As an 11 year old lad, born in London, living in Cambridgeshire, couldn't support Arsenal cos my whole family supported them and needed to rebel a bit!!! so knowing absolutely nothing about football, I shamefully followed the 'in' crowd at school and supported Utd for one week. The following week I hurriedly looked in the Sunday Paper to see the scores and Utd lost, but very very lucky for me, this other team I'd never heard of, but with a very similar name won, right then its City for me they must better!!!
That was 45 years ago, never wavered, went through the hey days of the Bell, Summerbee, Lee period, hung in there for the lesser days after that, watched them in the third division, as was.
I now live in Thailand and have done for 8 years, when I'm visited by friends and they ask the usual question 'what do you miss about living in England', no its not foodstuff, or certain beers etc, its not being able to go to the game live, having to put up with only ever watching on the Tv, missing the atmosphere, the lads, the pubs before and after, my pie and bovril at half time.
When people on here mention plastics, distant supporters in some derogatory term, it does sadden me, not all of us can live in Manchester, feel lucky you guys that do can just walk to the game every other week!!!, but this does not lessen my support of City in anyway and no I wasn't born there either!!!
