The ‘Beating You When Were Shit’ Thread

[City_Shirts]

Which games spring to mind when you here that familiar chant response.

I’ll start with Boxing Day 26th December 1985

City 1 Liverpool 0

Scorer: Clive Wilson

Team: Nixon, Reid, Power, Clements, McCarthy, Phillips, Melrose, May, Davies, McNab, Wilson. Sub: Simpson

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Jim Melrose had a strange City career, especially as it was his initial attempt that Grobelaar saved before Wilson pounced on the rebound

This was actually Melrose's last game for City and yet, whilst not scoring that many goals they were nearly all memorable (Charlton 5-1) or spectacular (Notts County 2-0)

He had a little purple patch around Christmas/New Year 84-85 and I can still picture his scrambled effort (from the Lowfield Road seats) at Elland Road on New Year's Day.

 

[TinFoilHat]

City 3 - 0 Arsenal 1987

One of those performances that pissed me off as a kid as we'd been shite for most of it.

 

[SatOnTheWall]

23rd September 1989.

 

[.db.]

Last home game of the season before against QPR attendance was 32,040, relegated a week later… first home game of 1998-99 against Blackpool attendance was 32,134.

 

[.db.]

We’d just gone on a run of 3 wins in 15 games and were 14th in the third tier… then did this to Wrexham away.

 

[hello]

Last home game of the season before against QPR attendance was 32,040, relegated a week later… first home game of 1998-99 against Blackpool attendance was 32,134.

"A slimmed down Jamie Pollock" Sorry I didn't remember that version ;-)

 

[Mike_F]

Is it me or does that song completely miss the point opposition fans are making, that we weren't there when we were shit (which is obviously bollocks).

"More than you when we were shit" would be a better comeback.

 

[Groke]

Is it me or does that song completely miss the point opposition fans are making, that we weren't there when we were shit (which is obviously bollocks).

"More than you when we were shit" would be a better comeback.

Spot on

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

“We were there when we were shit”, surely.

 

[TinFoilHat]

“We were there when we were shit”, surely.

I've sang that a few times.

I recall Burnley fans got that a couple of seasons ago.

 

[jimharri]

“We were there when we were shit”, surely.

Do you mind? We've never been shit.


We've occasionally been not very good, mind.

 

[TonyColemansbagofapples]

I beg to differ. Under Stuart Pearce we were really shit. In reality, we were shit under quite a few managers. The one thing that was never shit was our support.

 

[bluestevei]

The 10 1 against Huddersfield
In the league cup this season they sang where was you when you was shit and city fans sang beating you 10 1 when we was shit, it shut them up

 

[AJ71]

Is it me or does that song completely miss the point opposition fans are making, that we weren't there when we were shit (which is obviously bollocks).

"More than you when we were shit" would be a better comeback.

Me and my lad always chuckle at this. They aren't asking us what we were doing, they are asking where we were.....Pedantic, I know.

 

[cleavers]

23rd September 1989.

To be fair, we were both shit at that point, my missus first derby, I think she's only seen us lose one.

 

[Stephen230]

For a steadily increasing percentage of City fans, the answer is...Wasn't born when we were shit.

 

[SamTheGuru]

Which games spring to mind when you here that familiar chant response.

I’ll start with Boxing Day 26th December 1985

City 1 Liverpool 0

Scorer: Clive Wilson

Team: Nixon, Reid, Power, Clements, McCarthy, Phillips, Melrose, May, Davies, McNab, Wilson. Sub: Simpson

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Football will be back on in a day or so. Save these threads for the next international break :)

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

City 3 - 0 Arsenal 1987

One of those performances that pissed me off as a kid as we'd been shite for most of it.

Remember that game well; was sat in the Main Stand with my girlfriend at the time. We were pretty much down and the pressure was off. Arsenal were no shakes at that time either. Think they got going the season after.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Is it me or does that song completely miss the point opposition fans are making, that we weren't there when we were shit (which is obviously bollocks).

For lots of our supporters it isn’t bollocks at all. The last time we were outside the PL was nearly a quarter of a century ago. Many of our match going supporters have never seen us play outside the top flight, and so weren’t there when we were shit.