I think I said this before..
There is a computer game that I love called Eastside Hockey Manager. I played it religiously, Istill do in online leagues actually. I loved it, managing players, contracts, tactics etc. They stopped making new ones after 2007. The game became too easy and I needed a new challenge. A friend of mine who is right into Bayern Munich was always talking about football, so I got Football Manager, I can't remember which year.. 2009 I think. I started off as West Ham. I chose West Ham because my favorite band is Iron Maiden and Steve Harris is my hero, apparently he's a raging Hammer fan. I picked up Michael Johnson because he looked good and was a wonderkid, he became the central figure of my team. Now I'm not gay or anything but I absolutely hated the West Ham colors. So I started a new game. It should be said here after having a look around the big names of the EPL in that game I despised ManU because I hated the name Wayne Rooney. I read that name and envisioned an ugly arrogant twat, tainting ManU's appeal forever more. My favorite color was red, so naturally I chose Arsenal, they were good and I immediately picked up MJ, then I got Micah Richards, he was followed by Elano, next up was Corluka(sp?). I even enjoyed there managers name, Sven-Goran Erickson(again sp?). Eventually I sat there and looked at City's team and went I my as well just manage that team! So I started a new game, this time managing City. I won the premier league countless times, a few Champions Cups, FA Cup, League Cup. Eventually I began to wonder how they were doing in real-life. So I checked them out on the internet. That was the day we lost 3-0 to Nottingham Forest, lol. I had a laugh and began to check on scores more regularly. Within about a month I was watching every game I could on the internet, and to this day, I have missed only a handful of games, (thankfully I missed that loss to Tottenham), and talk incessantly about City to people who clearly do not care to hear about City.
As a couple of added notes, there were two other teams that caught my interest and that I also follow, albeit not as hardcore as City. Those two teams are Blackpool and Nottingham Forest (go figure). Blackpool is so evil sounding that I cant help loving the team. Nottingham Forest because I always thought Nottingham Forest was a make-belief forest in Robin Hood. Sorry if anyone finds it offensive but I laughed my ass off when I found out there was an actual place called that. I hope someone enjoys my story, I'm half asleep typing it out and was aiming for a short response.. and off to bed I am.