Navane Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Have you ever found a City supporter somewhere you didn't expect? This week I have been working as event staff for the American Society for Hematology annual conference. Specifically, I was one of the Group Registration staff members. We had a LOT of international attendees from the UK. To strike up conversation, I asked a lot of the UK people if they watched footie. There were THREE Leeds United supporters, one Aberdeen, one Manchester United and one lady supported Liverpool. One doctor came in to get his name badge - when I went to hand it to him, I noticed it said "Bristol Royal Infirmary" on the organization line. I said, "Oh! You work for the BRI? I used to live in Bristol!" He was pleasntly surprised that he happend to run into someone who even knew where Bristol is located. Keeping with my theme, I asked him, "Rovers or City?" He looked at me and said, "City!" as if there was any other choice. Also, well he wasn't a City supporter, but I once ran into a gashead in Atlanta Hartsfield Airport! He was wearing a Rovers shirt! Anyone else? Or am I developing a talent for this? .....Kelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Have you ever found a City supporter somewhere you didn't expect? ← Under the bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedUn Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 ... I once ran into a gashead in Atlanta Hartsfield Airport! He was wearing a Rovers shirt! ← ... I trust you were driving something rather large at the time? (Met some City fans at Euro 2004 but that's about it I'm afraid) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider army on tour Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Met a fair few City out at Euro 2004 as well. We seem to have a very good following where England is concerned. Shame the Rovers fans always manage to get their flags on TV though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxing Kangaroo Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 When I was living and working in Melbourne last year I ran into a fellow City fan outside Queen Victoria markets. He was just there for a few weeks on holiday and was enjoying the Aussie sun wondering around in his City shirt. From memory I think he was from Portsmouth. Also met some City fans a couple of times in France at World Cup 98, 1st time was down by the quayside in Bordeaux watching England-Columbia on a big screen. I then met some more City fans when we were stood around waiting for a ferry back to Portsmouth. We then had an impromptu kick about to kill some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudgeRed Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Have you ever found a City supporter somewhere you didn't expect? This week I have been working as event staff for the American Society for Hematology annual conference. Specifically, I was one of the Group Registration staff members. We had a LOT of international attendees from the UK. To strike up conversation, I asked a lot of the UK people if they watched footie. There were THREE Leeds United supporters, one Aberdeen, one Manchester United and one lady supported Liverpool. One doctor came in to get his name badge - when I went to hand it to him, I noticed it said "Bristol Royal Infirmary" on the organization line. I said, "Oh! You work for the BRI? I used to live in Bristol!" He was pleasntly surprised that he happend to run into someone who even knew where Bristol is located. Keeping with my theme, I asked him, "Rovers or City?" He looked at me and said, "City!" as if there was any other choice. Also, well he wasn't a City supporter, but I once ran into a gashead in Atlanta Hartsfield Airport! He was wearing a Rovers shirt! Anyone else? Or am I developing a talent for this? .....Kelly ← We have a fellow City fan just out side Atlanta (Henry county) by the name of TB Mutiny on here, I stayed with him and his family last April (Flew out the day we beat QPR 1-0 @ home). That day in the airport when he held up a sign with City 1-0 QPR, C Roberts and i went mental in the airport with everyone looking at me as if i'd gone stark raving mad!!!! Keith (TB Mutiny is a Bristol City fan through and through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red as fcuk Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 I've just come back from Cuba, and as holiday makers do, most of the brits wore their footy shirts. Out of about 20 shirts that i spotted, the only 3 that I saw, that weren't Manure, Arsenal or Liverpool, were none other than Plymouth, Qpr and (you guessed it) Br###ton. I still wore my city shirt though and one by one they either just smerked or shouted some (good natured) abuse at me. On a lighter note i met a city fan in Turkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoke_Gifford_Red Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Seen City shirts all over Scandinavia (well just Denmark, Finland, Norway and Estonia). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin Posted December 5, 2004 Report Share Posted December 5, 2004 Have you ever found a City supporter somewhere you didn't expect? only coming out of the wood work at all the big games: e.g 40,000 at Mill stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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