FA Cup Final | Crystal Palace (N) | Sat 17 May 4:30pm

[Shirley]

Yes, "you lot", as in "you group of people who are opposing this".

Jesus fucking Christ, how pedantic do you have to be to pick out a term like that? Have you ever heard other human beings speak?

Please can you show me where I have posted I’m opposed to this.

Note the please…

 

[spacecadet]

Don't be swayed by all these 'I remember my first cup final' Johnny's.

I remember mine in 1974 (league cup v wolves) I don't know how much I paid but it wasnt £550 !
Prices are stupid and 7 days with your son, in the pool, having fun is a far better deal.

Football is being consumed by greed

My first too. Think tickets were £3.50 and 1.75 for me? Seated nr corner flag upper tier.

 

[Gingers Dad]

My first too. Think tickets were £3.50 and 1.75 for me? Seated nr corner flag upper tier.

It was about 20 pence for a junior to stand on the Kippax in 1974. The price uplift between a home game and a Wembley final would have been far greater if you paid £1.75 at Wembley

 

[ftg89]

Sorry if I'm misunderstanding so is it the case that regardless of selling criteria set by the club if you are in a osc and have nothing more than a membership you can get a ticket for the final? Surely I haven't understood that correctly?

You’ve understood correctly

 

[Marvin.]

The dream of Premier League club owners is to be able to sell content to their global supporters so that the match-day revenue base comes from 500,000 fans spread across the globe instead of 50,000 people at a stadium. TV revolutionised football. Then came the internet and I wonder how that is going to evolve in broadcasting football. Football might have extraordinary value because of the connection between commercial football clubs and their supporters and the development of tinternet technology that will allow foiotball clubs to sell imagery globally. This is why finance capital is watching the Premier League.

 

[spacecadet]

It was about 20 pence for a junior to stand on the Kippax in 1974. The price uplift between a home game and a Wembley final would have been far greater if you paid £1.75 at Wembley

Just found this on Ebay. South Stand £4.50 ( Being south stand don't know if City or Wolves- as split) Big jump to Kippax prices as you say. I Must have been in with the unwashed. Pretty sure my dad's was £3-50?

 

[uwerosler28]

You’ve understood correctly

I've never heard of a bigger piss take in my life

 

[Marvin.]

If the cup final is a national occasion why is it not at 3pm.?
Why wasn't 3pm decided last August?
It's not a big match anymore, it used to be the last game of the season, it didn't take 7 days to decide a kick off time because of greedy tv companies.
The one thing that has stayed the same is it is still played in a shithole without decent transport connections.

Because broadcasters finance football

 

[johnnytapia]

I might leave Prestwich at 9 as I have to go via Ashton to pick up one of our mob.
I usually park west of the ground but might try somewhere on the east as that's the end we've got.

Park at Stanmore. Then tube in. It’s a doddle.

 

[Rammy Blue]

I've never heard of a bigger piss take in my life

Correctamundo

 

[Mike S]

If the cup final is a national occasion why is it not at 3pm.?
Why wasn't 3pm decided last August?
It's not a big match anymore, it used to be the last game of the season, it didn't take 7 days to decide a kick off time because of greedy tv companies.
The one thing that has stayed the same is it is still played in a shithole without decent transport connections.

It’s not a big match ? Really ? It’s the FA Cup Final FFS. Surely only winning the title or the Champions League final is bigger…..

 

[johnnytapia]

You see here's the thing.

If "us lot" win, YOUR prices will be lower too. And the protests have absolutely zero effect on you if you don't contribute.

So the people who are against them are, in my considered reckoning, the literal stupidest people who have ever lived in the history of the world. Here's something with absolutely nothing but a potentially positive outcome and they oppose it on some vague cynical grounds. I'm not joking, that is the absolute stupidest position that anybody could possibly take.

If the protests fail, absolutely nothing at all changes. If the protests succeed, you personally benefit financially.

What sort of utter maroon thinks the proper position to take on that is cynical dismissiveness or actual opposition? Seriously. Show me the logic. It's the dumbest fucking thing, you're literally opposing your own savings.

Opposing your own savings is a very, very stupid thing. But not quite the stupidest.
Watching Bruce Springsteen instead of City. Dat da stupidest.

 

[bronco]

just seen one person who has not done a home or away game in years score 3 tickets for the cup final through their branch, and numerous others who do no games whatsoever all get tickets, no stress, no worry, asking for the lowest price, this circumnavigation of getting final tickets is obscene and very unfair.

Just found this on Ebay. South Stand £4.50 ( Being south stand don't know if City or Wolves- as split) Big jump to Kippax prices as you say. I Must have been in with the unwashed. Pretty sure my dad's was £3-50?

They must have been top priced seats .it was definitely less than a quid to stand up at the 74 final

 

[Marvin.]

People are broke. This isn't rocket science, its effecting every single part of society. And while they can get by on a season ticket or can choose to pay £100 for the Villa game outside it, asking them to pay even more and more and more has become unsustainable.

Someone up there spoke about being sheltered. Football fans are the most sheltered people in the world. The entire live entertainment industry is going through an attendance crisis. The cost of living and inflation is through the roof. The lowest 30% of this country say they can barely afford essentials such as food and bills. And during these societal issues, we've seen corporate football entities introduce the largest price rises in the history of professional football.

But no, you lot keep banging on about other Blues being "spoilt". Thats the real problem, not the systemic and ongoing collapse of the economy. It's other fans fault.

Seeing how many Blues have literally tried to turn on people because they're standing up to a near billion pounds hugely profitable trillionaire owned business is absolutely disgusting. As a Mancunian, someone who comes from a place where protesting for the people against the upper classes is literally built into the fabric of this city, it disgusts me.

Thankfully your grandfathers and grandmothers had stronger stomachs and didn't turn on their own, otherwise we'd still be doing 90 hours a week in a factory while women weren't allowed to vote. (Thats supposed to be something we don't want

People are broke. This isn't rocket science, its effecting every single part of society. And while they can get by on a season ticket or can choose to pay £100 for the Villa game outside it, asking them to pay even more and more and more has become unsustainable.

Someone up there spoke about being sheltered. Football fans are the most sheltered people in the world. The entire live entertainment industry is going through an attendance crisis. The cost of living and inflation is through the roof. The lowest 30% of this country say they can barely afford essentials such as food and bills. And during these societal issues, we've seen corporate football entities introduce the largest price rises in the history of professional football.

But no, you lot keep banging on about other Blues being "spoilt". Thats the real problem, not the systemic and ongoing collapse of the economy. It's other fans fault.

Seeing how many Blues have literally tried to turn on people because they're standing up to a near billion pounds hugely profitable trillionaire owned business is absolutely disgusting. As a Mancunian, someone who comes from a place where protesting for the people against the upper classes is literally built into the fabric of this city, it disgusts me.

Thankfully your grandfathers and grandmothers had stronger stomachs and didn't turn on their own, otherwise we'd still be doing 90 hours a week in a factory while women weren't allowed to vote. (Thats supposed to be something we don't want).

This is not capital vs labour.

 

[bronco]

I've never heard of a bigger piss take in my life

Begs the question why does everyone not join the OSC ?

 

[bennyboy]

Begs the question why does everyone not join the OSC ?

Because that would give them one less thing to moan about.lol

 

[Rammy Blue]

Begs the question why does everyone not join the OSC ?

The other mental part is that some people join the supporters clubs, never attend a single meeting whatsoever, and then get a cup final ticket.

It really is utter madness that it’s allowed.

Effectively paying a tenner or whatever it is for fees, to guarantee a cup final ticket, lol.

 

[peter.evans]

The other mental part is that some people join the supporters clubs, never attend a single meeting whatsoever, and then get a cup final ticket.

It really is utter madness that it’s allowed.

Effectively paying a tenner or whatever it is for fees, to guarantee a cup final ticket, lol.

Totally agree.

 

[Shirley]

Just found this on Ebay. South Stand £4.50 ( Being south stand don't know if City or Wolves- as split) Big jump to Kippax prices as you say. I Must have been in with the unwashed. Pretty sure my dad's was £3-50?

Can’t post it for some reason but I’ve got a pic of a ticket from the 1969 FA Cup final priced at 12/6.

Around 40p in new money…

 

[East Level 2]

The other mental part is that some people join the supporters clubs, never attend a single meeting whatsoever, and then get a cup final ticket.

It really is utter madness that it’s allowed.

Effectively paying a tenner or whatever it is for fees, to guarantee a cup final ticket, lol.

It's a fucking joke but thousands of empty seats last weekend means the club will ditch tickets where they can to avoid a repeat less than three weeks later.
Might as well sell via the touting agencies as a tourist who attends just one game is as much of a supporter as an alleged City fan who attends just one game.