Formed in 2008! No history!

[jimharri]

....the que for a pie...

 

[BackofJeanette]

By history you mean trophies?

It doesn't compare to Man Utd or Liverpool but what did their honours list look like in the pinnacle of their history under Busby or Shankly?

Our success means so much more to us now, because we remember the bad times and we are the fastest growing club in the world by every single measure:

Growing fan base: See attendance growth, see world wide fan surveys eg Global Digital Trends Surveys
Trophies: e.g. 3 league titles in 7 seasons
Revenue: Surging. In England second only to Man Utd and closing the gap.
Infrastructure: See the changes at the club.it's ongoing and we know this is on-going
Youth teams: Developing an outstanding group of young players. Mourinho feels he can only be competitive with his very best senior players whilst Guardiola revels in pitting his young charges against the best.

You should be able to go onto any forum in the world and absolutely destroy your opposition because the tissue of lies and jealousy about MCFC is incredibly fragile. Most opposition fans fall back on the financial 'doping' argument or the 'human rights' argument. They are incredibly easy arguments to win. The only problem is that 'conquering all' wastes time. What does it really achieve? A keyboard warrior gives you certain skills and then it becomes boring and health of your team lies not in your skills as a street fighter on the Internet but on the quality of the coach and the financial strength of your club so better to do something more fundamental and increase your own capability so that when presented with an argument you can find its flaw i.e. be able to think on your feet. People are not static unless they want to be. Neural development probably is linked to age but they say we only use 1% of our mental capacity so your potential is limited only by your state of mind.

City's success has been an incredible experience. We have gone from watching our club slowly die to seeing it turn around in the lower divisions to fight back under Royle and Keegan and then to experience the ultimate moment in the history of sport through Aguero. All we needed was to be loyal (that's a basic human trait) and be lucky to have been born at a magical time in our history, but we can do more than just watch and cheer. Don't spend too much time arguing.

I doff my cap to you sir. I got goosebumps reading that.

 

[Seosa]

I always like to go back to before WW2 etc., for some real, cold historical facts. Like how when City won the FA Cup in '34, Utd came within a point of relegation to Division 3. Or how in '37 when City won the league for the first time, Utd were relegated back to Division 2. A Utd fan exposed himself on the final day of the season back in May bragging about how a win that day would be a landmark, 3000th win I think. In the stats table he produced, he forgot to cover up the 800+ games Utd had played In Division 2. Shock horror, the decades before WW2 in which the Red Shite were...well, shite. Not forgetting how their first two League titles, first FA Cup and first Charity Shield were won thanks to key ex-Blues like Meredith. Or how Busby was an FA Cup winning ex-Blue. Or how City bailed Utd out by requesting that Manchester Central be stopped from entering the football league due to the negative impact it would have had on Utd.
Other examples include us winning a European trophy before Red Scouse etc., as noted already.
Emphasising just how close we were in terms of trophies before the drought began is a good one, too.

Trophies as of the close of 1976:
- City, 12 (9, without Community Shield)
- Scum, 18 (11)
- Arsenal, 20 (13)
- Liverpool, 18 (13)
- Chelsea, 4 (3)
- Spurs, 16 (11)
- Everton, 14 (10)

Remember, "NO 'ISTREH!!!"

 

[Bodicoteblue]

I always like to go back to before WW2 etc., for some real, cold historical facts. Like how when City won the FA Cup in '34, Utd came within a point of relegation to Division 3. Or how in '37 when City won the league for the first time, Utd were relegated back to Division 2. A Utd fan exposed himself on the final day of the season back in May bragging about how a win that day would be a landmark, 3000th win I think. In the stats table he produced, he forgot to cover up the 800+ games Utd had played In Division 2. Shock horror, the decades before WW2 in which the Red Shite were...well, shite. Not forgetting how their first two League titles, first FA Cup and first Charity Shield were won thanks to key ex-Blues like Meredith. Or how Busby was an FA Cup winning ex-Blue. Or how City bailed Utd out by requesting that Manchester Central be stopped from entering the football league due to the negative impact it would have had on Utd.
Other examples include us winning a European trophy before Red Scouse etc., as noted already.
Emphasising just how close we were in terms of trophies before the drought began is a good one, too.

Trophies as of the close of 1976:
- City, 12 (9, without Community Shield)
- Scum, 18 (11)
- Arsenal, 20 (13)
- Liverpool, 18 (13)
- Chelsea, 4 (3)
- Spurs, 16 (11)
- Everton, 14 (10)

Remember, "NO 'ISTREH!!!"

That’s not istreee.
That’s just a bunch of things that happened in the past.

 

[Abattoir Blue]

Is that true? I didn’t know that

Even at the height/depth of our shiteness in 99 we still had the 8th best average league finish..and that was after 20 years of plop. Behind Liverpool, arsenal, united, Tottenham, Everton...and probably Chelsea and Villa. I think. Or maybe Newcastle.

 

[Fame Monster]

Is that true? I didn’t know that

1 Liverpool 4,768 33 Norwich City 910
2 Everton 4,726 34 Charlton Athletic 963
3 Arsenal 4,719 35 Notts County 935
4 Manchester United 4,432 36 Fulham 854
5 Aston Villa 4,254 37 Queens Park Rangers 847
6 Manchester City 3,628 38 Bury 738
7 Chelsea 3,532 39 Cardiff City 625
8 Tottenham Hotspur 3,520 40 Luton Town 594
9 Newcastle United 3,449 41 Crystal Palace 548
10 Sunderland 3,297

 

[blue b4 the moon]

1 Liverpool 4,768 33 Norwich City 910
2 Everton 4,726 34 Charlton Athletic 963
3 Arsenal 4,719 35 Notts County 935
4 Manchester United 4,432 36 Fulham 854
5 Aston Villa 4,254 37 Queens Park Rangers 847
6 Manchester City 3,628 38 Bury 738
7 Chelsea 3,532 39 Cardiff City 625
8 Tottenham Hotspur 3,520 40 Luton Town 594
9 Newcastle United 3,449 41 Crystal Palace 548
10 Sunderland 3,297

That's another trophy for the dippers.

 

[manchester blue]

When dealing with any Liverpool "supporter" if they come out with any shit like this I always ask them, who won a European Trophy first, Liverpool or City?
And did you know that City won the FA cup for the first time 61 years before Liverpool

My favourite is the one Gary James quoted, maybe on Twitter or here.

That City have had the longest ever span of success, meaning the longest period from our very first trophy to our last.

No history.

 

[manchester blue]

haha

 

[Blue Til Death]

I’ve not heard one pundit set the record straight regarding this history crap, history has sweet fuck all to do with winning trophies, none whatsoever ...
my mate is a Notts County fan, woe betide anyone having the bottle to tell him his club has no History...!