Do you mind us being called "Manchester"?

Not too arsed either way really: Manchester or City are quite acceptable. I'd probably edge towards City because it puts us above any other club called City and also it implies that Manchester the place is the "city"! I quite like the idea we have a few "branch offices" in minor places like New York that have to be given their full title to differentiate them from the main club and the main city.
 
On holiday in Florida about 10 years ago sat in a resturaunt.
Guy sat there in a Utd shirt and had bet with my beloved about where he was was from. Looking at him my first guess was New Mills!
Wandered over and politely asked him if he was a supporter of Man U to which he replied yes, I then said do you live near Manchester, his reply was yes Carlisle.
Says it all really
 
I often refer to us in this way myself. If someone asks me who I support, it's 'Manchester' because that's where I come from, so I support the Manchester football team. There's nothing to be confused about, since we're Manchester's only team. They're hardly going to think I mean Bolton or Wigan, are they?
 
For me I like "City" , Because when people talk about "City" they're talking about the team from Manchester
 
Couldn't care less what others refer to us as tbh, Imuch like i always thought it was a bit sad United fans took pride in being referred to as manchester and equally as sad that some City fans would get wound up by it.

If somebody asks who i support my answer If they're from this country would be City. If they're foreign it would be City, Manchester City. In the style of Bond.
 
Personally I prefer being called "City", but there's only one team that is from Manchester, so let them use it, as we deserve it far more than our trafford neighbours.
 
shemnel said:
So I had the pleasure of watching the CL semi final in the wonderful city of Barcelona last night on me hols and, fair to say, whilst most of the spaniards in the bar weren't actively supporting City they were adamantly against Real Madrid getting anything at all.

So, the TV pundits over there, the game commentators and the people in the bar referred to us, nearly without exception, as "Manchester". A couple of times they called us City or Manchester City.

This riled me at first cos of the way Utd were always called "Manchester" but then i realised they have no right to take our city's name considering we're the only club from manchester. and it was always those penises on ITV who should know better.

got me to thinking, do euro types always refer to the opposition as the city where they come from, despite other clubs? i hate it personally, being called simply
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I wonder how riled the Catalonians were at being called Spanish?
 
I think it is totally disprespectful, we shuld only be referred to by the media as, "the only football team to come from MANCHESTER" or "that team from the Emptyhad, I have proof of at least 2 empty seats"
 
The last few years comeback made people to stop calling rags as Manchester and that was norm here. Now it's usually City and United. Though I called them in derogative way as Jedinstvo near Manchester (Jedinstvo is unity on Bosnian and communist name for some shitty football clubs in ex yugoslavia).
 
I think we'll have to get used to being "Manchester" in Europe from next season on, because when they refer to "City", they'll be taking about that all-conquering team from Leicester.

And nothing wrong with "Man City" imo - been using that my whole life (or at least since I started supporting them in May 2012).
 
It pissed me off the first time I heard Johnny Foreigner call MANUre Manchester. As for Man City and Man U they fitted in the little slots on a pools coupon. I always associate MAN YOO with all cockney know-nowts who think they have a handle on all things football. City is City, and Hull, Leicester, Birmingham, Bristol et al can all fuck off! We are City!
 
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