Real Madrid - CL R16 - 2nd Leg (at the Etihad) - Price details

My ticket is only £35, which I'm happy with. I'm on the cup scheme and in the cheapest part of the ground though.

My advice to any blues who're finding this game expensive is to consider relocating to a cheaper part of the ground (for any cup games). Just because you sit in a more expensive part of the ground doesn't mean you need to buy those seats for cup games.

Remember we've (most likely) got a cup final around the same time as well. So any money saved helps.
 
TheRemainsOfTheDave said:
I just added some info above. Will probably go and just hide the cost from the missus although the word 'sucker' tattoo'd on my forehead might be hard to miss.

Went to SS L3 for the Real semi final and I liked it, might do that.
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Yeah, our stadium is so good you don't really get a bad view anywhere. I don't think I'd ever move back to the sides of the pitch nowadays with the prices.
 
TheRemainsOfTheDave said:
The issue as I see it is the atmosphere just isn't the same at CL games. To get City fans to buy into this competition it needs most of the same fans as go to PL games and I think a different approach is needed.

My sc was £790 (I think) this season, which is £41.58 /game. If we get to the semi final and charge the same rate for the next 2 rounds as the R16 game, the average price of a seat has been £36.25 in the CL competition. If they offered me a 19-game PL + 6-game CL season ticket at £970 I'd probably snap their hands off and I bet you'd get more regulars going. Of course they would need to credit any knockout games we don't get through to back towards the following seasons costs.

Looking at the prices again, they're probably about right BUT it stings just after Christmas and when still in two other cups and a potential Wembley visit or three. If the cost is spread, it won't hurt as much.
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Some of the best atmospheres we've had have been in the knockout stages of the champions league
 
TheRemainsOfTheDave said:
The issue as I see it is the atmosphere just isn't the same at CL games. To get City fans to buy into this competition it needs most of the same fans as go to PL games and I think a different approach is needed.

My sc was £790 (I think) this season, which is £41.58 /game. If we get to the semi final and charge the same rate for the next 2 rounds as the R16 game, the average price of a seat has been £36.25 in the CL competition. If they offered me a 19-game PL + 6-game CL season ticket at £970 I'd probably snap their hands off and I bet you'd get more regulars going. Of course they would need to credit any knockout games we don't get through to back towards the following seasons costs.

Looking at the prices again, they're probably about right BUT it stings just after Christmas and when still in two other cups and a potential Wembley visit or three. If the cost is spread, it won't hurt as much.
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Spurs last year was one of the loudest Atmospheres I've seen from us
 
Georgian Maestro said:
Some of the best atmospheres we've had have been in the knockout stages of the champions league
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Elliot houghton said:
Spurs last year was one of the loudest Atmospheres I've seen from us
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Yeah that's fair enough, maybe where I sit, and the games I've attended, I seem to get surrounded by tourists or away supporters. Now I've done some price analysis, I don't think the prices are that bad, and it's more the shock factor. I know a few priced out and it spoils my day going without them but reckon I will go now.
 
I'm in Colin Bell Level 3.
Historic CL prices for me and my lot based on ST holder and on the CL cup scheme:

15/16 - £50 PSG (QF)
15/16 - £45 Real Madrid (SF)

16/17 - £30 Monaco (L16)

17/18 - £30 Basel (L16)
17/18 - £45 Liverpool (QF)

18/19 - £30 Schalke (L16)
18/19 - £45 Spurs (QF)

19/20 - £47.50 Real Madrid (L16)

Not surprised in the slightest with the cost as not out of line with historic prices. Last 16 prices for the last 3 years have been far lower but City always charge more for the bigger teams irrespective of the round - think it was £45 for me for the Barcelona group stage game in 16/17.

Atmosphere has been great for all the "live" knock-out games even with these prices. Still, that doesn't stop me sympathising with those priced out particularly if non ST holder and have to buy on general sale. My £47.50 ticket for Real Madrid would cost £57.50 then.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
I'm being a bit pedantic but the whole lower tier has a poor view in my opinion. The camber is very shallow.
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It's pretty good at the back of level 1. Near the front isn't perfect (the 3 new rows they added a few seasons ago are very low). Other grounds in the league, such as Anfield, Stamford Bridge, Goodison, Selhurst Park etc are considerably worse in the 'cheap seats'.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
I was near the back for Port Vale and didn’t like it at all. Wouldn’t be for me that every week.
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I think if you're used to watching the game tactically from high up it's a shock to the system, even at the back of the bottom tier. It's just a bunch of blokes running around. You can't really assess the game properly. I feel the same at Wembley from their bottom tier. I know that some people prefer the spectacle of being closer but I hate it after all these years watching from high up. Even at MR I sat in the back half of the Main Stand, block H.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
I think if you're used to watching the game tactically from high up it's a shock to the system, even at the back of the bottom tier. It's just a bunch of blokes running around. You can't really assess the game properly. I feel the same at Wembley from their bottom tier. I know that some people prefer the spectacle of being closer but I hate it after all these years watching from high up. Even at MR I sat in the back half of the Main Stand, block H.
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Totally agree. I can see the runs being made and tactical positioning etc from level 2 and 3 but like you say, just a load of running around at level 1, albeit it does show how little time they get on the ball at this level. I’m not sure why people choose to be that low and those that sit right behind the goal I would imagine it’s even worse due to the view through the net.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Totally agree. I can see the runs being made and tactical positioning etc from level 2 and 3 but like you say, just a load of running around at level 1, albeit it does show how little time they get on the ball at this level. I’m not sure why people choose to be that low and those that sit right behind the goal I would imagine it’s even worse due to the view through the net.
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I was talking to my dad about this. If I was a manager I’d sit in the stand and send messages by phone to the staff on the bench.

I actually remember John Bond used to do this. He broke his leg once leaping over the main stand tunnel at half time. I bet nobody remembers that!
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Totally agree. I can see the runs being made and tactical positioning etc from level 2 and 3 but like you say, just a load of running around at level 1, albeit it does show how little time they get on the ball at this level. I’m not sure why people choose to be that low and those that sit right behind the goal I would imagine it’s even worse due to the view through the net.
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I've been sat 10 rows back in 105 since the 'new' stadium opened so I'm used to it. There was a family relocated next to me from EL3 (CL closed on the night) recently and they couldn't cope at all. In the end I told them to just watch it on the screens, which at least stopped them moaning.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
I was talking to my dad about this. If I was a manager I’d sit in the stand and send messages by phone to the staff on the bench.

I actually remember John Bond used to do this. He broke his leg once leaping over the main stand tunnel at half time. I bet nobody remembers that!
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Done a few stadium tours and pitch side can hardly see the lines on the other side.Makes me laugh when managers appeal for offsides corners etc they can’ t have any idea from the touchline
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Totally agree. I can see the runs being made and tactical positioning etc from level 2 and 3 but like you say, just a load of running around at level 1, albeit it does show how little time they get on the ball at this level. I’m not sure why people choose to be that low and those that sit right behind the goal I would imagine it’s even worse due to the view through the net.
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one of my best mates is a rag
he dunt go anymore like most of them ,but during the 80's when he did,he used to say the stretford end was the best place to watch/view a game
i c unt believe it and laughed my arse off at him,he was always adamant about it
so i said in the kippax along the side of the pitch low or high it was so much better,he still wunt have it
so i said
why do the tv companies place their main camera at the top on or near the half way line for live games or highlights?
no reply
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
It's not nothing, which is one of the few things I'll say in their support over this. We lost £28m before transfer profits in 2019 and we're charged by ADUG to be self-financing.
But we'll make far more money by getting to the QF and beyond and there's no doubt (because Vinny said so in his MBA dissertation) that a full crowd who are really up for it will make a positive difference to our chances of doing that.
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Charging relatively high ticket prices is not going to make a blind bit of difference when it comes to balancing the books.
The club should take the approach of making it affordable to fill the stadium. This creates a better atmosphere and spectacle which would attract more commercial deals.
If only we had fan representatives who could raise these issues with the club
 
TheRemainsOfTheDave said:
The issue as I see it is the atmosphere just isn't the same at CL games. To get City fans to buy into this competition it needs most of the same fans as go to PL games and I think a different approach is needed.

My sc was £790 (I think) this season, which is £41.58 /game. If we get to the semi final and charge the same rate for the next 2 rounds as the R16 game, the average price of a seat has been £36.25 in the CL competition. If they offered me a 19-game PL + 6-game CL season ticket at £970 I'd probably snap their hands off and I bet you'd get more regulars going. Of course they would need to credit any knockout games we don't get through to back towards the following seasons costs.

Looking at the prices again, they're probably about right BUT it stings just after Christmas and when still in two other cups and a potential Wembley visit or three. If the cost is spread, it won't hurt as much.
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There hasn’t been anything wrong with the atmosphere once the knockout football gets underway in the CL, Barca, Monaco, PSG, Liverpool, Spurs were all electric with that spurs game last year one of the best atmospheres I’ve been in.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
I was talking to my dad about this. If I was a manager I’d sit in the stand and send messages by phone to the staff on the bench.

I actually remember John Bond used to do this. He broke his leg once leaping over the main stand tunnel at half time. I bet nobody remembers that!
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It was against Norwich in the cup think we beat them six nil I remember him falling didn't think he broke his leg though.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Totally agree. I can see the runs being made and tactical positioning etc from level 2 and 3 but like you say, just a load of running around at level 1, albeit it does show how little time they get on the ball at this level. I’m not sure why people choose to be that low and those that sit right behind the goal I would imagine it’s even worse due to the view through the net.
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The view through the net went 100% worse when they changed from black to white nets
 
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