Man City Fan in Mississippi
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NanaToure42 said: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.
Maryland is for sure the northern part of the U.S. I have a hard time considering anything north of Tennesee and South Carolina the "South," although Kentucky could make an argument. I guess I have been born and raised in the Deep South, so I am biased somewhat. And, as stated in my previous post, I have followed soccer for awhile, just not closely enough to know much inside information about a particular team. I got the rules down. Thanks for all the help though!