5 myths about Manchester City which need to be busted

#2 No supporters/Glory hunters only follow City

City do in fact have supporters and a lot of them

Contrary to popular belief, Manchester City do in fact have supporters, a majority of whom have been supporting the club for years. There's little denying that success brings fans who always jump on the bandwagon, but the majority of City's fan base, or at least 98% of them, have witnessed a pre-Sheikh Mansour era.

For example, under Manuel Pellegrini in 2014, City won the Premier League in front of an average crowd of 47,075 fans. When you compare the side's success that season to the club's first campaign at the Etihad Stadium in 2003/04 it makes an obvious reading. City fought relegation and finished 16th in front of an average crowd of 46,834. You don't need to be a mathematician to realise that's an increase of just 241 supporters.

Also, when City were in League One in 1998/1999, the Blues had an average attendance of 32,547 - a record that remains untouched. Those records speak for themselves.