Seat Counters - 2023/24

[John Wayne]

This was the criteria last year:

Points	Date	Time
Season Ticket Members registered on the FA Cup Scheme can purchase one ticket at the following time:
17500	Fri 12th May	9am
14000	Fri 12th May	12pm
10000	Fri 12th May	3pm
6500	Mon 15th May	9am
3500	Mon 15th May	12pm
Any	Mon 15th May	3pm
Season Ticket Members not registered on the FA Cup Scheme can purchase one ticket at the following time:
17500	Tues 16th May	9am
14000	Tues 16th May	12pm
10500	Tues 16th May	3pm
7500	Weds 17th May	9am
4000	Weds 17th May	12pm
Any	Weds 17th May	3pm

And this is this year's criteria:

Points	Date	Time
Season Ticket Members registered on the FA Cup Scheme can purchase one ticket at the following time:
19,500	Wednesday 1st May	10am
16,500	Wednesday 1st May	1pm
12,500	Wednesday 1st May	4pm
9,500	Thursday 2nd May	10am
6,000	Thursday 2nd May	1pm
4,000	Thursday 2nd May	4pm
All	Friday 3rd May	10am
Season Ticket Members not registered on the FA Cup Scheme can purchase one ticket at the following time:
10,000	Friday 3rd May	1pm
7,500	Friday 3rd May	4pm
6,000	Tuesday 7th May	10am
5,000	Tuesday 7th May	1pm
4,000	Tuesday 7th May	4pm
3,000	Wednesday 8th May	10am
2,000	Wednesday 8th May	1pm
All	Wednesday 8th May	4pm

There are smaller gaps and points drops for ST holders not on the cup scheme this year.

I've just looked at last year's thread and after the 3rd window sales had died down (10,000 points Cup Scheme) but just before the 4th window opened (6500 points Cup Scheme) there were around 10,000 showing on the planner.

Comparing it to the equivalent windows this year. After the 3rd window sales had died down (12,500 points Cup Scheme) but just before the 4th window opened at 10am this morning (9500 points cup scheme), there were 7902 showing on the planner.

So that's around 2000 less tickets showing this year compared to last year at the equivalent stage. Not only that, the criteria for the 3rd and 4th sales windows this year is much higher - 12,500 vs 10,000 Cup Scheme (3rd sales window) and 9500 vs 6500 Cup Scheme (4th sales window).

Either more have been siphoned off this time round or more are being held back.

Really good work, and very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to look into it.

Just to clarify - was our initial allocation 30,000 last year too?

 

[M18CTID]

Really good work, and very helpful. Thanks for taking the time to look into it.

Just to clarify - was our initial allocation 30,000 last year too?

30,500 so 500 less this year for some reason

 

[Rammy Blue]

My choice was definitely not as good as last year. Either loads have joined the cup scheme or they have siphoned more off which wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest.

Huge amount more have gone to supporters clubs.

 

[John Wayne]

Huge amount more have gone to supporters clubs.

This certainly seems to be the indication. It would be interesting to know exactly how many more.

 

[SB Blue]

My choice was definitely not as good as last year. Either loads have joined the cup scheme or they have siphoned more off which wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest.

We got the exact same seats as last year at 10 this morning, I would say selection was better in Block 128, although it’s the £115 tickets and possibly a sign that more have gone for lower price categories which will reduce choice in those blocks?

 

[bluemoon1981]

I have it at 5,872 just a few minutes ago. Looking like about 3k available on Friday.

Thanks. I took my snap a little earlier than yours by looks of it, wanted to avoid getting stuck in the queue system.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

I wouldn't like to second guess this but I think you'll be ok at 1pm tomorrow. However, the choice of seats might not be too great. We should get another 2000 or so added to the initial allocation and there may well be more tickets on top of that to drip feed back on to the planner so probably looking at 9000-10,000 still to sell all told but it's all guesswork at the moment and I do think more tickets have been siphoned off this year compared to last year before going on sale to points holders. Either that or more are being held back off the planner compared to last year.

I'm going to have a nosey back at last year's thread to try and compare the numbers currently remaining against last year at the same point

Yeah, i'd be amazed if it did sell out at the

This was the criteria last year:

Points	Date	Time
Season Ticket Members registered on the FA Cup Scheme can purchase one ticket at the following time:
17500	Fri 12th May	9am
14000	Fri 12th May	12pm
10000	Fri 12th May	3pm
6500	Mon 15th May	9am
3500	Mon 15th May	12pm
Any	Mon 15th May	3pm
Season Ticket Members not registered on the FA Cup Scheme can purchase one ticket at the following time:
17500	Tues 16th May	9am
14000	Tues 16th May	12pm
10500	Tues 16th May	3pm
7500	Weds 17th May	9am
4000	Weds 17th May	12pm
Any	Weds 17th May	3pm

And this is this year's criteria:

Points	Date	Time
Season Ticket Members registered on the FA Cup Scheme can purchase one ticket at the following time:
19,500	Wednesday 1st May	10am
16,500	Wednesday 1st May	1pm
12,500	Wednesday 1st May	4pm
9,500	Thursday 2nd May	10am
6,000	Thursday 2nd May	1pm
4,000	Thursday 2nd May	4pm
All	Friday 3rd May	10am
Season Ticket Members not registered on the FA Cup Scheme can purchase one ticket at the following time:
10,000	Friday 3rd May	1pm
7,500	Friday 3rd May	4pm
6,000	Tuesday 7th May	10am
5,000	Tuesday 7th May	1pm
4,000	Tuesday 7th May	4pm
3,000	Wednesday 8th May	10am
2,000	Wednesday 8th May	1pm
All	Wednesday 8th May	4pm

There are smaller gaps and points drops for ST holders not on the cup scheme this year.

I've just looked at last year's thread and after the 3rd window sales had died down (10,000 points Cup Scheme) but just before the 4th window opened (6500 points Cup Scheme) there were around 10,000 showing on the planner.

Comparing it to the equivalent windows this year. After the 3rd window sales had died down (12,500 points Cup Scheme) but just before the 4th window opened at 10am this morning (9500 points cup scheme), there were 7902 showing on the planner.

So that's around 2000 less tickets showing this year compared to last year at the equivalent stage. Not only that, the criteria for the 3rd and 4th sales windows this year is much higher - 12,500 vs 10,000 Cup Scheme (3rd sales window) and 9500 vs 6500 Cup Scheme (4th sales window).

Either more have been siphoned off this time round or more are being held back.

Good work. I don't suppose anybody clocked the original sales number last year? This year it was only 18,000.

 

[Rammy Blue]

This certainly seems to be the indication. It would be interesting to know exactly how many more.

I think pretty much the whole yellow section lower behind goal was blocked out for them, someone can probably work out how many. I know my local supporters club had around double what they got last year.

 

[John Wayne]

I think pretty much the whole yellow section lower behind goal was blocked out for them, someone can probably work out how many. I know my local supporters club had around double what they got last year.

Plenty of suggestions that SCs got everything they asked for this year. Do you happen to know if your branch requested a similar number last year?

 

[Georgian Maestro]

Aren't city usually pretty accurate when they release the criteria for the FA Cup? If they have criteria for all season ticket holders then they think it will get to that level?

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

This is making me nervous now. I qualified yesterday morning but I'm waiting until friends and family qualify tomorrow at 1pm whenI anticipate a big rush. There must be more tickets to come available, surely?

I've often thought that when buying as a group it would be helpful if points could be averaged across the F&F group to help purchase seats together. Eg

Eligibility bands
11000 - 13000
9000 - 11000
7000 - 9000
5000 - 7000

3x fans on 12000pts, 1x fan on 6000 = avg 10500pts, can buy together in the 2nd band instead of 3x 1st and 1x 4th
1x fan on 12000pts, 3x fans on 6000 = avg 7500pts, can buy together in the 3rd band instead of 1x 1st and 3x 4th

I'm having to wait for the next band due to missing out by 90pts! Incredibly frustrating but confident of getting tickets.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Plenty of suggestions that SCs got everything they asked for this year. Do you happen to know if your branch requested a similar number last year?

That’s what I’m saying, they requested a fair chunk more this year, not far off double.

 

[John Wayne]

That’s what I’m saying, they requested a fair chunk more this year, not far off double.

Sorry, I'll clarify - did they get everything they asked for last year? If so, they might have got everything they asked for if they'd requested a lot more last year too.

 

[Rammy Blue]

Sorry, I'll clarify - did they get everything they asked for last year? If so, they might have got everything they asked for if they'd requested a lot more last year too.

Yes, they got them all. I get the feeling supporters clubs have grown in numbers and therefore requested allocations this year, which if they all got full allocation it wouldn’t surprise me if it was circa 5/6k tickets.

 

[John Wayne]

Yes, they got them all. I get the feeling supporters clubs have grown in numbers and therefore requested allocations this year, which if they all got full allocation it wouldn’t surprise me if it was circa 5/6k tickets.

Cheers Rammy. This increase in OSC interest probably ties in with the research done by M18CTID showing a trend towards fewer tickets going to points.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Plenty of suggestions that SCs got everything they asked for this year. Do you happen to know if your branch requested a similar number last year?

Branches would have got 19% this year and last year I reckon. That’s 20%, less 1/5th contribution to the 18-25 allocation.

Some Branchea requested more tickets this time but that was probably balanced out a small number if Branches being ineligible because they hadn’t submitted their membership list in time

 

[Rammy Blue]

Branches would have got 19% this year and last year I reckon. That’s 20%, less 1/5th contribution to the 18-25 allocation.

No chance, got miles more this year, I haven’t heard of a single branch that didn’t increase their request this year.

 

[bluebarry]

I bought my tickets on the first day, second window, and ticket availability did seem different this year with many of the blocks I usually consider having far more seats blocked out and unavailable.

 

[M18CTID]

Yeah, i'd be amazed if it did sell out at the

Good work. I don't suppose anybody clocked the original sales number last year? This year it was only 18,000.

That's higher than I expected. I can't find a figure for last year but @Corky predicted less than 20,000 would go on sale to points holders. My first count shortly after the first window opened - bear in mind I was in a queue - came up with almost 17,000 tickets. My first count this time round was less than 14,000

 

[Alfie Budd]

I've often thought that when buying as a group it would be helpful if points could be averaged across the F&F group to help purchase seats together. Eg

Eligibility bands
11000 - 13000
9000 - 11000
7000 - 9000
5000 - 7000

3x fans on 12000pts, 1x fan on 6000 = avg 10500pts, can buy together in the 2nd band instead of 3x 1st and 1x 4th
1x fan on 12000pts, 3x fans on 6000 = avg 7500pts, can buy together in the 3rd band instead of 1x 1st and 3x 4th

I'm having to wait for the next band due to missing out by 90pts! Incredibly frustrating but confident of getting tickets.

That’s a good idea. But I suspect City’s ticketing IT is a couple of decades away from being capable of processing all the required information correctly!