George Hannah
Well-Known Member
I was never moved to reciprocate thoughI remember when Pierce used to email his thanks to the fans for their great support.
Works both ways.
I was never moved to reciprocate thoughI remember when Pierce used to email his thanks to the fans for their great support.
Works both ways.
I was never moved to reciprocate though
It certainly did, when I was a youngster near the front of the Platt Lane in the mid-60s there was usually a sizeable number of people who streamed towards the corner exit from about 80-85mins, regardless of the match situation, and often blocking my view.Did it ever happen at Maine Road.
So true. City fans have always left before the end and arrived as late as possible. This has been the case since I started going in 1968. It has never born any relation to the performance on the pitch. At Maine Road the departure of the invalid carriages about 10 minutes from the end was a signal for the rest of the crowd to start leaving.It certainly did, when I was a youngster near the front of the Platt Lane in the mid-60s there was usually a sizeable number of people who streamed towards the corner exit from about 80-85mins, regardless of the match situation, and often blocking my view.
Whilst I get the analogy, it's not really the same, is it? You (normally) wouldn't go to see the same act/play 19 times at the same venue in under a year, plus the team don't leave the 'stage' 10 mins before the end so that you can clap and cheer and 'convince' them to do the encore they already had plannedStrange isn't it? Very few people will leave a concert early or a play. They clap and cheer and only then leave. They have the same transport problems and yet they stay. Probably the same people who leave early from football games.
Or put a machine in that you have to run your ticket through. Lose points on your loyalty cards or don't get preferential treatment when the big games come aroundi have been going to football games for 50 years and people leaving early is not a new thing, and every game people want to get a jump on the traffic and will leave even if its 0.0 they still will leave and i think i have the answer
don't open the leaving gates about 10 minutes from the end ?? make it known they will be closed until the final whistle unless you need to leave then you can be let out, stop giving the fans the option of leaving early that's the only way it stops