Manchester City gave me a reason to live, and helped me bond with my daughter

Manchester City has given us an almost inexhaustible bank of memories However much our life and our interests diverge, we will forever have something in common, something to discuss, a reason to make plans 🖋️ Simon_Kelner for ipaperviews

So, notwithstanding that City are overwhelming favourites to win on Saturday, we have both prepared ourselves for the worst to happen. Which is another reason to take refuge in what these past 17 years of partisanship have meant to us. It has given our relationship a singularity, and a special character that no one can come in between. It has given us an almost inexhaustible bank of memories.

One way or another, I’m sure there will be tears by the Bosphorus on Saturday night. Those who don’t follow a football club may find it hard to understand, but the sport, because it matters so much to so many people in so many countries of the world, has a magical quality and is more than just a game.

It’s part of my identity as a Mancunian. I well up with tears when I see the city’s central library, the most beautiful civic building in Britain, bathed in sky blue light to celebrate a City triumph. Supporting City gives me a sense of belonging – to my home town, to my friends, and even to like-minded strangers – that is, in this atomised world, precious and important.

I wouldn’t say football has saved my life, but it has given me a reason to live. Istanbul, we are coming.

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