Seat Counters 25/26

[Manchester33]

No happy clappers. Just loyal supporters.

So if the club raised ticket prices to £1,000 per game, you’d still go? Or are you not a loyal enough supporter?

 

[simmo]

Are you sure those "unavailable" seats haven't already been sold? What block is it?

Block 303 - and the higher rows are blanked out.

Or Impressive to sell banks of up to 25 seats on consecutive rows within the first 15 mins of sale, including the row I am on.

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Block 303 - and the higher rows are blanked out.

Or Impressive to sell banks of up to 25 seats on consecutive rows within the first 15 mins of sale, including the row I am on.

That looks like blocks of seats that will be getting sold as either part of a hospitality package, or via the clubs official partners(touts).

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Flapjack method saying 15,610 left.

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

Very early Exeter count (sales only opened at 11am):

Level 3 - 5406
Level 2 - 2873
Level 1 - 7655

Total - 15,934

With the 8000 or so Exeter allocation, this would indicate around 28,000-29,000 of the home allocation have been sold. My guess is that we have around 20,000 fans on the FA Cup scheme

It goes on sale to all Cityzens matchday and junior members at 3pm so I'd expect a big surge in sales then

I always have way more regulars around me for FA Cup games, compared with League Cup or UCL games, so I can definitely get behind the 20,000 figure.

For UCL I'd be surprised if it's more than 15,000 to be completely honest

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Add 7.30pm to the list of excuses.
I remember the days when all evening ko's were 7.30pm.
Then they moved to 7.45pm and people moaned, and when they moved it to 8.00pm, they moaned even louder, now when there is a 7.30pm, a time they didn't want it moved from , they moan it is too early.

I remember when vegetables were organic, then they added things and put the price up, then they started selling organic, with nothing added and they put the price up. I prefer vegetables with soil attached, but it is against health and safety. Don't get me started on fish and chip wrappings, can't read brown paper can you.;)

You don’t know it’s the same people complaining ;)

Plus many things have changed in recent years such as removing free parking nearby adding to costs and not expanding the public transport system to cater for larger numbers. You can create a list and call them excuses if you like but these facts are facts. At least two large groups of people turned up late near me last night because they struggled to get through the traffic from wherever they came. It would not surprise me if some foresaw that and decided to give the game a miss, I don’t see that as an unreasonable assumption.

 

[asahartford1]

You don’t know it’s the same people complaining ;)

Plus many things have changed in recent years such as removing free parking nearby adding to costs and not expanding the public transport system to cater for larger numbers. You can create a list and call them excuses if you like but these facts are facts. At least two large groups of people turned up late near me last night because they struggled to get through the traffic from wherever they came. It would not surprise me if some foresaw that and decided to give the game a miss, I don’t see that as an unreasonable assumption.

Can't disagree with that.

Because of the Parking prohibition we park either in Buxton, or Denton depending if we are staying over. Of course we then have to pay other transport costs but don't have a Parking issue.
Perhaps I could offer a service to help alleviate transport issues with free consultancy-:)

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

You can't just lower the prices for a couple of unattractive cup games and expect priced out fans to come flooding back.

Winning back priced out fans should be a long campaign of fair pricing, across the board, not just the odd game here or there.

I agree. You price out fans for years, out of all the big games, all the games that mean the most and then you just expect them to come back for the midweek game, with the second string playing

Once you stop going you get out of the habit.

 

[Norbert D]

Anyone know the crowd last night? Looked fairly decent all things considered.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Moan, moan, moan. Our crowds now are much higher than the early 00s especially for cup matches.

It would be pretty mental if they weren’t higher, with all the success we’ve had

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Not really baffling. They have a ludicrous amount of plastic fans like no other team, that takes up the slack on the occasions it’s required. We are not like that, some of the ticketing decisions taken by the club over a prolonged period are frankly barmy

Last nights game, the tourists couldn’t be bothered. It wasn’t Madrid or Liverpool.

The club then have to rely on local fans and long standing fans. The club over the last few years have barely shown an interest in our core fanbase, increasing ticket prices, forcing fans out or putting in more corporate areas. Those fans aren’t just going to come running back

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

You don’t know it’s the same people complaining ;)

Plus many things have changed in recent years such as removing free parking nearby adding to costs and not expanding the public transport system to cater for larger numbers. You can create a list and call them excuses if you like but these facts are facts. At least two large groups of people turned up late near me last night because they struggled to get through the traffic from wherever they came. It would not surprise me if some foresaw that and decided to give the game a miss, I don’t see that as an unreasonable assumption.

It was very noticeable last night how much fuller the ground became at about 7.45pm compared to kick off. The transport was dire as usual. Both legs of my train journey were cancelled at the last minute. I did wonder if a lot of people thought it was an 8pm kick off as well. In fact it looked a very good crowd in the end, well over 40,000.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

It was very noticeable last night how much fuller the ground became at about 7.45pm compared to kick off. The transport was dire as usual. Both legs of my train journey were cancelled at the last minute. I did wonder if a lot of people thought it was an 8pm kick off as well. In fact it looked a very good crowd in the end, well over 40,000.

Surely for games like this, it’s not people coming from far away or on trains the club should be targeting to fill the ground?

Fa cup/ league games I think you make the price dirt cheap, you offer tickets to local schools and encourage locals, who don’t rely on public transport as much to get to the ground.

 

[bainy]

out of 10 of us who are season tuk holders, only 2 went last night. in previous years all 10 in cup scheme...but no longer. my mate had a spare and couldnt give it away for free.
simple solution to me - revert back to being able to share ur tiks with anyone u want ans secondly, grow the local fan base

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Surely for games like this, it’s not people coming from far away or on trains the club should be targeting to fill the ground?

Fa cup/ league games I think you make the price dirt cheap, you offer tickets to local schools and encourage locals, who don’t rely on public transport as much to get to the ground.

I only came from Preston. The ground was packed with local familes and the walk back to town was very crowded.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

I only came from Preston. The ground was packed with local familes and the walk back to town was very crowded.

I get what you’re saying, I’m just thinking if travelling or trains are a problem, target families in and around Manchester. It is there local club. Think about how many city fans there are in east Manchester alone or kids who could become city fans.

Liverpool have a number of tickets that go to people with an l postcode, maybe we should do something similar for certain games?

 

[asahartford1]

So if the club raised ticket prices to £1,000 per game, you’d still go? Or are you not a loyal enough supporter?

I'd still go, but at a 1000 quid a game I would need to pick and choose.

 

[asahartford1]

I get what you’re saying, I’m just thinking if travelling or trains are a problem, target families in and around Manchester. It is there local club. Think about how many city fans there are in east Manchester alone or kids who could become city fans.

Liverpool have a number of tickets that go to people with an l postcode, maybe we should do something similar for certain games?

Perhaps Liverpool need to allocate more Season Tickets. The percentage of Season tickets at Anfield is by far the lowest in the Premier League. I don't think they are the role model to follow.

 

[EastMidlandsBlue]

I get what you’re saying, I’m just thinking if travelling or trains are a problem, target families in and around Manchester. It is there local club. Think about how many city fans there are in east Manchester alone or kids who could become city fans.

Liverpool have a number of tickets that go to people with an l postcode, maybe we should do something similar for certain games?

The local tickets Liverpool sell are subsided as well, they were always £9, although that could've changed.

The difference with Liverpool is that those tickets are very much a box ticking exercise to try and give the impression that they actually care about their local fans.

The difference with us is that I think it could be a very useful tool to get the next generation of local fans in the ground, whilst still being able to sell the tickets at full whack to tourists. Would at least be a start

 

[Uppermilloldie]

Loads of Blues were giving away free tickets for last night and I don’t think you needed to have a paid membership either.

Good to hear, so the club can do this kind of thing when it suits them.
Anyone who went last night deserves a medal, well done each and every one.