Just came up on mine today. But think I can't click it because I'm not a member.I think it's broken (presuming something is supposed to happen when you click on it).
Has that only just popped up or has it been there from the start of the season?
I did wonder that as I'm not a member either, perhaps we'll never know ;)Just came up on mine today. But think I can't click it because I'm not a member.
New for 2025/26: our brand-new FA Cup Member Cup Scheme trial for qualifying Matchday and Junior Members. The FA Cup Member Cup Scheme gives Matchday and Junior Members the chance to guarantee their seat for every FA Cup home match this season, plus enhanced access to FA Cup away and finals tickets.
Wonder if they’ll roll this new Cup Scheme out for the UCL and League Cup next season could mean more of us Season Ticket Holders get in on it, especially if we end up in a final.I did wonder that as I'm not a member either, perhaps we'll never know ;)
Maybe, I've still got this sneaking feeling that they'll shake things up a bit (to the fans benefit) for next season and the NS opening.Wonder if they’ll roll this new Cup Scheme out for the UCL and League Cup next season could mean more of us Season Ticket Holders get in on it, especially if we end up in a final.
Yes, I was a bit surprised when I saw the prices for that.When City announced the new prices it was a positive move, but Bournemouth at home Sunday tea time is not a 51 quid behind the goals game 40 quid tops and ten for kids would be realistic
When City announced the new prices it was a positive move, but Bournemouth at home Sunday tea time is not a 51 quid behind the goals game 40 quid tops and ten for kids would be realistic
That will be dictated by the take up of seats in the expanded stand for the final few months of this season.Maybe, I've still got this sneaking feeling that they'll shake things up a bit (to the fans benefit) for next season and the NS opening.
£43 - lower tier south and north?When City announced the new prices it was a positive move, but Bournemouth at home Sunday tea time is not a 51 quid behind the goals game 40 quid tops and ten for kids would be realistic
If they open up the new seats this season I think it will only be partial and for a few weeks at best. That's not going to impact on next season I'd have thought, hopefully they've already decided on a strategy and just tweaking as needed. As ever, we'll have to wait and see, possibly some info will be disclosed before season end.That will be dictated by the take up of seats in the expanded stand for the final few months of this season.
I thought the plan was to open it fully round about February.If they open up the new seats this season I think it will only be partial and for a few weeks at best. That's not going to impact on next season I'd have thought, hopefully they've already decided on a strategy and just tweaking as needed. As ever, we'll have to wait and see, possibly some info will be disclosed before season end.
I'm fairly sure that's been pushed back but they also have to do test events as a H&S check, not to mention access to the conscourses and exits need to be fully in place. I can see it being held back until the new season but that's purely a guess.I thought the plan was to open it fully round about February.
To buy my seat it would be £1.15 more than the pro-rata ST price for this game.£43 - lower tier south and north?
£30 - 314 & 314
£51-53 in loads of places.
IIRC the £51-£53 seats were £71-£73 last season for Bournemoth and was going to be the last game for my daughter and family - 2+2. She for one is totally made up with new match day prices and is the difference between her family attending and not attending.
You are almost certainly better placed than most to make that assessment. I think the opening of the NS extension will tell us the direction of travel. I for one am not optimistic albeit circumstances and dwindling 'tourist' numbers may force them to change strategy. It's ironic that one of the most likely things to save the soul of the club is poorer performance on the pitch.Are you moaning about the moaners moaning about you?
Seriously though, having worked closely with the senior operations management team for 4 years as part of City Matters, you're absolutely right. Soriano (and this is mostly on him) has nothing but disdain for the hard-core match-going fan that packed out Maine Road and the pre-takeover Etihad. He's taken unscrupulous advantage of our loyalty and our success to squeeze us in our pockets and test our loyalty in other ways. We're just numbers on a spreadsheet to him and the chickens he's hatched are now coming home to roost.
I spent 4 years pleading with the club to think long-term about how we attract and retain the next generation(s) of fans but they were only interested in rinsing us for short-term gain and attracting the one-off fan.
Our owner has been the most amazing thing to happen to us in the 17 years he's been part of this club but him and Khaldoon have enabled this scenario. It's probably not too late to rescue it but time is running out.
Are you moaning about the moaners moaning about you?
Seriously though, having worked closely with the senior operations management team for 4 years as part of City Matters, you're absolutely right. Soriano (and this is mostly on him) has nothing but disdain for the hard-core match-going fan that packed out Maine Road and the pre-takeover Etihad. He's taken unscrupulous advantage of our loyalty and our success to squeeze us in our pockets and test our loyalty in other ways. We're just numbers on a spreadsheet to him and the chickens he's hatched are now coming home to roost.
I spent 4 years pleading with the club to think long-term about how we attract and retain the next generation(s) of fans but they were only interested in rinsing us for short-term gain and attracting the one-off fan.
Our owner has been the most amazing thing to happen to us in the 17 years he's been part of this club but him and Khaldoon have enabled this scenario. It's probably not too late to rescue it but time is running out.
I've never met any of the titular (i.e. board) directors. I've never even met Soriano, which I think says it all.I do moan at the Directors at times.
We all have done at times. Maybe not all of us. ;-)
I also play Devils Advocate between the fans and the Directors.
I’ve also praised the Directors at times.
You more than most of us are in a position to judge the Directors as you have worked and spoken with the senior operations management team. Unlike the vast majority of us, you had an insight into how the senior operations management team thought, what their ideas were, and how they worked. So what you post, albeit from your point of view, is the truth.
The diehards will turn up week in week out, untilYou are almost certainly better placed than most to make that assessment. I think the opening of the NS extension will tell us the direction of travel. I for one am not optimistic albeit circumstances and dwindling 'tourist' numbers may force them to change strategy. It's ironic that one of the most likely things to save the soul of the club is poorer performance on the pitch.
Not all will. 50 year plus Season ticket holder sits in front of me, the DD bounced from his bank account the first payment of the new season. The club cancelled his season ticket. No correspondence. No phone call. Just gone.The diehards will turn up week in week out, until
We are too old to go.
The seat blockers “with 29 year old kids” who’ve, stopped young families getting tickets together “in the glory years” will be asked to move a few rows.
City need to stop making PR gaffs and excessive changes to ticketing arrangements. We can’t do much about the bad decision to have hospitality seats in the middle of the North Stand
Blues who are worried about empty seat jibes will need to get thicker skins. Most of those seats will be filled anyway if tickets / season cards are affordable.