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    Real Madrid (a) - Sport Options one-night trip, flight only - £379

    My theory has always been that you want three things, but can only have two: Cheap flights Speed of Travel No farting around at daft o'clock or driving 200 miles to another airport Sport Options don't offer cheap flights so you pay a high premium for a direct 8am flight from Manchester...
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    Corporate Value For Money?

    Okay, so it's the big 60 for me this August after attending almost 1500 City games since the 1-1 v Chelsea in April 1971 I've only ever done corporate at cricket where everything's more relaxed and the result isn't quite so critical. However, I've got no idea about the City Corporate Experience...
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    United Thread - 2023/24

    I'm not suggesting for one moment that the hype for Mainoo has reached hysterical proportions, but it was a bit much to give him the Man of the Match Award in the Wales-Poland game.
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    Bernard Halford

    Spot on. Attendances plummeted in the mid 80s, but essentially due to blind faith and an addictive personality I always renewed my Season Ticket without hesitation. However, I was also a keen and half-decent cricketer, so unless the City result was absolutely critical (which tended to be every...
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    Bernard Halford

    I remember the letter on the front of the programme, but can't recall from which game without checking It was definitely as a result of the pitch invasion following the FMC Penalty Shootout victory over Sunderland, so would have been from one of the next home games (Ipswich/Newcastle/Coventry)
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    Bernard Halford

    I was confusing the Taylor Report (Hillsborough) with the Poppelwell Inquiry which had followed the Bradford Fire Either way, I agree.that the Maine Road Capacity had been significantly reduced by the Bournemouth game,. particularly as the Liverpool Cup defeat had been a sellout the previous...
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    Bernard Halford

    I seem to recall the capacity being reduced after the publication of the Taylor Report, especially the area around the Platt Lane-Main Stand(Apple Pie Corner), which had wooden floorboards. We got 48,000 against United just a few months after the Bradford Fire, but by the time we played...
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    Bernard Halford

    Just curious, but was fiddling the gates a regular occurrence or just a notorious one-off? I was present for the Charlton Promotion game and the 86 FA Youth Final, but those are the only games that ever seems to get mentioned as fact. I also recall a strange article in the Guardian circa 88-89...
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    Travelling to Madrid

    To be fair to you, and others who've posted, those numbers have been fluctuating all day. I gave up when 748 suddenly morphed into 815, but 5 of our 6 have now got tickets, and the 6th was only 40 points shy of the 4pm criteria so should be okay tomorrow. If anyone's still looking for hotels...
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    Ticket Sales Criteria - Real Madrid and FA Cup Semi?

    It's not just me then. I've just spent the last hour in a big loop whilst wondering what the f*** I'd done wrong.
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    Ticket Sales Criteria - Real Madrid and FA Cup Semi?

    For both the Red Star Belgrade Home and RB Leipzig Home games I was able to purchase two extra tickets, as well my own ticket via the CL cup scheme. However, I wasn't asked to provide a Membership Number so the two supporters have got no proof of attendance. It just appears on my Purchase...
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    Ticket Sales Criteria - Real Madrid and FA Cup Semi?

    Yeah, we're in a similar position with 6 travelling, but only me with a ticket thus far. However, it would appear that after the initial panic, the sales are now slowing
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    Ticket Sales Criteria - Real Madrid and FA Cup Semi?

    Last year I got to the Bernabeu an hour before the kick off and it was City's travelling stewards who were checking the names and passports. My ticket was legitimate, but I had the option of aiming for the steward who looked the laziest or the most gullible Not that I'm advocating a proven...
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    Ticket Sales Criteria - Real Madrid and FA Cup Semi?

    I had to collect mine and I remember it vividly,. especially when told initially that my ticket had already been collected and literally refusing to budge until the girl admitted that they'd made a mistake
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    Ticket Sales Criteria - Real Madrid and FA Cup Semi?

    There's something not quite right there, but as per usual, none of know just how many blues have 24000+ points and intend travelling to the Bernabeu for the 4th time in 5 seasons. I'd be very surprised if we've already sold 2000 tickets, albeit the cynic in me suggests that some of these have...
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    Protest?

    The Germans do protests best, but for all sorts of reasons, they still buy into the same philosophy that has served their fan culture for so long, and despite our disbelief, even fans of Koln, Monchengladbach or Dortmund would still prefer their local rivals Leverkusen to win the Bundesliga than...
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    Protest?

    I'm not having a go at anyone, but in 1987 a pint of beer cost 90p, whilst (according to my ticket stub), the away end for our 2-0 defeat at the swamp cost £1.30 Football was never cheaper, but City only averaged 22,000 in a relegation season, whilst most of our rivals weren't much better. Even...
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    Travelling to Madrid

    Yeah that was my first thought, especially when you consider the novel idea that the person using the ticket has to be the same person who qualified for the ticket (that'll never catch on) I mean, even the people who normally use someone else's points will probably qualify for a ticket if they...
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    Travelling to Madrid

    I think he/she was referring to a previous farcical occasion (Pellegrini Semi Final?) when we had to collect from a hotel near the stadium.
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    Media Discussion - 2023/24

    I've never seen him before, but he sounds like the cockney rag Hugh Woozencroft who used to host the Times "Game" Podcast and was forever referencing sportswashing or 115 charges whenever City were mentioned.

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