“He said not in my lifetime, now it’s every time“

Not mentioning that United also had massive financial backing from outside inverstors in the early 1900s seems like a massive miss. Especially since it was basically the same thing that happened to City in 2008. History repeating itself 100 years later but to their local rivals

Let's not forget Utd went 37 years without winning any silverware 1911-1948. Maybe City fans should've unfurled their own banner to remind Utd fans of this. 😂

You didn't even mention City winning a cup winners cup and being the first British team to win a domestic and european double in the same season.

You didn't mention about how City leant their ground to United for zero fee after WW2 during Old Trafford rebuild after it got bombed.

That description of City fans going to school really brought back some memories, I still remember the chaos on the day we finally won the league with the Aguero goal, fights all day. Good times

Ever since that 1-6, power shift🥵🥵

Oh, so man city has a history before the oil money. I just love how football fans can bask in their ignorance and strongly deny reality.

Your videos are one of the reasons I have my job as a sound designer and production manager today. If you ever doubt your importance, remember that you can never ever tell how, who and even why your work will impact someone. You're really amazing. Well done.

"Your club has no history" Vs "Your club has no future"

Just a tip: at around 13:42 in the video you described aguero’s goal as “infamous” for city and neutral supporters - it is infamous for united supporters, not the other way around Congrats on your wedding!

I love how this guy made a whole chapter to place this rivalry as one sided. Completely ignores the significant matches like Massacre at Maine Road in 1989, The Derby that relegated United in 1974 or so. Beautiful

As a United fan who’s lived in Manchester all my life I can’t lie I’ve never really hated City like that, at least not as much as I hate Liverpool/Leeds/Arsenal but with city it’s always mainly just been a strong dislike.

City did also win a cup winners cup in the early 70s as well. Oh and theres only one club in Manchester and its blue! Ctid

One key inaccurate information on this video about City is, Man City is not owned by a state objectively and legally. Shiekh Mansour is private individual who owns Abu Dhabi Group, a company private equity company . This is not state related but private holding. I don't blame people if they are ignorant on the facts but to propogate misinformation is unacceptable especially when its ready and availalble online to verify and fact check.

Just a few points Newton Heath the football club was formed in late 1880 not 1878. The 1878 Newton Heath was a rugby club and nothing to do with what became Manchester United. St Marks (Manchester City) was the first club in Manchester to play association rules football. Trophies throughout their history is a bit of a stretch City had just missed out on the double in 1904 while utd were still floundering in the second tier. Manchester City were accused of paying bonus payments to players shortly after with players being banned from playing for the club. This led to utd snapping up a number of these players and building their team around them which is where their first 3 trophies came from the last in 1911. The next trophy they won was in 1948 while playing at Maine Road. Manchester City were the biggest club in Manchester (the only one after 1910) for at least 75yrs not just the early 1900s. Utd went bust more than once and didn`t match City`s games in the top flight till the late 1990s.

When i think of Manchester City i think of Nicolas Anelka and Shaun Goater when they beat United 3-1 in 2002.

Just from your description, we can see why Man UTD is so widely hated, some of their fans are really disgusting. It is also ridiculous in my eyes since they have zero contribution to Man UTD's past success, and they act like as if they have achieved something great.

3:50Your saying money influenced United to go from low tier to top of the top right after takeover?? WOW that's UNBELIEVABLE

It is one of my favorite derbys in the world. I actually wrote 4000 word extended essay on the media coverage of the rivalry back in my senior year of high school. It didn’t have a ton to do with the subject but I had a lot of fun doing it

Always love a good Roots of the Rivalry video. Rest In Peace Bobby Charlton, one of the great of English football and one who survived the Munich disaster in 1958

Congratulations on your wedding!! 💍 and thank you for another great video . Keep it up!

There is an iconic moment in 1973-74 season, when Manchester United suffered their last relegation from the top-flight football, only 6 years after the European Cup win at Wembley. It was the Manchester Derby game that sealed Manchester United's relegation fate, as they lost 0-1 at Old Trafford. If you don't know who's the player that scored the goal during that game, it was Denis Law, who is, ironically, one of the infamous United Trinity members from the golden period of Matt Busby alongside George Best and Sir Bobby Charlton. However, Manchester United's relegation fate was actually confirmed after Birmingham City defeated Norwich City at the same time. Also, Sir Bobby Charlton had passed away. Such a big loss that he was considered the most successful footballer in England with European Cup/Champions League, World Cup, and Ballon d'Or. I would also suggest making the Roots of Rivalry for Bayern Munich vs Borussia Dortmund. It was also considered the biggest one, especially during the 2010s, when Dortmund under Jurgen Klopp won back-to-back Bundesliga titles and reached the Champions League Final, where they narrowly lost to none other than Bayern Munich.

Are we getting a roots to your marriage video? Congrats btw

I was just about to search if you've already posted the video and you posted it. Wow

We are Manchester City , because we are the only club in Manchester . CTID

Looking good Adrian. Happy to listen to this one! Go city!

Congrats on the wedding bro🎉🎉🎉 Where is the weekend recap (wedding edition)?

Great video Adrian! As always 🩵

4:20 glad to see some things don't change

Great work again on the roots of the revelry series keep it up there a fun watch. Any chance on a Porto V benfica one 🤞

Hey love your work

Mark Hughes wasn't appointed by Abu Dhabi, he was appointed by the last owner shortly before selling.

Lovely video Adrian !! Could you do one one Girona? Where they came from, how are they winning so much? What's the actual playing style like and are there good potential players there?

Watched a 18 mins video still have no idea how the people from Manchester decide which team they will support, like how the fans were divided initially!!? 🤔

Solid video

Can you do the Derbi da Capital (Benfica vs Sporting)

united are manchester by name yes they are from trafford they pay there council tax to trafford council where as city to manchester council

There was a fire at hyde road(not park) man citys old ground that ruined the stand,united tried to charge city extortionate prices,old trafford got bombed years later and city let them play there for nout,the reason there called the rags.man city the only football team to come from Manchester,fact.

I haven't even watched the video but I'm sure you've made this video seem like United has always been ontop of City until about 2012. Let's hope its not so.

ADRIAN, WHEN ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SEGUNDA CIRCULAR DERBY (SPORTING CP VS SL BENFICA)?

Suggestion for roots of the rivalry: Gremio vs Internacional

Good video. The rags had a 10y trophy drought through the 70s

Dude I love you

The pendulum has shifted, but Liverpool remain as a constant. In old times, when United and their fans considered Liverpool as their biggest rival, now City and their fans consider Liverpool as their biggest rival. And tbh, in the last couple of years, Man City v Liverpool has been a blockbuster showdown, and at times even bigger than El Clasico from a sporting level. Would love to see a Roots of Rivalry spin on Man City v Liverpool

Yeah baby that's what I've been waiting for

How did your research not tell you about the St Bernard mascot

Cannot believe you haven`t made a roots of the rivalry on Benfica and Porto or even Benfica and Sporting, but maybe these will be special videos haha

Manchester City .....Every Liverpool supporters favourite club until about 10 years ago.

Please make one about the Belgrade clubs FK Red Star and FK Partizan - the Eternal Derby

Wasnt tottenham the first english team to win in europe in 1963?

I think your observation about the non- sectarian nature of the Manchester clubs may not be quite correct. When I was a young boy in Manchester in the 1950s, it was generally understood that United was a Catholic club and City the protestants but with a sizeable Jewish contingent. Manchester at the time had, and still has, a large Jewish population. Indeed one of our childhood chants as City supporters was "Down the Reds, they're Catholic Teds" (Teddy Boys). Matt Busby recruited quite a few players from Ireland at that time. Also your mention of freemasonry and City is interesting because Catholics then were barred from becoming freemasons. So I presume that the Freemasons probably went to watch City. None of his, however, was on the scale of the Glasgow rivalries, for instance.

Adrian looks like someone I would vibe with while playing footy on a Saturday evening.

Grabs popcorn 🍿😀

3:15 imagining people losing their shit over a debt like that at that time 😅 (i'm a barca fan btw, and you know what my situation is rn).

Actually theres something wrong with the intro, only the 2021/2022 season united did not win against city other then that they always won 1 match

vienna derby next please

Congrats for the wedding!

Please do a video of Pepe, he just became the oldest person to play an official Uefa match🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

115 charges to answer for ynwa

4:26 we repeated the same feat on March 5th 2023

What I don’t get about British humor is how over the top it is. These fans will go out of their way to make fun of other fans but it can easily rubber band back and smack them in their face.

Welcome back! Congrats on getting married!

And people say we City dont have history 😂😮. We are the original 😮😊. Bit both are best

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Some say if City hadn't beat Gillingham in 99 they might have folded

DO PORTO V BENFICA 🙏🙏

Do one for ISL clubs Mohun Bagan and East Bengal!

Honestly hated Barca more then City even as a United fan, I was bothered with them but then came the smoke and I can’t respect it yet

We will always be noisy neighbours because we are partying 247 😁

United and City don't really hate each other so much as you can't be arsed hearing the ear ache in the class room, work place or Family get together I got essentially bullied for being a blue in the 90s 😂 United highlights being titles. My highlight was watch Kikladze put defenders on there ass

not 1st but very early

Wake up babe, Adrian just posted a "Roots of The Rivalry" video

Congratulations on your wedding 💍🎉

0:35 You have taken that charges too lightly my boy! 115 charges is not just.... its everything that is wrong with the football! Edit 1: 14:56 where is Liverpool Its PSG? I was really surprised to hear you say Liverpool having more Net spend than Man city.

It’s a pretty big dagger though 😂

How could they be the Spurs of that time? When were Spurs ever in the 3rd division? Stupid comparison.

Tyne Wear Derby please

💥FACT💥 City 🇦🇪 UAE has spent billions to win 9 premier league titles exactly like Everton😒

Man Yanited were one of the teams that benefitted most from the Premier League breakaway from the English League. If not for something like that, Citeh may not well have been bought out in the first place. I don't believe in Karma but, lmao... Anyone who does can probably see exactly what I'm getting at. 😂 I do not feel sorry for Yanited and their treatment under the Glaziers or Citeh's benefit under Abu Dhabi at all. They were among the front runners to open that door in the first place and benefitted for years. What goes around comes around. 😊😊

City = UAE 🇦🇪 u can’t ever pass over this FACT🤏

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So, I'm an "International" young United fan and started really watching football around 2007. When United were the dominant team. While I initially was an FC Barcelona fan due to their play style and success, I eventually joined my dad in supporting the Red Devils. While I had a dislike for Liverpool, it never really sank in because of United's unending success. However, the day I began to hate City more was the 1-6 loss at Old Trafford and this was the time I began to hate Ballotelli, Aguero and Dzeko. (A hate that still lingers to this day). The hate reached its peak and was cemented on the final day of the 2011/2012 season. I had watched the United game, naturally, and changed over to watch the City game. I was ready to celebrate another title with Ferguson. Unfortunately for me, I got to watch the "AGUEROOOOOOO" moment live. Since then I hated City with a burning passion. Any team that played against City, I will support. Even if it was Liverpool, I would cheer for every goal they would score. It didn't help that the Glazers ran the club into the ground while the City group kept building a monster of a club. Even last season, when Arsenal was chasing the title, I was an Arsenal fan all the way and was fine when they beat us, as long as it prevented the noisy neighbours clinching yet another title. It infuriated me when I saw fellow United fans cheering on City. And these were fans my own age! Did you not see what they've being doing to us? Why would support them? To make it EVEN WORSE, they went on to achieve the treble we held so dear. Anywho, if City played an XI of the worst people in history, a team that includes Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Jeffrey Dahmer, Pol Pot etc and was coached by the Devil himself, I would support that team over City.

Good video but you say that the “glazers have become big spenders” which is categorically untrue. United are big spenders but the glazers have not invested a single cent into the clubs spending, in fact it’s the opposite, they’ve taken out almost a billion in dividends that would have been spent by the club itself. I understand why you phrased it the way you did but saying that united fans have less reason to call out cities spending because of United’s spending isn’t true because city’s money has been from outside investment and their owners whereas United’s is only half of the money it should have spent that’s come from club revenue. United fans don’t make fun of city spending they make fun of them relying on outside investment which united doesn’t rely on.

I wish all teams could cheat

115

April 1902,the Genesis of Losschester United

City didn't move to Hyde Park, they moved to Hyde Rd. And That picture is of Maine Rd, not Hyde Rd. I'm a Red, and even I know that! The former is now a housing estate, the latter, a lorry park. And, actually, the party went very well, even if it wasn't held at Maine Rd's Silver Suite... "massive flood, my arse".

And all it took was the sports washing of an oil rich gulf state who has doped their way to the top.

🫡City fans chant 🇦🇪 UAE royal anthem 🇦🇪 every time City wins 🥰 👏👏👏Respect🫡

😂😂 Manchesters Red, always will be

Kinda a shame you didn't even just mention United of Manchester, the club split from ManUtd because of the anti-glazer, left wing stance. I know it's not the place to talk in depth about it but I feel that talking about ManUtd is something that has to be mentioned

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So Oil Money thats breaking the rules vs Bad Management. Yeah that's why people want Arsenal or Liverpool to win.

When you have a whole oil state backing you financially, anything is possible. #115

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The swing really boils down to how much better managed City is compared to United over the last 10 years. That being said, I think you downplay the rule breaking by city by quite a bit. With regards to Chelsea (Pre Todd Boehly) and especially Liverpool, they've suffered significant setbacks because they've had to comply with FFP regulations. Given the stiff competition between these 3 clubs in recent years , it would only be fair that you acknowledge the significance of City cheating and their blatant attempts to cover it up.

👏 Manchester City of United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪

Love the title 😂 since they won the lottery and still had to cheat their way to the top, nothing last forever cheating City

👶🏻🧑‍🍼👶🏻🧑‍🍼👶🏻 Most City fans r kids; who were born into it😒Like with religions, when they get older, & know right from wrong, they will either have strength & courage to switch team or just accept that they r all going to hell🔥🤏