“City Matters” fan committee

[Tim of the Oak]

Surely not one of your saintly SC members?
Maybe you have charged the wrong people with not turning up tonight?

No mate. A friend who used their points could no longer make the game. I will always go the extra mike to make sure that a Blue gets in rather than there being an empty seat

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Surely not one of your saintly SC members?
Maybe you have charged the wrong people with not turning up tonight?

I would have ordered more tickets for our SC Branch had I thought we would struggle to sell out our end.

 

[fathellensbellend]

Would have been nice to see the random few hundred fans who get tickets for the plum games through hospitality turn up last night, I guess a rainy night in Leicester has no attraction, I wonder who will take up the slack for the lesser games when the hard-core become even more marginalised.

 

[stadiumcat]

Open question; WHY should we be allowing corporate members to have access to our AWAY ticket allocation? This goes against the ethos of the LOYALTY points system.

 

[Chappie]

Open question; WHY should we be allowing corporate members to have access to our AWAY ticket allocation? This goes against the ethos of the LOYALTY points system.

likewise supporters clubs who allocate tickets to members with less points than people who can't get them through the loyalty system

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Please explain how I'm feathering my own nest? You keep saying this but the only games I've gone to are games where I've had enough points on my own card when it's gone down to my level. I've not been to the swamp for 30 years. I've not been to Anfield for about 7 or 8 years. I last got a ticket for Spurs when we lost 4-1 I think. My last visit to the Emirates was 2011. So far this season I've done Cardiff & will be at Leicester tonight.

Not only that but you were one of the people who made a powerful argument against a general ballot that I accepted and supported. That could have negatively impacted you potentially and helped me so you of all people should know that self-interest is not a factor with me. And while we've had the conversation about supporters' clubs on many occasions and we both know there are some abuses, on the whole I don't think it's a terrible system overall as it allows genuine fans to go to matches mostly.

Your ire should be directed at seasonal hospitality customers who get a far higher proportion of tickets pro rata than any other group.

Perhaps the corporate fans should locate in the opposing teams' corporate areas.It could be a swap arrangement agreed by the clubs in advance. This would free up more tickets for ordinary fans. In this case I would back a limited ballot just for younger fans as long as the ballot tickets came from the corporate allocation.

 

[RACHACE]

Open question; WHY should we be allowing corporate members to have access to our AWAY ticket allocation? This goes against the ethos of the LOYALTY points system.

The club rebranded the points as ticket points rather than loyalty points a few seasons ago. Make of that what you will.

 

[stadiumcat]

The club rebranded the points as ticket points rather than loyalty points a few seasons ago. Make of that what you will.

Seems only fair then that we rebranded Corporate as CASH COWS

 

[The blue phantom]

likewise supporters clubs who allocate tickets to members with less points than people who can't get them through the loyalty system

The biggest travesty out there is what these fuckers are doing to City fans with more points who can't get a ticket.

Whoever's representing us the fans in these meetings with the club, get it fuckin sorted. Creaming all these tickets is now just a pisstake.

 

[UUJblue]

Seems only fair then that we rebranded Corporate as CASH COWS

"The Funnel Cash Club".

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

The biggest travesty out there is what these fuckers are doing to City fans with more points who can't get a ticket.

Whoever's representing us the fans in these meetings with the club, get it fuckin sorted. Creaming all these tickets is now just a pisstake.

You think the club gives a monkeys?! The days of them paying the fans anything other than lip service are long gone....

 

[Damocles]

@Prestwich_Blue Can we sign Messi yet mate?

 

[Chris Smithson]

I’m sorry mate it just doesn’t wash with me.
You have little or no evidence to go on with assertions that are made.

I know you’re doing your best and I don’t want to appear negative but there are far too many accusations thrown around.
How do you know they get them through the SC or through points whores (two sides of the same coin if you ask me)? And if they get them through the SC then that’s good, it means the club knows who’s getting them, the person gets the points and it encourages them to join the SC.

it’s tiresome seeing the same old unsubstantiated mantra trotted out re ID and tickets. I’d like to point out that not one of our CL games this season have required ID, and not one has sold out either, sort of blows that argument right out of the water.
Southampton and Cardiff both went to very low points, where’s the clamour for tickets there?

I’d be in favour of removing or reducing points for away games and adding them to home games, as that’s where the club make the money.
Rather that than having to try and find one of City’s incompetent ticket staff for tickets before going to the game.
In Lyon they waited inside the cordon to pass out tickets, without realising the fans had to use their non existent tickets to get through the cordon!

Out of interest how many of the representatives on the forum are regular awayers?
How do you find out about their issues.

I’m more concerned about the increasingly poor performance of the ticket office than away sales.
I constantly read problems people are having buying tickets, receiving tickets, getting in the ground etc. I’ve been overcharged for my CL tickets by paying for the package and individually and they have fucked up the CL membership for three of my family. And then having been charged double for Wednesday’s game my card didn’t work.

Concentrating on an issue that affects a few people who want tickets to the big games seems to be a higher priority than actually sorting out City’s woeful relationship with its fans regarding tickets for home games which affects us all.

He has been peddling this crap for years though so if you voted for him, it's on you

 

[Chris Smithson]

Maybe city should have a look first who is selling tickets on to secondary ticket sites that are then sold on to day trippers for £100s denying genuine fans .maybe they dont want too ?
Rightly or wrongly people passing tickets on usually pay face value and its a genuine blue sat in the seat

This. I've paid a fortune for some tickets through these sites and I nearly always end up in amongst big groups who know each other (Supporters Clubs)

My United away ticket is usually £300 each year through a site. Wouldn't miss the game for the world but whoever is selling it on needs outing

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

He has been peddling this crap for years though so if you voted for him, it's on you

Who the fuck are you? You've been a member on here 5 minutes with 8 posts yet you know I've "been peddling this crap for years". So if you're paying for tickets through these sites I bet you're not even a season ticket holder are you? When you buy through these sites, do you report the seat number to the club? Do you fuck. You keep these fucking touts in business yet you have the nerve to crticise others. Do one dickhead.

 

[Chris Smithson]

Who the fuck are you? You've been a member on here 5 minutes with 8 posts yet you know I've "been peddling this crap for years". So if you're paying for tickets through these sites I bet you're not even a season ticket holder are you? When you buy through these sites, do you report the seat number to the club? Do you fuck. You keep these fucking touts in business yet you have the nerve to crticise others. Do one dickhead.

Wow, season ticket holder actually. Great way to speak to one of your electorate

 

[Tim of the Oak]

This. I've paid a fortune for some tickets through these sites and I nearly always end up in amongst big groups who know each other (Supporters Clubs)

My United away ticket is usually £300 each year through a site. Wouldn't miss the game for the world but whoever is selling it on needs outing

It might come as a bit of a shock to you but a lot of our regular away following know each other. I bet a lot of the Corporates know each other too.

 

[Chris Smithson]

It might come as a bit of a shock to you but a lot of our regular away following know each other. I bet a lot of the Corporates know each other too.

I didn't want to name names but if it helps bring down your patronising tone a bit, quite a few were wearing Cheadle Blues polo shirts. Definitely a supporters club seat that was sold on

 

[andyhinch]

It might come as a bit of a shock to you but a lot of our regular away following know each other. I bet a lot of the Corporates know each other too.

On top of that it pisses me off when people ascertain that Corporates arn’t “proper fans”

 

[Chappie]

This. I've paid a fortune for some tickets through these sites and I nearly always end up in amongst big groups who know each other (Supporters Clubs)

My United away ticket is usually £300 each year through a site. Wouldn't miss the game for the world but whoever is selling it on needs outing

You have the answer in your own hands
Take the ticket you have purchased back to the head of security at City and demand that he investigates it source, if he says he wont/can't say you will take it to the paper's
It should take him all of 2 minutes to find the culprits as each and every ticket has a purchase history .