FA Cup Final | Ticket Criteria

[Champions Again Ole Ole]

Not sure I entirely agree with that. Lots of season ticket holders don’t bother with any cup games at all. Yet you’ll have someone who’s a citizen member who’s been to pretty much every cup game. Lots of citizen members have been going for years as well, lots of former season ticket holders as well

I think a small percentage of tickets should have been set aside for citizen members. Without them the semi final and all the other games it would have been empty in the stadium

I have a friend who is a citizen only. They think they've spent about £1400 on games this season. They have no chance of qualifying for a final ticket by themselves though

 

[west didsblue]

Thanks matey.

I'll just have to call tomorrow and leave on speaker for 9 hours realistically

I’ve also emailed mancitytravel@sportsworld.co.uk who look after the travel arrangements. Not heard back from them either.

 

[horlock_was_super]

Round me at The Etihad 4/5 rows either side I think apart from me there is only about 6 tops who attend cup games and they are all season tickets so I reckon that’s about 50/60 people if that equates across the ground it may come down quite a lot. Fingers crossed for all of you.

 

[g180aj]

Right I’m off for a pint, no offence to any blues intended. I’m old school and just think EVERY season ticket holder should have priority before anyone. I appreciate not everyone can get a season ticket and have no choice but to be members, due to other commitments. That’s it. Roll on Everton :)

I’m in agreement with both really, the branches used to get a decent allocation and have a strong presence home and away, now they all go to corporate, tunnel club can request up to 6 tickets per away game which is insane in itself

 

[Tim of the Oak]

What row did you get? You'll have a noisy bunch behind you. ;)

I got row 11. Looking forward to it. Let’s get Wembley rocking

 

[Southportctid]

Do you think there is any chance we may get some additional tickets?

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

For those moaning about supporters clubs ticket allocations, you knew this would be the case and has been for some time.

Why not?…..join a supporters club or shut the fuck up when reality kicks in over tickets.

I really can’t be arsed with whingers.

Supporters clubs were around in the dark days, nobody was arsed then.

For the record I’ve never been associated with a supporters club but have no issue with the system.

Priority for those attend the semi is another load of bollox too. On what planet really?

If you don’t have enough points, either join a supporters club or go to more fucking games. FFS

I think the point being made is why should someone who isn’t a SC holder be able to get a ticket just because they are a branch member.

 

[Edghill OG]

Can play it more ways than that though. In my mind a citizen member who's been to a few cup games at 20-25 quid a pop doesn't have more of a right to an FA Cup final ticket than a fan who pays 800 quid a year for a season ticket and goes to every home game in the league but doesn't bother with Bristol at home in the 3rd round.

I agree with this. Maybe the season ticket holder can't afford to do both the league and all rounds of the cup? It might not be purely down to lack of interest that they haven't done some of the earlier fixtures. It's fairly safe to assume we could go deep in most, if not all, of the competitions. Maybe somebody is on the Champions League and EFL Cup scheme and bought most the FA Cup games ad hoc but a member that has just been to all the FA cup games jumps ahead of them? Obviously an extreme example but you are always going to upset somebody. And if you're upsetting somebody it shouldn't be at the expense of the season ticket holder.

The members have been shafted recently and I don't like the way that points seem to be meaningless on the membership and everybody is essentially an equal on it. We all know that's not the case! I'm sure there's a lot of members that are more worthy than some of those that are getting tickets through a branch and that's a real shame. As Cheadlehulme suggested a small amount of tickets reserved to Cityzen members on a points basis may have been a good initiative.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Anyone still wondering why we don’t open up the cup schemes to non Season card holders probably now has their answer now

 

[Chappie]

Ooooooooooooooo

Get you.

I'm in a supporters club and no chance 20% go to them. Cup final maybe but not all the time absolute bollocks.

Luckily I don't need tickets as I've plenty of pts.

Show me proof before you come out with the FACT bollocks.

Contact City Matters for the clarification you need.
Supporter clubs allocation is 20% of allocated tickets for each away match.
For normal league matches when we get 3000 tickets they get approx 600 tickets and for the likes of bournemouth and brentford 200 tickets,hence why supporters clubs are getting less tickets per branch.
Luckily I too don't need them.
And just for info I am in a position to know the facts,so it's not bollocks.

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

I agree with this. Maybe the season ticket holder can't afford to do both the league and all rounds of the cup? It might not be purely down to lack of interest that they haven't done some of the earlier fixtures. It's fairly safe to assume we could go deep in most, if not all, of the competitions. Maybe somebody is on the Champions League and EFL Cup scheme and bought most the FA Cup games ad hoc but a member that has just been to all the FA cup games jumps ahead of them? Obviously an extreme example but you are always going to upset somebody. And if you're upsetting somebody it shouldn't be at the expense of the season ticket holder.

The members have been shafted recently and I don't like the way that points seem to be meaningless on the membership and everybody is essentially an equal on it. We all know that's not the case! I'm sure there's a lot of members that are more worthy than some of those that are getting tickets through a branch and that's a real shame. As Cheadlehulme suggested a small amount of tickets reserved to Cityzen members on a points basis may have been a good initiative.

I genuinely think a lot of it is down to most of the cup games being midweek, all CL & LC games are midweek, and even some rounds of the FA cup are too

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Just been chatting to a rag who is going and he said they have been given an additional 3000. Not sure how true that is but they do mention extra tickets on their site.

 

[bridgeblue]

Got mine and my lads ticket at 3pm, I was surprised how many had gone at that point, I would suggest we have sold around 20,000 so far. My step son isn't on the cup scheme and has around 2000 points, not looking great for him at the moment.

 

[Ashleymcduff]

See a lot of tout sites already offering tickets for £500 and more

 

[BillCarlisle]

Some of the moaners on here don't realise how much better it is than in days gone by.
In 1969 I had an almost full voucher sheet but due to the ridiculously low allocation back then I still didn't qualify for a Final ticket. I managed to get one through a mate of my Dad, who happened to know a ticket tout. I had the grand sum of £8 in my bank account and a 15 shillings standing ticket (75p for all you young 'uns) cost me £6. That was a week's wage to me.
Going online today it took me literally 2 mins to get my FOC £60 seat at the touch of a key. Simples. Went in at 3pm and directed straight to buying my ticket, no queue. 5 mins later it's uploaded to my Google Wallet. No complaints from me.

 

[cleavers]

It’s a good job this thread exists though.

I’ve been dead busy in work, working 13 hour days. And if I hadn’t popped in here I wouldn’t have known they were on sale.

I’ve got my ticket now but they usually send out the criteria via email.

Same here, I'm normally bombarded by email and SMS for games they know I'll never be able to go to due to my points, yet nothing for the FA Cup final, when on the Cup Scheme, annoying really.

 

[ftg89]

Lot of hostility flying around here tonight! Let’s all focus that energy in helping the boys over the line at Goodison Park Sunday!

 

[Edghill OG]

I genuinely think a lot of it is down to most of the cup games being midweek, all CL & LC games are midweek, and even some rounds of the FA cup are too

Yep, agreed. Certainly one of the major reasons. If I lived in Manchester I'd go to more cup games during the week. Bad enough the few I've done this season and getting back home at 1am.

 

[paulchapo]

Just been chatting to a rag who is going and he said they have been given an additional 3000. Not sure how true that is but they do mention extra tickets on their site.

I'd say it's bollocks. The fa cup final is more strictly monitored and it's harder to get tickets. The first all Manchester one will have higher demand than most. All the bigwigs of the fa and the associated clubs who get their share will take them up so I don't see where spares are coming from.

 

[dukyblue]

Some of the moaners on here don't realise how much better it is than in days gone by.
In 1969 I had an almost full voucher sheet but due to the ridiculously low allocation back then I still didn't qualify for a Final ticket. I managed to get one through a mate of my Dad, who happened to know a ticket tout. I had the grand sum of £8 in my bank account and a 15 shillings standing ticket (75p for all you young 'uns) cost me £6. That was a week's wage to me.
Going online today it took me literally 2 mins to get my FOC £60 seat at the touch of a key. Simples. Went in at 3pm and directed straight to buying my ticket, no queue. 5 mins later it's uploaded to my Google Wallet. No complaints from me.

I'll never forget queuing for hours for derby FA Cup tickets in 96 the day after we beat Coventry (I think). And the play off final. Got in the queue before 8am and United had beat Newcastle in the cup final before I got to the front, via some weird and wonderful back door tunnels throught the Kippax. Today, done in less than a minute!