How long have you been a City fan?

Since I was born so that's 22 years on Sunday.

My family are all city fans so I didn't really have a choice
 
First game in 1966/67 season when I was 4, so been a Blue for nearly 45 years.
 
My first game was Bury away in 1966, I was seven year old. No real interest then. My dad then took me adhock on games from then into the mid 70's, still not much interest. The Blue calling arrived in the 76-77 season, when my brother and his mate, started going on a regular basis, I got the bug and the rest is history. I was 18 year old, and I've been a "day tripper", "plastic", and "glory hunter" ever since. I'm now nigh on 52 years old.
 
I was a convert. Had only been to a couple of City games back in the early sixties v Cardiff City & Villa. I'm fairly sure Bert played in both, but that is virtually all I remember except for both I stood on the Kippax and the 'massiveness' of it overwhelmed me. I mainly was watching Snackpot and the Rags, because they were more accessible by rail and I didn't really know anyone who supported City.

Things changed in the mid-sixties -there was both Manchester Council overspill developments in our area, plus more private developments that brought an influx of City fans into my school. I went with them to most of the home games of the 65-66 promotion season and even managed my first away game in the cup at Blackpool in the cup (they were a division above us). We, the underdogs drew 1-1 (Jimmy Murray) there and beat them 3-0 at our place (I think..anoraks confirm please!).

Then, totally hooked, I convinced my Dad to get a couple of season tickets for the 66-67 campaign back in Div 1 (wonderful first home game = 2-1 home win v Liverpool when the referee clapped the team off!).

45 years later still have the Seasoncard and enjoy it as much as ever. It is as much about the day or evening out..the drinks before and after, the camaraderie, but hey, we've been to hell and back....be patient..dump the negativity...yes, I've seen us win trophies, but you will too...patience & positivity is the only way...stay cool. We're in good hands.
 
bout 17 years now roughly, just fell into through my dad. vaguely remember looking at them in the table and being 6th and i thought "they look pretty good" if only i'd known;)

first managed to get to maine road in 99 to see us lose to oldham 2-1, us miss a penalty and a bloke streak across the pitch to round the day off. we were in platt lane with the families so not even the oldham fans sat in 4 rows in front of us got a slap when they started cheering
 
Starting playing football about 5 years ago, indoor only, moved on to outdoor a couple of years after that. I knew about the EPL and my friends/family all go for Arsenal or Liverpool, I was peer pressured in to picking a team so I chose a team that finished dead in the middle and had a famous name "Manchester".

The team then got bought out and players replaced with superstars and I now get hounded by my friends for jumping on the bandwagon (yes the Liverpool and Arsenal supporters) despite purposefully picking a team that I thought were average.

Watched every game I could this year and last year, I don't have cable TV so I have to download them or watch them at friends places and due to the timezone difference, unless it's a weekend, I have to spend all day avoiding the radio just in case I accidentally hear the score (has happened a few times now).

Also, being the only City supporter in the country whenever I watch in a bar or something I'm surrounded by the opposition. Not good, because I hate losing and always celebrate every goal like it's the winner.

PS - Oh yeah and I named my recently born son Carlos...Go City!
 
My dad was a rag, bought me a united kit aged 8, never wanted to wear it as red is an awful colour and realised this at an early age. My mate was a dipper and wanted me to sit in platt lane. Could not get a ticket so stood in kippax, at the back n near away fans, that was it blue forever more, will be blue forever, went to York in third div, will follow city.if it happens again, will love n follow you forever, bluemoon
 
Since the mid 60's, when I went to Sunday School and sky blue programmes were left about the place by 'our leaders'.

Those programmes got me thinking good thoughts. We were top of the 2nd division, and I loved looking at the photo of the ground on the front cover.

I was also the only boy at junior school wearing a City shirt at football practice, in a sea of red, about the same time. I wore that shirt with such pride. My peers came up to me and asked me who the sky blue shirt represented. 'City' I said, and left them to it.

Anyway, before the year was out, there were many more sky blue shirts on show, which pleased me no end.

All those red shirts..............even then I disliked them.
 
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