We wouldn’t have the social circle we have and Fred and Oscar wouldn’t have their bestie Arlo, Auntie Dan or Uncle Saul, it’s literally given us another family.
My whole family are City fans, I was born into it! There was no choice who I supported, it was City or no one.
On matchdays, Oscar loves to get in nice and early to see the players warm up, mainly at away games where they’re in front of him and shouting at Haaland or Gigio [Donnarumma] to try and wave to them!
Freddie will always go straight to Dawn, they talk about what score it’s going to be and who’s going to score - he then spends the next 90 minutes singing his heart out and cheering on the blue boys.
Abbie
We follow City home and away, so it’s a huge part of my life. I also met my wife through going to City!
Every game we’ll go to the pub - meet up and have a drink with friends and family to make a full day of it.
Now we socialise outside of games too, especially due to the friendships the boys have made with other young City fans.
It’s been amazing recently as we are one of the best teams but when I was younger going through school we were terrible and that lot from across the road were winning everything.
My dad used to take me to Maine Road and to watch the players train at Platt Lane.
My earliest memory at a game though was 23 September 1989 against Manchester United.
We won 5-1 and it’s still one of the best Manchester derbies ever. I did go to matches before this but it’s my first memory for obvious reasons.
Joe
