Present Day Football, Fans and Any Other Stuff You Hate About It!

TedofChume said:
When I go to see The Chameleons I film one song every year. I hold my phone low out of sight (the sound is often better). I do it because one day (soon) Mark Burgess won't be doing it anymore. I watch them occasionally and they're my memories of my favourite band.

I also film bits of City matches, the opposition fans, the light shows etc home and away and compile videos at the end of the season to remember it by.

I'm not at it all the time. Just a few moments, here and there. I guess when lots of us do that it probably looks horrendous. Again I do it discretely during the match.

My treble winning season video ended up being over 20 mins and yes I have watched it a lot.

My memories of the 80s, 90s and 00s are fading but I know when I'm too old to go anymore, I'll have these compilations to remember some of the best times of my life.
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Got something in my eye reading that.
 
There were a couple of rags sat next to me at the Derby. East Stand upper, near the half way line. Man and woman. Early thirties. Looked like they were from the Middle East. Clocked him early on, then her shortly afterwards. Nothing too obvious at first but body language gave them away. Then when United scored she started filming the United fans ffs. Amazed no one pulled them up on it, as I’ve seen it get nasty in there when opposition fans are outed, but no one else seemed to suss. Seemed completely oblivious to it. When United scored again, their body language was completely obvious to me, and yet no one said a dicky bird. Maybe it was their proximity to me, but was genuinely staggered no one pulled them up, or worse, which I certainly wasn’t hoping for.

After the second went I told him quietly that they both needed to wind their necks in and keep their heads down, or it could get nasty and they did tbf. And they left just before the end.

I’ve been in loads of away ends following City. Thirty or so grounds, including Elland Road and the Britannia when it got very tasty, Old Trafford and Anfield loads of times, and I know the rules. Keep your head down and respect that this is other people’s territory. Don’t take the piss and don’t be a ****.

I felt it said a lot about the modern game, that a couple who were, to me at least, obviously United fans in the City end, in a Derby, filming the United fans going mental, seemed to go unnoticed, despite the signs being there.

Not sure whether I ‘hate’ that about the modern game, but it’s sure a sign of the way things have changed.
 
Man City v Man Utd women.
At the Etihad Stadium. 1pm on the Sunday for families is perfect.
The women need a big crowd with a big atmosphere behind them especially being at the men’s stadium.

Get’s moved to 6.45pm for TV

6.45pm on a Sunday night (no doubt cold & wet) with school the next day. Just f*ck off!
 
The goalkeeper making himself ridged and blocking with whatever part of their anatomy they can.
Them big stupid gloves they all wear.
They never hold a ball after a save.
The amount of goals that go in coz he has his fuckin eyes closed throwing himself in the way.
Give me an old fashioned keeper, with the reflexes of a feral cat. And gloves that allow him to feel and catch the ball.
Anyway, Merry Xmas to all you blues out there, and a happy new year.
 
yozzerblue said:
The goalkeeper making himself ridged and blocking with whatever part of their anatomy they can.
Them big stupid gloves they all wear.
They never hold a ball after a save.
The amount of goals that go in coz he has his fuckin eyes closed throwing himself in the way.
Give me an old fashioned keeper, with the reflexes of a feral cat. And gloves that allow him to feel and catch the ball.
Anyway, Merry Xmas to all you blues out there, and a happy new year.
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When i had a stint in net at school, i wore these bad boys.
Goalkeepers nowadays don’t even know there born
 

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yozzerblue said:
The goalkeeper making himself ridged and blocking with whatever part of their anatomy they can.
Them big stupid gloves they all wear.
They never hold a ball after a save.
The amount of goals that go in coz he has his fuckin eyes closed throwing himself in the way.
Give me an old fashioned keeper, with the reflexes of a feral cat. And gloves that allow him to feel and catch the ball.
Anyway, Merry Xmas to all you blues out there, and a happy new year.
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It's all a far cry from Peter (THhe Cat) Bonetti mate ;-)
 
yozzerblue said:
The goalkeeper making himself ridged and blocking with whatever part of their anatomy they can.
Them big stupid gloves they all wear.
They never hold a ball after a save.
The amount of goals that go in coz he has his fuckin eyes closed throwing himself in the way.
Give me an old fashioned keeper, with the reflexes of a feral cat. And gloves that allow him to feel and catch the ball.
Anyway, Merry Xmas to all you blues out there, and a happy new year.
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Latter part of that post basically describes me in my heyday. Wish my body wasn’t so fucked i can’t play anymore. Really miss it
 
M23 Citizen said:
Choose modern football…

Choose pathetic footballers and their incessant diving, feigning injury, forced ‘Time Outs’ while a player has a sit down, fake limping, time wasting, claiming everything is their ball, moving the ball off the mark, arguing against every single decision…

Choose tourists, day trippers, nobodies, half’n’half “friendship” scarves, fans wearing other teams’ colours in home sections of our stadium, fans of the opposition in our home sections, fans of opposition players in our home sections, general football visitor non-City fan (nor fans of the opposition) in our home sections when those tickets could go to a local fan, constantly ignoring and doing things contrary to the wishes of the core fanbase, calling us ‘Legacy Fans’, prioritising global ‘fans’ over local core fans, advertising themselves to global ‘fans’ yet the club having no presence in areas like Wythenshawe (the largest district in Manchester with a gigantic City following, yet never see the club active down here in any way whatsoever), Trophy Tours all over the world and never in Manchester for local fans, big groups of kids from Scotland/London/Birimgham/USA sat together in big chunks in the ground and never groups from Manchester, YouTube dickheads and OnlyFans slags being given tickets for City games when those tickets could go to proper core fans…

Choose incessant season ticket price rises, constant stupid match ticket prices for games, the price of tickets for kids, no new Season Tickets, no ticket initiatives for local people like Liverpool have, real lack of numbers of cheap tickets like German clubs have in huge numbers, Platinum Loyalty Points, kicking fans out of seats to create new types of areas and in some cases not giving those fans seats with people they used to sit with or not giving them seats at all, core fans who used to have season tickets not being allowed one back yet chunks of seats are available on foreign tour and foreign tout sites, despite years of fans wanting a proper home stand for atmosphere the club building one and then not making it specifically for atmosphere despite it probably being the last ever chance we’ll have to have a dedicated proper home end for atmosphere, games like the Madrid semi where tickets went to any wanker who wanted one by signing up the day before and not to City fans, the way away ticket allocations are divided and handled with a massive issue with far too many tickets not going to our core supporter base…

Choose stupid gimmicks like the Moon being associated with Manchester City when the Moon has got fuck all to do with our football club, Blue Moon banners on the pitch, a Blue Moon on the big screens, Moon crater print on kits, aliens from the Moon as mascots… we are the Citizens (look up the meaning of that word), City from the city of Manchester, Mancunians, aim to be Manchester City FC, not portraying us as some generic non-Manchester specific bollocks like we’re called AFC Moon City or something…

Choose signing up to the European Super League, releasing a statement by Joel Goazer as our official statement on the matter, staying silent over the disgraceful Istanbul car park situation, sending close-up pictures of Blues invading the pitch to the press yet when Liverpool fans hospitalised a teenage girl those amazing cameras that zoomed in to pick out freckles on City fans’ noses against Villa couldn’t pick out a single one of the Lpool fans throwing things down at City fans, bringing out statements in the media reprimanding our support for things like ‘Tragedy Chanting’ or graffiti on toilet cubicles of a word City fans never use before any proof was established or where they don’t understand that ‘It’s never your fault’ is not a tragedy chant, yet never having our backs when we need them…
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But apart from that everything else is OK?
 
Footy is almost a completely different sport to the one I grew up with, and I reckon I'll eventually fall out of love with it for a lot of the reasons already mentioned. I'm still on the hook for the time being tho ;)
 
Pingu the Penguin said:
Latter part of that post basically describes me in my heyday. Wish my body wasn’t so fucked i can’t play anymore. Really miss it
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Me to mate. Me too. Get your body behind the ball and hold it. Oh to hear the cry of a large crowd of three shout, "Well Held keeper". Nearly 70 now but remember it well.
 
Fordyboy46 said:
I just hate the modern day footy fan who has suddenly taken an interest in the last few years even though they've no real love for the sport.
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Fans screaming at the top of their voice "Get in!" with dead emotionless eyes as they watch streams from their iPad whilst filming themselves for reaction shots.
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It's not the sport I grew up watching. It's more a business now, than a sport. Bottom line; money. One of the very few good things about the modern game; the pitches. They're like bowling greens now, compared to the ploughed fields back in the early seventies. Think The Baseball Ground. Or even Maine Road. Look up the game when Ronnie Boyce "lobbed" (more of a punt, but however) Big Joe on YT. Think it ended up 5-1 to the Hammers. Spot the grass!
 
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