The Title Race - 2023/24

[Charlesfarsbar]

Agree 100% with your number one choice, been a blue since first match in 1949 and tell anyone who asks me "what's the most tension you've felt at a game" it's that one it still gives me the shakes.

I was that nervous at that game that I couldn’t actually focus my eyes properly and had blurred vision all game !

 

[IT and Me]

Hopefully one of theirs scores a header for us off a corner, we can't seem to.

Seriously though going to be an odd atmosphere. Players will be playing for a champions league spot so they won't be buying into worrying about Arsenal. Crowd atmosphere might be weird though, it's not just handing their enemy the title, it's giving them their first in 20 years. I imagine that would be unbearable.

I remember in '92 when we played Leeds at Maine Rd. It was between them and the Rags for the title. The rags hadn't won it since the 60s. I couldn't bring myself to celebrate any of our goals as I was miserable as fuck thinking it would give the rags the title. Needn't have worried. We battered Leeds and they still went on to win the title.

Only time I have ever felt like that watching City. You're right, unless you have lived through it you don't really know how you will react.

Here's hoping we leather the fuckers tonight. Still haven't forgiven them for the cup defeat in'81!

 

[fierydan]

Imagine the mid-late noughties with United about to break their title drought after 20 years. Anyone saying Spurs fans should want their team to win tonight clearly doesn't get it.

Last year of the old First Division,Leeds and Utd going for the championship.
Leeds came to Maine Rd and there was a feeling that beating them would let Utd in.
City scored four,won and Leeds won the title.

 

[Stephen230]

Arsenal have given them so much shit, it's much like how we'd have felt if we were in the same situation in the mid-late noughties with a chance to derail the rags.

We don’t have to imagine. Three times we played end of season games against teams going for the title against United.

Blackburn away, where we won. That was different though because we were still smack bang in the middle of a relegation battle and had our own shit to worry about.

Villa away. We got beat in the end after I think Niall Quinn put us in front. It kicked off City V City after one of the Villa goals, with some City fans cheering the goal and others taking exception.

And Leeds at home, when we battered them 4-0 and they beat United to the title anyway. But loads of blues were saying they hope we get beat before the game.

 

[marco]

Last year of the old First Division,Leeds and Utd going for the championship.
Leeds came to Maine Rd and there was a feeling that beating them would let Utd in.
City scored four,won and Leeds won the title.

yes remember well and i went to that game not being arsed about who won as we had nothing to play for,,not sure how many games remaining after that fixture there was, its pretty much set in stone if spurs win tonight then its arsenals

 

[marco]

with the chucking the game talk, the feelings of the spurs fans and the players they have out and our quality of football i see nothing but a win for city

 

[Coatigan]

Remember it wasn't that long ago that people were speculationg whether we would let Arsenal beat us at home so they win the title instead of Liverpool as we'd be out of it.

 

[Stephen230]

Remember it wasn't that long ago that people were speculationg whether we would let Arsenal beat us at home so they win the title instead of Liverpool as we'd be out of it.

Were they? I don’t remember anybody saying that.

 

[Mcfc1.9.8.0]

Remember Arsenal smashed us at Maine road and I thought. Well least United won’t win the league now. United did go on to win it. Grim that

 

[Brett Sinclair]

yes remember well and i went to that game not being arsed about who won as we had nothing to play for,,not sure how many games remaining after that fixture there was, its pretty much set in stone if spurs win tonight then its arsenals

That was the year Baconface blamed Rod Stewart on them losing the title, as he'd played a gig at the Swamp and ruined their pitch apparently. He had absolutely no shame with his pathetic excuses as we all know.