If I saw the phrase 'United 93' on a US style sports top

I would *immediately* think of 9/11.

As I said above, the club shut it all down very quickly. Someone will have realised and pulled the plug.

Posted By: norwaay on September 18th 2026 at 16:48:51

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The age out outrage strikes Oxford United (Other Football) - megson, Sep 18, 15:55:01
- I sympathise with them here (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Sep 18, 21:21:10
  - Those who claim it was obvious (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 22:20:39
    - With respect (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Sep 18, 23:28:19
      - Jesus wept 🤣 (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 19, 09:27:39
    - VMT (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Sep 18, 22:30:03
      - not at all, anyone under 25 wasnt even alive when it happened (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Sep 19, 13:53:20
        
        And most under the age of 40 (Other Football) - phrankin, Sep 19, 14:34:46
- Will Porsche do the right thing and retrospectively rename their old main model? (n/m) (Other Football) - Augustus Pablo, Sep 18, 20:50:54
- Why not 1893 then? (n/m) (Other Football) - MonkeyPuzzle, Sep 18, 18:41:12
  - Because footballers don't have shirt numbers with four (or above two) digits? (Other Football) - Drurys Left Nut, Sep 18, 20:17:20
- Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 18, 17:35:02
- pathetic - and anyone supporting this type of nonsense (n/m) (Other Football) - phrankin, Sep 18, 17:16:51
- Bit daft its been called an outrage considering it happened in America and not in the uk (Other Football) - Mk_Canary, Sep 18, 16:42:08
  - The film won 2 BAFTAs (Other Football) - SCC 28, Sep 18, 17:06:35
    - let's roll (Other Football) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Sep 18, 18:01:59
      - Disagree (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 18:21:21
        
        I thought it was ok as well (Other Football) - APB, Sep 18, 19:02:50
        
        Rotten Tomatoes 90% and two Oscar nominations (Other Football) - APB, Sep 18, 19:07:23
        
        I was a bit dubious about it but Greengrass is brilliant (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 19:41:31
        
        Got it. Flight 93 is the much inferior film about the same event. (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Sep 18, 19:10:12
        
        The direction was fine, especially given the crap he was given. The film was and remains s (Other Football) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Sep 18, 18:34:22
        
        Were the terrorists portrayed a bit unfairly? (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Sep 18, 18:38:41
        
        mate, the very idea that any of that shit happened is laughable (Other Football) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Sep 19, 00:15:20
        
        the sooner you fuckers realise that IMDB etc is full of fucking bots, the sooner you'll be (Other Football) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Sep 19, 00:18:30
        
        "You fuckers" (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 19, 10:08:52
  - 🤣 (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 16:44:26
- A commercial decision as much as anything you'd think? (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 16:20:57
  - It certainly wouldn't be 911 either. (n/m) (Other Football) - Men without hats, Sep 18, 18:02:00
    - 👍 (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 18:22:21
  - VMT (Other Football) - SCC 28, Sep 18, 17:00:25
    - Yep (n/m) (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 17:02:37
  - Also, they took it down and apologised within two hours of the launch. (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 16:33:07
- totally agree a load of bollocks ..... (Other Football) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 18, 16:20:33
  - That would make sense (Other Football) - jamesward, Sep 18, 16:23:48
    - I reckon the designers knew what they were doing (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Sep 18, 17:02:38
    - The absence of any thought here is incredible (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 16:28:30
      - Any thought? Everything has to be scoured for possible insult? (Other Football) - megson, Sep 18, 16:45:44
        
        It’s not insulting it’s just stupid (Other Football) - SCC 28, Sep 18, 17:03:43
        
        If I saw the phrase 'United 93' on a US style sports top (Other Football) - norwaay, Sep 18, 16:48:51
- They should've apologised and withdrawn the product on grounds of taste (Other Football) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Sep 18, 16:03:46
  - Lol (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Sep 18, 16:41:32

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