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[mort]

Hello...

My name is Mort.. im from bogor, Indonesia..
i joined in Manchester City Fans Club Indonesia Branch of Bogor..
pleased to be joined here..

thanx

[dazby]

Selamat datang Mort.

[getdressedmctavish]

Well having been called "a Rag" by two simpletons recently, I thought I better say something about myself.I'm 64 and have been going to City since I was 6 or 7, first to the reserves and, from about 9 years old, to first team games.My earliest memory is of me Dad hurling his polo mints to the floor in front of the tele, all 14 " of it, in 1955 when Jackie Milburn scored for Newcastle after 3 minutes of the cup final.Next year when we won it Nobby Clarke opened our fete in Crab Lane and there's a picture of me somewhere holding what I now assume is an FA cup replica.I was a pretty good player, Manchester schools level, and in those days, the late fifties to the mid sixties, though us lads were either City or United it was friendly rivalry, not the pathetic fascistic screaching of today.Indeed, it was common to go and see the reds when City were,nt playing because the need for club membership had not yet happened. Best was worth admission just to watch him in the kick in, Law was usually a blur, but Charlton was over rated, a rather naive footballer who blasted most shots over the bar.

City had hit the depths in 1964 but in 1965 Mercer and Allison arrived and started the rebuiding that lead to the championship in 1968.I remember quite well some of the action in the early days. Seeing Buzzer make his debut(I think) at Middlesborough where we slept in the park over night and Jimmy Murray got the equalise, David Connor roasting Jimmy Armfield in the league cup(no he wasn't gay), Mike Doyle switching with Glyne Pardoe, then a striker, to power home a few headers, Colin Bell's debut against Leeds I think, when he played centre forward.Getting murdered by the West Ham world cup winners at home was particularly painful, but it was all leading up to that game at old trafford when we ran United off their own pitch to win 3-1 and Busby offered Mal the job of United coach.He didn't take it and the rest is history, 6 easy points for quite a few years.
Yes I was at St James Park for that topsy turvy game and at Wembley for the Final the following year, which looked good on the tele but was a bit boring in the flesh.And then a few years of erratic success before madness and decline, briefly interrupted by the ill advised second coming when Mal spent several millions City didn't have whilst having his own checkbook conviscated by the bank, lol
Personally, my family moved to Leicester when I was 16, I went to Sheffield University, and then moved to London, first as an FE lecturer, then as a single parent caring for a child with learning difficulties and latterly as a legal consultant. During this period I mainly watched City away. Plenty of good victories at Spurs though rarely Arsenal.Some fun watching Mc Neil's crazy scottish misfits, the dubious pleasure of watching Kinlaze and ten others as Ball and the Notts bloke screwed up, and the short lived glimses of resurgence under Maichin, Kendall and Royle, all of which had their moments.Best memory of that lot? Coming up on the train to the 5-1, being stuck in the sidings at Crewe and then finding the game had been delayed and seeing all 5 goals, watching in amazement as Bambi turned into a Lion.
During all that a very nice lady helped me get my life sorted and bring up a couple of boys (along side their step sister) who weren't bothered about City though one did enjoy going to watch Leyton Orient . I did try. I took em to Wimbledon v City one freezing night. Surprisingly, no takers!And then in rode King Kev on his white charger and astonishingly my younger son and wife asked if I was getting 3 season tickets.Since then its been 15000 miles and £5000 a year watchin City. Not bad for a Rag!

[mr_nool]

Great post mate!

[MCFCKEV]

Well im not really a new member as i registered 4 years ago but I am new to posting on here.

Just a few things about me, born a blue down south near Basingstoke and now live in Huddersfield moving from Oldham. A am footy & City mad, im a qualifired ref where i did 1 game and sacked it off and also a qualifited fa coach too. I have been a season ticket holder on and off since the Maine Rd days and was there at Wembley in that nerve racking playoff final. Main reason ythe family and I moved up from down south was to be closer to the blues to save the 400 mile round trip and 4 hour journey every other week. I am current a season ticket holderand looking to go back to going to more away games and is how I found this forum again through Huddersfield Supporters website. Never been to a Huds supporters meeting yet looking to go to the next one tho and hopefully might see a few members on here there.

Just watching SSN and seen rags win 3-1 after going 1-0 in 2nd half and they go back top of table grrr, Chelsea 2moro not really confident as it will be bew manager syndrome. On a brighter side our old boys Dickov and Rosler teasm both won superb!

So anyway I may come on here and post from time to time.

Kev

[mr_nool]

Please do, Kev. The more the merrier!
And I swear, this place is a like a tube of Pringles: Once you pop you can't stop.

[Arjan Van Schotte]

Well im not really a new member as i registered 4 years ago but I am new to posting on here.

Just a few things about me, born a blue down south near Basingstoke and now live in Huddersfield moving from Oldham. A am footy & City mad, im a qualifired ref where i did 1 game and sacked it off and also a qualifited fa coach too. I have been a season ticket holder on and off since the Maine Rd days and was there at Wembley in that nerve racking playoff final. Main reason ythe family and I moved up from down south was to be closer to the blues to save the 400 mile round trip and 4 hour journey every other week. I am current a season ticket holderand looking to go back to going to more away games and is how I found this forum again through Huddersfield Supporters website. Never been to a Huds supporters meeting yet looking to go to the next one tho and hopefully might see a few members on here there.

Just watching SSN and seen rags win 3-1 after going 1-0 in 2nd half and they go back top of table grrr, Chelsea 2moro not really confident as it will be bew manager syndrome. On a brighter side our old boys Dickov and Rosler teasm both won superb!

So anyway I may come on here and post from time to time.

Kev

AFAIK kev there is no hudds supporters club, about 5 years ago some forum or other thought it might be clever to set up a branch to get tickets more easily and they picked huddersfield. never quite got off the ground though....

there was an active branch in halifax if you're that side of town, not sure if they're still going mind.

[Dronny]

Well having been called "a Rag" by two simpletons recently, I thought I better say something about myself.I'm 64 and have been going to City since I was 6 or 7, first to the reserves and, from about 9 years old, to first team games.My earliest memory is of me Dad hurling his polo mints to the floor in front of the tele, all 14 " of it, in 1955 when Jackie Milburn scored for Newcastle after 3 minutes of the cup final.Next year when we won it Nobby Clarke opened our fete in Crab Lane and there's a picture of me somewhere holding what I now assume is an FA cup replica.I was a pretty good player, Manchester schools level, and in those days, the late fifties to the mid sixties, though us lads were either City or United it was friendly rivalry, not the pathetic fascistic screaching of today.Indeed, it was common to go and see the reds when City were,nt playing because the need for club membership had not yet happened. Best was worth admission just to watch him in the kick in, Law was usually a blur, but Charlton was over rated, a rather naive footballer who blasted most shots over the bar.

City had hit the depths in 1964 but in 1965 Mercer and Allison arrived and started the rebuiding that lead to the championship in 1968.I remember quite well some of the action in the early days. Seeing Buzzer make his debut(I think) at Middlesborough where we slept in the park over night and Jimmy Murray got the equalise, David Connor roasting Jimmy Armfield in the league cup(no he wasn't gay), Mike Doyle switching with Glyne Pardoe, then a striker, to power home a few headers, Colin Bell's debut against Leeds I think, when he played centre forward.Getting murdered by the West Ham world cup winners at home was particularly painful, but it was all leading up to that game at old trafford when we ran United off their own pitch to win 3-1 and Busby offered Mal the job of United coach.He didn't take it and the rest is history, 6 easy points for quite a few years.
Yes I was at St James Park for that topsy turvy game and at Wembley for the Final the following year, which looked good on the tele but was a bit boring in the flesh.And then a few years of erratic success before madness and decline, briefly interrupted by the ill advised second coming when Mal spent several millions City didn't have whilst having his own checkbook conviscated by the bank, lol
Personally, my family moved to Leicester when I was 16, I went to Sheffield University, and then moved to London, first as an FE lecturer, then as a single parent caring for a child with learning difficulties and latterly as a legal consultant. During this period I mainly watched City away. Plenty of good victories at Spurs though rarely Arsenal.Some fun watching Mc Neil's crazy scottish misfits, the dubious pleasure of watching Kinlaze and ten others as Ball and the Notts bloke screwed up, and the short lived glimses of resurgence under Maichin, Kendall and Royle, all of which had their moments.Best memory of that lot? Coming up on the train to the 5-1, being stuck in the sidings at Crewe and then finding the game had been delayed and seeing all 5 goals, watching in amazement as Bambi turned into a Lion.
During all that a very nice lady helped me get my life sorted and bring up a couple of boys (along side their step sister) who weren't bothered about City though one did enjoy going to watch Leyton Orient . I did try. I took em to Wimbledon v City one freezing night. Surprisingly, no takers!And then in rode King Kev on his white charger and astonishingly my younger son and wife asked if I was getting 3 season tickets.Since then its been 15000 miles and £5000 a year watchin City. Not bad for a Rag!

Nice mate and don't get too indignant about the guys who called you a rag, they probably didn't have a good enough vocabulary to express themselves! Always good to get a poster I can look up to in age ;-)

[BookJunior]

Greetings everyone,

I've been a City supporter since April 1970 with all the highs and lows we've had in between.

Asking who my favourite player may be is unfair because there are so many - Corrigan, Doyle, Book, Bell, Hartford, Marsh, Oakes, Young, Watson, Lee, Summerbee, Barnes, Tueart, Law (for THAT goal:), Kidd, Power, Booth, Kinky, Rosler, Lake, Horlock etc.

The lowest point personally was the last game at Maine Road. The Etihad is a great stadium, but just doesn't compare in so many personal ways and memories.

The highest point? Undoutedly beating QPR with 2 goals in fergie time.

By profession I'm a software engineer having worked at BAE Systems and taking Voluntary Redundancy in 2011. I'm always happy to help when I can.

[Wonderwall]

Greetings everyone,

I've been a City supporter since April 1970 with all the highs and lows we've had in between.

Asking who my favourite player may be is unfair because there are so many - Corrigan, Doyle, Book, Bell, Hartford, Marsh, Oakes, Young, Watson, Lee, Summerbee, Barnes, Tueart, Law (for THAT goal:), Kidd, Power, Booth, Kinky, Rosler, Lake, Horlock etc.

The lowest point personally was the last game at Maine Road. The Etihad is a great stadium, but just doesn't compare in so many personal ways and memories.

The highest point? Undoutedly beating QPR with 2 goals in fergie time.

By profession I'm a software engineer having worked at BAE Systems and taking Voluntary Redundancy in 2011. I'm always happy to help when I can.

welcome mate, enjoy the forum,

[BookJunior]

I certainly will and look forward to meeting everyone :)

[TheSwedishFan]

Hey lads!

I introduced myself for about a year ago but i havn't been online for a long time, so i thought i reintroduce myself!

My name is William, or Will if u like, 16 year from Stockholm Sweden! I have been a City fan for a couple of years now, it all started when i was scrolling trough my channel's and got stuck on one channel, it was a football game between City and an other team (dont remeber which) and i just fell in love! The blue jerseys, the fans and the way City play'd the ball around. And after that i have try'd do watch as many games as possible!

So you'll be seeing more of me!

And btw, i cant find an thread for this so i'll but it here! Is there any body that has City stickers for sale or trade? Send me a message if you do!

[john68]

Twice you introduce yourself. That means you are either very well mannered or an attention seeker.
Intrigued by you name "Will if u like" are you related in any way to the Spud U Like family?

Welcome
Again

[TheSwedishFan]

Im not an seeker, just polite! ;)
My explanation for my name is that i am the Swedish Man City Fan.
Spud I like family?

[Swales4ever]

Im not an seeker, just polite! ;)
My explanation for my name is that i am the Swedish Man City Fan.
Spud I like family?

Never mind Mate.
Sir John is questing for healthy food

[TurkMCFC]

hello,


24 yrs old
male
born in Los Angeles,CA, USA
I am Turkish-American
HUGE Fenerbahçe SK fan

City fan ever since 2005 when Fenerbahce signed Nicolas Anelka from Manchester City.I grew up hating Manchester UTD as a kid because I was told to do so as a child since we played them once at the Swamp in 1996 and I was watching with my uncles and cousins on TV at the local cafe while on vacation with the family in Turkey.

He is known for breaking Manchester United's 40-year unbeaten home record in Europe when he scored for Fenerbahçe in their 1-0 win on October 30, 1996 in the 1996–97 Champions League group stage.I'll gladly present you all, the goal.
CTID!


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[Dronny]

hello,


24 yrs old
male
born in Los Angeles,CA, USA
I am Turkish-American
HUGE Fenerbahçe SK fan

City fan ever since 2005 when Fenerbahce signed Nicolas Anelka from Manchester City.I grew up hating Manchester UTD as a kid because I was told to do so as a child since we played them once at the Swamp in 1996 and I was watching with my uncles and cousins on TV at the local cafe while on vacation with the family in Turkey.

He is known for breaking Manchester United's 40-year unbeaten home record in Europe when he scored for Fenerbahçe in their 1-0 win on October 30, 1996 in the 1996–97 Champions League group stage.I'll gladly present you all, the goal.
CTID!


[youtube]wtV5nUe_6ik[/youtube]

That anti-rag shit always goes down well in the intro speech, welcome aboard mate!

[TurkMCFC]

hello,


24 yrs old
male
born in Los Angeles,CA, USA
I am Turkish-American
HUGE Fenerbahçe SK fan

City fan ever since 2005 when Fenerbahce signed Nicolas Anelka from Manchester City.I grew up hating Manchester UTD as a kid because I was told to do so as a child since we played them once at the Swamp in 1996 and I was watching with my uncles and cousins on TV at the local cafe while on vacation with the family in Turkey.

He is known for breaking Manchester United's 40-year unbeaten home record in Europe when he scored for Fenerbahçe in their 1-0 win on October 30, 1996 in the 1996–97 Champions League group stage.I'll gladly present you all, the goal.
CTID!


[youtube]wtV5nUe_6ik[/youtube]

That anti-rag shit always goes down well in the intro speech, welcome aboard mate!

Much appreciated! My uncles taught me well :)

[eb28]

Hi ya everyone I''ve been following Man City for the last 3 years. I am a very proud fan and I will be blue till the day I die. I currently live in Cardiff Wales and I wonder where the Man City supporters in Cardiff go to watch the derby match this Sunday, we need to stick together and cheer our team no matter where you are.plz if anyone can give me a clue, really appreciated.
Thanks
We are gonna beat utd this Sunday!
Superbia in Proelio

[favshirt]

I have been a City fan since the late-1970s and enjoyed seeing players like Peter Barnes, Corrigan, Denya and many more.

I want to get some comments about your fav City shirts over the years. I really like the present ones but would love to read about what you think. Why do you like a particular shirt? Does it remind you of a particular time in your life an dsupporting the club?

I look forward to reading the replies.