Go on a City away day and you'll likely see a few inflatable bananas in amongst the travelling support. As the first half petered out and some fans started heading to the concourse for refreshments, a spine-chilling message came over the tannoy: "We are very sorry, but there are no chips available in the concourse at half-time today." Read More Related Articles Here at City Is Ours , we thought we'd rattle through a few things that only City fans will understand. Manchester City is no ordinary football club, which means that being a City fan is no ordinary pastime. That tally is a record low for any Premier League club and ensured that City fans will never again complain about scoring goals becoming boring.

Over the course of Stuart Pearce's final season as manager, City scored a paltry 10 goals at home in the Premier League, with none coming after New Year's Day 2007. Just like you, we can’t get enough of Manchester City! That’s why we’ve decided to supplement our expansive City coverage on the Manchester Evening News with a more fan-oriented platform catered specifically to City fans - City Is Ours. He borrowed a five-foot inflatable banana off a toy-collecting friend and took it along to Maine Road for City's game against Plymouth Argyle. But City fans are different to supporters of other top teams; we know what false hope, failure and disappointment feels like. A group of friends learned of the suicide of a friend while on a stag party in Amsterdam. Upon returning, one of the group paid tribute with a short speech:

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The friend who had sadly passed was not actually a football fan, but a meeting of the Prestwich and Whitefield City supporters branch in 1994 saw a reprieve of the song, before it became a terrace favourite from 1996 onwards. Rival fans often question why bananas - the answer is the same for most things City fans do: why not? Writers and presenters who share your passion for the blue side of Manchester will be producing written, visual and audio content to reflect the mood in the stands as well as the press box. Owing to the wildly contrasting fortunes that the Blues have experienced over the past 127 years, City fans have experienced things that many will never understand.

In November 2011, City enjoyed a fairly routine 3-1 win at home to Newcastle, in a season that would end in Premier League glory. The story goes that in 1987 - a time when English football was in a dark place due to hooliganism and multiple stadium disasters - one City fan, Frank Newton, decided to try and brighten the mood. Read More Related Articles Manchester United fans think they've got it bad at the moment, when in reality they will still end the season as at least the sixth-best side in the country, with maybe even a cup to boot. One thing led to another, and before he knew it inflatable bananas had become a part of City folklore.In his book We never win at home, we never win away, veteran City fan Don Price explains that the tune isn't even a football song, but began as a tribute to the tragic death of a friend. Read More Related Articles