Was your faith ever tested ?

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Never, but there has been times when you could buy a player at anytime, when after watching a pile of shit have said I won't go again till we buy a left back or similar, but three weeks later find myself back watching my beloved blues
 
Faith has never waned...

They've put me through the mill & had me in tears hundreds of times. "They" say what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger & this is certainly the case... you can say it's character building...

I remember after Luton 83 as a 11 year old, crying on the way home, got home had t, stuck my City hat on and thought Fook it lets get out and have a kick about...
 
It's never reached a point where I've thought I'm never going again, no. However, I didn't have to endure much of the Pearce era first-hand because I was at university then and paying for tickets and travel was not financially feasible on a regular basis. Someone else said Gillingham on the 88th minute. No, I didn't break then, but that was my lowest moment as a fan. QPR around the 85th minute was similarly terrible (but not on the same scale because the stakes weren't nearly as high), but the same empty numb nothingness. I didn't celebrate Dzeko's goal because the hope had already died. Oh City, what do you do to us, and yet, I wouldn't change you.
 
The moment THE Kippax was pulled down was the closest I came to saying fuck it. Ruined it for me and I only went to Maine Road another half dozen or so times... I could put up with dross, I'd kinda got used to it by then but the other frustration had been with how badly we'd been run. In the end it did make me doubt sometimes whether it was worth me spending my hard earned to line some other twat's pockets!

But my personal circumstances changed too (moved away from Manchester) which helped keep me away too as the only prospect of watching the game would be SAT on my Jack, which in them days just wasn't an option for me. I always followed results though but it wasn't so easy in them days to follow the club and team news from outside the region. And also in those days the news about MCFC wasn't at all good! What did I miss? :-/

I started going back regularly when we moved in to the new stadium (was at the opening game v Barca), which in the end I was glad of as for me Maine Road was just never the same... I liked Eastlands as soon as I walked in. If I had to sit, then this'll do!

Was there for every one of the Pearce season and been glad to have re-found my fervour ever since... Moving back North helped too!

The icing on the cake would be the introduction of safe standing. The circle would be complete!
 
Have supported City for approximately 43 years and hand on heart have never lost faith.Even in the mid 80's when we couldn't buy an away win.Went to every away game culminating in a brilliant 4-2 success at Bradford(14 long months)....only just made the game as well 'cause we landed up Odsall rugby ground first, thinking "fuck me it's quiet,has it been called off?".However I digress.The Pearce era did test me to the limit,and to think it started off so well with that win at Charlton.As has been alluded to many times on here.......it's never been easy being a Blue,but fuck 'em
 
I am really surprised when I read of people saying the did or nearly jacked it in under Stuart Pearce as there have been many worse occasions to be a City fan:

Luton
West Ham
Stoke
Liverpool

to name just four relegations where we were in a much worse state than under Pearce. I agree the football wasn't great and the odd goal at home wouldn't have go amiss but it was hardly the lowest period of our history.

I cringe at FA Cup defeats at the likes of Halifax and Shrewsbury and feel that is the faith was going to waiver it would have been then but after holding a Season ticket since 1976 and not giving up, I can't see me doing it any time soon.
 
few yrs off 40yrs years and boy i been there at rock bottom. never turned my back, maybe didnt watch a full match if we was getting caned, but as it says CTID. those bad times, may have gone, but never fogotten
 
The Pearce era. Born in 82 and had a season ticket since I was 10. My dad's been going 50 years.
I could cope with the shite, even in div 2. It was still exciting somehow and you still looked forward to the next match.
Under Pearce it was hopeless. There was nothing. No style, no charm, no typical city. I could see 30 years in thefuture.
 
Never even when we were dire under Frank Clarke in 1997-1998 season and that was a season to forget.Psycho team was poor but not the worst in Manchester City history
 
Reading away 1998 at Elm Park. We Lost 3-0 and were truly awful and worst of all there was absolutely no fight in the team that night. I remember leaving the ground and thinking **** em' if they can't be bothered neither can I....I was lying to myself of course CTID
 
Definitely the 98-99 season. I was 12 at the time I think - Dad promised we would go to more away matches because tickets would be cheaper (single parent plus younger sister).

What killed me was when we drew 2-2 with the cobblers!
It was hard enough being a young city fan growing up in Northampton, surrounded by 100s of Rag mates, without not even being able to beat little old cobblers! Got mega stick for that in school!! (Funnily enough drew 0-0 at Maine Road too!)
Still was an amazing season, used to go back to school on Mondays not being able to talk from losing my voice singing feed the goat!! And to top it off when Dickov leveled against Gillingham I was in floods of tears - my dad followed after!!

Tested my faith, but I never lost hope.
CTID
 
Der Bomber said:
Being there for 1-8 at the 'boro in May of '08. Even though the club had moved up to 9th, I think, after the Pearce interregnum, it was just such a terrible way to close the season.

Never tested my faith as in "let's go support Chelsea" or some such. But was very depressing.

Amazing what happened that summer though. Always darkest before the dawn, as some might say.
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A couple of Mates of mine went to Middlesbrough and said it was hilarious. Everyone went mental when Elano scored for City and it was pure Blue humour all day because it was such a surreal result.
 
I didn't renew after the Pearce era, with shift work I thought I can't be arsed with chopping and changing shifts for this shit, used to go when I was off, I renewed after Sven went and obviously haven't looked back since.
 
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