sglosbcfc Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 FA Cup 5th Round Draw | Bristol City (A) | Page 47 | Bluemoon - the leading Manchester City forum (bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk) Their supporters seem genuinely excited by the tie. A few comments of 'Bristol City will play a weakened team...it is the only one they have' but mostly saying what an amazing City Bristol is and how we are such a big City not to have been top flight for so long. They are moaning the fact that it is not a weekend game, but still pleased they'll get 4000 tickets and reckon it will be a banging night. Some old timers talking about coaches bricked in and big punch ups in years gone by. 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted January 30, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Forget to mention, some nice comments about Gerry Gow RIP 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 We all got on splendidly last time didn't we? Should be another good night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) Quite a nice read. Their fans always seem to have a quite humorous approach to football. I always think of that old accusation fans started to sing at them after all the money came in.. "Where were you when you were shit?" Oh, yeah, they actually were there, even in the 3rd tier and through all the Utd years. It looks like another memorable night at AG is coming. Pep likes us, remember... well, he liked Johnson's version, let's hope Nigel's version gives them as good a game. Edited January 30, 2023 by AppyDAZE 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 I thought it would be full of comments about how disappointed they were that they aren't playing the g*s. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kodjias Wrist Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Great draw for us this and a decent set of fans as well. Makes me laugh when I hear say Man Utd or Chelsea fans giving Man City stick and call their supporters glory fans. Obviously weren't around when they were getting just under 30k a week in the third tier. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterRedthanBlue Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 Good bunch of fans they are and when they say they'll stock with them through thick of thin they mean it. I just feel like they are some of the more likeable fans in the country. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 I liked the comment saying the whole city would be delighted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 We really impressed them with some of the football we played against them in the League Cup semi final. I remember them saying we looked better than a few of the bottom half Premier League teams they’d played. We aren’t as good as we were then but I hope we can still give a good account of ourselves. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 3 hours ago, AppyDAZE said: Quite a nice read. Their fans always seem to have a quite humorous approach to football. I always think of that old accusation fans started to sing at them after all the money came in.. "Where were you when you were shit?" Oh, yeah, they actually were there, even in the 3rd tier and through all the Utd years. It looks like another memorable night at AG is coming. Pep likes us, remember... well, he liked Johnson's version, let's hope Nigel's version gives them as good a game. They only average about 2k empty seats per game. This is after expansion of one of the stands and now they are planning on expanding the other end too. Man City are generally supported by the working class people of Manchester (hence the Cityzens nickname) They are technically of course the only club in the City of Manchester (Utd fans lose their rag over this) City don't get thousands travelling from all over the country for home games like United do. They've always been very well supported even when living in Uniteds shadow. In the 80s and 90s Liverpool were only getting 30 odd k. Newcastle were getting far less than Man City during that period. City go deep into 4 competitions every year. That's a lot a games for the average working class fan to pay for. I doubt many can afford to do the away European nights! You can get season tickets for around 4/500 quid but then there is 3 separate cup schemes you have to enrol on to get priority for cup games. Imo their support is quite impressive and it will only grow over the years. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Balls Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 Do they still have the fan (female I think) with the bell to ring during the game?That’s my recollection from the 70s Division 1 days and I have never been sure if it was just for Colin Bell or a more general thing. Certainly it was unique to them. And yes they always supported in numbers even when their team was crap and down in the third tier. It’s not like we don’t know that feeling! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 42 minutes ago, Dr Balls said: Do they still have the fan (female I think) with the bell to ring during the game?That’s my recollection from the 70s Division 1 days and I have never been sure if it was just for Colin Bell or a more general thing. Certainly it was unique to them. And yes they always supported in numbers even when their team was crap and down in the third tier. It’s not like we don’t know that feeling! Pompey had a bell ringer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 25 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: Pompey had a bell ringer? And Bournemouth definitely did and think Southampton too must be a south coast thing........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 31 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: Pompey had a bell ringer? Ah yes, John “Portsmouth FC” Westwood. An “interesting” character to say the least… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Portsmouth_Football_Club_Westwood 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 8 minutes ago, archie andrews said: And Bournemouth definitely did and think Southampton too must be a south coast thing........ And Lincoln took it a step further with the Air Raid Siren whenever they got a corner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 Get the bell signed by Peter Beardsley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 I am quite proud of our Bell right now. Imagine the profile when he out paces Kyle Walker to slot the winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 53 minutes ago, archie andrews said: And Bournemouth definitely did and think Southampton too must be a south coast thing........ when we getting ours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 4 minutes ago, exAtyeoMax said: when we getting ours? We already have a Bell, and he's making a bit of noise already. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEd73 Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) Not my photo. But the Man City bell lady. If guess she'd be very very old now! Edit. She passed in 2005 Edited January 31, 2023 by RedEd73 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 2 hours ago, Dr Balls said: Do they still have the fan (female I think) with the bell to ring during the game?That’s my recollection from the 70s Division 1 days and I have never been sure if it was just for Colin Bell or a more general thing. It's because the fan's name is Anita Ward. 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.J.Thribb Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 Have the gasheads popped up on their forum yet?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open End Numb Legs Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 I seem to remember the bell being rung before corner kicks but might be wrong (or the wrong team). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 Never had a problem with Man City fans, and certainly remember them bringing good numbers when they used to visit us in the lower leagues. Many of their fans will have been on quite a journey. However I can not bring myself to blow smoke up their clubs backside. Their ownership model epitomises a lot that is wrong with club football right now in England, effectively state owned with access to seemingly endless riches. Of course there are other clubs to in that arena and Man City do it well, The days however when a team could be promoted from this league, win the top league the following season, and then the year after that win the top European trophy are long gone. Sour grapes and some jealousy? Sure, guilty as charged no doubt. However, football is really now held in a stranglehold across Europe by a few top clubs, of which a very high proportion are English. Man City the club are one the prime movers in that change. I hope it all comes crashing down. Their fans? Not their fault and wish them well. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 9 minutes ago, cityexile said: Never had a problem with Man City fans, and certainly remember them bringing good numbers when they used to visit us in the lower leagues. Many of their fans will have been on quite a journey. However I can not bring myself to blow smoke up their clubs backside. Their ownership model epitomises a lot that is wrong with club football right now in England, effectively state owned with access to seemingly endless riches. Of course there are other clubs to in that arena and Man City do it well, The days however when a team could be promoted from this league, win the top league the following season, and then the year after that win the top European trophy are long gone. Sour grapes and some jealousy? Sure, guilty as charged no doubt. However, football is really now held in a stranglehold across Europe by a few top clubs, of which a very high proportion are English. Man City the club are one the prime movers in that change. I hope it all comes crashing down. Their fans? Not their fault and wish them well. One thing I will say in their favour though is that having done some work up there over the last 15 years, even some United fans I have chatted to have said just how much money and work they have put into the local community, even built/rebuilt community centres and sports and leisure facilities. I don't think all those monied investors in the past were quite so philanthropic. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 Their fans have always stuck with the side since their fall to the third tier in the 90s. The only reason the other 'big 6' fans mock their fanbase is because they have nothing else to currently mock them with as Man City have been the dominant force of English football over the past 10 years. Have always had a soft spot for them. Imagine Man Utd being your main rival and them winning multiple trophies year after year whilst your club was just struggling to stay afloat in the 2nd tier It doesn't surprise me that their fans are so humble. For some reason Man City also haven't had the same glory hunting boom that Chelsea got post 2003. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SydneyCity Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 I was very briefly a Man City “fan”. I’m originally from Glasgow and moved down to Bristol when I was ten. Back then parents who were less fanatical about football - including my mum - would buy their kids any kit other than Rangers/Celtic to avoid the possibility of trouble. That year, even though me and my brother were Partick Thistlle fans - she got me a red and black check Man City away kit (I have no idea why, but great kit to be fair). A few days after moving to Bristol, I was wearing the kit in the beer garden of The Farmhouse in Nailsea. Out of nowhere, Eddie Large came up and started talking to me about Man City and how good my kit was. As a ten year old I was genuinely star struck. Not long after, I got taken to watch Bristol City vs Aldershot and that was the end of that. 7 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 8 hours ago, Wanderingred said: We really impressed them with some of the football we played against them in the League Cup semi final. I remember them saying we looked better than a few of the bottom half Premier League teams they’d played. We aren’t as good as we were then but I hope we can still give a good account of ourselves. At least we will not go out there to just clog and constantly foul. We'll try to play football on the pitch and not in the sky. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 I loved Maine Road. Really unique looking ground. Imagine having Oasis support you too? Can't get better than that... apart from maybe The Wurzels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickytimes Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 51 minutes ago, cityexile said: Never had a problem with Man City fans, and certainly remember them bringing good numbers when they used to visit us in the lower leagues. Many of their fans will have been on quite a journey. However I can not bring myself to blow smoke up their clubs backside. Their ownership model epitomises a lot that is wrong with club football right now in England, effectively state owned with access to seemingly endless riches. Of course there are other clubs to in that arena and Man City do it well, The days however when a team could be promoted from this league, win the top league the following season, and then the year after that win the top European trophy are long gone. Sour grapes and some jealousy? Sure, guilty as charged no doubt. However, football is really now held in a stranglehold across Europe by a few top clubs, of which a very high proportion are English. Man City the club are one the prime movers in that change. I hope it all comes crashing down. Their fans? Not their fault and wish them well. May be my bad memory but i did not think we played them in the lower leagues. Did not play them because they were relegated when we were promoted, and vice versa the following year. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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