When Did You Join?

[Wonderwall]

I have been a blue since 1987. My dad who is a massive united fan, bought me a united shirt. The story goes that on receiving the shirt, I dropped it and said I wanted a blue one. My dad hit the roof and blamed my cousins for brainwashing me, all I can say is, as upsetting as it has been being a city fan over the years

yes.........................

[Risby]

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Apologies, daughter knocked the phone out of my hands. As I was saying, it has been upsetting at times with the problems we have had with relegation, losing managers left, right and centre, but all this means we appreciate the success that is now coming our way. I like all of you are proud to be a blue, and our history is part of who we are as a club and as a team. Look at our growth and now with the stability we are getting, we will be soon creating more history to be proud of

[DoomMerchant]

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Apologies, daughter knocked the phone out of my hands. As I was saying, it has been upsetting at times with the problems we have had with relegation, losing managers left, right and centre, but all this means we appreciate the success that is now coming our way. I like all of you are proud to be a blue, and our history is part of who we are as a club and as a team. Look at our growth and now with the stability we are getting, we will be soon creating more history to be proud of

it would have been better to let everyone else have a go at finishing your post as a caption competition tbh.

i'd put the happy face smiley wink but it seems insincere.

[simon12]

According to my Dad around 1974. He`s not around now to tell me which match, but I remeber it was cold. I have a feeling it was Wolves.

[dazlebluefrog]

most people seem to be telling of the 1st time they went to city so heres my "1st list"
1st memory of city was was actually when i was a nipper goin down to my nans every saturday ,she lived down a road opposite the mainstand ,every other week with my uncle kenny (he was 3 years older)we'd go asking blokes"can i mind you car mister ?"soon as they'd fcuked off so would we !!ha ha ,sometimes though we'd go back after the match causes the bloke told us when he comes back he'd give us something
1st city home match= Sat in north stand against QPR won 1-0(73?74?)remember a lady with a bell sat just behind the goal (RIP Helen)
1st night match=Carlisle sat in the Platt lane with my old man and "uncle angi" (polish bloke who'd jumped ship a few years earlier when Manchester had a great port)
1st European home match= was taken by my "uncle angi" stood in the kippax while he went with the polish fans drew 2-2 against Widzew Lodz
1st away match=Derby at the old Baseball Ground lost 3-1 big mal & tony book our management team ,also 1st time on the "City special" train
1st and sadly only European away match =Schalke 04 won 2-0 ,Special thanks to CTK,top top lad who got me the ticket at the expense of another lad i'd like to meet someday (maybe a Rangers match?)and to all the lads who mad that trip such a great great 2 days

[Mark Garrett]

Been supporting City since my 5th Birthday in August 1990 so from 90-91 season onwards.

My dad is a big United fan and my mum just went out and bought any blue football shirt she could find. It happened to be a City shirt with the old 'brother' sponsor logo across and that was it I have been a City fan ever since.

First match was at Anfield, Liverpool-City think it ended in a draw.

Favourite player at the time was David White, so within a few weeks I had the number 7 on the back of my shirt as that was his number.

Favourite players down the years would be David White, Paul Walsh, Uwe Rosler, Georgi Kinkladze, Kevin Horlock, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Shaun Goater, Paul Dickov, Richard Dunne, Eyal Berkovic, Elano, Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Vincent Kompany, Nigel De Jong, Pablo Zabaleta, Carlos Tevez, David Silva, Sergio Aguero, Mario Balotelli.

Favourite managers down the years would be Joe Royle, Sven Goran Eriksson and Roberto Mancini.

[gary james]

It was easy for me - my parents took me from being a baby. In fact my mum was stood in the corner of the Kippax near Platt Lane for the Sept 67 derby just over a week before I was born.

My first proper memory of City I can date was Rodney Marsh's debut (my first hero), but they'd been taking me to Maine Road (in Platt Lane) ever since I was born (I guess neither of them wanted to stay at home and miss the excitement of that era). It is one of my regrets that I do not know specifically what my first game was.

My parents both went to games at Utd as kids before City, and so their stories are much more fascinating. My mum was a regular at OT because of her family influence (all from Clayton area and my Grandad, who had been a Blue as a boy, knew people like Bert Whalley at Utd), but when she met my dad he started taking her to Maine Road and she soon saw the light. Now she hates United with a passion.

My dad had a mate who persuaded him to go to Utd at Maine Road when he was a boy (about 1946), and the next week they went to City. Even though Utd were the more successful club in those immediate post war years, simply standing amongst City fans in the old Maine Road Scoreboard End was enough for my dad and he immediately loved the humility and humour of City fans. The venue was the same but the atmosphere and nature of fans seemed completely different to him.

If it hadn't been for my dad going to Maine Road to see both Utd and City who knows how my support would have developed. He was able to directly compare the 2 sets of fans and atmosphere and he chose the one he felt most comfortable with, the people like him.

[Nutzer]

I wanted to watch a live match and my dad said he'd take me to Maine Road. All the talk from the fans around me was about this great young player Mercer and Allison had just signed from Bury who was making his home debut. That was Colin Bell. Thoroughly enjoyed both the chat with the fans and the match and was rabbiting about it next day at school and a City mad girl asked if I wanted to go to matches with her. Have been a blue ever since.
Only joined this forum when I left work. I bought a PC and discovered the sites I couldn't access from my work PC. Then under the official City site I spotted this fan's forum. Bliss.

[ruralblue]

Only joined this forum when I left work. I bought a PC and discovered the sites I couldn't access from my work PC. Then under the official City site I spotted this fan's forum. Bliss.

This is not a dig in any way shape or form, you do what you want in life, though have you ever thought of just typing in the same colour as the rest of us?. As I say not a dig, just a suggestion, as it takes my eyes a few moments to adjust to your posts so I have avoided most of them. Once again before anyone jumps on a high horse, it's just a thought! I will even put best wishes just to enhance that its not a dig!

best wishes

[mr_nool]

I wanted to watch a live match and my dad said he'd take me to Maine Road. All the talk from the fans around me was about this great young player Mercer and Allison had just signed from Bury who was making his home debut. That was Colin Bell. Thoroughly enjoyed both the chat with the fans and the match and was rabbiting about it next day at school and a City mad girl asked if I wanted to go to matches with her. Have been a blue ever since.
Only joined this forum when I left work. I bought a PC and discovered the sites I couldn't access from my work PC. Then under the official City site I spotted this fan's forum. Bliss.

So how did it go with the lass? Did you end up marrying her? Or did you at least get into her pants?

[Nutzer]

I wanted to watch a live match and my dad said he'd take me to Maine Road. All the talk from the fans around me was about this great young player Mercer and Allison had just signed from Bury who was making his home debut. That was Colin Bell. Thoroughly enjoyed both the chat with the fans and the match and was rabbiting about it next day at school and a City mad girl asked if I wanted to go to matches with her. Have been a blue ever since.
Only joined this forum when I left work. I bought a PC and discovered the sites I couldn't access from my work PC. Then under the official City site I spotted this fan's forum. Bliss.

So how did it go with the lass? Did you end up marrying her? Or did you at least get into her pants?

No & No. We were teenage schoolgirls.

[Slim]

Only joined this forum when I left work. I bought a PC and discovered the sites I couldn't access from my work PC. Then under the official City site I spotted this fan's forum. Bliss.

This is not a dig in any way shape or form, you do what you want in life, though have you ever thought of just typing in the same colour as the rest of us?. As I say not a dig, just a suggestion, as it takes my eyes a few moments to adjust to your posts so I have avoided most of them. Once again before anyone jumps on a high horse, it's just a thought! I will even put best wishes just to enhance that its not a dig!

best wishes

Jim, shut up...it's her thing.

Carl in caps, some guy does it all in dark blue...can't remember who. Don't crush our creativity you forum nazi!!!!

[Nutzer]

Only joined this forum when I left work. I bought a PC and discovered the sites I couldn't access from my work PC. Then under the official City site I spotted this fan's forum. Bliss.

This is not a dig in any way shape or form, you do what you want in life, though have you ever thought of just typing in the same colour as the rest of us?. As I say not a dig, just a suggestion, as it takes my eyes a few moments to adjust to your posts so I have avoided most of them. Once again before anyone jumps on a high horse, it's just a thought! I will even put best wishes just to enhance that its not a dig!

best wishes

I've gone past the age of jumping anywhere, let alone onto a high horse. I don't post very often so I use a different colour so I can find them more easily.

Best wishes to you too Ruralblue.

[johnrobinson]

Supported city since nationwide followed the team in 76, Joined forum in 07ish, don't post much but love the banter from regulars and dougs training reports.

[Beefymcfc]

Supported city since nationwide followed the team in 76, Joined forum in 07ish, don't post much but love the banter from regulars and dougs training reports.

Think you'll find it was 31 Jan 2006 mate, my memories perfect.

[mr_nool]

I wanted to watch a live match and my dad said he'd take me to Maine Road. All the talk from the fans around me was about this great young player Mercer and Allison had just signed from Bury who was making his home debut. That was Colin Bell. Thoroughly enjoyed both the chat with the fans and the match and was rabbiting about it next day at school and a City mad girl asked if I wanted to go to matches with her. Have been a blue ever since.
Only joined this forum when I left work. I bought a PC and discovered the sites I couldn't access from my work PC. Then under the official City site I spotted this fan's forum. Bliss.

So how did it go with the lass? Did you end up marrying her? Or did you at least get into her pants?

No & No. We were teenage schoolgirls.

Sorry for assuming you're a bloke. Nothing wrong with teenage girls going at it with eachother, tough.

[Elvistheblue]

I started going fairly regularly during the 88-89 promotion season. The 89-90 season was my first as a season ticket holder and I've had one since. I 'm pretty sure I managed to do a whole season home and away one year without missing a game. I think it might have been the 92-93 season. Those were the days. Watching us come from 2 down at Coventry.... Keith Curle scoring the winning pen. Taking the piss out of Tim Flowers behind the goal last away game at Southampton. Timmy, Timmy.....funny. Remember us playing Bristol Rovers in the League Cup at Bath City for some reason. Got to the game late cos the coach couldn't find an accessible route to the ground....I remember being able to see the floodlights from the distance but the coach couldn't get there. That wasn't so funny at the time.

[RodneyRodney]

Sept. 77. City (2) v Bristol City (0).

Corrigan , Clements,Donachie,Watson,Doyle,Owen,Power,Hartford,Channon,Kidd,Tueart(I think) . Barnes might have been sub.
Gerry Gow was playing for Bristol - kicking everything that moved.

I was a R*d in those days but one of the enlightened dragged me to Maine Rd. "just for a laugh" - after that I gradually turned away from the a dark side

[Nigels Tackle]

I wanted to watch a live match and my dad said he'd take me to Maine Road. All the talk from the fans around me was about this great young player Mercer and Allison had just signed from Bury who was making his home debut. That was Colin Bell. Thoroughly enjoyed both the chat with the fans and the match and was rabbiting about it next day at school and a City mad girl asked if I wanted to go to matches with her. Have been a blue ever since.
Only joined this forum when I left work. I bought a PC and discovered the sites I couldn't access from my work PC. Then under the official City site I spotted this fan's forum. Bliss.

So how did it go with the lass? Did you end up marrying her? Or did you at least get into her pants?

No & No. We were teenage schoolgirls.

Sorry for assuming you're a bloke. Nothing wrong with teenage girls going at it with eachother, tough.

pmsl! nice work nooly!!!