From a new fan...

[Stuuuuuu]

Anyone else remember week in week out getting onto the Kippax at 5 to 3 just as the players were running out (yes they actually ran out in those days) and standing on your 'very own' slab of concrete at the back of the Kippax surrounded by your mates and other familiar faces...

..then one week when we are playing a big game and guess what I can't get anywhere near my usually space because the ground is full of glory hunting twats.

And so to new fans who have suddenly 'chosen' to supoort City rather than being from Manchester or born into a City supporting family I would extend a luke warm welcome and respectfully ask that you try not to get in the way of us proper fans with your dodgy accents, brand new scarfs and little knowledge of our glorious history as we won't like it, particularly if you ever block my view or make it difficult for us to get served at the bar.

And for those with no loyalty points but the ability to buy glory hunting corporate tickets, don't brag about it because you will have stolen the seat of a true fan.

If I am being totally honest I would much rather you supported someone else.

You don't speak for me, Dr. Mick.

 

[Dr Mick]

Anyone else remember week in week out getting onto the Kippax at 5 to 3 just as the players were running out (yes they actually ran out in those days) and standing on your 'very own' slab of concrete at the back of the Kippax surrounded by your mates and other familiar faces...

..then one week when we are playing a big game and guess what I can't get anywhere near my usually space because the ground is full of glory hunting twats.

And so to new fans who have suddenly 'chosen' to supoort City rather than being from Manchester or born into a City supporting family I would extend a luke warm welcome and respectfully ask that you try not to get in the way of us proper fans with your dodgy accents, brand new scarfs and little knowledge of our glorious history as we won't like it, particularly if you ever block my view or make it difficult for us to get served at the bar.

And for those with no loyalty points but the ability to buy glory hunting corporate tickets, don't brag about it because you will have stolen the seat of a true fan.

If I am being totally honest I would much rather you supported someone else.

You are joking right?

Did you really prefer the Kippax when it was half empty, static and everyone had their own slab?

Give me the mental full houses, piss down the back of yer Oxford bags, starting at the top and finishing at the bottom days, every time.

I think they built the Main Stand for people who wanted to watch the match in an orderly fashion mate.

Where did i say i preferred the Kippax when it was half empty? The Kippax was never half empty. It was full every week with loyal fans who all stood in the same spot every week. Then united come to town and all the glory hunting dick turds come out of the woodwork and fuck it up for the rest of us.

Either go ever week or stay away. Its not rocket science. I have no time at all for the 'but its only a cup game and its Wednesday night on TV and I live in Telford and my dog's poorly and I have to put the kids to bed and i can't get time off work' brigade. That's what Man U was invented for.

 

[crizack]

So for years we've called glory hunters at united yet when people do exactly the same to our club, we're different? Eastlands is going to be packed full of glory hunters from now on, each to their own I say but there is a fine line with being city from birth and city from success.

 

[Pigeonho]

Anyone else remember week in week out getting onto the Kippax at 5 to 3 just as the players were running out (yes they actually ran out in those days) and standing on your 'very own' slab of concrete at the back of the Kippax surrounded by your mates and other familiar faces...

..then one week when we are playing a big game and guess what I can't get anywhere near my usually space because the ground is full of glory hunting twats.

And so to new fans who have suddenly 'chosen' to supoort City rather than being from Manchester or born into a City supporting family I would extend a luke warm welcome and respectfully ask that you try not to get in the way of us proper fans with your dodgy accents, brand new scarfs and little knowledge of our glorious history as we won't like it, particularly if you ever block my view or make it difficult for us to get served at the bar.

And for those with no loyalty points but the ability to buy glory hunting corporate tickets, don't brag about it because you will have stolen the seat of a true fan.

If I am being totally honest I would much rather you supported someone else.

You are joking right?

Did you really prefer the Kippax when it was half empty, static and everyone had their own slab?

Give me the mental full houses, piss down the back of yer Oxford bags, starting at the top and finishing at the bottom days, every time.

I think they built the Main Stand for people who wanted to watch the match in an orderly fashion mate.

Where did i say i preferred the Kippax when it was half empty? The Kippax was never half empty. It was full every week with loyal fans who all stood in the same spot every week. Then united come to town and all the glory hunting dick turds come out of the woodwork and fuck it up for the rest of us.

Either go ever week or stay away. Its not rocket science. I have no time at all for the 'but its only a cup game and its Wednesday night on TV and I live in Telford and my dog's poorly and I have to put the kids to bed and i can't get time off work' brigade. That's what Man U was invented for.

So by that logic then, those who don't go aren't really proper fans? What about those who can't go? I can't go anymore, and I have 3 reasons why. One is 12, one is 9 and the other is 5. My money goes on them but my passion and support for City is higher than its ever been, even from 88' - 06' when I went religiously, away included. Am I not a true fan either if I can't make it?

 

[Dodge]

Anyone else remember week in week out getting onto the Kippax at 5 to 3 just as the players were running out (yes they actually ran out in those days) and standing on your 'very own' slab of concrete at the back of the Kippax surrounded by your mates and other familiar faces...

..then one week when we are playing a big game and guess what I can't get anywhere near my usually space because the ground is full of glory hunting twats.

And so to new fans who have suddenly 'chosen' to supoort City rather than being from Manchester or born into a City supporting family I would extend a luke warm welcome and respectfully ask that you try not to get in the way of us proper fans with your dodgy accents, brand new scarfs and little knowledge of our glorious history as we won't like it, particularly if you ever block my view or make it difficult for us to get served at the bar.

And for those with no loyalty points but the ability to buy glory hunting corporate tickets, don't brag about it because you will have stolen the seat of a true fan.

If I am being totally honest I would much rather you supported someone else.

You are joking right?

Did you really prefer the Kippax when it was half empty, static and everyone had their own slab?

Give me the mental full houses, piss down the back of yer Oxford bags, starting at the top and finishing at the bottom days, every time.

I think they built the Main Stand for people who wanted to watch the match in an orderly fashion mate.

Where did i say i preferred the Kippax when it was half empty? The Kippax was never half empty. It was full every week with loyal fans who all stood in the same spot every week. Then united come to town and all the glory hunting dick turds come out of the woodwork and fuck it up for the rest of us.

Either go ever week or stay away. Its not rocket science. I have no time at all for the 'but its only a cup game and its Wednesday night on TV and I live in Telford and my dog's poorly and I have to put the kids to bed and i can't get time off work' brigade. That's what Man U was invented for.

Come on mate, the Kippax was not full every week. It's admirable if you can go every week, but you're waxing lyrical about your very own slab of concrete FFS! Football's moved on and I'm sure there's plenty of newbies who will support the club as fervently as the old school.

The fact is that if it wasn't for the club increasing it's fan base we'd only be playing in front of less than 40k week in week out.

 

[inGavious]

Glory Hunter!! :D

just kidding ... welcome to the City!

 

[gymshoe]

You've been twice and they were the most boring 0-0 dull draws, you jinxed yank ;-)

Quite aware of this...so choosing the Everton mach to come over to see is quite a risk indeed, considering recent history. But it would be worth the price of admission only to see Bobby Manc yank the ball out of Gollum's hands one more time...if the end result were a goal for the Blues.

On my coffee table sits Gary James "Big Book of City" and the official program to the FA Cup final. My TIVO is automatically set to record historical City matches, and I have youtubed all I can from the Gilliagham game to Denis Tuearts overhead. While I cannot claim to "have been there", I can do my best to learn the history, and do.

I have recruited new friends, and have my friend and his wife planning a winter vacation over our Thanksgiving holiday in November--They shall be walking into the belly of the beast at Anfield with my friends from the OSC I joined. Their three year old son is a David Silva fan, and kicks the dogshit out of the jubalani ball I got him. His father and I both catch every game, and the boy calls me his best buddy now. When I return to the States in September, he shall have his own David Silva kit. There are others who now come over to watch the games with us occasionally--I do a pretty good BBQ on match mornings. I keep advising them that if American football continues to have labor strife, that they will be watching footie with me, and will surely catch the bug, too. Time will tell.

Have fun all, I'm off to work in Chicago now...3 hour drive and two overnights in a hotel. No ipad there, but I will follow on an iphone--fingers too large to type on it comfortably...so until this weekend in LA, cheers!

 

[Dr Mick]

There are many different clasifications of City fan from the 'never miss a game' to the 'casual observer' and people will move between the categories as they move through life and their priorities and circumstances change. I fully get that.

I'm not judging anyone. This isn't anything personal and I'm certainly not questionning anyone's passion.

My comments are about the glorly hunters who only want to be associated with City when it suits them.

I, like many other have served my time as a City fan. I have supported City when they were shite and I've supported City when they were even shiter. I have no time for glory hunting wankers. I would prefer it if they chose soemone other than City to 'support' and I will get extremely pissed off if after i've commiting thousands of hours and thousands of pounds to this club some little shit from Kent who knows fuck all about this great club off ours nicks in at the last minute to steal all the glory and in the process spoil it for me. I've earnt it. They haven't.

It's the football equivalent of queue jumping or pushing in. And as with any other other queue, if after waiting patiently for some time, some turd tries to push in in front of me then i wouldn't be happy. Would you?

 

[MarylandBlue]

I've been supporting City for a few years now. A friend of mine here in Baltimore was starting a 5 a side team, and asked me to play. He also was looking for a team to support, his friend was trying to get him to support Arsenal (thank God he didn't do that) but also said City was an up and coming team (this was right around the beginning of Thaksin's era). My friend is also a huge fan of the UNC Tarheels, so City's colors made him happy as well. In American sports, I follow all the Miami teams as it's where I grew up (sort of), so I don't know too many other people in this area that follow the same team.

Long story short, I decided to join my friend in following City, and haven't looked back since. I catch every match on TV or internet. Read every half decent City blog I can find. I've read "Please May I have my Football Back?" by Eric Alexander and am making my way through Gary James' "Big Book of City" right now. I buy shirts from the OS store. The wife and I are hoping to make the pilgrimage to Eastlands in the next few years. She used to hate "soccer" but now she'll watch City with me. One time she sat down mid-match and asked "why isn't De Jong playing?" If the match wasn't still on, I'd have had to mount her right there.
Sometimes, while walking around the house, I find myself singing Blue Moon or We're Not Really Here.
If I see somebody wearing a rag shirt or hat or something (too common here in the US), I automatically assume they're a twat and want to fight them.

In short, City has surpassed the American teams I support in my heart. When they lose, I'm in a foul mood all weekend. For the FA Cup semifinal and final, I wasn't able to watch the match until about 5 hours after it ended due to work. Longest days ever! But, I wore my City shirt under my work shirt, it's now my good luck shirt and I'll wear it under my suit on my job interview on Thursday.

However, I never say "We" when referring to City. I figure that's for you lucky people that actually hail from the Manchester area. I do embrace the club's history and love learning about it and watching old footage, and I'm actually jealous of those of you that were there through it all.

 

[Dodge]

There are many different clasifications of City fan from the 'never miss a game' to the 'casual observer' and people will move between the categories as they move through life and their priorities and circumstances change. I fully get that.

I'm not judging anyone. This isn't anything personal and I'm certainly not questionning anyone's passion.

My comments are about the glorly hunters who only want to be associated with City when it suits them.

I, like many other have served my time as a City fan. I have supported City when they were shite and I've supported City when they were even shiter. I have no time for glory hunting wankers. I would prefer it if they chose soemone other than City to 'support' and I will get extremely pissed off if after i've commiting thousands of hours and thousands of pounds to this club some little shit from Kent who knows fuck all about this great club off ours nicks in at the last minute to steal all the glory and in the process spoil it for me. I've earnt it. They haven't.

It's the football equivalent of queue jumping or pushing in. And as with any other other queue, if after waiting patiently for some time, some turd tries to push in in front of me then i wouldn't be happy. Would you?

Mate, I understand where you're coming from but for me, no "glory-hunter" is going to spoil my enjoyment of the coming years. No way. I'm surprised you admit that it may spoil it for you, all I can say is dont let it get to you. To enjoy the summer, you've got to get through the winter and the johnny come lately's are all the poorer for not being there in the dark days..

And besides, there's an argument that our good Sheikh is the ultimate glory hunter, which is fine as long as he has the money eh?

Has anyone asked him and his kids about York away?