Just had a week in Alnmouth in Northumberland.
Apart from Newcastle tops, the only other football related clothing I saw were worn, by me and my sister in casual City tops, a bloke and his son in the new top in Alnwick, an old fella in the pub in Alnmouth with a City cap on and, an ex soldier in the Ex Serviceman’s Club in Alnmouth who shouted ‘Come on City’ when I passed as he had a smoke outside.
I drove to Kensington yesterday and stopped off at Oxford Services and saw a young kid in last years top and, as I walked past I shouted ‘come on City’!
It brought a big smile to his face.
We have friends in Bexhill, several years ago, saw 4 or 5 kids playing football in the local park wearing City tops.
There is a fresh fish stall in Eastbourne on the sea front, I called in to buy some shell fish wearing my City cap and, I wasn’t charged as the owner who served me was a City fan.
In St Ives, there was a barber’s shop, painted blue and white as the owner was a blue.
When you drive into Port Isaac in Cornwall, you can see a flag pole in a garden with a City flag on it!!
4 of my ex colleagues, all blues live in Cornwall and fly the City colours, a couple still come up for games. Several also retired to The Lakes.
Whenever I travel at home or abroad, I always wear something City related and, always end up talking with other fellow blues.
In Abersoch last year, I watched a City game in the Veynol pub, it was packed with blues.
Denis Tueart once told a supporters club meeting, just before we moved to The Etihad, that 36% of our then fan base, lived in the South East of the country. Hard to believe I know, but true and, before our successful period.
Many years ago, two of my late Mums brothers moved to Australia, Both Blues.
For years I sent them City programmes, they watched games in their local pub where it is common place for football fans of various clubs to have their own little section covered in flags, posters and scarves etc.
Everywhere I go I see blues.
We’re everywhere.