United thread 2013/14

[JoeMercer'sWay]

For my entire school life the "followers" of these cunts took the piss, going to a greater Manchester primary school out in the sticks, I was the only City fan in a class of 30, 29 being rags.

My dad recalls, and still mentions it to this day, me approaching him as a very young nipper asking "dad why do we support City?"... he said " what do you mean?".... I said "well everybody else at school supports Utd". He goes on to say "what everyone???".... I said " yeah everyone but me".

This was the mid 90's and he was taken aback by the fact I was the only blue in a class of 30, yet being a 30 min drive from Manchester's centre. I remember going to school after County had beat us and getting the piss ripped out of me, I was Jimmy Grimble essentially. I got to secondary after this and there was a small group of us blues who stuck together, derby defeat after defeat, after defeat, after defeat, we still wore our City shirts under the school uniform the next day to reveal them at lunch time footy. We didn't give a shit, City were a cult and Utd were the establishment, the cunts, the team every sheep supported. We were the rebels, the team that always lost and fucked things up.

The more Utd won, the more me and my pals backed City, it literally was a cult, a big fuck off to the cunts taking the easy ride. Don't get me wrong some of my best mates were Utd fans, they tried to sway me "just support Utd mate, come on, its easier" and I swear to god that was verbatim. I never gave in despite our shite. The difference was that I went to City at the very least, every home game. Those red cunts never went, they used to go mental because they got to watch it on tele, meanwhile I was being escorted every other weekend down to the Platt Lane by my dad. A man whose passion hasn't changed now, since the 1970's and throughout the shite.

Even now, whilst we're so much better than them, drilling everyone at home, being 10 points clear, expanding our stadium, building the biggest academy in the world. I cannot bring myself to take the piss, I never want to be like them, I've taken more flack than any follower of another club in English football but yet I cannot bring myself to stoop to their level, I think we're better than that. I feel uneasy seriously ripping anyone else, even them.

I remember being sat there in the second half of the 06/07 season having not scored at home for a succession of games, everyone was fucking fed up, it was the worst football City had played in decades and the stadium was growing quieter by the second because of the complete and utter disillusion, yet I remember sitting there thinking "I'd rather be like this than be like them ".

I think my lad is a similar age to you(21) His experience at school was similar. When I started primary school it was roughly 48% blue and 48% rag with a smattering of Liverpool and other clubs. My lad was one of two City fans in his class. We lost generations of fans in the 80s/90s and even in the first part of the new century. I think we still have one of the oldest fan demographics in the Prem.
For the first time since I can remember, I'm seeing kids in City shirts, not just in Manchester either. I'm in south Yorkshire these days and I see kids wearing blue nearly every day. The best thing about Mansour buying the club isn't the players he's bought, the academy he's building or the trophies we've won and are continuing to challenge for. It's guaranteeing that when the current generation of supporters start to die off, there will be a new and growing generation taking their place.
Our fanbase was starting to wither and he came in at just the right time.

yhp, Points of Blue was like a old folks coffee morning.

 

[Ban-jani]

For my entire school life the "followers" of these ***** took the piss, going to a greater Manchester primary school out in the sticks, I was the only City fan in a class of 30, 29 being rags.

My dad recalls, and still mentions it to this day, me approaching him as a very young nipper asking "dad why do we support City?"... he said " what do you mean?".... I said "well everybody else at school supports Utd". He goes on to say "what everyone???".... I said " yeah everyone but me".

This was the mid 90's and he was taken aback by the fact I was the only blue in a class of 30, yet being a 30 min drive from Manchester's centre. I remember going to school after County had beat us and getting the piss ripped out of me, I was Jimmy Grimble essentially. I got to secondary after this and there was a small group of us blues who stuck together, derby defeat after defeat, after defeat, after defeat, we still wore our City shirts under the school uniform the next day to reveal them at lunch time footy. We didn't give a shit, City were a cult and Utd were the establishment, the *****, the team every sheep supported. We were the rebels, the team that always lost and fucked things up.

The more Utd won, the more me and my pals backed City, it literally was a cult, a big fuck off to the ***** taking the easy ride. Don't get me wrong some of my best mates were Utd fans, they tried to sway me "just support Utd mate, come on, its easier" and I swear to god that was verbatim. I never gave in despite our shite. The difference was that I went to City at the very least, every home game. Those red ***** never went, they used to go mental because they got to watch it on tele, meanwhile I was being escorted every other weekend down to the Platt Lane by my dad. A man whose passion hasn't changed now, since the 1970's and throughout the shite.

Even now, whilst we're so much better than them, drilling everyone at home, being 10 points clear, expanding our stadium, building the biggest academy in the world. I cannot bring myself to take the piss, I never want to be like them, I've taken more flack than any follower of another club in English football but yet I cannot bring myself to stoop to their level, I think we're better than that. I feel uneasy seriously ripping anyone else, even them.

I remember being sat there in the second half of the 06/07 season having not scored at home for a succession of games, everyone was fucking fed up, it was the worst football City had played in decades and the stadium was growing quieter by the second because of the complete and utter disillusion, yet I remember sitting there thinking "I'd rather be like this than be like them ".

I think my lad is a similar age to you(21) His experience at school was similar. When I started primary school it was roughly 48% blue and 48% rag with a smattering of Liverpool and other clubs. My lad was one of two City fans in his class. We lost generations of fans in the 80s/90s and even in the first part of the new century. I think we still have one of the oldest fan demographics in the Prem.
For the first time since I can remember, I'm seeing kids in City shirts, not just in Manchester either. I'm in south Yorkshire these days and I see kids wearing blue nearly every day. The best thing about Mansour buying the club isn't the players he's bought, the academy he's building or the trophies we've won and are continuing to challenge for. It's guaranteeing that when the current generation of supporters start to die off, there will be a new and growing generation taking their place.
Our fanbase was starting to wither and he came in at just the right time.

Yeah I'm roughly the same age as your lad. The thing with City's fans is, we're unique in that everyone has suffered over the age of 16. My dad cannot remember us winning anything until 2011 because he was born in 1972/3 yet he talks about us as passionately as he did in 1998, nothings change with him. Yet I grew up and remember very well Kinkladze, and him leaving, going into the third tier and what followed. I was part of the lost generation and whilst others may argue, people now aged 20-26 had it the hardest. Most of us were loners rejecting the norm of Utd against an absolute tirade of viscous onslaught by those lot.

School was so so tough, much harder than any work place, we were fucking shite throughout my entire school existence and there was little to throw back at them other than " the only team from Manchester". In 99 they had won the fucking lot and yet our Wembley win was just as precious to us. Drawing at the swamp in 2001 was a small celebration at school even though I knew we were going down,I walked into the first lesson with a smug smile. I think that proves how far we've come.

It's surreal to think of us as we are now and somewhat depressing in a way that the sense of sticking with the shite will be assigned to my youth.

 

[MillionDollarDream]

Rooney out as well, does the streak push to 4?

 

[r.soleofsalford]

i said at the time, it was a gamble gpc took hoping to win the league. he realised he couldnt keep up with city and chelsea, now we are seeing just how big a gamble he took. it was a gamble we didnt need to take.

 

[mancity111]

i said at the time, it was a gamble gpc took hoping to win the league. he realised he couldnt keep up with city and chelsea, now we are seeing just how big a gamble he took. it was a gamble we didnt need to take.

Failure to win this one and confidence will be as low as it has been for many a year at OT and fourth spot or better will be a tall order.

Still think Everton will drop off so if Manure are out of the equation its 5 sides left fighting for 4 places.

 

[squirtyflower]

It just gets worse for Davey (if it's true)...

Thigh injury my arse !
Even if it is, then still great for our enjoyment :)

come on TCIB, we all know skiing followed by house hunting is strenuous on the thighs! :)

Not sure about the house hunting, but skiing definitely is strenuous on the thighs and calves

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

It just gets worse for Davey (if it's true)...

Manchester United fear Robin van Persie could be on the sidelines for a further six weeks with a repeat of a thigh injury he suffered at Arsenal.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2537430/Robin-van-Persie-action-six-weeks-thigh-injury.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... njury.html</a>

That signing is looking like an increasingly good bit of business for City.

...other than costing us the title last year.
Personally I reckon RvP wants away, and is possibly entertaining potential suitors at present rather than nursing his wounds, but anyone who doesn't think he was instrumental in the rags regaining the Premiership is deluded.

 

[sir baconface]

For my entire school life the "followers" of these ***** took the piss, going to a greater Manchester primary school out in the sticks, I was the only City fan in a class of 30, 29 being rags.

My dad recalls, and still mentions it to this day, me approaching him as a very young nipper asking "dad why do we support City?"... he said " what do you mean?".... I said "well everybody else at school supports Utd". He goes on to say "what everyone???".... I said " yeah everyone but me".

This was the mid 90's and he was taken aback by the fact I was the only blue in a class of 30, yet being a 30 min drive from Manchester's centre. I remember going to school after County had beat us and getting the piss ripped out of me, I was Jimmy Grimble essentially. I got to secondary after this and there was a small group of us blues who stuck together, derby defeat after defeat, after defeat, after defeat, we still wore our City shirts under the school uniform the next day to reveal them at lunch time footy. We didn't give a shit, City were a cult and Utd were the establishment, the *****, the team every sheep supported. We were the rebels, the team that always lost and fucked things up.

The more Utd won, the more me and my pals backed City, it literally was a cult, a big fuck off to the ***** taking the easy ride. Don't get me wrong some of my best mates were Utd fans, they tried to sway me "just support Utd mate, come on, its easier" and I swear to god that was verbatim. I never gave in despite our shite. The difference was that I went to City at the very least, every home game. Those red ***** never went, they used to go mental because they got to watch it on tele, meanwhile I was being escorted every other weekend down to the Platt Lane by my dad. A man whose passion hasn't changed now, since the 1970's and throughout the shite.

Even now, whilst we're so much better than them, drilling everyone at home, being 10 points clear, expanding our stadium, building the biggest academy in the world. I cannot bring myself to take the piss, I never want to be like them, I've taken more flack than any follower of another club in English football but yet I cannot bring myself to stoop to their level, I think we're better than that. I feel uneasy seriously ripping anyone else, even them.

I remember being sat there in the second half of the 06/07 season having not scored at home for a succession of games, everyone was fucking fed up, it was the worst football City had played in decades and the stadium was growing quieter by the second because of the complete and utter disillusion, yet I remember sitting there thinking "I'd rather be like this than be like them ".

I think my lad is a similar age to you(21) His experience at school was similar. When I started primary school it was roughly 48% blue and 48% rag with a smattering of Liverpool and other clubs. My lad was one of two City fans in his class. We lost generations of fans in the 80s/90s and even in the first part of the new century. I think we still have one of the oldest fan demographics in the Prem.
For the first time since I can remember, I'm seeing kids in City shirts, not just in Manchester either. I'm in south Yorkshire these days and I see kids wearing blue nearly every day. The best thing about Mansour buying the club isn't the players he's bought, the academy he's building or the trophies we've won and are continuing to challenge for. It's guaranteeing that when the current generation of supporters start to die off, there will be a new and growing generation taking their place.
Our fanbase was starting to wither and he came in at just the right time.

Yeah I'm roughly the same age as your lad. The thing with City's fans is, we're unique in that everyone has suffered over the age of 16. My dad cannot remember us winning anything until 2011 because he was born in 1972/3 yet he talks about us as passionately as he did in 1998, nothings change with him. Yet I grew up and remember very well Kinkladze, and him leaving, going into the third tier and what followed. I was part of the lost generation and whilst others may argue, people now aged 20-26 had it the hardest. Most of us were loners rejecting the norm of Utd against an absolute tirade of viscous onslaught by those lot.

School was so so tough, much harder than any work place, we were fucking shite throughout my entire school existence and there was little to throw back at them other than " the only team from Manchester". In 99 they had won the fucking lot and yet our Wembley win was just as precious to us. Drawing at the swamp in 2001 was a small celebration at school even though I knew we were going down,I walked into the first lesson with a smug smile. I think that proves how far we've come.

It's surreal to think of us as we are now and somewhat depressing in a way that the sense of sticking with the shite will be assigned to my youth.

Great posts from Ban-jani and stony.

Although us old farts have a claim to suffering longest, we did have the privilege of seeing a great side in the late 60s/early 70s. That really helped to see us through.

Younger guys who grew up in the shite years only ever saw the dark days and always lived in the rags' shadow. Supporting City must have been a supreme act of either family loyalty, optimism, masochism, folly or sheer bloody mindedness.

I salute everyone who became a Blue during those times and stayed with us.

Outsiders should be in no doubt that we have all earned the right to laugh mercilessly at u*d and the easy riders who hang onto their coat-tails.

 

[squirtyflower]

Finally got a bit of time this morning to listen to last weeks 606 with Ian Wright

A 'typical' nited fan on who hadn't been to the game
Wrighty and a few callers saying they need to buy in the window and buy big

He comes on to say 'it's not the nited way, that's for City and Chelsea, we don't buy we develop them and bring them through our Academy, that's the way we do it'
They are laughable because they really do believe their own hype and the guff they are fed by the papers.
To me it shows just how plastic they are if they can't see that in that team that was beaten they had bought DeGea, Rafael, Ferdinand, Butner, Carrick, Valencia and the Mexican pea out of the starting eleven.

 

[AntiUnited]

Rooney out as well, does the streak push to 4?

I am one of the most vocal antiunited people. But i honestly cant even fathom them losing 4 in a row.. i would be in heaven if they did but it's just not possible.. I would think a draw is the best possible outcome even then this just has win all over it