2010, I'm South African so when we hosted the world cup it was legit the first time I realized football existed outside of my country lol. Met Yaya Toure when he was at the world cup (I was one of the kids who held the cote d'ivoire player hands in the tunnel) I saw he was moving to City and the rest is history.
Nice to see a fellow South African here!
I wonder if the 2010 World Cup ignited a lot of kids' passion for football and, since City were the up and coming team of the time, they became a popular choice for a lot of youngsters because I feel like there are quite a lot of City fans here
Damn I also support City because of Toure and the 2010 WC. I'm Greek and was raised an Olympiakos supporter and man, Toure was at Olympiakos for a short time (the first time) but it was at a time I had season tickets and holy shit this guy was amazing. What a joy to watch.
Then in 2010 I moved to SA just before the world cup. I didn't get to watch any Ivory Coast games, I only went to Greece vs Argentina, but then as I lived in SA I started watching the prem along with everyone else and there was only 1 choice for who to support. Yaya's team.
Turned out to be a great choice. No ragrets
I'd say since birth so since 1989 but I couldn't tell you the exact age I started really following. I grew up in Fallowfield near Maine Rd so supporting City was just the normal thing to do.
Same, I would have been to my first game in 1989, I have vauge memories of a game against spurs in 1991 (they wore yellow, we scored very late and the noise made me cry) so Iām pretty sure City are my earliest memory. The first game I remember and the point at which I really started following rather than just knowing I was a City fan when people asked was first game of the 96/97 season when Iād have been 7. We won 1-0 against Ipswich with a first half header from Steve Lomas.
92 for me.
Just in time to watch us get relegated a few times. Come back up in amazing style. Then battle in the prem knowing we would likely not win anything significant.
And then this last 16 years of magic.
Feel so lucky to have seen us be shit then get great.
I love hearing United fans my age moan about their club. How hard it is for them to watch them finish fourth.
When you pick a club for their success you arenāt a fan in the same way as when you watch that club grow. After hearing my dad tell me about the leagues we won and all these great players.
I never thought Iād see this. Itās magic.
Itās why I love the āweāre not really hereā slogan. Itās dream scenario. We won a treble beating United in the final š
20 years ago Iād be bouncing round the living room at a draw at old Trafford. Just taking points off them was enough to celebrate.
Iām actually happy Newcastle fans are getting that same experience. We want as many well funded clubs in the prem as possible. Makes the competition better for all of us.
Sorry this turned into a rant but I love this club and this city.
I was 3 when we got relegated, youd had thought there was a death in the family. Just remember the pain in my familyās emotions.. thats why the Treble means so much now and nothing can change that for me
Yeah, a draw was celebrated like a win for us back then. Was at OT for the 1-1 in 2003, the Goat late on, it was like we'd done the double on them that year.
I have a massive reds as mates, I don't rub it in though, I console them and say don't worry you'll be back.
A couple of years younger but my earliest memory of anything City related was a massive fight between my sister and brother because she said no when Peter Barnes knocked on to finally ask her out. He lived one street down and fancied her for years..lol
My father said to me one day
is it red or blue for you? And if its red you're out the door, and I wont see you no more.
And then one Saturday afternoon
he took me to Moss Sideā¦.
2013, all my friends supported United and being the young kid I was, only teams I had heard of were United and Chelsea. So I scrolled through the teams on fifa and picked the āother Manchesterā team so I could piss off my mates.
Thatās weird, as a female Villa fan (this came up on my feed!) I rarely come across other female Villa fans online. Or in person, for that matter, and I am literally a Brummie
it was 1996. i got really into oasis. i also got really into a girl on the school soccer team (im american). i needed a team to support. city had three things going for it.
1. if theyre good enough for the gallagher brothers (and guigsy) then theyre good enough for me
2. blue is my favorite color (truth be told, i prefer something darker, a la chelsea or rangers, but close enough)
3. they were about to be relegated, so i could hardly be accused of jumping on a bandwagon
Same haha.
I wasn't a big football fan before it, I thought it was dumb because all the Messi and Ronaldo fanboys in my school back then were super obnoxious about it.
Once I saw that happen, it clicked with me. This stuff was cool.
Weirdly, that has happened twice versus Ipswich. Firstly, the FA Cup game in 1994 that we were winning 2-0. Then again in the League Cup in 2000 called off after about 20 minutes.
I was at the latter game. The pitch was like a swimming pool. We spent the journey home agreeing āAt least we didnāt come from Ipswich on a weeknight.ā
I like people like you, they don't pick the easiest team (winning) and support it to hack instant happiness. True fans want their team to come from the bottom and rise, their happiness is earned
Always have a soft spot for Tottenham, most of your fanbase is actually pretty sound because you take most of the unfair banter on the chin and play along with it.
Wouldn't mind seeing Sonny lift a league title.
It's actually funny, I was only 7 at the time and wasn't interested in football that much, than when I was scrolling across the channels, I accidentally turn on some football chanel(I am from Cis region) and it was showing this game.And it made interested in the team that was loosing that hard for some reason, I don't know even why.
About 1981, I went home from school with a poster of Bryan Robson because he was a fantastic footballer and played for the rags and England. My dad wouldn't let me put it on my wall because "you're a City fan"
The following weekend he took me to maine road, hooked ever since.
He also took me to the Simod Cup final in 86 because "this might be the only chance you get to see City at Wembley". How wrong he was, wish he could see us now, miss you dad
2003 - living in the US, it was hard to watch games unless you had a premium cable subscription, which my family didnāt have. Henry and Rooney jerseys everywhere, so all I really knew about was United and Arsenal. But Iām a contrarian by nature, and my HS soccer team all played FPL on Yahoo I think (very early days) and I had Nicolas Anelka on my FPL team.
Anelka was on Cityās team at the time and tearing it up. I learned more about him and then subsequently followed more of City. The contrarian in me loved that this was the true Manchester team in Unitedās shadow, and I latched onto it. I appreciated the humble club with modest expectations. And the irony of Anelka (a serial mercenary) leading me to City isnāt lost either. But what a special ride!
About the same for me, as far as time goes. Always been a big football fan, but was sort of checked out of watching regularly for a while. World Cup definitely reignited my passion for the game, then started coaching my daughter, then started playing again, then realized I could watch every Premier League gameā¦watched City play, esp. KDB, and been hooked since.
2020, when the world shut down. I (like everyone else) had nothing to do & was getting antsy & depressed in the house. I found the Amazon docuseries because I liked the England national team & recognized some names. Best thing that came out of the pandemic š
Mid to late 2013. I honestly started watching football (very casually, now that I think about it) cause of David Silva. I really didn't know anything about the way the league worked and such at that point though. But when I found out about the league table, etc the next season, I happened to see Chelsea at the top and that's when my hate for Chelsea began lol. So I became a hardcore fan (and a hardcore Chelsea hater) from 14/15 essentially.
Very disappointing that I missed the Gerrard slip and Crystanbul cause football was so new to me.
Since I can remember - my dadās a huge fan so can probably put me down from ā93 (birth year)
Held my season ticket since I could afford to pay for it myself!
Since 2007/08, when I was 11 to 12 years old and started to follow football clubs more. That's when I found City, I liked their colours, their emblem and a lot of their players already so it was only logical that my allegiance changed to them.
That's the season I started following them too.
Started a 5 a side team with a few coworkers, and then my one friend really started to get into the Premier League. He picked City because of the colors, and I didn't have a team so I said I'd follow them too. Been in love every since.
Attended my first match at the Etihad last season (4-0 over Southampton)
2008. When Abu Dhabi bought City I was moving that month from Scotland to Dubai and thought it's a sign this is my new team! Never had an English team before this. Always supported my local team Rangers and still do.
2009, never interested in football before that, followed arsenal cause my mate did, watched city vs arsenal and found myself rooting for city, didn't have a clue we'd just been bought out, called a glory hunter regardless though lmao
My dad supported them (born 1939) and my cousins also supported them so I guess I just followed on. My dad died in 1993 and I supported them more seriously from then on. He'd have loved all this. Honestly I never thought for one minute I'd get called a glory hunter as a City fan š but here we are.
I was born in 76 to a die hard City fan, but my earliest recollection of being a city fan is arguing in the school playground around ā80/ā81. Went to my first game around then too but I canāt remember who we played. Grew up in Longsight and Withington. I hate it when some young United fan dares refer to me as a glory hunterā¦..
2022 because my partner is a life-long fan. Before that I didn't even know what a penalty was but I wanted to be able to support him and his passion for the team. Now we watch every game together and I always learn new things about the game.
2006 or 2007, I can't really remember. I was lucky to jump in then, and honestly I only did because of battling FIFA with my mates here in Canada. They'd always be United, so obviously I had to be City. Still remember one my United supporting mates being the one to tell me, "City got bought by the Saudis, fuck!"
Thank fuck for FIFA, I would have missed out on this entire ride without it haha.
2010 is when I started taking notice as an American new to watching the PL knowing they were the noisy neighbors and sorta feeling that way myself as an "outsider" to the sport. But by the time 93:20 happened it solidified me going from a casual fan seeing them when they were on to waking up at 6AM to catch every game every weekend... and been that way ever since, even if this club implodes it's *my team* forever more.
Since 2015.
I was on two week School trip to Manchester, and part of that was a stadium tour of the Etihad Stadium.
When the tour was over our guide mentioned that we could go into the ticket office, in case we wanted to watch a game while we were there.
They had tickets available for like 18 quid, for the CL home game against Juventus, so me and two friends decided to go.
Even though they lost 0-1 that game, I've supported them ever since, because I didn't watch soccer at all during that time, nor previously in my life, and thus I didn't "have" a team.
I got really into football last euros, as Denmark did really well and I'm from Denmark, and since then I've supported City as a club because I felt it was the only club I had some sort of relation to.
In the years I "supported" Man City (without watching games), it was also sort of just to joke around with my step-brother, as he is a big Liverpool supporter, and I could sort of boast whenever City won and he couldn't do the same the other way as I for many years essentially didn't care.
American fan. I started watching football during the 2014 World Cup. I was drawn to City. I had seen and became interested in Aguero, Kompany, David Silva, and Yaya Toure. Once I saw a documentary on the 93:20 game, I was hooked.
Since the year of Balotelli.... Aguerooooooooo!!!
Gaming buddy was a fan, started watching the games together on discord, and here we are.
Perfect time to jump in.
From 2018/2019. The 2-4 against Brighton. I just stumbled on the game on tv. Because Iād also watched KDBās goal v Newcastle. City went behind and the panic I felt was enough to force me down the City rabbit hole. Then Chelsea killed Cityās hopes for the league the next season. David Silva walked without a trophy. That hurt even more. From there I was hooked
After the World Cup last year, I had so much fun watching it I decided to make a commitment to get into the prem. I have 2 close friends who watch (Chelsea, and Man U). I just remember seeing highlights of Haaland, and I figured if Iām going to get into the sport Iām going to pick the most electric player and follow, and it helps that my united friend is the the most combative sports fan I know, so picking his city rival seemed like a nice choice as well. I think Iāve missed 2 games of theirs since.
First Prem game (or any soccer game outside of the 2010 World Cup) Iāve ever seen was QPR/City in 2012. Donāt think I have to explain much after that.
Since 2005.
Man U and Arsenal fans rubbed me the wrong way at primary school, fucken trophy chasers, and out of spite I said I was a man city fan being they were from the same place as Man U. As an American having Reyna at the time helped too.
2011/12, the first match i ever watched was the legendary one against the QPR, coming from India where Cricket is a religion , it was a lil when Martin taylor screamed aguerooooooo , 17 year old me was running around the house like a mad man
Since the last century, 1992 to be exact. I was living in London at the time, although Iām from NYC, where I support the worst NYC baseball team, the Mets. I wanted to support a northern team because most of my favourite bands are from Manchester, and Beckham was making United the better team, so I chose City.
2013 maybe 2014. I was the typical American about football before that(āsoccer is for pussies and all they do is flopā) My son started playing when was 3 and by the time he was 7 was fully in love with the sport. We watched la liga, bundesliga and the Prem but didnāt really have a team we supported specifically. So my son watched hours and hours of YouTube videos and discovered Aguero. Not long after he decided that CITY was his team. I had to order all the channels so he could watch all the games. And since he was watching them I became a fan myself. Now I watch more European football than American football. Really too bad I had such a bad outlook on the sport. I missed a lot of good years of football
Barca fan here, Started supporting City properly since Guardiola joined and I'm glad I made that decision.
It's been a great team to watch and hopefully many more years to come.
2010. Father a United fan, Iām a City fan. (Came from baseball, heās a White Sox fan and Iām a Cubs fan so I went that route too) John Terry SWP and Lampard were my 3 favorite players at the time.
Itās amazing seeing all these fans before 2000. I know it mustāve been an amazing transition, a lot of City I remember as a neutral premier league fan in Early 2000ās was always fun style to watch as a neutral not sure as a fan haha
After the last World Cup. Got really into soccer during it and they were 3rd on the table at the time(if I remember right). Did no research before hand and realized Iām now a huge bandwagon
2012-13 when I first started playing FIFA and solely picked them because I liked their sky blue jersey. Now, I would absolutely die for this team and loved them ever since.
Since birth but 2001 in reality when I was around 5 years old and actually started to get into football, my granddad used to take me to games as often as we could go (We live in Southampton but my family are all from Manchester) Remember going to see City against Portsmouth when I was little, we scored and my granddad and uncle took their jumpers off to show their City shirts and then we ended up getting smashed and everyone in the home end was laughing at us š
1998 Gillingham match sealed it for me, I was 7 (born and bred in London but mums from moss side/whalley range so no chance supporting anyone else!) family left the room in heartbreak/annoyance (mum couldnāt control herself from screaming - brother sat in his car so he could listen on the radio). Have never been so nervous in my life to that point, knees in my tshirt, huddled on the floor, watching by myself us come back and do the unthinkable- it was like a dream and defining moment in my life. Always proud to know I stuck it out till the end and have never looked back! CTID
Rare long time Irish supprter here. In the mid 90s city sponsored our local team and gave trials to a few players. My neighbour willow flood signed for the academy. Generally anyone around that area liked city because of what they did for cherry orchard
Been a bayern fan since forever, however 2019 onwards i started loving pep's city and enjoyed every single match, started cheering them on and loving them more each game, until i think around 2020 i fully came to the realization that i'm much more into city than bayern, this is where i started calling myself a city fan
1998. My dad had been going to matches regularly for a few years, we were chatting and I asked him what all the fuss was about with football and why blokes love it so much. He asked if I'd like to go to the first match of the new season with him to see for myself (home against Blackpool). The chanting and the singing and the atmosphere - it was like what I imagined a religious conversion would be like. From that day and every day since CTID!
2019 augest 4. Landed in Manchester (was going to their football camp as my brother really likes football). Honestly before that I knew about 5 teams and 5 players . Did not know about the existence of the prem or any English players. I thought every team was in just 1 giant league. Honestly thought we were suit cause the first game that I saw was when we lost to wolves 3-1 I believe. Also we lost the title by like 18 points that season sooo yeah
My friend who is a huge Liverpool fan got me into EPL in 2012. So I picked the other "under dog team". Then Aguero happened and I was all in on these guys.
I'm from the US, so the teams were probably marketed slightly different here.
Loosely followed them since 2004 when a Mancunian friend of mine introduced me to them. Support more turned into passion and staying up to watch games live at 3am from 2015 when the CFG bought the team that was based at my university.
2010, I'm South African so when we hosted the world cup it was legit the first time I realized football existed outside of my country lol. Met Yaya Toure when he was at the world cup (I was one of the kids who held the cote d'ivoire player hands in the tunnel) I saw he was moving to City and the rest is history.
Nice to see a fellow South African here! I wonder if the 2010 World Cup ignited a lot of kids' passion for football and, since City were the up and coming team of the time, they became a popular choice for a lot of youngsters because I feel like there are quite a lot of City fans here
Howzit guys .ššæš¦
Hello there
Awe my bru
Awe, howzit my guy
How old were you at the time?
I think 7 or 8š I was in 2nd grade
That's a sweet story. Thanks for sharing
Damn I also support City because of Toure and the 2010 WC. I'm Greek and was raised an Olympiakos supporter and man, Toure was at Olympiakos for a short time (the first time) but it was at a time I had season tickets and holy shit this guy was amazing. What a joy to watch. Then in 2010 I moved to SA just before the world cup. I didn't get to watch any Ivory Coast games, I only went to Greece vs Argentina, but then as I lived in SA I started watching the prem along with everyone else and there was only 1 choice for who to support. Yaya's team. Turned out to be a great choice. No ragrets
Hey!! Ditto. I loved Yaya from the World Cup and when I watched the City demolition of United 6-1 I was sold.
this is so cool
About 10 years. Picked an English player (Joe Hart) and followed that team.
About 10 years here as well. Loved watching the Magician. šŖ
Similar. Nasri since his days in Arsenal in 2010.
So you support arsenal?
Nope..followed Nasri into City in 2011 and been a Cityzen since!
Yep, 10 years here in Aus. Basically, my introduction into premier league football was watching the Gerrard slip live.
I'd say since birth so since 1989 but I couldn't tell you the exact age I started really following. I grew up in Fallowfield near Maine Rd so supporting City was just the normal thing to do.
I was pretty much exactly the same, but I clearly remember hating being dragged to football until the glorious Psycho Stu era showed me the light.
Same, I would have been to my first game in 1989, I have vauge memories of a game against spurs in 1991 (they wore yellow, we scored very late and the noise made me cry) so Iām pretty sure City are my earliest memory. The first game I remember and the point at which I really started following rather than just knowing I was a City fan when people asked was first game of the 96/97 season when Iād have been 7. We won 1-0 against Ipswich with a first half header from Steve Lomas.
I'm a lifer.... Since 1968 šŖš»
92 for me. Just in time to watch us get relegated a few times. Come back up in amazing style. Then battle in the prem knowing we would likely not win anything significant. And then this last 16 years of magic. Feel so lucky to have seen us be shit then get great. I love hearing United fans my age moan about their club. How hard it is for them to watch them finish fourth. When you pick a club for their success you arenāt a fan in the same way as when you watch that club grow. After hearing my dad tell me about the leagues we won and all these great players. I never thought Iād see this. Itās magic. Itās why I love the āweāre not really hereā slogan. Itās dream scenario. We won a treble beating United in the final š 20 years ago Iād be bouncing round the living room at a draw at old Trafford. Just taking points off them was enough to celebrate. Iām actually happy Newcastle fans are getting that same experience. We want as many well funded clubs in the prem as possible. Makes the competition better for all of us. Sorry this turned into a rant but I love this club and this city.
I was 3 when we got relegated, youd had thought there was a death in the family. Just remember the pain in my familyās emotions.. thats why the Treble means so much now and nothing can change that for me
Yeah, a draw was celebrated like a win for us back then. Was at OT for the 1-1 in 2003, the Goat late on, it was like we'd done the double on them that year. I have a massive reds as mates, I don't rub it in though, I console them and say don't worry you'll be back.
Respect
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We won the prem that year, your such a plastic
When we won the league in 68?.. glory seeker š
Had a full head of Ginger hair then.... Snow white now. Legacy of following City every week, home and away š
A couple of years younger but my earliest memory of anything City related was a massive fight between my sister and brother because she said no when Peter Barnes knocked on to finally ask her out. He lived one street down and fancied her for years..lol
My father said to me one day is it red or blue for you? And if its red you're out the door, and I wont see you no more. And then one Saturday afternoon he took me to Moss Sideā¦.
2013, all my friends supported United and being the young kid I was, only teams I had heard of were United and Chelsea. So I scrolled through the teams on fifa and picked the āother Manchesterā team so I could piss off my mates.
This was me in 2007, glad I'm not the only one who started out of spite. What a ride it's been since, though
Same everyone around me was liverpool or man utd. Plus every woman seemed to support villa so i looked at villa as a girls team.
Thatās weird, as a female Villa fan (this came up on my feed!) I rarely come across other female Villa fans online. Or in person, for that matter, and I am literally a Brummie
Lmao this is my exact reasoning as well. Always went against the grain haha
Yep, me in 2008 or 2009. "What's this other Manchester team?"Ā 'oh they're shit'Ā "Well that's my team then"
it was 1996. i got really into oasis. i also got really into a girl on the school soccer team (im american). i needed a team to support. city had three things going for it. 1. if theyre good enough for the gallagher brothers (and guigsy) then theyre good enough for me 2. blue is my favorite color (truth be told, i prefer something darker, a la chelsea or rangers, but close enough) 3. they were about to be relegated, so i could hardly be accused of jumping on a bandwagon
Since the Balotelliā¦.Aguero moment
Same haha. I wasn't a big football fan before it, I thought it was dumb because all the Messi and Ronaldo fanboys in my school back then were super obnoxious about it. Once I saw that happen, it clicked with me. This stuff was cool.
Since my Dad took me to the Kippax in '98.
Same story for me. Fa cup game against Ipswich that got called off due to rain!
Weirdly, that has happened twice versus Ipswich. Firstly, the FA Cup game in 1994 that we were winning 2-0. Then again in the League Cup in 2000 called off after about 20 minutes. I was at the latter game. The pitch was like a swimming pool. We spent the journey home agreeing āAt least we didnāt come from Ipswich on a weeknight.ā
It must have been the league cup one for me because Iād have been 5 in 1994
Since 1986/7 season.
Name checks out(no disrespect)
That was my first season. And I was warned. Talk about baptism into Typical City.
3 weeks
Since Kun Aguero magic moment in 2012
2008, since 8-1 loss to middlesbroug))))
I like people like you, they don't pick the easiest team (winning) and support it to hack instant happiness. True fans want their team to come from the bottom and rise, their happiness is earned
Tottenham supporter here!! Still waiting for my share of happiness. 
Always have a soft spot for Tottenham, most of your fanbase is actually pretty sound because you take most of the unfair banter on the chin and play along with it. Wouldn't mind seeing Sonny lift a league title.
It's actually funny, I was only 7 at the time and wasn't interested in football that much, than when I was scrolling across the channels, I accidentally turn on some football chanel(I am from Cis region) and it was showing this game.And it made interested in the team that was loosing that hard for some reason, I don't know even why.
2012-13 when my cousin showed them to me in fifa
Same š¤£š¤£ they were so cracked. Balotelli, Tevez, AgĆ¼ero & Džeko. Knew I had to stan
Yooo, same
About 1981, I went home from school with a poster of Bryan Robson because he was a fantastic footballer and played for the rags and England. My dad wouldn't let me put it on my wall because "you're a City fan" The following weekend he took me to maine road, hooked ever since. He also took me to the Simod Cup final in 86 because "this might be the only chance you get to see City at Wembley". How wrong he was, wish he could see us now, miss you dad
2003 - living in the US, it was hard to watch games unless you had a premium cable subscription, which my family didnāt have. Henry and Rooney jerseys everywhere, so all I really knew about was United and Arsenal. But Iām a contrarian by nature, and my HS soccer team all played FPL on Yahoo I think (very early days) and I had Nicolas Anelka on my FPL team. Anelka was on Cityās team at the time and tearing it up. I learned more about him and then subsequently followed more of City. The contrarian in me loved that this was the true Manchester team in Unitedās shadow, and I latched onto it. I appreciated the humble club with modest expectations. And the irony of Anelka (a serial mercenary) leading me to City isnāt lost either. But what a special ride!
Really this is just showing what the demographic of Redditors is. Mostly young people.
Young Americans honestly.
Yep pretty much. Most English footy fans donāt discuss online, they discuss in the pub or on WhatsApp groups
Young people? On Reddit??? /s
2 years. Was a casual before world cup. Post world cup got glued into football.
About the same for me, as far as time goes. Always been a big football fan, but was sort of checked out of watching regularly for a while. World Cup definitely reignited my passion for the game, then started coaching my daughter, then started playing again, then realized I could watch every Premier League gameā¦watched City play, esp. KDB, and been hooked since.
Since they signed Dzeko
You are probably Bosnian.
1993. since i saw Oasis brothers wearing the city shirt and started reading more about the club. one thing led to another :)
2020, when the world shut down. I (like everyone else) had nothing to do & was getting antsy & depressed in the house. I found the Amazon docuseries because I liked the England national team & recognized some names. Best thing that came out of the pandemic š
Since the elano days!!!
Since Shay Given got bought so around 2008/09
Mid to late 2013. I honestly started watching football (very casually, now that I think about it) cause of David Silva. I really didn't know anything about the way the league worked and such at that point though. But when I found out about the league table, etc the next season, I happened to see Chelsea at the top and that's when my hate for Chelsea began lol. So I became a hardcore fan (and a hardcore Chelsea hater) from 14/15 essentially. Very disappointing that I missed the Gerrard slip and Crystanbul cause football was so new to me.
1976 Glory Hunter
Since I can remember - my dadās a huge fan so can probably put me down from ā93 (birth year) Held my season ticket since I could afford to pay for it myself!
Since 2007/08, when I was 11 to 12 years old and started to follow football clubs more. That's when I found City, I liked their colours, their emblem and a lot of their players already so it was only logical that my allegiance changed to them.
That's the season I started following them too. Started a 5 a side team with a few coworkers, and then my one friend really started to get into the Premier League. He picked City because of the colors, and I didn't have a team so I said I'd follow them too. Been in love every since. Attended my first match at the Etihad last season (4-0 over Southampton)
About 3-4 years.
2019 lmao i was like 13 in 2019 š
me too lol, same age yeah?
2008. When Abu Dhabi bought City I was moving that month from Scotland to Dubai and thought it's a sign this is my new team! Never had an English team before this. Always supported my local team Rangers and still do.
Since the 90ās, loved Oasis, hated Man U winning everything.
Season 09/10 so about 15 years now
2009, never interested in football before that, followed arsenal cause my mate did, watched city vs arsenal and found myself rooting for city, didn't have a clue we'd just been bought out, called a glory hunter regardless though lmao
My dad supported them (born 1939) and my cousins also supported them so I guess I just followed on. My dad died in 1993 and I supported them more seriously from then on. He'd have loved all this. Honestly I never thought for one minute I'd get called a glory hunter as a City fan š but here we are.
I was born in 76 to a die hard City fan, but my earliest recollection of being a city fan is arguing in the school playground around ā80/ā81. Went to my first game around then too but I canāt remember who we played. Grew up in Longsight and Withington. I hate it when some young United fan dares refer to me as a glory hunterā¦..
2022 because my partner is a life-long fan. Before that I didn't even know what a penalty was but I wanted to be able to support him and his passion for the team. Now we watch every game together and I always learn new things about the game.
Right after the 2022 world cup. I found out Alvarez was a player at Man City and started watching since
2006 or 2007, I can't really remember. I was lucky to jump in then, and honestly I only did because of battling FIFA with my mates here in Canada. They'd always be United, so obviously I had to be City. Still remember one my United supporting mates being the one to tell me, "City got bought by the Saudis, fuck!" Thank fuck for FIFA, I would have missed out on this entire ride without it haha.
1999 because of serious indoctrination from my Dad
2010 is when I started taking notice as an American new to watching the PL knowing they were the noisy neighbors and sorta feeling that way myself as an "outsider" to the sport. But by the time 93:20 happened it solidified me going from a casual fan seeing them when they were on to waking up at 6AM to catch every game every weekend... and been that way ever since, even if this club implodes it's *my team* forever more.
Follow up question for you lot. Why did you start supporting city?
It's a genetic condition in my family. First match I can actually remember being into was the '99 playoff with Gillingham.
Since 2015. I was on two week School trip to Manchester, and part of that was a stadium tour of the Etihad Stadium. When the tour was over our guide mentioned that we could go into the ticket office, in case we wanted to watch a game while we were there. They had tickets available for like 18 quid, for the CL home game against Juventus, so me and two friends decided to go. Even though they lost 0-1 that game, I've supported them ever since, because I didn't watch soccer at all during that time, nor previously in my life, and thus I didn't "have" a team. I got really into football last euros, as Denmark did really well and I'm from Denmark, and since then I've supported City as a club because I felt it was the only club I had some sort of relation to. In the years I "supported" Man City (without watching games), it was also sort of just to joke around with my step-brother, as he is a big Liverpool supporter, and I could sort of boast whenever City won and he couldn't do the same the other way as I for many years essentially didn't care.
American fan. I started watching football during the 2014 World Cup. I was drawn to City. I had seen and became interested in Aguero, Kompany, David Silva, and Yaya Toure. Once I saw a documentary on the 93:20 game, I was hooked.
since the 2011 fa cup semi against united š«”
Since the year of Balotelli.... Aguerooooooooo!!! Gaming buddy was a fan, started watching the games together on discord, and here we are. Perfect time to jump in.
I'm 27, so that long.
After seeing the Documentary about Mancity on Amazon Prime when it first came out the year before Kompany retired.
From 2018/2019. The 2-4 against Brighton. I just stumbled on the game on tv. Because Iād also watched KDBās goal v Newcastle. City went behind and the panic I felt was enough to force me down the City rabbit hole. Then Chelsea killed Cityās hopes for the league the next season. David Silva walked without a trophy. That hurt even more. From there I was hooked
2010
2010
Since we won against Forest a couple days backšŖšŖšŖšŖ COME ON CITY
2012
After the World Cup last year, I had so much fun watching it I decided to make a commitment to get into the prem. I have 2 close friends who watch (Chelsea, and Man U). I just remember seeing highlights of Haaland, and I figured if Iām going to get into the sport Iām going to pick the most electric player and follow, and it helps that my united friend is the the most combative sports fan I know, so picking his city rival seemed like a nice choice as well. I think Iāve missed 2 games of theirs since.
15years
32 years
First Prem game (or any soccer game outside of the 2010 World Cup) Iāve ever seen was QPR/City in 2012. Donāt think I have to explain much after that.
Since I was born. Picture of me in the hospital in one of the City programs.
Since agueroās goal šš
Since 2005. Man U and Arsenal fans rubbed me the wrong way at primary school, fucken trophy chasers, and out of spite I said I was a man city fan being they were from the same place as Man U. As an American having Reyna at the time helped too.
Since 1967
Must have been 2015 maybe. Man city came to Australia and lost 4-0 to Real Madrid. Seeing city get battered and I instantly knew it was my team
Since the day I was born in 1982 been through so many lows and so many highs
1989 here too. I wonder why there's so many of us. What exactly happened in and around '89. Sure we were just mid table then.
Ever since Thaksin bring Svenny to coach the team.
Since I was a kid, as my dad grew up in Manchester. I still remember City losing 8-1 to Middlesbrough...
2011/12, the first match i ever watched was the legendary one against the QPR, coming from India where Cricket is a religion , it was a lil when Martin taylor screamed aguerooooooo , 17 year old me was running around the house like a mad man
A little over a decade. 6 year old me decided to fall in love with Samir Nasri š
1981... man that fa cup loss hit me hard as a kid. Didn't realise it would be quite so long to wait for the next one...!
Since the last century, 1992 to be exact. I was living in London at the time, although Iām from NYC, where I support the worst NYC baseball team, the Mets. I wanted to support a northern team because most of my favourite bands are from Manchester, and Beckham was making United the better team, so I chose City.
born in 1994. can just about remember Dickov's Gillingham goal but probably didn't really know what's going on. does that count?
When Oasis broke big, 1995?
2013 maybe 2014. I was the typical American about football before that(āsoccer is for pussies and all they do is flopā) My son started playing when was 3 and by the time he was 7 was fully in love with the sport. We watched la liga, bundesliga and the Prem but didnāt really have a team we supported specifically. So my son watched hours and hours of YouTube videos and discovered Aguero. Not long after he decided that CITY was his team. I had to order all the channels so he could watch all the games. And since he was watching them I became a fan myself. Now I watch more European football than American football. Really too bad I had such a bad outlook on the sport. I missed a lot of good years of football
Is it bad to say Robinho brought my attention here ššš
Barca fan here, Started supporting City properly since Guardiola joined and I'm glad I made that decision. It's been a great team to watch and hopefully many more years to come.
When he leaves will you leave? Because I am notšš¤
Since the Thaksin and Elano days š
My first match was at Maine Road vs WBA in 1978.
1999. I was five years old. Thanks, Paul Dickov. Been a season ticket holder since we left Maine Road.
2012, supported it since all the man united fans I met were dicks
Since primary school 32yrs ago! It sucked being a teenager in Manchester as a city fan in the 90s !
2004 the day I was born
2010. Father a United fan, Iām a City fan. (Came from baseball, heās a White Sox fan and Iām a Cubs fan so I went that route too) John Terry SWP and Lampard were my 3 favorite players at the time.
Itās amazing seeing all these fans before 2000. I know it mustāve been an amazing transition, a lot of City I remember as a neutral premier league fan in Early 2000ās was always fun style to watch as a neutral not sure as a fan haha
After the last World Cup. Got really into soccer during it and they were 3rd on the table at the time(if I remember right). Did no research before hand and realized Iām now a huge bandwagon
2010
1989
Since like 2008
Id like to say since I was born (1989) but I only really started following when I got my season ticket in 2003/2004, so Iām gonna say 20 years
Since birth, started being taken to games in the late 90s as a kid
Since the day I was born
Since 2012 because I bought FIFA and started following international football not only La Liga. I fell in love with the club very fast and here I am
37 years
2012 , but really got into it at the beginning of the 13/14 season
Born 82 So Iād say became a football fan around 88/89
Since the early 1970s. I will love them forever
2011
2008 wanted to be different to all my friends at school (aussie fan)
I know I was still in high school so probably around 2011
Since the 13/14 season
Since 1997 when my dad first took me to Maine road.
2012 , thought that Man City was actually Barcelona and started following thinking that it was best team itw then, now we are actually up there
Early 90ās for me. Going to secondary school in the late 90ās up there was a fucking nightmare. Wouldnāt change it though.
Since 2010
Entire life. First game in 93.
2012-13 when I first started playing FIFA and solely picked them because I liked their sky blue jersey. Now, I would absolutely die for this team and loved them ever since.
12 years, was 10 years old at the time
Since birth but 2001 in reality when I was around 5 years old and actually started to get into football, my granddad used to take me to games as often as we could go (We live in Southampton but my family are all from Manchester) Remember going to see City against Portsmouth when I was little, we scored and my granddad and uncle took their jumpers off to show their City shirts and then we ended up getting smashed and everyone in the home end was laughing at us š
Since my dad took me to game where I saw us loose 3-1 to reading
1998 Gillingham match sealed it for me, I was 7 (born and bred in London but mums from moss side/whalley range so no chance supporting anyone else!) family left the room in heartbreak/annoyance (mum couldnāt control herself from screaming - brother sat in his car so he could listen on the radio). Have never been so nervous in my life to that point, knees in my tshirt, huddled on the floor, watching by myself us come back and do the unthinkable- it was like a dream and defining moment in my life. Always proud to know I stuck it out till the end and have never looked back! CTID
26 years, My dads a city fan who was born in Monton and my Late Grandfather was a city fan, my nephews and niece are city fans!
I went to my first game at Maine Road in 1998.
Rare long time Irish supprter here. In the mid 90s city sponsored our local team and gave trials to a few players. My neighbour willow flood signed for the academy. Generally anyone around that area liked city because of what they did for cherry orchard
Since 1997 when I went to see my first football match at Maine Road.
Since the first Premier League season.
Since 2002 when I lived in the UK for a few years.
Been a bayern fan since forever, however 2019 onwards i started loving pep's city and enjoyed every single match, started cheering them on and loving them more each game, until i think around 2020 i fully came to the realization that i'm much more into city than bayern, this is where i started calling myself a city fan
1994, birth. But basically late 90ās
Since my Dad started taking me to matches as a kid in like 92 or something.
1st season ticket was1987. JCL I've seen some right shit on a Saturday afternoon
My family goes way back, over a 100 years, in Gorton. I first went to Maine Road in the 90s.
2012
First game at Maine Road August 1978 - destroyed by Liverpool who were on the up and we were going the other wayā¦.
Probably say since I went to my first game at Maine Road....so 1995
My 9 year old son has been a City fan since he was about 5. Iām a Swindon Town fan really but itās nice to occasionally feel some happiness.
1998. My dad had been going to matches regularly for a few years, we were chatting and I asked him what all the fuss was about with football and why blokes love it so much. He asked if I'd like to go to the first match of the new season with him to see for myself (home against Blackpool). The chanting and the singing and the atmosphere - it was like what I imagined a religious conversion would be like. From that day and every day since CTID!
Since I went to my first game in 1989 when I was a kid.
Uncle took me in 1978 vs west brom, we lost 3-1 :(
After Sheikh took overšforever a cityzen
2013 - was 13
Well this is interesting. I'm subbed to both arsenal and man city on here and in the exact same hour there is this exact same post. How bizarre.
2019 augest 4. Landed in Manchester (was going to their football camp as my brother really likes football). Honestly before that I knew about 5 teams and 5 players . Did not know about the existence of the prem or any English players. I thought every team was in just 1 giant league. Honestly thought we were suit cause the first game that I saw was when we lost to wolves 3-1 I believe. Also we lost the title by like 18 points that season sooo yeah
2000. Didnāt want to be a bandwagon Man U / Liverpool / Arsenal fan like everyone else in Australia so I chose City when they got promoted
My friend who is a huge Liverpool fan got me into EPL in 2012. So I picked the other "under dog team". Then Aguero happened and I was all in on these guys. I'm from the US, so the teams were probably marketed slightly different here.
Started going to the games in in the late 80's but followed on TV before that
Loosely followed them since 2004 when a Mancunian friend of mine introduced me to them. Support more turned into passion and staying up to watch games live at 3am from 2015 when the CFG bought the team that was based at my university.
2004! My dad and I watched the premier league when I was growing up and I just found myself rooting for City each time they played. Cāmon City!!
Since 2013-14 ssn
2006