Those of you at the Valencia friendly on Wednesday may have noticed that the Manchester City ticker, which counts how many years they have gone without a trophy, was missing.
Stretford End Flags have released an announcement today to confirm that its absence was simply due to it being updated, after City have just finished another season empty-handed.
The banner will be back for our first game of the season against Birmingham.
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i think ,and have always taught there should be 2 banners
another one with 44 years on it
Genius. I f*cking hate CIty.
HAHAHAHAHAHA. Gotta love that. It’s like a neverending joke, like the mens semis at Wimbledon
Man U – comedy geniuses! So funny!!
Glad to hear the City Ticker will be back onsite for the Brum game. I’m over from Derry for the game, what time should I be at the Blaize to stand a chance of getting in pre-match?
By the way Scott, fantastic site, keep up the good work. You brighten up my long days at work!!!!
And old bacon face call us a small club who is obsessed with united – enjoy fella because the double atandards and hypocrosy are clear for all to see – at least we him rattled.
jay
its man united manchester united or united
or you can call us champions Jay, take your pick
dctid66
what do you think about real madrid spending so much money and buying alot of players????
remember now if you answer that ill just say your obsessed with united.
@Jay
A little careful careful with your posts mate…. How tough can it be to write Man Utd or just United….lets cut out the ‘Man U’ crap from next time…
@Jay
I seen your post and was gonna give you a hard time, but then I thought better – just know your history if you’re gonna call yourself a United fan
On topic:
FUCK OFF CITY
ha ha.brilliant.why dont we put a board besides saying how many years have gone wen united have won nothing.cnt remember many 2005.thats the only year i can remember im the recent past.and for al those shitty cunts who feel fergie is rattled let me remind u that he has seen it bfre and cme may next yeas u he wil leave u rattled
@dctid66
We’re obsessed with City?
Just remind me what you’re doing on a Man Utd blog again?
Real Madrid can do what they want – Man Ure can do what they want – have as many tickers and flags as you wish – it is funny though when old bacon face goes off on one when lickle old city put up a poster – for maximum effect we should have put it up on the M25 orbital i guess – as i said double standards
it appears on news now man city feed you rag plonker – think my comments are apt after old bacon faces comments about the recent Tevez poster comments – as i say double standards and hyprocisy
dctid66 – who pays for the City ticker? The FANS. Who paid for the Tevez campaign? The CLUB.
If Sir Alex Ferguson was organising ways to wind up City, paying money to do so, that would be hypocritical. As it is, your club is so small they fork out thousands in a bid to wind United fans up. Like I’ve said time and again, if your fans turned up with a banner or spray painted that Tevez thing, it would be fairly amusing. The fact your club did it is just desperately sad and embarrassing.
It really is puzzling that you would think this was an example of hypocrisy and double standards. Not the brightest bulb eh.
Does this jackass (dctid66) know that the ticker is not put up by the club but by the fans(SEF)..?
Scott the Red – well said. Hit nail on head. dctid66 – you really are jealous of our success – get over it.
dctid66, what are you a comedy genius did you think that up all by yourself?, unoriginal prick.
dctid66
Get lost this place is not for you
What about another ticker at COMs reflecting how the Man Ure debt is increasing – funny as fook – dont matter who pays for the tiker you rag the club allows it to be displayed therefore it is an approved Club tiker – as i say double standards by baconface – bit like last year when he had a go at Benitex about being diesrpetful about Everton – double standards again – nice to see red nore rattled because he dont waster his breath on a club that he aint worried about
The last time Citeh won a cup, fuckin Robin Hood nicked it on the way back…
34 years… fuck off
34 years… fuck off
34 years.. fuck off
34 years… fuck off..
Blue nose knobwanks.
@ jay,dont write that again.But it seems you are new here.The correct names are what ghtt,retro riley and abhay_reddeviltilldeath said.
Failsworth – did you make that one up all by yourself – massively massively impressed – you must be one of the most inrtelligent people in Failsworth
Brilliant
City are shit and thats a fact.
We are shitting ourselves, Adebayor, Tevez and Santa Cruz what was it 19 league goals between them last season?
dctid66 – The club have nothing to do with the banners on the Stretford End. The fans organisation, Stretford End Flags, sort them out. The club certainly don’t PAY for our banners. In contrast, your club paid thousands of pounds in an attempt to wind us up. I can’t think of a more blatant example of small club mentality than that.
If your tiny little mind can’t grasp the difference between actions by the fans and actions by the club, then there’s no point in this discussion continuing any further.
34- ronnie biggs was on the run for less…
Its fans like dctid66 – that make each success we have all the sweeter! Empty seats again this year I reckon in spite of your spending!
Then again:
Man City to make £50m bid for Newcastle United supporters
Premier League billionaires Manchester City have today launched an audacious bid for the entire fan base of recently relegated Newcastle United.
The unexpected move has come as part of City’s plans to be the best supported club in the world, and the so-called ‘Best Supporters In The World ™’ have provided a logical starting point.
The move will see each of Newcastle United’s 50,000 ‘regulars’ offered £1,000 to change their allegiances to Manchester City.
“Our competitive advantage is our financial position, and we will buy anything and everything we feel will help us improve this football club.” Said City boss Mark Hughes.
“Securing the Newcastle United fans offers us a great opportunity to improve our position as the best supported club in the league,”
“They have just the sort of experience we’re looking for, in that they’ve enjoyed fleeting periods of great expectation followed almost immediately by abject failure, which will be useful to us in the next two years.”
Unlimited funds
Hughes continued, “We’ll happily pay top dollar for supporters who will blindly follow their team and defend them as the greatest in the world in the face of over-whelming evidence to the contrary.”
“And in that respect, the Geordies really are second to none.”
The Newcastle fans, who will not be subjected to a medical, are expected to have a ‘fully clothed at all times’ clause inserted into their Man City contracts.
A Newcastle spokesperson said that although the move has come at a bad time for them, the entire fee will be used to rebuild the supporter base into a slimmer, better looking unit which they hope will be “the envy of the Championship”.
Ha! Ha!
Why dont you change your user name from Citytillidie to Citytillwewintheleague, its the same thing
@dctid66
Man Chitty spent so much money for a team that won’t even play Europe. The most sucessfull thing for you guys was get Tevez, while he keep saying he love United fans, RIGHT IN YOUR FACE…
And we are obsessed with you? Why should we worry about you? We’re never scared, specially against a small team with 6 strikers.
Stop with the drugs before posting, bro.
dctid66
i found your comment very funny and i felt a little bad for you
if you see that banner you taught the club did it because your bitter little club spent money on the tevez poster which was ment to say you were the true club in manchester blah blah bah but it made city look so small to even real football loving city fans-not ones with tea towels on there head who some how can believe berbatov is the greatest player in the world in the evening and think he’s shit 6 hours later
Stretford End Flags -google them-
now old bacon face wasnt funny the first time but the more you used it the more proud you sem to be of it which, once again, makes me pity you
but if he was asked about stoke he’d answer about stoke
if he’s asked about united he’d answer about united
same goes for asking about city
let the papers print what answers they want
but friday mutv at 5 oclock from here on to may the managers press conference is on
watch it and form your own opinion not the one the mirror wants you to read
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i-rutvfaXo
37 years without a trophy is united’s record, city are stiil playing catch up, remember your history lads!
Lads, just ignore him. Bookmark this page, then come back in May and we can just laugh.
@dctid66
Lost count of how long the ticker has been there, now all of a sudden its double standards ?
Debt at least we generate revenue to service the same .
And you wonder why your known as Bitters !
Hahaha bitters coming onto a United site to say that fergie is rattled, I think the fact that your on a manchester united site proves that its all yous bitters that are rattled!
Small club, Small mentality, small minded.
The only thing big about Manchester City is all your arseholes, by getting fucked up the ass like little bitches by a rich arab, just to get the scrappings from his table or might i say rohypnol.
Just because a whore gets fucked by a rich man, does not make her out to be a supermodel!
34 years………
city may have some empty seats in their stadium but at least the most of the people sat there have been true supporters for years.
at old T half the crowd wouldnt have a clue if you mentioned Lou Macari or Gerry Daly to them
we got some bertie magoo’s on…
34 years…. wow
i aint even 34 yet….. all i have ever known is ciddy being rubbish.
maybe one day lads
in 76 that much is true
Can someone remind me of City’s preseason form?
After all, it’s the results that matter.. You can come crawling on here looking for reactions but at the end of the day, you’ve failed to win 90% of your preseason games and your superstar Tevez injured himself falling over in the bath!
MY OLD MAN SAID BE A CITY FAN
I SAID BOLLOCKS YOU’RE A CUNT
I WOULD RATHER SHAG A BUCKET WITH A BIG HOLE IN IT
THAN BE A CITY FAN FOR JUST ONE MINUTE
34 YEARS FUCK OFF
shall we and this now????? scott will you put up the honours list for all to see. i would do it but i should be working!!
city
won 1
draw 2
lost 2
failed to win 80%
your old man should have made you go to school
…yeah failing to win ONLY 80% is something to brag about! lol
but they won 20% of there games
they’re gonna win the league
bollox
they’re gonna win the league
bollox
in what way did you read my comment to deduce an element of bragging?
@JMC
Such a big fan, you don’t know your own teams results
From the City site itself:
Sat 18 Jul 14:00 A Orlando Pirates Vodacom Challenge L
Tue 21 Jul 19:00 A Kaizer Chiefs Vodacom Challenge W
Sat 25 Jul 14:00 A Kaizer Chiefs Vodacom Challenge L
Sat 01 Aug 15:00 A Barnsley Pre-Season Friendly D
Wed 05 Aug 19:45 A Rangers Pre-Season Friendly L
haha jmc got owneddddddddddddd…quality micky
I love that f@*kin banner, yeah it’s been years since we have won anything and we’re still here in our thousands. Wonder what would happen if you lot went years without success… oh yeah, you’d find the next shiny band wagon to jump on!
As City have not won anything for 33 years now at least we can assume that blues are not gloryhunting fans
In the fergie era your crowds have gone up from about 45,000 to 75,000.
that suggests that about 30,000 are just there cos you win things
thats not far off half of your crowd
this explains the lack of passion shown by a large proportion of your fans at the majority of your home games
@jmc
heres a tissue to wipe that egg of your face, you bluenose twat!
@JMC
You’re a retard.
First you don’t know your own teams’ preseason results.
Now you’re saying it’s 33 since you last won a trophy. It’s 34.
@jmc
when fergie took over the attendance of old trafford stood at 45 odd thousand! since then old trafford has been expanded to 75,000
you should think before you write you stupid cunt!
so your trying to say our fans are glory hunters jmc? we get trophies etc so were not hunting
@jmc………
WTF
when fergie took over the ground only took 45k.. as we have built it bigger it fills out every week… and also i do believe when we were sent down a division back in the old standing days we STILL got bigger gates than you did???
Bunch of Bouncing Busby Babes!
Of course i am intelligent… in a red… unlike u blue nose turnips..
FFS how the hell can a blue question my intelligence lol..
34 years… fuck off… 34 years… fuck off..
Wolves have had more success than Citeh..
John O’Shea has won more things in his career than what Citeh have in there whole history… “oops”… “What history???” hahahahahaha…
Oh yeh, they go on about no reds in Manchester… well 71000 for a friendly… now i know we have an estimated 330 million fans worldwide… but dont tell me that the vast majority of fans at OT on weds for the Valencia game wasnt from Manchester …
Also, Citeh go on about our fans not from manchester, yet the blue nose wank shits go on about wanting to dominate world football, and be a world brand… so surely that is pot calling kettle aint it??
Anyway its a no brainer, Citeh will never be as big as us, they dont have the glamour, dont have the fan base, and never will have, and most importantly dont have the history..
If Citeh try and step on the elites toes, then the old G14 will just create there own superleague and then Citeh will be left to play Middleton Rangers in Heaton Park…
Blue nose tossers..
Citeh band on about, well especially Agent Hughes, about these “World Stars” thats you have signed..who in fact??? You have signed B listers..
Tevez wasnt a regular in the United team and never would be… yes he was a grafter, but not a prolific goalscorer and not fit to clean Wazza’s boots..
Adebayor wasnt 1st choice at Arsenal anymore, and they wanted to offload him all summer, and the big team wasnt prepared to pay the money Citeh were prepared to pay..
You blue twats have overpaid for average players, and would prob put you on level par with Spurts, but i suppose thats a big jump for you blue cunts.
right we could have had more than 45,000 just our stadium at the time was not big enough – it was full to capacity. Nice try but it is not like we had 75,000 and could not fill them.
Whereas you have 48,000 seats and unless you play us can not fill them – yet allegedly Manchester is full of City fans…..
hold my hands up mickey
without referring to websites i thought fist game was 0-0 but now recall we lost
does that make me not a big fan
season ticket for 33 years (yes season after we last won trophy)
watched city away hundreds of times at over 70 grounds
attended every derby match at home and away for 30 years (until last season at Old T – always said i would stop going after seeing us win a league match there)
@jmc
who’s this owen fella ive been hearing about
im a big united fan but i wasnt really keeping an eye on pre season as it wasnt on free t.v.
seeming as some united fans are schooling you on what happened to your team in the last 4 weeks
i was wondering if you could help out this united fan
2009 now
league cup won in 1976
33 years
hmmm and how many trophies can you win in 2009 now…..
kiko
if you think old T was full in those days your having a laugh – it held 58,000 ish
any man utd fan who knows owt can tell u that
know club filled there ground every week then
jmc
your not going to win any trophy before december so 2010
34 years
12 major honours in over 100 years… and u think u can rival us… get to fuck u blue nose half wit stockport donkey tossers.
@JMC
Just go mate, let your team’s football do the talking. You’re boring mate
Scott just click a pic of the updated ticker when you go for the Birmingham game.
Got to Go
He Used to Be Red But now he’s a Blue TEVEZ,TEVEZ
Man United wanted you TEVEZ,TEVEZ
“Sign him up” is what they sang
But you fu@@ed them of the dirty scum
Carlos Tevez City from now on
Oh yeah , forgot , he’s shite really
oh dear thats a poor effort
thats awful – poor attempt 0/10
dctid66 Said,August 7th, 2009 @14:59 And old bacon face call us a small club who is obsessed with united – enjoy fella because the double atandards and hypocrosy are clear for all to see – at least we him rattled.
what is this prick doing on here?
jmc…. didnt know Shitty had a retard bus taking you dopey fuckers to away games a 70 pound a pop …. Jesus Kerist you gotta be a ‘tard or love to be punished to watch them bunch of pricks week after week.
Fuck, I hate that fucking ticker. I hope City win something, even the Carling Cup, so that ticker gets taken down.
What do you UTD fans predict for Sunday?
jmc
Didnt city already sing a chant about tevez before
http://www.fanchants.com/football-songs/manchester_city-chants/tevez-2/
granted it was before he became the worlds greatest player
@TonyBee
grounds
not pounds
‘tard???
jmc, oh dear……..
We need one for Liverpool
19 Years, 19 Years
19 Years since you’ve won the league
In that time we’ve won 11
We have won 11 in
the 19 years since you’ve won the league
lovely…..
“they used to sing about his neck TEVEZ TEVEZ
now they’d rather suck his dick TEVEZ TEVEZ”
Oh,everybody laugh at jmc’s joke.HAHAHAHAHAHAFUCKOFFYOUHAHAHAHACUNT!!!
@jmc
When United won the league in 1956, they had the highest average home attendance in the league, a record that had been held by Newcastle United for the previous few years.
Following the Munich air disaster in 1958, more people began to support United and many started to go to matches. This caused United’s support to swell and is one reason why United have had the highest league attendances in English football for almost every season since then, even as a Second Division side in 1974–75.
In fact, for two of the seasons that United did not have the league’s largest attendance, Old Trafford was undergoing major building work (1971–72 and 1992–93)
Following hillsborough all stadiums had to have all seaters which dropped attendances everywhere. Though this was brought in 1990, during Fergusons time but before that, every game was packed to the rafters, i know because i was there!
Because our level of support was so great it then was extended to 55,000, then to 68,000 and now to 76k+
And the facts!
Manchester Citys Average Attendance in the last 60 years!
http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/manc.htm
Manchester United’s Average Attendance in the last 60 years! NOTE PRE FERGUSON TO PRESENT!
http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/manu.htm
stupid cunt!
They used to sing about his neck TEVEZ TEVEZ
Now they’d rather suck his dick TEVEZ TEVEZ
Welcome to Manchester the billboard said
You can keep his Herman Munster head
(I’ll let someone do the last line!)
how do you make a bus load of city supporters sick?
poison the windows
carlos tevez
bitter argie whore
They used to sing about his neck TEVEZ TEVEZ
Now they’d rather suck his dick TEVEZ TEVEZ
Welcome to Manchester the billboard said
You can keep his Herman Munster head
carlos tevez
bitter argie whore
I love the ticker.
this JMC prick just makes City fans look bitter and clueless. I for one am not bitter, I am honest. I did sing bad songs about Tevez. Can’t believe he cost 25 million for 5 goals. Can’t see him living up to the hype. Some of the more retarded group of City fans think we’ve got one up on United when you lot didn’t want him that badly.
love it lads.
well done. 3 heads are better than 1
Now how the hell do we get it sung? haha
firstly this show up on the city newsnow, ( far from looking to talk about united ) rather than slagging city for being a small club, how many BIG players have united attracted this window OWEN haha dont make me laugh, Valencia haha how fun !! ronaldo gone, tevez yes tevez the player the fans loved 2 months ago, fergie sign him up !! rememba that 1 i do.
city are making good signings any honest supporter would admit that.
of course us city fans are loving the money, BIG players and hopefully success but we also no it takes time, and the stadium doesnt always get filled but sometimes they cap the tickets to 44,000 and say sold out with big gaps in the stands, i fucking hate the way the stadium is ran but thats the council for you, city fans no we have problem in the team and fuck me were used to no trophies but we WILL win something. city can only get better cos we have been to the bottom, united can only get worse cos they have lived at the top. interesting season for city and united !! can we achieve something ?? can united maintain success now ronaldo has has gone ?? we will soon see ! also personally i couldnt care less about how united do untill we are challenging united for honours.
@blue moon
you should do p.r. for manchester city football club
anytime there are tits on this that talk like city are gonna win 4 trophys next season
you come on here and have a smart football conversation
I don’t see why we don’t have them premade for the next 5 years, it’s just a given that City won’t win a trophy.
I come on this site because there isn’t a decent City blog anywhere and half the City fans are making twats out of themselves on this blog.
What’s your predictions for Sunday and where do you honestly, honestly think City will finish.
10th or below,Blue Moon.Unless Hughes gets the squad to gel together,that is(Highly unlikely in my opinion.).Then they may finish in the top 8,or even top 4.
It will go to penalties on Sunday, and City will probably finish 6th or 7th in my view.
@Blue Moon
Gonna be tough against Chelsea now, but Ancelotti won’t have worked wonders quite yet. A United win, maybe 1 or 2 nil. I can see Chelsea possibly grabbing one if Evans fails to handle Drogba.
Depending on how Arsenal do, City will finish 4th or 5th at best. I can’t see you pushing past us, Liverpool or Chelsea for the time being. You’ll maybe fight a battle with Arsenal and Villa for the 4th, 5th and 6th positions.
The bitters often remind us that, we do not play our games in Manchester, so ive just typed into google manchester football nothing else!
Click on the link below to check out the results
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=manchester+football+club&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a
Result- Google recognises FCUM as a club before city!
Afternoon Blue Moon. Well i honestly think city won’t finish in the top 4. You’ve signed some good players but not great one’s. Lets be honest they are there for the money, so you have to question their attitude and desire towards the team. If hughes can get some kind of performance out of them, you’ll finish between 7 to 10. But i hope it all goes tits up! Oh and 3-1 to united on sunday.
we might run a competition for City fans to enter, the prize will allow them to personally rotate the banner round to 34/35 next year!
the only reason were on your site is because its come on to our news now
page ! i still notice from the last time this appeared {tevez poster} you still seem to have bitter hateful bunch of fans ! why with all your success ? i remember when we had the uperhand in the late 60`s and 70`s you still had agressive no sence of humour fans then , i will say it again any other fan
anywhere would say the same about typical ! united fan . i have tried over
my 50 years being a blue why generally ! united fans come across this way?
Who’s that man from Argentina
Who’s that money grabbing whore
Carlos Tevez is his name
And he mustn’t have a brain
Coz he won’t be winning trophies any more
To all the citeh slime on here today going on about loyal support and how Utd fans are glory hunters.. take note…
Dec 8th 1998 Man City 1 Mansfield Town 2.(Auto Windscreens Cup) ATTENDANCE 3,007.
April 25th 2009 FCUM 1 Bradford PA 1.
ATTENDANCE 3,718.
Now surely as all your fans apparently live just round the corner from Moan Rd (as it was then), why the poor attendance??
Now crawl back under that rock…..
I have heard that the FREE open day at Citeh attracted 7 000 people on Thursday. The night before, United played a FRIENDLY at O.T. which attracted 74 000+ supporters.
Clearly Citeh are MASSIVE.
SEF are seeking designs for a new banner, these can be submitted at http://www.stretfordendflags.com simply visit the flag design forum.
@blue moon
Its weird hearing a sensible city fan! But to be honest if i were a city fan i would be worried!!
Right enough you have got alot of money coming in but remember the arab does not own city outright, he is a majority shareholder aka controlling interest. The more money he pumps into transfers, the more the club need to succeed in order for the other shareholders not to lose money, because he is using personal funds for the transfers, the wages come out of Man citys kitty!
Its not his personal fortune either! His personal fortune is not in the billions as the media makes out! According to Forbes he is not even in the top 100 of worlds richest men!
Granted he has access to billions of pounds but that money is not his, its the United Arab Emirates money! His view was to build a team for the UAE and there is no better place than the premiership because he wants to promote his country as the best in the world at everything and because the football league in UAE is dire he has no choice but to go abroad and as i said there is no better coverage than our league!
His view is to turn Manchester City into the best team in the world, so he can turn around and say Manchester City is owned by UAE! the UAE have the best football team in the world and in turn attracts tourist attention to the UAE which means billions of dollars for their economy!
City fans forget that and brag about buying everything but you know yourselve that Manchester City will never be as big as Manchester United regardless of how much money you’s spend!
Your other shareholders want to make a profit but i cant see how that will happen if your majority shareholder is spending more money than the club is worth! If i were a city fan, i wouldnt be worried about Fergie says about your club. I would be more worried about what your sugar daddy is doing to your club, because if he leaves 2maro, you’s are doomed!!
You might bite back saying we are in millions of pound in debt, but the money we generate can service the debt, plus the way our debt works is that hedgefunds purchase the debt through Glazers Holding Companies and in turn glazer pays them interest on holding their money, kind of like an endownment policy!
But if i was a bitter i would be worried, but since im not, im delighted, spend as much as your hearts are content to get to where you’s really belong……… The Conference!
Bluemoon — I think it all depends on the your first 5 games. If they go well, you lot might start believing and decide to work together for the cause and could push on and do well. If however, things don’t go to plan, the egos and the bitching and moaning and in fighting about not getting playing time will destroy any chance you have… I can see you finishing 6 or 7th. Which, honestly, with all the money you spent, is a disgrace.
Just thought I’d share this. Went to a curry at work the other day with colleagues, mostly women-not particularly interested in football. There were 3 blokes-2 City-me and another, and 1 United-and the red spent most of the meal trying to wind us up about City-he failed, we’ve heard it all before. Near the end of the meal, one of the women said,’How can you tell a Utd fan? He’s the one talking about City’.
We didn’t mention United once.
And you call us bitter-incredible. And why am I looking at a United site? Well there is a link to it on the City page on Newsnow.
Exile red 17:13-that game was in the AutoWindscreens Cup. Nobody wanted to be in that tournament. You don’t score any points with that one. Try again.
I have no argument with decent reds but when you come up with selective piffle like that, well…….
@Sean
‘Selective piffle’?
You’ve just told a story and then decided that ONE person represents millions of Man Utd fans!
get a scouce 1 going 11-0…
@sean
but man city where in the football league when they played in the autowindscreens cup, FCUM are in the Unibond League!
Nobody wants to be in the Unibond League!
@bluemoon
got my money on 25/1 3-0 on sunday
i think city will hit highest 6th
which in the long plan that barry keeps going on about could work out great for them
Sean – the point is that citeh fans spout on about being the best and most loyal fans in the land. How Utd wouldnt have such a big following if they went years without success. How all citeh fans come from Manchester and Utd fans are from Guildford/Dorset/London – pick whichever suits your latest rant.
Fact: Utd have had the best attendance record in this country for years – long before Fergie took charge. Long before winning the Premiership was a habit. Long before you were probably out of nappies.
Fact: The majority of Utd’s match-going fans *do* come from Manchester. We just happen to attract fans from all over the planet as well.
Fact: Your support is crap. The “selective piffle” was a bit of fun but was just 1 illustration of countless occasions where your so-loyal fans have gone missing.
Fact: Utd fans are talking about citeh right now cos we’re just so looking forward to the moaning from Wastelands when you make such absolute dicks of yourselves after spending all this money.
Perhaps next time you should stick to talking to the ladies about bags, shoes and the latest shade of lippy – sounds more up your street to me….
shall we just pretend 1968-1993 dont exist then?
everton, villa hav fighters in ther team, city hav non, its a no brainer 4 me… city 2 finish bottom half, hughes sacked at xmas
Oops – just realised that was a benitez-style rant – sorry lads
These citeh fans bring out the fat-spanish-waiter in me….
Blue Moon Said,August 7th, 2009 @16:29 this JMC prick just makes City fans look bitter and clueless. I for one am not bitter, I am honest. I did sing bad songs about Tevez. Can’t believe he cost 25 million for 5 goals. Can’t see him living up to the hype. Some of the more retarded group of City fans think we’ve got one up on United when you lot didn’t want him that badly.
What sort of Blue are you?
Sucking up to reds.
Tell me one dishonest thing I have said.
I have not made a comment on how good Tevez is.
But Fergie thinks he’s quite good because he signed him on loan and then tried to buy him – so he must be half decent.
I have pointed out to some reds that when Fergie came their ground was not full everyweek.
Some of them blame that on building up the stadium but that is bollocks. He came pre Hillsborough and united didnt start building until a few years later. any decent Man utd fan on here who supported united at that time will back me on this. No club filled grounds then.
You didn’t say anything about United once, eh Sean? Well, pardon my french, but what the fuck COULD you say?
I hate to agree with jmc, but he is right…. IF united were to go three, maybe four years without winning the league, I don’t think we would fill our 70 thousand seats. Which is why I am baffled when I hear people advocating increasing the size to 90K.
The one thing you have to really admire about City is that……………………………… – No cant think of anything.
Theyre shit.
Hold on a minute – Oh yes, they invented motorways – no wait , sorry that was Hitler.
No, unfortunately, even Hitler was better than City.
@exiledred
You also failed to mention that the highest attendance in the football league (not premier league) was held at Maine Road and still is to this day!
Here’s the good part, it was in 1948, when manchester city shared the ground with Manchester United. the match?
Manchester United v Arsenal
attendance: 83,260
and remember maine road was the wembley of the north at the time!
Manchester United>city
micky -the story indicated that we are no more bitter than you..the comment wasn’t from me but a female colleague who doesn’t support City or United.
Kilo mac-it is selective. our crowds whilst in the championship and below were very creditable and to highlight that one game is not an accurate portrayal of our attendances during that period. I repeat, the club had no interest in that competition, neither did the fans. In fact I’m surprised we got 3,000. I’m not saying we have the best fans in the world but our crowds aren’t bad considering we haven’t won anything for a long time and we compete for support with you. I could say United had 25,000 or 30,000 for league games in the late 1980s-what would that mean? That your crowds are the same as Derby? Of course not.
Exiled red-well, your post contains so many cliches I can’t be bothered to respond to each one. The fact that I can I speak to my female friends without boring them witless, and no we didn’t speak about lipstick once, seems to me a positive thing.
I haven’t criticised United, despite your post and it’s arguments. I support City and defend them, you support United and defend them-but calm down and enjoy the season without these boring attacks and leave out the cliches please!
i posted this earlier
@jmc @drew vader
When United won the league in 1956, they had the highest average home attendance in the league, a record that had been held by Newcastle United for the previous few years.
Following the Munich air disaster in 1958, more people began to support United and many started to go to matches. This caused United’s support to swell and is one reason why United have had the highest league attendances in English football for almost every season since then, even as a Second Division side in 1974–75.
In fact, for two of the seasons that United did not have the league’s largest attendance, Old Trafford was undergoing major building work (1971–72 and 1992–93)
Following hillsborough all stadiums had to have all seaters which dropped attendances everywhere. Though this was brought in 1990, during Fergusons time but before that, every game was packed to the rafters, i know because i was there!
Because our level of support was so great it then was extended to 55,000, then to 68,000 and now to 76k+
And the facts!
Manchester Citys Average Attendance in the last 60 years!
http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/manc.htm
Manchester United’s Average Attendance in the last 60 years! NOTE PRE FERGUSON TO PRESENT!
http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/manu.htm
The Failures of Manchester City > Manchester United
84,569 Man City v. Stoke City (3 March 1934) FACup
record attendance of any English League Club Ground
That was in the days when City used to get bigger crowds than United
No – i am not saying City are bigger than united now or in the future – just thought I would mention it
ps
isnt the Old Trafford record attendance held by Grimsby v Wolves ??
not sure – true anyone?
langylad – United won 4 FA Cups in that time period. Shall we forget it because City haven’t won more than 4 FA Cups EVER and United won that many during their most unsuccessful period in their history?
scott just in there before me with the fa cups
44 years
How old is the ticker? How long have we had it up there?
Scott, we’ve probably lost more FA Cup finals than they have been in.
blue moon ? do you ever talk about united ? your obsessed with city ! was you bullied by city fans at school or something ? your embarrising even on this on this moronic united site .
GHTT,what is that 44 years thing??
Also,I’m going to sleep.Good night,all.
If i followed a link on manchester united’s feed on newsnow & it took me to a man city blog, i would simply go back using the mouse(that clicky thing).
@ READ CAREFULLY WHAT I Said – Ha ha.
To all those city scum – If i followed a link on manchester united’s feed on newsnow & it took me to a man city blog, i would simply go back using the mouse(that clicky thing).
@ READ CAREFULLY WHAT I Said – Ha ha.
@ exiledred,August 7th, 2009 @17:13
Hello? It was the Auto Windscreens Cup! Like anyone would want to watch their team play a match like that – it’d scar…
That same season City drew a good 30,000 for each home match – and that was in the old Division 2.
I reckon there are a hell of a lot of unrealistic expectations for City this season, top 4 is maybe pushing it a little. I’ll just be happy to see them in the top 8 or so. For the amount of money that’s been spent, a climb of 2 spots shouldn’t be asking too much. Mind you, it’s City.
United will probably clinch the title again this season. Can’t see Arsenal posing a huge threat to you lot, there doesn’t seem to be anything happening there, and Chelsea still need to adjust to Ancelotti. As for Liverpool, they’ve lost some good players (and however much they’ve convinced themselves that they’ll finish higher than United, I doubt this’ll be the season they do it).
genuine question. I’m not a united fan but would be interested to know why you dont like your club being called man u?
@ kiko_mac
United may well hold the record for League attendance (at Maine Road…) BUT City hold the overall attendance record – from an FA Cup match (also held at Maine Road).
they havent won the league in 44 years
united havent won it in 85 days
honestly, you lot….
You can’t buy class. Just take a look at all those classless city fans trying to get cheap publicity and fame using free money. Very stupid of them to think having more money means being bigger. City are cheaper than any whore u could encounter. One minute they were going on about pure manchester then came along thaskin Sinawatra and all that talk evaporated.
lol GHTT…
gotta hate tiny tears
yes we have 1968 41 years ago
but i support city any way
would you keep supporting united
is winning things the reason for supporting your team?
not for most football fans
we do it because we love our club whatever
Referring back to a previous comment about the fans paying for that obsessive ticker; Is that because your club’s so saddled with debt they can’t afford it? You call us bitter, you say you don’t care, yet half of your nursery rhymes are about us and you’ve got that ticker. Better savour it, it’s not gonna be there much longer.
what city fans think that because our club is now very rich we are bigger than united.
most city fans i know are just enjoying the ride but know city too well to actually start thinking we might win things
do you think you are a better fan Jish just because your team wins things?
James – Do you enjoy laughing at things? Do you have a sense of humour? Did you think it was funny when we got bought the Glazers and were saddled with debt? The City fans I knew found it hilarious.
Well, as United fans, we find it funny that our local rivals haven’t won a trophy in over three decades. For all your talk of Munich and being the “only team in Manchester”, your football team haven’t won ANYTHING for years. You’ve got to be 40 to actually remember your team winning anything. That’s funny.
So, the fans having a banner which takes the piss out of City isn’t obsessive or bitter – it’s banter, something football fans should be familiar with.
jmc my maths was wrong
but to answer your question if united didnt win anything i wouldnt support them im only in it for the glory
everyone here knows that
i only really know a few of the players ronaldo,thou he’s gone , giggs and rooney
and i know cantona used to play for them
jmc
you talk alot of bollox
i just taught you’d like to hear bollox
Scott The Red: Yes, I am fully aware with the concept, however we get labelled the same whenever we do something similar (see: Tevez banner, United free for 100 years etc etc) we’re labelled as bitter blues obsessed with United. I just find it irritating to be honest. Yes, I wasn’t born when we last won a major trophy, I’ve only been consciously supporting City since the Div2 season (best to start out low and work your way up eh) but I’m happy that we can once again compete with the big boys and leave the laughing stock status to the barcodes.
james mate
its the difference between fan made
and club made
as i pointed out earlier city fans had an anti tevez chant now they have a pro one
fans can do and say what they want and get away with it
but your club spent a shit load of the kaka money to pay for the tevez poster
gotta hate tiny tears
I never took part in singing that Tevez song, because I agreed with the bloke in front of me; he’ll be our player next season. Found it cringeworthy to be honest. Of course, now he’s our player, I will happily sing a new song about him, with no reference to United or Munich (I abhor such songs, taking the piss out of a fatal accident in which one of our own died is quite frankly disgraceful)
Also, I reckon Kaka wasn’t all about getting (or not as the case was) the player; it gave us huge amounts of publicity around the world (it may have been partly bad publicity, but any publicity is good publicity). It showed the world that we aren’t fucking around and was a real signal of intent. I think after the dust settled however, it was probably for the best that he didn’t sign. I’m glad that we’ve spent similar money to that which we would’ve spent on a single marquee signing, moulding a strong side. Of course, getting back to money, I’m sure you wouldn’t mind not being owned by the bank?
James – Your CLUB paid for the Tevez poster to wind up United fans. That’s not fans getting involved in a bit of banter. It’s a CLUB forking out thousands of pounds to pay an advertising company in London to create a campaign with the sole intention of winding up United fans (there were no posters for Adebayor, Santa Cruz etc.). I dunno what you City fans say about it in private, when not trying to be billy bigballs on a United blog, but I would be utterly ashamed if my football club was getting involved in shit like that. It’s SO small club. Are you not embarrassed that your CLUB (not fans) have nothing better to do with their time? I bet Garry Cook was pissing himself. Makes me cringe.
But don’t get ahead of yourself. You went a step backward under Hughes last season compared with what Sven achieved, so wait and see how you do at the end of this season. If you spend that amount of money and don’t make top 6, you will be a laughing stock. The pressure is on. Is Mark “Munich bastard” Hughes the man to take away your laughing stock status? We’ll see…
United are rattled. Its visable. Bluemoon get from out their arse.
james
i agree with you with the songs but not about the player i never wanted
fergie to sign him up
and not been a united fan i wouldnt say your on this site alot but look back if you wish i never ever taught he was close to what his hype makes him out to be
manchester united where in the running to win 5 trophys last season
3 trophys i semi final and one final
and a striker at this top team scored 5 goals in the top league
is shocking that they wanted another 25 million on top of 10 united already spent
i have mutv and i wouldnt say you do but i knew about this kid kiko because of mutv before the villa game
but after the sunderland game this nobody in english football after scoring 2 winners with only 42 mins of first team football under his belt
at that point tevez had 3 after 23 games
by that ratio kiko would be worth double the kaka bid
his attitude sunk
and as i seen the way he acted at the end of west hams season he only played and tried for himself to make everybody notice him
when it came to pass united wouldnt pay over the odds for him he scored his other 2 goals for the season and did nothing but disrespect manchester united and sir alex ferguson off the pitch
Scott the Red
Again, it’s all about exposure. How many articles did you see about that billboard? It got rednose talking, in a Rafa-style outburst. It made us laugh. It’s not small club, it was a bit of fun on the club’s part and it just stoked up the rivalry within the city, which is a good thing as far as I’m concerned.
Re. Mark Hughes – Did you have to add the aka to the middle of his name? Bloody hell, I already said I hate that crash being referred to. As for his aptitude to the job; I don’t know. I agree, we went backwards under him last year but remember that for the whole preseason we were skint, had Thaksin as a chairman and in general it was a whole season of upheaval. We’ll see this year, yes.
you say you love your club
but your club is now a joke in world football
and all this to win the carling cup
fight to get some pride back in your club or dont come on to a united blog
100+million bid for kaka does get you noticed in world football but noticed as a joke
the tevez poster got you’s noticed but noticed as small and petty
and 1 win in your pre season has got some notice aswell
gotta hate tiny tears,
Our club is anything but a joke in world football, we are being taken seriously; take off your red tinted specs just for a second. Am I not allowed to share an opinion from my own perspective once in a while? And as previous posters have said, I found my way here via NewsNow, it’s not as if I come on here on a regular basis. Why would I need to fight to get pride back in my club? I’m extremely proud of it as it is.
i dont wear red tinted glasses
did i not just say i never wanted tevez
ya think someone with red tinted glasses last season wanted that
your club is losing pride and its a joke
players or city made world class players(?) are using your club for money
united lost out on benzema because he wanted to play for madrid
if we’d of offered him a shit load of money he would of come here
but why would we want someone at our team ho wants to play for pay day and not match day
benzema is one player
city are building a team of these players
thats a joke in world football
how can you not see that
James – are you being serious? You’re comparing Ferguson calling City a small club after being asked what he thought about the poster with Benitez showing up at a match day press conference with a list of ‘facts’ about another manager? Come on, how deluded are you lot? Fergie’s lost the plot!!! Ha ha haha! Did you see ol baconface/rednose go mental about the poster?!?! HAHAHAHA. There was nothing Rafa like about Ferguson’s response to the question so don’t try and make it something it wasn’t. For City to hire an advertising company to run a campaign to wind up United fans is the behaviour of a club with a seriously small time mentality. It doesn’t make Ferguson or the fans bitter/obsessed/ranting for us to recognise that.
That’s what City fans chanted at him last season (namely when it kicked off against Everton) so I don’t see the problem…? You may think he’s the man to stop you being a laughing stock and learn how to calm down your big egos… other City fans think he’s Munich scum… and I imagine if/when he gets sacked because he doesn’t turn The Richest Club In The World to A Fairly Good Club In England, that reference to him will be heard all the more. Your lot remember Frank Swift on the day the world are watching on the 50th anniversary (in two decades of attending derby matches I’ve NEVER heard City fans chant “There’s only one Frank Swift!” It was sick) but every other game it’s all about Munich, and if you’d seen just HOW many comments on this post alone I’ve had to delete with reference to Munich, you’d understand why I was mentioning it.
i sang along with the frank swift chant out of respect because of the respect the city fans showed during the minute silence
but ill never forget the begging by weeks of media , city , posters of swifty on the walls, and match day program notes asking city fans to not boo the silence
Red Connor Said,
August 7th, 2009 @14:56
Glad to hear the City Ticker will be back onsite for the Brum game. I’m over from Derry for the game, what time should I be at the Blaize to stand a chance of getting in pre-match?
By the way Scott, fantastic site, keep up the good work. You brighten up my long days at work!!!!
THIS SUMS IT UP FOR ME…..MORE LOCALS GOING TO THE SWAMP….DERRY-FFS!
You make it seem like Blues were only silent because the club begged them to be. Don’t be silly, it was negative media again, apparently the City fans were going to definitely ruin the silence. Apparently we’re all heartless bastards. Don’t believe everything you read.
james mate your talking bollox and unwilling to talk like a football fan
take you tea towel off your head email bluemoon and ask him how to be a fan of manchester city and not a fan of the money
and you’ll be grand kid
im done wasting my time talking with you
James – so because your fans didn’t sing about Munich when the world’s media was watching, that means you’re not heartless bastards for singing about it every other year? Your fans were singing Munich at Wastelands and Old Trafford LAST SEASON.
It’s not about what I read – it’s everything to do with what I see and hear EVERY season from your fans and what I have to read about EVERY time City fans come on here.
Manchester is blue
manchester united are a world wide supported team
outside ingerland ireland scotland they are uselly called manchester
and thats why when robiniwhoes agent said manchester want you he taught he agreed to sign for united
i wasnt there when he said in but a source by pele did tell it to the brazillian media and pele said he made a mistake going to city
i always wondered why the ABU media never picked up on that
@jmc
Before the Second World War, many football supporters in Manchester watched City one week and United the next. After the war, a stronger rivalry developed and following both teams since became rare!
Also Maine Road was the Wembley of the north at the time pre world war and the attendances you got was from manchester football supporters in general, united and city fans!
The same goes with Old Trafford, city fans came to watch us when we played at home! There was no away travel in thoses days and each week there was a game in manchester, when united were at home, city were away! The fact that maine road had a higher attendance because at the time they had a bigger stadium.
And yes you are correct about wolves v grimsby, but remember the FA cup at the time was the pinnacle of world football and regardless where the match was played, the stadiums held more than what should of been in them.
@Blue Betty
Yes, Man city hold the overall attendance at maine road for the fa cup match, but as i said pre war, both teams attract ALL mancunians. it was post war when united set the league one!
But Man city do not hold the overall attendance record in england as you suggest.
1923 FA Cup Final between bolton and west ham at wembley was the highest. The official stats was 125,000 but it is widely believed up to 300,000 gained entry!
@SCOT THE RED, that video was funny i cant stop laughing. well done. shitty fans u can by a player who worth 5 for 25m that doesnt mean u r a becoming big. ur desprate. tevez was a rent boy to us and we paid for his services thats all. he wasnt a legend or he wasnt a manutd player being honest with u. mind that u bought it from MSI. REJECTS END UP IN WASTELANDS
@james
It was a publicity stunt and you know it. You just about managed to not embarrass yourselves by not singing Munich songs. After in the pubs of Manchester even your so called reasonable fans were cackling to themselves about Munich.
Pardon my ignorance, gents. Got a couple of questions to ask. Is City going on 34th year without winning any kind of trophy, even like a “FA Cup”, or EPL trophy only?
Also, another question. In New York, Yankees (baseball) are by far more popular team – the majority of the rival Mets supporters are simply Yankee haters from the New York Dodgers/Giants years – those teams moved to LA/SF, respectively, not Mets-supporters (Mets were formed in 1961, Yanks in 1903).
Is that case in Manchester, as well?
In American press one can see references to ManU – just learned that it’s a no-no. Why is that?
Finally, to feel closer to United fans in Manchester, whenever I go my local bar here in New York to watch United (every week, sometimes I also pay for the babysitter to help my wife with two young kids), I order “Fish ‘n Chips with Malter Vinegar” and a couple of pints of Boddy’s. Is that something a fan in Manchester would typically get as well?
mgur that is right
no trophys of any kind
Wow.. Don’t know about you, lads, but this only makes me respect City fans a bit more now.. they really love their team
@mgur
A fan is a fan, it doesn’t matter where you come from or live. We are a global club, the “bitters” are just, well… err ..bitter that we have such a large fanbase, something they are jealously trying to copy.
It’s ironic their idiot CEO, Garry Cook, pays for a poster claiming they are the only team in Manchester and yet at the same time giving interviews to the press in South Africa claiming they want their club to be “the darling of the world”.
Joke club, joke fans.
If City have an horrible season, losing often and achieving tthe occasional goalless draw and 1-o win then they will become a joke club that they will not be able to spend their way out of.
Mgur….references to Man u are a no no due to what sadly happened in Munich….. tends to put fierce posters on here on edge and people (including me, when i first posted on ROM years ago) rightly got asked not to mention Man U again ….stick to Man Utd
Mgur….Try some canapes and champagne …..after all we are the richest club in the world…lol
or a pint of Bulmers Original with a large gin in the bottom topped with a bit of lemonade……!!
Personally, I don’t care about “5 goals in 2 seasons” – would’ve been great if Tevez stayed. Love his work ethic on the field. The question is at what price. Given that Sir Alex yesterday forgot more about football than I would ever, ever know – I support his decision.
What pissed me off, however, is that how Tevez repeatedly publicly stated “love United fans, all I want to do is stay” – however when shown more money flew over to City at speeds approaching the speed of light. That tells me he wanted our management to start a bidding war with City – with him being the winner of that war, of course. We didn’t bite.
Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte was offered $6MM (!!) per year more to join another team – he said no, love the Yankees who made me the player I am today, I am staying. Actions speak louder than words.
RCWIS… Totally agree with your last post… if Shitty fail in any way next year, or don’t make any Euro competition, Hughes will be gone and so will the raghead paying for them
Will do from now on, TonyBee. Thanks, man.
“pint of Bulmers Original with a large gin in the bottom topped with a bit of lemonade”
sounds Irish to me, not Mancunian
@all bitter bluenose twats!
The fact that YOUR club spent money to try to wind us up and get a response from Fergie was pathetic but even better than that, is when Fergie publicity belittled you’s at the eyes of the world media AT THE REQUEST OF A JOURNALIST!!!! he did not come out with a fact sheet, he was asked a simple question and Fergie had to ask the journalist ‘is it city?’ and the journalist replied yes!
You’s are all right though, the world has taken notice of you because your club is a laughing stock.
You’s couldnt buy Kaka and ended up going for second best Craig fucking Bellamy!!!! Also the fact that Kaka ended up at madrid for less than half the price you’s offered.
If money cant buy you’s kaka, its hardly going to bring you’s success.
Robinho thought he joined chelsea
quote from espn soccernet
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/print?id=569538&type=story&cc=%
”Asked about his transfer, Robinho mentioned Chelsea, and ‘the offer Chelsea made to Real Madrid’ several times in the course of his answer, and when the journalist sought clarification afterwards (‘You mean Manchester City, right?’), the man of the moment blinked and replied ‘yeah, right. Manchester City, sorry,’ before moving onto the next question”
Pele then stated robinho needs counseling for joining city because when pele heard ‘Manchester’ he automatically thought us, but on finding out that it was you’s.
you’s bought:
Adebayor who before he left, Arsenal fans created a Michael Owen type brochure to get rid of him and before joining you’s he tried to sell himself to us and chelsea
http://www.oleole.com/media/main/podcasts/arsecast/ADE_BROCHURE.pdf
Tevez who cried that he couldnt get his place on our team and he loves United fans forever, but now you’s love him for loving us!
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/tevez-hints-at-manchester-united-exit-1672415.html
Barry who cried that he wanted to leave Villa to play champions league football, he is not even going to play intertoto football.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/jun/03/premierleague.astonvilla
You’s bought a bunch of hypocritical mecenaries who wont play for you’s, just for their pay cheque!
The thing that makes me laugh the most about you’s bitters is that you’s all state that we are rattled by you’s, but we are not. The fact that Fergie called you small rattles you more, and the fact that you bitters are reading this now on a manchester united blog regardless of newsnow just proves it! If something came on newsnow and it was on a city site, i wouldnt go on to it because it doesnt interest me.
It must be hard to cope being a City fan, most live in denial, cursing the mighty Red’s exploits at every opportunity and never missing a chance to sing songs about the Munich and THEIR own Frank Swift. United fans don’t hate City as much as they used to, we’re bigger than that and have bigger fish to fry.
Manchester City are a joke, and lets face it, who doesn’t enjoy a good laugh?
@READ
I think I am safe in saying they are already a joke club trying to spend their way out of being a joke club,Lol
mgur he had a piss poor attitude
no respect
first touch which was laughable and in a team with berbatov he looked like me in a champions league final
running around as much as kuyt with less end product
he’s a poor mans rooney when it comes to making plays
he’s a poor mans berba when it comes to control and creating
he’s a poor mans park when it comes to off the ball work (running around etc)
he’s a poor mans giggs when it comes to be a pro
he’s even a poor mans welbeck when it comes to playing for the club and not the ego
and mate please manchester united man united united or even the red devils mate
no man u very disrespectful to those who are in the know
your in the know now so please dont use it
@mgur
Prawn sandwiches not fish ‘n’ chips is what we eat at OT.
i eat hotdogs and have to drink bud
machester united need to sell krombacher
kiko_mac
before the war city were better supported than united full stop. It had nothing to do with grounds size because neither was regularly full to capacity (85,000 city 77,000 utd roughly)
for example 1938-39 city had bigger crowds than united even though city were in the second and united in the first. ( A feat united have reversed in later years eg 74-75).
I am not sure what happened after the war (wasn’t alive then) but since the war united have always had bigger crowds.
Maybe we shouldnt have let you borrow our ground for a few years.
There seems to have been many references to history on this thread. But the facts seem to be twisted to suit. Are Notts Forest a bigger club than Arsenal and Chelsea due to their European Cup wins? Are Blackburn bigger than Liverpool on recent Premiership success? Are the current Conference-living Luton Town massive in comparison to Newcastle in the recent pot winning stakes?
Next week we all start at zero. Let’s all look forward instead of back. All true football fans should be excited about a possible shake-up of the top four. I personally would rather watch five, six or more teams battle it out than an Anglocised Scottish Prem.
@jmc
You have not read my comments properly!
BEFORE the war ALL mancunians followed BOTH teams but each fan had their preferences.
City fans came to Old Trafford when City where playing away to support Manchester United and vice versa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_derby
But there is a piece on the Derby and plenty more articles on the net!
The reason why Manchester Uniteds crowd got bigger after the war and Citys got smaller is because both sets of supporters went their separate ways!
Just got sent a link through email which i thought was funny!
http://www.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/club/manchester-city-history.asp
you’s dont half make me laugh!
question for anyone
why is nottingham forest in the history books in european football on there own
side not if you dont want united called man u dont call nottingham forest Notts Forest
SHITTY FANS PLEASE GO AND TELL UR HISTORY TO THE ARABS, WHO DOESNT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FOOTBALL. IF U SLATTING US A FORIEGNERS SUPPORTED CLUB WHAT SORT OF GROUND WOULD U REGARD UR CLUB? IF ITS PURE MANCHESTER TEAM SHOULD THE OWNERS SHOUDNT B OUTDSIDERS? IF ITS SUPPORTED BY MANCHESTER Y SHOULD U GO TO SOUTH AFRICA AND ABROAD TO PLAY FOR PRE SEASON TOURS? Y DONT U PLAY PRE SEASON IN LOCAL MANCHESTER PUB TEAMS? BCOZ U ONLY WANT TO ATTRACT MANCHESTER. Y DO U SPEND LOT IF MONEY TO GO OUT OF MANCHESTER, IS THAT NOT PROMOTING UR SHITTY IN THE WORLD? WE CALL MANCHESTER UNITED WHICH MEANS WE R UNITING MANCHESTER WITH THE WORLD. MANCHESTER SHITTY SHOULD STICK WITH SHITTY. U CANT JUST DEFEND UR SELF TALKING PAST(EVEN THE PAST WASNT BRIGHTEST) SHUT UR SHIT SHITTY HOLE AND GET ON WITH THE TRUTH. WASTELANDERS COMING TO INVADE THEATRE OF DREAMZ (THIS CAN ONLY B A JOKE NOT TRUE) WE WERE SHITTING IN UR WASTELANDS FOR DECADES. FACT
on the season I know ist off the topic.
united will still win the league this is why.
Man utd – last year united played an awkward system but for me we had to play an awkward forward still good player not united standards. but tevez was always clumsy and he had bad at finishing even falling over the ball paul doyles view a rich man’s kuyt I would say the other way round, tevez is one of the most overrated players in Europe. Has for ronaldo our best player last year LOL I would put rooney and vidic ahead or ronaldo, Ronaldo was moody at times lazy and was in tantrums because he wanted to leave and other reasons, when did ronaldo in his last season ever put in great crosses tons of assists and even penetrating full backs. ronaldo seems at times to have lost a bit of speed in his game and thrust. For me he is better has a striker now than a RW and united got off lightly getting 80 million when for me his value is not as great as it was in 2008.
And with the team going back to 442 it is the 99 system back to its best again. Valencia for me is an unhidden gem, do not buy the hype oh he came from Wigan he is the kanchelkis and Sharpe style winger who will stretch and create chances and tracking back I see him getting about 12 to 15 goals he is old school style. Did vidic and ronaldo come from a big teams no. Tosic on the other wing seems to be another gem unearthed if he can start getting physically stronger his upper body he will be sensational.
If united can keep Fletcher and Carrick fit those four midfielders can be brilliant. Rooney and berbatov have to click but they are like lampard and gerrard the balance is not right. But united are still short of a CM and maybe a wide player.
The media also make a big deal of ronaldo and overrated tevez departure that other teams will benifit, uniteds rivals are not actually setting the pulse racing and city let’s see how sparky tries to fit in the three overpriced forwards.
A short assessment of the other rivals.
Liverpool – the dippers lost Alonzo who keeps that perfect shape of their
4 2 3 1 formation and signed an unproven injury prone serie A CM. Remember how spurs were hit hard when carrick left spurs. I would put my faith in Carrick Fletcher Anderson than the midfield Liverpool has especially that Mascherano is also unhappy. Torres is quiet injury prone and also their defence is not watertight has many believe. They have some positive players that could win them the league like gerrard torres etc etc but the media need to really put into perspective that united may have lost a player or 2 but look at the other rivals are not actually that much better.
Chelsea – Also people go on about uniteds ageing players what about Chelsea, united have more back up quality than all of the other prem teams. Chelsea also has a new manager now who may need time to adjust. But with essien back drogba and balack signing new deals and lampard looking good and even the likes of maloudo and kalou looking good they will be a threat but they have as many flaws has the champions and the dippers.
Arsenal – the gunners are severely weakened and look even more lightweight, they do not even have a spine of their team and for me they have to start bringing in players can’t think of many positives with no new buys.
manutdchampions2008 – Are you sure you are not an imposter? That is two positive posts now in one day mate. If you are happy then it must be good! Only messing but it is good to see you being positive about the season. You are pretty much bang on.
gotta hate you have been on form tonight!
Off topic but fucking priceless. Alonso’s replacement Aquilani is out for TWO MONTHS!!
Just wondering where are all the Valencia doubters now?
@king eric
when am i not on form
i just say what i know
and i think i know manchester united
any ay you got an answer to my question
gotta hate tiny tears
It appears attempting to hold a reasoned discussion on here is like explaining quantum physics to a bollard. Your previous post towards me signifies this. I was a fan before the money, in fact I was a fan as a 7 year old in the Platt Lane with my dad in the 98/99 season. And if you think being a blue is all about mocking death and tragedy for the sake of a few laughs, you’re wrong. Jesus, thick isn’t the word. And for that reason, I’m out.
james mate you piss all over my name hen it comes to talkin
but my mates is right to notice your a kid
pick up a book on football history look up english read it and head back here anytime
fucking phone
JAMES
mate you piss all over my name when it comes to talkin football
but my maths is right to notice your a kid
pick up a book on football history look up english read it and head back here anytime
gotta hate – I didn’t quite understand your question. Were you saying that Forest are down in the history books as NOTTINGHAM FOREST so why aren’t we down as MANCHESTER UNITED and not MAN UTD???
no mate sorry
NOTTINGHAM FOREST HAVE DONE SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER TEAM HAS DONE IN EUROPEAN FOOTBALL, WHAT IS IT?
Won the European Cup and European Super Cup in the same season? Tricky one. I know they won it back to back 79 and 80 but thats not unique.
King Eric I am not totally happy with the team but the team is better than the rest. The balance of our strikers does not seem right still. we are still short in CM and maybe on the wings unless either tosic or nani step up. But like I said before the rivals of other teams are not better than united.
Also what is this big fuss on people going on about the defence? If our defence was foster de laat ferdinand evans evra then that back 5 can cope.
I think Ferguson now knows fully that Fletcher must play every game and we now know our best midfield 2. United at full strength in defence and CM RW and CF is vds brown Ferdinand vidic evra Carrick Fletcher Valencia Rooney. I still am not sure on LW and the other striker. but 433 4231 cannot be used now because ronaldo give us that option 2 use that formation, now he has gone it must be 442 every game. I really believe Valencia will be the difference in the title race and he is better than ronaldo ribery young and kaka playing has a proper winger. madrid missed a trick with Valencia big time who is underestimated by the so called experts and bone headed fans, why because ronaldo ribery benzama are names and Valencia is not. Same with vidic in 2006 before he became good.
my 11 would be for birmingham
foster
de laat ferdinand evans evra
carrick fletcher
valencia rooney berbatov tosic
nah mate its something else what have they done that no one else has ever ever done
I see Owen has been included in the Ingurland provisional squad.
Bud and hot dog?! Ok, some hot dogs, like Nathan’s are good.. but Bud??! What a horrible beer!
What’s a prawn sandwich?
Oh I got some news Aquilani is out for 2 months reported in the dailymail.
I got a great stat for people
Aquilani only played 72 league games in 4 years due to injury? And Owen has only played 70 games in 4 years. But the last 2 years Owen has played 11 games more.
hmm is the media like the one from the telegraph going to harp on about how great Liverpool are when also mascherano also wants to leave. I think another reason why united were so one dimensional in attack last season, because ronaldo lost that dynamic speed he was never stretching defences and full backs and was having moody tantrums.
And another thing why are people saying ronaldo was by far uniteds best player for 3 years. Has I reckon Rooney not only got the same number of goals has ronaldo in 06/07, but Rooney never took the penalties and free kicks ronaldo done.
07/08 was an exception.
08/09 ronaldo was awful Rooney was miles better than ronaldo, also another thing Rooney missed I say about over 3 months I say about 4 months overall in a season. Also Rooney was played out of position last season. So when you think about it ronaldo was uniteds best player for only 1 season.
Valencia will be a huge difference for the 4 teams, united will have speed and balance back in the team with Valencia and tosic on the wings and rooney played through the middle shame united do not have a central striker with pace and power.
GHTT,Forest won the European cup twice in a row,that’s not it.Maybe it’s the fact that they won the League Cup twice consecutively 2 times?
Oh,I know,they won the European Cup by entering the first time as champions of their domestic league and entered the next one as the defending champions and won.(They weren’t league champions the year they won it the 1st time.)
PS:That’s a difficult question.
kiko_mac
If ALL mancunians watched BOTH teams why did city get more fans than united if neither gound was full.
SOME did but not ALL.
Are you trying to change history.
ps quoting Wikiepedia is like saying playground gossip is gospel truth
thats it mate
they are the only team to win the european cup more times than there own league
Mate,you know too much about football.
I had to wikipedia Forest and go through their trophy records to find out.(I’m a cheater.)
gotta hate and boogeyman – I knew about the 2 European Cups in a row but had to check wikipedia for the answer and STILL couldn’t find it!
jmc – STILL on a United blog? And you call us obsessed!
King Eric,that was a freaking difficult question,it is probably only GHTT who knew the answer.
there you go, update it again next season, city will never be as good as united, no matter what they say.
MARK HUGHES IS WEAK
first of all i want to say sorry if my english is not good but this article and all the comments from the citeh fans really annoy me.
I’m not a Manchester resident, i’m not even a british. but i supported ManUnited with all my heart and eventough i never been to OT (Wish 1 day i could be there though U.U) i’m still a united fan and will always be, and yes i don’t even know about some of the history and you know what sometimes i dun evencare coz i love united since i was a kid and i dun need to know about their past, all i know is i love them eventough they’re not winning the league anymore and become a “small club” like citeh. i will always love them for they already part of my live and even if the story they have created since the first time i watch them played on the tele is the only history i know about, it doesn’t matter. and about you guys been reacting so hard about the attendance before and after the SAF era then you should know that united have a lots of fans like me around the WORLD, i know that for sure coz me and lots of my frens been supporting manunited up and down and i can make sure that all my frens is not a glory hunter. coz we even sometimes could fight with other fans just because they sayin shit about united or mocking us way too over just because united lost the match. so to citeh fans please mock us all u want about the attendance on the derby day match, or saying that manciteh have the biggest fans on manchester, cause the manchester i know is only united and forever will and the same goes with all the fans around the world that have the same situation like me whose always been dreaming for someday to be at OT and watching united live. oh and 1 more thing about you’re saying you guys having lot’s more attendance at derby match i wonder does the stadium could fit all of fans like me to support united if we actually could come to manchester, i guess not coz if the seat is only 70thousand (and let’s just say that this is how much citeh fans are) but united is millions or maybe billions! once again sorry for my english..
I’m from the east side of the world and people here don’t even know that Manchester City existed. Those who they knew that Manchester City call Manchester City as the fake Man Utd. Lol?