When did you get into football/City?

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Interested in hearing how old everyone was when they properly got into footy.

I was a late bloomer - was a teenager really when I properly got into it. My dad is a part time armchair red and his real passion is rugby, so I was never dragged to games by him.

My late uncle was a massive blue though - and I’ve told this story before - was a referee and when he retired worked for the FA as an assessor. He took me to Maine road as a kid in the 90s a number of times. I enjoyed it and was definitely a little blue but it wasn’t til I was about 15/16 really until I became obsessed.

I’m in my mid 30s btw.

 

[AlanBalls]

As long as I can remember, literally!

I didn’t choose City; City chose me :)

 

[city986]

God willed it from birth

 

[Lauz9888]

A bit as a kid, then drifted away in my early teens, then right back into it as an adult.

My dad's a red too and raised me the right way i.e. to disagree with him and take the piss at every turn.

 

[Spanishbob]

Think I was a blue in another life.

 

[kippax123]

When I was about five or six my uncle said we're going to City and we never pay. Your going to go under the turnstiles with your brother. That was it, been hooked ever since. And yes I went to York away and Crewe, those bloody drums at Crewe.

 

[radcliffe1309]

From the first time my Dad took me to watch City August 1967 v the bin dippers, I was 6 years old

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

First game in October 1994 aged 3 (roofless new Kippax, beat Spurs 5-2) and went to far more over those early years than I can remember. Became obsessed after the Gillingham game though, up until then games were probably a bit of a blur to me.

 

[Carlos- the- jackal]

3 years old 1969, old fella first took me to Maine rd, dads family all Ancoats blues mams all Collyhurst reds, was raised in Collyhurst but was always gonna be blue, football was always everything, playing, watching, the lot just to cement my love for the game the dutch side of 74 came along and my hero Cruyff who took the game to a whole new level for this scraggy arsed little manc!

 

[Bluemoon dan]

I would have been about 5 or 6. Next season will be my 40th year as a blue. First game was a 0-0 draw against Birmingham. Third was 0-1 versus Luton........

 

[give it to gordon]

I dont remember becoming a City fan as I always have been !

As a Lad my only match going would be at Easter when visiting my grandparents. We would all go 3 generations.

In the 70's till 80's my only City news would be the football pink that grandad would post every monday.

61 now !

 

[denislawsbackheel]

1964
Bert Trautmann’s testimonial was my first proper game.
I was 13.
Before then I used to go the central league games.
I seem to remember getting in for nowt.

 

[KippaxKid69]

1977 Bristol City at Maine road we won 2-0 and I was hooked got my first season ticket in 1980 kippax junior I think it was £6 great days

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

First game in October 1994 aged 3 (roofless new Kippax, beat Spurs 5-2) and went to far more over those early years than I can remember. Became obsessed after the Gillingham game though, up until then games were probably a bit of a blur to me.

Something that supplemented my interest too was the availability of Italian football on C4. Every Sunday afternoon I'd be there, hoping Lazio were playing as I took a shine to their colours.

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

My dad went to Wembley for the City v Birmingham FA Cup Final in '56. I watched the game on a rented TV. My dad took me to Maine road later that year but I can't remember the game. What I do remember is climbing the steps and then seeing the pitch for the first time, a vast expanse of green. I had a club scarf, a wooden rattle (painted it myself) and a frozen triangular shaped Jubbly.

 

[mancity1]

1974 - When Yusef had a chocolate box in one hand and Budha in the other.

 

[Beaker]

I was 7 years old when I first started going in 1994. Yes I was a glutton for punishment.

 

[dublinblue12]

City where 2 nil down with about 14 minutes to go and needed just a win ti win the league. Didnt really like them but then they equalised and when the German lad scored what turned out ti be the winner, I started to think these are pretty cool. Since then ive been hooked

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

I only became a City fan in 2014. When United become good again I'll become a red again.

 

[RiversideBlue]

From 8 years old, in the 80s. Grew up in North Wales but the old man was from Manchester so I followed in his footsteps. Along with my brother and sister we were the only blues in a school of 1000 kids and got dogs abuse at times, from the plastic rags and dippers, who never went to a game. Used to go to 8-10 home games a season as a kid and now take my own kids about the same amount. They've only known us to be successful but I'm glad I was there through the tough times. It makes me appreciate the success even more.