A s**t away end full of tourists

[MadchesterCity]

It’s all good if you have a winning team with new big name signings but tourists won’t be flocking to see us when we are out of the title race before the Christmas tree goes up.

Ummm

 

[eyalluvitt]

I reckon most clubs will have the same complaint, if it looks like we have sold ourselves out to tourists and corporate shenanigans it's because we pretty much have.

United only sell to locals with black jackets

 

[I'm not really here]

I've been to a few non-league games wearing a City scarf. Is that OK?

You know that isn't the same thing. This is why the club aren't bothered, we're too busy fighting amongst ourselves.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Not sure if mentioned

Please post the E-mail address for this Wilson schmuck.

If you don’t know Danny Wilson how can you call him that name?
Danny Wilson has always been helpful with fans. I know this personally and also for what he has done for other fans I know. So unless he has done something to upset/hurt you personally there is surely no need for that?

 

[ninjamonkey]

Have I woke up in 2014 or something? This has been going on for over a decade now, it's nothing new, I've seen a row of Belgians at Arsenal, a row of Asians at anfield, the list goes on, every big game is the same.

I also have a season ticket on the barrier and I see tourists in the away end at the Etihad for practically every game too. It's a league wide problem,

we happen to have been hit hard by it because we have people in charge who are very willing to siphon off tickets meant for the hardcore fanbase and give them to the highest bidders and we are the most attractive team in the league.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Kevin Parker has said they're definitely not OSC tickets. Almost certainly from the club/sponsor allocation.

And has he followed this up by asking the club and putting fans point of view?

 

[jrb]

Have I woke up in 2014 or something? This has been going on for over a decade now, it's nothing new, I've seen a row of Belgians at Arsenal, a row of Asians at anfield, the list goes on, every big game is the same.

I also have a season ticket on the barrier and I see tourists in the away end at the Etihad for practically every game too. It's a league wide problem,

we happen to have been hit hard by it because we have people in charge who are very willing to siphon off tickets meant for the hardcore fanbase and give them to the highest bidders and we are the most attractive team in the league.

But have you ever seen 8 Barcelona fans wearing Barcelona shirts in the City away end at Liverpool before, have you fuck.

There’s a chant in there somewhere.

 

[beermusic]

Sorry to say it but I cannot imagine this happening at many other clubs at what was potentially the biggest away game of the season, an hour down the road. Obviously success has attracted new fans and tourists, but I don’t believe that six young lads filming the other teams penalty would last long say at a Chelsea away, or even in the rags end at anfield. Maybe we are too old and soft to take a proper stand but the reps at least should be calling this out every week - peps often said about poor vocal support being a hindrance to a performance, and the more this goes on the worse it gets. That was the quietest, tamest away end I’ve ever seen at Liverpool - historically that’s been one game where there’s been a majority of regular diehards. You can maybe understand some London games where it’s a late ko or evening game when it’s put some off for travel or expense reasons but there is no excuse today.

There’s two questions for me, one is how they get tickets ie are the club creaming off a little premium selling via touts or selling on which seems unlikely and wouldn’t be that difficult to expose (rows of adjacent seats available on tout sites etc)

And if not, then what’s in it for them to allocate so many to non regulars at £30? Oscs distribute as they choose, not much you can do about that, but Barca fans aren’t going to suddenly switch club and be the future of ours.

We all want City to be the biggest club of all, but those at the helm must surely see that we are also in danger of losing a follow on fanbase that will remain loyal at the inevitable point when this cycle of success comes to an end. Which it will, as sustained success has never lasted forever. The fly by night penalty filming cunts will be gone as soon as the day out involves losing on a regular basis. It seems to me that the OSC is petrified of losing what ticket priority it has if it kicks up more than a token fuss. These pictures should be supplied to the club every single week with the same question: how do they think this situation will end?

 

[Eccles Blue]

The club I’d be very surprised if any OSC got 8 tickets for anfield

I wouldn’t.

 

[beermusic]

Ffs

I mean in the ground. The lads behind for instance!