“Thank you for your fantastic support! Today’s attendance is the season highest!” it was announced over the speakers. The United fans let out an ironic cheer. Who would have thought eh? Manchester City getting their highest attendance when they played Manchester United? The ‘only team from Manchester’ only able to sell out their ground when United come to visit.
Before they welcomed that “human rights abuser of the worst kind” with loving arms, you rarely saw a City shirt around town. That’s not me being an arsehole or me being unfair, it’s just telling it how it is. Whilst of course there’s always been City fans about, it was only when the money started pouring in that they began to wear their shirt with pride.
Manchester United have fans from all around the World but that doesn’t mean Manchester isn’t red. What a ludicrous thought. United can attract fans from London to Lagos, Kent to Kenya, Torquay to Thailand, but they can’t draw in fans from their own city? Oh no, Mancunians would rather support City than United. How obvious!
This season, their average attendance is 42,937, meaning on average, there are 5,000 empty seats at the Wastelands every home game. That means only six teams in the Premiership have filled fewer of their seats than City this season, with their ground, on average, just 89.4% full.
Yet today, Nigel de Jong has perpetuated City’s favourite myth. Honest City fans know the truth. Whilst few if any would admit the city is red, they know that Manchester isn’t inundated with blues. They know they see more United shirts around. They know that it’s only in Stockport and Bramhall they would be guaranteed to go to a pub showing a City game over United. But the lie continues…
“You can see that in the city, a lot of local fans, more blue fans than red fans,” said De Jong. “If I take a cab, the driver is always a City fan. If I go to the shopping centre, all I see are City shirts. There are so many City fans. I was astonished when I first arrived because everyone was a blue fan. And I was like, ‘How does that work? United are the biggest club in the world, aren’t they?’ People would explain to me, ‘That’s just a global thing, the real workers’ club is Manchester City’. And it’s true, it’s a working club. The people in Manchester can relate to this club because they are working people. They are very proud of it. That’s why Manchester City is so big locally, not worldwide, but definitely locally.”
HAHA!! How is the last part of his comment a compliment to Man City? He actually had to reiterate, ‘not worldwide, but definitely locally’ . Classic!!
no comments. i love united.
But…. but…. City are a massive club. Absolutely enormous. Raul doesn’t know what he’s missing out on.
It’s absolute bullshit, I rarely ever see a City shirt even after the take over, if i’m honest, there’s only a few red shirts in none match days, I think you’d have to be a massive prick to wear one every day. De Jong has no idea what he’s on about, he’s not even in touch with the public.
What a plank that DeJong is – I liv in SWINTON an I neva see a blue scum shirt up here. I were my RED shirt wiv pride to the gym
We shud sign there best playas before the game an mak them wer RED SHRTZ
Bull Shitty City
Thanks Scott for biggin’ up Kenya. We representing United here in Kenya! Now for the derby win to complete a remarkable week.
Fuckin clowns. “Workers club” . shut up you fat little man. Can’t wait for tomorrow dinnertime.
Tell them,in kenya alone i can guarantee u over 2million united fans,de jong,he will knw 2mro!
He probably lives in fucking Bramhall.
If he came down Trafford, we’d show him……..
guys don’t forget India.United have recently signed a 5 year deal with India’s largest telecommunication company Airtel.hoping to see United in a pre season tour of India soon.
What’s wrong Scott,
Do you not allow City fans to express their views of this site. Poor show. Very poor show indeed.
What t does highlight is just how one-eyed and biased you rags are. Once a rag, always a rag, but only when you are winning EH.
rubbish
In Singapore, there’s no such thing as a ManCity fan. It doesn’t exist. When the match kick off tomorrow, its ManU fans vs ABU, NOT City fans. Even as the ‘Richest Club in the World’, it is not attracting anybody here…maybe a few ‘aunties’ who thinks ‘blue is a rather nice colour’.
Footnote: ‘Aunties’ are those who are like Susan Boyle without the ‘angelic’ voice.
“That’s why Manchester City is so big locally, not worldwide, but definitely locally”
Says it all really! Massive club my bollocks!
Yeah that’s right, nige is systematically lying! He’s spoke to city fans and they’ve told him what to say! Open your eyes, Manchester is blue! There are more rags admittedly but how many of them go to the games? They’re all supporters because it suits then to support united, not because they were born into. Take of your red blinkers! Stockport and bramhall are full of rags. Got plenty of mates there and the pubs are full of them come match day. I openly wear my shifty shirt round hulme, chorlton and moss side and only get good looks and thumbs up from fellow blues, so stop talking rubbish.
just read this, man city will unviel air etihad as there new shirt sponsor with a 30 mill deal over 4 years . air etihad are owned by sheikh mansour and the abu dhabi royal family… etihad in arabic literally translates as meaning United
so soon city will be wearing our name on there shirts… haha
The big lie is that all Man City’s fans come from Manchester. For whatever reason, unfortunately some people have the misfortune of not being mancs but supporting them. I’m a London red I dont apologise for it, my family have supported this team since coming here from the West Indies after WW2 and on the train up from Euston to Manchester I’ve encountered City fans making the journey into Manchester from Stockport and stuff.
The truth is City aren’t even big locally, they’re not the team of Manchester. Its been proved that Man Utd have MORE fans in Manchester than City by the report ‘do you live in Manchester’? That the University of Manchester did. They may call themselves ‘City’ but they’re not the city’s team. United are, always will be.
City=Small club.
On this weekend guys. As you will know with me, im getting my pre game toilets runs again. ( sorry if any of you were eating ).
It would be great if The hammers did something for us today. Cos this is the only sort of difficult game those dippers have left. West brom next…worst team in the lge and already relegated, then the dips have spurs at the council house..where spurs soft under belly and cowardice wont get em nothing. So todays our only hope for some assistance. Even though i doubt it very much.
Early on in the season..the hammers were stronger..eg when we played them with the likes of parker and cole available. Now theyve got both out + behrami. Adding to that the dippers have scored 35 goals in 11 games…inform…everybody fit…and only lost to the hammers 2 times in 9. Its a banker 3 points for the dips…if not avram grant little kid will pop up gainst his old club in the 99th min and win them the game.
For weeks now ive been watching and praying the dippers lose…hoping. Yet the fuckers still somehow pull it offlast ditch, as they have done all season.
So guys it 9 out out 9 for them. Hence we have to do our business and get those 7 points as quickly as possible. Cos im hating that FSW coming out each week…’ title race this and title race that’ ” we have nothing to lose” ‘ we can nick it” ” utd will crumble with the pressure’ ” they ve got harder games” ” we are in form” ” they’ll lose the derby…derby games are hard blah blah blah”
I just want us to put this bloody tilte to bed asap for nerves and some relaxation and to shut these twats and abus up.
So onto tmrw and the postives and negatives.
Negatives:-
1. Derby game….anything can happen..form and fave tag goes out of window.
2. Saprky wuldnt love anything better.the git
3. Their players cup final
4. Bojinov and petrov..surprise surprise fit again after 2 years out V US
5. Zabaleta and Wright phillips surprise surprise fit again after games out.
6. Robinho Elano classy players
7. Ireland….have to say i bloody rate him…come on leas and bounds
8. Bloody Given…..the twat saved 5 brlliant saves v us at OT for newcastle first day of season.
9. Racked up their 2nd away win 2 weeks ago v everton
10. everybody fit and in confidence after 4 wins in 4.
11. Really want to get 1 over us…esp after last years double.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE IM VERY VERY WORRIED
Positives:-
1. We know what we need to do
2. Last year we lost in my opinion due to the munich anniversary.
3. Touch wood…nearly full strength side to choose from
4. Hopefully confidence from tuesday night.
5. Hopefully a same hardworking shift the lads put in again
Damn i always have more negatives than positives
In a perfect world i wish we could wrap the title up by Wednesday. And put the anxiety and stress to bed and shut that FSW up for good. Also the fact more this linger…the more nervy we are going to get. And i hope we dont need anything from the last 2 games. Cos arsenal are a top team and will want bigtime revenge for their humbling in clge + they would never want for us to win the the title v them. and playing them sat morning AGAIN after midweek game only 2 days rest aint good either.
Secondly WE DEFFO dont want to go to the last game of the season..wanting something away from home v relegation threatened Hull…last day nerves and a team fighting for their lives anything could happen. Plus that would mean our players would have to give everything and risk tired legs and injuries 3 days before the biggest game of the season in the clge final. That would be catastrophic for us.
Both Arsenal and Hull….have many obstacles and many downsides. Hence i pray West ham do summat today…which i very very very very much doubt. But most importantly we do our business in the next 2 games.
OUR FANS ARE NEEDED GUYS…
TMRW WHO EVER IS GOING…WE NEED WALL TO WALL SOUND….THE SPURS 2ND HALF…THE ARSENAL 1ST LEG…EUROPEAN SOUND. THE flags scarves, banners, the songs, the believe sign even.
Scott…get onto stretford end flags mate. We need to push our team on and use home advantage as our 12th man.
Also the wigan game…where we have amazing support also….once again same thing….anyone going lets swamp the ground. Inside and Out.
Lets push them over the line…hence they can rest up before the clge final.
I pray……i hope………i believe, even though im having my 15th nervous breakdown in 2 months
haha, ignorance is blue
that comment! hahahaha only in their bitter blue world would they come up with that.
Manchester is Red, all Mancunians know it so i dont need to say much else.
My great great great great uncle Billy, was a legend for both City & United (and football in general). The numerous generations of family members that followed him lived and breathed Manchester air. But more importantly, were United born and bred.
Being born Red I never understood City’s purpose. Newton Heath were established before City, by workers, for workers. That in my eye makes them THE Manchester club.
I’ve made myself sad now, thinking about Sparky
when i was boy, that man taught me how to volley. I hope we hammer them so hard tomorrow.
Come on UNITED!!!!
and ergh… ZOLA!!!!
City are a laughing stock. No wonder no-one wants to go there.
Ive seen one City shirt here in Turkey in the last two years ….. Citeh are that low that they dont even bother making knock off ones here … How bad is that !!
lol! haha! =D yeah d last comment was classic ! =P
manu is d best club dere is! its players are devoted ! n it has billions of fans EVERYWHERE! i’ve hardly seen any city shirts ever! -__- manu rules!
de jong doesnt even know where his own head is.. =d every match.. its known dat manu has d highest attendance ! =D
@ Sarah…its UNITED!!! not manu
Thanks 4 d shout out 2 lagos scott, there r over 13million ppl here n i bet u dat we have over 5million of utd fans while d chelski & arse share a couple of millions n a handful of dippers fans, but still to c a wastelands citi fan or shirt.Spot on highlightin there level of mediocrity n naivity. For anyone who think we here r being unreasonable then visit der blog n c d load of crap they say about us. We are United, countless but UNITED!
@Billy Meredith:Are you related to THE Billy Meredith??I’m 15 and Indian and I know who he is,he’s that awesome.That chap who always had a toothpick in his mouth,right??
turks, pakistanis, africans, indians and orientals. just read your own comments, speaks for itself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
suhayl: avram grant little kid, LMFAO
Poor De gong or whatever his name is. Clearly deluded and feels the need to cling to anything no matter how silly it is. The next thing he’ll be telling us is that Father Christmas is real, but his suit is blue and not red.
He should run for President in cloud cuckoo land.
where are you from mate?
The biggest club in the world is Manchester United and there is no doubt about it. I am from Karachi and there are loads of United fans here. and from what I am reading,it looks like there are more united fans in manchester too. I wonder why the rest of England hates United so much!
But the lie continues…City’s highest attendance this Season was NOT against united……….. Etihad means Unity……….. Kenya, Karachi…. and the hovel that is Swinton…… how I laughed, ho ho ho !!!
Interesting isn’t it that of the first twenty or so comments we have reds in swinton,trafford, singapore, kenya and bramhall but none from Manchester deJong is right Manchetser is OUR CITY – Blue Chorlton
To all the local Utd & City supporters, brothers/sisters/families/friends, good luck for todays game. To all the glory hunters/armchair supporters and hanger-on’s (you know who you are) support your local team!
All these comments about how you are supported by Manchester people,
I only see Africans,Indians,Turks,Chinese, one from trafford and one from Lancashire. NOT ONE Mancunian. By the way the Manchester University was study was fixed as the compiller asked for the names and addresses from your secretary.
CTID
I’m so bitter.
I’m so bitter,
I’m bitter that I am a Red.
So I wail, all the day,
That it’s best to be red all the way
But we don’t,
Give a fuck.
Cos they’re bitter as bitter can be.
Scraping the barrel are we.
Never mind.
Up the City
for your attention Kennylad Father Christmas’ suit was originally green not red Coca cola made it red for their adverts – get your facts right and good luck to all local support this afternoon.
@ben jani … etihad does not mean unity… proof is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etihad
3 meanings for it United,federation or union.. and in this instance it means United as the airline is a united arab emirates airline… enjoy having united on the front of your shirts soon lol
once again our cockney friends are spouting shite, manchester is blue, london, singapore, kenya etc.etc. are red. theyre all glory hunters, most of them have never been to the swamp and never will. wait a few years my southern friends when the rags are bankrupt and they cant afford to buy any more titles, still you will all change to arsenal, wont you, glory hunters.
CTID
To all the ignorant, geographically inept and bitter Citeh fans:
Swinton, is under Salford’s borough council. Classed as Greater Manchester.
Trafford is in Greater Manchester, retard. Officially classed as Trafford, Manchester.
Chorlton maybe a Manchester Borough council, but it actually sits closer to OT than it does the wastelands.
There are City fans in Trafford, because it’s Manchester. However if they had any sense they’d support a team that can actually produce a watchable game of football.
You talk about buying titles? Your £750billion has got you so, so, so far this season hasn’t it? You’ve tried to buy yourself some sort of glory, but you bought a petulant Brazillian instead. (Who actually came to you because of a hissy fit).
Where’s your Kaka? Infact, where are any of your world class players????
Manchester has it’s blue contingent, but they’re just like their team. All mouth, no substance.
Yeah we have glory hunter fans, but so would your team if you actually ever fucking won anything….. 33 years.
The fact we have so many overseas fans is an awesome acheivement, where’s your global identity? Could Citeh of gone to Japan this year, played and won in a final where they had as many overseas fans in the stadium as they do British fans at home?
If you have so many Blues camped out in Manchester, where are they when their team play? So many empty seats on match day……..
You have to employ a backstabbing ex-united player to manage your shit club, because you’ve got fuck all other options…
Just a few things for you thick blue twats to ponder…….
Oh yeah, citeh are a massive club.
Tevratov.
Absolutely bang fuckin on….
Fuck off you bitter nosed bastards
And Remember 1 thing.
YOU DONT EVEN FUCKIN OWN THE STADIUM YOU PLAY IN….
COMMENWEALTH GAMES COUNCIL OWNED STADIUM
Now thats fuckin funny…..
Bye bye you fat pie eaters…enjoy Ricky Fatton……lol…lol…lol