Man City fan group 1894 celebrate landmark with fitting Newcastle game as their voice grows louder
manchestereveningnews.co.uk"If we thought that kicking off at 3am would benefit football and make it louder and we could all come out of a club and go straight to a match, we'd put that in there." We Are 1894 are not pushing for kick-offs in the middle of the night but stressing that decisions they take are aimed at the good of the team and the fans.
There was some criticism of their recent decision to boycott the Community Shield over a kick-off time that had failed to consider Blues making their way down to Wembley, and while some wear it as a badge of honour to travel through the night the point is they shouldn't have to.
Despite little acknowledgement of them from the club, those protesting made two important points as they raised nearly £15,000 for local foodbanks while the sell-out crowd at Wembley was full of fans not usually at matchdays who were unable to get behind the team with any chants or songs.
Getting behind the team is why the group was set up 10 years ago, a bunch of friends who grew up on the Kippax and and wanted to make sure complacency didn't set in at the Etihad after their first Premier League title.
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