Young fans in Asia turning to City - "Why support a team that loses?"

[Didsbury Dave]

Only FOC blues remember that song mate. How ironic we have since become the pride of Singapore, and Outer Mongolia, and Timbuktu, too.

As I will never tire of telling people: me and my mate started that chant at old Trafford for a testimonial amd it caught on from there.

 

[Lavinda Past]

If there's one thing I really don't give a shit about it's how many Asian 'diehards', who will never set foot in a football stadium, support City.

They'll all be Wrexham fans in a few years.

 

[Blue and true]

They're called glory hunters for a reason. Nothing new, and yes, we're attracting them. One of the slight drawbacks of being successful.

 

[blue44]

As I will never tire of telling people: me and my mate started that chant at old Trafford for a testimonial amd it caught on from there.

what year, i remember it from the mid 80's

 

[Dannyblue52]

If it's young kids I understand it. It is simply human to want to be on the side of the victors. There must be few people on here who decided — on their own, as a kid, with no family pressure whatsoever — to support City during our darkest years, exactly when United were winning every bleeding thing in sight.
But I confess I have very little interest in “fans” who as teenagers or adults started supporting United and now think they're City fans. Their right, naturally. People can consider themselves fans of who they want. I just haven't really got anything to say to them.
Perhaps I'm on shaky ground here because after 1966 I was if anything a Chelsea supporter (“Ha!” I hear you exclaim, “knew he was a wrong ’un!” — and yes if we have another “crap” season like this one I'm thinking of going back to them, naturally, then I'll be able to sing “We've got Palmer, Palmer, Palmer”…). It wasn't until the family moved up to the smoky north of south Manchester in the winter of ’67-8 that I became a blue (sky blue, that is). And continued to feel well disposed towards Chelsea so long as they weren't playing us for a couple of years after that. But then I understood that it wasn't done. You can't love two women at the same time…

I was one along with a few mates in the 60s. Everybody I knew was a red. We decided to be different and went to Maine Rd. Been going ever since. It's in the blood. Once a blue always a blue.

 

[Maintainin]

난 네가 거기서 뭘 했는지 알아
;-)

나쁘지 않아 에

Or simply "nappeuji anh-a e" as said downtown in n around that there Gwanghwamun'

Not that i've ever been, mind ...seconds away on interweb :-)

 

[Gingers Dad]

Manchester United: 'Why support a team that loses a lot?' - how fans in Asia moved on from the Red Devils

Manchester United were once undoubtedly the most popular team in Asia. Now, as they return on tour, fans have started to look elsewhere.

www.bbc.co.uk

Has Simon Stone travelled?

 

[N1985]

Couldn't give a fuck. More money is more money.

Now let's get the City bog roll and duvet sets printed over there. Maybe a mattress supplier too

 

[foggy1974]

Hope we don't do a Cardiff

 

[blue44]

나쁘지 않아 에

Or simply "nappeuji anh-a e" as said downtown in n around that there Gwanghwamun'

Not that i've ever been, mind ...seconds away on interweb :-)

yeah

not too bad

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

To be fair, there's a few of us were asking ourselves "Why support a team that loses?" last season.

 

[citymad]

Oh goody more iPhones and iPads at games!

 

[JASR]

Imagine Simon Stone writing that article

Couldn’t.
Suffering from being tired and emotional jet lag from flying out with United.

 

[Metal Biker]

City's boardroom right now:

 

[superwatsonwatson]

 

[cleavers]

We’re the pride of Singapore……

Joy.

 

[TFC]

You’ll never sing that, you’ll never sing thaaaaat, we stole all the Asian fans off the rags cos they are utter wank and we’ve been fucking brilliant, you’ll never sing that

 

[burning blue soul]

Become what we once mocked ...

It only matters if we claim these transient fans as our own.
No disrespect to them. They use foitball for pure entertainment. They pay their money, they take their choice.
Theirs is conditional support.

 

[hampshireblue]

Not many City shirts were seen in our 2 months in Thailand. Mainly Dippers I'm afraid but not a single Leicester shirt was spotted.

 

[shemnel]

It only matters if we claim these transient fans as our own.
No disrespect to them. They use foitball for pure entertainment. They pay their money, they take their choice.
Theirs is conditional support.

how do you mean, transient fans?