JM Mcr said:At the time The Guardians squad sheets were produced (a day or 2 before fixtures), Utd were still showing tickets available for 5 games (Fulham, QPR, West Brom, Wigan & Wolves) with the other 14 fixtures sold out.waspish said:JM Mcr said:As opposed to at the Etihad where empty blue seats were never in evidence in televised games??!!
I'm sorry we talking about about sold out league games city sold out every home league game some weeks before the fixture! As for the scum the sold out sign was a rarity last season
City were showing tickets still available for 3 games (Bolton, Blackburn & Swansea), tickets were shown as sold out for another 13 games and I can't find the stats for the final 3 but I'm sure they'll also have been sold out.
Of course this doesn't take account of tickets sold between the articles being written and kick off and I'm sure City did go on to sell out every game but it also appears a Utd sold out game wasn't quite as rare as some seem to think.
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Why would I??ell said:Whats the etihad? dont you mean the emptyhad
manimanc said:Jesus,JM Mcr is really putting all his time and effort into this thread,he's coming across as somebody who has too much time on his hands and has an unhealthy obsession with ickle old ciddy....
But it doesn't surprise me in the slightest,they arn't called the new bitters for nothing you know!!!
Dzeko's Right Boot said:manimanc said:Jesus,JM Mcr is really putting all his time and effort into this thread,he's coming across as somebody who has too much time on his hands and has an unhealthy obsession with ickle old ciddy....
But it doesn't surprise me in the slightest,they arn't called the new bitters for nothing you know!!!
He's actually a decent poster. He's not losing his rag (he will if we win a few more trophies) and is replying to a lot of people who've replied to him. Getting abused for that seems a little unjust.
It's probably not true and there were similar rumours last year which turned it false. Plus they're not a sinking ship, they're going nowhere. In fact they will be stronger than last season, this year. And they wont do what Liverpool did in the 90's, I expect United to be like Bayern and Real at the top or thereabouts for the foreseeable.binzy m.cf.c said:Is this really true, i am sure i seen this mentioned on here somewhere a few weeks back....if so...hahaha fook me that didnt take long for the rats to desert their sinking ship....!!! any confirmation on this would be appreciated, i can tell all the armchair dwelling buffoons in work their moment to go has arrived..
I wouldn't bother taking notice of City attendance figures because we may well sell all tickets for games but we most certainly do not have a capacity crowd for every game. There are empty seats at 75% of our games. You only have to look at the end of season DVDs to see them catch your eye; four here, five there, two, two, two, seven, five all dotted around in a number of games.sjk2008 said:SWP's back said:No, we sold out every league last season.JM Mcr said:Not sure either of these statements is true. Utd's average home league gate last season was their highest since 2007/08 and the 3rd highest in the club's history (as a percentage of capacity they averaged 98.9% - slightly higher than the 98% City achieved).
Unlike you guys.
Old Trafford capacity: 75,811
Etihad capacity: 47,805
2009/10
United: 74,864 (98.8%)
City: 45,512 (95.2%)
2010/11
United:75,109 (99.1%)
City: 45,880 (96.0%)
2011/12
United: 75,387 (99.4%)
City: 47,044 (98.4%)
Figures have come off ESPN Soccernet so not sure how accurate.
Seems both averages have climbed season on season.
Dzeko's Right Boot said:manimanc said:Jesus,JM Mcr is really putting all his time and effort into this thread,he's coming across as somebody who has too much time on his hands and has an unhealthy obsession with ickle old ciddy....
But it doesn't surprise me in the slightest,they arn't called the new bitters for nothing you know!!!
He's actually a decent poster. He's not losing his rag (he will if we win a few more trophies) and is replying to a lot of people who've replied to him. Getting abused for that seems a little unjust.
Think the info's taken from clubs websites but no idea how far in advance (tho would've thought days rather than weeks).waspish said:One thing I believe is my own eyes on the mcfc website that had "sold out" before ever game someone referred to the West Brom game it didn't have sold out the day before on the city site but come kick off it was..
Quoting newspapers is like quoting a work of fiction in my book don't believe anything any newspapers prints..
All my time n effort? A google search on squad sheets and a team name!manimanc said:Jesus,JM Mcr is really putting all his time and effort into this thread,he's coming across as somebody who has too much time on his hands and has an unhealthy obsession with ickle old ciddy....
But it doesn't surprise me in the slightest,they arn't called the new bitters for nothing you know!!!
JM is a good poster. He is a United fan, rather than a rag. There is a differenceM18CTID said:Dzeko's Right Boot said:manimanc said:Jesus,JM Mcr is really putting all his time and effort into this thread,he's coming across as somebody who has too much time on his hands and has an unhealthy obsession with ickle old ciddy....
But it doesn't surprise me in the slightest,they arn't called the new bitters for nothing you know!!!
He's actually a decent poster. He's not losing his rag (he will if we win a few more trophies) and is replying to a lot of people who've replied to him. Getting abused for that seems a little unjust.
Exactly. He's one of the best non-City posters on here. I'm not sure why anyone is having a pop at him for commenting on a topic that involves the club he supports (and feeling like he needs to dispel a few myths into the bargain). I mean, what's the point in having threads dedicated to the likes of United, Spurs, Arsenal, and Chelsea in the general forum and not wanting fans of those clubs to comment on them?