City football shirts everywhere

I've just returned from a holiday in Yorkshire and there were just as many kids wearing City shirts as united and liverpool which surprised me.
 
blue b4 the moon said:
City shirts aplenty in Fleetwood, smattering of dips & rag ones too but definitely more blue.

Got told off by Mrs Moon for laughing & talking too loud when seeing a raggy second strip shirt with ronaldo on the back. Wonder if PR37 will ever actually be on the pitch in it?
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Surprised you saw many City tops in Fleetwood, older generation more rag, younger ones more dipper but all also Fleetwood town fans. Cleveleys just down the coast is Manchester on sea loads of blues and rags.
 
supercity88 said:
The thing that always gets me if I see City shirts outside of Manchester is that I assume there's a connection so lead with "where abouts in Manchester are you from"? Still can't fathom people supporting us just because we're decent. Glory hunting bastards.
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To be fair mate, I'm not from Manchester, i am a ST holder, I grew up in Shropshire, but my dads from heaton moor. He took me to games and got me into city. I dont have a manc accent so have been questioned about the subject alot since we got bought in 2008, no one cared before then who I supported. So where does this leave me? Should i of stopped supporting city in 2008? You tell me.
 

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StrutterBlue said:
Won't be ours if the gatekeeping carries on mate.
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Hopefully the vast majority of blues welcome newcomers. Whether you’ve been to a thousand games or just one doesn’t matter a bit - as long as you get that adrenaline rush when we score or win then you’re a blue and you always will be
 
StrutterBlue said:
To be fair mate, I'm not from Manchester, i am a ST holder, I grew up in Shropshire, but my dad is from heaton moor. He took me to games and got me into city. I dont have a manc accent so have been questioned about the subject alot since we got bought in 2008, no one cared before then who I supported. So where does this leave me? Should i of stopped supporting city in 2008? You tell me.View attachment 52464
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I bumped into a fellow Blue wearing the '99 away strip from Wembley in a village here in the North East yesterday. Turns out he'd been a neutral but went on a few jobs in Manchester and got sucked in that way. So I suppose an organic thing. I myself was born in Manchester but have spent most of my life in the North East. My accent is a confusing generic northern.

Anyway, round here the balance is definitely changing but if I was the type to keep a score chart I reckon the Dippers would be out in front, Rags second and us third. Which is sad in a way because Boro, Sunderland and Newcastle are all much closer.

At the end of the day, shirt sales = money = investment in the club, so I don't see any reason to complain. It's just annoying now that people assume you're a glory hunter, especially if you don't sound like Liam Gallacher.
 
JASR said:
Mansour's down to his last $1b with having to pay the fans everywhere around the world
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Sheikh, save some to buy 10,000 tickets for every home game, not to mention the under the counter extra wages and the sponsorships.
 
supercity88 said:
The thing that always gets me if I see City shirts outside of Manchester is that I assume there's a connection so lead with "where abouts in Manchester are you from"? Still can't fathom people supporting us just because we're decent. Glory hunting bastards.
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I don't assume that anymore haven'tfor a while, maybe because my sons a fan and now from Scotland. To be honest I don't worry about it, even back in the 70s living in rochdale I had freinds that were leeds and chelsea fans. Some just look and want different things from football. I's good to laugh at united for their tourist fans, but honestly I'm really not that bothered.
 
StrutterBlue said:
To be fair mate, I'm not from Manchester, i am a ST holder, I grew up in Shropshire, but my dads from heaton moor. He took me to games and got me into city. I dont have a manc accent so have been questioned about the subject alot since we got bought in 2008, no one cared before then who I supported. So where does this leave me? Should i of stopped supporting city in 2008? You tell me.
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You've got a connection though pal which is what I mean. Still surprises me when they have jumped on the glory train. Doesn't bother me though, means more money for the club and better than seeing red shirts everywhere!
 
When I first started teaching 14 years ago the kids found it hilarious I was a blue, weren’t many about where I was teaching at the time (Cumbria). Over the past 14 years I’ve seen a steady trickle of kids supporting city, increasing year on year.
 
Just back from 2 days in Blackpool. Usually full of Utd shirts.

I saw 1 Liverpool & 1 Utd shirt in 2 days.

I was amazed how many young girls I saw wearing city shirts old & new. Great to see.

First time I have really noticed this.
 
On a related theme, I arrived at the swamp too early for last season's derby and hung around on the concourse outside the City end.
What really struck me was the ageing demographic of United's fanbase when compared with the youthful pre match ambience on City Square.
 
StrutterBlue said:
To be fair mate, I'm not from Manchester, i am a ST holder, I grew up in Shropshire, but my dads from heaton moor. He took me to games and got me into city. I dont have a manc accent so have been questioned about the subject alot since we got bought in 2008, no one cared before then who I supported. So where does this leave me? Should i of stopped supporting city in 2008? You tell me.
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I class myself as a manc, living my first 5 years of my life in didsbury. I dont really have a manc accent ;)

My lad who is 25 gets called a glory hunter even thou he is 4th generation City but first born out of Manchester.

Football is now global and I love seeing little kids in City shirts around here.
 
Was in Olu Deniz last month and saw quite a few City fans.. Not many people wearing the rag shit..
Definitely many more City shirts on show wherever you go nowadays
 
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