What was the most toxic period at City?

[Blu3m00n91]

Seeing the Everton fan clips recently have made me wonder what the most toxic period at City was. I’m only old enough to remember the bad Pearce days.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I think the Blackburn quarter final in 2007 probably marked the high/low point for toxicity, not least because things started turning round the season after.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

30th May 1999, 87 minutes into the match.

Not only have we been relegated, we haven't managed to get automatic promotion, and now we're 2-0 down with just injury time to go, staring at a second season in the third tier. The definition of darkest before the dawn.

Dunno if that counts as toxic, but it was depressing as fuck.

 

[dinosaurbloo]

Selling Barnes and Owen and travelling down to the Hawthorns to watch Stuart Lee in a football shirt, a city shirt no less. We got mullered.

 

[youngbob]

I think the Blackburn quarter final in 2007 probably marked the high/low point for toxicity, not least because things started turning round the season after.

First one that sprang to mind for me. Players throwing their shirts into the crowd at the end of the game only to see them thrown back at them. A proper "Is this it? Is this all we're capable of?" feeling descended over the fanbase that day and it was pretty nasty watching it on TV. Never seen a City end look so bitter but admittedly I missed the 80s.

 

[paulchapo]

The Swales out era.

 

[Goatmeal]

Alan Ball era

 

[spacecadet]

I would say after Luton bastards late win in 1983. I bet some of the fuckers are still running.

 

[Wayneclarkemunchescarrots]

The Swales out era.

With a giant sprinkling of thatcher era policing mixed in with it

 

[Mr Ed (The Stables)]

The Swales out era.

100% this regarding fans against the Chairman/Board/Club.

The Stuart Pearce era was horrible, and its the only time I seriously considered jacking the whole shebang in.

Both of these are two cheeks of the same arse for me, both were equally dreadful in their own way.

 

[ooh vonky vonky]

I remember a game where someone ran on the pitch and tried ripping the shirt off Nigel Clough … along the lines of you’re not fit to wear the shirt.

Those were some dark days

 

[BlueRockape]

Selling Barnes and Owen and travelling down to the Hawthorns to watch Stuart Lee in a football shirt, a city shirt no less. We got mullered.

Was at that game I nearly got battered by City fans for singing there's only one Gary Owen.


I was pissed

 

[Zabbasbeard]

Lee and Ball era. The damage done to an already difficult situation got us relegated and made us one of the weakest 2nd Division teams.

The football in the Pearce era was mind numbingly dull and without joy but at least the boardroom was stable if penniless.

Swales did the most damage with Mal taking a top but fading team that needed careful evolution to one that eventually got relegated. He compounded it later in the 90s.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

The Swales out era.

Definitely. Nothing else comes near!

 

[IrishBlueSince92]

Pre Franny Lee era

 

[paulchapo]

I remember a game where someone ran on the pitch and tried ripping the shirt off Nigel Clough … along the lines of you’re not fit to wear the shirt.

Those were some dark days

Clough was absolutely awful for us. The guy ripping his season ticket up against Bury was another "Highlight." Somebody needs to make a compilation of all our dark times. "Where were you when you was shit?" The Johnny come lately new away fans sing. They haven't got a fucking clue.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

It has to be the Pearce era, there was just no hope whatsoever and I was convinced we were going to be relegated.

Also, and maybe this just because it's topical today, but the end of Thaksin's reign when he sacked Sven. We loved the manager and at several points it looks like it could've got very very nasty between the fans and the club.

I was only a little kid in the 90s so while I remember going to Maine Road I was too young to really appreciate the bigger picture and finances/politics of what was going on with the club.

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

The 95 season all the way to the 2002/03 season. Not only at our lowest but watching that lot win everything and take the piss out of us was seriously depressing. Getting beat off shite like Bury and Stockport

Had a good end in the Play off final under Joe, and the next season in div one, but as per we had another horrendous season in the PL before Sir Kev Keegan saved us. (Literally thought that season would be the best we'd ever get)

The Pearce era was a blip, no longer was i bothered about missing city games and would often just go in the pubs next to the ground rather than go in. that lasted for a while tbh including under Hughes.

As much as the last few years have been great, the constant cheat allegations stemming from the charges UEFA and PL sent to us has been very draining. So i want to add that one in to!

 

[Bluemoon dan]

I think the Blackburn quarter final in 2007 probably marked the high/low point for toxicity, not least because things started turning round the season after.

This is the one that I immediately thought of. I'll never forget 2 blokes in front of us properly scrapping because one had shouted 'psycho out' and the other objected to that. Not the actual sentiment, he objected to the guy calling him psycho. Said that that was a positive nickname for him and he didn't deserve to be called that. They started arguing and eventually swinging punches. Not a great time that.

 

[mancityscot]

The Hughes era wasnt great.