City Fans Leaving Early/Empty seats

The blue phantom said:
Does that go for the thousands who take their seats late, or fuck off to the bar on 36 mins.
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The increased security checks have exacerbated the issue of people getting into the ground late. Granted, there will still be people who get there late besides that.

If the service at the bars was quicker then you wouldn't have people pissing off for a pint 5 or 10 minutes before half time. I leave it until bang on HT but if I fancy a drink I can easily be queue for the duration of the interval.

The club can certainly play their part in trying to alleviate the various issues discussed on here. Regarding the bar queues I don't know why they don't have vending machines full of plastic bottles of cold lager and cider. They'd clean up plus the queues at the bars wouldn't be as bad for those wanting pints.
 
M18CTID said:
The increased security checks have exacerbated the issue of people getting into the ground late. Granted, there will still be people who get there late besides that.

If the service at the bars was quicker then you wouldn't have people pissing off for a pint 5 or 10 minutes before half time. I leave it until bang on HT but if I fancy a drink I can easily be queue for the duration of the interval.

The club can certainly play their part in trying to alleviate the various issues discussed on here. Regarding the bar queues I don't know why they don't have vending machines full of plastic bottles of cold lager and cider. They'd clean up plus the queues at the bars wouldn't be as bad for those wanting pints.
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Underage drinkers would be the reasoning behind that otherwise it would be a good idea. More bottle outlets would help though
 
Pezzer2 said:
In Block 111 Some young lads (looked scared to death and didn't look old enough to drink beer, never mind sell it) with the Heineken back packs on giving you refills.
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Saw a couple of people with those back packs on the concourse at the back of 114/115 before the game last Saturday. They walked straight past everyone and went into the away section the fuckers!
 
Never mind empty seats from early leavers, the ground is half empty when the teams come out and was even before the new security checks started.

Not sure why you wouldn't want to be there to watch and cheer the team coming out. People too interested in downing a pint or setting off on the last minute.
 
ManCityX said:
Never mind empty seats from early leavers, the ground is half empty when the teams come out and was even before the new security checks started.

Not sure why you wouldn't want to be there to watch and cheer the team coming out. People too interested in downing a pint or setting off on the last minute.
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Yep, I'm more interested in finishing my pint than watching people walking thank you very much.
 
Manchester33 said:
The club should do two things, double your loyalty points (for that particular game) if you scan through the turnstile 30 mins before kick off. Treble loyalty points (for that particular game) if you scan a card reader, located on the concourse, that's activated after full time.

Would be relatively easy to come up with some software to do that as well as buying a couple hundred scanners to log each ticket. Loyalty points is just one example of what you could earn. You could also get Citizen points (they do something like that in City Square). They could register it and if you do it for 90% of the home games you attend you get a discount on next years season ticket. cheaper rate at the food/beer kiosks if you've scanned your card after full time for a number of consecutive games.

Other than this, the club needs to fully identify WHY people leave early. Is it because of traffic and issues getting home, or is it because people can't be bothered watching a full 90 minute game? Could things like a smoking area in each stand help? Could they interact with the council to improve transport? Put something more entertaining on than City square?
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People would leave their cards with a mate to be scanned if that bothered. Pep is the main reason I know people leave early and his anti-football(tm).
 
M18CTID said:
Looks like it's pot luck whether the tickets on the exchange sell or not and it isn't always the big games that only get sold - someone on this very thread has put their tickets for Leicester and WBA up for sale. His WBA ticket has sold but the Leicester one hasn't (as of yesterday). Now, despite the Leicester tickets being more expensive I'm surprised he's managed to sell his WBA ticket and not his Leicester one because when you go on the planner there's shit loads more availability for WBA than there is for Leicester but either way he's sold his seat for a less in-demand game than the one where his seat hasn't sold. Yet you say the only ones of yours that sold on the ticket exchange last season were the derby and Arsenal. I've no reason to doubt you but it seems that you've been unlucky that others didn't get snapped up.
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that is me and still the Leicester ticket has not been sold, I cannot see why club put the ticket up for 30 notes instead of 56 notes,it owes me 20 so they will still be having 10 and maybe someone will buy a couple of drinks and something to eat
 
cyberblue said:
On a Sat 12 - 30. or 3pm kick off what us the mad rush to get home .make a day of it
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This. You've already planned to be at the match and set aside the time, so what is suddenly so important that you have to leave early? An half an hour later arriving home is surely neither here nor there in the grand scheme of things?
 
There is no difference between City fans and fans of other clubs in the desire to beat the 'rush'. That can be to get one of the first trams, to avoid the tailback at the lights, the jockeying to get out of a car park without damage to a car etc. One of my neighbours is a United season card holder and he leaves about 5 minutes before the end of their games along with hundreds of others according to him. Possibly as others have stated on here there could be a lot of early leavers in the family stand and that's right in the camera line. It would be understandable if families wanted to get clear before the rush starts and its not just one seat left it can easily be 3 or 4 and that stands out. Maybe that's one reason the club decided to attack that end in the first half when we win the toss.
 
The blue phantom said:
From what I've read.

Pep doesn't like empty seats

The players are pissed off about it too

Fans are sick of Emtyhad jokes from their rag mates.

Doesn't look good on t.v

Season card holders are stopping other fans from going when they leave their seat empty.

Folk are pissed off as fans walk past them on 80odd mins as it blocks their view.
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I get all that but as others have said, it's their prerogative - they have paid their dues.

As for your last line, I get more pissed off with;
a) those arriving late for kick off (no issue when it is genuine reasons though), but many are still on the concourse when the whistle blows
b) those setting off for a piss/pint at the 35 min mark
c) those staying on the concourse till after 2nd half starting and then deciding to take their seat

there is more disruption from that than those leaving early, I can assure you
 
Would people leave the grand national .the boat race or a pop concert or a boxing match with 15 min 2 go so they can beat the rush
 
cyberblue said:
Would people leave the grand national .the boat race or a pop concert or a boxing match with 15 min 2 go so they can beat the rush
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There is no point in trying to rationalize their behaviour as the leavers have done this for themselves and to them its rational to leave early for their own reasons. You cannot physically stop people leaving early and to move the family section elsewhere would piss many off in the same way other fans have been frustrated when the club has moved them. We can play towards the south stand in the first half, sell new family season cards for the top rows in the stand only, change the seating for dark blue, grey and black with some kind of lettering/slogan and turn off the strong lighting above the seats for winter and night games. Oh and grow a thick skin we are still the 4th best supported team, have over 98% uptake on seat sales and the emptihaders say that because we are terrifying them.
 
mosssideblue said:
I get all that but as others have said, it's their prerogative - they have paid their dues.

As for your last line, I get more pissed off with;
a) those arriving late for kick off (no issue when it is genuine reasons though), but many are still on the concourse when the whistle blows
b) those setting off for a piss/pint at the 35 min mark
c) those staying on the concourse till after 2nd half starting and then deciding to take their seat

there is more disruption from that than those leaving early, I can assure you
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Virtual Reality is the answer mate, with computer generated crowd projected on to the seats with volume turned to full. Then we can all sit at home with our goggles on and never worry about the traffic, people obstructing views, emptyhad jibes, etc.
 
ManCityX said:
Never mind empty seats from early leavers, the ground is half empty when the teams come out and was even before the new security checks started.

Not sure why you wouldn't want to be there to watch and cheer the team coming out. People too interested in downing a pint or setting off on the last minute.
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Not being funny, but yeah id rather finish my pint than watch some blokes walk onto a pitch and pretend to shake hands.
 
Its peoples right to leave early, blah blah blah, I get that.

It's also peoples right to moan at them, because there are a lot of fans who do make the sacrifice of extra two hours journey home, missing the trams, being stuck in traffic etc etc, and some of them do it specifically because the team, manager, and club want and need us to.

I quite like that fans moan at and about them, it's a healthy thing
 
cyberblue said:
Would people leave the grand national .the boat race or a pop concert or a boxing match with 15 min 2 go so they can beat the rush
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When AJ retained his Heavyweight belt in Manchester last December I did haha. the fights had over run late and needed to get home.

But I understand you wouldnt miss these events if they were still in play.
 
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