A unique moniker is a useful distinguisher in a huge fan base, and often entertaining. The star of United Review's latest handshake illustration, home-and-away fan Mark Gregory, of Urmston, has been following United since 1985 and, to most Reds, is simply known as ‘Jesus’.
For spreading the United gospel far and wide, maybe? Or his religious convictions, perhaps? The truth is more straightforward.
“I had long hair in the mid-’90s,” laughs Mark. “At Juventus away in ’96, someone decided to christen me ‘Jesus’. I had long hair for about a year but, 22 years later, most people who know me at the match still call me ‘Jesus’.