The Gradual Readers Membership are presently touring the UK and Eire.
They play a sold-out hometown gig on the O2 Ritz in Manchester on Thursday and have exhibits in Glasgow (Friday) and Leeds (Saturday)
Ryan was born in Manchester and grew up in Ancoats, near the town centre, so he had a choice to make whether or not to be a Pink or a Blue.
He informed BBC Sport: “My dad is a Metropolis fan and my mum tells me a narrative that, after I was born, he took me to the hospital window to indicate me the place Maine Street was.
“However he by no means shoved Metropolis down my throat, and he left me to make my very own thoughts up who to comply with.
“My uncle is a giant United fan who used to have a season ticket at Outdated Trafford. He actually simply knocked on our home one Saturday afternoon and stated to my mum that he had a spare ticket, so does your Jim need to come?
“I used to be about six on the time, so I’ve gone with him… and that was it, I used to be hooked for all times.
“My favorite gamers as a bit child have been Bryan Robson and Mark Hughes, though my love of Hughes was tainted a bit by him turning into Metropolis supervisor – particularly that recreation when we beat them 4-3 with a last-gasp Michael Owen aim, and Hughes was fuming subsequent to Fergie [Sir Alex Ferguson] on the last whistle.
“It’s Paul Scholes who’s my final United hero, although. Scholes and Diego Maradona are proper up there above everybody else as footballers so far as I’m involved.
“Within the present squad, there’s no-one who compares with Scholes. Possibly it’s as a result of I’m a bit older – it isn’t as a result of we aren’t profitable as a lot anymore – however there’s no-one as likable.
“Bruno Fernandes is an excellent participant, however then he has these occasions the place he moans rather a lot. I go searching the remainder of the squad and assume they’re over-paid prima donnas, the lot of them.
“It’s so troublesome to love them as people the identical means I did with our gamers previously, whereas I have a look at Metropolis and as a lot as I dislike them, I really like Bernardo Silva.
“He’s what we want. Somebody who’s only a pure footballer, who shouldn’t be in it for the celebrity or his personal ego. He’s like Scholes in that he simply turns up each week, and offers all the pieces he can for the group with out complaining or making all of it about him.”
Chris Sutton and James Ryan have been talking to BBC Sport’s Chris Bevan.
