New fans/tourists are embarrassing

[Q8-Blue]

To the OP i'm clearly a foreign fan,
I live in the west coast of the USA, i get up and watch games at daft o'clock on a saturday morning, my alarm clock is the only one in my apartment building which goes of on weekends. The neighbors probably think i'm crazy. So if i go through the hassle of getting a tourist Visa to visit Manchester, pay about $3000 roundtrip + expenses, should I refrain from taking pictures in order to not disturb your delicate ears. Unlike you, some of us weren't lucky enough to be born in Manchester, we can't go to every game or become season ticket holders, our only way of connection to this gr8 club is through this forum and the great videos on the OS which help us get involved with our club and feel apart of the community.

Not meaning to be rude but why do you support City?

long story, but in condensed version. I started following football seriously after the 2010 WC, before that i was a casual fan. In the 90s every1 loved utd and i wasn't part of it, so i can relate a bit to city fans in the 90s during the utd craze.

Well after following football a bit during the WC, I saw a lot of anti-city articles everywhere, there was this team owned by an Arab from the UAE (i'm from Q8 we're close) and chaired by an Arab and they were getting some serious vitriol by the media. I was drawn, started following them then and there. Glad to see that in one part of Manchester, Arabs aren't the obvious terrorists but are actually thought of positively. Now that i know about the history and what the club went through, and getting to know a couple of the fans on twitter and blue moon well how can't you love City!!!

 

[Damocles]

Now I know we need them to 'move forward as a club' but...

First thing I noticed when I got in the ground last night was the amount of tourists taking an unreal and ridiculous amount of photos, while wearing a half and half scarf!

One of them even tried throwing me out of my seat, claiming it was his, when his was clearly the one next to mine...this is my season ticket seat you fucking bellwhaft! His mate was infront of us so he wanted to be 'nearer' to him (?!?!?!?!)

Anyway, nearer to kick off, this group of about 15 people (all wearing snide City shirts) went to the front and had a big photo together and then started some chant of their own...WTF?! Why the fuck are you chanting something which has no fucking relevance to City whatsoever? It's like me turning up to Anfield and singing my own song!

The amount of times I heard this blokes' camera was doing my head in...I was going to sleep with the noise in my head!

It's embarrassing that we have 'fans' like the OP. You don't understand what City are, nor appreciate the history of this club. You're as big as an embarrassment to the club as the Green and Gold are to United. You run off ranting to yourself without a trace of irony whilst SPECTACULARLY missing the point of why City are special and what differentiates us from those over the road.

 

[machiavellian]

To the OP i'm clearly a foreign fan,
I live in the west coast of the USA, i get up and watch games at daft o'clock on a saturday morning, my alarm clock is the only one in my apartment building which goes of on weekends. The neighbors probably think i'm crazy. So if i go through the hassle of getting a tourist Visa to visit Manchester, pay about $3000 roundtrip + expenses, should I refrain from taking pictures in order to not disturb your delicate ears. Unlike you, some of us weren't lucky enough to be born in Manchester, we can't go to every game or become season ticket holders, our only way of connection to this gr8 club is through this forum and the great videos on the OS which help us get involved with our club and feel apart of the community.

Not meaning to be rude but why do you support City?

long story, but in condensed version. I started following football seriously after the 2010 WC, before that i was a casual fan. In the 90s every1 loved utd and i wasn't part of it, so i can relate a bit to city fans in the 90s during the utd craze.

Well after following football a bit during the WC, I saw a lot of anti-city articles everywhere, there was this team owned by an Arab from the UAE (i'm from Q8 we're close) and chaired by an Arab and they were getting some serious vitriol by the media. I was drawn, started following them then and there. Glad to see that in one part of Manchester, Arabs aren't the obvious terrorists but are actually thought of positively. Now that i know about the history and what the club went through, and getting to know a couple of the fans on twitter and blue moon well how can't you love City!!!

lol

In the 90s every1 loved utd and i wasn't part of it, so i can relate a bit to city fans in the 90s during the utd craze.

lol

 

[erast fandorin]

Now I know we need them to 'move forward as a club' but...

First thing I noticed when I got in the ground last night was the amount of tourists taking an unreal and ridiculous amount of photos, while wearing a half and half scarf!

One of them even tried throwing me out of my seat, claiming it was his, when his was clearly the one next to mine...this is my season ticket seat you fucking bellwhaft! His mate was infront of us so he wanted to be 'nearer' to him (?!?!?!?!)

Anyway, nearer to kick off, this group of about 15 people (all wearing snide City shirts) went to the front and had a big photo together and then started some chant of their own...WTF?! Why the fuck are you chanting something which has no fucking relevance to City whatsoever? It's like me turning up to Anfield and singing my own song!

The amount of times I heard this blokes' camera was doing my head in...I was going to sleep with the noise in my head!

It's embarrassing that we have 'fans' like the OP. You don't understand what City are, nor appreciate the history of this club. You're as big as an embarrassment to the club as the Green and Gold are to United. You run off ranting to yourself without a trace of irony whilst SPECTACULARLY missing the point of why City are special and what differentiates us from those over the road.

He'll hit 15,000 posts within a week or so+probably wank himself into a coma,so i wouldn't take much notice

 

[syedorf]

i wish i was at the game last night would have loved it no matter what mangaed the napoli game tother week and i loved that just to be in champs league is effin great its a shit load better than playing macclesfield believe me if we get new fans then good it just shows how far weve come under bobby they wouldnt have been there against macc i no i wish we never were

 

[SilvaisSkyBlue]

To the OP i'm clearly a foreign fan,
I live in the west coast of the USA, i get up and watch games at daft o'clock on a saturday morning, my alarm clock is the only one in my apartment building which goes of on weekends. The neighbors probably think i'm crazy. So if i go through the hassle of getting a tourist Visa to visit Manchester, pay about $3000 roundtrip + expenses, should I refrain from taking pictures in order to not disturb your delicate ears. Unlike you, some of us weren't lucky enough to be born in Manchester, we can't go to every game or become season ticket holders, our only way of connection to this gr8 club is through this forum and the great videos on the OS which help us get involved with our club and feel apart of the community.

Not meaning to be rude but why do you support City?

long story, but in condensed version. I started following football seriously after the 2010 WC, before that i was a casual fan. In the 90s every1 loved utd and i wasn't part of it, so i can relate a bit to city fans in the 90s during the utd craze.

Well after following football a bit during the WC, I saw a lot of anti-city articles everywhere, there was this team owned by an Arab from the UAE (i'm from Q8 we're close) and chaired by an Arab and they were getting some serious vitriol by the media. I was drawn, started following them then and there. Glad to see that in one part of Manchester, Arabs aren't the obvious terrorists but are actually thought of positively. Now that i know about the history and what the club went through, and getting to know a couple of the fans on twitter and blue moon well how can't you love City!!!

Welcome to City :)

 

[Q8-Blue]

amen. some of the knuckle-draggers that support city are embarrassing -- best not to rise to their self-righteous and inane musings. keep doing what you're doing and you'll always be welcome at eastlands.

cheers, i actually understand were the OP is coming from, I'm sure it wasn't easy supporting City in the 90s, in my high school every1, except me and a couple of m8s, were Utd and Arsenal crazy and this is in Q8.

Last summer i had to go back home to see family, but hopefully i'll try to visit England and especially Manchester maybe this summer, last time i went to England was when i was 12 years old with my mom and gran and I only saw london, all i remember is the big red buses. Hopefully i can make it early summer and catch a couple of games with the Mrs.

 

[Gaylord du Bois]

Not meaning to be rude but why do you support City?

long story, but in condensed version. I started following football seriously after the 2010 WC, before that i was a casual fan. In the 90s every1 loved utd and i wasn't part of it, so i can relate a bit to city fans in the 90s during the utd craze.

Well after following football a bit during the WC, I saw a lot of anti-city articles everywhere, there was this team owned by an Arab from the UAE (i'm from Q8 we're close) and chaired by an Arab and they were getting some serious vitriol by the media. I was drawn, started following them then and there. Glad to see that in one part of Manchester, Arabs aren't the obvious terrorists but are actually thought of positively. Now that i know about the history and what the club went through, and getting to know a couple of the fans on twitter and blue moon well how can't you love City!!!

lol

In the 90s every1 loved utd and i wasn't part of it, so i can relate a bit to city fans in the 90s during the utd craze.

lol

Why the lol ?
And why do you say you're 21 (not for the first time)when you obviously aren't.

Well put Q8 and for the record I live nearer to France than I do to Manchester.

 

[SWP's back]

I'd like to say more on this, but I'm in a rush.

Anyone who wasn't born or currently resides in the North West should not be allowed to sit in the bottom tier. Put them in the corners of the third tier. Thanks.

Eh its comments like this that really piss me off. I was born and raised in Australia, but have been supporting City for over a decade. At the Wigan away game last year I just amount lost my shit (many of the other City supporters around me were moaning for a good percentage of the match) when Toure scored and tried to run over the fence, before a few other lads got escorted away. It was my second ever City game. Am I not allowed to sit in the bottom tier when I come back to Manchester next year?

You're free to do whatever you want. But I just can't understand why you wouldn't want to follow your local team.

For many of us (me included), supporting a football club is not about the quality of the football, more a community thing, going to the game with lads you grew up with and share identical backgrounds. That's where the solidarity comes from.

Identical background? No
Lads I grew up with? No

I guess I'm fucked then. I'll give up my ticket.

 

[SilvaisSkyBlue]

Now I know we need them to 'move forward as a club' but...

First thing I noticed when I got in the ground last night was the amount of tourists taking an unreal and ridiculous amount of photos, while wearing a half and half scarf!

One of them even tried throwing me out of my seat, claiming it was his, when his was clearly the one next to mine...this is my season ticket seat you fucking bellwhaft! His mate was infront of us so he wanted to be 'nearer' to him (?!?!?!?!)

Anyway, nearer to kick off, this group of about 15 people (all wearing snide City shirts) went to the front and had a big photo together and then started some chant of their own...WTF?! Why the fuck are you chanting something which has no fucking relevance to City whatsoever? It's like me turning up to Anfield and singing my own song!

The amount of times I heard this blokes' camera was doing my head in...I was going to sleep with the noise in my head!

It's embarrassing that we have 'fans' like the OP. You don't understand what City are, nor appreciate the history of this club. You're as big as an embarrassment to the club as the Green and Gold are to United. You run off ranting to yourself without a trace of irony whilst SPECTACULARLY missing the point of why City are special and what differentiates us from those over the road.

Well said and could not put it any better than this ^^^^^^^