The Citizens -Manchester City’s nickname- have a pretty hilarious call from their city rivals, The Red Devils -Manchester United’s nickname.
As is known, the rivalry between Manchester City and Manchester United has always been in the spotlight of English football lovers. How could it not be, the two teams based in Manchester often present emotional battles.
But if you look at it in terms of achievements, Manchester United is far ahead of Manchester City. The Red Devils are still the most successful team in the Premier League with a total of 20 titles won since the 1907-1908 season, while The Citizens have only won 8 titles.
Interestingly, Manchester United’s most prominent success occurred when it was coached by Sir Alex Ferguson. Together with the Scottish tactician, The Red Devils have won 13 Premier League titles.
But since Sir Alex Ferguson left, Manchester United has suffered a setback. They have never won the Premier League again after the 2012-2013 season until this season.
In contrast, Manchester City has experienced a very rapid increase in achievements in the last decade or so. After winning the Premier League title in 1936-1937 and 1967-1968, The Citizens consistently added to their titles in 2011-2012, 2013-2014, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2020-2021, 2021-2022.
In addition, Manchester City managed to harass Manchester United in the race for the Premier League title. So that The Citizens are often ridiculed as ‘the noisiest neighbours’ by Manchester United.
The term ‘noisiest neighbour’ to Manchester City appeared in 2009. At that time, Sir Alex Ferguson was the first person to utter this shocking sentence.
“Sometimes you have noisy neighbours (Manchester City). You can’t do anything about it. They are always noisy. You just have to get used to it, turn on the television and make it a little louder.
Today (in the past), the players showed their performance. That is the best answer of all,” said Sir Alex Ferguson, quoted from Starting Eleven, Thursday (9/2/2023). Sir Alex Ferguson said ‘the noisiest neighbour’ when arguing with Manchester City coach at the time, Mark Hughes.
Precisely after the fierce match that Manchester United won over its city rivals with a score of 4-3 at the start of the 2009-2010 season. Investigating a calibration, Alex Ferguson was also annoyed with the attitude of Manchester City fans who mocked Manchester United several times because The Citizens managed to persuade former Red Devils player Carlos Tevez to refuse a contract extension at Old Trafford to move to the Etihad Stadium.
Until now, the term ‘noisiest neighbour’ is used by Manchester United fans to make fun of Manchester City. Assuming, Manchester City is nothing more than the shadow of the big name The Red Devils in the City of Manchester.
