Didsbury Dave
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I can remember that the "reds under the bed" paranoia amongst City fans was so bad back then that Hince was accused of wearing a United bobble hat at Reading away. Seriously.
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Media Thread 2020/21
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gordondaviesmoustache
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Was thinking about that the other day (third lockdown and I'm seriously running out of wanking material!)We’ll always have Hooters, gr8 m8
Creme brûlée......life’s a woman :)The entire modern noveau football fan’s equating of history to mean trophies began with Liverpool fans at the turn of the Millennium and was originally aimed at Chelsea following the Abramovich takeover.
Not only were these entitled melts mortified at seeing league titles suddenly being racked up by a club they traditionally considered beneath them while their own empire crumbled, they were further triggered by their home town hero Gerrard agreeing to move to Stamford Bridge, only to later change his mind after being pressured by organised crime figures in the city.
Thus their “You aint got no history” song was born and belted out whenever they played Chelsea.
It was all they had left.
Nonetheless, it was a message and position that would be amplified by compliant client journalists and the explosion of social media and online football outlets and forums, and thus adopted by other fading redshirt establishment fanbases as their complacency and decadence meant they could no longer compete on the field of play.
When City came along, it was the final straw. And not only with trophies.
For Gerrard to Chelsea, read Sterling, Tevez, Adebayor and Nasri to City. And unlike Chelsea, we got our men.
The supporters of LFC, united and Arsenal - the three clubs who were responsible for the very invention and concept of the plastic, glory hunting modern TV fan - suddenly decided that not only was the past another country, but it was better than the one they now found themselves living in.
And they all had their former players and media mouthpieces onside.
Like Les McLeod, the ‘Creme Brulee’ one hit wonder has been from The League of Gentlemen, they preferred living in a rose-tinted version of the past rather than accepting the grim reality of their present and the unpromising outlook of their future. To paraphrase Les, “Remember when my team was good? Football, its a shit business isn’t it?”....
Notwithstanding its factual inaccuracy in all aspects, as the recent FA Cup trophy documentary has demonstrated, ‘No history’ says more about them than about City. It is an entitled, embittered and terrified howl into the void. The death rattle of dinosaurs.
LongsightM13
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Hahaha is Hooters still going? Remember coming up the side road from the station one Saturday lunchtime and the manager had all the girls in the orange hotpants and crop tops lined up waiting outside, as soon as the City fans came into view he ordered them up onto the benches outside and had them hula hooping and dancing.Was thinking about that the other day (third lockdown and I'm seriously running out of wanking material!)
As a guerilla marketing strategy it certainly worked, everyone piled in there
Blueboy73
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I can't remember the bobble hat incident but I do remember there being a general feeling amongst a significant number of blues that the Muen was very anti-City/ pro-rag back then and some still think that now from what I can see.I can remember that the "reds under the bed" paranoia amongst City fans was so bad back then that Hince was accused of wearing a United bobble hat at Reading away. Seriously.
I remember King of the Kippax running several articles in one edition making a point of repeating the strapline "Paul Hince and the Muen" whenever they wanted to highlight any negativity aimed towards City.
You wouldn't think it was the same club.
Sky Blue Thinking
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"Legends" who came to play for a draw."Merceneries". i'd forgotten that one. It is slightly off-topic because that was daft fans rather than the media, in the main, but kids all over the internet of the United persuasion were using it willy-nilly back in the day.
Just imagine how it felt on 28-4-12 when Kompany, Zabaleta, Aguero, Toure and all of those other mercenaries showed ten times as much heart and commitment as their "legends" to outplay, outrun and outfight their team in the most important derby of all time.
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Love that picture of Vinny.
Centurions
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That comes under the heading of way too much information.Was thinking about that the other day (third lockdown and I'm seriously running out of wanking material!)
Sky Blue Thinking
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There was also the mysterious "5th column" Frank Clark referred to. Maybe they were really behind some of his signings.I can remember that the "reds under the bed" paranoia amongst City fans was so bad back then that Hince was accused of wearing a United bobble hat at Reading away. Seriously.
LongsightM13
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Hahaha madness, Hince may have had his faults but the very last thing anyone could accuse him of being was a red.I can remember that the "reds under the bed" paranoia amongst City fans was so bad back then that Hince was accused of wearing a United bobble hat at Reading away. Seriously.
He once wrote a column about the time ‘Uncle’ Harry Godwin went round to the north Manchester home of Stan Bowles to sign him for City, which was one of the funniest things Ive ever read. Sadly it was pre-internet so lost to the microfiche at Central Library
LongsightM13
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And I sincerely hope he was referring to the Hooters girls rather than myselfThat comes under the heading of way too much information.
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