About
British Fanzine of the Year 2012 & 2019
First published in 1989 when Manchester United was very different to the corporate beast it has become, United We Stand is an independent voice of Manchester United supporters.
Award-winning and best-selling, we've published over 300 issues — 11 per season — and been named British Fanzine of the Year in 2012 and 2019. UWS continues to be the authentic voice of match-going Reds.
The majority of UWS writers watch Manchester United home and away. They're influential, incisive, irreverent and work for a mag which is proudly independent and funded by sales. Each issue features 44 pages and tells it like it is at MUFC.
Proudly and completely independent, not beholden to advertisers. We say what needs to be said.
Our contributors are in the stands, home and away. Real fans, real perspectives.
We have excellent contacts and offer informed opinions on all United aspects.
Sharp writers and award-winning columnists delivering quality in every issue.
Over three decades, UWS has carried in-depth interviews with United-related personalities that matter.
Sir Alex Ferguson
Manager
Roy Keane
Captain
Jim Ratcliffe
Owner/Investor
Omar Berrada
Chief Executive
David Gill
Former CEO
Martin Edwards
Former Chairman
Peter Kenyon
Former Executive
Ian Brown
Stone Roses
...and many more players, staff and legends. But there's far more to us than interviews. Each issue is packed with analysis, opinion, humour, and the honest voice of match-going supporters.
Andy Mitten, who has edited UWS since 1989 and watches United home and away. Andy writes for The Athletic and The National, appears on the BBC and Sky, and has written for FourFourTwo, GQ, ESPN, the South China Morning Post and the Manchester Evening News.
Fourteen, mostly about Manchester United. His players' histories of Old Trafford in the 70s (United! United!), 80s (We're the Famous Man United) and 90s (Glory Glory!) were followed in 2024 by Bring On United (HarperNorth), on the noughties.
Eleven times a season: ten regular issues during the football season and a summer special in mid-June. Each issue has 44 pages.
With the next issue. Copies are posted directly from the printers, so we can't backdate. If you miss the deadline, which we publish across our social media accounts and in the mag, your subscription starts from the issue after.
Yes, on the web, iOS or Android through Exact Editions, from £7.99 a quarter or £29.99 a year. A digital subscription includes the full archive.
Yes. The United We Stand podcast has interviews, post-match commentary and analysis with the UWS team, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and any podcast app.
As we move into our fourth decade of publication, UWS is still going strong. Be part of the independent voice of Manchester United.