United site in hot water

Last updated : 19 September 2004 By Adam Bryant
The article appears on the club's official website under the section Fanzone as "Fanzone presents 'Spanish Scouse-Baiting' as Benitez's Hispanic Liverpool visit Old Trafford".

The article goes on to give Spanish translations of offensive songs and chants, and shows pictures of Rafael Benitez, Luis Garcia, Xabi Alonso and Josemi, implying that these four should be targetted when the two sides meet at Old Trafford on Monday.

The role of official club sites is being reviewed across the country, with many clubs deciding against spending vast sums on a web service that isn't bringing in the promised revenue, and this latest controversy may well mean a shift to less 'edgy' material being permitted by official sites.