Why are you a City fan?

Count me as a "new era" fan if you will. I became a fan on Feb 10, 2008. First time for City to win at old trafford in the league in some 30+ years. I live in the states and until recently, it was always difficult to watch matches unless you wanted to pay a fortune for satellite packages. For those first few years of my time supporting city, I watched as many games as I could, streaming from crappy websites. That day city beat united, I was just at the right place at the right time, I suppose. I have always hated sports dynasties, so it was a natural fit to pick city, at a time when supporting united was the biggest bandwagon a fan could jump on. I have never met a united fan that is a good person with good character....and there are rag fans everywhere in the states. It's awful.

Fast forward to May 13, 2012. It was mother's day here in the states. I dragged my mom and dad to the local pub where all the EPL fans congregated on the weekends to watch matches. Place was loaded with over 100 stinky rags. I was with my group of 5 city supporters. Stoppage time approaching, all the rags started hurling insults and jibes at us, laughing at us. When Aguero put in the winner, I've never seen a group of men and women look so gutted...to see the look on their faces while we were going mental...it was the best day of my life up to that point.

Sometimes it seems like people on this forum resent that the club has grown on an international level. Supporters from abroad may not know the long history of the club, or attend matches on a weekly basis (or ever), but we still show up to our local spots, week in and week out, and wear the city badge proudly. After all, people everywhere resent city due to their rise in stature, and that's all the more reason for my support to grow and grow.
 
TexasCityzen said:
Count me as a "new era" fan if you will. I became a fan on Feb 10, 2008. First time for City to win at old trafford in the league in some 30+ years. I live in the states and until recently, it was always difficult to watch matches unless you wanted to pay a fortune for satellite packages. For those first few years of my time supporting city, I watched as many games as I could, streaming from crappy websites. That day city beat united, I was just at the right place at the right time, I suppose. I have always hated sports dynasties, so it was a natural fit to pick city, at a time when supporting united was the biggest bandwagon a fan could jump on. I have never met a united fan that is a good person with good character....and there are rag fans everywhere in the states. It's awful.

Fast forward to May 13, 2012. It was mother's day here in the states. I dragged my mom and dad to the local pub where all the EPL fans congregated on the weekends to watch matches. Place was loaded with over 100 stinky rags. I was with my group of 5 city supporters. Stoppage time approaching, all the rags started hurling insults and jibes at us, laughing at us. When Aguero put in the winner, I've never seen a group of men and women look so gutted...to see the look on their faces while we were going mental...it was the best day of my life up to that point.

Sometimes it seems like people on this forum resent that the club has grown on an international level. Supporters from abroad may not know the long history of the club, or attend matches on a weekly basis (or ever), but we still show up to our local spots, week in and week out, and wear the city badge proudly. After all, people everywhere resent city due to their rise in stature, and that's all the more reason for my support to grow and grow.
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TexasCityzen said:
Sometimes it seems like people on this forum resent that the club has grown on an international level. Supporters from abroad may not know the long history of the club, or attend matches on a weekly basis (or ever), but we still show up to our local spots, week in and week out, and wear the city badge proudly. After all, people everywhere resent city due to their rise in stature, and that's all the more reason for my support to grow and grow.
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You've got to start somewhere. Doesn't matter if it was 68, 78, 88, 98 or 08. Only one thing matters, and that's supporting the blues. So I for one welcome any new blue and i'm proud we are starting to reach out to all corners of the globe.
 
I was hooked at an early age, too young even to attend. My dad had actually been at the 1934 Cup game when there were 84,000 v Stoke, and my elder brother had whetted my appetite with tales of great City players and matches. I couldn't wait to visit this holy of holies. We lived in Fallowfield, and on Saturday afternoons the three of us would walk through Platt Fields and on to Moss Side to queue up outside the Kippax Street turnstiles to pay our shilling or whatever, and if by chance (very rarely) we were delayed, we would endure an agonising and impatient wait whilst listening to the "Oohs" and "Aahs" from the crowd and praying we wouldn't miss a goal. Up the steep steps to stand near the half-way line amid the crowd, the air redolent of tobacco smoke from cigarettes, pipes and - at Christmas - cigars. The excitement as pale blue shirts emerged from the tunnel, and I was entranced by the very colour of those garments. Then, when the match was over (always at twenty to five, unless something very unusual had happened) it was back through Platt Fields to be home in time for Sports Report on the radio).

All week was a dull drawn-out emptiness whilst awaiting the weekend's excitement when I could once more watch my adored club

I know, football has moved on, but it really was magical at the time.
 
Big Swifty said:
I was hooked at an early age, too young even to attend. My dad had actually been at the 1934 Cup game when there were 84,000 v Stoke, and my elder brother had whetted my appetite with tales of great City players and matches. I couldn't wait to visit this holy of holies. We lived in Fallowfield, and on Saturday afternoons the three of us would walk through Platt Fields and on to Moss Side to queue up outside the Kippax Street turnstiles to pay our shilling or whatever, and if by chance (very rarely) we were delayed, we would endure an agonising and impatient wait whilst listening to the "Oohs" and "Aahs" from the crowd and praying we wouldn't miss a goal. Up the steep steps to stand near the half-way line amid the crowd, the air redolent of tobacco smoke from cigarettes, pipes and - at Christmas - cigars. The excitement as pale blue shirts emerged from the tunnel, and I was entranced by the very colour of those garments. Then, when the match was over (always at twenty to five, unless something very unusual had happened) it was back through Platt Fields to be home in time for Sports Report on the radio).

All week was a dull drawn-out emptiness whilst awaiting the weekend's excitement when I could once more watch my adored club

I know, football has moved on, but it really was magical at the time.
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Great post.
 
Becasue I am a plastic glory hunter and clubs in my own country are not fashionable enough for me so I need to have an English team.

I dream of going to watch City, but it would have to be a big game. I would not call myself a supporter though.
 
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