Simon Lee

Why Blue?

Quite simply, I joined the supporters of Manchester City because of my dad. When he was younger, and Manchester United were supported by just about every glory hunter in the world (no change there then) he decided to be ironic, different from everyone else. So he supported Manchester City. He went to watch them a few times and when I was about 7 or 8 years of age, I began to get interested in football. I didn’t know which team to support, so I asked my dad. He said M.C.F.C. who were in the Premiership at the time, and so I followed in his footsteps in supporting the almighty City. I have supported them for the past ten years and seen them many times before myself, but I just try to imagine what life would be like if my dad hadn’t decided to support City. Would my life have been any different? I wonder.

First printed in: MCIVTA Newsletter #512 on