bluevengence
Well-Known Member
bluebarn said:I've lived in London since the week before we got relegated to 3rd tier in 1998 and I am now starting to get asked a few daft questions about being a glory hunter. In the main the questions are usually tongue in cheek because people can tell by my accent that I'm not a local native. This usually results in some friendly banter and nothing to get too wound up about. Let's face it, as City fans we can certainly handle a bit of banter after being so shit for so long.
However, for my son, who will be 4 next week, and for whom the City brainwashing process is complete (I hope), I expect things to be different as he grows up. Regrettably he is never going to sound Mancunian, and hopefully will grow up in a glorious era of City success. However, I expect that this will mean people regard him as a glory hunter. Let's face it there is nothing more infuriating than a rag bastards in London, it still makes my blood boil after all these years down here, so in future when he is asked I expect he will be met with the same amount of contemptuousness that I reserve for rags when they justify their allegiance by saying that their dad is red. However, the difference is that their dads were glory hunters too.
My nephew is in a similar situation he was brung up down south took loads of shit from rags at school etc,i took him to his first game when he was six the Keegan era
now he is asking where he can get the old first advice shirt that
he first wore to prove how long he`s been going ...told him to ignore the
glory hunter jibes and just smile to himself knowing the truth