IrishBlues

[Wexford Blue]

You're not wrong Kirkstall - the Smith, the Beatles - great Irish bands! ;-)

 

[blue_paul]

19 years a blue, does anyone frown upon Irish followers just cos we aint from Manc.
i seen a comment from forevercity earlier calling our country twats...

To be honest mate i've taken the piss out of Rags for years about everytime they interview fans outside the swamp before games they're always fucking Irish, Scandinavion or Southern!

Also i could never bring myself to support a club from another part of the counrty, let alone another country because i always see footy as a local pride thing (not talking about scrapping here neither, just in the literal sense)! Having pride in your city, the place you live, your fellow citizens and the footy is what brings the whole local community together as one! We sing songs about City, Manchester City, Manchester, being Mancunains and have pride in this! I just don't see how you can follow a club that isnt from where you're from it's just fucking wierd if you ask me!

I lived in Warrington for 3 years and worked for Warrington Wolves RLFC for 2 years coaching under8's-under13's rugby league, i got to go to Warrington Super Lg games for the 2 years and even 6 years on, when i now live back in Manchester again, i still go to watch Warrington now and again (maybe once or twice a season)! [WARRNIGTON IS 19 MILES FROM WHERE I LIVE IN TIMPERLEY, TRAFFORD!] However, i do not consider myself a proper Warrington Wolves fan because i am not a proper Warrngtonian/Wire, and i never will be! So i dont pretend to be a big fan or proper supporter of them - i even feel guilty sometimes when i go to games in case ive stopped a proper local fan getting in to watch their team!

just because you don't understand it doesn't make it wrong.

I didn't just choose to support City. It just kind of happened. I suppose you could call it fate if you believed in that kind of thing, anyway I've told the story and I'm not on for telling it again.

If you are as proud of your City as you say, then you should be glad of the fact that people come from around the world to support City.

You're right, and im not saying it is wrong, i just dont understand it! It's like when Munster won the European Cup a few years ago at Cardiff/Millenium after losing was it 2 or 3 finals in a row, i was ruiting for them to win and when they did i thought to myself, im really pleased for them local fans who've been through the pain for them years in losing them finals! But i would never bring myself to support them!

Anyway, i dont have anything against our world wide support, it does show that we are a popular club which is great and i suppose their are so many fuckin Rags all over Ireland i suppose it drives some people to support City because of the shear arrogance and horribleness of Rags! But hey if you support City then fair play to you and if you're ever in the pub before a game that i go in you're sure to be welcome! But i still think you're a bit mad for supporting us!

Danburge82:

Like a lot of out of town blues on here I also support my local club and see no conflict as my local club gt around 3,500 at games and play in a different country. The Irish especially, have always supported English clubs. Our best players making their careers there and a lot of people would have family in England or have parents who lived there for a period such as myself. Also, culturally we're quite similar, especially in urban areas. Dublin would have a lot in common with a town like Manchester or Glasgow, klids into the same things music and football wise etc
You're brought up watching English football although it's fair to say that a lot more football people in Ireland should be watching league of Ireland but most just sit in the boozer watching the filth or liverpool and go over once every few years. .
If anyhing, I'd say people treat the national side as more like a club side with big numbers travelling away and that's partially due to our club sides not being involved on the bigger stage ( unless you count the first preliminary round of the champoins league!)

 

[blue_paul]

Sdavros:

Wait until the tv fixtures are out and we can plan then. It's more than possible our first home game won't be a sat 3.00pm and with Setanta going bust the 5.15 game is probably a thing of the past. A Sunday kick off could be too messy with people working the next day.

yeah we are just in the initial stages of getting interest. obviously we will plan further when fixtures are out.

that's good thinking though Batman. Will i put you down as interested?

I've a wedding in late August and if it doens't coincide with that happy days.

 

[leighton]

Keep me informed. With a bit of luck I will have found a job from now to the start of the season and if I do I will be there. Jobs are fucking like gold dust here these days.

 

[BatNBall]

and in my secondary school where I was the only City fan against masses of Man Yoo fans boy did i take some stick!! always fought our corner well though!

well said mate. Same here!

 

[leighton]

The only football team in my area where I grew up was the one I played for. Believe me, I'd love to support my local team, if I had one. The reason people support teams where they're not from has been done to death - i've mates who are Forest, Derby, Ipswich fans, all of them Irish - for various reasons they were drawn to the clubs and are now lifelong fans. Same for me with City, 20 something years ago. Don't feel a need to justify it, and yeah - we feel the same about glory hunter rags over here as you do. It's not nice to mock the afflicted though!

Wexford my local team are playing against Derry City in the FAI Cup they have won a load of Junior Cups this season and still have games to play in the league. So good luck to Ballymun on Friday night up in Derry hoping to get to this game but at the moment it isn't happening will find out later tonight early morning if there is any sort of chance.

 

[Quinninho]

Just wanted to stick my oar in as a fellow Irish blue. For all of you looking to take a trip to Manchester Ryanair do the best deals (I reckon its because Michael O'Leary is also a blue......) Myself and two of my mates are city fans and head over practically every second week for €35 one day return. There were a good few Sunday games last year so getting flights home proved to be a bit tricky (stags etc) but a night in Manchester is well worth it, great people and great night life.

If you contact the club and order your International City card (approx €25) you can book tickets through this and its easy especially for tier 2 & 3 games. You'd be surprised how many blues are on the plane actually.

Regarding supporting local teams I totally agree with danburge but our best players play in the premiership and it's never off the tv so its hard to ignore. Myself and my best mate have been citizens for 23 years now and travel over about 15 times a season minimum so after all the hardship I deserve the good times ahead so I'm going nowhere!

 

[Wexford Blue]

Just wanted to stick my oar in as a fellow Irish blue. For all of you looking to take a trip to Manchester Ryanair do the best deals (I reckon its because Michael O'Leary is also a blue......)

True, but recently went over with Aer Lingus and not much dearer. Have you seen the Ryanair prices when the rags are at 'home'?... Silly money, reckon they subsidise our trips with rag money? - Good man Michael O' Leary!

 

[Wexford Blue]

Wexford my local team are playing against Derry City in the FAI Cup they have won a load of Junior Cups this season and still have games to play in the league. So good luck to Ballymun on Friday night up in Derry hoping to get to this game but at the moment it isn't happening will find out later tonight early morning if there is any sort of chance.

Good luck with that Leighton. Wexford Youths had a decent run in the League Cup last yr.

 

[poh]

If any Irish Blues that are not part of a supporters club fancy going over next year we should get something organised for early on in the season

Sounds good that..

if there is a list of names put together we can have an idea and get something put together. We're thin on the ground over here so it would be good to meet fellow Irish blues.

I have been a blue since 1967-68 season,and the reason i became one was because i would not follow those fucking red sheep over here,the stick i have got over the years from that red scum has been unbelivable at times,but i have gave it back in spades over the years so fuck them. To be a city supporter, to me it does not matter where you come from (although it does to some,so that's fair do's ) as long as you have that faith your a decent human being,to me city supporters are not like other supporters,we are forged in the fire of white hot passion for our team and no matter what comes along the road we stand strong,proud and unyeilding to any troubles (and we have seen a lot of those over the years ! )Now that i have got that of my chest, as a treat i had planned to take the wife over for a home game early in the new season,have a bit of a meal and stay over and all that,the kids are all grown up now (3 beautiful irish girls and all blues !) so we can take off now when we feel like it,so i and indeed my wife would love to meet up with fellow irish blues for a bit of crack,so please put myself down for any planning on a home game early in the season.COME ON CITY !