I'm sure that it speaks to the fact that an entire generation of scum fans don't remember us being a factor in their world... We were never even rivals - When we ruled the world, they were also-rans, and the opposite applies. I would imagine that all those 'new' scum fans, who aren't from the area or born of scum-crazy parents, who simply chose them when they decided to like football, see us as the new kid, who actually play magic football and may be more palatable than those they've become used to competing against, like Citeh and the chavs... Y'know, those assclowns who wore scum jerseys with 'Owen' on the back?
In their situation, may I assume that the majority on this site would hope that the bitters squeak it over the scum, if those were our only options?