Attendances

[jimharri]

Yesterday was a day for the diehards. I was up shortly after 2a.m. to drive across Ireland in the pissing rain, in order to catch a 6:30 flight over to Manchester. You then sit through 90 minutes of what was served up before us. The weekend has knocked me back somewhere around £200 as well, taking everything into account. There were a couple of occasions during the afternoon when I thought "what the fuck am I doing?". But, it's what we do, isn't it? Looking around though, there were plenty of empty seats, particularly in the East Stand (probably the same in CB, where I was sat).

 

[blue ranger]

Maybe City should actually have a reward system in place for S/T holders that attend games. They could increase basic price but give a discount if you attend all or more than 90% of games so that people get the benefit of attending. So outcome that people that do attend games don't pay any more than they do now.

Oh and get rid of the shite pre match and half time entertainment and that shitty together video lol.

 

[jrb]

Not sure it's been mentioned, but level 3 of the away end looked full of City fans on the TV. TBH I don't sit up there, so I don't know if it was full. That's about 1000 City fans buying tickets in the away end. If Swansea had sold their full allocation, which is never the case, those 1000 City fans would have had to sit in other parts of the stadium.

If you think, over the years since moving to the Etihad, our hardcore of fans and season ticket sales has increased. It started off around 40,000, then went to 44,000, then it went up and down for a few years due to Pearce, then it climbed back to 46,000 when Mancini was in charge, and now it's around the 48,000-50,000 mark. In reality we've grown out hardcore fan base, that will turn up regardless, by 8000-10,000 fans. Of course I could be wrong, but I think that's a fair assessment.

 

[jrb]

Football has changed.(as you all know)

Taken from the fans gallery.

It's like an advert/photo shoot for Jacomo Clothing.

I know I'm in the minority, but I've always advocated a Spring-Summer-Autumn football season.

:-(

 

[Deleted member 58678]

i dont think the family stand works, they need to make it smaller. if its a night game, midweek or cold then theres always loads of empty seats in the north stand. when we expand id move the family stand sections to the third tier and make behind the net a singing section

Changing the North Stand into the Family Stand is the worst thing the club has done since the takeover.

 

[Deleted member 58678]

Football has changed.(as you all know)

Taken from the fans gallery.

It's like an advert/photo shoot for Jacomo Clothing.

I know I'm in the minority, but I've always advocated a Spring-Summer-Autumn football season.

:-(

I love the Winter footy. There's no such thing as bad weather, just wrong clothing. If it's cold wear enough clothes to keep you warm, if it's wet wear waterproofs. Simple as that. My favourite time of year is the Christmas run of games. It would be terrible to lose that.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Changing the North Stand into the Family Stand is the worst thing the club has done since the takeover.

i think its a good idea to get more kids in, but the amount of people in north stand who just dont show up is alarming. its the same few rows that are always empty. I have seen groups of kids from clubs and such, so maybe they can't find anyone for the seats ?

 

[jrb]

I love the Winter footy. There's no such thing as bad weather, just wrong clothing. If it's cold wear enough clothes to keep you warm, if it's wet wear waterproofs. Simple as that. My favourite time of year is the Christmas run of games. It would be terrible to lose that.

This argument and choice will go on for eternity.

Whether you believe the reasons for Christmas or not, to me it's a family occasion. Getting home matches over the Christmas period is great, but getting them away is pretty shit. I'm sure many City fans who go away out of loyalty would rather spend the day with their family.

The majority of managers and players would prefer a Winter break as well.

That aside, there's nothing better than ambling to a home match in August and September, wearing a t-shirt and shorts, then standing outside the pub, the Townley in my case, and having a chat and drink on a warm Summer's Evening. :-) Compare and contrast that to Yesterday.

Another thing that doesn't often get mentioned when comparing Summer to Winter football is the quality of play. Summer football is far more entertaining than Winter football. The elements have a massive impact on the quality of football on show, in my opinion.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

I sat in level 3 east stand yesterday for the 1st time, I'm normally south stand but got 2 free tickets from mate who's a scout. I tried getting a song going and people just stare at you like you've got Leprosy.

 

[Silva's Magic Boot]

Apparently we set a new attendance record yesterday of 54,523, a whopping 21 more tickets sold than vs Bournemouth. Great support as ever, especially with Sunderland only bringing half their allocation. Just strange that they've stopped announcing the attendance in the ground the last few games.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Apparently we set a new attendance record yesterday of 54,523, a whopping 21 more tickets sold than vs Bournemouth. Great support as ever, especially with Sunderland only bringing half their allocation. Just stranger that they've stopped announcing the attendance in the ground the last few games.

That attendance must presumably include the season ticket no-shows?

 

[Silva's Magic Boot]

That attendance must presumably include the season ticket no-shows?

As it always does. Though didn't think there were as many no-shows yesterday as we've had before, considering it was Boxing Day.

 

[malg]

That attendance must presumably include the season ticket no-shows?

Yes, as it's a ticket sold. I'm sure all clubs do this anyway, and probably right because the seat is unavailable. There weren't as many ermpty seats yesterday (get a good view of it up in Level 3). I was sat in some shocking traffic getting home yesterday, and I'm only in Leve, so I can see why people leave 10 minutes early.

 

[waspish]

That attendance must presumably include the season ticket no-shows?

Yep like all clubs do announce tickets sold.

I'm sick of reading hearing when they announce the attendance "no way the attendance is 54k" It's TICKETS sold they not going to announce 51k are here today 3k can't be arsed and the away club only bought the bottoms tier.

 

[Silva's Magic Boot]

If the club sold 54k tickets and no-one showed up at all, they wouldn't care. They get the money from the ticket sales regardless and that's all that really matters to them

 

[malg]

Yep like all clubs do announce tickets sold.

I'm sick of reading hearing when they announce the attendance "no way the attendance is 54k" It's TICKETS sold they not going to announce 51k are here today 3k can't be arsed and the away club only bought the bottoms tier.

That would be piss funny if they did announce that though.

 

[jimharri]

That attendance must presumably include the season ticket no-shows?

Definitely. Watching the highlights last night, there were visible empty seats in level 1 of the East Stand and, as per normal, in the North/family stand. Up to the individual why they don't turn up, obviously. As has been said earlier, the club won't be too bothered as the seats have been sold.

 

[Tanzeylee]

I'm sure with half of the north of England under water yesterday it would have affected people getting to the match.

 

[HelloCity]

Was never the real record crowd. That would have been Liverpool due to the added seats put in since the Chelsea game.

From what I've seen on Twitter a few of our more fair weather fans didn't go because of the rain.

 

[Silva's Magic Boot]

But still, just the fact that the club can sell 54,500 tickets for a game against the likes of Sunderland on Boxing Day can only be a good sign, regardless of no-shows.