I've always been immensely proud of our club for all the things it does off the pitch in the community, especially for all the Q&A's over the past 40 years where they have made players accessible to the fans, for having a family feel to the club which a lot of players sense this once they've pulled on that sky blue shirt, for our heritage and our history, for being typical City, for doing things our way, but most of all for our SUPPORT for never throwing in the towel in the face of adversity where no other clubs supporters has had to endure their nearest neighbours forever being hailed as the team every kid ever dreamt of playing for (not for me and nor for you) for having their nearest neighbours being regarded as the biggest team on the planet, for sticking together through it all whilst their nearest neighbours won everything possible whilst our club suffered one humiliation after another, for never choosing red over blue, for knowing the truth and that we are and have always been the chosen club, for having to endure closet rags coming out of every corner of this planet, but most of all for standing together proud to be blue always, men, women, boys and girls...yes especially girls have you ever looked around and seen how many women and girls attend City games. I have taken my two daughters and or 16 years now like me it has become their second home, my friends have become their friends and look out for them at games and I am proud to say City has by and large been a safe environment for them. Ours is a welcoming club and if at times in the past we have got it wrong on the pitch then undoubtedly more often than not we have gotten it right with our work off the pitch with the community, junior blues or the more recent live4city kids. We all want trophies but we were all here long before them and that is what has made our club great. Long may it continue but hopefully with some trophies thrown in for good measure ;-)
