I have it in HD on satellite. As far as I understand, ESPN has a contract for a very limited number of games. Now that football is becoming more popular, they want to expand their offerings and have more games per week. Don't know what if anything will come of it though.Sigh said:
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Question for City fans in the States
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somervillain
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Born and raised in the States with zero ties to Manchester beyond Joy Division/New Order/The Smiths. Thanks in large part to the Be Part of It map on the official site, we've found around 25 Blues here in the Boston area and we have an official pub where we get together to watch matches.
bluevengence
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Love the American born fans that have chosen City
you just know they are nice people with with a independent mind
free spirits who have not been seduced into the world of the glory hunting
braindead rag,dippers and arse zombies
YANK BLUES ..US LIMEYS SALUTE YOU
you just know they are nice people with with a independent mind
free spirits who have not been seduced into the world of the glory hunting
braindead rag,dippers and arse zombies
YANK BLUES ..US LIMEYS SALUTE YOU
somervillain
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buckshot said:BatleyBlue said:How easy is it to watch the matches over there?
Every league match is on Fox Soccer, ESPN2 or foxsoccertv.com. So far I've missed the League Cup against WBA and all of the Europa League group matches. I pretty sure their next Europa match will be on GolTv but their FA Cup match w/ Notts County probably won't be on.
DirecTV (a satellite TV service) subscribers get complimentary (HD!) Champions League and Europa League coverage of all games not being shown on the FOX Soccer channels or GolTV. Most pubs here have DirecTV, so you can pretty much walk into any pub and watch a City Europa League match.
Between ESPN2, FOX Soccer Channel, FOX Soccer Plus, GolTV, and FOXSoccer.TV (and the occasional reliance on IraqGoals or ATDHE), the only City matches where I've had to settle for radio feeds were the early Carling Cup exits this season and two seasons ago at Brighton.
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about 8 years ago i was in a bar in california on my own watching city (early morning) wow what a difference now, you can walk in any bar now and you will see city shirts when we are playing and a lot of them have kids with them as well
southern muppet
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Joga Bonito said:Not in the States but I have no ties to Manchester whatsoever.
Same. Well I lived in Manchester from 2006 to 2009 which is my only connection, but I supported City many years before that.
r.soleofsalford
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my mate alistair lives in america perhaps you know him
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No ties to Manchester at all, born and raised in Detroit. I met Richard Dunne at Tallaght before a Shamrock Rovers match and ended up watching the match next to him. Followed City the next season (back then they were easier to watch in Dublin than back home, there was little Premier League coverage and absolutely nothing from League 1), and went crazy for City when I realized how bonkers the fans were, and how their sense of humor was exactly like mine. Now, even in Detroit, we get almost every game either live or on delay in the afternoon.
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Born in Germany in 1976, (dad was fighter pilot in Bitburg) and he fell in love with the footballand played in an amateur league here in the states. He raised me to love the game and helped start a youth league so my friends and I could play. Even took me to a few Portland Timbers games when they were still in the old NASL. I played defender, keeper and midfielder even through high school.
My love for City started my last year of music school in 2005. Liked a lot of bands from there and in working in the record industry, I met a few Mancs who always asked me if I followed a team. I said that my hometown had a USFL team and they'd reply that American soccer is shit. Which is very true I was amazed at how passionate the hatred between the two team's fans was. You were either for'em or again'em as we Americans say.
The US showing in 2002 really connected me with my love for the game and gave me something in common with my father again. He was a Chelsea fan and my brother a Scum fan. But I immediately was born a City fan the moment I saw them play. It was a late season game at Eastlands and I was amazed at how the fans supported their team. It was almost like the score or their current ranking didn't matter. I immediately felt like City represented the kind of person I was.
It is very hard being a football fan in the US, much less a City fan. You are either a traitor for not liking 'real football,' or a pussy for liking a 'f@ggot sport.' But my passion is such that I tell them to eat shit or get lost. Have lost at least one friend this way.
Last year City came to my hometown, Portland, and it was one of the greatest moments of my life. Then followed them across the US for a few more matches.
Side Note:
I have met a few English ex-pats who are Xenophobic about foreigners express love for City. They feel if you can't see them in person, you can go hang. I know a lot of Americans who are sick of Europeans attitude toward what we know about soccer. And to tell you the truth, I am sick of it too. I understand Brits are see American tourists filling up the Swamp and acting like douchebags. But not all of us act this way, and MCFC is not going to win a global fan base until some homegrowns lay off and accept Yanks. It's bad enough getting crap in your own country.
My love for City started my last year of music school in 2005. Liked a lot of bands from there and in working in the record industry, I met a few Mancs who always asked me if I followed a team. I said that my hometown had a USFL team and they'd reply that American soccer is shit. Which is very true I was amazed at how passionate the hatred between the two team's fans was. You were either for'em or again'em as we Americans say.
The US showing in 2002 really connected me with my love for the game and gave me something in common with my father again. He was a Chelsea fan and my brother a Scum fan. But I immediately was born a City fan the moment I saw them play. It was a late season game at Eastlands and I was amazed at how the fans supported their team. It was almost like the score or their current ranking didn't matter. I immediately felt like City represented the kind of person I was.
It is very hard being a football fan in the US, much less a City fan. You are either a traitor for not liking 'real football,' or a pussy for liking a 'f@ggot sport.' But my passion is such that I tell them to eat shit or get lost. Have lost at least one friend this way.
Last year City came to my hometown, Portland, and it was one of the greatest moments of my life. Then followed them across the US for a few more matches.
Side Note:
I have met a few English ex-pats who are Xenophobic about foreigners express love for City. They feel if you can't see them in person, you can go hang. I know a lot of Americans who are sick of Europeans attitude toward what we know about soccer. And to tell you the truth, I am sick of it too. I understand Brits are see American tourists filling up the Swamp and acting like douchebags. But not all of us act this way, and MCFC is not going to win a global fan base until some homegrowns lay off and accept Yanks. It's bad enough getting crap in your own country.
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Born and raised in America, but moved to Manchester with my wife(who is from Manchester) several years ago. We've since moved back to Oregon but my crazy obsession has followed me over.