How long have you been a City fan?

[pjryan]

Watched the 1969 cup final on a black and white TV in my next door neighbours house as a 10 year old. I choose "Manchester" as other neighbours had emigrated there. I ve been a fan since.

 

[Kayla-CTID]

Since birth in may 1992. Dad also since birth april 1959. Grandad since he was a lad, he chose blue instead of red..it's a family thing!

 

[HellasLEAF]

I've been a City fan for about 11 years.

 

[im_still_here]

been a city fan all my life so 23 years :)

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

This. Exactly. Word for word (except I was 6!).

Welcome to "our" world, eh??!!!

Haha. Yes it's a mad mad mad mad world!!!

 

[tonyblue]

Since 1962

 

[howlandblue]

Since 1955, cant remember what game though. So thats 56 years. I must be the oldest old fart on here.

 

[theevilweasel]

April 1978 - Derby at home was my first game. Although i wasn't really old enough to understand. Got my first season ticket in 1986 although i was well into City prior to this.

So perhaps 30 years.

My dad would argue, just as i would argue about my son, I was born with a city shirt on. So in his eyes 36 years.

 

[briand]

Since 1990. I was 9yrs old. Been hooked ever since.

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

'76 Tueart did it for me

 

[gary111]

My first real memories of city are from the 98/99 season, so id say properly since i was about 6/7

 

[Tattooedcityfan]

first match when i was 9, so 35 years :)

 

[kashmir]

since 1966 dad took me to O** tr****d when i was about 7 to watch my first big match...got home and uncle was in a rage when told that my dad had taken me to see Utd,next week my uncle took me to maine road to watch my first city match and then i knew that i had found my first true love and we have been together ever since thru thick and thin!
thanks Malc (rip)

 

[madmank]

for as long as i can remember.
started going city with my dad.aged five/six untill around aged nine when he left and fucked of with some other fucking woman.was gutted cause at the age of eight/nine i really started to enjoy and realise what it was all about.then my mums brother took me to the swamp to try and cheer me up and try and convert me but i just sat there in silence.then the following season my mums best friend got a new boyfriend who was a season ticket holder in the kippax so all my birthdays came at once the day he asked me would i like to come to a game with him.so off i went with the biggest smile on my face never looked back. thanks to my mums friends boyfriend STEVE.THANKS MATE.

 

[St Ives blue]

1976..... I was 7 years old and just getting into football.

City had just won the League Cup......... man, I jumped on that bandwagon!!!!

(or you can blame my jinx like support for the following 35 years and won fook all........ but, its been the best rollercoaster!!)

...could have written this myself, word for word. We're the original glory hunters!! The things is I actually chose to be a City fan, and put myself through plenty of misery in the process. Surely things will change soon... won't they!!?

 

[baldybouncer]

Since 1959 when was I was 5!! I used to stand on a fold up wooden stool (snigger) at the wall and to the right of the goals in the Platt Lane stand. No seating in them days, only in the main stand!! 52 years all in all. Seen some shit and seen some wonderous stuff. Believe me ... these are the good times we're going through at the moment. Enjoy them!! And to all those that continually moan about the least little thing ... fookin quit yer moaning and enjoy the ride!!

 

[ballymunblue]

1962

 

[Cellarite]

january 1988 against shrewsbury at home. a 1-3 defeat but maine road just appealled to me.

 

[Scareye]

This. Exactly. Word for word (except I was 6!).

Thank fuck it's not just me, sometimes thought of never going again in case i was the curse, i was 8 though.

Seems to be quite a few of us!! I was six!! Fucking jinxes the lot of us!! :-)

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Early 70's.
Remember paying 40p to get in the Kippax and then bought a Kippax season ticket for £14.00 (if my memory serve me right....)
Colin Bell getting injured.
Big Joe throwing a Derby player into the back of his net,quality.
Invading the pitch at Maine rd after the League cup final,digging up some turf and planting it in the middle of my dads lawn.
Crowd surges
Etc Etc...
Happy teeenage days