Media Discussion - 2023/24

[Spurs quarter 69]

City have as much or more affinity with Celtic, ...most of the music stalwarts in the town are irish roots blues and Celtic tinged...Marr, O'rouke = Smiths, Billy Duffy, Gallaghers. List goes on. Blue here from North Manchester ..atcmy Catholic school and team easily as many blues who preferrred Celtic to Rangers, seems strange this Rangers myth

For many years we were regarded as a staunchly protestant and masonic club, this was probably pre war but had a long hang over. My mums family in Dublin thought of us as the Rangers of England. We were formed by a protestant ministers daughter so I would imagine this is where the tradition came from. As someone from a mixed religious background I call a plague on both houses and follow the Jambos up the road. On my only visit to Ibrox for a friendly back in the mid 70s can say the Bears treated us like brothers, whenever we have played Celtic their fans have been arseholes. Lastly where McCoist is concerned he used to be very pro City suspect somebody had a word, if you want to work be pro rag and dipper.

 

[Indaparkside]

City have as much or more affinity with Celtic, ...most of the music stalwarts in the town are irish roots blues and Celtic tinged...Marr, O'rouke = Smiths, Billy Duffy, Gallaghers. List goes on. Blue here from North Manchester ..atcmy Catholic school and team easily as many blues who preferrred Celtic to Rangers, seems strange this Rangers myth

Fuck Celtic rag loving arselicking cunts

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

City have as much or more affinity with Celtic, ...most of the music stalwarts in the town are irish roots blues and Celtic tinged...Marr, O'rouke = Smiths, Billy Duffy, Gallaghers. List goes on. Blue here from North Manchester ..atcmy Catholic school and team easily as many blues who preferrred Celtic to Rangers, seems strange this Rangers myth

absolute bollocks, just absolute bollocks.

 

[levets]

City have as much or more affinity with Celtic, ...most of the music stalwarts in the town are irish roots blues and Celtic tinged...Marr, O'rouke = Smiths, Billy Duffy, Gallaghers. List goes on. Blue here from North Manchester ..atcmy Catholic school and team easily as many blues who preferrred Celtic to Rangers, seems strange this Rangers myth

We were a club of Mancunians,of all faiths. A strong Jewish presence amongst our support and our boardroom, plenty of Protestants and Catholics no doubt. This club has NEVER been sectarian. I’m Irish Catholic descent, from Newton Heath and prefer Rangers to Celtic.

 

[LongsightM13]

For many years we were regarded as a staunchly protestant and masonic club, this was probably pre war but had a long hang over. My mums family in Dublin thought of us as the Rangers of England. We were formed by a protestant ministers daughter so I would imagine this is where the tradition came from. As someone from a mixed religious background I call a plague on both houses and follow the Jambos up the road. On my only visit to Ibrox for a friendly back in the mid 70s can say the Bears treated us like brothers, whenever we have played Celtic their fans have been arseholes. Lastly where McCoist is concerned he used to be very pro City suspect somebody had a word, if you want to work be pro rag and dipper.

That myth has long been debunked

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

That myth has long been debunked

I thought Anne Connell the daughter of the vicar of St Marks Gorton founded a boys football club to keep young parishioners out of street gangs. This club evolved into Manchester City if this is a myth I apologise sure I read it in a club history. We must have come from somewhere and that explanation is as good as any other.

 

[northendenton]

Think you might be paying too much attention to players' arses ;)

Now City Women that's a different story

 

[mexico1970]

I thought Anne Connell the daughter of the vicar of St Marks Gorton founded a boys football club to keep young parishioners out of street gangs. This club evolved into Manchester City if this is a myth I apologise sure I read it in a club history. We must have come from somewhere and that explanation is as good as any other.

Anna Connell believed that the creation of male clubs would help improve the community spirit. With the help of William Beastow and Thomas Goodbehere from Brooks' Union Ironworks, she established a series of clubs. This included the creation of the St. Marks Church Cricket Team. The first recorded game took place against the Baptist Church from Macclesfield on 13th November, 1880. The youngest player was 15 year old Walter Chew. The eldest was Archibald MacDonald, a 20 year old iron moulder.

Anna Connell

Biography of Anna Connell: Manchester City

spartacus-educational.com

 

[urban genie]

37 attempts at goal v 3 attempts at goal, we scraped through!

In other news I used to think there was a bond between City and Rangers, certainly was in the 70s and 80s; that news certainly hasn’t reached Ally McCoist, just watched the goals on tv, the only goal the fucker got excited about was our opponents scored

There was never a bond with rangers at any level bar a small minority of fans who saw the rags suckin up to celtic due to the irish fans base and so opted to like rangers, there was alway equally plenty of Mancs who are City fans for generations from the large Irish decent community that would maybe have a passing affinity with celtic but not support for them, thankfully City fans have never indulged either of the pellets that play in glasgow (though historically we have many ties with celtic early in our lifetime as a club)

And after all the Pope is a city fan ;-)

 

[urban genie]

For many years we were regarded as a staunchly protestant and masonic club, this was probably pre war but had a long hang over. My mums family in Dublin thought of us as the Rangers of England. We were formed by a protestant ministers daughter so I would imagine this is where the tradition came from. As someone from a mixed religious background I call a plague on both houses and follow the Jambos up the road. On my only visit to Ibrox for a friendly back in the mid 70s can say the Bears treated us like brothers, whenever we have played Celtic their fans have been arseholes. Lastly where McCoist is concerned he used to be very pro City suspect somebody had a word, if you want to work be pro rag and dipper.

We were not formed by prodestants alone it was a joint community effort, and we had catholics involved from the start and an early hefty jewish following.

this catholic /prodestant stuff was started by the rags in the 70s by many of their fan base in Ireland liking celtic, and as per he rags tried to monetise it.

Gorton, west gorton and ardwick has always had a large irish catholic population and most who went to football watched city, as the club down the road, the sectarian aspect that was flirted with is a 70s myth that has no bearing on us in the main

 

[dickie davies]

Dont normally listen to Talkshite they are basically wind up merchants ,but was in a taxi and it was on this morning Simon Jordan and pigeye Murphy drolling on about how we will never be as big as the Dippers or Rags

Listen to the Instagram post
How old is he, because he has no idea about Micah Richards' "the player" and Richards won his first title in 2012

 

[bluealf]

We were not formed by prodestants alone it was a joint community effort, and we had catholics involved from the start and an early hefty jewish following.

this catholic /prodestant stuff was started by the rags in the 70s by many of their fan base in Ireland liking celtic, and as per he rags tried to monetise it.

Gorton, west gorton and ardwick has always had a large irish catholic population and most who went to football watched city, as the club down the road, the sectarian aspect that was flirted with is a 70s myth that has no bearing on us in the main

I remember rag/Celtic half and half wooly hats either in the late 70's early 80's, same with the red scouse.

Can't say I ever saw a Rangers version

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

Rightly or wrongly was always brought up to believe we were historically a protestant club. Some people seem to have a problem with this, but I honestly think it was a factor in keeping our fan base together and away from OT during our darkest times. Mind you in 2020s it doesn't matter even a little bit just regard it as peice of our history

 

[solley attwell]

There was never a bond with rangers at any level bar a small minority of fans who saw the rags suckin up to celtic due to the irish fans base and so opted to like rangers, there was alway equally plenty of Mancs who are City fans for generations from the large Irish decent community that would maybe have a passing affinity with celtic but not support for them, thankfully City fans have never indulged either of the pellets that play in glasgow (though historically we have many ties with celtic early in our lifetime as a club)

And after all the Pope is a city fan ;-)

Pope John Paul Il . His favourite player was kaziu Deyna. So in the late 70s he must have cheered us on

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

Pope John Paul Il . His favourite player was kaziu Deyna. So in the late 70s he must have cheered us on

Must be why he told the famous Man United to fuck off when they went to Rome to see him.

 

[urban genie]

I remember rag/Celtic half and half wooly hats either in the late 70's early 80's, same with the red scouse.

Can't say I ever saw a Rangers version

You mean like this one seen in my worn many a day by quite a few Gorton/Leve blues

 

[Mike N]

There was never a bond with rangers at any level bar a small minority of fans who saw the rags suckin up to celtic due to the irish fans base and so opted to like rangers, there was alway equally plenty of Mancs who are City fans for generations from the large Irish decent community that would maybe have a passing affinity with celtic but not support for them, thankfully City fans have never indulged either of the pellets that play in glasgow (though historically we have many ties with celtic early in our lifetime as a club)

And after all the Pope is a city fan ;-)

I never understood the Rangers ‘link’. I remember well the Rangers/Celtic’ song in the Kippax in the seventies, always equal chants, and the same for the half and half hats. I’d already decided I wanted nothing to do with their bigotry so didn’t get involved.

As for the Irish/catholic link with United, I attended a catholic school in Victoria Park. There was double the support for City, all lads with Irish surnames. This was pretty evident when season ticket holders had their names written on the spirals at the Etihad.

 

[LongsightM13]

I remember rag/Celtic half and half wooly hats either in the late 70's early 80's, same with the red scouse.

Can't say I ever saw a Rangers version

Plenty of City versions of both Glasgow clubs on the Kippax in the 80s

 

[LongsightM13]

I never understood the Rangers ‘link’. I remember well the Rangers/Celtic’ song in the Kippax in the seventies, always equal chants, and the same for the half and half hats. I’d already decided I wanted nothing to do with their bigotry so didn’t get involved.

As for the Irish/catholic link with United, I attended a catholic school in Victoria Park. There was double the support for City, all lads with Irish surnames. This was pretty evident when season ticket holders had their names written on the spirals at the Etihad.

Not to mention St Edwards’ primary school was literally in the Kippax car park
Always a large Irish population in the area around Maine Road, hence the clientele in pubs like the Albert, Birch Villa, Huntsman, Clarence etc
And also the Polish church and social club nearby as well, frequented by Deyna
Our first trophy winning manager was a Celtic legend

 

[HelloCity]

Knew they’d play the ‘edged out’ card based on the score line.