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City supporters have been described as being able to "revel in adversity" – evidenced in average match attendances increasing as the club fell to the second, and then third tier of English football for the only time in the club's history in [[1997–98 Manchester City F.C. season|1998]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Empty seats are no reflection on Manchester City |last=Kay |first=Oliver |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/empty-seats-are-no-reflection-on-manchester-city-6zwb383ls |work=The Times |date=6 January 2018 |access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> Since moving to the [[City of Manchester Stadium]] in 2003, the club have sold approximately of 36,000 season tickets in every season they have played and average attendances have ranked in the top 5 of English football since.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Premier League still holds golden ticket for fans |last=Slater |first=Matt |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/mattslater/2010/08/premier_league_still_holds_gol.html |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=13 August 2010 |access-date=21 April 2011}}</ref>
Manchester City supporters are distinguishable by their [[sky blue]], a colour which is only used by a handful of professional football clubs in England. The City supporters' song of choice is a rendition "[[Blue Moon (1934 song)|Blue Moon]]" and are famous for their inflatables, normally yellow bananas,<ref name="inflat">{{Cite news |title=The Inflatables Craze |url=http://www.mcivta.com/bananas.html |publisher=mcivta}}</ref> which are still occasionally seen today at various games, often when City are on a cup run. The inflatables were initially started as a humorous laugh by numerous City fans after a City player [[Imre Varadi]] was nicknamed ''banana'' hence the inflatable bananas. Other inflatables soon followed aimed at putting goodwill back into football during the dark days of English football hooliganism and stadium riots and the craze soon caught on with other clubs following suit and even dressing up the inflatable bananas.<ref name="inflat"/><ref>{{Cite web|title=[88/89] News Report on Football Inflatables |website = [[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gawJBOI83kM |date=23 February 2010 |access-date=16 August 2010}}</ref> The Manchester City fans also till this day perform the Poznan when winning by a comfortable margin in order to taunt opposition.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-09 |title=What is Poznan? Here's all you need to know about this football taunt |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/what-is-poznan-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-this-football-taunt/articleshow/100858574.cms |access-date=2024-01-10 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
The club have been previously branded as "everyone's second favourite club" due to their reputation as being one of the most tumultuous and unpredictable teams in English football with an innate ability 'to do things the hard way'.<ref name="talkf"/><ref>{{Cite news|title=Premier League preview No11: Manchester City |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2010/aug/09/manchester-city-premier-league-preview |work=guardian|date=9 August 2010 |access-date=16 August 2010 |location=London |first=Daniel |last=Taylor}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=We did it the hard way – but that's Manchester City for you, says hero of 1968 title-winning team Glyn Pardoe |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/9263531/We-did-it-the-hard-way-but-thats-Manchester-City-for-you-says-hero-of-1968-title-winning-team-Glyn-Pardoe.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=13 May 2012 |access-date=11 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Roller-coaster years |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/1317152.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=7 May 2001 |access-date=16 August 2010}}</ref> Supporters refer to inconsistent results and unexpected events as "Typical City", or "City-itis" and media often refer to City as a "soap opera" club.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Julian |last=Taylor |title=Book review: The Worst of Friends |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/8000414.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=25 April 2009 |access-date=22 April 2011 |quote=The Thai millions and the Abu Dhabi billions of recent times are the latest episodes in the ongoing Sky Blue soap opera}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Henry |last=Winter |title=Soap opera involving Thaksin Shinawatra and Manchester City damaging our game |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/manchester-city/2542658/Soap-opera-involving-Thaksin-Shinawatra-and-Manchester-City-damaging-our-game-Football.html |work=telegraph.co.uk |publisher=Telegraph Media Group |location=London |date=12 August 2008 |access-date=22 April 2011}}</ref> Historical events and results labelled as "Typical City" include being the only team to score and concede 100 league goals in one season ([[1957–58 in English football#First Division|1957–58]]) and the only reigning champions in [[Football in England|English football]] to be relegated ([[1937–38 Football League#First Division|1937–38]]). However, despite anguish, many City fans regard success and failure as part of being a loyal and real football supporter and specifically what it means to be a Manchester City supporter.<ref>{{Cite news|title=City will be back |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_city/1344824.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=22 May 2001 |access-date=16 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Typical City |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/05/09/ian_cheeseman_column9_feature.shtml |work=BBC Manchester |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=12 May 2008 |access-date=16 August 2010}}</ref>
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