Looking down on 'glory hunters' is arrogance

[baildon blue]

Ive supported city 4 over 30 years. I didnt go to many matches until 1997 does that mean im a glory hunter.

 

[cyberblue]

When i was a kid i in the 60s Iused to go to loads of Bury games .One of our teachers Brian Grundy played part time for Wigan then went full time to Bury .we used to get in for about 5p as my parents didnt have a pot to piss in couldnt aford to give me money to go to City every other week watching Bury was a great way to keep my intrest in Football alive .when i left School & started earning Money at 15 i could aford to watch City much more regulary .

Well put CyberBlue... There is nothing wrong with someone changing their teams.

Someone could be a Watford fan right now, watched every game for years, but then through work or relationships etc they move up here to Manchester and start supporting City.

What, because St Helens Blue say's so - they are pathetic and gloryseeking?

Having to justify why they support this club all the fucking time because numpties like the above are constantly questioning their allegiance to this club - Now that's childish and pathetic.

Vinjay - yes he could of chose any other club, but who are you to suggest who he should and shouldn't support?

I loved watching Bolton as a kid, even been in the away end at Maine Road watching them.
But I have just as much right to support this club as you or anybody.

Haha a numpty..Come on Ste, surely you can be more abusive than that???

I would no matter what my circumstances NEVER change my team due to work,finance,family or the world going pop! Sorry,you and Vinjay can try to justify it all you like but you will never convince me or many that it is correct.

One team for life and once you choose you stick with them.

My Dad was a Cardiff City fan befor the war after the war he moved to Manchester so he started watching City .there was no Tvs never mind any coverage in them days .so in your eyes he had no fight to watch City .he took me & my brother when he could aford it & i went to watch Bury when he couldnt .through him (switching teams) both my brother my sons my wife & nephew & neices are all staunch City fans .Just cant follow your short sighted blinkered logic

 

[liam81101]

I personally grew up disliking football, It wasn't until the 2000 euro's that I started to even watch it and started to enjoy football at all. in 2002 I met my wife to be, she is a City fan born and bread ( as is her entire family ) so from this I started to grow and allegiance to City.

Then in 2004 I watched the 3-4 10 man come back against Spurs and I was hooked.

Even though I have supported 1 team my entire life I have regularly had the glory hunter label lobbed at me because I didn't grow up within half a mile of Maine Road or I didn't support the team since I was about 2 years old, which is frankly bullshit.

I grew up down south, but moved to the north west when I was 19, and have moved around the country from Liverpool to Manchester to Leeds to London to Stafford and now Warrington ( for now ). I have chosen Manchester as the place I want to live, its hands down the best place I've lived in and aim to be here till I die.

Growing up in Birmingham I've had many many people say 'Why City?' - my Dad was born there and from an early age the first club I became aware of more than the others was City. This was 1978. So know the success we are getting is a reward for all the dark days we endured.

Mad to think you had the glory hunter label thrown at you because like me you're not from Manchester. It's the success of a club that defines that tag and between 1976 and 2011 we had next to nothing.

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

Well put CyberBlue... There is nothing wrong with someone changing their teams.

Someone could be a Watford fan right now, watched every game for years, but then through work or relationships etc they move up here to Manchester and start supporting City.

What, because St Helens Blue say's so - they are pathetic and gloryseeking?

Having to justify why they support this club all the fucking time because numpties like the above are constantly questioning their allegiance to this club - Now that's childish and pathetic.

Vinjay - yes he could of chose any other club, but who are you to suggest who he should and shouldn't support?

I loved watching Bolton as a kid, even been in the away end at Maine Road watching them.
But I have just as much right to support this club as you or anybody.

Haha a numpty..Come on Ste, surely you can be more abusive than that???

I would no matter what my circumstances NEVER change my team due to work,finance,family or the world going pop! Sorry,you and Vinjay can try to justify it all you like but you will never convince me or many that it is correct.

One team for life and once you choose you stick with them.

My Dad was a Cardiff City fan befor the war after the war he moved to Manchester so he started watching City .there was no Tvs never mind any coverage in them days .so in your eyes he had no fight to watch City .he took me & my brother when he could aford it & i went to watch Bury when he couldnt .through him (switching teams) both my brother my sons my wife & nephew & neices are all staunch City fans .Just cant follow your short sighted blinkered logic

I love and support city and ALWAYS will. Now here is the point. Watching another team has never been a problem- I have watched Bury a few times but it's the changing of your allegiance which concerns me.

 

[liam81101]

Haha a numpty..Come on Ste, surely you can be more abusive than that???

I would no matter what my circumstances NEVER change my team due to work,finance,family or the world going pop! Sorry,you and Vinjay can try to justify it all you like but you will never convince me or many that it is correct.

One team for life and once you choose you stick with them.

My Dad was a Cardiff City fan befor the war after the war he moved to Manchester so he started watching City .there was no Tvs never mind any coverage in them days .so in your eyes he had no fight to watch City .he took me & my brother when he could aford it & i went to watch Bury when he couldnt .through him (switching teams) both my brother my sons my wife & nephew & neices are all staunch City fans .Just cant follow your short sighted blinkered logic

I love and support city and ALWAYS will. Now here is the point. Watching another team has never been a problem- I have watched Bury a few times but it's the changing of your allegiance which concerns me.

True. Growing up in Birmingham I watched a bit of Birmingham City as a kid before I joined a branch of the SC near me. Most of my mind whilst at St. Andrews was on City's result that day . I went with schoolfriends because I love football I never loved Birmingham City

 

[daztrueblue91]

Depends what you class as a glory hunter, what used to piss me off is people who clearly do not follow football jumping on the United bandwagon when they win a game. There is also a breed of people who do not even like football but for some reason claim they like United thats what really grinds my gears. I don't care where someone is from or why they support a club as long as they follow their club through the bad times as well as the good times as that is what being a supporter is all about not just supporting a team for the odd big game and not giving a shit about them the rest of the year.

 

[cyberblue]

Haha a numpty..Come on Ste, surely you can be more abusive than that???

I would no matter what my circumstances NEVER change my team due to work,finance,family or the world going pop! Sorry,you and Vinjay can try to justify it all you like but you will never convince me or many that it is correct.

One team for life and once you choose you stick with them.

My Dad was a Cardiff City fan befor the war after the war he moved to Manchester so he started watching City .there was no Tvs never mind any coverage in them days .so in your eyes he had no fight to watch City .he took me & my brother when he could aford it & i went to watch Bury when he couldnt .through him (switching teams) both my brother my sons my wife & nephew & neices are all staunch City fans .Just cant follow your short sighted blinkered logic

I love and support city and ALWAYS will. Now here is the point. Watching another team has never been a problem- I have watched Bury a few times but it's the changing of your allegiance which concerns me.

& why should you be so concerned at what others do? i would just say get a life. live & let live i dont give a flying fu*k, what other people do & think .what others do concerns me not in the slightest

 

[Why Always Ste]

One good point that has been overlooked here is historically many Blues would go and watch different clubs regularly.

Speaking to Friends/Family of a certain age, you find that they would visit Maine Road one week, and the next week when City were playing away they'd be off to Old Trafford, Boundary Park, Gigg Lane, Burnden Park and so on to watch another local side.

This was common practice.

This whole Single club allegiance crap was created/stirred by greedy club owners and the media to boost sales and interest.

The typical Movie plot - the goodie and the baddie... and companies such as SkyTv played off this big time (and still do)

 

[St Helens Blue (Exiled)]

My Dad was a Cardiff City fan befor the war after the war he moved to Manchester so he started watching City .there was no Tvs never mind any coverage in them days .so in your eyes he had no fight to watch City .he took me & my brother when he could aford it & i went to watch Bury when he couldnt .through him (switching teams) both my brother my sons my wife & nephew & neices are all staunch City fans .Just cant follow your short sighted blinkered logic

I love and support city and ALWAYS will. Now here is the point. Watching another team has never been a problem- I have watched Bury a few times but it's the changing of your allegiance which concerns me.

& why should you be so concerned at what others do? i would just say get a life. live & let live i dont give a flying fu*k, what other people do & think .what others do concerns me not in the slightest

Who is concerned?? Certainly not me,you do what you like but you posted this on an open forum therefore I am entitled to respond to your post. If not,then why post in the first place.?

 

[Latics Fan SJK]

I love and support city and ALWAYS will. Now here is the point. Watching another team has never been a problem- I have watched Bury a few times but it's the changing of your allegiance which concerns me.

& why should you be so concerned at what others do? i would just say get a life. live & let live i dont give a flying fu*k, what other people do & think .what others do concerns me not in the slightest

Who is concerned?? Certainly not me,you do what you like but you posted this on an open forum therefore I am entitled to respond to your post. If not,then why post in the first place.?

You've just said 'It's the switching of allegiances that concerns me'....


....now you're saying you're not concerned.

Erm, what?

*For the record - I'm on your side here though