Attendances

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Last night was probably the most enjoyable CL game for me in the full 5 seasons we've played in it. A lot have been miserable nights. I've been to all the home games in that time but none of the away matches. I thought both teams played excellent football and it turned out not to be a dead rubber after all with Juve losing. Fair does to everybody who went but no problems either with those who couldn't make it for whatever reason but were there in spirit. It's worth pointing out that we've already played 5 "cup games" this season. Total attendances are 216,618 with an average of 43,324 (LC + CL) and a PL average of close on 54,000. That is tremendous support whatever way you cut it. Most season tickets aren't cheap. cup ties are additional cost and night games are sometimes impossible for people who live a distance away. Our support is growing all the time. People should stop worrying about a few empty seats. We had loads of empty seats at Maine Road during the Mercer-Allison era and no one cared. In the New Year the semi against Everton and the last 16 CL game will push total attendances for cup games to over 300,000!
 
Wilf Wild 1937 said:
Last night was probably the most enjoyable CL game for me in the full 5 seasons we've played in it. I've been to all the home games in that time but none of the away matches. I thought both teams played excellent football and it turned out not to be a dead rubber after all with Juve losing. Fair does to everybody who went but no problems either with those who couldn't make it for whatever reason but were there in spirit. It's worth pointing out that we've already played 5 "cup games" this season. Total attendances are 216,618 with an average of 43,324 (LC + CL) with a PL average of close on 54,000. That is tremendous support whatever way you cut it. Most season tickets aren't cheap. cup ties are additional cost and night games are sometimes impossible for people who live a distance away. Our support is growing all the time. People should stop worrying about a few empty seats. We had loads of empty seats at Maine Road during the Mercer-Allison era and no one cared. In the New Year the semi against Everton and the last 16 CL game will push total attendances for cup games to over 300,000!
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Good post
 
Who cares how many Borrusia had last night?

Is it ever mentioned how many we take away every week or how loud we are by the tv twats?

Fantastic crowd again and i swear, whatever some fucking idiot spews on tv, the day after on here the sheep are trotting out the same fucking thing.
 
Ric said:
Bad call mate, you missed a belter ;)
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Yes a belter! Just shows when the attitude and desire is there...most frustrating after we've been served up a Stoke performance.

Can't wait for the Swansea game now. As for queuing for the tram after the match, Tolm. I usually drop into the bar for a few scoops and let the masses ease off...plus you get to see the whole match. :)
 
I am glad everybody who went had such an enjoyable experience Lord knows they deserve it.

I have abandoned the CL because the terrible infrastructure and public transport system have finally got to me as I approach three score years and ten.
 
Typical City! First CL home game I've missed cos I've ran away for a cheeky week in the sun. Watched it in a bar that was very blue friendly (sat with a Borrussia fan too), every time we scored the last orders bell was rang. Oh how we all laughed when Wolfsburg scored the winner. Great to finally win a group just hope we get a good draw and see where it takes us.
 
blueinsa said:
Who cares how many Borrusia had last night?

Is it ever mentioned how many we take away every week or how loud we are by the tv twats?

Fantastic crowd again and i swear, whatever some fucking idiot spews on tv, the day after on here the sheep are trotting out the same fucking thing.
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Pretty sure this is their first appearance in Europe's premier competition since their halcyon days of the late 70's and I don't think they've been involved in much other European competition of late either so it's not surprising they brought fuck loads. As a comparison, we took a similar amount to Lokeren in 2003 and 6000 to Hamburg for a friendly in 2002.
 
M18CTID said:
Pretty sure this is their first appearance in Europe's premier competition since their halcyon days of the late 70's and I don't think they've been involved in much other European competition of late either so it's not surprising they brought fuck loads. As a comparison, we took a similar amount to Lokeren in 2003 and 6000 to Hamburg for a friendly in 2002.
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It was indeed their first game in England since their heady days so of course they were going to travel and fair play to them for doing so.

What fucked me off last night was the way they were held as some sort of example to us, City fans of how its done because we had not sold out and they had bought a remarkable and never done before, 3000 fans on a Euro away trip.

Does my head in.
 
blueinsa said:
It was indeed their first game in England since their heady days so of course they were going to travel and fair play to them for doing so.

What fucked me off last night was the way they were held as some sort of example to us, City fans of how its done because we had not sold out and they had bought a remarkable and never done before, 3000 fans on a Euro away trip.

Does my head in.
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Yep, totally agree mate.
 
Last night was actually fun & the Borussia fans created a lot of that tbf. But City played well in the game (apartfrom the defence) imo even first half (apart from the defence)I can rarely remember a home Champions League match being fun & City playing well in it.

If more games were like last night, more people would go.
 
blueinsa said:
It was indeed their first game in England since their heady days so of course they were going to travel and fair play to them for doing so.

What fucked me off last night was the way they were held as some sort of example to us, City fans of how its done because we had not sold out and they had bought a remarkable and never done before, 3000 fans on a Euro away trip.

Does my head in.
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Maybe it's just me, but I hate the choreographed drum/trumpet/loudspeaker European bullshit. Yes, the noise they made was pretty impressive, but I much prefer the adhoc English way. There's no scope for off the cuff sing songs or cross-segregation you sing-we sing type scenario's, which is the best of any English match day atmosphere. I can't imagine there's many "who ate all the pies" type songs in German..
 
Dodge said:
Maybe it's just me, but I hate the choreographed drum/trumpet/loudspeaker European bullshit. Yes, the noise they made was pretty impressive, but I much prefer the adhoc English way. There's no scope for off the cuff sing songs or cross-segregation you sing-we sing type scenario's, which is the best of any English match day atmosphere. I can't imagine there's many "who ate all the pies" type songs in German..
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I quite enjoyed us singing "you can't sing without your drum" :-)
 
GaudinoMotors said:
Somewhat curious that the best two matches for noise and atmosphere created by our own fans this season, have been Hull and BMG - yet the lowest attendances?
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Both of those games had the biggest away support as well so maybe that made a difference?
 
Etihad hardly seem to be a fortress on European nights. Everytime we concede (and we often seem to do in European games) it doesn't help the confidence of the fans who already find it hard to create an atmosphere after booing the the anthem brought by it's leading corrupt organisation. But whenever we are able to play our own game the way we know we can, it seems we are very hard to stop. I'm sure if results aka performances improve, the atmosphere will soon be like or better a PL-game.
 
Monchengladbach created a great atmosphere last night, and for most of the game, were the main source of it. After pulled back, we gave a fantastic reposte.

I agree with Neville - more games like that will bring in more fans, but still, I feel there's a clear elephant in the room - cost. I honestly think a lot of fans are tightening their belts and having to prioritise - which is usually PL over cup games. Even with reduced ticket prices, parking / travel costs remain the same.
 
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