john@staustell said:Interesting how those living overseas always see City as a thing ' HAS City ever been .......' etc - you see it in all the newsnow headlines around the world.
In England a club is a group of people - 'HAVE City ever been....................', rather than a battleship or something!
It's an Americanism. In American English, if the group of people has a collective identity that isn't itself plural (i.e. the Yankees, the Lakers, etc) then the group are subsumed under the single identity and become a singular.
Anyway, back on topic - it would be interesting to see City visit Australia, but the thing I'd be concerned about is that I don't think Australia are one of the places where our fanbase is growing very quickly. While the scum can play before packed-out stadia there, I think you'd find that we ended up playing before crowds in the single-digit thousands, and I'm not convinced, in a country where "soccer" is quite far down the pecking order, as it is in most former British Empire countries (ironically), that us going there for a week would even create the kind of attention that would win us many fans. I'd rather we wait before we've become a bit more successful and can attract bigger crowds, even if it disappoints the Aussie fans we currently do have (sorry guys).