mad respect for all those who has been a blue for many a decades.
me, born in 81.
started supporting city since late 1998. if not for Oasis, i would not have heard of City as the club that it is, and might have ended up being a plastic rag like 99.99% of my fellow countrymen. i took interest of City and went about watching City matches on tv and reading about them. it was a struggle as back then, our Premier League Sunday TV was saturated with Spuds, Liverpool and almost always the rags. City was below their brainwashing agenda, which unfortunately worked on Asians. brand merchandising and media and TV exposure became the reasons for the Far East gullibility to the big4. but i persevered, having my dad and sister located in England made it easier for me to keep in touch with City.
i then became old enough to take a sabbatical leave from working and studied and lived in Manchester, not being a season ticket holder, only went to three games in Maine Road. money was tight being a non-EU student having to fork out 12,000quid per year.
so, if i do my maths, i have been a blue for 12 years?
EDIT:
i should add that i lived in london since 1994 and was groomed to be a spuds fan since my sister's lad was a diehard spuds fan. but it never grew into me. City did, but i took the calling around 1998 yes.
