D.R. Hurt

Why Blue?

Why am I a City supporter? There are days when I wake up with that question on my lips, the sleepless nights, the raging tantrums when City get hammered by some utterly sh** team that ought to be in the Conference. Being a City supporter isn’t just about choosing a team, it is an entire lifestyle choice which seems to have relegated me to watching only the Rags and other scum lift the trophies. Ah well…

Born and raised in Maltby, Yorkshire, a former pit village with a disproportionate number of Blue fans, I suppose it was only natural that I should catch the obsession from my brother. The first derby I went to though, the 1989 5:1 hammering of Rag scum was the real clincher of the matter though – I fell in love with City forever that day although times have not exactly proved as good since. Better Blue than Red, and at least I can demonstrate that by wearing a City shirt I genuinely support a football team, not just this year’s winners like so many other imbeciles do. Whatever the weather, whatever the conditions, whoever we are playing I’ll be there – maybe not physically but definitely in spirit – Manchester City!

First printed in: MCIVTA Newsletter #649 on