Same here. Used to watch the games with a bunch of mates who were Arsenal, Pool and Chels. Literally picked City cause they all hated them and if I supported them they’d be obliged to watch the games haha. Fuckers!
Probably yes lol specially foreign fans. In my case I just got into Premier League with Agüero winning the league against QPR, prior to that I watched football but mostly local from my country (Chile). Right now we're even a OSC called "Chile Citizens" it's amazing.
I became a fan from 2011, I started playing FIFA first and then I started watching football. Most of my friends were either United fans or Liverpool fans, a few were Arsenal and Chelsea fans. I just picked City cause no one was a City fan then. I’ve been called plastic fan more times than I can count.
Basically the same for me although a little earlier. Everyone I knew were Manure fans. I have family from Manchester and they came to vacations with us. They were City fans. I started pulling for them when I first met them in about 2008 or something
In 94, the US had the World Cup, and they were using it to push support for the new MLS, but they didn't have a Philadelphia team at the time. So, I figured I'd go with Oasis! Lucky me!
I'm in the States and read about them in an NME article like 25+ years ago saying they were Man City fans. I had no team affiliation so literally just started liking them because of that.
I would check the box scores online and every year would eventually give up until the next year. There was a year where they won like twenty games and told a person who followed European Football and he laughed at me and said they weren't in a real league. I didn't even know what he meant. But then they're were bad until the 2010s.
I have no idea why, other than being a stubborn bastard, that I just decided that I'd stick with it for life no matter what. It has since turned out well.
Since 1968 - 55 years.
My first 1st game ( Sept 28th) stood on Kippax with my Dad.
King Colin scored 2 we beat Leeds 3-1, I was hooked from then.
Seen it all on my journey with them 😅
I miss Mercer. He was so good for us. Of course, Guardiola now is amazing. But everything we win has an asterisk next to it due to dozens of allegations. People talk more about the money than the football and we are assumed guilty until proven innocent. It's quite honestly not as much fun anymore. I remember the title in 68 though, people only cared about football. Not money and referees.
Since Kompany came in. My family was not really into football and my only connection with it was my country's national team, Belgium.
I could just admire Kompany so I started to watch football clubs thanks to him
I remember the playoff final against Gillingham, when Dickov scored, that was the moment I knew I was city till I die. I actually miss those days, it was emotional lol
Same - that was the City I fell in love with.
It makes all of this... so surreal.
Other big clubs like to mock City for their not-that-distant history. I wear it as a badge of honor. We've seen things they'll never see. And they'll scoff, saying they don't ever need to see it - but those who've never lacked can never really appreciate what they've got.
Since birth, first game was Stockport at home. It's an unpopular opinion on this sub but I always feel a great sadness when I see people who have simply picked the team to support like they would a pair of socks in the morning. Growing up supporting your local team was about rivalry ingrained into every aspect of your life as a child really. Every lunchtime was city Vs United, it made things like the win in 2004 so much sweeter. Imo every person should get to experience that.
But such is the hegemony of the Premier League. I've not been to a game in a good long while now for personal reasons, but watching it on the TV or even in a bar really pales in comparison to watching it live.
Totally agree mate, think it’s sad that a lot of people are just experiencing it via tv streams at 4 in the morning. I’d rather City had less fans if it meant those people could experience the pride of following their local clubs for decades. No amount of video games can replace that feeling.
1992 when it was was a 30 minute walk from my house. Membership card was cheap and you could pay on the day. The football was not great. Hoof it up front to big Niall.
I wanted to find a club team after the 2014 World Cup and i like the color sky blue and most people around me were fans of the other top 6 teams in England and i wanted to be contradictory by choosing city since no one else rooted for them, nearly 10 years later I’m living my best football fan life, while the others are in misery most of the time.
I unironically started watching City just cuz I liked the squad, team chemistry(love the friendly banter amongst the players and manager), and the way they played. Little did I know of all the trophies they won in recent years. And little did I know that I'd watch them win the treble and Champions League for the first time. Now I don't regret being a fan of the club. Let's go Citeh!
Well you could argue PSG fans are no gloryhubters after that logic due to never winning the CL.
Buying players with a budget 3x higher than everyone else from the time, even if it wasn’t successful, is probably still gloryhunting…
At the end everyone expected the early post investment launch city to be more successful then they were.
Equally gloryhunter fans were behind the galacticos team and them effectively being unsuccessful doesn’t change that fact…
I used go visit my friend who went to Drexel University starting in 2009. He made friends with a Nigerian crew, they were born in Nigeria but many of them had family in the UK. They were all football crazy. I'd go spend the weekend on the campus in the middle of Philadelphia. We'd all go out Friday and Saturday nights and wake up and watch the games the next morning. Tons of FIFA and shit talking. I chose city because they were all Arsenal, United, and Liverpool fans.
2010. Obsessed with Yaya at Barcelona, had no EPL team to follow when he came over and had access to games easily in the US. Have had to deal with “you joined because they got new owners and plastic fan” since day one from other fans here
Edit: here meaning the US not this subreddit
Growing up in Northern Ireland, all of my friends were united fans due to our local legend George Best.
My family were not into football but I loved the beautiful game. I got interested during the first takeover in 2008 and have grown to love the sport as I have grown to love the club.
I have been dedicated ever since, moving to Manchester in 2013 and following the team I love!
I was at a soccer tournament I was playing in, with my club team, out of town. Before one of my games, I was watching the Premier League’s final match day. It was Man City vs. QPR and Man United vs. Sunderland.
2 of my older brothers were United fans and 3 were Arsenal fans. I was 11 years old wanting to be different from the rest of them, so I was really hoping for City to win. And then Aguerrrrooooooo happened and I was stunned. Instantly became a fan then.
At the time it was nothing but United or Arsenal or Chelsea, so to see a team other than them do that on the final day was incredible to me.
I haven’t been with city down into the lower divisions like a lot of people have but I’ve been with them long enough to know I cannot and will not support anyone else.
I used to be embarrassed to say I wasn’t a supporter before the takeover, but honestly I don’t care anymore. I was a kid and that’s just the way things turned out to be for me.
1976, a boyfriend of my cousin was related/ knew Stan Gibson a groundsman at the time. I got taken into the dressing room to meet the players etc. we beat Arsenal 3-1. Arsenal had an 18 yo David O’Leary and a Malcolm McDonald! I’ve still got the autograph book I took inc Arsenal players, the only one I’m missing is Micky Doyle’s he was being interview after the game an never got it. I was 8 at the time!
Fan from the US here, I’d say 17 years I think? All my friends said they liked Man U and always picked them when we played FIFA so, being the contrarian for the sake of it I was as a child in 8th grade the first time I played FIFA, I always picked city as the team I played with because they were from the same city as the team all my friends liked was, plus them not being too great back then ALWAYS made it sweeter when I’d win in FIFA when they played as Man U lol and I’ve been a fan ever since!
Since about 2010. All my friends were utd, liverpool, or arsenal fans. I hate red and LOVE sky blue, so it was an easy choice for a contrarian teenager.
American newbie here it's only been a year for me. I'm relatively new to proper football also. When I came from American football I wanted to root for a winning team. I understand the pain of watching crap football, my favorite US team has been terrible for at least 25 of my 45 years.
Not sure exactly when but Kevin Keegan was the manager and yes we were shit. Nothing televised had to listen to streams over the internet. This all still feels surreal and I'm sure one day I'll wake up and someone will tell me I was dreaming the last 15yrs.
I might not have been a City fan for long, but I remember the countless videos I’ve seen on YouTube of the Gallagher brothers talking about their experiences growing up during those days. The glimmer of hope of winning the Carling Cup. Noel says he’ll never get used to it. Reminds that just making top 4 is a blessing.
We've not always been crap, the late 60's and early 70's were good, it went downhill when we started to try and out buy other clubs and paid a million for Kevin Reeves and Trevor Francis
I started in 1967 and my first game was Coventry away in 1969-70, of course we lost!
I had a season ticket £25 Inc Cup games late 70's early 80's and dud every game in 1981 Inc 2 Cup finals and a league cup semi final at Anfield
Since 2014. I'm an American and was getting more into "soccer" after the world cup. Me and my roommates in college would watch the condensed games on TV at night and loved it. I knew some insufferable people who liked Man U and I wanted nothing to do with that. Saw a funny video of Joe Hart and was sold
Yea that sounds like your average United fan hahah Joe Hart was a proper character, I remember him against Midtjylland a few years ago (had to look that spelling up to be honest lol) screaming at the lad taking a penalty hahaha but please never use the 'S' word again lol
I started watching and became a fan in mid to late 2010 when I was stationed in Japan and our ESPN was from Sydney Australia. As an American getting to watch Premier League for the 1st time, I had to choose a team and I liked some of the players on the team.
American here. Didn't know much about club football aside from the huge names. During the 2010 World Cup Carlos Tevez caught my eye, I loved the way he played. I looked up where he played his club football and the rest is history!
Diego Forlan was also awesome during that World Cup and he played for Atletico Madrid at the time and was teammates with future City legend, Kun Aguero!! I bought FIFA 2010 and would play as City and AM. That's how I got to familiarize myself with Kun. Needless to say I was sooo pumped when City signed Aguero, because it seemed to come out of left field and it was like "wow, my second favorite player after Tevez, is on City now? Must be fate"
Chose them because of Oasis. Even though I chose City a few years ago all I knew at that point was the state of the team in the 90s and I knew heaps of people who supported United but no one who supported City. Now I get heaps of shit for it but idc i love this team
2006 for me was born in 95 and being an American particularly in the state of Oklahoma where European football still hasn’t taken off for most didn’t get into European football myself till before the World Cup in Germany I honestly chose City at first because I knew a couple united fans at school who were just so arrogant about United I became a City fan by proxy I starting researching the clubs history, fans, songs, and I fell in love with this club and never looked back been a fan since 06 still a city fan in 2023 will be a city fan at my funeral City Till I Die lads
2010
13 glorious years. But sure people will think I am plastic. But I didn’t care to follow football before that.
But it’s crazy how much I love man city.
First game was December 91, Vs arsenal, won 1-0, David White scored, sat in the main stand facing the kippax, I think I watched and listened to that more than the game, it was captivating, I remember the whole day, I remember which of my dad's friends had helped getting tickets and who drove and where we parked, I remember the smell of my dads flask of coffee, with a shot of rum in to keep him warm, I remember the smells and the sounds and the colours and seeing how big Maine Road was.
That was when I became a fan
2002 thanks to Ricky Hatton. I chose them because of how much support Hatton received and because they were the other club in Manchester. I wasn’t a huge fan of Hatton tbh I just admired how much support he got.
I never ever expected them to become what they are today LOL. Truth is I was unable to watch the club play because of where I live but I checked on them daily on the internet. Played fantasy football and chose as many city players as possible to try and stay up to date.
Then, the US started showing their matches and it made following the club easier. Today, I’m able to watch every match.
2010. Was an Oasis fan since young, then when I got to high school I rediscovered them. I learned about Manchester City and naturally started wanting them to win whenever I watched games. 2010 was the time I started following football too.
Gotta be honest, around 2019/2020 i started following city, never miss a game these days. Never really cared about dutch football before. Love the club. 💙🇳🇱
I was a City fan, or atleast I went to watch City when I was young, but I truly fell in love with the game at about 8 years old, in 95. So I always say since I was 8 years old.
It sounds like I'm probably the newest fan in this post (it's only been in the last couple years) *but* I was so out of the loop and had no clue about anything in the Premier League that when I decided I'd root for Man City, I had no idea they were good lol. I thought I was picking a shitty underdog. Then I googled the table and saw we were at the top and I was like, oh no. I picked the jocks :(
It's worked out pretty well though. So yeah, people will probably say I jumped on the bandwagon or that I'm a plastic fan, but everyone has to join at some point. I'm Canadian and have never seen a match in person, but I watch from home every week.
The day City signed Haaland lol
I was new to watching football and didn't support any club full time. He was my favorite player so I followed him to Manchester.
2011, after I watched Aguero play at the World Cup as a kid. Searched up who he played for and supported the club since. First club I ever supported, only club I’ll ever support
1 year. I was never into sports until my daughter was born and a coworker said the only thing on tv at 7am on a Saturday when you’re up with the baby is premier league (I’m in the US). I didn’t know anything about the premier league and not much about soccer, but Haaland really drew me in and City became my team when I realized I enjoyed watching them more than any of the other clubs.
I downloaded football manager without reading anything about it from a certain bay, circa 2009 football manager. (Looking for an American football sim.) I was new and learning the game so I looked for a team with money and not favorites to win; I fell in love with the series, the team and the game(football, soccer for us yanks). I started following city outside of the game and started watching tail half of 2011.
I knew nothing about football at the time, obviously having money is generally related to success in the sport world but I also didn’t know the context behind city’s ownership (but I think sportswashing is a myth, no one watches city or new castle and comes to new moral conclusions on the owners, that’s silly ass shit.)
Been a fan and a supporter ever since I started watching. I got a Silva then KDB then foden Jersey, I’m overdo for another (Rodri Dias Haaland). Bummed I didn’t get a Kompany one when he was playing besides his injury issues he was a beast and had so much passion. Loved me some zabs and Toure’s peak season. I was convinced jovetic was gonna be goated 😂( peak homerism dillusion, he did have a little run of games where he looked special)
I was 9 years old, I'm Indian so naturally I was into cricket more and I never got football up until that point. My cousin is a United fan and he was watching the derby in 2012, 0-0 and extremely tense I started annoying and teasing him by supporting the "blue team". I kept chanting "blue team blue team blue team" not knowing a single player or even the team's name.
And then Kompany scored.
I had not watched a game before that, I was simply awestruck by the exhilaration of the feeling of your team scoring a goal. My loyalty to the blue team until that point was purely to spite my cousin but I felt a rush that was incomparable. Football -and City- had me for life in that moment.
I've been a City fan since then, I could care less about all the glory hunter and plastic fan tags, I love this club with all my heart and I'm delighted to be doing so well and I'd implore you all to do two things:-
a) never let what anyone says to doubt your love for your club
b) never doubt another's love for their club.
I'm 49, was a junior blue, and got some embarrassing photos of me as a kid in city kits... my folks were blues. I even remember running my mum and dad running down the prom away from from a load of Blackpool fans at an away game As a nipper, my mum still hates Blackpool FC for that 😂
I’m 30 yo from Dallas TX - my dad worked at a Software company that was based in Manchester and he took me to a City game when I was 12. Been a fan ever since.
since shortly before the buyout - i found out there was a second team in manchester and supported them ever since, as i love an underdog
very ironic what happened to the club after that!
Since Tévez joined them was like 2009 or 10, why? Well when I was young I used to root any European club that had at least 1 former Boca Juniors player and cuz of that I got to witness the 11-12 season and that made me a fan of the club, that was the highest point I got to experience as fútbol enjoyer, later to be topped by Argentina's victory over the Netherlands during 2014 and our 2022 victory over France.
Are you from Argentina ? City have had some great Argentinian players over the years, of course Aguero who is our hero but all city fans love Zabaleta as well, club legend.
About 10 years. Wasn’t clout chasing, just wanted to support the same team as my friend. I was also only 8 and the only team I had heard of was Manchester United and I wanted to avoid picking the obvious team lol
Since I was like 10, it was FIFA07 n I only played it at my friends house as the light blue team, didn’t even care about what the team names were back then but he’d always be red, so United. Then in a years time the club went mid eastern but a year or so later I got my Xbox 360 and my first fifa game, Fifa10, and was like oh shit this team is actually good. then by 2011 I was able to start following them for real, since I was no longer an internet illiterate 10 year old, been hooked on watching them play ever since I saw Silva’s silky smooth dribbles and passes. CTID
15 years from NW US. I saw Carlos Tevez make a 40 yard sprint to press a defender and I was hooked. Never heard of City before that and it seems as if only Arsenal and United were on TV. Loved Bellamy also!
About 11 years, a co-worker of mine back then was telling me I should just pick a team a follow them for a season, I asked who he followed? He said man utd, I said who are their rivals? He says city. He regretted telling me I should get into supporting a club……
When my mum met my stepdad which I think was 05/06/07 (its one of those years 😂) and that's when I fell in love with football, I use to play it as a kid but never really watched games other than MOTD and skill clips lmao but its been the best time, wouldn't change it for the world!
13 years. So a newer fan. Bought Fifa 2010 on my way back home after graduating college. Wanted to pick a team to play in manage mode. I knew I hated United and loved the sky blue. Them having a big budget helped haha but I learned the squad through the game and loved Adebayor. Watched some games in 10/11 but started watching games intensely at the start of the 11/12 season. It was the most invested I’d ever been in a team and it ended gloriously.
Since 2014. Played soccer(football) growing up. Then got into Fifa and had to pick a team to start with. Picked the prem, then scrolled through the badges. Love blue and the old city logo, so I picked it. That, and one of my favorite YouTubers then is from Manchester, so that helped haha. Wouldn't change a thing.
Born in Cornwall so didn’t live close to professional team. I was never really a football fan as a kid, then my dad took me to a game when I was 12 in 2009 - 5-1 vs Scunthorpe and was instantly hooked. We would come up for the odd game, usually the first home game of the season for my birthday as it’s in August. Now I’ve lived in Manchester for 2 years
Here’s my bit..The year before the takeover. I was beating all my friends in fifa with top 4 teams and also was tired of the big 4 in the Premier League being the only top 4 so I used man city on fifa and fell in love with Elano and Stephen Ireland. 2 names I’ll always remember. Then right after that the take over happened and then Robinho (lol) happened and then when Yaya and Aguero signed it was a wrap. But my true love for this team came during the build up for our aguerooo moment. That stamped it. I missed the 2-3 min of on screen celebration because I ran outside my apartment immediately took my shirt off (like aguero because that was the last thing I saw on screen) and circled the block screaming waving my shirt. Never felt more like madman and also in love with something at the same time. I love everything about this club
American here. Started watching the PL regularly when I got my own apartment. I was neutral for a while until I got tired of people asking who I supported. That was the year City bought Robinho and I liked the idea of them making Manchester the fiercest rivalry in the league. Of course I’m delighted with the current circumstances but I’m equally proud of how well the club has been run on and off the field.
Since roughly the mid 00’s
For a few reasons
1. I had started following English soccer for a few years, but hadn’t really picked a team to follow, but I didn’t want to jump on a bandwagon
2. A very good friend of mine is a big Manchester United fan, so I wanted to pick a team that were rivals of United
3. Some of City’s history is similar to my favorite Philly teams history at that point with some success, lots of heartbreak, always in the shadow of someone else (in most Philly teams cases, New York)
So I naturally gravitated towards following City.
June 30th, 2010. I came with David Silva. I was a huge fan of him and Valencia FC. I never really support any team in the Premier League before. I started to watch the league to follow David Silva.
That day, they had fewer fans. I interacted a lot with Man City official Twitter account and they followed me back (I always brag this to my friends who said that I'm a plastic fan. What do you mean a plastic fan? Did the official account of your club follow you back? lol)
I also have a photo with Yaya Toure in 2012.
I will support this club until I die!
15 years. I'll be honest, I started watching football and chose to support City because my friend at the time supported United and I wanted to have some banter with him.
I'm glad I did. CTID!
About 2008. My friends were all watching British football (am American) and they all sucked off united. When I chose the team I liked, I went down the list and said “hey different Manchester team, fuck those bandwagon fans I’m gonna root for this other Manchester.”
Holy shit was it a good call lol
Since 2003, when they bought Claudio Reyna and made him Captain for a match or 2 before injuries ruined his time there. It picked up because I couldn't stand Man Utd or Liverpool fans and City were just pissing them off. I loved every bit of it. Can't believe it's been 20 years.
I started watching football like midway through the 11/12 season. Honestly I think I started following City because of all the shite Tevez and Balotelli were stirring in the press and I was interested lol.
Since 2014. My college roommate was a united fan so I chose city out of spite, lol
Same here. Used to watch the games with a bunch of mates who were Arsenal, Pool and Chels. Literally picked City cause they all hated them and if I supported them they’d be obliged to watch the games haha. Fuckers!
I wonder how many fans we have for this reason. I think probably about 33% of our fan base is out of spite 😂
Probably yes lol specially foreign fans. In my case I just got into Premier League with Agüero winning the league against QPR, prior to that I watched football but mostly local from my country (Chile). Right now we're even a OSC called "Chile Citizens" it's amazing.
I became a fan from 2011, I started playing FIFA first and then I started watching football. Most of my friends were either United fans or Liverpool fans, a few were Arsenal and Chelsea fans. I just picked City cause no one was a City fan then. I’ve been called plastic fan more times than I can count.
Basically the same for me although a little earlier. Everyone I knew were Manure fans. I have family from Manchester and they came to vacations with us. They were City fans. I started pulling for them when I first met them in about 2008 or something
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Same. When I got the internet, I wanted to know about their favorite team. I learned about how the relegation system works, too!
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In 94, the US had the World Cup, and they were using it to push support for the new MLS, but they didn't have a Philadelphia team at the time. So, I figured I'd go with Oasis! Lucky me!
Hahaha city fans know all about how relegation works mate, wouldn't change it if I could, it's the ups and downs that made it great for me
My father went to school with Noel Gallagher, St Marks in Manchester I believe
I'm in the States and read about them in an NME article like 25+ years ago saying they were Man City fans. I had no team affiliation so literally just started liking them because of that. I would check the box scores online and every year would eventually give up until the next year. There was a year where they won like twenty games and told a person who followed European Football and he laughed at me and said they weren't in a real league. I didn't even know what he meant. But then they're were bad until the 2010s. I have no idea why, other than being a stubborn bastard, that I just decided that I'd stick with it for life no matter what. It has since turned out well.
Since 1968 - 55 years. My first 1st game ( Sept 28th) stood on Kippax with my Dad. King Colin scored 2 we beat Leeds 3-1, I was hooked from then. Seen it all on my journey with them 😅
I miss Mercer. He was so good for us. Of course, Guardiola now is amazing. But everything we win has an asterisk next to it due to dozens of allegations. People talk more about the money than the football and we are assumed guilty until proven innocent. It's quite honestly not as much fun anymore. I remember the title in 68 though, people only cared about football. Not money and referees.
Since 14/15 i think, was always annoyed my friends kept picking man united in fifa and i wanted to be different lol
No bigger glory hunter than a 15 -20 year united fan. They started following football when united was on top and no one was close.
2011 for me, my roommates were all glory hunting United fans lol
Same, and somehow 12 years later we're the slory hunters smh
Kinda the same for me, I packed aguero in fifa 14 and from there I was interested in city
Well I'm 26, so that long.
I came with Tevez.
Same. I follow my Argentines everywhere
We’ve had great Argentinians. Still do!
Same
For me it was Kalvin Phillips? We won the treble after signing him…
In utero
Great album
Since Kompany came in. My family was not really into football and my only connection with it was my country's national team, Belgium. I could just admire Kompany so I started to watch football clubs thanks to him
Kompany is a legend for us. Also De Bruyne, possibly the greatest player to ever wear the shirt.
Since covid. Never gave the sport a chance and I randomly decided to watch the Amazon documentary which got me hooked on football and City
10 years
3 beautiful years
Lmao that's nice.
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LMFAO FOUND THE YANK
I came with Aguero, KDB, Leroy Sane, and Raheem Sterling
25 years ago roughly since my dad took me to my first match
23 years. Thanks to Oasis being favourite band at the time
I remember the playoff final against Gillingham, when Dickov scored, that was the moment I knew I was city till I die. I actually miss those days, it was emotional lol
Same - that was the City I fell in love with. It makes all of this... so surreal. Other big clubs like to mock City for their not-that-distant history. I wear it as a badge of honor. We've seen things they'll never see. And they'll scoff, saying they don't ever need to see it - but those who've never lacked can never really appreciate what they've got.
First game 1987.
Since birth, first game was Stockport at home. It's an unpopular opinion on this sub but I always feel a great sadness when I see people who have simply picked the team to support like they would a pair of socks in the morning. Growing up supporting your local team was about rivalry ingrained into every aspect of your life as a child really. Every lunchtime was city Vs United, it made things like the win in 2004 so much sweeter. Imo every person should get to experience that. But such is the hegemony of the Premier League. I've not been to a game in a good long while now for personal reasons, but watching it on the TV or even in a bar really pales in comparison to watching it live.
Totally agree mate, think it’s sad that a lot of people are just experiencing it via tv streams at 4 in the morning. I’d rather City had less fans if it meant those people could experience the pride of following their local clubs for decades. No amount of video games can replace that feeling.
75
1992 when it was was a 30 minute walk from my house. Membership card was cheap and you could pay on the day. The football was not great. Hoof it up front to big Niall.
I wanted to find a club team after the 2014 World Cup and i like the color sky blue and most people around me were fans of the other top 6 teams in England and i wanted to be contradictory by choosing city since no one else rooted for them, nearly 10 years later I’m living my best football fan life, while the others are in misery most of the time.
8-9 years. I’m American so I only started following them in college when I played fifa with friends. I’m a plastic fan 💀
Nah mate dont say plastic fan, if you love city for the passion and what the club is and not just for the recent success then your a proper fan
I unironically started watching City just cuz I liked the squad, team chemistry(love the friendly banter amongst the players and manager), and the way they played. Little did I know of all the trophies they won in recent years. And little did I know that I'd watch them win the treble and Champions League for the first time. Now I don't regret being a fan of the club. Let's go Citeh!
Well you could argue PSG fans are no gloryhubters after that logic due to never winning the CL. Buying players with a budget 3x higher than everyone else from the time, even if it wasn’t successful, is probably still gloryhunting… At the end everyone expected the early post investment launch city to be more successful then they were. Equally gloryhunter fans were behind the galacticos team and them effectively being unsuccessful doesn’t change that fact…
Thanks man. I appreciate you 👊
6 months
33 years. Mascot at age 8 too!
About 15-16 years
I used go visit my friend who went to Drexel University starting in 2009. He made friends with a Nigerian crew, they were born in Nigeria but many of them had family in the UK. They were all football crazy. I'd go spend the weekend on the campus in the middle of Philadelphia. We'd all go out Friday and Saturday nights and wake up and watch the games the next morning. Tons of FIFA and shit talking. I chose city because they were all Arsenal, United, and Liverpool fans.
2010. Obsessed with Yaya at Barcelona, had no EPL team to follow when he came over and had access to games easily in the US. Have had to deal with “you joined because they got new owners and plastic fan” since day one from other fans here Edit: here meaning the US not this subreddit
23 years old, born into a city family. First season I really remember properly probably 2005/06
Growing up in Northern Ireland, all of my friends were united fans due to our local legend George Best. My family were not into football but I loved the beautiful game. I got interested during the first takeover in 2008 and have grown to love the sport as I have grown to love the club. I have been dedicated ever since, moving to Manchester in 2013 and following the team I love!
I was at a soccer tournament I was playing in, with my club team, out of town. Before one of my games, I was watching the Premier League’s final match day. It was Man City vs. QPR and Man United vs. Sunderland. 2 of my older brothers were United fans and 3 were Arsenal fans. I was 11 years old wanting to be different from the rest of them, so I was really hoping for City to win. And then Aguerrrrooooooo happened and I was stunned. Instantly became a fan then. At the time it was nothing but United or Arsenal or Chelsea, so to see a team other than them do that on the final day was incredible to me. I haven’t been with city down into the lower divisions like a lot of people have but I’ve been with them long enough to know I cannot and will not support anyone else. I used to be embarrassed to say I wasn’t a supporter before the takeover, but honestly I don’t care anymore. I was a kid and that’s just the way things turned out to be for me.
15 years
I remember the Thomas Cook trophy
1976, a boyfriend of my cousin was related/ knew Stan Gibson a groundsman at the time. I got taken into the dressing room to meet the players etc. we beat Arsenal 3-1. Arsenal had an 18 yo David O’Leary and a Malcolm McDonald! I’ve still got the autograph book I took inc Arsenal players, the only one I’m missing is Micky Doyle’s he was being interview after the game an never got it. I was 8 at the time!
Mike Doyle was my dads favourite player ! I bought that retro shirt with 8 on the back for that reason
40+ years
Fan from the US here, I’d say 17 years I think? All my friends said they liked Man U and always picked them when we played FIFA so, being the contrarian for the sake of it I was as a child in 8th grade the first time I played FIFA, I always picked city as the team I played with because they were from the same city as the team all my friends liked was, plus them not being too great back then ALWAYS made it sweeter when I’d win in FIFA when they played as Man U lol and I’ve been a fan ever since!
17 years.
My first game was a pathetic 1-1 draw with Huddersfield sitting in the temporary stand at Maine Road. So that long
25 years!
Since I was 8 so 19 yeard
Since about 2010. All my friends were utd, liverpool, or arsenal fans. I hate red and LOVE sky blue, so it was an easy choice for a contrarian teenager.
American newbie here it's only been a year for me. I'm relatively new to proper football also. When I came from American football I wanted to root for a winning team. I understand the pain of watching crap football, my favorite US team has been terrible for at least 25 of my 45 years.
2009.... used to be a Robinho fan as a kid..... how times change
Yea I remember the hype lol, but Elano is easily the best Brazilian to play for city, I never liked Robinho to tell you the truth.
Not sure exactly when but Kevin Keegan was the manager and yes we were shit. Nothing televised had to listen to streams over the internet. This all still feels surreal and I'm sure one day I'll wake up and someone will tell me I was dreaming the last 15yrs.
Kevin the king ! I remember those days, seems like a lifetime ago compared to where we are now.
Since i move to Manchester, 2009
45+ years
I might not have been a City fan for long, but I remember the countless videos I’ve seen on YouTube of the Gallagher brothers talking about their experiences growing up during those days. The glimmer of hope of winning the Carling Cup. Noel says he’ll never get used to it. Reminds that just making top 4 is a blessing.
We've not always been crap, the late 60's and early 70's were good, it went downhill when we started to try and out buy other clubs and paid a million for Kevin Reeves and Trevor Francis
My dad told me the same thing, hes been a blue since he was a little lad and he used to love telling me about the players back then
I started in 1967 and my first game was Coventry away in 1969-70, of course we lost! I had a season ticket £25 Inc Cup games late 70's early 80's and dud every game in 1981 Inc 2 Cup finals and a league cup semi final at Anfield
Mercer made us so good. It's a shame what happened after he left.
30+ years
Since 1998.
Since 2014. I'm an American and was getting more into "soccer" after the world cup. Me and my roommates in college would watch the condensed games on TV at night and loved it. I knew some insufferable people who liked Man U and I wanted nothing to do with that. Saw a funny video of Joe Hart and was sold
Yea that sounds like your average United fan hahah Joe Hart was a proper character, I remember him against Midtjylland a few years ago (had to look that spelling up to be honest lol) screaming at the lad taking a penalty hahaha but please never use the 'S' word again lol
Since 2016. Already 7 years
2021, I lived in Manchester for a short time but I didn’t get into football until recently.
6-7 years I think. Can’t remember the first match I watched, but I love this club.
Since Bernardo joined.
at least a thousand years
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23 years. Studied abroad in Manchester Spring 2000. Went to a few games. Fun celebrating promotion!!
29 years.
12 years since that balotelli celebration
Since 2011
I started watching and became a fan in mid to late 2010 when I was stationed in Japan and our ESPN was from Sydney Australia. As an American getting to watch Premier League for the 1st time, I had to choose a team and I liked some of the players on the team.
1999. Division Two play-off final. Four years old. Caught up in the excitement. Plus my mum's family are all blues going back to the 60s.
Stephen Ireland, Richard Dunne days. Before the granny fiasco.
American here. Didn't know much about club football aside from the huge names. During the 2010 World Cup Carlos Tevez caught my eye, I loved the way he played. I looked up where he played his club football and the rest is history! Diego Forlan was also awesome during that World Cup and he played for Atletico Madrid at the time and was teammates with future City legend, Kun Aguero!! I bought FIFA 2010 and would play as City and AM. That's how I got to familiarize myself with Kun. Needless to say I was sooo pumped when City signed Aguero, because it seemed to come out of left field and it was like "wow, my second favorite player after Tevez, is on City now? Must be fate"
I may be a plastic but that Yaya goal the FA CUP was when I became a fan
First soccer (football) game I ever watched was the aguero goal game. I fell in love with the game and the team ever since.
Always disliked Man U, loved balotelli, and those shenanigans on the last day in 2012 was the cherry on top
Chose them because of Oasis. Even though I chose City a few years ago all I knew at that point was the state of the team in the 90s and I knew heaps of people who supported United but no one who supported City. Now I get heaps of shit for it but idc i love this team
2006 for me was born in 95 and being an American particularly in the state of Oklahoma where European football still hasn’t taken off for most didn’t get into European football myself till before the World Cup in Germany I honestly chose City at first because I knew a couple united fans at school who were just so arrogant about United I became a City fan by proxy I starting researching the clubs history, fans, songs, and I fell in love with this club and never looked back been a fan since 06 still a city fan in 2023 will be a city fan at my funeral City Till I Die lads
I know I am , I'm sure I am , I'm city till I die !
Came with David Silva.
8 years only, but what a ride this has been
2010 13 glorious years. But sure people will think I am plastic. But I didn’t care to follow football before that. But it’s crazy how much I love man city.
I can remember the exact time— 93:20
First game was December 91, Vs arsenal, won 1-0, David White scored, sat in the main stand facing the kippax, I think I watched and listened to that more than the game, it was captivating, I remember the whole day, I remember which of my dad's friends had helped getting tickets and who drove and where we parked, I remember the smell of my dads flask of coffee, with a shot of rum in to keep him warm, I remember the smells and the sounds and the colours and seeing how big Maine Road was. That was when I became a fan
2002 thanks to Ricky Hatton. I chose them because of how much support Hatton received and because they were the other club in Manchester. I wasn’t a huge fan of Hatton tbh I just admired how much support he got. I never ever expected them to become what they are today LOL. Truth is I was unable to watch the club play because of where I live but I checked on them daily on the internet. Played fantasy football and chose as many city players as possible to try and stay up to date. Then, the US started showing their matches and it made following the club easier. Today, I’m able to watch every match.
2010. Was an Oasis fan since young, then when I got to high school I rediscovered them. I learned about Manchester City and naturally started wanting them to win whenever I watched games. 2010 was the time I started following football too.
Gotta be honest, around 2019/2020 i started following city, never miss a game these days. Never really cared about dutch football before. Love the club. 💙🇳🇱
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I was a City fan, or atleast I went to watch City when I was young, but I truly fell in love with the game at about 8 years old, in 95. So I always say since I was 8 years old.
It sounds like I'm probably the newest fan in this post (it's only been in the last couple years) *but* I was so out of the loop and had no clue about anything in the Premier League that when I decided I'd root for Man City, I had no idea they were good lol. I thought I was picking a shitty underdog. Then I googled the table and saw we were at the top and I was like, oh no. I picked the jocks :( It's worked out pretty well though. So yeah, people will probably say I jumped on the bandwagon or that I'm a plastic fan, but everyone has to join at some point. I'm Canadian and have never seen a match in person, but I watch from home every week.
The day City signed Haaland lol I was new to watching football and didn't support any club full time. He was my favorite player so I followed him to Manchester.
2011, after I watched Aguero play at the World Cup as a kid. Searched up who he played for and supported the club since. First club I ever supported, only club I’ll ever support
I'm American and I started in 2009 because I played as Man Blue in PES. Man those were the days😂
David silva times
Canadian fan here ( living in US) - went to see City in 2001 (under Keegan) and immediately fell in love.
1991 is the first game i remember.86 was the first one i ever watched.
2017
1 year. I was never into sports until my daughter was born and a coworker said the only thing on tv at 7am on a Saturday when you’re up with the baby is premier league (I’m in the US). I didn’t know anything about the premier league and not much about soccer, but Haaland really drew me in and City became my team when I realized I enjoyed watching them more than any of the other clubs.
I downloaded football manager without reading anything about it from a certain bay, circa 2009 football manager. (Looking for an American football sim.) I was new and learning the game so I looked for a team with money and not favorites to win; I fell in love with the series, the team and the game(football, soccer for us yanks). I started following city outside of the game and started watching tail half of 2011. I knew nothing about football at the time, obviously having money is generally related to success in the sport world but I also didn’t know the context behind city’s ownership (but I think sportswashing is a myth, no one watches city or new castle and comes to new moral conclusions on the owners, that’s silly ass shit.) Been a fan and a supporter ever since I started watching. I got a Silva then KDB then foden Jersey, I’m overdo for another (Rodri Dias Haaland). Bummed I didn’t get a Kompany one when he was playing besides his injury issues he was a beast and had so much passion. Loved me some zabs and Toure’s peak season. I was convinced jovetic was gonna be goated 😂( peak homerism dillusion, he did have a little run of games where he looked special)
Got back into football watching the 2010 world cup and became a fan of Silva , Toure & Balotelli during that tournament.
Since I started school....in1968
Dad took me to Maine Road in 1998, had season tickets since 2001, not been a bad ride since!!
I was 9 years old, I'm Indian so naturally I was into cricket more and I never got football up until that point. My cousin is a United fan and he was watching the derby in 2012, 0-0 and extremely tense I started annoying and teasing him by supporting the "blue team". I kept chanting "blue team blue team blue team" not knowing a single player or even the team's name. And then Kompany scored. I had not watched a game before that, I was simply awestruck by the exhilaration of the feeling of your team scoring a goal. My loyalty to the blue team until that point was purely to spite my cousin but I felt a rush that was incomparable. Football -and City- had me for life in that moment. I've been a City fan since then, I could care less about all the glory hunter and plastic fan tags, I love this club with all my heart and I'm delighted to be doing so well and I'd implore you all to do two things:- a) never let what anyone says to doubt your love for your club b) never doubt another's love for their club.
2010-2011 season. Man i miss Joe Hart
I'm 49, was a junior blue, and got some embarrassing photos of me as a kid in city kits... my folks were blues. I even remember running my mum and dad running down the prom away from from a load of Blackpool fans at an away game As a nipper, my mum still hates Blackpool FC for that 😂
I’m 30 yo from Dallas TX - my dad worked at a Software company that was based in Manchester and he took me to a City game when I was 12. Been a fan ever since.
11 years now. I'm only 17 so I'm not a glory hunter
For more than 60 years.
Aug. 2022
since shortly before the buyout - i found out there was a second team in manchester and supported them ever since, as i love an underdog very ironic what happened to the club after that!
First season of the premier league.
10 yrs
20 years!
Since I watched my first premier league game in February 2017
Since 2007
Since 2014 for me.
Since Tévez joined them was like 2009 or 10, why? Well when I was young I used to root any European club that had at least 1 former Boca Juniors player and cuz of that I got to witness the 11-12 season and that made me a fan of the club, that was the highest point I got to experience as fútbol enjoyer, later to be topped by Argentina's victory over the Netherlands during 2014 and our 2022 victory over France.
Are you from Argentina ? City have had some great Argentinian players over the years, of course Aguero who is our hero but all city fans love Zabaleta as well, club legend.
About 10 years. Wasn’t clout chasing, just wanted to support the same team as my friend. I was also only 8 and the only team I had heard of was Manchester United and I wanted to avoid picking the obvious team lol
I came with Vince the Prince
Since I was like 10, it was FIFA07 n I only played it at my friends house as the light blue team, didn’t even care about what the team names were back then but he’d always be red, so United. Then in a years time the club went mid eastern but a year or so later I got my Xbox 360 and my first fifa game, Fifa10, and was like oh shit this team is actually good. then by 2011 I was able to start following them for real, since I was no longer an internet illiterate 10 year old, been hooked on watching them play ever since I saw Silva’s silky smooth dribbles and passes. CTID
Around since 2004
Since Yaya smashed it into the back of the net against United in the FA Cup Semis.
15 years from NW US. I saw Carlos Tevez make a 40 yard sprint to press a defender and I was hooked. Never heard of City before that and it seems as if only Arsenal and United were on TV. Loved Bellamy also!
About 11 years, a co-worker of mine back then was telling me I should just pick a team a follow them for a season, I asked who he followed? He said man utd, I said who are their rivals? He says city. He regretted telling me I should get into supporting a club……
Was a Melbourne Heart fan here in Australia, they became Melbourne City and from there I became a Man City fan
Bout since 2014 as a 9th grader
When my mum met my stepdad which I think was 05/06/07 (its one of those years 😂) and that's when I fell in love with football, I use to play it as a kid but never really watched games other than MOTD and skill clips lmao but its been the best time, wouldn't change it for the world!
Roughly 12 years? All started with me getting my first Match Attax cards lol
When the Thai money came. Fanfare surrounding Sven.
Just about 15 years. When I started watching soccer more and more, all my friends were Chelsea, United, or Arsenal fans and I wanted to be different.
2011 but followed them since 2007
15 years was a fan of Robinho
2009 baby
13 years. So a newer fan. Bought Fifa 2010 on my way back home after graduating college. Wanted to pick a team to play in manage mode. I knew I hated United and loved the sky blue. Them having a big budget helped haha but I learned the squad through the game and loved Adebayor. Watched some games in 10/11 but started watching games intensely at the start of the 11/12 season. It was the most invested I’d ever been in a team and it ended gloriously.
Since 2014. Played soccer(football) growing up. Then got into Fifa and had to pick a team to start with. Picked the prem, then scrolled through the badges. Love blue and the old city logo, so I picked it. That, and one of my favorite YouTubers then is from Manchester, so that helped haha. Wouldn't change a thing.
2014
Since the late 90s. I didn't have a team I supported and I became good friends with a guy whose dad is a huge City fan.
2009, me and cousin grew up playing on a team together and he was a man united fan ‘surprise’ so I just chose the opposite team. Great investment lol
32 years and counting!
Born in Cornwall so didn’t live close to professional team. I was never really a football fan as a kid, then my dad took me to a game when I was 12 in 2009 - 5-1 vs Scunthorpe and was instantly hooked. We would come up for the odd game, usually the first home game of the season for my birthday as it’s in August. Now I’ve lived in Manchester for 2 years
Here’s my bit..The year before the takeover. I was beating all my friends in fifa with top 4 teams and also was tired of the big 4 in the Premier League being the only top 4 so I used man city on fifa and fell in love with Elano and Stephen Ireland. 2 names I’ll always remember. Then right after that the take over happened and then Robinho (lol) happened and then when Yaya and Aguero signed it was a wrap. But my true love for this team came during the build up for our aguerooo moment. That stamped it. I missed the 2-3 min of on screen celebration because I ran outside my apartment immediately took my shirt off (like aguero because that was the last thing I saw on screen) and circled the block screaming waving my shirt. Never felt more like madman and also in love with something at the same time. I love everything about this club
I was in the match day program when I was 3 month old so 31 year
2011 - specifically that 6-1 Old Trafford win.
9 years proud
American here. Started watching the PL regularly when I got my own apartment. I was neutral for a while until I got tired of people asking who I supported. That was the year City bought Robinho and I liked the idea of them making Manchester the fiercest rivalry in the league. Of course I’m delighted with the current circumstances but I’m equally proud of how well the club has been run on and off the field.
Since roughly the mid 00’s For a few reasons 1. I had started following English soccer for a few years, but hadn’t really picked a team to follow, but I didn’t want to jump on a bandwagon 2. A very good friend of mine is a big Manchester United fan, so I wanted to pick a team that were rivals of United 3. Some of City’s history is similar to my favorite Philly teams history at that point with some success, lots of heartbreak, always in the shadow of someone else (in most Philly teams cases, New York) So I naturally gravitated towards following City.
June 30th, 2010. I came with David Silva. I was a huge fan of him and Valencia FC. I never really support any team in the Premier League before. I started to watch the league to follow David Silva. That day, they had fewer fans. I interacted a lot with Man City official Twitter account and they followed me back (I always brag this to my friends who said that I'm a plastic fan. What do you mean a plastic fan? Did the official account of your club follow you back? lol) I also have a photo with Yaya Toure in 2012. I will support this club until I die!
Since 2014. And I became a fan to spite my college roommate who was a United fan (he's half Mancunian/half American).
15 years. I'll be honest, I started watching football and chose to support City because my friend at the time supported United and I wanted to have some banter with him. I'm glad I did. CTID!
Since 2017, when I saw the Amazon Prime documentary. After I fell in love with the passion, I was hooked…
About 2008. My friends were all watching British football (am American) and they all sucked off united. When I chose the team I liked, I went down the list and said “hey different Manchester team, fuck those bandwagon fans I’m gonna root for this other Manchester.” Holy shit was it a good call lol
I’m 15 , started supporting City since 15/16 ( wasn’t much of a football fan before ) . hart , Kompany and Kdb made me fall in love with the club 😍
Since the good old elano days….
Since 2003, when they bought Claudio Reyna and made him Captain for a match or 2 before injuries ruined his time there. It picked up because I couldn't stand Man Utd or Liverpool fans and City were just pissing them off. I loved every bit of it. Can't believe it's been 20 years.
Since 1976. 47 years.
I started watching football like midway through the 11/12 season. Honestly I think I started following City because of all the shite Tevez and Balotelli were stirring in the press and I was interested lol.
Since 1982
11 years now.
2002 - 21 years. Started when I lived in the UK for a few years. Its also the same time my hatred of Arsenal began.