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In the most recent season, 2009–2010, 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.
In the most recent season, 2009–2010, 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.

==='Typical City' syndrome===
City supporters tend to believe that unpredictability and inconsistency is an inherent trait of their team as well as doing it the hard way, therefore labelling unexpected results "typical City" syndrome.<ref>{{Cite web| title=FA Cup preview| work=ESPN Star article| url=http://www.espnstar.com/facup/facup_gamedetails_1660559.html | accessdate=24 September 2009 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071219190036/http://www.espnstar.com/facup/facup_gamedetails_1660559.html |archivedate = 19 December 2007}} (archive.org mirror)</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Typical City!|work=Unofficial supporters homepage|url=http://www.uit.no/mancity/club/typical.html| accessdate=25 March 2006 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20060111201056/http://www.uit.no/mancity/club/typical.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 11 January 2006}}</ref>

Events that fans regard as 'typical City':
*Being the only reigning English champions to be relegated (in the 1938–39 season)
*The only team to score and concede over 100 goals in the same season (in the 1957–58 season)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wallace|first=Dave |title=Century City – Manchester City Football Club 1957/58 |publisher=King of the Kippax |year=2007 |location=Leigh |isbn=978-0-9557056-0-1}} page ix</ref>
*There have been 19 abandoned competitive matches since the club formed,<ref>{{Cite book|last= Clayton |first= David |title=Everything Under The Blue Moon |publisher= [[Mainstream Publishing]] |year= 2002 |isbn= 1-84018-687-9}}</ref> and most recently, Manchester City's match with Burnley came near to being called off due to an almost waterlogged pitch, ironically with City leading 5–0 at half-time.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Burnley 1-6 Man City |quote=Indeed the only threat posed to City came from the skies, with a torrential half-time downpour raising the very real possibility of the match being abandoned. |last=Roopanarine |first=Les |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8596699.stm |publisher=BBC |date=3 April 2010 |accessdate=29 April 2011}}</ref>
**[[Denis Law]] had scored all six of City's goals against Luton Town in an FA Cup Fourth Round tie at Kenilworth Road on 28 January 1961 when the match was abandoned at 6–2. He also scored in the replay but City lost 3–1.<ref name="Typical City!">{{Cite news| title=Typical City! | url=http://www.mcivta.com/club/typical.html | publisher=''www.mcivta.com''}}</ref>
* Scored 31 goals in five rounds of the [[1925–26 FA Cup]], losing 1–0 to Bolton in the [[1926 FA Cup Final|Final]]<ref name="Typical City!"/>


===Inflatables craze===
===Inflatables craze===

Revision as of 12:30, 12 January 2012

Since their inception in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton),

Manchester City F.C have developed a loyal,[1] passionate and dedicated[2] fanbase.[3]

Despite finishing 5th in English football's top division, the club were the third best supported team in

English football by average league attendance in the 2009–10 season[4] and have the second longest-supporting fans in the Premier League.[5] In the 2010–11 season, they were one of only five Premier League clubs to sell out all their 36,000 season ticket allocation, the maximum allocation permitted in proportation to Eastlands capacity.[6]

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[7] 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[8] and the craze soon caught on with other clubs following suit and even dressing up the inflatable bananas.[7]

The club have been previously branded as "everyone's second favourite club"

English football to be relegated. However, despite anguish, many City fans regard success and failure as part of being a loyal and dedicated football fan and specifically what it means to be a Manchester City supporter.[14][15] Famous City supporter Stuart Hall said of City's struggles in the 1990s and 2000s, "You won't keep City fans down. They are glorious. They've cheered non-stop all season. That's why I call Maine Road the Theatre of Base Comedy. A sense of humour is essential. It's a roller-coaster ride."[16]

Manchester City still retain the

Stoke City in 1934. The ground was packed two and a half hours before kick-off, as supporters sat down on the touchline only yards from Frank Swift and the magnitude of the crowd caused a crush barrier to collapse causing a few injuries.[17] Since then, the club has moved to the Eastlands, the name preferred by most fans and has gradually gained a reputation as a modern atmospheric stadium[18][19] despite fans initial reservations about moving from the famous Maine Road
.

Demographics

In a 2007 Premier League survey, Manchester City fans along with

Everton fans had the greatest proportion of longest-serving supporters with 55% of those questioned having attended games at City for 25 years or more, above the Premier League average of 44%.[5] Despite the club's wealth, Manchester City have very strong working class roots which still remains today.[20][21]

Mancunian stereotype

A common stereotype outside Manchester is that City fans come from Manchester proper, while United fans come from further afield and evidence shows that there is some truth in this presumption. Manchester City are often referred to as 'Citeh' outside of Manchester, as this is the phonetic pronunciation of what City would sound like if spoken in a Mancunian dialect.

In the 2007 Premier League survey, Manchester City fans, on average travelled 44 miles to see Manchester City play at home compared with United fans who travel 77 miles to see United play at Old Trafford, by far the highest of any fans in the Premier League and well above the average of 47 miles and importantly well above City's average of 44 miles.[5]

A 2002 report by a researcher at

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 Stadium have caused season ticket sales to increase further.[22]
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.

Manchester City supporter traits

Manchester City fans watch Manchester City play Birmingham City at Eastlands
Manchester City fans watch Manchester City play Birmingham City at Eastlands

Manchester City has a large fanbase in relation to its comparative lack of success in recent years on the pitch. Since moving to the City of Manchester Stadium, Manchester City's average attendances have been in the top six in England,

Football League One), home attendances were in the region of 30,000, compared to an average for the division of fewer than 8,000.[24] Research carried out by Manchester City in 2005 estimates a fanbase of 886,000 in the United Kingdom and a total in excess of 2 million worldwide.[25]

In the most recent season, 2009–2010, 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. In 1988 when City played against West Brom, during which City fans called for the introduction of City striker "Imre Banana", or

spitfire.[27]

Although the bananas were present at Maine Road matches, the bigger inflatable displays were generally reserved for away matches. West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns, an evening match which City lost 1–0. However, 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, an sharks, penguins, crocodiles were present and there was even a 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.[7] The craze soon died down and come the 1990s the inflatable displays on a large scale were nowhere to be seen.

Currently, there had been sporadic appearances of inflatable bananas at

UEFA Cup quarter-final when Manchester City played Hamburg
.

'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 the 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. Many City supporters were inspired and since this game a large number of City supporters have celebrated every goal scored by doing this or initiated the craze by chanting "Let's all do the Poznan".[29] with the City supporters refusing to claim the celebration as their own, and simply named it 'The Poznan' in honour of the club that awakened the City supporters to the celebration.

Such a display of exuberance is uncommon in

Ji Dong-Won
's last minute goal for Sunderland prompted sections of the home support to do the Poznan.

However fans of

Celtic F.C first started this celebration on 23 September 2008 in an SPL match against Livingstone played at Celtic Park
, and named it The Huddle. Celtic fans chant Let's all do the huddle whilst acting out the celebration.

City humour

City supporters are also well known for their humour. Some examples of this are:

Rivalries

Wembley pictured before Manchester City's 1–0 victory against Manchester United in the 2011 FA Cup semi-final. Manchester City supporters can be seen in blue.

Manchester United

Main article: Manchester derby

Most City fans are united in their view that Manchester United is their main rivalry, a rivalry which has reignited in last few years due to the resurgence of Manchester City as a top team in England following their absence from the top flight at the end of the 20th century.[41][42] Manchester City fans believe there is only one team in Manchester due to United being based in

City of Manchester
boundaries.

Other rivalries

In a research study on football rivalries conducted in 2003, a sample of Manchester City fans also saw Liverpool and 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.[43] The club has always maintained a healthy rivalry with

1981 FA Cup Final and the "Ballet on Ice" which Manchester City fans remember as one of the greatest City performances.[46][47]

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 has over 10,000 members in over 100 branches.[48]

Furthermore the club runs its "Heart of the City" programme which finds where City fans congregate to watch City games around the world, normally in

pubs and each winner receives a plaque advertising their place as an affiliated Manchester City bar for City fans[49] As of August 2010, the club has affiliations with bars in New York, Paris,[49] Sydney,[50] Toronto, and Abu Dhabi
.

Online supporter presence

The club actively partakes in using the

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[55] On the popular FIFA football series, Manchester City were 8th most played team by online players in the 2010-11 season.[56]

Furthermore the club has run its own social media websites since 2009. Official sites run by the club include Twitter,[57] Facebook[58] and Flickr[59] pages which fans can join. As of November 2010, the Manchester City FC - Official fanpage on Facebook has over 235,000 followers. Also as of recently, City fans can also join a official fan map on the club website and now City fans can watch official club videos on the mcfcofficial channel on YouTube.[60]

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, due to the band's support of the team.

Fan songs and chants

Another song frequently sung is 'Invisible Man' or 'We're Not Really Here'. There have been numerous explanations as to how the song originated and different interpretations to it, but it is mainly believed to have gained commonplace whilst City were in the old third division for the first time in their history in the 1990s and as a result of fans gaining access to a game at Millwall's New Den from which they were banned following crowd disturbances at a previous game between the clubs.[61] The song had a major resurgence after the takeover in 2008 which made Manchester City one of the richest clubs in the world and enabled to buy top players such as Robinho, Carlos Tevez, David Silva and Emmanuel Adebayor amongst others. A banner at Eastlands pays homage to the song with the phrase "We're not really here".

Other popular City fan songs and chants include Singing the Blues, The Only Football Team to Come From Manchester and You Are My City.

In popular culture

Manchester City F.C. and its fans have been portrayed in numerous music, art and TV programmes.

L.S. Lowry was a famous Mancunian artist who painted the scenes of the industrial districts of Manchester and painted pictures of football fans at matches, particularly at Manchester City. Music band Oasis used an animated video of Lowry's, Going to the match for the their single, The Masterplan
.

In film,

DCI Gene Hunt from Life on Mars is a no nonsense police officer whilst comical characters include Young Kenny in Phoenix Nights and Dave from The Royle Family
who both occasionally wear Manchester City shirts.

A feature film documenting Manchester City's 2009–10 season called Blue Moon Rising[62] 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 Carling Cup semi-final by Manchester United. The following season in 2010-11 was an ironic carbon copy to the previous, with City beating Tottenham 1-0 to seal Champions League football and beat United in an FA Cup, before going on to the lift the FA Cup for the first time in 42 years.


Criticism

In recent years, especially since the lucrative takeover of the club, Man City have come under criticism. Some fans believe they have lost their roots, though this has been disputed. Other fans think phrases such as typical city don't really apply when your club has just been bought by a billionaire. However, some harsh things do happen to city, such as their humiliation in the 2011/12 champions league were they failed to leave the group stages. Their recent performance against Man Utd was described by many fans as "shambolic". The song "we're not really here" took on a whole new meaning as fans actually left the ground early for this tie. City suffered a further humiliation a few days later at the hands of Liverpool. This was particularly embarrassing as it potentially means City are only in one competition this year. City have already fallen short of the treble that many claimed they would get, and failure to win any cup would surely mean the sacking of Mancini, given the ridiculous amount of money they've thrown at players.

City have been replaced by just about every other club as peoples second favourite team due to what other fans perceive to be the end of football because of their money. Sadly, nothing lasts for ever.[63]

Quotations

  • The thing about City is they possess the most loyal fans in the world. They laugh and sing and joke and carry inflatable bananas when things are going badly and they do exactly the same when things are going well – Stuart Hall[64]
  • The fans are absolutely unbelievable at this club and I owe them so much. – Georgi Kinkladze[64]
  • 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 Radio 1 DJ & City fan (November 2001)[64]
  • 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 (2001)
  • 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 (1998)[65]

Famous fans

Famous supporters with verifiable citations confirming their support or allegiance for Manchester City are listed with references next to their name. Famous supporters without citations are questionable as they have not publicly expressed or confirmed their support

Famous fans (footballers)

References

Notes
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