in all seriousness, my best mate was wearing his awful beckham shirt about six or seven years back and I asked why he supported the team. when he couldn't give me an answer I told him i would support a real club, city, and would revel in every victory over his beloved beckham, to which he replied that he'd never heard of man city and that his friend was supporting liverpool, their real opposition. not believing this, knowing my geography, i decided to become a city fan and began to lurk here. I caught the occasional game here and there between streams and occasional showings on tv here in the US, but for the first few years it was all match reports and gamecasts... finally i found bluemoon, lurked for a while, and got eventually got involved in the discussion. call me plastic for the reason i joined or the fact that i can't go to a game but i'll stand by city