City Fans Leaving Early/Empty seats

The guys behind me for example are certainly what I’d class as staunch fans, 2 dads with their 2 sons, yet they’ve missed 3 out of the last 4 games for some bizarre reason and consequently I’ve had 4 empty seats behind me.

Funnily enough I had 3 empty in front of me too that WERE attempted to be re-sold but weren’t snapped up? (I spoke to the guy whose seats they were and he said no one had bought them)
 
I couldn't make it last night so I put my seat on ticket exchange on Thurs, checked the site an hour later and it had sold.

I've done this everytime I can't make a game and every single time it's sold really quickly on the ticket exchange. Maybe the club need to publicise it better.
 
Groke said:
The Leicester game had been effectively sold out for several days, on Monday I struggled to buy a single ticket, never mind the 4 together that I needed.Therefore, watching motd this morning it very fucking frustrating seeing a lot of unoccupied seats, especially in the family stand.

Are all these ST no-shows? If so, why don't people put them up for resale?! I get that people can't make every game, but I think if you miss (or don't sell on your ticket) for a certain amount of games per season you should lose your ST - obviously create exceptions for illness, bereavement etc.
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you obviously didn't try hard enough.
why don't you contact a couple of supporters clubs and ask if members have tickets available for the game your interested in.
 
Utter rubbish, yesterday around 1pm, I looked on the official ticket site and 12 tickets were available, and weren't at 10am. They appear and disappear all the time as fans place them up for sale. They get snapped up. The ticket resale thing works. The empty seats are evident because people just don't go for whatever reason, and as daft as it is, don't offer them to anybody else they know. My son shares a ticket with my best mates nephew for example, or my mates wife upgrades it to an adult, as she did yesterday. If my Dad doesn't go, he is 83 this year, then it gets offered to mates and snapped up after an upgrade. The club do all they can to enable seats to be filled. Either fans aren't aware they can upgrade, or place them up for sale, or they simply haven't got any mates of family to use them, that or they can't be arsed offering them to any bugger.
 
chedinho said:
you obviously didn't try hard enough.
why don't you contact a couple of supporters clubs and ask if members have tickets available for the game your interested in.
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I appreciate you can get tickets through other channels, however it's not the point. People consistently not turning up or failing to make their tickets available for others should lose their right to renew.
 
I was at the Ticket Office yesterday and on all the windows were notices saying Today's game sold out.

I didn't notice any empty seats when I was at the ground apart from a small number in Leicester's 2nd tier, but when I watched it on MOTD there was a small number of empty seats in the Family Stand. I can understand it for midweek games - seasoncard holders not being able to make it - but not for a Saturday Kick-Off. Of you can't go sell it on the web-site.

Maybe it's staff concessions, or some group that are not showing up. Worth looking at. city I would have thought should know who turns up and who doesn't and should be able to spot trends, and figure it out.
 
Mr Partridge said:
I couldn't make it last night so I put my seat on ticket exchange on Thurs, checked the site an hour later and it had sold.

I've done this everytime I can't make a game and every single time it's sold really quickly on the ticket exchange. Maybe the club need to publicise it better.
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I agree I also think the club could promote the ticket exchange better.
C.T.I.D
 
Groke said:
The Leicester game had been effectively sold out for several days, on Monday I struggled to buy a single ticket, never mind the 4 together that I needed.Therefore, watching motd this morning it very fucking frustrating seeing a lot of unoccupied seats, especially in the family stand.

Are all these ST no-shows? If so, why don't people put them up for resale?! I get that people can't make every game, but I think if you miss (or don't sell on your ticket) for a certain amount of games per season you should lose your ST - obviously create exceptions for illness, bereavement etc.
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I regularly have 8 empty seats next to me in CB3. It's joke, if the weather is good or it's a big game then they're filled.
 
Marvin said:
I was at the Ticket Office yesterday and on all the windows were notices saying Today's game sold out.

I didn't notice any empty seats when I was at the ground apart from a small number in Leicester's 2nd tier, but when I watched it on MOTD there was a small number of empty seats in the Family Stand. I can understand it for midweek games - seasoncard holders not being able to make it - but not for a Saturday Kick-Off. Of you can't go sell it on the web-site.

Maybe it's staff concessions, or some group that are not showing up. Worth looking at. city I would have thought should know who turns up and who doesn't and should be able to spot trends, and figure it out.
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England v Japan was "Sold Out" in 2004 with 38k, it just means they are not selling any more tickets.

Rammy Blue said:
The guys behind me for example are certainly what I’d class as staunch fans, 2 dads with their 2 sons, yet they’ve missed 3 out of the last 4 games for some bizarre reason and consequently I’ve had 4 empty seats behind me.

Funnily enough I had 3 empty in front of me too that WERE attempted to be re-sold but weren’t snapped up? (I spoke to the guy whose seats they were and he said no one had bought them)
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I am guessing 3rd tier, seems to be a lot less popular.
 
anyone else see the fans in the family stand celebrate when Vardy scored? Camera close ups then showed fans smiling away and some even clapping as he ran away celebrating. WTF is going on there?
 
Time and time and time and time again big goals, winning goals or absolute screamers are scored late on by City and thousands miss it just to be sat in a car for 30 minutes instead of an hour.

The funny thing is all they’re going home to do is sit down all night in their living rooms watching tele, so why not do the same in the car for a bit longer and stick a decent album on or have a decent conversation?

Do these people turn off The Departed ten minutes before the end or not watch the last episode of a series so they don’t have to sit on the sofa for too long?

What is it about being sat down these people don’t like?
 
Stretford Born Blue said:
Utter rubbish, yesterday around 1pm, I looked on the official ticket site and 12 tickets were available, and weren't at 10am. They appear and disappear all the time as fans place them up for sale. They get snapped up. The ticket resale thing works. The empty seats are evident because people just don't go for whatever reason, and as daft as it is, don't offer them to anybody else they know. My son shares a ticket with my best mates nephew for example, or my mates wife upgrades it to an adult, as she did yesterday. If my Dad doesn't go, he is 83 this year, then it gets offered to mates and snapped up after an upgrade. The club do all they can to enable seats to be filled. Either fans aren't aware they can upgrade, or place them up for sale, or they simply haven't got any mates of family to use them, that or they can't be arsed offering them to any bugger.
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I reckon a lot of people don't realise how easy it is to let someone you know use your season ticket if you can't make it. You don't need to give them the actual card, if they have your supporter details they can take them to the ticket office and get a paper ticket for the day. It saves so much hassle.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Time and time and time and time again big goals, winning goals or absolute screamers are scored late on by City and thousands miss it just to be sat in a car for 30 minutes instead of an hour.

The funny thing is all they’re going home to do is sit down all night in their living rooms watching tele, so why not do the same in the car for a bit longer and stick a decent album on or have a decent conversation?

Do these people turn off The Departed ten minutes before the end or not watch the last episode of a series so they don’t have to sit on the sofa for too long?

What is it about being sat down these people don’t like?
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The Departed was good but I'm annoyed that Matt Damon's character never gets his comeuppance.
 
ColinBellsjockstrap said:
I wonder if they reduced ALL prices by 20% the ground would be rammed jammed full every game and the club would still have the same revenue.......worth a try surely?

In the 1967/8 title winning season with Bell/Lee/Summerbee the average attendance was only 36,000, but Maine Road's capacity was 65,000.
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Barcelona average 78000 in a 98000 stadium
Real Madrid average 70000 in a 84000 stadium

We average almost identical attendances as Celtic who are one of the biggest supported clubs in the world and they have about as noticeable empty seats as we do from week-to-week.

It happens at many places.

The only thing is, a full stadium simply aesthetically looks great and it feels much better when you’re in a full ground. It feels more ‘together’, more intense and intimidating an atmosphere, than when there’s empty seats dotted about all over the place.
 
ColinBellsjockstrap said:
I wonder if they reduced ALL prices by 20% the ground would be rammed jammed full every game and the club would still have the same revenue.......worth a try surely?

In the 1967/8 title winning season with Bell/Lee/Summerbee the average attendance was only 36,000, but Maine Road's capacity was 65,000.
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Yes and it was busting at the seams lying fucker that Swales fiddling the gate money.
 
ColinBellsjockstrap said:
I wonder if they reduced ALL prices by 20% the ground would be rammed jammed full every game and the club would still have the same revenue.......worth a try surely?

In the 1967/8 title winning season with Bell/Lee/Summerbee the average attendance was only 36,000, but Maine Road's capacity was 65,000.
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It would more than likely have the opposite effect. Lower prices usually means not bothered about missing a few games
 
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