Manchester City F.C. supporters
Since their inception in 1880 by Rev. Arthur Connell and William Beastow as St. Mark's (West Gorton), Manchester City Football Club have developed a loyal, passionate and dedicated following.[1][2][3] Evolving from a cricket team which aimed to unite the community in industrial east Manchester, St. Mark's changed to Ardwick F.C. before settling on Manchester City F.C. on 16 April 1894.
City supporters have been described as being able to "revel in adversity" – evidenced in average match attendances increasing as the club fell to the second, and then third tier of English football for the only time in the club's history in 1998.[4] Since moving to the City of Manchester Stadium in 2003, the club have sold approximately of 36,000 season tickets in every season they have played and average attendances have ranked in the top 5 of English football since.[5]
Manchester City supporters are distinguishable by their sky blue, a colour which is only used by a handful of professional football clubs in England. The City supporters' song of choice is a rendition "Blue Moon" and are famous for their inflatables, normally yellow bananas,[6] which are still occasionally seen today at various games, often when City are on a cup run. The inflatables were initially started as a humorous laugh by numerous City fans after a City player Imre Varadi was nicknamed banana hence the inflatable bananas. Other inflatables soon followed aimed at putting goodwill back into football during the dark days of English football hooliganism and stadium riots and the craze soon caught on with other clubs following suit and even dressing up the inflatable bananas.[6][7] The Manchester City fans also till this day perform the Poznan [8] when winning by a comfortable margin in order to taunt opposition.
The club have been previously branded as "everyone's second favourite club" due to their reputation as being one of the most tumultuous and unpredictable teams in English football with an innate ability 'to do things the hard way'.[2][9][10][11] Supporters refer to inconsistent results and unexpected events as "Typical City", or "City-itis" and media often refer to City as a "soap opera" club.[12][13] Historical events and results labelled as "Typical City" include being the only team to score and concede 100 league goals in one season (1957–58) and the only reigning champions in English football to be relegated (1937–38). However, despite anguish, many City fans regard success and failure as part of being a loyal and real football supporter and specifically what it means to be a Manchester City supporter.[14][15]
Manchester City hold the second highest attendance record in English football (84,569), beaten only by
Demographics
In a 2007 Premier League survey, Manchester City fans had the second greatest proportion of long-serving supporters after
A 2002 report by a researcher at Manchester Metropolitan University found that while it was true that a higher proportion of City season ticket holders came from Manchester postcode areas (40% compared to United's 29%), there were more United season ticket holders, the lower percentage being due to United's higher overall number of season ticket holders (27,667 compared to City's 16,481). However, the report warned that since the compiling of data in 2001, the number of both City and United season ticket holders had risen hugely; expansion of United's ground and City's move to the City of Manchester (Etihad) Stadium have caused season ticket sales to increase further.[21] The 2002 report has lost most of its validity as both clubs season tickets sales have fluctuated further as of 2010, with United selling 52,000 season tickets and City selling out all of its allocated 36,000 season tickets.
A 2012 survey by local newspaper the Manchester Evening News aimed to establish the spread of Manchester City and Manchester United in Greater Manchester, which consists of ten metropolitan boroughs with a combined population of 2.6 million. The survey found that Bolton, Bury, Rochdale, Salford and Trafford had a majority of United fans while Stockport, Tameside, Oldham and Wigan were found to have a small majority of City fans. The survey demonstrated that there is a general east-south support for Manchester City and north-west support for Manchester United which correlates with the location of both clubs respective stadiums.[22]
Manchester City supporter traits
Manchester City had a large fanbase even before its success in recent years. Since moving to the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester City's average attendances have been in the top six in England,
In the 2014–2015 season, Manchester City had the fourth highest average attendance in English football and the third highest in the Premier League, with only Manchester United, Arsenal and Newcastle United drawing greater crowds.
Inflatables craze
Manchester City fans have also been characterised by their yellow inflatable bananas since the late 1980s and are often seen at Manchester City cup games; for a while, the fans of many other English clubs began to parade inflatable bananas in the crowd at matches.
Although the bananas were present at Maine Road matches, the bigger inflatable displays were generally reserved for away matches, most notably against West Brom at the Hawthorns. This was an evening match which City lost 1–0. The drab match itself has largely been forgotten apart from Brian Gayle's original excuse for the mistake which cost the goal: "I was blinded by the floodlights". The sheer array of inflatables staggered many, four City fans appeared carrying an inflatable paddling pool, and sharks, penguins, crocodiles were present and there was even an epic battle of the monsters. At one end of the terrace stood Godzilla. Six feet tall, green and mean, this dinosaur was a match for anybody. At the other end of the terrace stood Frankenstein's Monster. Slowly they began to converge towards the centre of the terrace. The crowd roared in anticipation. Eventually they met and the creatures joined in battle.[6] The craze soon died down, and in the 1990s the inflatable displays on a large scale were nowhere to be seen.[30]
Currently, inflatable bananas have made sporadic appearances of at the City of Manchester Stadium (Etihad Stadium) in recent years.[31][32] Bananas are occasionally on show during latter stages of cup runs, such as the 2008–09 UEFA Cup quarter-finals when Manchester City played Hamburg, the 2015–16 League Cup semi-finals against Everton,[33] and the 2023 UEFA Champions League final against Inter Milan.
'The Poznan'
Another craze that City supporters decided to implement in England is a celebration or dance that has been given the nickname of 'The Poznan'. It first started on 21 October 2010 in a game against Lech Poznań in the Europa League, during the game the whole of the Poznan end turned their back to the pitch, joined arms and jumped up and down in unison.
Since, other clubs including
City gallows humour
Manchester City supporters are also well known for their
Rivalries
Manchester United
Although City fans currently suggest
Other rivalries
As recently as 2003, in a research study conducted on football rivalries, a sample of Manchester City fans saw Bolton Wanderers as rivals after Manchester United. It also found fans of Oldham Athletic, Stockport County, Bolton Wanderers and Manchester United saw Manchester City in their top three of main rivals.[57]
However City's elevation as one of England's and Europe's leading clubs since 2008 has led to new rivalries developing with other leading successful English and European clubs like Tottenham, Arsenal and Real Madrid.
In particular, Manchester City has developed a
Fans of both clubs have sought recognition of their club currently being the best in world football: Liverpool fans would highlight their performances and record in European competition, while criticising City for their smaller global fanbase, and controversial ownership. City fans, on the other hand, would point to their club's recent dominance of the English Premier League, domestic cup honours and status as the current top European club, Liverpool fans' sense of entitlement, and a perceived level of media bias towards their rivals.[67]
Manchester City also have a mild rivalry with Queens Park Rangers.
Supporters' groups and affiliations
Manchester City has various supporters' clubs such as MCFC Official Supporters' Club. In July 2010, it unified with the Centenary Supporters' Association and in 2014 has over 14,000 members in over 150 branches.[68]
Since 2010, City has run a 'Heart of the City' scheme, in which non-UK based pubs and bars which have become host to sizable supporters clubs are recognised with a Blue Moon design blue plaque.[69] As of May 2013, the club has awarded the Heart of the City plaque to establishments in Abu Dhabi, Baltimore, Brisbane, Chicago, Donegal, Frisco, Galway, Gothenburg, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, New York City, Oslo, Paris, Portland, Sydney and Toronto.[69][70]
Online supporter presence
The club actively partakes in using the internet for social media to communicate with fans and Manchester City's online overall blog, forum and social media presence is believed to be one of the strongest by a football club online.[71][72][73] A new, streamlined club website was launched in July 2009[74] and expanded to America and Arabic language soon after. The new site supports fan sites and forum, by posting links to fan sites which are listed on Manchester City's official website[75] On the popular FIFA video game series, Manchester City were third-most-played team by online players in the 2011–12 season.[76]
Furthermore, the club has run its own social media websites since 2009. Official sites run by the club include Twitter,[77] Facebook[78] and Flickr[79] pages which fans can join. As of January 2016, the Manchester City FC – Official fanpage on Facebook has over 20 million followers. Also as of recently, City fans can also join an official fan map on the club website and now City fans can watch official club videos on the Man City channel on YouTube.[80]
A group of City supporters have protected the clubs original name- 'St Marks (West Gorton)' via registration and trademarks, and have a website under the name selling memorabilia and telling the true story of the beginnings of the club, a story which has often been plagued by poor research and historical inaccuracies.
Songs and chants
Blue Moon,
You saw me standing alone,
Without a dream in my heart,
Without a love of my own
—"Blue Moon" lyrics, Manchester City
We are not
We're not really here,
We are not
We're not really here,
Just like the fans of the invisible man,
We're not really here
—Invisible Man lyrics, Manchester City
Anthems
Manchester City fans song of choice and the most commonly sung is a rendition of "Blue Moon". Boys in Blue is unofficially the club's anthem, which is often played at the end of games at Eastlands. The club also play the popular "Live for City" song, which is a remixed version of "Pounding" by Doves before most games at Eastlands as well as playing a number of songs by Oasis, due to the both bands' support of the team.
Fan songs and chants
Another song frequently sung is "We're Not Really Here". The true and correct origin of the song is due to a City fan from the Prestwich & Whitefield supporters branch who died on a trip to Amsterdam in the early 90s. The branch, led by City fan Don Price sung this song about their friend in their local pub, The Forresters Arms. The full version goes "if you're drunk you will die if you don't drink you will die so it's better to be drunk than be sober when you die...just like the fans of the invisible man...we're not really here." The song then took off on a pre-season trip to Ireland in 1996 and was sung firstly at away games then at home games since that time.
Can you hear me calling
Out your name
We're Man City
and we're on the piss again
Something happened
Happening to me
Spend on my money on drugs and city
Awhooooooo
I'll follow you everywhere
—I'll Follow You Everywhere lyrics, Manchester City
City also regularly sing "We never win at home and we never win away", a song that mainly reflects the club's reputation for dramatic failure and inconsistent performance, the gallows humour of the fans and their suffering and perseverance following the team, but also an ironic comment on the success the club has recently experienced.
Another chant sometimes sung to the tune of the 1920s classic Kum Ba Yah, "Sheikh Mansour m’lord, Sheikh Mansour, oh lord, Sheikh Mansour", a reference to Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Manchester City's owner, who is credited with investing heavily in the club and the rise of the club's success.[81][82][83]
During the 2022/23 season, more chants were created such as 'I'll Follow You Everywhere' in the tune of Fleetwood Mac's Everywhere[84] that firstly chanted during their fifth round match against Bristol City F.C. during FA Cup and a chant about their goalkeeper, Ederson and their set their defenders being the 'best defence in Europe' in the tune of Snap's Rhythm Is A Dancer.
The Yaya/Kolo Song
In 2012, Manchester City fans started a song for Yaya Touré and his brother Kolo Touré to the tune of "No Limit", they also came up with a dance to accompany it. The song became so popular that it was adopted by other clubs fans and would be a sang in holiday destinations such as Mallorca, Ibiza, Ayia Napa, plus other sporting events like the darts and at music festivals.
In popular culture
Manchester City F.C. and its fans have been portrayed in numerous music, art and TV programmes.
In film,
A feature film documenting Manchester City's 2009–10 season called Blue Moon Rising[85] was released nationwide in 2010. The film mainly follows a group of Manchester City fans in their Renault Espace throughout the season detailing the highs and lows whilst the film will also feature exclusive footage and interviews with fans, players and staff. The season documented City narrowly losing out on fourth place and Champions League to Tottenham Hotspur and City being knocked out of the League Cup by Manchester United in the semi-finals. Coincidentally, the following season saw a reversal of fortunes, with City beating Tottenham 1–0 to seal Champions League football, and beating United in the FA Cup semi-final before going on to the lift the FA Cup for the first time in 42 years.
The film The Keeper focusing on the life of City goalie Bert Trautmann has fans depicted throughout the film.[86][87] Also, one of the main roles was played by a City fan, John Henshaw.[87]
In TV show, Ted Lasso, the club is a fictional version of the real club, however, the current manager of the club is Pep Guardiola himself. The manager made a cameo in season 3, overseeing the match against their arch-nemesis AFC Richmond, where he gave some advice to Ted Lasso, the manager of Richmond. The club beat Richmond many times, but in the final season, Richmond managed to defeat them.
Quotations
- "Then there are the City supporters, many of whom have developed ulcers and who have grown prematurely grey for the cause. I have seen them at Plymouth and Newcastle, Portsmouth and Middlesbrough year after year, 'like Patience on a monument smiling at grief'. They have cursed, applauded, demanded, cajoled, laughed and wept. They have sworn never again to take out season tickets, never again to support their team. And always they have come back, generation after generation. As Mr Mercer put it on Saturday: 'I'm as pleased for our supporters as I am for anyone. Like the players they deserve to have their perseverance rewarded.'"
- Journalist Eric Todd in a match report for The Guardian following Manchester City's victory against Newcastle United to win the league title in 1968.[88]
- "Sometimes we're good and sometimes we're bad but when we're good, at least we're much better than we used to be and when we are bad we're just as bad as we always used to be, so that's got to be good hasn't it?".
- Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 1 presenter (November 2001)[89]
- "My husband's time as manager of City, from 1965 through to the early 1970s, was one of the most enjoyable periods of his life. He loved the club, the supporters, the players, the hope and the atmosphere of that period".
- Norah Mercer, Joe Mercer's wife, who continued to regularly attend City matches until her death in 2013.
- "To support United is too easy. It's convenience supporting. It makes life too easy. There is no challenge. It is a cowardly form of escapism, a sell-out to the forces of evil. United fans have no soul and will spend their eternity neck deep in boiling vomit. City fans retain their soul and will spend their eternity forever reliving the moment their team beat Newcastle 4–3 away from home to win the League Championship in 1968, beating United into second place."
- Paul Morley, journalist (1998)[90]
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