City fan suffers broken leg after being attacked at Leeds game

[BringBackSwales]

Was that when they beat us 5-2 i think after we took an early lead? I was at that game. Very few clubs came to Maine Road and took the piss. Leeds's certainly never did, they were always hammered. Chelsea always gave a good account. The ECWC semi final second leg there was scrapping all over the ground, including in the Kippax. They did the same on that Friday night game that was televised when they were going for promotion and brought thousands down.

That Friday night chelsea completely took the piss Paul, they more or less owned Maine Road that night. I can’t remember many bigger away supports at Maine Road?

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Galatasaray will be the defining moment. The club will bluster their way out of it but it’s going to be the final straw for a lot of fans.

Madrid finished me off last year. Haven’t missed CL games at all.

Galatasaray had 12k in the utd end last time ,it won't be pretty here either.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Likely unrelated but there was an ambulance outside the club shop after the game. Lad on floor. Hope he was okay.

No mate that was a lad with a broken ankle that had fallen

 

[Mifred]

That Friday night chelsea completely took the piss Paul, they more or less owned Maine Road that night. I can’t remember many bigger away supports at Maine Road?

How tall were they

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

I think the relative groups need to come together and coordinate a response for the Galatasaray game. I nearly chucked the cup schemes in after the Madrid farce, and this season will definitely be my last, but I’d be prepared to leave all 3 as part of a wider protest. Enough is enough, when you can’t put the safety of your own supporters before £££ something has gone really wrong

 

[bronco]

I rarely post on here but just wanted to say that I have always been pretty disgusted with a lot of football fans and their behaviour and yesterday is not acceptable at all imho . I am not a happy clapper , my first match was in 1968 and my last one yesterday with something like 1300 home, away and European matches in between . Some Leeds fans are and always were horrible , my first away match as a 9 year old was at elland road and I revisited many times after that and it was always extremely intimidating. We thankfully live in more enlightened times regarding football spectating , it’s far safer than it once was with far more women and children coming to city matches than ever before . There still is however a definite macho male culture amongst a lot of fans who basically imho drink far too much and treat your average football outing as an all day piss up with a little break inbetween watching some blokes run around . I was talking to someone on the bus home yesterday about the kippax at Maine road and I remarked that up until 1985 you could drink beer on the terraces whilst watching the match . The most remarkable thing about this is not many bothered ! I certainly didn’t but would nearly always go for a pint pre match and post match - the beer at city back then was awful ( greenalls - the worst draught beer ever ! ) and didn’t appeal to me at all so I was rarely if ever tempted to indulge. Fast forward to today and the clubs biggest match day income probably comes from beer sales ? The combination of this and a very poorly thought out ticketing system resulted in what happened yesterday . I am finishing now by saying that I genuinely hope all those injured yesterday make a full recovery soon .

 

[paulchapo]

That Friday night chelsea completely took the piss Paul, they more or less owned Maine Road that night. I can’t remember many bigger away supports at Maine Road?

Yes they were everywhere and beat us. The days of Kerry Dixon and co. The win more or less won the title and promotion for them that's why so many travelled down it was a huge game.

 

[paulchapo]

I rarely post on here but just wanted to say that I have always been pretty disgusted with a lot of football fans and their behaviour and yesterday is not acceptable at all imho . I am not a happy clapper , my first match was in 1968 and my last one yesterday with something like 1300 home, away and European matches in between . Some Leeds fans are and always were horrible , my first away match as a 9 year old was at elland road and I revisited many times after that and it was always extremely intimidating. We thankfully live in more enlightened times regarding football spectating , it’s far safer than it once was with far more women and children coming to city matches than ever before . There still is however a definite macho male culture amongst a lot of fans who basically imho drink far too much and treat your average football outing as an all day piss up with a little break inbetween watching some blokes run around . I was talking to someone on the bus home yesterday about the kippax at Maine road and I remarked that up until 1985 you could drink beer on the terraces whilst watching the match . The most remarkable thing about this is not many bothered ! I certainly didn’t but would nearly always go for a pint pre match and post match - the beer at city back then was awful ( greenalls - the worst draught beer ever ! ) and didn’t appeal to me at all so I was rarely if ever tempted to indulge. Fast forward to today and the clubs biggest match day income probably comes from beer sales ? The combination of this and a very poorly thought out ticketing system resulted in what happened yesterday . I am finishing now by saying that I genuinely hope all those injured yesterday make a full recovery soon .

I really think that we must have the largest amount of piss heads in the premier league. Look at every home game and the stands are always less than half full when the teams come out as people are still pouring as much beer down their throats as humanly possible. Mind you that habit probably started in the bad old days when we were terrible on the pitch.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

The club have completely and utterly fucked up. At a time of our greatest success surely it’s been the perfect opportunity to increase the fan base, to allow new season tickets to Blues on the waiting list, yet all they have done is take actions to reduce the City support - stupid price rises, no new season tickets, no ability for Blues to transfer to other Blues, banning orders left right and centre - we have lost so many legacy fans in our period of greatest success and they will never come back, and we have lost the potential for newer younger fans by not selling new season tickets. All this at a time when we are about to increase the capacity by 8k or so. Match day revenue is nothing compared to tv and commercial income so surely the way the club continues its success is to have the ground full of enthusiastic Blues with season tickets rather than half and half tourists and away fans but the club don’t give a fuck. It’s sad to see what the club has become in terms of our home fanbase and it’s getting worse by the week. Incidents like this will become commonplace

From building a future fan base City could not have done a worse job ,they have had the opportunity to pick up every youngster that would have become a united fan .
Everything is based on NOW not the future ,what world can we justify £45 tickets for a 5 year old ?.
We should of been hoovering up the kids with £20 lad and dad deals ,get them interested in coming EVERY MATCH not just as Xmas and birthday presents .
You have properly fucked this opportunity up city and won't know how to react to a problem all of your own making caused by your own greed.

 

[heslops barnet]

I really think that we must have the largest amount of piss heads in the premier league. Look at every home game and the stands are always less than half full when the teams come out as people are still pouring as much beer down their throats as humanly possible. Mind you that habit probably started in the bad old days when we were terrible on the pitch.

Then spend half the game going for a piss

 

[heslops barnet]

From building a future fan base City could not have done a worse job ,they have had the opportunity to pick up every youngster that would have become a united fan .
Everything is based on NOW not the future ,what world can we justify £45 tickets for a 5 year old ?.
We should of been hoovering up the kids with £20 lad and dad deals ,get them interested in coming EVERY MATCH not just as Xmas and birthday presents .
You have properly fucked this opportunity up city and won't know how to react to a problem all of your own making caused by your own greed.

Fanbase in rapid decline the way things are going…..

 

[.db.]

Started because a Leeds fan got relocated instead of being thrown out. Was in the 93:20 bar at HT. confronted my mate who he thought had fingered him as an away supporter and head butted him out of nowhere. All hell broke loose

So there’d likely have been another incident earlier on with them for being moved into 93:20 in the first place?

Likely that they got tickets from the multitude of City’s ticket tout partners because there are no checks on who buys these tickets (even though Blues can’t transfer to a mate if they’re already a ST holder if that Blue can’t go for, say, illness on the day of the game so it’s too late to put it on the Exhange, and maybe their mate who’s a ST holder has a friend they could have taken on the day, but oh no, not allowed in the club’s eyes!) and were sat in the home stands probably being mouthy cunts and removed after complaints.

Funnily enough, in City’s own Ts&Cs, it states that away fans cannot purchase tickets in the home sections. I know this because I’ve read their own Ts&Cs to them over the phone when complaining about away fans in the home sections.

 

[philiph20]

The club have completely and utterly fucked up. At a time of our greatest success surely it’s been the perfect opportunity to increase the fan base, to allow new season tickets to Blues on the waiting list, yet all they have done is take actions to reduce the City support - stupid price rises, no new season tickets, no ability for Blues to transfer to other Blues, banning orders left right and centre - we have lost so many legacy fans in our period of greatest success and they will never come back, and we have lost the potential for newer younger fans by not selling new season tickets. All this at a time when we are about to increase the capacity by 8k or so. Match day revenue is nothing compared to tv and commercial income so surely the way the club continues its success is to have the ground full of enthusiastic Blues with season tickets rather than half and half tourists and away fans but the club don’t give a fuck. It’s sad to see what the club has become in terms of our home fanbase and it’s getting worse by the week. Incidents like this will become commonplace

You’ve hit the nail on the head here, they had the chance to increase local support build real foundations and a sense of belonging and they’ve well and truly blown it.

 

[Indaparkside]

Yes they were everywhere and beat us. The days of Kerry Dixon and co. The win more or less won the title and promotion for them that's why so many travelled down it was a huge game.

I remember Sunderland bringing thousands 91/92 season some estimates were 15,000 upwards nearly as big as our York away

 

[Pubteam Lomas]

Like you said @.db. '(even though Blues can’t transfer to a mate if they’re already a ST holder if that Blue can’t go for say, illness on the day of the game so it’s too late to put it on the Exchange,).

My son was ill on the day of the Leverkusen game.
He had a choice; dose up and spread his 'germs' or stay at home and watch it on TV!

He was poorly and took the stay at home option, but I could have taken someone but for the stupid rules. This is hampering our very own fan base. So the bottom line was I couldn't use a ticket, for another blue, I'd actually paid for!

But like has been said. Just wait for Galatasaray. Celtic was bad with their fans everywhere. Madrid was a joke last season but this time it'll be carnage.

 

[Platt Lane 59]

How tall were they

"How far away are they" ?

 

[Stockton Heath Blue]

Hahahahaha that shows how compliant we as football fans have become, 20 years ago they are getting clobbered.

Or how fearful we are as a fanbase of having our ST rescinded for getting involved

 

[Whether or not]

It surprises me that clubs like City, who are deliberately and knowingly compromising safety and segregation by partnering with touting agencies, don’t run into problems in getting safety certificates for hosting games. If the club does not accept a duty of care for supporters, it should be forced upon them by the authorities. There seems to be a total blind spot about this issue in football, and it is going to end in tragedy.

 

[The Northern Baptist]

From building a future fan base City could not have done a worse job ,they have had the opportunity to pick up every youngster that would have become a united fan .
Everything is based on NOW not the future ,what world can we justify £45 tickets for a 5 year old ?.
We should of been hoovering up the kids with £20 lad and dad deals ,get them interested in coming EVERY MATCH not just as Xmas and birthday presents .
You have properly fucked this opportunity up city and won't know how to react to a problem all of your own making caused by your own greed.

It will be someone’s job to increase match day ticket sales now with no thought to the future. They’ve probably got someone breathing down their neck re sales figures and they won’t care about how this affects ticket sales in the future or what happens when we aren’t as good any more, as these types of people have no vested interest in what happens long term.

 

[Bluesince1979]

From building a future fan base City could not have done a worse job ,they have had the opportunity to pick up every youngster that would have become a united fan .
Everything is based on NOW not the future ,what world can we justify £45 tickets for a 5 year old ?.
We should of been hoovering up the kids with £20 lad and dad deals ,get them interested in coming EVERY MATCH not just as Xmas and birthday presents .
You have properly fucked this opportunity up city and won't know how to react to a problem all of your own making caused by your own greed.

100%.

I live in a large village that has a lot of out of towners that have moved to the area. Not sure if thats unusual or not , but off the top of my head i know a geordie, cov , west brom, villa, bristol, essex, a jock, etc , all with kids similar ages and regardless of who the dad supports, the kids are city fans. They might have their dads teams at heart too but they are running around in city kits. A load of little future blues, the next generation

My kids are 13 and 10. They share a season ticket next to me , its actually a relatives whos moved away and his ticket is on my phone.
If theyd have got it right, pricing, ease etc id have bought - ticket each for them.
They didnt know united used to be good and care less, like the little out of town blues i mentioned above they care about the now.

Just like the junior blues in the 70s secured a generation of support that saved us in the 80s and 90s when times were SHIT, we had the chance to lock in thousands of supporters but instead we whored ourselves out for a quick buck.
What a fuck up

And with 20% of the new stand being corporate, things are about to get 10x worse