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

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urban genie said:
I was in one once, got bored of the meetings and no one I go to games with were memebers so even traveling down with them (a provision with mamy for access to an way ticket) wasn't for me.

basically there was no other supporter in that OSC I associated with outside the 2 hr meetings once a month or wanted to, seemed pointless in the emd as it became just a reason to try and get tickets, which a few others were memebers for.
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That is the main reason most join , I actually help run a branch and we get at best two tickets per away match and it’s the same with Wembley. I am down to go this year but haven’t been since villa 2020
 
asahartford1 said:
Never joined an OSc.
Could you briefly explain why a person who doesn't attend meetings or matches obtains a ticket for the Cuo final.
My ignorance would be to presume a person attending the most games would be first in line.
Unless the tickets were drawn in a lottery or the Sec/Chair of the OsC was corruptable.
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Some do use a system re meeting attendance is taken into consideration …others don’t
 
We've booked in at the Watford Central Travelodge
I'm driving down early Saturday morning then doing the one night and back Sunday.
I can't decide which is the best route. I'm travelling from Stockport and I'm torn between going through the woodhead pass then the M1 or the M6.

Any seasoned Wembley travellers feel free to advise me the best route.
 
Re: Supporters Clubs. Yes, the massive (nowadays) London branch has over 200 members. You pay your £15 membership, but to apply for Cup Final Tickets you also had to have at least a City Matchday membership for the Season (£25?) The OSC asked for the requested tickets and got them all, and then found out that 6 people didn't even have a Matchday Membership! These will be going back into the pot i think. so Yes, easy to get a Cup Final Ticket through the OSC....

BTW i got 0 tickets for City Away League matches i applied for this Season from the OSC, as it's so oversubscribed. I am a ST holder.
 
manimanc said:
We've booked in at the Watford Central Travelodge
I'm driving down early Saturday morning then doing the one night and back Sunday.
I can't decide which is the best route. I'm travelling from Stockport and I'm torn between going through the woodhead pass then the M1 or the M6.

Any seasoned Wembley travellers feel free to advise me the best route.
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I drive to Hertfordshire quite regularly and avoid the m6 like the plague . I go a50 knutsford to Stoke /a 50 dual carriageway to m1 / I then go a14 to A1m as visiting Stevenage but for Wembley stay on m1
 
manimanc said:
We've booked in at the Watford Central Travelodge
I'm driving down early Saturday morning then doing the one night and back Sunday.
I can't decide which is the best route. I'm travelling from Stockport and I'm torn between going through the woodhead pass then the M1 or the M6.

Any seasoned Wembley travellers feel free to advise me the best route.
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M6 all day long.
 
Marvin. said:
This is not capital vs labour.
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This is a club that makes record profits every year, massively overcharging a mainly working class fanbase, with very little benefit on business grounds.

If this were a concert then I'd agree but football doesn't work on normal laws of supply and demand. I know lads who if the choice came down to Brentford away or paying their gas bill, then they're not paying their gas bill. We don't have empty seats because of lack of demand, we have empty seats because people very literally cannot afford to go. Not that they might be a bit skint, that they do not possess the liquidity to afford it.
I'm absolutely sick to death of football clubs claiming they're community projects and special exemptions when it benefits them, and then turning into ultra revenue chasing businesses when that benefits them. They need to pick one. And I think Manchester City is a community football club based in East Manchester and built by and for the people of Manchester primarily. I think this because that's what they tell politicians and taxmen and all others that they are.

And frankly, I don't really give a shit about the politics of it all when it comes down to it. I give a shit about the fact that I can barely afford to take my own kids to a family tradition and they certainly won't be able to afford to take theirs. This isn't a TV show for me. It's not like going to the theatre, it's about securing the next generation and the one after that to have the same opportunities that I did, my Dad did and my Grandad did.

Here's what I've recognised, apparently WAY ahead of some others who will work this out in coming years. What's happening now has nothing to do with ticket revenue. What they're doing is a replacement exercise. They are purposely getting away with the most expensive ticket prices possible because they WANT you not to able to afford it. They WANT you to lose tickets. They don't WANT your kids on season tickets they can afford.

They want to a move to an American model, they want to move to a tourist model. As @Prestwich_Blue very cognisciently said about 8 years ago now, it's much more beneficial for the club to sell 40,000 seats at £150 a pop then 60,000 at £40 a pop. Look at the Camp Nou's historical attendances. They don't care about being full, that's a bad thing to them, it means they outsold demand.

As I've said elsewhere, we're not in a negotiation with City here. Our goals are not aligned. They want to remove "legacy fans". We're in a fight for our entire footballing culture and we still get people sniping from the sidelines instead of standing on a concourse for a few minutes.
 
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It is now cheaper to buy a 50 inch 4K TV from Amazon and get it delivered to your address to watch the FA Cup Final on TV than it is for 1 adult travelling from Manchester on a train to actually attend the FA Cup Final.

Make it make sense.
 
Damocles said:
This is a club that makes record profits every year, massively overcharging a mainly working class fanbase, with very little benefit on business grounds.

If this were a concert then I'd agree but football doesn't work on normal laws of supply and demand. I know lads who if the choice came down to Brentford away or paying their gas bill, then they're not paying their gas bill. We don't have empty seats because of lack of demand, we have empty seats because people very literally cannot afford to go. Not that they might be a bit skint, that they do not possess the liquidity to afford it.
I'm absolutely sick to death of football clubs claiming they're community projects and special exemptions when it benefits them, and then turning into ultra revenue chasing businesses when that benefits them. They need to pick one. And I think Manchester City is a community football club based in East Manchester and built by and for the people of Manchester primarily. I think this because that's what they tell politicians and taxmen and all others that they are.

And frankly, I don't really give a shit about the politics of it all when it comes down to it. I give a shit about the fact that I can barely afford to take my own kids to a family tradition and they certainly won't be able to afford to take theirs. This isn't a TV show for me. It's not like going to the theatre, it's about securing the next generation and the one after that to have the same opportunities that I did, my Dad did and my Grandad did.

Here's what I've recognised, apparently WAY ahead of some others who will work this out in coming years. What's happening now has nothing to do with ticket revenue. What they're doing is a replacement exercise. They are purposely getting away with the most expensive ticket prices possible because they WANT you not to able to afford it. They WANT you to lose tickets. They don't WANT your kids on season tickets they can afford.

They want to a move to an American model, they want to move to a tourist model. As @Prestwich_Blue very cognisciently said about 8 years ago now, it's much more beneficial for the club to sell 40,000 seats at £150 a pop then 60,000 at £40 a pop. Look at the Camp Nou's historical attendances. They don't care about being full, that's a bad thing to them, it means they outsold demand.

As I've said elsewhere, we're not in a negotiation with City here. Our goals are not aligned. They want to remove "legacy fans". We're in a fight for our entire footballing culture and we still get people sniping from the sidelines instead of standing on a concourse for a few minutes.
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The problem the City hierarchy have got is, whilst I sort of understand the logic of their ‘model’ Manchester City are not Barcelona and, of course, Manchester itself is not Barcelona. We’re not the rags either, where that model would likely work given the volumes of tourists who, for some unfathomable reason, still want to watch them.

The killer bit for city though is, when Pep goes, or we have another season similar to this one, or Erling leaves (and all 3 might happen at once) many of the tourists bemoaned of by City fans won’t be an issue any more and attendances will wither on the vine, year in year out.
 
Any recommendations for somewhere to drink before the game with kids age 10 and 12, normally would do the green man but looks like we’ve got the other side.
 
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