Do you mind us being called "Manchester"?

r.soleofsalford said:
should we change our name to REAL MANCHESTER
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We had a little dalliance with that some seasons ago when there were some adverts along the lines of THIS IS OUR CITY, REAL MANCHESTER, with the emphasis on real rather than ray-al!

To put the record straight with Rags and other souther cnuts I always say we are the only PL team which plays its home games within the geographical boundary of the City of Manchester.
 
I like us just being called 'City', I love the fact that there are many clubs with City in their name but we are the ones who everyone thinks of when they say it. This City Is Ours.
 
Finally a thread in which I can contribute something... (it's been a while)

Real Madrid CF are called just Madrid sometimes because that was their original name (actually it was Madrid FC) before some king bestowed the title of "Real" (Royal) on the club. They even reverted back to just Madrid FC during the Republican years of the 1930s.

AC Milan are called Milan because that's their name. AC is just the I-talian version of FC.

If some people want to use just "Manchester" to refer to City...well that's just lazy...but still amusing nonetheless as it assumes there's no other team from Greater Manchester.

And all City fans should know that the use of "Man City" is something akin to calling a barm a muffin (coat please)

C'mon El City
 
BornLate58 said:
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
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Just out of curiosity (mainly because I live in Whaley Bridge), why was New Mills your first guess?
Was there a scent of Swizzells Parma Violets?
 
Manchester has always been the name for the rags rather than us. And it annoys me. Because it suggests there is only one team (which there is, but it's us!).

I have a lot of foreign friends that now call us City - that's what I prefer. We've always been City. Man City doesn't bother me - it's standard and a lot better than what the rags get from their cockney fans saying Man U!
 
oakiecokie said:
I quite like it and I`m certain no one uses it in a derogatory way, but we are lazy with our use of the English language anyway,so not a problem at all for me.Too may people nowadays get upset by fuck all and this thread falls into it unfortunately.
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Forgive me if I am wrong, but as Sir Baconface pointed out, Man City tends to be used, though not exclusively, by non-Mancunians. You're not Mancunian are you? :-)

It does grate a little with me the Man City moniker. Don't know why, it just does.
 
In Madrid, even the locals refer to the two teams as "Athletic" and "Madrid"

Doesn't really bother me either way, "Manchester" gives us identity, but "City" is quite endearing.
 
Danny Hoekman said:
Forgive me if I am wrong, but as Sir Baconface pointed out, Man City tends to be used, though not exclusively, by non-Mancunians. You're not Mancunian are you? :-)

It does grate a little with me the Man City moniker. Don't know why, it just does.
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I was born at St Marys Hospital,Oxford Road,Manchester many decades ago DH.However, my Mum at the time was having a few pregnancy problems so they shipped off for the birth. Although I`m a Mid Cheshirite,I`m very happy to be a true Mancunian mate.
 
Hmm... Some poster above saying "we've always been 'city'" which is incorrect as the club as of today has come from other forms such as Ardwick, St Marks....
True "City" is 1894 but the club came from something(s) before this date.

Anyway as for the club name... I couldn't give a shit if some tourist soccer fan living on the other side of the world calls us "citeh" and our stadium "emptihad"
More fool to them for their ignorance and lack of education.

We are the only pro football team in Manchester.
Let them do their own research.

As for this "Man' City" thing.... I've always used it for things like texting, writing and so on as it's just quicker.
When I'm asked in public who I support, I reply: well I'm from Manchester, so who do you think?

Which then presents me with a reason to educate the person on why their response is invalid as Manure aren't based in Manchester.
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
In Madrid, even the locals refer to the two teams as "Athletic" and "Madrid"

Doesn't really bother me either way, "Manchester" gives us identity, but "City" is quite endearing.
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It's a good job you're not bothered especially as you can't be bothered getting Atletico's name correct ;)
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
We had a little dalliance with that some seasons ago when there were some adverts along the lines of THIS IS OUR CITY, REAL MANCHESTER, with the emphasis on real rather than ray-al!

To put the record straight with Rags and other souther cnuts I always say we are the only PL team which plays its home games within the geographical boundary of the City of Manchester.
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i`d forgotten about that 8-)
 
I quite like the Spanish bogsheets calling us "El City." It feels like they're including us in an exclusive list, like there's only one team with City in the name worth knowing about so they're "The City."
 
wouldnt orry about it until another section of the Scum fans splinter off again and create yet another club and call it Manchester FC
 
Manchester City, Man City, City are all fine by me. Manchester? If it's being used by a commentator in a game it doesn't really bother me as it's pretty obvious who the reference is to.
When I'm asked where I'm from most know about City or Utd so i tell them the answer City. I would never refer to myself as just a 'Manchester' fan though. Its always from Manchester then Man City.
 
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