Media Discussion - 2023/24

[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.