BWTAC
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clwinners2012 said:
I totally believe this.
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I totally believe this.
xbuddyx
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Thanks for the welcome.
I don't know how many of you know how things used to work in Scandinavia, or Sweden for that matter. We have been spoonfed with brittish football from the day we were born. Watching a saturday game at 1500 UK time was a family gathering in many homes. Back then in the 80s and 90s only one game aired, usually it was a upper middle team since those games were cheaper to buy. So while many of you lads grew up with brittish football in the stadiums we grew up with it on the TV and in our homes. I think this is the main reason why you can feel so much for a team that is so far away.
I understand some of you think it is pathetic to be a fan of a team that you have no physical connection with. In Sweden there is a different football climate. We support our local team, we support a brittish team and we support our Ibrahimovic wherever he might be playing. It might sound stupid, but thats how the football climate is over here. Easiest way for a team to get an insane amount of swedish supporters in the hundreds of thousends who will buy shirts is to sign Ibrahimovic. This is how pathetic we are as a nation :-)
I don't know how many of you know how things used to work in Scandinavia, or Sweden for that matter. We have been spoonfed with brittish football from the day we were born. Watching a saturday game at 1500 UK time was a family gathering in many homes. Back then in the 80s and 90s only one game aired, usually it was a upper middle team since those games were cheaper to buy. So while many of you lads grew up with brittish football in the stadiums we grew up with it on the TV and in our homes. I think this is the main reason why you can feel so much for a team that is so far away.
I understand some of you think it is pathetic to be a fan of a team that you have no physical connection with. In Sweden there is a different football climate. We support our local team, we support a brittish team and we support our Ibrahimovic wherever he might be playing. It might sound stupid, but thats how the football climate is over here. Easiest way for a team to get an insane amount of swedish supporters in the hundreds of thousends who will buy shirts is to sign Ibrahimovic. This is how pathetic we are as a nation :-)
mcfcliam
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clwinners2012 said:The other day I was in Burger King next to Primark with my OAP disabled grandfather, we had just been shopping in town.
These 18 year old North Face Rags came in acting the big one and said to me and my granddad "Oi you two blue noses you only wear them shirts cos you win things", in a broad scroaty accent.
I stood up and these two typical United fans ran off.
It's not true that the only reason there are more and more City fans is due to the newly found success of City, anyone that thinks this is clearly a rag. It's due to City now being the best football team in the world.
The most obvious rag WUM we've ever had on here.
Bin him mods.
How do you no these people have no conection to the club<br /><br />-- Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:26 pm --<br /><br />borninm14 said:We are not Stockport County but we are Manchester City Football Club and the vast majority of our fanbase has been through the bad times which subsequently has moulded us into what we are.
I despise all these people that have no connection with our club and have just jumped on to a very large bandwagon, would these cretins be wearing the latest city shirt if we were mid table ? would they fuck, remember we have risen very fast in the last few years but we can easily return to mid table mediocrity, will these fuckers be buying shirts then ?.
Great post & welcome to the boardxbuddyx said:Im one of those scandinavians. While i spent a lifetime supporting and defending the blues, i just recently found my way to this forum. Let me tell you this, supporting the most wounderful club known to man is not easy in Scandinavia. Almost everyone around here supports Arsenal, Liverpool or the club i won't mention by name. With all the money the great sheik Mansour brought to the club it's not really any easier since now you are always called a plastic fan if you support City. The most common thing you hear is something like "so before 2009 you supported Chelsea, now you support City and tomorrow you will support PSG". People over here often don't realize that City existed before shiek Mansour and had supporters before that aswell. Not that there are alot of us, Im still the only one in my hometown that i know of and yes i make my allegiance perfectly known as i parade proudly in my cityshirts.
I have no connection to Manchester or UK. I don't even remember when or why i fell inlove with Manchester City FC. A dream is to one day actually see a game at the Etihad stadium and drink beer with fellow blues. Might sound a little stupid to you guys who has season cards or the possibily to visit the stadium when you want, but over here we dream about just going to that one game. On a side note one of my shirts says Silva 21 aswell. Thats my favourite shirt, bought it shortly after the Silva transfer was announced at mcfc.co.uk :)
Anyhow greetings from Sweden. I was a blue long before Mansour and I will be a blue untill i die.... hopefully under a lovely blue moon.
Silvotelli
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I live in the States. My dad has been a City fan since the 90's. I have a '99 Home shirt with Wanchope 23 on the back. Unfortunately I could not watch City or enjoy soccer for that matter until 2008, due to money and broadcast availability. So I got full into City just barely before the money came in. Anyways, massive City fan now. Would never pick any club over City, although when football first became available to me, I might have been a bigger fan of Inter, though that phase is over. Hopefully City becomes more popular, just as long as people know the history and what separates us from them.
Newman Noggs
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Silvotelli said:I live in the States. My dad has been a City fan since the 90's. I have a '99 Home shirt with Wanchope 23 on the back. Unfortunately I could not watch City or enjoy soccer for that matter until 2008, due to money and broadcast availability. So I got full into City just barely before the money came in. Anyways, massive City fan now. Would never pick any club over City, although when football first became available to me, I might have been a bigger fan of Inter, though that phase is over. Hopefully City becomes more popular, just as long as people know the history and what separates us from them.
Yawn !
KansasCITY
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I wish these threads would stop fucking popping up every month. I'm blue, I'll stay blue, I'm from America, its really none of your business either way.
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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Silvotelli said:I live in the States. My dad has been a City fan since the 90's. I have a '99 Home shirt with Wanchope 23 on the back. Unfortunately I could not watch City or enjoy soccer for that matter until 2008, due to money and broadcast availability. So I got full into City just barely before the money came in. Anyways, massive City fan now. Would never pick any club over City, although when football first became available to me, I might have been a bigger fan of Inter, though that phase is over. Hopefully City becomes more popular, just as long as people know the history and what separates us from them.
The size of the fan base has clear economic implications. I'd like to sit in a stadium that rivals the Nou Camp or the Bernabeu but wouldn't want it stuffed with the overbearing insufferable arrogance that characterises too many fanbases the minute they have a bit of silverware or, having achieved some success, feel that you have a divine right to permanent inclusion at football's top table.
What I will say is whilst I'm obviously loving the recent success and good times I would hate us to 'sell out' and become a 'brand' - United are a 'brand' first and foremost,. We are a family club and I hope we stay that way. Oh and by the way I have been a supporter since 1978 so have seen the dark days