A far away fan like me used to get the cheapest ticket I could (£40)from the club a couple of weeks before I fly over. Now it’s £140 from live football and I get an email ticket 24hrs before the game sent whilst I'm halfway across the AtlanticThere's a post I've read I think on bluemoon where the poster listed a seat on the exchange and then spoke to the lad who had bought it at the match and they said they got it from live football tickets.
I've asked fans at away games, same answer.
We know for a fact we had a link with Viagogo it's fairly clear to me we have one now with live football tickets.
Maybe but things would have settled down & fans would return to watch the top European sides (IMHO). if we’d been left behind we’d certainly have 30k older blues but no new fan base coming through. Eventually the old PL would be forgottenIf the super league had gone ahead there would have been 1000’s of empty seats at the Etihad. I would have packed it in, like 1000’s of other City fans. Those seats would have been filled by our new fans, tourists, football fans, day trippers, half and half scarfers who want to watch City play Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Juventus, etc instead of Burnley, Luton, Villa, Everton, etc.
Do you honestly think City fans would have returned to watch what is basically a Champions (Super) League every week and every season? Not me.Maybe but things would have settled down & fans would return to watch the top European sides (IMHO). if we’d been left behind we’d certainly have 30k older blues but no new fan base coming through. Eventually the old PL would be forgotten
Fortunately it didn’t happen & we were one of the first teams to pull out. But we couldn’t risk being left behind & sinking to a Championship level
Monetise, monetise, monetise. PSR and FFP have seen to that. ALL clubs have to put revenue before fans. The gentrification of the working man's game is almost complete. The only winners will be pubs, where all us legacy fans will congregate to see our teams.I'm starting to feel pessimistic about this stand now from a fan/atmosphere perspective. I think it will look great and be an outstanding facility but I've got the feeling the money people have absolutely no intention of making this a City end/blue wall. I do believe the original intention when designing an expanded 2nd tier was for this to happen but once these money people got their mitts on it, it became something else entirely.
Instead, they might want to fill it with more casual fans so they can hang around the new City Square before and after the game, spending their money in the shop, bars and eateries. There's just a total lack of noise from the club about making it anything else with the fan groups almost having to desperately try and twist an arm when it should be the club reaching out to the fans.
It would be a shame because I believe the visual of a blue wall so to speak would bring in new fans over time in itself since young fans would see it and want to be part of it.
I'll probably be dead in 20 years, so I don't have to worry about that happening to me. :-)Monetise, monetise, monetise. PSR and FFP have seen to that. ALL clubs have to put revenue before fans. The gentrification of the working man's game is almost complete. The only winners will be pubs, where all us legacy fans will congregate to see our teams.
In 20 years the pubs in Manchester will have home and away sections for us minions whilst tourists and the wealthy stink out the stadium with half n half's, influencers, selfies and instagram photo opportunities on every aisle.
The NS will be full, every week, but not with the likes of us, that's for sure.
Likewise mate.I'll probably be dead in 20 years, so I don't have to worry about that happening to me. :-)
We have Dodge. From standing on the old Kippax at Maine Road, to seeing City winning the Treble. Great memories on my death bed. :-)Likewise mate.
We've had the best of it, no doubt. If feel sorry for the next generation who will never experience what it truly means to be a Blue.
It's sickening.
Man I'm just here for the nuts and bolts, one of the few threads with relatively little Bluegloom. Bit a bit of a downer here today, hopefully some excitement back in the fold at some point soon.
If it cheers you up I'm hoping to get on site next week, so I'll look for your sample wall or ask when it's likely to be in place (-:Man I'm just here for the nuts and bolts, one of the few threads with relatively little Bluegloom. Bit a bit of a downer here today, hopefully some excitement back in the fold at some point soon.
This isn’t true, my son is 21, he enjoys football and City just as much as I did when I was 21 just in a very different way. Life, football and how different generation get their enjoyment changes and moves on.One isn’t better than the other things change people change.Likewise mate.
We've had the best of it, no doubt. If feel sorry for the next generation who will never experience what it truly means to be a Blue.
It's sickening.
Fair enough, but at 21, he'll have also seen footy without the the influx of the things I mentioned. God only knows what the "match day experience" will be when he's my age in 40 years time.This isn’t true, my son is 21, he enjoys football and City just as much as I did when I was 21 just in a very different way. Life, football and how different generation get their enjoyment changes and moves on.One isn’t better than the other things change people change.
He could be like you and think everything was better in his day, or like me and accept change happens,or things might be even better,who knows.Fair enough, but at 21, he'll have also seen footy without the the influx of the things I mentioned. God only knows what the "match day experience" will be when he's my age in 40 years time.
We had the best of it, no doubt.
Anyway, derailing the thread, up the fucking Blues.
Exactly.This isn’t true, my son is 21, he enjoys football and City just as much as I did when I was 21 just in a very different way. Life, football and how different generation get their enjoyment changes and moves on.One isn’t better than the other things change people change.
I agree totally. Football is nothing without fans but had the super league gone ahead without us, we would have been playing poor teams & although our current fans who remember the old days would continue to support City, the number of new fans would die outDo you honestly think City fans would have returned to watch what is basically a Champions (Super) League every week and every season? Not me.
Your right, with or without fans, a half full Etihad stadium, City would have still earned £100's of millions from TV. (pay per view revenue)
Remember, football is nothing without the fans? That's what we were told during the COVID season by the clubs, who welcomed us back and our money with open arms.
The proof I’m referring to is for the allegations that the club are selling tickets in bulk to these organisationsNo proof, surely the proof is that there’s rows of people attending away games who have never been to a city game before?
This isn’t away games, but the club have ticket partners who then sell on tickets/ experiences for every home game. The Madrid game had lots of tickets on here at extortionate prices - https://www.sportsworld.co.uk/footb...manchester-city-official-travel/match-breaks/
Do you honestly think City fans would have returned to watch what is basically a Champions (Super) League every week and every season? Not me.
Your right, with or without fans, a half full Etihad stadium, City would have still earned £100's of millions from TV. (pay per view revenue)
Remember, football is nothing without the fans? That's what we were told during the COVID season by the clubs, who welcomed us back and our money with open arms.
You and me both.I'll probably be dead in 20 years, so I don't have to worry about that happening to me. :-)