How long have you supported Manchester City FC?

[DoomMerchant]

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.

cheers

[BlueinBosnia]

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.

[Cocacolajojo1]

2006 but more intensly from the summer of 2007, so I went Thakshin on the vote.

[aaron bond]

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.

[stevefromdonny]

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

[BlueinBosnia]

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?

[BlueinBosnia]

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'!

[Jorgobot]

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.

[halnone]

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.

[PrezIke]

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.

[craigmcfc]

Swales era. I was around 6 or 7, prob 1977/78. I clearly remember losing to Shrewsbury and Halifax in the cup which were a year or so after.

[City64]

Lots of old cunts like me have voted it seems ....... how very refreshing lol

[sheblue]

1989

[phips]

2008 because City were on ESPN. I knew nothing about the Sheikh or anything else for that matter. I just saw Tevez with his long hair banging in goals one day and started following.

I really got into the sport during the 2008 Euro Cup when I was in Europe and the people were rabid. Came back to the states and found any match I could on television and that was ESPN and I remember only seeing Liverpool and City games. I chose City.

[Peter Doherty (AGAIG)]

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.

Like it!

[Sister of fu]

I stopped supporting Liverpool in 1989 when my family took me to Maine Road as an 11 year old one week after the 5-1. I was hooked. Not really sure why as City were shite and Liverpool had Ian Rush and Bruce Grobbelaar who I loved. My Dad look liked Rush so that's why I liked him and Bruce did that funny thing with his legs. I made the right choice though.

[Bear60]

Since 1968 , closest options were 1964 and 1971 , so as I was only 4 in 1964 I put 1971

[gillie]

Since 1977 first match leicester at home hooked ever since and made sure all my kids are blue.

[Portadown Blue]

First-time poster. Born and bred in Manchester and first attended Maine Road in 1981 aged 8 to watch City v Northampton in league cup with dad and brother. Vivid memory of tatty wooden benches in old Platt Lane Stand, but have loved City ever since.

Best memories: 5-1 at Maine Road and 1-6 at the swamp. You cannot walk far in NI without seeing a glory-hunting rag, so victories against them are particularly sweet, and humiliations are sublime.

Worst memory: travelling up to Manchester from university for the FA cup match against Spurs (must have been 1993 or 94). Walked to ground full of optimism with dad, and walked home gutted after we got beaten, the pitch was invaded and police horses were called into action, all live on BBC.

Love reading all the posts on this site, keeps me sane. Keep up the good work.

[paulh]

Since 1976 when I was born due to my mum. First game early eighties Keegan played against us? Been hooked ever since had season ticket most of time also had a spell of getting in on fake tickets at Maine road(stood back of north stand) most memorable games weirdly enough are the rained of Ipswich game and beating Leicester in the cup (kernaghan screamer) and before anyone asks yes I was at 10-1(I was on tv) 5-1 and apt game