I am sure there are a number yes who for one reason or another have stopped going over the years. And City could contact them. I don't know if we do stuff like that. Perhaps its awkward as quite a few will have moved over the years.Poss my bad Marvin,but I seem to recall something very similar being mentioned in a past thread.
Perhaps someone can help.
Happy to be corrected,however there are a lot of City fans from that era who are still fans but no longer go.
Poss my bad Marvin,but I seem to recall something very similar being mentioned in a past thread.
Perhaps someone can help.
Happy to be corrected,however there are a lot of City fans from that era who are still fans but no longer go.
Make the whole of the North Stand Expansion £299 and be amazed when it sells out.
With that theory, putting the ticket prices up would mean less empty seats. The main problem has got to be pricing. For myself and many others match day is a rare treat. I still go but not every game like I used to, I simply cannot afford to. The season ticket holders I used to sit with have also been priced out. My seat is probably occupied by a foreign tourist that has saved up for months to visit England and planned to see a City game whilst here for a one off experience.as much as I would love £299 seats ( I pay £530 ) the problem is thats probebly the seats that are empty, if your seats are dirt cheap you think o well I've only lost £15 as aposed to say £30 in the full price seat, having a stand full of £299 seats would be wrong for these reasons, don't know if I have it right just how I see it, maybe the answer is what they do in Germany fine you after so many games missed in the cheap seats.
One thing for sure is the people missing games ( multiple ) are not hard core long standing fans, there the fans we need back.
With that theory, putting the ticket prices up would mean less empty seats. The main problem has got to be pricing. For myself and many others match day is a rare treat. I still go but not every game like I used to, I simply cannot afford to. The season ticket holders I used to sit with have also been priced out. My seat is probably occupied by a foreign tourist that has saved up for months to visit England and planned to see a City game whilst here for a one off experience.
I think if there was more reasonably priced season tickets available, fans would snap them up. Then if they start missing lots of game, as you said, they lose it.
You mentioned Germany but aren't all the tickets for games over there a fraction of the cost to ours?
as much as I would love £299 seats ( I pay £530 ) the problem is thats probebly the seats that are empty, if your seats are dirt cheap you think o well I've only lost £15 as aposed to say £30 in the full price seat, having a stand full of £299 seats would be wrong for these reasons, don't know if I have it right just how I see it, maybe the answer is what they do in Germany fine you after so many games missed in the cheap seats.
One thing for sure is the people missing games ( multiple ) are not hard core long standing fans, there the fans we need back.
I don't mind the early leavers but I can't stand the none attenders.. not sure why the club hasn't put something in place.
I'm in 110 at 750 and my son at 400 but I could sit both of us in the family stand for around 550..
My gripe is fans who buy the 299 or or slightly dearer seats and attend 10 games apposed to buying 10 tickets at 56 quid for the big games leaving half the games with an empty seat.
I think points should only be added on the games the card is used and not added to a total season card.
Also my pal never does cup games bar the final cos he's got 20k pts and can always get big game tickets !! Ok he's attended with me on a season card since 81 but imo my other pal who is on the waiting list buys every game and every cup game possible yet come the final it's cup scheme and high pts so he has to scrounge around for tickets..
City need to change the system..so members can join the cup scheme when season ticket holders decline.. the ground will be full every week v utd or Fulham in the cup
I do pal yea lives by me near the airport.. he's attended games home and away for years but in the past 5 years buys a ticket for him and his son in the family stand *they them walk round to squeeze into 110 109 where most stand.. his reason for keeping his card open is 75 quid for two tickets v say Liverpool so he does all big games around 10 games meaning he can pick an choose the rest.. he didn't attend a home game bar utd since February but happy to hand the card free to another pal of ours ..We see what happens when season ticket holders dont turn up crowds fall away and your kidding yourself if allowing members on the cup scheme would make such a huge difference. If buying on the net or over the phone is such a huge disincentive to attending that they decide not to bother I hardly think being on the cup scheme will fire their enthusiasm. However, I do agree there is no reason why they should not be allowed to join.
As for not being able to stand non-attendees I think you need to realise peoples circumstances are different and focus your dislike on something more worthwhile. Age, Mobility, location, transport, work commitments all impact on peoples ability to attend.
Out of interest do you know of one fan who attends just 10 games and knowingly buys a season ticket with this intention?
So his seat is always full then. Cant see whats wrong with that.I do pal yea lives by me near the airport.. he's attended games home and away for years but in the past 5 years buys a ticket for him and his son in the family stand *they them walk round to squeeze into 110 109 where most stand.. his reason for keeping his card open is 75 quid for two tickets v say Liverpool so he does all big games around 10 games meaning he can pick an choose the rest.. he didn't attend a home game bar utd since February but happy to hand the card free to another pal of ours ..
I also think it's the club giving rows of seats to corporates and they don't turn up unless it's a big gamepeople just buying season tickets for big games/
I also think it's the club giving rows of seats to corporates and they don't turn up unless it's a big game
The cheaper the tickets / season cards are, the more no shows and early leavers we tend to get.
I do pal yea lives by me near the airport.. he's attended games home and away for years but in the past 5 years buys a ticket for him and his son in the family stand *they them walk round to squeeze into 110 109 where most stand.. his reason for keeping his card open is 75 quid for two tickets v say Liverpool so he does all big games around 10 games meaning he can pick an choose the rest.. he didn't attend a home game bar utd since February but happy to hand the card free to another pal of ours ..
How about penalising ticket holders who don't attend by taking points off. Maybe a reduction of 25 points per non attended game might encourage people a bit more.
Judging by the empty seats at most matches, there are thousands of them.Out of interest do you know of one fan who attends just 10 games and knowingly buys a season ticket with this intention?