City fans that have emigrated over the years.

[cheekybids]

cheekybids wrote:
awest wrote:
Just a few questions for our extended family members.

Where were you from in the UK? Altrincham (somewhere near manchester)

Why did you emigrate? Lifestyle, sunshine and adventure( couldn't make a go of it in england)

Where did you go to live? Perth, Western Australia (penal colony)

How long ago did you leave the UK? About 4 years ago.( Drunk can't remember)

How many blues live near you now? loads (its like being a cockney red)

Do you miss being in the UK? Only for the match but that matchday experience had changed at the new stadium. (Never been)

Will you ever come home? No, never. although I heard they are making 3000 bobbies redundant, it's good to hear the war on crime has been won........(Wanted)

What's the best thing about being a city fan a long way from home? You can watch the game without getting caught up in the hype and histeria, you can see how close Mancini is to getting it right. (Telly doesn't work)
2nd best has been helping a lifelong rag who has never visited OT get tickets for the game. I've given him $20 in with an envelope addressed Canal Street Manchester and a note in it saying show him a good time. I've told him to give it hand it to the fella with the moustache who looks like Merv Hughes, he flies out tomorrow.
(Best friends a gay rag) sorry couldn't resist.

Best mate - No ! a bloke I work with who I'd like to help get buggered for supporting the Rags, Yes!

 

[lewisMCFC]

Just a few questions for our extended family members.

Where were you from in the UK?

MANCHESTER

Why did you emigrate?

FAMILY WANTED TOO

Where did you go to live?

AUSTRALIA

How long ago did you leave the UK?

8 WEEKS AGO

How many blues live near you now?

NOT MANY

Do you miss being in the UK?

YES ONLY BECAUSE OF CITY

Will you ever come home?

YES


What's the best thing about being a city fan a long way from home?

YOUR UNIQUE AND NOT MANY CITY FANS AROUND

 

[lionheart]

What has happened to this thread? All I seem to be able to read are repeats of the original questions with no answers. Anyway, I first left the UK in 1991 for Kenya but returned in 1993 for professional reasons. Left again in 1998 for the Arabian Gulf and plan to stay until Summer 2012.

 

[BlueInCanada]

Just a few questions for our extended family members.

Where were you from in the UK? Droylsden

Why did you emigrate? Met my wife online

Where did you go to live? British Columbia, Canada

How long ago did you leave the UK? Just over 6 years ago.

How many blues live near you now? None, apart from the ones I have now converted to following real football.

Do you miss being in the UK? No, apart from family. i have 2 nephews I have never met, that hurts.

Will you ever come home? Just to visit with my daughter, when she's old enough to remember she's been.

What's the best thing about being a city fan a long way from home?
I was going to reply "Not having to read the tabloid bullshit about City", but then I still read the shite that's posted in this forum.

 

[Gosford Blue]

Just a few questions for our extended family members.

Where were you from in the UK?
Born Ashton-under-Lyne raised in Dukinfield, also lived in Droylsden for a while. Season ticket for a number of years. Hard to leave my family and hard to leave City but you've got to do what you've got to do.
Why did you emigrate?
Kept getting redundant, disillusioned with the UK mainly because of that.
Where did you go to live?
Australia
How long ago did you leave the UK?
14 years ago
How many blues live near you now?
Along with my son, my two brother-in-laws, a lad originally from Gloucester who somehow has supported the Blues for 40 plus years and a Aussie lad who visited Eastlands a few years ago for the first time to realise a life-long ambition.
Do you miss being in the UK?
No. I miss the people. I don't miss the country.
Will you ever come home?
Yes for a holiday. Recently over for the Liverpool game and went to Sunderland away.
What's the best thing about being a city fan a long way from home?

There's no best thing. You can't beat watching a game live. I really miss match day. I used to travel everywhere watching the blues, mainly in the early 80s.

 

[MCFCinUSA]

Just a few questions for our extended family members.

Where were you from in the UK?
Born Ashton-under-Lyne raised in Dukinfield, also lived in Droylsden for a while. Season ticket for a number of years. Hard to leave my family and hard to leave City but you've got to do what you've got to do.
Why did you emigrate?
Kept getting redundant, disillusioned with the UK mainly because of that.
Where did you go to live?
Australia
How long ago did you leave the UK?
14 years ago
How many blues live near you now?
Along with my son, my two brother-in-laws, a lad originally from Gloucester who somehow has supported the Blues for 40 plus years and a Aussie lad who visited Eastlands a few years ago for the first time to realise a life-long ambition.
Do you miss being in the UK?
No. I miss the people. I don't miss the country.
Will you ever come home?
Yes for a holiday. Recently over for the Liverpool game and went to Sunderland away.
What's the best thing about being a city fan a long way from home?

There's no best thing. You can't beat watching a game live. I really miss match day. I used to travel everywhere watching the blues, mainly in the early 80s.

^^^^^ this!

 

[colesy]

Just a few questions for our extended family members.

Where were you from in the UK? Bedford

Why did you emigrate? Had enough of the UK, its lifestyle and where it was going.

Where did you go to live? Brisbane, Australia

How long ago did you leave the UK? 13 years

How many blues live near you now? One good mate is a Blue, met a few others over the years also.

Do you miss being in the UK? Not at all

Will you ever come home? Only visits

What's the best thing about being a city fan a long way from home? Suppose not reading the crap in the papers

 

[blueinsa]

Moved to South Africa in Nov 2007 and returned n July of this year. Missed my 2 boys from a previous immensely and i also missed City immensely. Luckily my wife has duel SA/British citizenship so the decision to come back was not an overly difficult one but given the job/financial situation over here right now, we are certainly questioning whether we did the right thing in coming back.

 

[blueish swede]

Where were you from in the UK? Manchester

Why did you emigrate? Work, adventure, the hell of it.

Where did you go to live? Stockholm, Sweden

How long ago did you leave the UK? 11 years

How many blues live near you now? 6-8, people come and go over the years.

Do you miss being in the UK? No

Will you ever come home? Hahahahahahaha
(visit 4-5 times/year and average 2 games a season)

What's the best thing about being a city fan a long way from home?
1) same as at home - being a City fan.
2) Meeting rags from Milton Keynes or County Claire and asking them where they're from.
Follow up question - is that going out towards Wigan?

 

[nedor]

Just a few questions for our extended family members.

Where were you from in the UK? Manchester (last place I lived levenshulme)

Why did you emigrate? Met my soon to be whilst doing work in a call center in the Philippines and got offered a full time job here whilst my previous job was being off shored..

Where did you go to live? Manila, Philippines

How long ago did you leave the UK? Just over 2 years ago.

How many blues live near you now? None that I know of, over here they prefer netball for men..

Do you miss being in the UK? Not at all, only think I miss is the friends and family the rest of it I don't.

Will you ever come home? Only to visit family no plans on returning full time.

What's the best thing about being a city fan a long way from home?
Not having to read the newspapers, although I get the stories online here.