A new fan..

[salfordpaul]

Last response I'll make because you haven't read a word I've said properly. Didn't join this board to argue with people and that's the way this thread is going.

I can see why a lot of City fans wanted Peter Swales out. The difference is many City fans sided with you over Swales. What if they hadn't? What if you were the only one who saw the damage he was doing and you got nothing but abuse for it? What if you were kept awake at night over the situation like I was?

I was the only one who saw the walkers for what they are. The fact people are questioning them now proves I was right. So much for being a lunatic (they certainly drove me to the edge of madness)

If Rovers fans truly respected Jack Walker then they would have been protesting against the walkers years ago. If they had it would have had my 100% approval and backing. The protests venkys/kean are getting now (and rightly so) should have been directed at them as well.

Before anyone points out that the walkers leaving led to venkys the "forward with franny" campaign (did you join that?) hardly turned out to be a success did it? Does that mean you regret wanting Swales out? Of course not.

vinjay ignore the many "hard core" on here pal you are more than welcome in the blue bubble! you will over the next few yrs see the best football of your life. i ve read all of your banter and i agree wholeheartedly............sold out by the club. i was swales out and forward with franny.

happy new year.....are you a regular

 

[Helmet Cole]

Can't be bothered reading all 10 pages (it's probably been said before) but I'm smelling a rag.

 

[Mark - TheBlue]

I once shared a dorm with an american NFL-fan, first year he was all Pittsburgh, next year he was Green Bay..When I asked him about it he said that he actually don´t support any team as much as the league itself and it was a rather common view unless you actually lived in a clubs hometown.

Live and let live..

"Common view?" I am an American NFL fan of the New England Patriots since 1974. Our team went pretty much through the same shit City went through for so long. We were the laughing stock of the NFL but like others have said, once you're a fan you're a fan for life. I live nowhere near where the Patriots play and for many years (10) lived away from the region completely. Still I remained a fan. Look at us now.

I've been a City fan since early 1999 when I was living in Manchester and they were in Division 2 (Long story.) Now I have to pinch myself when I see the same transformation that happened to my Patriots also happening to my Blues.

This roommate of yours sounds like he wasn't a true NFL fan at all. There is absolutely no point and as for it being a common view, this is the first I've heard of it.

Come on you can tell us! :)

 

[JohnMaddocksAxe]

Last response I'll make because you haven't read a word I've said properly. Didn't join this board to argue with people and that's the way this thread is going.

I can see why a lot of City fans wanted Peter Swales out. The difference is many City fans sided with you over Swales. What if they hadn't? What if you were the only one who saw the damage he was doing and you got nothing but abuse for it? What if you were kept awake at night over the situation like I was?

I was the only one who saw the walkers for what they are. The fact people are questioning them now proves I was right. So much for being a lunatic (they certainly drove me to the edge of madness)

If Rovers fans truly respected Jack Walker then they would have been protesting against the walkers years ago. If they had it would have had my 100% approval and backing. The protests venkys/kean are getting now (and rightly so) should have been directed at them as well.

Before anyone points out that the walkers leaving led to venkys the "forward with franny" campaign (did you join that?) hardly turned out to be a success did it? Does that mean you regret wanting Swales out? Of course not.

I thought Thaksin was the biggest cnut on Earth and told them to stick my season ticket for the season that he was here. Should I have gone and supported Arsenal? They were pretty good at the time.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Tbh if Swales hadn't been removed from City, I would have stopped going in the hope that he would have no choice other than to leave if enough people did the same, I had reached breaking point. Even in the 3rd division (or whatever phoney name they call it ) I was still glad Swales had gone & wouldn't have swapped it.

But if he'd stayed & I'd stopped going, I still personally couldn't have just started supporting another team, especially not a Premier League one. I could have gone and watched County or Macc or whoever, just to see football live, but I still would be a non attending, armchair City fan, (like most Utd fans) who hated the owner. It's in the blood.

If others can change from one club to another then I won't disrespect them for it but I do find it strange.

 

[Anteros]

I once shared a dorm with an american NFL-fan, first year he was all Pittsburgh, next year he was Green Bay..When I asked him about it he said that he actually don´t support any team as much as the league itself and it was a rather common view unless you actually lived in a clubs hometown.

Live and let live..

"Common view?" I am an American NFL fan of the New England Patriots since 1974. Our team went pretty much through the same shit City went through for so long. We were the laughing stock of the NFL but like others have said, once you're a fan you're a fan for life. I live nowhere near where the Patriots play and for many years (10) lived away from the region completely. Still I remained a fan. Look at us now.

I've been a City fan since early 1999 when I was living in Manchester and they were in Division 2 (Long story.) Now I have to pinch myself when I see the same transformation that happened to my Patriots also happening to my Blues.

This roommate of yours sounds like he wasn't a true NFL fan at all. There is absolutely no point and as for it being a common view, this is the first I've heard of it.

Come on you can tell us! :)

OK, but I warned you it's a long story!


In November of 1998 I went to Manchester, England to meet a girl I had met online. I initially went on a three week ticket but we hit it off very well and she asked me to stay for my full six months visa. I ended up staying for almost four full years.

She was a Manchester United fan, as were all her friends, so whenever we went to a pub to watch a match we always went to watch a Man United match. My introduction to soccer was that very December at a pub where Man United drew with Chelsea 1-1 on the TV screen. I was not impressed but I knew nothing about the English game.

As time went by, however, that changed. I grew to like the game very much. As a sports fan from the US I had meager choices. It was Soccer, Rugby, Cricket, Poker on TV or darts at the pub. Hah. Soccer was the only one that provided, to me, non-stop action and excitement. I was hooked.

In early 1999, my girlfriend had taken a job at The Blob Shop, a pub on High St. in downtown Manchester. One night, probably sometime in March while waiting for her shift to end, I was sitting in one of the booths sipping a pint and reading the sports pages in one of the tabloids. As I was scanning the Tables, I noticed down in Division 2 (at the time) a team called Man City. I wondered who they were as I had never heard of them. I had assumed that, like US sports, the Premiership was all there was and all the others were minor leagues (Feeder clubs.)

When she got off her shift she came over with her own pint and I asked her who Man City was. She said "Oh, they suck. They used to be in the Premiership."

"What do you mean they 'used to be' in the Premiership," I asked.

"Yeah, they've been relegated twice," she said.

"What do you mean by 'relegated'," I asked, totally confused.

Somewhere in the conversation she realized that I had NO IDEA about relegation and promotion within the English game. You have to understand. Here in the US there is no such thing. The Major Leagues are the Major Leagues and forever so they shall be. The only times teams changed was when they changed cities or went bankrupt and the teams were dispersed elsewhere.

She then proceeded to explain to me how relegation and promotion works and I was astounded. Really, my brain almost exploded :-) This would never happen in the US! This was exciting! This was awesome!

Most Americans love an underdog so when I finally understood the plight of Manchester City and what had happened to them, I became a secret fan (I had to. She would have killed me.)

On Wed, May 26, 1999, I watched as Man United beat Bayern Munich 2 to 1 in injury time to win the European Championship and it was the most fantastic match I had ever seen. By this time I had caught the football bug completely and I was ecstatic. Four days later Manchester City beat Gillingham in almost identical fashion (One goal in the last minute and the tying goal four minutes into injury time and then 3-1 in penalties) to win promotion to Division 1 and I was in heaven. When I told my girlfriend how happy I was for City, the secret was out and she practically tore me a new asshole. I didn’t care anymore! The next day I bought a City shirt (EIDOS) and wore it proudly, not knowing you guys only wore the shirt during match days. LOL.

That’s my story :-)

CTID!

 

[EalingBlue2]

I reckon switching down gets more respect- good mate of mine went from Villa to Oxford United- good decision I reckoned

 

[EalingBlue2]

I reckon each to their own ! If people can be married three times, live in multiple countries, change religion and all sorts of other things. I may be a one football club ( since 5 years old) and one wife guy but I moved continents and got a new nationality. You can only live by your own conscience and standards and I reckon we should all be less judgemental except when it comes to Rags

 

[JGL07]

I was born in Shropshire and initially followed my father and had an affinity with Wolves. We moved to Hazel Grove and later to Cheadle Hulme. I became interested United's European Cup runs in the 1950s and was somewhat sympathetic to the dark side.

My first match was at Old Trafford in 1963 when Wolves visited and lost 3-0. My next scheduled match was City against West Brom but I missed the bus and never made it for City's 5-1 home defeat.

I did make it for the next City match when they lost 3-0 to Blackpool at Maine Road. I went back two weeks later to see City beat double winners Spurs 1-0 with a goal by Alex Harley. I became a City fan that day and any past sympathies to Wolves and United were gone. That was not changed by relegation at the end of the season.<br /><br />-- Sun Jan 01, 2012 5:03 am --<br /><br />I was born in Shropshire and initially followed my father and had an affinity with Wolves. We moved to Hazel Grove and later to Cheadle Hulme. I became interested United's European Cup runs in the 1950s and was somewhat sympathetic to the dark side.

My first match was at Old Trafford in 1963 when Wolves visited and lost 3-0. My next scheduled match was City against West Brom but I missed the bus and never made it for City's 5-1 home defeat.

I did make it for the next City match when they lost 3-0 to Blackpool at Maine Road. I went back two weeks later to see City beat double winners Spurs 1-0 with a goal by Alex Harley. I became a City fan that day and any past sympathies to Wolves and United were gone. That was not changed by relegation at the end of the season.

 

[migmanc]

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