My seat in 116 will be empty for the entirety of the game, thanks to my club ban, despite the case not being heard in Court until mid-June. As will the seats of dozens of other Blues in the same situation, plenty of whom post on this forum. Guaranteed SC grabs if found guilty, no matter the circumstances, for the club to sell these seats to the highest bidder.
This isn't just about Third-party sellers, it's about the systematic targeting of "legacy" fans and the seats we've sat in for decades.
It's my firm belief, that within 5 years, season cards will be consigned to history. This forum will be a seething mass of discontent, anger and calls to arms. By then, fellow Blues, it will be too late. The City ship will have sailed. Laden with international tourists, influencers and streamers. Willing to pay top-dollar for a weekend of MMA & Taylor Swift at Co-Op Live, European basketball and Premier League soccer at the Citehdome, with fine-dining at Manchesters finest eateries. All this, from the comfort of your suite at the largest hotel in Manchester, just 50 yards from the action.
You? Me? Shut out, staring in. Dispossessed. Robbed of the Club we once loved. Sold down the fucking Ship Canal. A grandstand view of the prefab Disney cladding going upstream to Stretford.
Sadly, this thread is a reflection of what our once-proud country has become. I'm alright Jack mentality, pass the buck rubber-neckers sneering at any attempt at changjng the narrative. Hand-wringing at how it might look on TV. Pissing our pants because some dick on twatter might take the piss. A passive and divided acceptance that the elite will prosper at the expense of the powerless.
9 minutes is the clarion call. NINE fucking minutes out of your life to send a message. Don't let this fail Blues. Do something about it. Now.
"Welcome to Manchester".
After all, this IS Manchester, and you don't fuck with Mancunians. Do you?