“City Matters” fan committee

Would be nice to vote however, both my mobile & Chromebook seem incapable of linking with our wonderful site and continue to jump around the page when I'm trying to vote.

I will try again to vote for #TEAMBM later but the club/infrastructure don't make it easy.
 
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ManCityX said:
Interesting

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It is but all I know is that I had to say what my supporter number was as part of the application process to get on the shortlist and whether I was a Seasoncard holder (although they should have known that from the Supporter Number).

This whole process with people in more than one category even if they didn't apply for that category, as Adam Purdue said earlier about his application, doesn't reflect well on the club if what has been alleged is the case.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
This is open for voting finally. Here's the link: https://www.mancity.com/fans-and-community/club/city-matters

I'm standing in the Seasoncard category and for those who don't know me, I'm Colin Savage (plus you get to see what I look like in real life). You know how vocal I am in criticising things that I believe aren't right and you have my promise that I'll stand up for the fans of this club, particularly the match-going ones.
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What are the issues that affect match going fans?

And where do you stand on them?
 
GortonBlue62 said:
What are the issues that affect match going fans?

And where do you stand on them?
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  • There’s ticket prices for one, both season and one-off. They don’t need to be as high as they are. I’ve consistently had a go at the club on here & in KOTK over this. You’ll pay £10 less to watch Newcastle at Arsenal than you will do at City on Saturday plus it would cost a family of 4 £150 to watch the game. That’s ridiculous.
  • We need to get younger fans more involved instead of pricing them out.
  • Away tickets. More & more seem to be going to hospitality customers & (for the biggest games) tourists. I’d like to see some transparency from the club and a fairer way of allocating them.
  • Safe standing is obviously another. I want to see it introduced.
  • The general criminalisation of match-going fans is another of my bug-bears. We can’t be trusted to drink at our seats along with other things that are perfectly ok at a concert or rugby game. I went to an FSF roadshow ‘Watching football is not a crime’ and heard some real horror stories.
  • The standard of catering at most grounds. It’s piss-poor yet we’re paying premium prices.We should take it off the third party and bring it in-house or, if that’s really not practical, find a way of improving the quality. I went to a baseball game in the States a couple of months ago and it was another level completely.
  • At City particularly people complain they can’t get 2 seats together yet see whole rows of empty seats at games. I want to know why & what we can do about it.
  • People who live too far away are being charged for season tickets they can’t fully use & Ticket Exchange only allows you 6 sales, plus I believe the club won’t list tickets in areas where they have unsold seats until they’ve sold those seats. We need to find a way to solve that.
  • Security and getting into the stadium is another one. By making us queue outside for longer we’re less safe in my opinion and there’s loads of anecdotal evidence that the measures are ineffective and probably designed more to stop you taking food & drink in.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
  • There’s ticket prices for one, both season and one-off. They don’t need to be as high as they are. I’ve consistently had a go at the club on here & in KOTK over this. You’ll pay £10 less to watch Newcastle at Arsenal than you will do at City on Saturday plus it would cost a family of 4 £150 to watch the game. That’s ridiculous.
  • We need to get younger fans more involved instead of pricing them out.
  • Away tickets. More & more seem to be going to hospitality customers & (for the biggest games) tourists. I’d like to see some transparency from the club and a fairer way of allocating them.
  • Safe standing is obviously another. I want to see it introduced.
  • The general criminalisation of match-going fans is another of my bug-bears. We can’t be trusted to drink at our seats along with other things that are perfectly ok at a concert or rugby game. I went to an FSF roadshow ‘Watching football is not a crime’ and heard some real horror stories.
  • The standard of catering at most grounds. It’s piss-poor yet we’re paying premium prices.We should take it off the third party and bring it in-house or, if that’s really not practical, find a way of improving the quality. I went to a baseball game in the States a couple of months ago and it was another level completely.
  • At City particularly people complain they can’t get 2 seats together yet see whole rows of empty seats at games. I want to know why & what we can do about it.
  • People who live too far away are being charged for season tickets they can’t fully use & Ticket Exchange only allows you 6 sales, plus I believe the club won’t list tickets in areas where they have unsold seats until they’ve sold those seats. We need to find a way to solve that.
  • Security and getting into the stadium is another one. By making us queue outside for longer we’re less safe in my opinion and there’s loads of anecdotal evidence that the measures are ineffective and probably designed more to stop you taking food & drink in.
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Great answer.

I've just voted for you.
 
Eccles Blue said:
It would be quite good of the club to inform ALL fans registered with them about this!! Not every fan is on Blue Moon or other forms of social media. Apart from what I have read on here I have heard nothing from the club regarding this either for submitting an application, which I wouldn't have done anyway, or even to now vote for the people nominated!!

Surely everyone with a Cityzens number should be allowed/eligible to vote?
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I agree. Publicising it has been very patchy
 
Is it possible to have a separate board or a Sticky at top of the Screen where stuff to be raised with the club can be posted?

A big issue at moment would seem to be Ticketing and the Ticket web-site. Then it would be up to the relevant person to filter out the lunatic suggestions and use their discretion as to what's relevant and what's not.

Impressed that so many blues are willing to give their time to this. Thank you to all who participated. Ashamed to say somehow I missed the vote.
 
isn't this what the supporters club is meant to be for ? ( kevin parker). what exactly do they do ? on all the biggest issues such as ticket prices you rarely ever hear anything from them. we need something to actually stick up for and represent our fans
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
isn't this what the supporters club is meant to be for ? ( kevin parker). what exactly do they do ? on all the biggest issues such as ticket prices you rarely ever hear anything from them. we need something to actually stick up for and represent our fans
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I must admit, I was surprised to see so many championing Parker through this process, the only thing I can ever remember him doing other than claiming tickets for his closed shop f mates, is tell the media that "no City fans want Sven Goran Eriksson".
 
i don’t know Kevin Parker but I did go to the Supoorters Club AGM this year and they had raised many thousands of pounds for City in the Community projects.

Maybe the OSC could do more fans but I don’t see the yardstick as criticising the Club in the MUEN or over social media. There are enough Blues doing that already
 
Tim of the Oak said:
i don’t know Kevin Parker but I did go to the Supoorters Club AGM this year and they had raised many thousands of pounds for City in the Community projects.

Maybe the OSC could do more fans but I don’t see the yardstick as criticising the Club in the MUEN or over social media. There are enough Blues doing that already
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The OSC have never seen themselves as a campaigning group, like a union for example, but I know Kevin regularly takes up the cases of his members & I also know that some on here will testify to that. Whether anyone thinks that's right or wrong is not the point; they are what they are and they gave a relationship with the club that works for them. I'm not going to criticise them for that.

It is why we need an independent group however & that's something I've wanted for a while. But a representative of one a largest groups of supporters has a right to be on that committee whether that's Kevin or someone else the OSC wants. Personally I'd have simply co-opted the OSC & DSA and let them decide who represents them.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
The OSC have never seen themselves as a campaigning group, like a union for example, but I know Kevin regularly takes up the cases of his members & I also know that some on here will testify to that. Whether anyone thinks that's right or wrong is not the point; they are what they are and they gave a relationship with the club that works for them. I'm not going to criticise them for that.

It is why we need an independent group however & that's something I've wanted for a while. But a representative of one a largest groups of supporters has a right to be on that committee whether that's Kevin or someone else the OSC wants. Personally I'd have simply co-opted the OSC & DSA and let them decide who represents them.
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Good stuff Colin. Like you say the OSC are not a campaigning group. I also accepted the opinions of you and other lifelong Blues who said a Points of Blue type group with senior club involvement was needed.

I got the impression at the AGM that Kevin’s heart was in the right place eg he had printed off coach passes to help people use the car park, when there had been delays in the Club issuing them. I know this was a relatively small gesture but it was helpful.

Also, they seemed to have a good relationship with the Club that was helping some Blues with travel to Away games and to see the trophies won in 2018 (the latter F.O.C)
 
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