Community Shield - Arsenal (N) | Sun 6th Aug - 16:00

[CarlosTevez'sEnglishTutor]

Liverpool have some very good things in place for ticketing off the back of their fans complaining to their club.

All U16s PL tickets in every stand in Anfield are just £9.

10,000 tickets over a full season for PL games are on offer to be applied for by fans with an ‘L’ postcode for just £9 per game for adults. It’s called the Local General Sale Tickets scheme.

I think they’re both excellent initiatives and when compared to City and seeing how much U16s pay (creeping over £40 for some of the bigger games now) and we have nothing in place for local fans, in fact it feels like tourists are favoured.

Thanks for pointing these facts out, I ignorantly had no idea about these. Fair play to LFC on this one, City should do similar but doubt they ever will. The daytrippers are the ones who spend the cash in the club shop.

 

[Eds]

Liverpool have some very good things in place for ticketing off the back of their fans complaining to their club.

All U16s PL tickets in every stand in Anfield are just £9.

10,000 tickets over a full season for PL games are on offer to be applied for by fans with an ‘L’ postcode for just £9 per game for adults. It’s called the Local General Sale Tickets scheme.

I think they’re both excellent initiatives and when compared to City and seeing how much U16s pay (creeping over £40 for some of the bigger games now) and we have nothing in place for local fans, in fact it feels like tourists are favoured.

Don’t forget though that they only have 25k season ticket holders so they can fleece tourists for one off games.

 

[jrb]

Getting reported now.

Evening Community Shield 'will lead to empty seats'

The decision to hold the Community Shield on a Sunday evening will "undoubtedly lead to empty seats", says the Football Supporters' Association.

www.bbc.com

Manchester City have told the BBC that the club will pass on fans' concerns to football authorities and broadcasters.

 

[Scareye]

May as well just give up then and accept ridiculous kick off times, awful pricing and the complete disregard for ordinary football fans

Not saying that at all. I am saying that boycotting a game that lots wouldn’t go to anyway will have zero affect. Boycotting a league away game they change for TV would be far more effective.

 

[Hayley Croppers chopper]

What do we think will be achieved by boycotting this game? The Fa, premiere league and TV companies will all suddenly realise that we have had enough and change their ways? It's an empty gesture that will have zero impact.
I get the need to save money, I understand and agree that we need to be heard and taken into account, but this will do fuck all. Lets not pretend this is a grand gesture, when in truth a lot wouldn't have bothered anyway.

The 5k raised on the just giving page shows it’s far from an empty gesture.

 

[Scareye]

The 5k raised on the just giving page shows it’s far from an empty gesture.

I did say something similar in a previous post.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

We won't be going.

 

[Dodge]

I have Apologised to a few people on here what I said was wrong i had been on the pop! And do fully understand their stance !

Fair play for being man enough to apologise. Full respect for that.

 

[ZanteWeatherman]

Why do you care so much about what other fans think?

I don't, I said I think it would be interesting press and other team's fans. Whatever.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Very interesting to note that an inadequate, under facilitised, run down ground just out side Manchester, was deemed acceptable and appropriate for an FA international game last night.

Call me old fashioned if you like but this stinks of ‘you scratch my balls & I’ll scratch yours,Mr Gill’

Arse fans....11 miles....1 hour max return journey.
City fans....400 miles....8 hours min return journey.

City are the Champions
Arse are invited as losers.

Who in a fair and reasonable world could deem this to be an appropriate decision.

Boycott,publicise and donate to CITC food bank !!