Seat Counters - 2023/24

[bluesmith]

Strange comment. If tickets have been held back, which seems very unlikely, why would they do that and restrict choice for fans who are both annoyed and can't afford to pay 250 quid for an effin ticket !? It would not be the "next level of moaning ", it would be yet another totally justified criticism of the club !

Because that's what happens every cup final. Tickets are returned by the FA family and the other sources that City allocate tickets to.

 

[Corky]

Strange comment. If tickets have been held back, which seems very unlikely, why would they do that and restrict choice for fans who are both annoyed about the distribution and can't afford to pay 250 quid for an effin ticket !? It would not be the "next level of moaning ", it would be yet another totally justified criticism of the club !

Any tickets held back will for various groups are held back as long as possible, but when the club know it is about to sell out there is a cut off and they are added.

It happens for a lot of away games, but not the highest demand ones. Like a Dead Cat Bounce.

 

[peter.evans]

Because that's what happens every cup final. Tickets are returned by the FA family and the other sources that City allocate tickets to.

Fair comment, but surely they are just additional tickets that might or might not come along ? The club don't have them now and are holding them back are they ? If they are then that IS criminal !

 

[bladdered]

Anyone know if the 'restricted view' seats have been on sale yet? They normally appear prior to the sold out signs going up. Then again, I don't recall them being on sale for the semi.

 

[bluesmith]

Anyone know if the 'restricted view' seats have been on sale yet? They normally appear prior to the sold out signs going up. Then again, I don't recall them being on sale for the semi.

I don't remember them releasing them in recent years, they could have reclassified them or be selling them as part of the FA family allocation?

 

[bluesmith]

Fair comment, but surely they are just additional tickets that might or might not come along ? The club don't have them now and are holding them back are they ? If they are then that IS criminal !

We'd be guessing on whether the club have them or not. But I'd be surprised if extras weren't released.

 

[west didsblue]

The accusation earlier in the thread was that Supporters Club Branches had free rein to choose cheaper ticket bands and this was proven to be a lie. Yes I could have got a cheaper ticket buying outside my Branch but I chose to be with the group. That’s part of the offer of being in the OSC. Maybe the OSC allocation has been too generous for this final but I assume it’s been the agreed 19% or 20%. That said, few posters were worried when Supporters Club members have filled half our away ends in recent years for low profile Champions League away games, rather than leave hundreds of empties:

I’ve lost track of the seat counter situation but are we now at the point where every season card holder has had the chance of a ticket but there’s only 600 very expensive tickets left??

For me the crucial thing is for points to get the 60% (or 57% discounting 3/5ths of the 18-25 tickets) thet has been promised.

The main thing is that every cup scheme member had the opportunity of buying a Cat 2-4 ticket. If that hadn’t happened there would have been a very good reason to moan.

 

[jrb]

Until we get a percentage breakdown from the club of where the away tickets are going, we’ll never know who they are going to. As the club refuse to publish those figures on purpose, we’ll never find out who those tickets are going to.

As it stands, a large percentage of season ticket holders will miss out on a FA Cup final ticket, and Citizen card holders have absolutely no chance of getting a FA Cup final ticket.

Apart from City, the FA need to be looked at. It’s 2024 and they FA are still giving 30,000 tickets away to people who don’t support either City or United, with many of those people selling them on to 3rd party ticket touting websites to make some money.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

The main thing is that every cup scheme member had the opportunity of buying a Cat 2-4 ticket. If that hadn’t happened there would have been a very good reason to moan.

Thanks for the helpful info mate. I join the Cup scheme every year in case I need a ticket for the finals.

Hopefully, there will be returns from the FA and Clubs to help the remaining season card holders who still want to go.

 

[fathellensbellend]

Until we get a percentage breakdown from the club of where the away tickets are going, we’ll never know who they are going to. As the club refuse to publish those figures on purpose, we’ll never find out who those tickets are going to.

As it stands, a large percentage of season ticket holders will miss out on a FA Cup final ticket, and Citizen card holders have absolutely no chance of getting a FA Cup final ticket.

Apart from City, the FA need to be looked at. It’s 2024 and they FA are still giving 30,000 tickets away to people who don’t support either City or United, with many of those people selling them on to 3rd party ticket touting websites to make some money.

the ground doesn’t hold 90000 anymore, more press boxes put in, last year more serration cut the crowd to 83000

 

[fathellensbellend]

Do any blues ever source the club Wembley seats not part of the allocation, never seems many blues in those

 

[Corky]

the ground doesn’t hold 90000 anymore, more press boxes put in, last year more serration cut the crowd to 83000

The crowds for the final have been complete sell outs but decline every year, whilst the League Cup final still got 89k in Feb.

Do any blues ever source the club Wembley seats not part of the allocation, never seems many blues in those

A few used to get seats through MyWembley but they stopped it when everyone cottoned on for Wigan in 2013.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Do any blues ever source the club Wembley seats not part of the allocation, never seems many blues in those

It was interesting when we beat Chelsea on pens in the League Cuo. That was one time I remember our fans dominating the middle tier and really outnumbering Chelski. It might have happened against Wigan and Stoke in the Cup too.

 

[jrb]

the ground doesn’t hold 90000 anymore, more press boxes put in, last year more serration cut the crowd to 83000

Fair enough.

That’s still ‘23,000’ tickets being siphoned off by the FA.

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Fair enough.

That’s still ‘23,000’ tickets being siphoned off by the FA.

The FA are rather generous compared to Uefa

 

[west didsblue]

Fair enough.

That’s still ‘23,000’ tickets being siphoned off by the FA.

Less than it used to be.
From what I remember, in the old days (1960s - 1980s) when the old Wembley held 100000 the clubs got 25000 each and the FA shared the other 50000 with every single club and league in the country. Loads of those tickets would end up with the clubs in the final because lots of recipients would sell them on.
Some things haven’t changed.

 

[Stephen230]

I personally have never had a problem with the FA using the cup final as a way thanking the wider football community with an opportunity to watch their showpiece game.

There’s thousands of people who dedicate huge chunks of their life to keeping football running at grassroots level. Mainly at a level a million miles away from the handful of clubs that usually make the final.

Whether you agree with it or not, the final isn’t just about the two finalists and their supporters.

 

[chesterbells]

I personally have never had a problem with the FA using the cup final as a way thanking the wider football community with an opportunity to watch their showpiece game.

There’s thousands of people who dedicate huge chunks of their life to keeping football running at grassroots level. Mainly at a level a million miles away from the handful of clubs that usually make the final.

Whether you agree with it or not, the final isn’t just about the two finalists and their supporters.

Yeah, that’s a valid take tbf.

 

[jrb]

I personally have never had a problem with the FA using the cup final as a way thanking the wider football community with an opportunity to watch their showpiece game.

There’s thousands of people who dedicate huge chunks of their life to keeping football running at grassroots level. Mainly at a level a million miles away from the handful of clubs that usually make the final.

Whether you agree with it or not, the final isn’t just about the two finalists and their supporters.

A lot of those people don’t use their FA Cup final tickets. They pass them on or sell them on. That’s the problem. People who don’t support either club aren’t going to pay for travel to Wembley, drink, food and a hotel. It’s far easier to sell their tickets for a couple of hundred quid to a third party ticket touting website and watch the match at home, or pass the ticket on to somebody who hasn’t worked at grass roots level football, doesn’t support either team, and just wants to go to an FA Cup final. Once the tickets are distributed by the FA they couldn’t give two shits where the tickets end up, and who has got the tickets. I bet a fair chunk of FA Cup final tickets aren’t used at all, with some people not even bothering to sell them on or to give them away.

 

[Corky]

A lot of those people don’t use their FA Cup final tickets. They pass them on or sell them on. That’s the problem. People who don’t support either club aren’t going to pay for travel to Wembley, drink, food and a hotel. It’s far easier to sell their tickets for a couple of hundred quid to a third party ticket touting website and watch the match at home, or pass the ticket on to somebody who hasn’t worked at grass roots level football, doesn’t support either team, and just wants to go to an FA Cup final. Once the tickets are distributed by the FA they couldn’t give two shits where the tickets end up, and who has got the tickets. I bet a fair chunk of FA Cup final tickets aren’t used at all, with some people not even bothering to sell them on or to give them away.

They are not free. I wouldn't go out of my way to pay £145 a ticket and then let them not be used.

You get them in twos, so £290 just to waste them?