf equipment on the planet now for over 30 years, largely due to their Premier League dominance underneath Sir Alex Ferguson. They’re huge and boast arguably the biggest total fanbase in soccer.
That, in fact, means there are fairly just a few well-known names amongst the followers. We thought we might select a few of them – however that is removed from an exhaustive listing. Additionally value mentioning that we have gone for precise followers right here, not simply well-known individuals who wore a shirt as soon as.
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Justin Timberlake
We’ll begin with an uncommon one right here – however we’re going again a way for the proof. Justin Timberlake publicly outed himself as a United fan again in 2007, largely due to former striker/midfielder Alan Smith.
“I am a Crimson! I am mates with Smithy so he’ ..“I am a Crimson! I am mates with Smithy so he’ ..“I am a Crimson! I am mates with Smithy so he’ ..“I am a Crimson! I am mates with Smithy so he’ ..“I am a Crimson!,” he mentioned again then. “I am mates with Smithy so he is my favorite participant however [Cristiano] Ronaldo is not unhealthy both. I actually like [Wayne] Rooney too.
“Smithy hooked me up with some tickets, so I went to observe the house sport in opposition to West Ham.”
We cannot go so far as to say he is a die-hard fan however there is definitely a hyperlink there!
Eamonn Holmes
Sticking with movie star glamour, TV presenter Eamonn Holmes is a long-time fan of United. In truth, he even began the eulogies on the funeral of United legend and fellow Northern Irishman George Finest.
Holmes has been very overtly an enormous fan for many years now, from wanting to call his son after Sir Alex Ferguson, to only this month criticising the brand new third equipment.
The presenter really featured alongside Ferguson on “Who Desires To Be A Millionaire?” again in 2004. He is the one particular person on this listing to have executed that.
Rory McIlroy
Rory McIlroy is one other who has worn his United assist proudly on his sleeve for a while now. The golfer even discovered the nerve to out himself as a fan in entrance of a Liverpool crowd again in 2014. It wasn’t acquired properly.
However after successful the Open that yr, McIlroy was invited to parade the Gray Jug round Outdated Trafford. It was an invite he rapidly accepted.
Simply this week, too, McIlroy moved to supply assist to under-fire defender Harry Maguire.
“Completely [I feel sorry for him],” he advised Sky Sports activities.
“I’m certain Harry wakes up each morning, goes to work and tries his finest similar to all of us do and when your life and profession are laid naked like that and everybody sees all the pieces… you possibly can make 20 nice passes in a sport and the one go that does not go fairly proper is the one that everybody goes to focus on.”
Luke Littler
Darts sensation Luke Littler has helped rework the game in recent times, however away from the oche, Littler is a die-hard Man Utd supporter.
After bursting onto the scene, Littler was left starstruck after receiving a message from Crimson Devils icon David Beckham. He gained the World Championship in 2025 and even took the trophy to Outdated Trafford.
Olly Murs
Olly Murs is a loud United fan – he has a field at Outdated Trafford and just lately gave a tour of the stadium for the membership’s official web site.
He can steadily be seen speaking concerning the membership through the years, too, and defined precisely why going to see the membership means a lot to him in an interview with the Guardian final yr.
“Taking my dad to Manchester United matches. He’s an enormous fan, however couldn’t take us after we had been children. It’s removed from Essex; we couldn’t afford it. Once I bought into this business, one in every of my first purchases was a field at Outdated Trafford. Having the ability to take him means rather a lot.”
A passionate fan of United, then – it is what you like to see.
Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor’s assist for Man Utd actually got here into the general public consciousness final yr when there was discuss he would entrance a bid to purchase the membership. Now, it rapidly grew to become evident that he lacked the funds to make that occur.
Nonetheless, McGregor actually wasn’t simply after the publicity. He is talked about his assist for the membership earlier than, together with a prolonged interview with the official membership web site again in 2021.
“I used to be interested in the success and successful mentality of the membership and folks surrounded by United. Irish legends like Denis Irwin and Roy Keane had been devoted to their craft and had that successful mentality.
“Roy Keane was probably the greatest midfielders European soccer has ever seen. Opponents could be mentally overwhelmed earlier than they’d even stepped on to the pitch to face him.”
It is a good learn and uncommon that you just see this a lot discuss concerning the membership from a ‘movie star’ fan. McGregor does even have allegiances with Celtic, we should always say, however there is not any doubt that he has loads of assist for United.
Dave
Multi-award-winning rapper Dave is an enormous United fan – you solely want take heed to his music to search out that out. His 2021 launch “We’re All Alone in This Collectively” featured a number of shout-outs to the membership.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Anthony Martial each bought name-dropped. Even teen Amad Diallo was talked about in a monitor. Then for those who go a contact additional again, you may discover Dave Tweeting like a typical fan again in 2019, primarily with Paul Pogba propaganda.
Offended Ginge
One of the crucial well-known British YouTubers and Twitch streamers round at this time, Man Utd is a part of Offended Ginge’s persona.
Identified for his ‘Yanited’ outbursts, Offended Ginge, actual title Morgan Burtwistle, can also be a season ticket holder at Outdated Trafford. He even performed on the stadium for Soccer Assist 2025, developing in opposition to Carlos Tevez.
Richard Ashcroft
Sticking with the musician theme, Richard Ashcroft has been a United fan since childhood. He is one other to offer an interview with the official membership web site the place he defined how he bought on board with United.
“I come from such a hybrid space. Skelmersdale, constructed close to to the place I used to be introduced up, was a brand new city for Liverpool. So there was an actual combination of soccer supporters in school. There have been United followers, and Liverpool and Everton followers whose households had moved from Liverpool to Skelmersdale.
“However primarily it was an outdated buddy of mine. There was a household who lived throughout the highway who used to go to observe United. They took me to my first match once I was about 10 or 11.”
The Verve frontman then talked about that first journey to Outdated Trafford – one thing that is clearly caught with him by means of all of it.
“It’s that cliche second of seeing the stadium and the inexperienced of the pitch for the primary time. Once I first began going to Outdated Trafford it was when Ron Atkinson was the supervisor, and we might all the time be ‘practically there’ within the league, however with wonderful crowds.
“Everybody packed into the Stretford Finish – these had been the times!”
Brian O’Driscoll
Rugby icon Brian O’Driscoll is one other large Crimson Devils supporter, with the Irishman admitting he went in opposition to nearly all of Liverpool followers in Dublin rising as much as comply with Man Utd.
His first idol at Outdated Trafford was Mark Hughes, and he revealed his favorite ever purpose was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s winner in opposition to Bayern Munich within the Champions League last in 1999.
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt has by no means hidden his allegiance to Man United, going all the best way again to his heyday of 2012. The quickest man in historical past was a visitor of honour at Outdated Trafford in Alex Ferguson’s last season, the truth is.
Then, in fact, there was that spell the place Bolt tried to interrupt into top-level soccer, publicly admitting that whereas he had trials with Borussia Dortmund, his actual dream was to play for United.
“Considered one of my greatest desires is to signal for Manchester United. If Dortmund say I am adequate, I will crack on and prepare onerous.
“I’ve spoken to Alex Ferguson and I advised him he must put in phrase. He advised me if I get match and prepared, he’ll see what he can do.”
Tyson Fury
It is fairly uncommon to get this far by means of an inventory like this with out discovering a correct native fan however here is one. Tyson Fury is from Higher Manchester and has been vocal about his assist, significantly over the previous few years.
However he is clearly a fan who does know his stuff. Fury even went in opposition to the grain and predicted that United would probably be a greater aspect with out Cristiano Ronaldo final yr – months earlier than Erik ten Hag moved the participant on.
“When you’ve a celebrity like Ronaldo, everyone depends on him to attain targets and if he wasn’t there they’d be scoring the targets themselves, like they did the season earlier than final.
“I’m not saying he’s a nasty asset, he’s an ideal asset, however generally with a star participant, he carries the crew and the younger individuals are overshadowed by all of it, they don’t get their likelihood to shine as a result of ‘the nice Ronaldo’ is on the pitch.”
You will steadily discover Fury’s assist on social media, too, be it celebrating the EFL Cup or welcoming Mason Mount to the membership.
Stormzy
Stormzy went viral final season after showing on Sky Sports activities’ protection throughout a United sport the place he admitted to being starstruck by the event. In spite of everything, right here was a lifetime fan of the membership, at Outdated Trafford, getting to speak concerning the crew on Monday Evening Soccer.
However how did Stormzy really turn out to be a fan? He defined in an interview with Soccer AM just a few years in the past that it was merely a case of a stars aligning.
“I all the time get stick.
“There’s most likely even individuals watching now saying ‘hear his accent what’s he doing supporting United?’ However that’s simply how the celebrities aligned for me.
“Once I was youthful I didn’t have an enormous brother or like a dad who supported United so all of it kinda got here from me.
“Cockney Crimson what are you able to do?”
Stormzy additionally took half in Paul Pogba’s announcement video for the membership again in 2016 however infamously spoiled the signing by posting the video too early. We are able to hardly blame him for being excited, thoughts.
