<P> Manchester City has a large fanbase in relation to its comparative lack of success in recent years on the pitch . Since moving to the City of Manchester Stadium , Manchester City 's average attendances have been in the top six in England , usually in excess of 40,000 . Even in the late 1990s , when the club were relegated twice in three seasons and playing in the third tier of English football ( then Division Two , now Football League One ) , home attendances were in the region of 30,000 , compared to an average for the division of fewer than 8,000 . Research carried out by Manchester City in 2005 estimates a fanbase of 886,000 in the United Kingdom and a total in excess of 4 million worldwide . </P>
<P> Manchester City has a large fanbase in relation to its comparative lack of success in recent years on the pitch . Since moving to the City of Manchester Stadium , Manchester City 's average attendances have been in the top six in England , usually in excess of 40,000 . Even in the late 1990s , when the club were relegated twice in three seasons and playing in the third tier of English football ( then Division Two , now Football League One ) , home attendances were in the region of 30,000 , compared to an average for the division of fewer than 8,000 . Research carried out by Manchester City in 2005 estimates a fanbase of 886,000 in the United Kingdom and a total in excess of 4 million worldwide . </P>
number of manchester city fans in the world
number of manchester city fans in the world
in excess of 4 million
in excess of 4 million