Billy No Mates

mancboy said:
This is where your mates start on here bud, we are mainly like minded souls and i have made a few mates on here myself, its nothing to be laughed at and you wont be, @halfcenturyup will talk for about half a billion hours about nowt in particular and @manimanc is a gobshite but a good lad all the same, as long as you dont expect him to get a round in @Blue Mist will defo be your friend and so will @snorky but never ever go back to his house.
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I am moved. That's the nicest thing you ever said about me .....
 
Have lived in Cambridge since having children. My two definitely don't sound Manc. Son solved this by moving to Chicago. Daughter in London gets the odd comment from blues because of the accent and also, inevitably, because of gender. But she has been a City nut since, ahem, Joey Barton scored a screamer v Charlton in 2006 right in front of us. She has made a couple of good friends from City supporters groups and its made a real difference to her enjoyment of the games. I spent a mad champions league final night with them just off Leicester Square. Your post is a good one and you will get nothing but support on here and real camaraderie from any supporters group you can find.
 
I'm in south London and not been for couple years now due to various things (mental and physical health issues etc). I used to travel up with London SC to games and attended all aways in south. There's a FB group where fans arrange to meet and watch games (usually in a sports bar in Leicester Square). I've been a few times and they're a friendly bunch.
 
Whoa, man! No one is going to ridicule you, why would they? Try as I might I can't find anything in your post that warrants having people ridicule you.
As you may well have observed from my user name I am also in Kent, east Kent, near Dover. I no longer go to games because I'm a fully-fledged member of the FOC's club, but this place (forum) is full of City-mad nutters like myself so I never ever feel lonely.
You've been a member for a while so you already know what it's like: banter, yes: ridicule, NO!

I've been in the music business since I left school, performing (guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals etc) but mostly writing and arranging, session work in studios, that sort of thing.
I got divorced in 2009 due to my wife's infidelity, but as in most cases the courts gave her everything and left me destitute. The next hammer-blow was my beautiful little poochie who I had to have destroyed because he was old -that absolutely pushed me over the edge, a blow from which I will never recover.
The kids had all grown by then and they'd settled down with families of their own, and because the ex-wife got the house I was put in a bedsit by my local council.
Sometimes, mate - life sucks...big time. But I am an eternal optimist and I will always find something to laugh about, clouds with silver linings etc.

I've worked hard all my life: gigged up and down the country, played virtually every single bar, club and cabaret venue
that was and is in existence since 1972, but got fuck all to show for it! But I'm not alone, there are millions of others out there like myself and despite the odds we're still here.

You stated in your post that you don't have any City mates, I'm the same. Loads and loads of mates but none of them are football fans (I wonder what it is about paying a fortune to stand on windswept terraces, drenched in rain, chomping on a soggy meat pie and supping a tepid cup of something that was almost tea but gave up at the first hurdle that they don't like!).


We're City, mate. We have that gallows humour that we're famous for, we give ourselves more stick than we do the opposition. But we're in it together, we're best mates that haven't met, we're one big bunch of loony misfits who share a common bond - we fucking love Manchester City FC...and you're one of us.
 
mancboy said:
This is where your mates start on here bud, we are mainly like minded souls and i have made a few mates on here myself, its nothing to be laughed at and you wont be, @halfcenturyup will talk for about half a billion hours about nowt in particular and @manimanc is a gobshite but a good lad all the same, as long as you dont expect him to get a round in @Blue Mist will defo be your friend and so will @snorky but never ever go back to his house.
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Bang on, about me anyway.
If you buy me beer I will be your friend, can't say fairer that that.

One suggestion to the OP. I know quite a few London Blues who travel up, ok they don't buy me beer but they are top lads.
Why don't you join the local branch ? You can then travel (train) with them, watch matches in pubs with them and socialise as much or as little as you want with them.
 
Can't see where you said you are from but a few have mentioned kent.
Have a look for a supporters club near you and join up with them. Sure you'll get chatting to a few people who are simiar age to yourself and you can organise travel to games together.
 
blue moony said:
I no im going to get ridiculed for this ....

Currently sat in hospital in london..

Havent seen us play since i gave up my season ticket after the wigan cup final...

Mainly due to 1 thing . I have 0 mates that support city .

I used to go to games on my own, travel on my own and in then end it got a bit lonely .

I also stopped gping to away games down here as had a few things said to me for having a southern accent.. my dads family are from manchester ...

He told me when i was 5 red was banned from the hpuse and if i didnt support city i had to to to borstal

I no people are going to find this hysterical ,

But ive had a failed suicide attempt back in 2010, im back in the priory weekly and now have had my second major op in 12.weels and im only 43 ....

I want to get back to live games but i really dont want to go it alone .....

Laughs out the way but id appreciate some city mates ,,,,,


Sad fucker i no ..
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Sorry to hear what you’ve been through pal.

It’s hard making new mates as a grownup isn’t it.

Check out your local supporters club. They’ll organise coaches to games and you’ll quickly get to know a few folk :)

Non-footy related have you heard of ‘Men in Sheds’? They’re a national organisation with local chapters who organise meet ups and social stuff for blokes. Kind of like the WI but for men. You should check them out.

Hope you feel better soon mate. I’m far up north or else I’d have gladly met up for a pint or a brew or whatever.

There’s loads of cockney blues on here though!
 
My advice to the OP - find the nearest Supporters Club Branch near you and join it. If there is any kind of get together in and around City matches then turn up and say hello. As long as you're not a complete twat then things should improve for you.

Basically this is how I rejoined the City family in 2003 (years after going as a kid in the 70's and eventually moving away to be with wife and then kids) - most of my mates these days are still through the local Supporters Club Branch.
 
We are all one big blue family on here and there is usually someone to talk to about most things,it’s a friendly community,wish you luck in your efforts to find someone to share your love of City,you started on the right track by talking about it and seeing what’s out there..
 
Well done for speaking up, it is more and more common in this day and age so you are not alone blue. As others have said, supporters clubs are a good start. Best of luck with the op mate.
 
blue moony said:
I no im going to get ridiculed for this ....

Currently sat in hospital in london..

Havent seen us play since i gave up my season ticket after the wigan cup final...

Mainly due to 1 thing . I have 0 mates that support city .

I used to go to games on my own, travel on my own and in then end it got a bit lonely .

I also stopped gping to away games down here as had a few things said to me for having a southern accent.. my dads family are from manchester ...

He told me when i was 5 red was banned from the hpuse and if i didnt support city i had to to to borstal

I no people are going to find this hysterical ,

But ive had a failed suicide attempt back in 2010, im back in the priory weekly and now have had my second major op in 12.weels and im only 43 ....

I want to get back to live games but i really dont want to go it alone .....

Laughs out the way but id appreciate some city mates ,,,,,


Sad fucker i no ..
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You are not alone!
It isn't about City - so many men have a small number of friends, especially in middle age.
Reasons for that are well-discussed, but it is contributing to a mental-health crisis among us.
I have been to concerts and films alone myself.
I go to restaurants alone sometimes.
Bloody well done for beginning such a thread.
 
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