"Typical City"

[lefty goldblatt]

2-0 up against the Rags at half time at Maine Road in 93 for them then to end up scoring 3 in front of their fans to beat us was fooking typically galling

That, and the one 3 years earlier, when we drew.
Fowler's penalty.
Real last year
2-0 up v Woy's Fulham.


....and the ultimate

Forward
With
Frannie

Look where that got us.

York away

 

[kaz7]

You really have to ask this question ? I mean really

 

[blue44]

You really have to ask this question ? I mean really

No,you're right.
someone is very needy and looking for likes and attention.
Even Gary James has fallen for it

 

[Kippax77]

That, and the one 3 years earlier, when we drew.
Fowler's penalty.
Real last year
2-0 up v Woy's Fulham.


....and the ultimate

Forward
With
Frannie

Look where that got us.

York away

Yet York away feels so iconic these days

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Where and when did this phrase originate. People use it a lot but I think it's a silly phrase. For it to be Typical city, a series of negative events must have happened to be referred back to.

Anyone know when this phrase was first used?

Was it Joe Royle in about 1998?

Whoever and whenever it was, it’ll never leave us.

Even since the takeover it’s still been there throughout: Spurs and Crouch, Wigan in the FA Cup final and two further FA Cup ties (one they were two divisions below us), we’ve had a typical last minute Boro equaliser at the Etihad when they’d done sod all all game, Spurs away and Liverpool away, defeats to Liverpool+Spurs CL ¼ finals and Chelsea CL final (three teams we finished 25pts, 27pts and 19pts ahead of in the PL), even during last season which was the greatest season in our history we still beat Chelsea+Lpool in the EFL Cup yet went out to relegated Saints and still lost away at Spurs and Lpool…

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

It works the other way too. Any other teams in the PL go into the last game against relegation candidates and enter added time losing! And then try to reprise the exercise some seasons later. That's typical City - never do straightforward, never deliver formalities.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

After the Aguero 93:20, Martin Tyler finished his immediate reaction with NO MORE TYPICAL CITY, when in fact, the whole 90 minutes was pure Typical City.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

It works the other way too. Any other teams in the PL go into the last game against relegation candidates and enter added time losing! And then try to reprise the exercise some seasons later. That's typical City - never do straightforward, never deliver formalities.

Last season’s treble was Typical City.

We were absolutely rubbish either side of the World Cup and looked like winning sod all. In February, I didn’t fancy us to lift any silverware at all last season. We hadn’t played well since the end of September.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

After the Aguero 93:20, Martin Tyler finished his immediate reaction with NO MORE TYPICAL CITY, when in fact, the whole 90 minutes was pure Typical City.

Last day 0-2 to 3-2 against Villa in 2022 was also Typical City.

Had us shaking our heads and handing the title to Liverpool by losing to the inflatable-trophy-can’t-talk-proper knobhead Brummies only to turn it around in 5 of the craziest minutes of football I’ve ever witnessed.

 

[citymad]

Good point about finding a positive. What about Benjani and Vassel at the swamp? No one gave us a glimmer of hope that day.