When did you get into football/City?

[Jesus H Gabz]

My dads a rag but don’t think I chose City to spite him we get on alreet, but he did like to rub it in how we hadn’t won a trophy since the year I was born, maybe I though I’d follow a team actually from Manchester. Never had an uncle who was ‘a top Bert’ so went to games by myself & occasionally dragged a rag supporting mate along in my teenage years, sometime after the 86 World Cup, think it was Wimbledon at home (first game) went on the odd game over the next 2 seasons then all in for 88/89 season in the second division

 

[HaughtonGreenBlue]

Always been a blue thanks to my family. My Dad once told me never to bring home a girl if she was a red! Married to a blue now. Also used to be a ballboy at Maine Road and met most of my heroes, great days. CTID

 

[Scouse Blue]

1970. Eight years old. In Liverpool where I was born and raised. A local bully and big dipper fan lined up about 6 of us, and asked us each in turn who we supported. All answered "Liverpool". I was last in line, and when he got to me, I blurted out "Manchester City". He knocked me out cold, and I have supported us since that day.

 

[Asa's Heart]

My dad took me to Newcastle away in 1968. I was aged 2. Not a bad first game. We won the league that day and I’ve been going ever since. 54 years this year. When my dad came over from Ireland he lived opposite Villa’s ground and used to watch them. Soon as he moved to Manchester he started to watch City and that was that. It got into his bloodstream and he infected me.

 

[bluevillain]

World Cup Mexico 70, aged 7.Street footy pretending to be Riva or Rivera. Trust me to back the losers.
City first match was away win at Goodison in early 70’s. we won.

 

[Nellies left peg]

1968
My best friend was a City Fan

I too got hooked in 68, boxing day against the blue dippers and we lost, over the next 30 years I began to think it was normal and our full name was Manchester City LLLLDL

 

[Bournemouth Blue]

First got into football around 1962, I was 7. I supported my home-town club Yeovil Town, but my grandparents lived in Saddleworth, so Grandad took me to Maine Road for the football and Old Trafford for cricket. By the time City signed Colin Bell I was a nailed-on lifelong supporter. Never quite got the Lancashire CC thing though, I am a proper Somerset lad

 

[RayCTID]

I was about 6 or 7 when I first became interested in Football and at first I didn't start off as a blue (I opted for a rag shirt as my Uncle's first wife was a red and she tried steering me in that direction). It was around the 1988-1989 I became a City supporter

 

[Cotontoquinn]

ITV highlights Sunday afternoon of FA Cup 1969.
Neil Young my first City hero.
Vaguely remember 66 World Cup final.
Celtic v Inter 67 and rags 68.
Started going with mates to East Stirlingshire and Falkirk matches getting lifted over.

Was there a 66 World Cup Final?? Don’t remember that…sort of the forgotten match. Is there any film of it??
As a long-standing Stirling Albion supporter I can understand why you would never want to actually pay to see the Shire or the Bairns.
You must have the same international experience as myself with Scotland….mainly abject misery!!
Memories came flooding back after the Ukrainian shocker……

 

[Cotontoquinn]

First got into football around 1962, I was 7. I supported my home-town club Yeovil Town, but my grandparents lived in Saddleworth, so Grandad took me to Maine Road for the football and Old Trafford for cricket. By the time City signed Colin Bell I was a nailed-on lifelong supporter. Never quite got the Lancashire CC thing though, I am a proper Somerset lad

I am now a “proper Somerset lad” having lived here since 2007 (after 25 years in Manchester). Not many MCFC fans down here - all have Direct connections to Manchester - born, lived in Manchester etc.
Manchester City (men’s team) have never played Yeovil Town and I still hope that might happen.