City Fans Leaving Early/Empty seats

OntarioBlue said:
Early leavers is one thing but how about those people who arrive late, leave after 35 minutes to get their half time food and drink, then come back late for the second half and leave early at the end

Why do they even bother coming ?
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Around half time this is simply to avoid monster queues at the F&B outlets
 
Did you see the London Stadium the other week, it was half empty with about 20 minutes left, and many didn’t show up until 15 minutes after the interval. This happens at live music gigs too, I just don’t get why people spend so much to get tickets and spend more time in the bar than in their seat
 
blumoon said:
A group of 49 schoolboys from a Northern Ireland football team. Met them at the airport on the way back. They missed the goal ok and the flight back was delayed. The coaches panicked and left early
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What baffles me about anyone leaving early at a game like that - but especially when you have gone to the effort to arrange a special trip is - is that they have missed the experience of a last minute goal, the lesson to play to the end, the discipline to see things through to the end. I get that they are worried about getting home - but plan for a 6:30 finish and getting caught in crowds - it’s part of the experience.
 
OntarioBlue said:
Early leavers is one thing but how about those people who arrive late, leave after 35 minutes to get their half time food and drink, then come back late for the second half and leave early at the end

Why do they even bother coming ?
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This is exactly what happens in my row in SSL3. Fucks me off to high heaven. Not as much the leaving early but having to constantly keep standing up to let people past. Part of the reason why I wish it was safe standing up there as if it was I wouldn’t even notice them.
 
Buckshaw Blue said:
This is exactly what happens in my row in SSL3. Fucks me off to high heaven. Not as much the leaving early but having to constantly keep standing up to let people past. Part of the reason why I wish it was safe standing up there as if it was I wouldn’t even notice them.
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South stand 3 is the meeting point for every pisspot in Manchester!
 
City need to install slides for our upper tiers.
Lower tiers need a travelator like at the airport, and speed people up after full time.

It's bad. It has been for years. Players don't need clapping off after 90 minutes, right?
 
Oystercatcher28 said:
City need to install slides for our upper tiers.
Lower tiers need a travelator like at the airport, and speed people up after full time.

It's bad. It has been for years. Players don't need clapping off after 90 minutes, right?
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The slides should be exclusively for early leavers. They can avoid the long long trek from the 3rd tier to the exit gate and hasten their departures by sliding at full speed into a pool of piss produced by our HT drinkers

They beat the traffic and the empty seat hating lager supping superfans get urine based revenge on them

Everyone’s a winner !!
 
Leeds were 1-2 up against Sunderland. With 10 minutes to go 1000’s of Sunderland fans were steaming out of the Stadium of Light. The Leeds fans were chanting is there a fire drill? 8 minutes into extra time, with 10,000’s of empty seats all over the Stadium of Light, Sunderland equalised via an absolute howler from the Leeds keeper. Fans leaving early isn’t only happening at City.
 
Mike N said:
Had to laugh at all those who left 15 minutes early on Sunday. They missed the best celebration of the season so far but at least they got home a bit early. Yeah ok.
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It’s easy to laugh but kick off times do not favour fans, especially those who travel a long way to follow our team & thus, many fans have to leave their seats early to get out of the ground so they can catch various forms of public transport.

I see many long term fans who are probably not as fit as you & they can only walk slowly back to the bus stop or tram stop.

Perhaps it would be good to praise them for still making the effort to support our team instead of mocking them.

Yes, I know that doesn’t include all the fans you see leaving but I can assure you, it does account for many I see.

I did enjoy the celebration though :-)
 
CC1 said:
It’s easy to laugh but kick off times do not favour fans, especially those who travel a long way to follow our team & thus, many fans have to leave their seats early to get out of the ground so they can catch various forms of public transport.

I see many long term fans who are probably not as fit as you & they can only walk slowly back to the bus stop or tram stop.

Perhaps it would be good to praise them for still making the effort to support our team instead of mocking them.

Yes, I know that doesn’t include all the fans you see leaving but I can assure you, it does account for many I see.

I did enjoy the celebration though :-)
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Reminds me of when we played Liverpool at 12.30 on a Saturday a few years ago.

1-1 against our biggest rivals. (the two best teams to play in the Premier League). 15 minutes to go and we might still win. However, literally hundreds in SS3 remember they need to get home 30 minutes earlier than they might do.

It’s amazing what fans who have waited all week for a game, suddenly remember they’d rather do at 2.30 pm on a Saturday afternoon.

It’s nothing new. I remember the ‘snake’ from the Platt Lane in the ‘70’s. Used to start at 70 minutes. They missed Dave Watson’s bullet header against Ipswich!
 
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