City Fans Leaving Early/Empty seats

[remember arthur mann]

It's the only way...

 

[foggy1974]

Ideally there should be no upgrade fee for any evening match. That said, I think that ppl shouldn't be getting season tickets for children until they are old enough to attend evening games.


Ppl are too quick to get season tickets for their children, that's why there's always gaps. A season ticket should be a commitment, you are going to attend every game, or almost every game. 5yr olds have no business being season ticket holders.

One poster is saying we have an ageing fan base and now you are saying you shouldnt have a Seasoncard for 5 yr olds. Surely this is a commitment for the future. How many posters on here say there first games were with their dad sat on the wall at maine road. Yeah there maybe empty seats and families leaving before the final minute but these are our future fans who have most probably got 2 or 3 replica kits each season as my son has.

 

[bluethai]

Those empty seats in every home games reflects poor management imo.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

What you driving to get to Boston in 2 1/2 hours from City.. it takes me 3 hours to get to Spalding from the bottom of the woodhead pass and I drive like iv stole my car..

Ps . and your summarising is a bit shity to those who have there reasons to leave, can't all be super fans

Hi Blingy. I go M62, A1, and keep to the speed limit (sad git aren't i) and still make it in that time. PM me if you fancy a bit of car share.

 

[blue44]

Ideally there should be no upgrade fee for any evening match. That said, I think that ppl shouldn't be getting season tickets for children until they are old enough to attend evening games.

Ppl are too quick to get season tickets for their children, that's why there's always gaps. A season ticket should be a commitment, you are going to attend every game, or almost every game. 5yr olds have no business being season ticket holders.

I take your point,but my lad is 9,he has had a season ticket for 5 years now,block 234 and 233 family stand and 318 in ss3.he as missed no more than 5 games in 5 years and even then I upgraded for my mate to come in his place.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Ideally there should be no upgrade fee for any evening match. That said, I think that ppl shouldn't be getting season tickets for children until they are old enough to attend evening games.

Ppl are too quick to get season tickets for their children, that's why there's always gaps. A season ticket should be a commitment, you are going to attend every game, or almost every game. 5yr olds have no business being season ticket holders.

A good job our parents didnt have your attitude or we would have no fans coming through !!
In a season how many mid week league games do you think we get ?

 

[ell]

Singing about empty seats at Old Trafford in a ground with hundreds all over, madness. (No its not just the family stand or SS3)

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

quite embarrassing Saturday hearing Leicester fans singing "you're grounds too big for you."

And even they had empty seats.

 

[waspish]

quite embarrassing Saturday hearing Leicester fans singing "you're grounds too big for you."

And even they had empty seats.

Brainwashed by the media consistent mention of it when in reality every ground has empty seats even the scum have and shut tiers but it doesn't get the continual mention of it.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

Dear Forum

My daughter has an exam on Wednesday morning and as much as I would like to stay after the whistle especially with it being the last home game would it be ok if we left at the final whistle so that I can get her home for a reasonable hour and a decent night's sleep.

Many thanks.

 

[HelloCity]

Dear Forum

My daughter has an exam on Wednesday morning and as much as I would like to stay after the whistle especially with it being the last home game would it be ok if we left at the final whistle so that I can get her home for a reasonable hour and a decent night's sleep.

Many thanks.

Hi Eds.

Thank you for your message. I would advise that if this exam is important then it may be best that she not attend the game altogether so that she can stay at home and revise. If attending then staying for an extra 15-20 minutes after the game may not actually make much difference, especially as night traffic in the area isn't actually that bad following the late starts.

Thanks.

 

[HelloCity]

No it isn't. Stop spinning that yarn. City were offering me 6, yes 6 tickets on the OS ticket page for Leicester. If the match was sold out, they wouldn't be offering other me and other City fans a maximum of 6 tickets, priced at £58 each.(£348! Lol!)

There were seats either side of me me that were empty. The same against Palace. I don't have any season ticket holders near me bar 1 person. Those seats and the people who stand next to those seats are always changing. I had a black lad stood next to me yesterday. He didn't know the chants, but still tried to join in. A newbie. Fair play to him.

TBH I'm not arsed about the empty seats jibe like many City fans. It's banter from the Rags. I get it all the time in work. United fans have got nothing else to say about us now. It's water off a ducks back. What I'm more bothered about is the ticket pricing policy at City, how they've come up with it and why, and the thinking and rational behind it. For whatever reason those running the club seem to be happy with pricing seats too expensively, and in the process stopping City fans from going to the matches. That's the hardest thing to swallow. Our club and those running it 'are' pricing City fans out!!! Think about that.

Using your logic there never would have been a need to expand the South Stand as the empty seats were around even before that expansion. If we weren't selling out why would we expand?

As it happens, we expanded and the third tier is full for every league game, with us even selling out the away allocation when it is returned to us.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Brainwashed by the media consistent mention of it when in reality every ground has empty seats even the scum have and shut tiers but it doesn't get the continual mention of it.

I think we are worse than most tbf. We have whole rows of empty seats week in, week out. Saturday was particularly poor.

I don't begrudge any season ticket holder not going; it's their choice after all. But I do think the club is delinquent in not doing anything to address this trend. (I say "trend", because it is getting progressively worse.) A full stadium is important for our global image and marketing opportunities, for the atmosphere and support - and success - of the team; and for match-day revenues. Yet the club seem happy to watch the attendances fall. This is a mistake imho.

 

[wolfie1988]

The amount of empty seats around the ground are a joke and incredibly difficult to explain. There is no way that all those empty seats are Season ticket holders who aren't attending. The problem is, the seats that are empty never seem to go on sale anywhere? The North Stand/Family Stand experiment needs sorting too.

And should we continue to expand? Absolutely not. Not until this issue is sorted

 

[The Northern Baptist]

A good job our parents didnt have your attitude or we would have no fans coming through !!
In a season how many mid week league games do you think we get ?

In a season how many games do we fill the family stand and there's no empty seats?

 

[jrb]

Using your logic there never would have been a need to expand the South Stand as the empty seats were around even before that expansion. If we weren't selling out why would we expand?

As it happens, we expanded and the third tier is full for every league game, with us even selling out the away allocation when it is returned to us.

My logic has always been to expand the Etihad. Where did I state otherwise? "Your grounds too big for you!"

But there weren't empty seats before we expanded the stadium. Apologies, there were. When Pearce and Beenie wiped 4000 fans off our attendances with shit football. Mancini brought those fans back again. Every game was all but sold out, or sold out. And because of the matchday attendances and demand from City fans who couldn't get a ticket, the club decided to expanded the SS stand.

But there is one very important point to remember. When the stadium was full, and demand for tickets was going through the SS roof, ticket prices were much more affordable. There was no tiered block pricing. Getting to and away from the stadium was easier. And there weren't 1000's queuing up to get in to the stadium 10 minutes before kick off. See my picture on the Queues thread.

Slowly these things and more have chipped away at our matchday going support. Yes, we are still averaging 52,000-53,000+. But games aren't selling out regardless of how the club and some fans want to spin it. But much more importanly and sadly, the club are pricing City fans out of watching the team.

Here you go.

If the seats in the 3 away bocks in the SS level 3 weren't £20 each. Reduced to clear. And were priced like the other blocks all over the stadium. Mid-£30's. And if it wasn't Zab's final game. Would the match have sold out, or have been close to selling out. No!

 

[HelloCity]

My logic has always been to expand the Etihad. Where did I state otherwise? "Your grounds too big for you!"

But there were't empty seats before we expanded the stadium. Apologies, there were. When Pearce and Beenie wiped 4000 fans off our attendances with shit football. Mancini brought those fans back again. Every game was all but sold out, or sold out. And because of the matchday attendances and demand from City fans who couldn't get a ticket, the club decided to expanded the SS stand.

But there is one very important point to remember. When the stadium was full, and demand for tickets was going through the SS roof, ticket prices were much more affordable. There was no tiered block pricing. Getting to and away from the stadium was easier. And there weren't 1000's queuing up to get in to the stadium 10 minutes before kick off. See my picture on the Queues thread.

Slowly these things and more have chipped away at our matchday going support. Yes, we are still averaging 52,000-53,000+. But games aren't selling out regardless of how the club and some fans want to spin it. But much more importanly and sadly, the club are pricing City fans out of watching the team.

Here you go.

If the seats in the 3 away bocks in the SS level 3 weren't £20 each. Reduced to clear. And were priced like the other blocks all over the stadium. Mid-£30's. And if it wasn't Zab's final game. Would the match have sold out, or have been close to selling out. No!

You're completely making things up now.

There were empty seats before last season. Please don't kid yourself and re-write history.

In fact, we were mocked for expanding because we apparently couldn't fill the ground as it already was.

If we were struggling to sell out league games then we would NOT be completely selling out the away allocation in the third tier of the south stand every single time it is available to us.

Leicester sold out before Christmas. You couldn't get tickets for it until 2 weeks before when they opened up the ticket exchange.

EDIT -

Just to add. Arsenal have the exact same problem. Tickets are sold but the fans aren't turning up. Bayern Munich also had it but messaged all their fans and said if you fail to turn up for X amount of games then we're taking the ticket off you.

 

[blueparrot]

You're completely making things up now.

There were empty seats before last season. Please don't kid yourself and re-write history.

In fact, we were mocked for expanding because we apparently couldn't fill the ground as it already was.

There were also expensive matchday tickets before last season, don't remember much wailing from bluemoon posters when I paid £50 5 years ago, there seems to be a few that want to blame Soriano , firstly for increasing matchday prices, which isn't true and then blaming that for empty seats, when the real reason is an expanded stadium with more cheaper s/c. As you say there were empty seats before, there are a few more now, and when we expand again there will be yet more. Does it matter ? No.

 

[Mike N]

We might never have another player like Zabba again. Think about that as you rush off home.

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

Hi Eds.

Thank you for your message. I would advise that if this exam is important then it may be best that she not attend the game altogether so that she can stay at home and revise. If attending then staying for an extra 15-20 minutes after the game may not actually make much difference, especially as night traffic in the area isn't actually that bad following the late starts.

Thanks.

Dear Sir

Many thanks for your reply and whilst the exam is important my daughter believes City is more important hence my dilemma.