Man Eliasaph Deuel

Why Blue?

Bob,

That was a nice Why Blue but I get the feeling you have a lot more to tell. Quite a few of we “more mature” Blues enjoy hearing stories of the 50’s and 60’s, so I wonder if you can be persuaded to tell us more. I’m sure Ashley would agree.

My uncle played for City in the 40’s – George Smith – do you remember him? I believe he once scored 5 against the Rags during wartime.

Why Blue?

I’m 14 years old from Israel and I see myself as part of the young City fans. Fans who have never seen Man City achieve anything special. I used to hate the English football, long balls, wasting of time in the centre of the field, it wasn’t what I called “total football”. But Man City was something different; though some of their games looked terrible, their great fans and the great attitude of the administration to the fans made me like them, I have an attraction to teams with real fans and not some fakers like the Rags’ fans. In Israel most people like the Rags, it’s probably their way to advertise themselves (especially with selling their jerseys) that made them so popular. I have lots of debates with my friends who like the Rags. They think I’m crazy but I’m trying to prove them I’m not. Well they can laugh now, in the future they’ll cry I bet…

I’m too young to afford a flight to Manchester so unfortunately I’ve never been to Maine Road but that’s my dream for the future. Hopefully with the new Israeli fans’ club coming up my dream will come true… Thanks to a great place named Wrigley (a sports bar in Israel) I get to watch the City games that are broadcasted live on Sky Sports, some of the Israeli City fans meet there (including Benny Blue who won the TG3 M.V.P. tournament award) and the atmosphere is great. When we’re not live on TV I listen to the live broadcast on http://www.mcfc.co.uk/.# What really upsets me is the ignoring by the Israeli press of Division 1; you can barely find anything about this league, only about the Premier League. I hope that next year my problem will be solved by City’s promotion to the Premier League.

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