For Man City Fan in Mississippi

[Alex the Blue]

I believe the gun laws are slightly more relaxed at your side of the pond so why not go and shoot whoever got the rags.

 

[Falastur]

That map is awesome. I can't fathom having 6 professional teams from the same city. I can't fathom having 20 professional teams all that close to each other.

Eh, if we're being exact, that's just the teams in the Premier League. There are three other professional leagues in England, each one ranked one step lower than the one before, for a total of 92 teams, and there are a handful more fully professional clubs and myriad semi-pro teams below them. London alone has not 6 but 13 professional clubs.

Regarding the songs, a few people have told you the names of songs but you haven't seen the lyrics yet. Check out this page for some of the actual song words. You'll notice that several of them seem a little defeatist, and several of the others which may seem wildly pompous ("best team in the land and all the world" etc) were originally in fact heavily sarcastic. This is because, as you may or may not know, we used to be much more of a struggling club than we are now, and many of the songs date back to those days. This is one thing that sets us apart from most of the "big" clubs - we know where we came from and we look back fondly on our years of failure, and have more respect for weaker teams and are less arrogant about success in general. You're likely to win more respect from fellow city fans by knowing the club's history and its most notable former players (including the ones who played before many of us were born) than you will be enthusiasm or by the number of shirts and scarves you may hang on your walls.

 

[Rascal]

Sorry on my tab.

Can someone post this from you tube for our American lads

Manchester City fans- bluemoon 2007


Hairs raised on neck stuff

<a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Rvugl84TE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Rvugl84TE</a>

Thanks pal.

Remember reading a post on rag caf about this. He was there and said it was the most amazing thing he had ever seen support wise whilst watching them.

 

[FrankSwift1]

Two great videos for you.

<a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81bv_gF4j5k" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81bv_gF4j5k</a>

<a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQnLmyAmBqs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQnLmyAmBqs</a>

 

[jimharri]

Sorry on my tab.

Can someone post this from you tube for our American lads

Manchester City fans- bluemoon 2007


Hairs raised on neck stuff

<a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Rvugl84TE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Rvugl84TE</a>

Thanks pal.

Remember reading a post on rag caf about this. He was there and said it was the most amazing thing he had ever seen support wise whilst watching them.

Loved the second comment down;

Back when we were fucking shit as well.

So so true!

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

EDIT----forgot to mention I'm from Rockville, MD. just outside DC. U tell me if that counts as southern or northern US cuz nobody here knows.

Hey Mississippi fan, welcome to bluemoon! As they say in 12 step meetings KEEP COMING BACK!

Congrats, you've won the lottery. I became a City fan (or as the Brits call it, a supporter) in a very similar way. I drew Man City out of a hat for a FIFA tournament with some buddies. This was quite a few years ago. It was long enough ago that I was upset because I had drawn one of the worst teams in the hat, which featured 12 teams from the Premier League. I am a huge fan of the band Oasis (big time City fans), and had been to one of their shows that past summer (2005 or 2006 maybe) so I was fine with playing as Man City. I won that FIFA tournament and City have been a huge part of my life ever since. I never miss a game, have a City jersey hanging above my bed, I cried watching the Aguero goal (multiple times), Yaya Toure is the background of my computer. I frickin learned Spanish (not all that well) so I could talk shit to the United/Chelsea/Bayern/Barca/Madrid fans in the kitchen of the restaurant I work at. I know one other City fan in my hometown, but that's fine, every time we see each other we talk City and have drinks. More blues will come. That much I can assure you. Especially with all the matches being shown live these days on non-satellite channels these days.

You're in for one hell of a ride. The Premier League has the passion/tradition of the SEC, the epic action of the NFL, and the superstars of the NBA. Its addicting. And the best part is the season runs from August to May. You'll find some things kind of weird during the first season or two...

-Why are there ties?
-WTF is offside?
-Why do teams fire their coaches so often?
-What is the away-goal aggregate rule?
-Why don't the best players play every match?
-Why the FUCK are they holding hands with little kids?
-Why doesn't the clock stop when the ball goes out of bounds?
-Why do they act like they're hurt when they didn't even get touched?
-Why doesn't the coach call a timeout?
-What is this strange transfer system? Why don't they just trade players and why no salary cap?
-How can the media just lie/make stuff up like that? Messi isn't transferring to Cardiff haha

In a few years you'll care 5 times more about Manchester City Football Club than you do the US men's national team.

If anyone calls you a glory hunter/plastic tell em to fuck off. Would I be such a huge fan if City hadn't been bought and became the best team in the UK, honestly...probably not. But I'd still support City and certainly wouldn't be supporting any other club.

I'm sure you've seen Harry Potter, the Sorting Hat has decided you and I are blues and it's our job to support the club now. Welcome.

Gotta love this post. Just like the last para says, some of us are born to be blessed by destiny.

 

[Gary James]

For anyone wanting to get a basic grasp of City's history have a good look at this site's History section - <a class="postlink" href="http://www.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/History/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/History/</a>

Videos from the 20s onwards, profiles of City managers, grounds and so much more.

 

[Deleted member 58619]

Two great videos for you.

<a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81bv_gF4j5k" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81bv_gF4j5k</a>

<a class="postlink" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQnLmyAmBqs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQnLmyAmBqs</a>

Loved watching those again

You sir are amazing and so is football

 

[Deleted member 58619]

<a class="postlink" href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tJSEsC0vens" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tJSEsC0vens</a>

This video shows all last seasons goals

Used to be able to tag YouTube videos but this functionality seems to have gone?

 

[panzer1311]

I'm a City fan from Pennsylvania and I would easily choose City winning a major trophy over my favorite NFL team (Steelers). I made fun of "soccer" for years due to ignorance but once I started following City I quickly became a rabid fan. I actually got up at 5:00 am and drove 3+ hours to New York to watch them win the title against West Ham at the Mad Hatter.

You're lucky to have drawn City but in a sense you're also a bit unlucky. When I started following them they were mid-table or worse and it was a MASSIVE deal when they qualified for the Europa League. Seeing Slur Alex constantly berate officials and Michael fucking Owen score a winner a mere seven minutes into four minutes of added time really made me even more passionate to see them embarrass the scum. Throw in a dash of Hairplugs Rooney telling Chris Foy he'd like to have Vincent Kompany sent off and Foy obliging made it even worse. Missing the bad times can only mean you'll never fully appreciate the good times.

But seeing City completely dismantle those showers of shit 1-6 at the swamp made it all worth it. And now City routinely remind them who their daddies are.

I won't answer all of your questions but the two players who I think Americans would like best and appreciate are Pablo Zabaleta and Vincent Kompany. There is no drama with them, no diving and they both have the heart of a fucking lion.

Spoken like a true Manc ! .... incidentally my favourite NFL team ( since 1985 ) is the Browns . can we still be friends ? .... woof woof