Community Shield - Arsenal (N) | Sun 6th Aug - 16:00

[paulchapo]

They're showing themselves up with comments like that. Okay 4pm on a Sunday maybe the norm for 3000-4000 travelling fans but not 10x that amount. FA again show themselves to be out of touch.

I'm getting tired of the authorities that run football here and in Europe. They absolutely couldn't give one fuck about the fans, not one. They know they have us over a barrel due to our emotional connection to our clubs. Unless fans start taking a stand they will continue to shaft us forever.

 

[Midd-Blue]

R u going ?

Yes - I’ve decided to in this instance and it’s a chance to take my 4 and 6 year olds to Wembley. I’ve been going to Wembley since the Gillingham match and the buzz won’t wear off for me. However, that seems irrelevant to my point. I think there are worse injustices than this and most people don’t want to go as it’s a glorified friendly and it’s costly to travel down, plus plenty probably on holiday. I understand that but then it’s also understandable that some fans who can’t afford a season ticket (like my family when I was a kid) get a chance to see them at Wembley. I just fundamentally think there would be more effective protests than this.

 

[Lee the Blue]

I'm getting tired of the authorities that run football here and in Europe. They absolutely couldn't give one fuck about the fans, not one. They know they have us over a barrel due to our emotional connection to our clubs. Unless fans start taking a stand they will continue to shaft us forever.

Absolutely spot on.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Agree completely on this. Whatever your view, it seems the Arsenal end will be full and our’s won’t. Checked on Arse website and it has sold out to Red Members. Get all the factors and they are local but it’s still going to look embarrassing potentially and won’t be picked up as a ‘protest’.

Why do you care so much about what others fans think?

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

We as in who? I certainly haven't boycotted any game?
All them game you have mentioned haven't been available to probably around 80-90% of city fans ....now tickets are available these people who wernt able to go are being mocked.
I predict we will probably sell about three quarters of the tickets (as per usual for this game) , which is a shame as it should be selling out, to see , possibilly the best city team we will ever see .
If you think a so called boycott is going to change things you need to look closer to home. Sat 8pm kos ,ticket prices going up again. . It's a money game mate and a few 1000 city fans not rocking up at wembley won't affect anything.
All it does is make our fanbase look shite again.
Maybe people can't afford it , I get that , but telling people not go to a game to support their team when it is possible to get back and there are lower priced tickets is just wrong.

We may as well just accept everything then and never protest or take a stand. Fans protesting has led to cheap away tickets and safe standing so it clearly does make a difference.

All it does is make our fanbase look shite again.

Why do you care so much about what others think?

 

[mcfcpf47]

We may as well just accept everything then and never protest or take a stand. Fans protesting has led to cheap away tickets and safe standing so it clearly does make a difference.


Why do you care so much about what others think?

Fan protesting works, it led to the cap on away tickets in the league when we used to get charged £50-60 10+ years ago (God knows how much that would be now in today’s money), cap on away tickets in Europe at €70, stopped the ESL etc.

It needs everyone to say no and not to go, but that hasn’t happened. Those who do go shouldn’t buy anything in the ground. Don’t give those thieves (the FA) any extra money, they don’t deserve anything since they have the audacity to charge almost 30 quid for 4 cans of Budweiser and mark it as a “deal” during a cost of living crisis. All they care about is money, the boycott will have a stronger effect if we can cut off more of their revenue

 

[CarlosTevez'sEnglishTutor]

I'm getting tired of the authorities that run football here and in Europe. They absolutely couldn't give one fuck about the fans, not one. They know they have us over a barrel due to our emotional connection to our clubs. Unless fans start taking a stand they will continue to shaft us forever.

Whilst I agree with you, ticket sales are a miniscule amount of income. All Premier League clubs are fully self-sustainable even if they didn't sell one match ticket all season. There's too much money in the game at that level.

Fans boycotting are doing one thing and one thing only, preventing themselves from doing the one thing they love; watching City. No boycott or protest is going to do anything. The money is there, the suits will never care about us.

I'm off to Wembley but support those boycotting. Unfortunately, nothing will come of it and people in time will realise they are wasting their efforts. The only way change happens is if the head honchos are repeatedly threatened and targeted with violence and hounded out of stadiums. That's not going to happen in a civilised country like England, fortunately or unfortunately.

 

[dennis1976]

How many people on here hand on heart would have gone to this game anyway. Be honest it’s a part of being a successful club. We win trophies. We get more games. Stop bullying the fans who want to go. It’s city at Wembley. If you are going to enjoy looking at empty seats in our end from a bar in Manchester I think you don’t really love this team and what they have just achieved. Ok this might not go down well but I have been a blue for 50 years. So I will support my team.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

Whilst I agree with you, ticket sales are a miniscule amount of income. All Premier League clubs are fully self-sustainable even if they didn't sell one match ticket all season. There's too much money in the game at that level.

Fans boycotting are doing one thing and one thing only, preventing themselves from doing the one thing they love; watching City. No boycott or protest is going to do anything. The money is there, the suits will never care about us.

I'm off to Wembley but support those boycotting. Unfortunately, nothing will come of it and people in time will realise they are wasting their efforts. The only way change happens is if the head honchos are repeatedly threatened and targeted with violence and hounded out of stadiums. That's not going to happen in a civilised country like England, fortunately or unfortunately.

And yet, they keep putting the prices up, year on year.

 

[paulchapo]

Whilst I agree with you, ticket sales are a miniscule amount of income. All Premier League clubs are fully self-sustainable even if they didn't sell one match ticket all season. There's too much money in the game at that level.

Fans boycotting are doing one thing and one thing only, preventing themselves from doing the one thing they love; watching City. No boycott or protest is going to do anything. The money is there, the suits will never care about us.

I'm off to Wembley but support those boycotting. Unfortunately, nothing will come of it and people in time will realise they are wasting their efforts. The only way change happens is if the head honchos are repeatedly threatened and targeted with violence and hounded out of stadiums. That's not going to happen in a civilised country like England, fortunately or unfortunately.

Absolute bullshit. If there are loads of empty seats trust me it will be mentioned and talked about on every media platform out there.

While dickheads like you keep on turning up no matter what the kick off time them this shitshow will continue.

 

[Fred_Quimby]

Absolute bullshit. If there are loads of empty seats trust me it will be mentioned and talked about on every media platform out there.

While dickheads like you keep on turning up no matter what the kick off time them this shitshow will continue.

I agree, the game is dead without supporters in the stadium. You only have see the sh1t show that happened during the pandemic. They had pipe in support. That wouldn’t last.

 

[Shirley]

Absolute bullshit. If there are loads of empty seats trust me it will be mentioned and talked about on every media platform out there.

While dickheads like you keep on turning up no matter what the kick off time them this shitshow will continue.

If the media do mention it I suspect that will be it, they won’t dwell on it too long or go into the details.

 

[Shirley]

Bizarre how I watched City wallop WBA 6-1 in 1968 in the Charity shield and we all considered it a lark. Nobody added it to the trophy lists then. It wasn’t until Maureen came along calling it a trophy that it seemed to get elevated.

I was at that game, it was brilliant.
The trophy (shield) presented for winning was included on that famous photo showing the team with all the trophies won.

Anyone have the pic post it please….sweet memories

 

[Shirley]

I was at that game, it was brilliant.
The trophy (shield) presented for winning was included on that famous photo showing the team with all the trophies won.

Anyone have the pic post it please….sweet memories

Found this….

 

[M18CTID]

How many people on here hand on heart would have gone to this game anyway. Be honest it’s a part of being a successful club. We win trophies. We get more games. Stop bullying the fans who want to go. It’s city at Wembley. If you are going to enjoy looking at empty seats in our end from a bar in Manchester I think you don’t really love this team and what they have just achieved. Ok this might not go down well but I have been a blue for 50 years. So I will support my team.

Utter horseshit that. There's no "bullying" going on FFS.

 

[M18CTID]

Whilst I agree with you, ticket sales are a miniscule amount of income. All Premier League clubs are fully self-sustainable even if they didn't sell one match ticket all season. There's too much money in the game at that level.

Fans boycotting are doing one thing and one thing only, preventing themselves from doing the one thing they love; watching City. No boycott or protest is going to do anything. The money is there, the suits will never care about us.

I'm off to Wembley but support those boycotting. Unfortunately, nothing will come of it and people in time will realise they are wasting their efforts. The only way change happens is if the head honchos are repeatedly threatened and targeted with violence and hounded out of stadiums. That's not going to happen in a civilised country like England, fortunately or unfortunately.

But recent history shows that's not the case is it? Co-ordinated fan campaigns have led to cheaper Premier League away tickets - a campaign that funnily enough started when City didn't take up their full allocation of £62 tickets at Arsenal in January 2013 and snowballed from there - and the introduction of safe standing, and neither of those were achieved with threats and violence.

There's absolutely no reason why a co-ordinated fan campaign in this instance can lead to more fan friendly kick-off times for games in future rather than having Brighton v Newcastle kicking off at 5.30pm on a Saturday for example. I mean, why not have 2 reasonably local teams playing in that time slot? This isn't just about City fans being shafted. It's about ALL football fans being shafted and if people think this is just one set of fans taking a stand at one particular game because it's a glorified pre-season friendly and therefore an easy one to get out of going to then they need to think again. It's been picked up by many major news outlets, has gained support from fans of many other clubs, and will lead to a wider discussion and an FSA-led campaign about inconvenient kick-off times in general.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

Those who are going should take BLACK FLAGS....the media can't ignore them and they would look great on TV!!

 

[Gone for a Burton]

But recent history shows that's not the case is it? Co-ordinated fan campaigns have led to cheaper Premier League away tickets - a campaign that funnily enough started when City didn't take up their full allocation of £62 tickets at Arsenal in January 2013 and snowballed from there - and the introduction of safe standing, and neither of those were achieved with threats and violence.

There's absolutely no reason why a co-ordinated fan campaign in this instance can lead to more fan friendly kick-off times for games in future rather than having Brighton v Newcastle kicking off at 5.30pm on a Saturday for example. I mean, why not have 2 reasonably local teams playing in that time slot? This isn't just about City fans being shafted. It's about ALL football fans being shafted and if people think this is just one set of fans taking a stand at one particular game because it's a glorified pre-season friendly and therefore an easy one to get out of going to then they need to think again. It's been picked up by many major news outlets, has gained support from fans of many other clubs, and will lead to a wider discussion and an FSA-led campaign about inconvenient kick-off times in general.

The key to the success of the City fans boycott is it becoming a national, coordinated fan campaign.

Ultimately ALL clubs fans will be affected but they don't yet fully appreciate it.

All OSCs and National Fans Associations need to grasp the nettle and grip the matter otherwise not only will things not improve they'll get worse !!

 

[M18CTID]

The key to the success of the City fans boycott is it becoming a national, coordinated fan campaign.

Ultimately ALL clubs fans will be affected but they don't yet fully appreciate it.

All OSCs and National Fans Associations need to grasp the nettle and grip the matter otherwise not only will things not improve they'll get worse !!

Spot on mate. It needs fans of all clubs to come together - that's how we secured cheaper tickets for PL away games and safe standing. People need to ignore all the noise from nonces spouting off about empty seats and how City fans boycott the Community Shield every year because none of us ever go anyway, and look at what clued up fans of most other clubs are saying. There have been a few Arsenal fan sites, for instance, who have reported positively on it plus there are Arsenal fans who have donated to the MCFC Foodbanks

 

[CarlosTevez'sEnglishTutor]

Absolute bullshit. If there are loads of empty seats trust me it will be mentioned and talked about on every media platform out there.

While dickheads like you keep on turning up no matter what the kick off time them this shitshow will continue.

I don't see how having a different opinion on a football forum makes me a dickhead. Who do you think you are?