City supporters take the microphone on The Athletic FC Podcast
Emma Paton joins Jack Pitt-Brooke and Thom Harris to explore how supporting a club changes when its conduct becomes the story.
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How are Man City fans supposed to feel?
What happens to cherished football memories when the club behind them comes under scrutiny? Jack Pitt-Brooke and Thom Harris, both Manchester City supporters and Athletic journalists, join Emma Paton to work through that question in “How are Man City fans supposed to feel?”
It is the most watched of the channel's fifteen uploads this week, reaching roughly 86,000 views. The conversation covers supporters' relationship with the club, historical achievements and possible punishment, following what The Athletic describes as a guilty ruling over Premier League financial breaches. Beneath it, viewers discuss whether attachment to a team can be separated from judgments about its ownership.
The coverage branches out rather than simply repeating itself. The What If panel imagines City's major signings going elsewhere, while Kate Mason's Thursday Club revisits Liverpool's achievements. David Ornstein and James Horncastle also make room for emerging managers, including Cesc Fabregas and Regis Le Bris.
Subscribers increased modestly over the week, although daily views are now around a third of their usual pace. GOAL's FanZone is also below its usual daily viewing level; SBS Sport is closer to normal. Within this channel, the newer supporter clip has the most momentum, followed by “Liverpool vs Man City + a guide to 'rest defence'”: a return from questions of ownership to how the football actually works.
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The videos drawing views on The Athletic FC Podcast right now
What If... Man City hadn't 'systematically broken' the rules?53,793 views · 2026-10-08
Picking the best up and coming managers, with Ornstein & Horncastle39,347 views · 2026-10-06
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What level of punishment should Man City receive?36,009 views · 2026-10-08
'Irrefutable evidence': Did you expect Man City to be this bullish?32,269 views · 2026-10-06
An honest Man City fan on the owners' behaviour26,286 views
Liverpool vs Man City + a guide to 'rest defence'18,270 views
- Channel
- The Athletic FC Podcast
- Subscribers
- 319,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,313,193
- Videos published this week
- 15
- Video published
- October 7, 2026
- Video views so far
- 86,375
- Views on its first day
- 75,345
The numbers
Here is the week's viewing and subscriber picture for The Athletic FC Podcast.
