Away support

[Bill]

I've been a City fan since I was old enough to watch football. My first game was Luton in 1999 when we were in the third tier at the age of 7 years old. Am I from Manchester? No, I'm from Watford. I was at the QPR game on Saturday and sang as much as anybody else in that stand.

That's all good and welcoming but it's when you get the people who you rarely see going being sat down and wanting everyone else to sit down just because they are! Yeah they have paid there money but so have we and if we. Atmosphere is always better when stood up.

no its not.
the standing up brigade are just chest thumping billy big bollocks trying to be hard.
if a club has rules according to health and safety and its actually the law of the land then we should conform.
in no way should a fan stand in front of someone who prefers to sit, they maybe a kid or elderly, not well or want pure choice.
we are lucky that our club have designated a "standing section" other clubs should follow suit imo but untill they do we should respect that club and the fans around us.

 

[MrLeeC]

I've been a City fan since I was old enough to watch football. My first game was Luton in 1999 when we were in the third tier at the age of 7 years old. Am I from Manchester? No, I'm from Watford. I was at the QPR game on Saturday and sang as much as anybody else in that stand.

That's all good and welcoming but it's when you get the people who you rarely see going being sat down and wanting everyone else to sit down just because they are! Yeah they have paid there money but so have we and if we. Atmosphere is always better when stood up.

no its not.
the standing up brigade are just chest thumping billy big bollocks trying to be hard.if a club has rules according to health and safety and its actually the law of the land then we should conform.
in no way should a fan stand in front of someone who prefers to sit, they maybe a kid or elderly, not well or want pure choice.
we are lucky that our club have designated a "standing section" other clubs should follow suit imo but untill they do we should respect that club and the fans around us.

That's the biggest bullshit i have read on here! That's a ridiculious assumption that the standing up "brigade" are bully's. Maybe there fans who have paid alot of money to go to the game and want to stand and sing cheer the lads on. The atmosphere is not the same being sat down. Each to there own. I stood up all game and was not asked to sit down once. If it was such a big law i would of been asked a few times to sit down but i didnt.

 

[Bill]

That's all good and welcoming but it's when you get the people who you rarely see going being sat down and wanting everyone else to sit down just because they are! Yeah they have paid there money but so have we and if we. Atmosphere is always better when stood up.

no its not.
the standing up brigade are just chest thumping billy big bollocks trying to be hard.if a club has rules according to health and safety and its actually the law of the land then we should conform.
in no way should a fan stand in front of someone who prefers to sit, they maybe a kid or elderly, not well or want pure choice.
we are lucky that our club have designated a "standing section" other clubs should follow suit imo but untill they do we should respect that club and the fans around us.

That's the biggest bullshit i have read on here! That's a ridiculious assumption that the standing up "brigade" are bully's. Maybe there fans who have paid alot of money to go to the game and want to stand and sing cheer the lads on. The atmosphere is not the same being sat down. Each to there own. I stood up all game and was not asked to sit down once. If it was such a big law i would of been asked a few times to sit down but i didnt.

who said they were bully's? i was stood up all game and i'm no bully. had i wanted to sit i would have done, if i had a child with me i would have done, had i had an elderely/ pregnant family member with me i would have done.the person in front of me should not take that choice away from me.
thats why other clubs should follow our lead and make a section for standing, if not they should enforce standing, not showsec style but they should enforce it.

 

[MrLeeC]

no its not.
the standing up brigade are just chest thumping billy big bollocks trying to be hard.if a club has rules according to health and safety and its actually the law of the land then we should conform.
in no way should a fan stand in front of someone who prefers to sit, they maybe a kid or elderly, not well or want pure choice.
we are lucky that our club have designated a "standing section" other clubs should follow suit imo but untill they do we should respect that club and the fans around us.

That's the biggest bullshit i have read on here! That's a ridiculious assumption that the standing up "brigade" are bully's. Maybe there fans who have paid alot of money to go to the game and want to stand and sing cheer the lads on. The atmosphere is not the same being sat down. Each to there own. I stood up all game and was not asked to sit down once. If it was such a big law i would of been asked a few times to sit down but i didnt.

who said they were bully's? i was stood up all game and i'm no bully. had i wanted to sit i would have done, if i had a child with me i would have done, had i had an elderely/ pregnant family member with me i would have done.the person in front of me should not take that choice away from me.
thats why other clubs should follow our lead and make a section for standing, if not they should enforce standing, not showsec style but they should enforce it.

But if i want to stand i will stand. I paid my money just like you have. If i want to stand and chant get behind the lads on the pitch then i can.

If you want to sit then thats your choice! If i want to stand i will stand my choice. I dont think im hard or billy big bollocks, i think i am a fan wanting to get behnd my team!

dont like it then move.

 

[robsta]

We were in the upper tier right behind the goal and because of the travel problems there were a few empty seats behind us. My lad and me like to stand if we can but sensing the bloke behind wasn't happy I moved to one of the other rows so as not to block him. First corner to QPR and he's telling my lad to sit down. Fair enough, so I got my lad to join me and gave him an apologetic hands up. Problem sorted but you could still see him giving me daggers, although I'd not argued with him and simply resolved the problem for all of us.

Funny thing happened with a few mins to go as he decided to get up and leave before the rush. He clambered over the seats behind us to get a clear way out, ended up scraping his foot down the back of me and had to turn round and apologise. Fair play to him because he did but he must have felt well pissed off ha ha. He then tried to get over the next row and fell into the one further down. Don't wish him any bad feelings, the chap just wanted to sit and I wanted to stand but I couldn't help laughing after him giving me the looks as if I shouldn't have stood up in the first place.

Couple of London Blues in front if us who stood and sang their hearts out all game.

 

[MrLeeC]

We were in the upper tier right behind the goal and because of the travel problems there were a few empty seats behind us. My lad and me like to stand if we can but sensing the bloke behind wasn't happy I moved to one of the other rows so as not to block him. First corner to QPR and he's telling my lad to sit down. Fair enough, so I got my lad to join me and gave him an apologetic hands up. Problem sorted but you could still see him giving me daggers, although I'd not argued with him and simply resolved the problem for all of us.

Funny thing happened with a few mins to go as he decided to get up and leave before the rush. He clambered over the seats behind us to get a clear way out, ended up scraping his foot down the back of me and had to turn round and apologise. Fair play to him because he did but he must have felt well pissed off ha ha. He then tried to get over the next row and fell into the one further down. Don't wish him any bad feelings, the chap just wanted to sit and I wanted to stand but I couldn't help laughing after him giving me the looks as if I shouldn't have stood up in the first place.

Couple of London Blues in front if us who stood and sang their hearts out all game.

To be honest i would of moved...if there was any seats near by. If i carnt move to somewhere else then ill stand simple as.

 

[robsta]

We were in the upper tier right behind the goal and because of the travel problems there were a few empty seats behind us. My lad and me like to stand if we can but sensing the bloke behind wasn't happy I moved to one of the other rows so as not to block him. First corner to QPR and he's telling my lad to sit down. Fair enough, so I got my lad to join me and gave him an apologetic hands up. Problem sorted but you could still see him giving me daggers, although I'd not argued with him and simply resolved the problem for all of us.

Funny thing happened with a few mins to go as he decided to get up and leave before the rush. He clambered over the seats behind us to get a clear way out, ended up scraping his foot down the back of me and had to turn round and apologise. Fair play to him because he did but he must have felt well pissed off ha ha. He then tried to get over the next row and fell into the one further down. Don't wish him any bad feelings, the chap just wanted to sit and I wanted to stand but I couldn't help laughing after him giving me the looks as if I shouldn't have stood up in the first place.

Couple of London Blues in front if us who stood and sang their hearts out all game.

To be honest i would of moved...if there was any seats near by. If i carnt move to somewhere else then ill stand simple as.

It's a pity you weren't near to us mate. A few joined us coz they could see the empty seats and that they then weren't blocking anyone. Don't blame you for standing where you were, I couldn't believe it when so many sat down at kick off, especially with those bloody seats.

 

[MrLeeC]

We were in the upper tier right behind the goal and because of the travel problems there were a few empty seats behind us. My lad and me like to stand if we can but sensing the bloke behind wasn't happy I moved to one of the other rows so as not to block him. First corner to QPR and he's telling my lad to sit down. Fair enough, so I got my lad to join me and gave him an apologetic hands up. Problem sorted but you could still see him giving me daggers, although I'd not argued with him and simply resolved the problem for all of us.

Funny thing happened with a few mins to go as he decided to get up and leave before the rush. He clambered over the seats behind us to get a clear way out, ended up scraping his foot down the back of me and had to turn round and apologise. Fair play to him because he did but he must have felt well pissed off ha ha. He then tried to get over the next row and fell into the one further down. Don't wish him any bad feelings, the chap just wanted to sit and I wanted to stand but I couldn't help laughing after him giving me the looks as if I shouldn't have stood up in the first place.

Couple of London Blues in front if us who stood and sang their hearts out all game.

To be honest i would of moved...if there was any seats near by. If i carnt move to somewhere else then ill stand simple as.

It's a pity you weren't near to us mate. A few joined us coz they could see the empty seats and that they then weren't blocking anyone. Don't blame you for standing where you were, I couldn't believe it when so many sat down at kick off, especially with those bloody seats.

tell me about, i didnt get aske dto sit down not even once. so dont have a problem if i did then id say ok fair enough. but rules say at times of excitment you can stand or something like that that game was full of it! so i wasnt brakeing no law.!!

 

[Mugatu]

I was at the game, it's probably one of only about 4 or 5 that I get to in a season. I'm a bit cheesed off at criticism of "my sort". For my sins, I live in London as that's where the forces have based me. I go to maybe one home game a year, (I have a 4 month old baby and it's too far for me to be going on a regular basis), I'm always at Fulham, I'll probably be at Arsenal, I was at the Charity Shield.

If anyone thinks I'm not a proper fan / too posh / too Southern, too well spoken, too rich, not committed enough, or anything else, then frankly they can kiss my hairy swingers. I won't be judged by kids on the internet who probably never even made it to Maine Road.

Go to all the games, go to some, go to none, I don't care, just leave off judging other people who can't get to every game.

 

[MrLeeC]

I was at the game, it's probably one of only about 4 or 5 that I get to in a season. I'm a bit cheesed off at criticism of "my sort". For my sins, I live in London as that's where the forces have based me. I go to maybe one home game a year, (I have a 4 month old baby and it's too far for me to be going on a regular basis), I'm always at Fulham, I'll probably be at Arsenal, I was at the Charity Shield.

If anyone thinks I'm not a proper fan / too posh / too Southern, too well spoken, too rich, not committed enough, or anything else, then frankly they can kiss my hairy swingers. I won't be judged by kids on the internet who probably never even made it to Maine Road.

Go to all the games, go to some, go to none, I don't care, just leave off judging other people who can't get to every game.

No one is judging people. Just the fact the most people complain about standing. dont want to stand dont your choice but dont moan when other people choose to stand.

 

[The Northern Baptist]

I was at the game, it's probably one of only about 4 or 5 that I get to in a season. I'm a bit cheesed off at criticism of "my sort". For my sins, I live in London as that's where the forces have based me. I go to maybe one home game a year, (I have a 4 month old baby and it's too far for me to be going on a regular basis), I'm always at Fulham, I'll probably be at Arsenal, I was at the Charity Shield.

If anyone thinks I'm not a proper fan / too posh / too Southern, too well spoken, too rich, not committed enough, or anything else, then frankly they can kiss my hairy swingers. I won't be judged by kids on the internet who probably never even made it to Maine Road.

Go to all the games, go to some, go to none, I don't care, just leave off judging other people who can't get to every game.

You've gone off on a tangent there mate! No one gives a fuck where you are from, but will you have a go at another blue for standing up when we stand at every other away game in the country with no problems barring the London games?

 

[MrLeeC]

I was at the game, it's probably one of only about 4 or 5 that I get to in a season. I'm a bit cheesed off at criticism of "my sort". For my sins, I live in London as that's where the forces have based me. I go to maybe one home game a year, (I have a 4 month old baby and it's too far for me to be going on a regular basis), I'm always at Fulham, I'll probably be at Arsenal, I was at the Charity Shield.

If anyone thinks I'm not a proper fan / too posh / too Southern, too well spoken, too rich, not committed enough, or anything else, then frankly they can kiss my hairy swingers. I won't be judged by kids on the internet who probably never even made it to Maine Road.

Go to all the games, go to some, go to none, I don't care, just leave off judging other people who can't get to every game.

You've gone off on a tangent there mate! No one gives a fuck where you are from, but will you have a go at another blue for standing up when we stand at every other away game in the country with no problems barring the London games?[/quote]

BINGO!!

 

[Mugatu]

It's become a thread about standing but I was addressing points made earlier in the thread, there are some that have a dig if you don't have a M postcode (even though I used to).

For what it's worth I was standing as everyone around me was, I don't mind either way but I sympathise with people who either want, or need to sit. Must be a nightmare.

 

[IOWBlue]

My Manc accent passes the test, just, ( its Stretford ) and i now live on the Isle of Wight. My nine year old who stood on his seat at Fulham, after a long walk, didnt complain once. He lives and breathes City and will manage 3 or 4 games a season, gradually more as he gets older. I hope he doesnt have to bring a photo to the games soon of him in his City babygrow, as he has started to get a Hampshire accent. He sings and will never ask anyone in front of him to sit down, he is learning that this is what we do away. I appreciate that for some it is difficult not to class everyone the same, but as an older thread about a legend of a Blue will show, dont go off the accent, just the attitude.

 

[The Northern Baptist]

It's become a thread about standing but I was addressing points made earlier in the thread, there are some that have a dig if you don't have a M postcode (even though I used to).

For what it's worth I was standing as everyone around me was, I don't mind either way but I sympathise with people who either want, or need to sit. Must be a nightmare.

Read the OP, its always been a thread about standing, just some chose to turn it into something else.

We don't have this stand up/sit down issue at any other away game. I don't remember having this problem at the likes of Blackburn away this season.

This isn't aimed at you, but these people who are only doing the odd couple of aways a season, need to fall in line with the vast majority of blues who go week in week out and stand.

 

[daveduke67]

My Manc accent passes the test, just, ( its Stretford ) and i now live on the Isle of Wight. My nine year old who stood on his seat at Fulham, after a long walk, didnt complain once. He lives and breathes City and will manage 3 or 4 games a season, gradually more as he gets older. I hope he doesnt have to bring a photo to the games soon of him in his City babygrow, as he has started to get a Hampshire accent. He sings and will never ask anyone in front of him to sit down, he is learning that this is what we do away. I appreciate that for some it is difficult not to class everyone the same, but as an older thread about a legend of a Blue will show, dont go off the accent, just the attitude.

I always imagined you to be younger.

 

[Rusholme Ruffians]

thank fuck I dont go to as many away games anymore after reading some of the shit on here.

 

[IOWBlue]

My Manc accent passes the test, just, ( its Stretford ) and i now live on the Isle of Wight. My nine year old who stood on his seat at Fulham, after a long walk, didnt complain once. He lives and breathes City and will manage 3 or 4 games a season, gradually more as he gets older. I hope he doesnt have to bring a photo to the games soon of him in his City babygrow, as he has started to get a Hampshire accent. He sings and will never ask anyone in front of him to sit down, he is learning that this is what we do away. I appreciate that for some it is difficult not to class everyone the same, but as an older thread about a legend of a Blue will show, dont go off the accent, just the attitude.

I always imagined you to be younger.

Hahaha, cheers Dave. I remember him from the late 70's with big sideburns and even though some said he was from London, i spoke to him when i was about 13 and im sure he is a Scot.

 

[robsta]

I can't remember all that has been written on this thread but generally I don't think people are criticising Blues who were born or live away from Manchester.

I think the key thing is that when you go to certain away games, mainly London, there is a difference in the support. There is a difference in the number of people who choose to sit and that then tends to lead to less singing and less backing of the team.

I respect everyone can choose to do what they like. I prefer to stand and sing, I wish everyone else would, but if they don't then that's up to them. But what is noticeable is you can take 7000 to Blackburn and at kick off I didn't see a single person go to sit down (I was lower tier so can't speak for upper) and the atmosphere was superb. In contrast I go to QPR, whistle goes for kick off and the majority in the upper tier immediately go to sit down. So on that basis you can't help but think London/southern based Blues are different in the way they show their support. I don't agree with generalising so I accept that does not apply to all, e.g. the 3 London based lads in front of me who stood and sang all game. But what you do see is a lot of different faces, perhaps more family oriented, that you see at London grounds. And the different faces combined with the less standing and signing generates some of the criticism on here.

 

[che_don_john]

I was upper tier, third row from the back, and it was steep up there! If I'd fallen backwards during the poznan I would have dropped about 7 rows.

I'm not fussed about standing or sitting to be honest. Standing's more fun but if the people in front of me are sitting then I'll sit. I'm 6"3 and I don't want to annoy people standing behind me by blocking their view.

One of the QPR stewards gestured for us all to sit down at the start of the second half but he didn't really seem to care that much; unlike those 'Green Team' stewards at White Hart Line, who are content with the home fans jumping about but as soon as we stand up they're up those steps like greyhounds.