How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

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How long have you been supporting Manchester City Football Club?

This season (2013)
0
No votes
Since the league was won (2012)
1
1%
Since the FA Cup win (2011)
0
No votes
Since the Sheik bought the club (2008)
7
4%
Since Thaksin bought the club (2007)
6
4%
Since John Wardle was chairman (2003)
9
5%
Since David Bernstein was chairman (1998)
17
10%
Since Franny Lee took over (1994)
19
11%
Since Peter Swales ran the show (1973)
66
39%
Since Eric Alexander was the head honcho (1971)
16
9%
Since Albert Alexander Jr presided (1964)
20
12%
Since Alan Douglas sat in the big chair (1956)
9
5%
Since Bob Smith ruled the roost (1935)
0
No votes
Since Albert Smith was in command (1928)
0
No votes
Since the time when footballs were made out of stone
1
1%
 
Total votes : 171

Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby Burt » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:14 am

Dronny wrote:
Wonderwall wrote:Born in 1970 into a blue family but my first ever experience of a live game was at old trafford. I was taken by a scum worshipper to the swamp... then I found maine road.... wow. Instant love.


Never been to the theatre of screams, and I tend to come over all Burt like at just the thought. Have always happily maintained I wouldn't go there even if it was a freebie to watch City.


Oi! What do ya mean "all Burt like"?!!!

My Bro is 7 years older than me and we had to share a bedroom in our little two-up two-down townhouse. Our kid had incredible, massive pastel drawn posters over his bed of City players and I was hooked as soon as he took me to watch from the Kippax. No idea what my first game was but it was in the 60's with King Colin pulling all the strings on the pitch. Happy, happy days:o)

So the Alexander days to answer the question.

I would bet anything that no fucler on ere started goin earlier than that ol fucler John68 though......................
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby BlueinBosnia » Mon Jul 29, 2013 11:32 am

Final days of the Swales era, I reckon. Horton was in charge. First game was early in 96/97 season, though.
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby aristation » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:07 pm

Glory hunter from the late sixties (it took alot of hunting soon after that) originally having come from Slough!
It may be my last year as a season ticket holder as it just doesn't seem the same with so few English and local players (but I said that last year)
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby Feed The Goat » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:09 pm

dazby wrote:
That makes you Swales. Simple.


Well the poll said 70s very poorly thought out set of options :)
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby Sister of fu » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:09 pm

Where is the 1989 choice right after the 5-1??
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby Alioune DVToure » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:29 pm

BlueinBosnia wrote:First game was early in 96/97 season


Unlucky.
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby hastingsblue » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:39 pm

Given a blue and white scarf by my uncle in the mid 1970's (never thanked him properly) vindicated with all the supporters of other teams on our street when we won the league cup in 76, then suffered afterwards
first home game in 79
first away game in 80

pleasantly surprised to see am in the majority block in the poll results....
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby BlueinBosnia » Mon Jul 29, 2013 12:50 pm

Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:I'm surprised how few are admitting to getting aboard in past few years. I agree with Lee, the more the merrier. Just be honest with yourself and rest of us. There's no need to pretend you are anything you are not around here.

I'm not. I think very few posters on here are post-takeover fans. Maybe 1 or 2 of the Americans, plus the Dzeko crowd (Cit.Revenge aside - he's at least Thaksin) and a few others. Mancio self-claims his heritage to the 60s, I think. I'm surprised there aren't more in the Wardle group, as that's when our international exposure increased dramatically, what with re-promotion to the Premiership and the increased availability of games abroad...
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby john@staustell » Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:00 pm

BlueinBosnia wrote:
Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:I'm surprised how few are admitting to getting aboard in past few years. I agree with Lee, the more the merrier. Just be honest with yourself and rest of us. There's no need to pretend you are anything you are not around here.

I'm not. I think very few posters on here are post-takeover fans. Maybe 1 or 2 of the Americans, plus the Dzeko crowd (Cit.Revenge aside - he's at least Thaksin) and a few others. Mancio self-claims his heritage to the 60s, I think. I'm surprised there aren't more in the Wardle group, as that's when our international exposure increased dramatically, what with re-promotion to the Premiership and the increased availability of games abroad...


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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby Risby » Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:07 pm

Been a blue from birth.

This was against my dads wishes as he had a season ticket for the rags for 20 years and being his first son, he wanted it to continue.

Unfortunately for him, I grew up with my cousins, due to him working long hours and they were all blues.

My first game was 1987 against Millwall in the old 2nd division. I still have the inflatable banana from the game.

Voted for the Swales era because I was a fan before the Lee took over.
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby DoomMerchant » Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:09 pm

BlueinBosnia wrote:
Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:I'm surprised how few are admitting to getting aboard in past few years. I agree with Lee, the more the merrier. Just be honest with yourself and rest of us. There's no need to pretend you are anything you are not around here.

I'm not. I think very few posters on here are post-takeover fans. Maybe 1 or 2 of the Americans, plus the Dzeko crowd (Cit.Revenge aside - he's at least Thaksin) and a few others. Mancio self-claims his heritage to the 60s, I think. I'm surprised there aren't more in the Wardle group, as that's when our international exposure increased dramatically, what with re-promotion to the Premiership and the increased availability of games abroad...


i'm full on Wardle. 2005....caught the footy bug after the 2002 WC and decided to actually support a team a few years later. Picking City seemed like misery incarnate during that final Pearce year and my wife used to ask me interesting things such as "why did you pick this team? they totally suck."

However, in hindsight we all know that I am the lucky talisman that made it all go spiraling into the stratosphere though, so you can all send me thank you notes.

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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby BlueinBosnia » Mon Jul 29, 2013 1:22 pm

john@staustell wrote:
BlueinBosnia wrote:
Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:I'm surprised how few are admitting to getting aboard in past few years. I agree with Lee, the more the merrier. Just be honest with yourself and rest of us. There's no need to pretend you are anything you are not around here.

I'm not. I think very few posters on here are post-takeover fans. Maybe 1 or 2 of the Americans, plus the Dzeko crowd (Cit.Revenge aside - he's at least Thaksin) and a few others. Mancio self-claims his heritage to the 60s, I think. I'm surprised there aren't more in the Wardle group, as that's when our international exposure increased dramatically, what with re-promotion to the Premiership and the increased availability of games abroad...


Yeah but we were shite!


But I think quite a lot of our foreign support (particularly those who post on here) are the 'underdog-supporting' type. Also (as a few have already stated) we've picked up supporters due to being the antithesis of the Rags. Re-promotion to the Prem will have helped with that.
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby Cocacolajojo1 » Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:16 pm

2006 but more intensly from the summer of 2007, so I went Thakshin on the vote.
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby aaron bond » Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:27 pm

Swales era for me.

Went to my first game with my Dad when I was 5 - Derby at home in the 1989/90 season which we lost (of course!). Started going regularly from the 1990/91 season onwards.
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby stevefromdonny » Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:33 pm

http://youtu.be/BLs0cKm1ETE

this is when I started to be a city fan and if you look when we score the second goal, you can see a lad jumping up and down in the shoream if that is how its spelt end, well that was me
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby BlueinBosnia » Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:42 pm

aaron bond wrote:Swales era for me.

Went to my first game with my Dad when I was 5 - Derby at home in the 1989/90 season which we lost (of course!).


You sure about that mate?
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby BlueinBosnia » Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:53 pm

BlueinBosnia wrote:
aaron bond wrote:Swales era for me.

Went to my first game with my Dad when I was 5 - Derby at home in the 1989/90 season which we lost (of course!).


You sure about that mate?


Actually, just re-read it. First time, I assumed you meant 'the derby', not 'Derby County'!
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby Jorgobot » Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:04 pm

I started following vaguely in 09 and after the 2010 World Cup, which I followed closely gave me soccer fever, i saw a city vs united game and instantly hated the rag cunts and found my team in city.
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby halnone » Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:27 pm

around 2007 for me. i'm most likely one of the youngest posters here, so I don't feel too bad about being a fan for only 6 years.
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Re: How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

Postby PrezIke » Mon Jul 29, 2013 3:34 pm

BlueinBosnia wrote:
john@staustell wrote:But I think quite a lot of our foreign support (particularly those who post on here) are the 'underdog-supporting' type. Also (as a few have already stated) we've picked up supporters due to being the antithesis of the Rags.


100% accurate description of some of the major reasons i came to be a supporter of the club.
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