99% of our fans are outside Manchester apparently

[Buckshaw Blue]

After this run we’re on, it might only be 98% now.

Keep thinking it’s got to turn soon. But it goes on and on and on…

 

[Manchester33]

So you need to move away for work, would you stop supporting City?

I’m not really sure what that has to do with anything?

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

I was at a supporters club meeting in Northenden, before we moved to the Etihad.
Denis Tueart was the guest speaker and a conversation took place regarding the proposed capacity and our then fan base.
He told us that 36% of our then fan base, lived in the South East of the country, that was over 20 years ago, well before we went on our recent successful winning streak?!

Loved Denis as a player (and as a bloke, actually), but I'd be a bit curious to know where he gets that figure from. Sounds to me as though he pulled it out of his overhead kick. Over twenty years ago, I could barely come across anyone in London who would admit to actually supporting City. They might have said, “Oh yeah, we quite like them. Plucky club, always falling on their faces, but they get up again. They amuse us*.”
As ever — today as then — it depends what we understand by “fanbase”.

*as Joe Pesci might have said.

 

[philiph20]

Loved Denis as a player (and as a bloke, actually), but I'd be a bit curious to know where he gets that figure from. Sounds to me as though he pulled it out of his overhead kick. Over twenty years ago, I could barely come across anyone in London who would admit to actually supporting City. They might have said, “Oh yeah, we quite like them. Plucky club, always falling on their faces, but they get up again. They amuse us*.”
As ever — today as then — it depends what we understand by “fanbase”.

*as Joe Pesci might have said.

We have relatively smallish support in places 20-30 miles away such as St Helen's, Chester, Preston, Warrington etc certainly smaller in number than the other 3 North West clubs in our division so to say 36% of our fans live in the south east is hard to believe. Our match going support is still primarily made up of legacy supporters from Greater Manchester with the majority of these being based in the east and south of the city. We do have day-trippers and the like but once again nothing like those who follow them in red and the London clubs.

 

[Stretford Born Blue]

Loved Denis as a player (and as a bloke, actually), but I'd be a bit curious to know where he gets that figure from. Sounds to me as though he pulled it out of his overhead kick. Over twenty years ago, I could barely come across anyone in London who would admit to actually supporting City. They might have said, “Oh yeah, we quite like them. Plucky club, always falling on their faces, but they get up again. They amuse us*.”
As ever — today as then — it depends what we understand by “fanbase”.

*as Joe Pesci might have said.

He was a director at City at the time, and the figure came from ticket sales, membership and season ticket holders who resided in the South East. Genuine.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

We have relatively smallish support in places 20-30 miles away such as St Helen's, Chester, Preston, Warrington etc certainly smaller in number than the other 3 North West clubs in our division so to say 36% of our fans live in the south east is hard to believe. Our match going support is still primarily made up of legacy supporters from Greater Manchester with the majority of these being based in the east and south of the city. We do have day-trippers and the like but once again nothing like those who follow them in red and the London clubs.

There are many thousands of ex pat Mancs who moved South for work. Some came home but many stayed. They are still avid Blues.

 

[Cellarite]

Such a ridiculous quote to put out and couldn't be more ill-timed. I'm (maybe) sure that the club aren't trying to piss us fans off but they are doing a fucking good job of it all the same.

I know a lot of blues can't stand Atletico after their antics a couple of years back but as a club, they seem to be a unit. They had a huge tifosi a few years back against Real that read "Proud not to be like you" and the club back this sentiment. Our club seem to think we want to be like every other prostitute club around.

 

[Tourist since 1971]

Absolute rubbish.
I can confirm that 100% of me is not in Manchester.

 

[roach3]

Born in Ashton u lyne moved to Salford aged 6 from 8 years old my late dad took me and my late brother to Maine road regularly
Try get to the etihad as often as I can but I’ll healths kicking in
All my family have been blues.
Now live in Swinton
Now in my mid 60s thinking of moving to Spain,
Will I be a 99% fan?
In my opinion city are a small cog in the Abu Dhabi wheel, cfg however is a big player for the owners. Like it or not we are never going to be a big club with 50k local fans only.
We mock the rags with their 650 million fan quotes but in the world standing we need the same model whether us FOC like it or not.
Match revenue is peanuts compared to tv and sponsorship revenue
I’m guessing we are well down the list when it comes to forward planning.

 

[franksinatra]

He was a director at City at the time, and the figure came from ticket sales, membership and season ticket holders who resided in the South East. Genuine.

No offence mate but one in three were clearly not from the South East back then. That is an utter rubbish from Dennis.

The only real indicator of where our support comes from is the planning application prior to the SSL3 being built and the clubs travel strategy.