Answering the Manchester City haters

The tide HAS turned and Manchester City are here to stay.

The blue moon is rising, and there's no stopping it.

The "plastic fan", "no history" chant is repeatedly aimed at Manchester City fans by the opposing fans, as if they suddenly materialised from thin air in 2008. As a reminder, City still hold the attendance record for a game outside Wembley, the 84,569 who crammed into Maine Road in 1934 for an FA Cup tie. It’s worth remembering that the “ultra-loyal” Newcastle fans averaged 16,879 in 1991, when in the second tier, while Spurs were getting 29,000 in 1998, and the last time United were in the second division for more than one season, in the 1930s, they averaged around 20,000.


No history? Well, King George V chose Hyde Road, City’s first ground, when he became the first monarch to attend a game and if you go back even further into the Manchester Evening News archives you will find sepia-tinted clippings from 1902 when the club were raising money to keep Newton Heath going (and if you know your history, you will be aware what became of Newton Heath).


The thing that not a lot of people realize, is that unless it’s a family tradition of supporting a team, everyone is a bandwagonner. You hear about a player or a team, and you get enthralled into it.

Does City have history in terms of titles won? Apart from a couple early year FA Cups and League Titles, not really. We would shift between the first and third division of English football. We had a little, but none of the likes of Arsenal, United, Liverpool, Chelsea (even Nottingham Forest or Blackburn Rovers).


Basically, since 2011/2012, City have been making history. So why do people hate Man City? Simple answer - money. People against Manchester City despise the fact that a foreign investor came in and bought the club, and started injecting money into it, so that we could buy a ton of amazing players. In addition, up until this point, there were no real youth call-ups, and now we have the likes of Phil Foden, Felix Nmecha, Dele-bashiru, Tommy Doyle, Benjamin Garré, Taylor Harwood-Bellis, Ben Knight, etc. But, at the end of the day, didn’t every club do that at one point? Manchester United, in the early days, almost went bankrupt. The Glazers, businessmen, saved them from Bankruptcy. Chelsea had the Abramovic era. Arsenal’s stadium and sponsor was Emirates.


City have won more in recent years than United, that’s a fact. They have a better squad, that’s a fact. They have the best youth infrastructure in England, and that's a fact too.


Let’s be real, all are afraid of City’s potential and that’s why they attract so much attention. Manchester United used to be the most hated club when they kept on winning, season after season. Being successful draws hatred. City was always hated by the United fans due to us being their local rivals, but not to the extent till the Abu Dhabi money came in. When we started gaining victories over big clubs, a lot of heads turned.


People hate City because now they’ve spent an incredible amount of money to revamp their squad, with almost no remorse. They don’t give a darn about the money they spend, as long as they are within FFP rules and guidelines. The fans of the "top-6" clubs are scared. Manchester City has already beaten a ton of records, and you can count on them to beat a few more.


At the end of the day, history will be made with Manchester City, and the rest of the teams will have to accept it. And, in today’s overinflated markets, every player will be going for double or triple the amount that they should be worth.

Manchester City has won a total of 6 trophies in the last two seasons, more than the other members of the "top-6" combined.

There are fans of historical clubs, like - Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United. These fans had tasted success with their respective clubs at the start of this century. For United it was for even longer. Now, suddenly, Chelsea and Manchester City have taken over. A lot of investments were done in these clubs by their respective owners.


This turned the tide and new powers emerged in English football. Now, the so called "historical" clubs have almost become history. They have hardly won anything of importance in recent times, except maybe Liverpool, who are on their way back to the top. So, the millions of fans deprived of silverware are having sour grapes and criticising the new powers rather than accepting failures of their respective clubs.


These clubs had unopposed power for decades and a lot of money. Despite this, their empires collapsed in no time. All these clubs have spent a fortune on transfers as well. But, their fans won't accept it.


City's increasing number of haters means they are doing good and are well on their way to success.