Tag: Fans

Why Blue? I will never forget the date February 29th 2004. Daughter gets knocked over by car, receives severe brain injuries. My wife (heavily pregnant) and myself spend

Why Blue? I’m 32 and I live in Ravenna (Italy), a town in the north-east of Italy, near enough Bologna, the capital of the region. I’m a Blue

Why Blue? Well my earliest memory of football comes from the 1976 FA Cup final. My older brother declared himself to be a Man Utd. fan (we lived

Why Blue? I’m a Perth lad and became hooked on City in the late 60’s at around 6 years old, thanks to my grandad. He would give me

Why Blue? Firstly I would like to thank Adrian Bates for his own personal ‘Why Blue’ in MCIVTA 993, for it is his story that has prompted me

Why Blue? During World War 2, nationwide FA Cup matches were suspended, and instead there was a “Northern Cup” and a “Southern Cup” contest. Naturally City were in

Why Blue? Sometimes reading MCIVTA and the invective that comes out against Man Utd, I think I must have grown up in some cocooned area of Manchester because

Why Blue? Back in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1965 my best friend and I, both soccer mad, first took an interest in English football. He picked West Ham,

Why Blue? The Day I Became a Blue There was absolutely no logic in how I became a Manchester City football fan; but then again, is there ever?

Why Blue? I’m from Holland and I always thought that Dutch football was pretty boring compared to English, Spanish and Italian football. I love the English competition most,