Manchester - Capital of Football

[lordmcgrath5]

Today I had a Citeh colleague crowing that their Champions League debut tonight is only thirteen years after playing the likes of Bournemouth.  When I pointed out that we won the bloody thing ten years after playing Bournemouth, including earning the right to the ‘Champions’ epithet en route, it was dismissed as of another era.

That's the ultimate put-down - I bet the twat had no idea. Champions League my arse, the biggest misnomer in the history of football. Yes, even more so than "Birmingham City".

[TimTheVillain]

Compared to Birmingham, Manchester is a football mecca.

We've seen our opportunity to compete at the ManUre level pass us by, sadly.

UTV

[Dr Butler]

Lets face it...Birmingham is a shithole. There have been a few improvements in the city centre but its constantly mocked for being crap...because it is and has been for a long time. Its going to take years of positive spin, promotion and rebuilding to convince the media and everyone else in the country otherwise.

...and yes, it does help if you have 2 of the richest football teams representing the city rather than one historically great yet underchieving club, plus one of the most embarassing clubs in the country. It also doesnt help when the majority of Brummies interviewed by the media on the street look and sound like clueless idiots.

I don't think Birmingham is a shithole. It's "constantly mocked" by arseholes who have usually never even been there.

Exactly, I love Birmingham too

[Chris Smith]

Compared to Birmingham, Manchester is a football mecca.

We've seen our opportunity to compete at the ManUre level pass us by, sadly.

UTV

We were never going to be able to compete at a Manu level, how could we? All those fans from Berkshire and Bangcock mean they're always going to be several strata above us.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Lets face it...Birmingham is a shithole. There have been a few improvements in the city centre but its constantly mocked for being crap...because it is and has been for a long time. Its going to take years of positive spin, promotion and rebuilding to convince the media and everyone else in the country otherwise.

...and yes, it does help if you have 2 of the richest football teams representing the city rather than one historically great yet underchieving club, plus one of the most embarassing clubs in the country. It also doesnt help when the majority of Brummies interviewed by the media on the street look and sound like clueless idiots.

I hope you are not a bit like the people who write letters to the newspapers constantly bemoaning the state of the country saying it is unrecognisable from when they were growing up.
It is usually more a commentary on their own failures in life than the society they are living in.
Birmingham is a fantastic city. 

[Mazrim]

Manchester is the capital of fuck all.

[Risso]

Let's face it...KRS clearly hasn't visited many places if he thinks Birmingham is any different to any other big city in having a mixture of good and bad.

Indeed Chris.  I've lived and worked in both cities, and in terms of the basics, they're actually very similar.  The city centres are about the same size, with the same mix of shops and restaurants that you get in all big UK cities, and further out they've probably got roughly the same amount of rough and nicer areas.  I tell you one thing though, Birmingham pisses all over Manchester when it comes to curries/baltis.  Rusholme is absolutely terrible in comparison.

[Jimbo]

Let's face it...KRS clearly hasn't visited many places if he thinks Birmingham is any different to any other big city in having a mixture of good and bad.

Indeed Chris.  I've lived and worked in both cities, and in terms of the basics, they're actually very similar.  The city centres are about the same size, with the same mix of shops and restaurants that you get in all big UK cities, and further out they've probably got roughly the same amount of rough and nicer areas.  I tell you one thing though, Birmingham pisses all over Manchester when it comes to curries/baltis.  Rusholme is absolutely terrible in comparison.

Very true. But Birmingham pisses over most cities outside of London when it comes to food. Not just balti, but Michelin star restaurants too. I know Glynn Purnell is a nose, but if he'd been a chirpy cockney or a swaggering manc, he'd be a big, big name in this country. His food is full of Birmingham references.

[kippaxvilla2]

It's similar to the totally and ridiculous bias towards hoping Lancashire winning the County Championship that the BBC especially have been spouting on the airwaves in the last few days.  They would hate that 'minnows' Warwickshire might steal it from the mighty Lancashire and spoil the whole 'Freddy, Bumble' wankfest moment.

[Mazrim]

Yoooooooooooooooooooooo Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrssssssssssssssss!!!!!

[peckvillajunior]

And, Mr TV commentators, I don't need to be told that they're doing the Poznan and why every time they do that wanky celebration.

The most priceless moment was when I heard a commentator call it the "unique Poznan celebration". So unique that it's named after another club

[kippaxvilla2]

Yoooooooooooooooooooooo Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrssssssssssssssss!!!!!

Even though they are doing their best to lose it at the moment.

[Trinitymiddle]

Has anyone noticed how virtually every new drama or comedy in the last ten years seems to have been located in Manchester? It's like all the other cities in the UK do not exist.

[Mazrim]

Yoooooooooooooooooooooo Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrssssssssssssssss!!!!!

Even though they are doing their best to lose it at the moment.

Once they break these two up (Carberry and McKenzie) they'll fall like a house of cards.
Then its time for cigars.

I've nothing against Lancashire as a county, but Manchester can get to fuck.

[TaxDodger]