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[Alex321]

But man city and man utd, have been refereed to as city and utd for many many years….Swansea, Leeds and Leicester haven't.

since i can remember swansea was always refered to as the Swans and cardiff the bluebirds. Leicester and Leeds as far as i am aware have never been called city or utd respectively.

I mean even the manchester fans themselves chant united, united, united at every game. Leeds chant is Leeds, Leeds, Leeds…..or as we like to call them in this neck of the woods Dirty Leeds. And city fans chant city, city, city…..so i suppose yeh, its easy for us to refer to them as that, when they do it as a club themselves.

As I said, I know it is absolutely common usage.

But the "City" or "United" is part of the official name of all those other clubs, and it feels odd to me, even though I know perfectly well which team is referred to when just saying "City" or "United" and nothing else.

 

[jowwy]

As I said, I know it is absolutely common usage.

But the "City" or "United" is part of the official name of all those other clubs, and it feels odd to me, even though I know perfectly well which team is referred to when just saying "City" or "United" and nothing else.

Its because we have all been around football a long time and get used to the relevant terms i suppose…

 

[PaulSB]

As I said, I know it is absolutely common usage.

But the "City" or "United" is part of the official name of all those other clubs, and it feels odd to me, even though I know perfectly well which team is referred to when just saying "City" or "United" and nothing else.

I think you're right about this but I see it slightly differently. All my life Utd have been Utd but it's only relatively recently people have begun to use City widely. I live in the north-west and in the wide Manchester area its been Utd and City in the 40+ years I've been up here. However when I was a kid living down south it was Utd and Man City.

 

[Rusty Nails]

As I said, I know it is absolutely common usage.

But the "City" or "United" is part of the official name of all those other clubs, and it feels odd to me, even though I know perfectly well which team is referred to when just saying "City" or "United" and nothing else.

I would imagine the terms are used mostly by people in the city concerned or those who support those teams to differentiate them from their main rivals. I have known people outside Manchester who refer to one team as Manchester or Man City and the other as Man-U. It is only in recent years since they have become great teams at the same time that the media have been using just the shortened versions and people copy them.

In the same way, people around Bristol refer to Rovers or City, and people of Sheffield refer to Wednesday or United.

Cities like Leicester that only have one team need something to differentiate them from other one-team "Cities", and cities like London and Liverpool have teams with totally different names.

 

[PaulSB]

@Rusty Nails yep, very much agree with you.

 

[Mike_P]

In Nottingham Notts being County can cause confusion at a certain time of the year; how did Notts do? Won by five wickets.

 

[jowwy]

In Nottingham Notts being County can cause confusion at a certain time of the year; how did Notts do? Won by five wickets.

Yeh, i suppose it can be difficult in multisports cities.

 

[jowwy]

*not trying to nark any Saints fans btw ..... hope they tonk City.

You got your wish

 

[Grant Fondo]

You got your wish

Doubt if we'll see Ortega in goal at Old Trafford on Saturday. Played Saints!

 

[R_nger]

As I said, I know it is absolutely common usage.

But the "City" or "United" is part of the official name of all those other clubs, and it feels odd to me, even though I know perfectly well which team is referred to when just saying "City" or "United" and nothing else.

Could it be to distinguish 2 teams from the same place ? There isn’t a Leeds City or Swansea United, for example. And hence Rovers and City in Bristol, Atletico and Real etc

 

[T4tomo]

I tend to use Man Utd and Man City, saves confusing them with Oxford City and Oxford United.

 

[Grant Fondo]

What a result at Old Trafford, astonishing run for us now. Tidy!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

What a result at Old Trafford, astonishing run for us now. Tidy!

V.good run. About time too.

Watched match with one eye on it so to speak and my... I never had City down as a diving team. Unreal.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

What a result at Old Trafford, astonishing run for us now. Tidy!

Offside for first goal more than merely astonishing.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Offside for first goal more than merely astonishing.

Not seen it tbh, MOTD tonight to revel in the glory.
Watch out Arsenal.