New v Old supporters

[didactic]

Has anyone else noticed that there seems to be a pocket of "old" supporters who feel that it is they and they alone who have the right to support the club?
These are the people who seem to believe that noone outside Manchester is allowed to be a blue or anyone who started supporting the club post 2008 is a "bangwangon jumper" or "glory hunter". Does it matter when someone started supporting the club if they are now loyal to it??

Ill give you examples since we signed Adebayor there are now people from Togo supporting the club, since we signed the Toures we have people in Ivory Coast. Since Silva the Spanish are now aboard, since Dzeko we have a large Bosnian following. Are these people lower down the totem pole because they recently became blues?

I think we are a big club now, when we are mentioned we are being mentioned along with the Real Madrids, Inters and Chelseas this comes with rapid success. That is the price of billions and billions in investment. We are now the biggest club in the arab world. So do these "old" supporters prefer that it goes back to when we couldnt scrape two pennies together but the club felt like their own or what we are now where we are world renowned but also have a large NEW fan base?

I saw Robinho shirts in South Africa, you are watching a Spanish music video you see someone wearing a Silva shirt. I saw a De Jong shirt in a coffee shop in the Netherlands. All City shirts.

I respect the old guard, the guys who started supporting the club before I was even born, but I do not think this gives anyone a right to slag off the newcomers.


What are your thoughts?

 

[libertine]

If they 100% love the club and support us thriugh thick and thin why not?

 

[mancmackem]

This happens with all elements of life where a cult can form.

There are some small elements of City that are very clicky, but in the most part i've never met a friendlier set of folks willing to help you out of a hole.

- Tickets.
- Travel back from Luton after nearly getting stranded in Milan.
- Setting up social doo's (Bluemoon Party, fans forum etc).

I can see where you are coming from, but i'm yet to see it yet as i tend to hand around with fans under 40 years old.

When Fanzone Danny hits 40 next year i'll come back to you to outline if owt has changed.

 

[harry the plumber]

I class myself as an older City fan and i welcome any one from anywhere who supports this club.
I am also sure that once we lose players of a certain nationality we will lose most of the support from that country.
In my eyes they may worship certain City players but would not class them as a City fan.

 

[Anonymous]

to be honest, i get a little bit annoyed people have started following us now we are more established in the league.

although i was there week in week out when pearce was in charge, and the stadium had many empty seats, and the majority people not turning up were local... i just hate the fact i might sit near these fickle wankers in the future.

but for the future of the club and where we are going, i think we have to welcome these new fans.... all be it with gritted teeth.

 

[didactic]

My use of the word "old" was not in reference to age alone they could be in their teens/20s/30s but because they live in Manchester and have been supporting the club since childhood feel somewhat superior to an Indian who started supporting us in the late 90s.

 

[lancs blue]

This whole thing about "no rags come from Manchester"/"only real Mancs support City" has got out of hand IMO, it used to be a sort of standing joke used as a piss-take to the local rags but some City fans have taken it to extremes.

 

[Anonymous]

My use of the word "old" was not in reference to age alone they could be in their teens/20s/30s but because they live in Manchester and have been supporting the club since childhood feel somewhat superior to an Indian who started supporting us in the late 90s.

im only in my late teens, but i feel im as "die hard" as any other city fan out there... i live and breath this club. and in a way yes i feel more superior to a new fan from india, i cant help it i just feel it.

 

[Why Always Ste]

I don't see people who follow this club for reasons such as player obsession as "fans of the club"
They are temporary supporters

if say Dzeko left tomorrow all these Bosnian people on here and on facebook will leave instantly.

They idolise individuals, almost like Music artists.

The Artist plays for the Record Label, They have no interest in the record label - they just watch the artist perform.

We are SonyBMG, EMI and so on.....

We will always follow this record label no matter what shit they produce, even if we don't like the music we'll still listen.

 

[bluetoo]

welcome one and all...an affinity for the blues and at least the desire to get to matches is all it takes...however...crowing on the back of our results while considering us as disposable as getting bored with the latest ps3 game when we lose is unacceptable