Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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I’d hazard a guess that most of them are capable of the latter but not the former.
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- Thread starter kevo
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I’d hazard a guess that most of them are capable of the latter but not the former.
- Aug 7, 2003
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Just ignore it, 95% of City fans are the same as 95% of ours. The rogue 5%, unfortunately, inflict their respective forums with attention seeking ramblings to desperately to try and gain approval from their, imagined, 5% peers.
- Jun 27, 2012
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Back in the day City relegated Man United to Div 2 (ex United Denis Law scored the fateful goal), and were worthy rivals to Man Utd in the 60s and 70s winning the league, FA Cup and Cup Winners Cup. it didn't all start in August 2008...
Sirnormangall
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- Sep 21, 2017
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For those of you who haven’t the stamina to read all the posts on this thread, could I single out, and thank, posts 19 (Stato), 40 ( Megazone) and 96 (Monty uk) for their humour and reminder to all football fans ( Citeh fans in particular) to remember their roots.
- Jan 3, 2012
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The days of Colin Bell, Mike Summerbee, Francis Lee.......
lawros left foot
Glory hunting since 1969
Reading this thread, and thinking about City fans not selling out their allocation, if the other Manchester team or Liverpool were having the same season, still involved in three competitions, and in an FA cup semi, doesn't anyone think that they wouldn't have sold all their tickets?
Do City get the regulation 3000 away tickets in the Premier League, or do they get more? If it's only 3000, then there's an awful lot of their home support who cant do many away games, in the league, and should be fighting over the 33,000 on offer for an FA Cup semi final.They won't get as many tickets for the Final,and, you can expect a lot of moans from them about a small ticket allocation.
Do City get the regulation 3000 away tickets in the Premier League, or do they get more? If it's only 3000, then there's an awful lot of their home support who cant do many away games, in the league, and should be fighting over the 33,000 on offer for an FA Cup semi final.They won't get as many tickets for the Final,and, you can expect a lot of moans from them about a small ticket allocation.
Tony Towner's Fridge
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Of the two Manchester clubs their fans are usually the more balanced, level headed, fair and ....er ...Mancunian..... the normal Torquay based bias and winge of your average Manure fan is quite nauseous I find......
TNBA
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- Apr 19, 2018
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Citeh fans on the tube back to Victoria singing "1-0 to the empty seats" as a matter of pride sums it up for me. Tin pot club salvaged by a brutal dictatorship laundering its reputation through football. Insufficient loyalty to sell the tickets, insufficient self-respect to appreciate that's embarrassing.
That's exactly what it is for me. When clubs keep winning, it breads arrogant, dislikable fans.
Mellor 3 Ward 4
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And that's the point.
If Utd, Liverpool, dare I say it Leeds were in the same situation there certainly wouldn't be any empty seats at a semi final.
City have many fans who do know their history and roots, and went to games when they were in the third tier, but they certainly don't have (yet) the country wide, or indeed world wide fan base that their rivals have.
Personally if I were a long standing City fan I'd hate what has happened to my club, which is now owned by a Country, and a Country with some very archaic and strange laws and a pretty awful human rights record.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
They were already down. One of football's incorrect mythologies.
Peter Grummit
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In my experience, City fans are generally more grounded and sanguine than those of the rest of the Top 6. Those who came to Withdean when we beat them in 2008 generally took it well and recognised how much it meant to us. I know well a half-dozen or so and none have ever been disparaging about Brighton.
That's not to say there haven't always been idiot City fans who confirm to the Manc stereotype. And I've been unimpressed by some who have a superiority goad in them, at each of the Etihad games we've played.
But to extrapolate anything from a few keyboard numbnuts is naive and, frankly, more than a hint of ironic on NSC.....
City don't have the country-wide fan base of their northwest rivals. This, and the financial impacts of so many big games is clearly why they failed to sell out Wembley. They are sensitive souls if you point this out mind!
PG
That's not to say there haven't always been idiot City fans who confirm to the Manc stereotype. And I've been unimpressed by some who have a superiority goad in them, at each of the Etihad games we've played.
But to extrapolate anything from a few keyboard numbnuts is naive and, frankly, more than a hint of ironic on NSC.....
City don't have the country-wide fan base of their northwest rivals. This, and the financial impacts of so many big games is clearly why they failed to sell out Wembley. They are sensitive souls if you point this out mind!
PG
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Their lack of class may stem from an uneasiness that their current circumstances don’t stem from any historical greatness but merely a faceless benefactor sticking a pin in a map and it hitting the cheaper Manchester club.
Ours too is a rags to riches story (although not to the same extent) but at least our fella has a long standing relationship to our town and football club.
Ours too is a rags to riches story (although not to the same extent) but at least our fella has a long standing relationship to our town and football club.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
And an unblemished human rights record.
DavidRyder
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- Jul 23, 2013
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I don't want to read their forum, for one reason.
I didn't hear a single City fan giving us grief outside of any sort. When I left I got lost and ended up walking against the tide of City fans (I turned round as soon as I realised it was a dead end!). Not one bad comment. Pre match, all mixed in the coffee shops, no problems at all.
That is the memory I want to take away, I don't want to read things to the contrary on their forum!
I didn't hear a single City fan giving us grief outside of any sort. When I left I got lost and ended up walking against the tide of City fans (I turned round as soon as I realised it was a dead end!). Not one bad comment. Pre match, all mixed in the coffee shops, no problems at all.
That is the memory I want to take away, I don't want to read things to the contrary on their forum!
Yoda
English & European
The only one I had any interaction with just said "What you gonna keep the score down to today then?". Arrogant tosser.
Football has gone!