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Are You Doing Anything To Protest About The Latest Season Ticket Price Increase?
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Fred_Quimby
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The thing is when we were shit and on the verge of bankruptcy the club had to keep prices low and/or frozen otherwise plenty wouldn't have renewed. Now we are successful and playing great football they know they will sell all season tickets even if there is a steep increase. I don't like it but I doubt I can realistically do anything about it. Well I can, I can not renew but someone will take my place.
My season ticket is going to be £685 in the south stand lower. That works out at just over £36 a game which I still consider good value. I am thinking of ditching platinum so that will save me £50 a year.
We can protest all we like but I doubt the club will listen or drop prices so long as there is a waiting list of thousands ready to take our place.
It is a catch 22 situation and we can't have it all ways. If we hadn't had the takeover I would just be buying my tickets on a match by match basis and picking and choosing my games. The standard of football wasn't great and we had zero chance of winning anything. I have been following the club since 1968 and stood by them in the old third division but I was becoming pretty disillusioned just prior to 2008. I had realised that the top four were light years ahead of us and the gap was growing bigger by the year and barring a miracle we were never going to bridge it. Thankfully we got that miracle.
If I am eventually priced out I will be sad but grateful that to date I have seen us win seven trophies in ten years, when I expected to die without seeing us win a single one. I have watched some fantastic football, seen my club become a giant in world football and have memories I will smile about on my deathbed. If I have to vacate my seat it will be thanks for the memories and I hope the person who takes it has as much fun as I had over the years.
Just read this Paulchapo. Thank you. Puts it into perspective. Wonderful post.
Just read this Paulchapo. Thank you. Puts it into perspective. Wonderful post.
Thanks. I spent fortunes over the years following City. I was there in 1976 when we won the league cup and after that it was all downhill really aside from a few promotions. Even those celebrations were built on failure if truth be known, the failure of getting relegated in the first place. There were brief glimmers we might be getting it right, or going to actually win a trophy, but all our hopes were cruelly crushed, the 1981 fa cup final being the main one. I had even begun to believe in that bloody Gypsy curse so wretched was our luck.
My lowest point was the Pearce era and the awful realisation we could probably stay in the premier league but would just be mid table cannon fodder, with only the odd derby win against the rags to celebrate.
The takeover was an exciting dream come true and in ten years it has surpassed my wildest expectations. I spent a fortune watching dross for years I am not going to walk away now I can watch superb winning football for a few quid more.
Fame Monster
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I'd have Distin !!
Same. Class player in his prime.
Fred_Quimby
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Thanks. I spent fortunes over the years following City. I was there in 1976 when we won the league cup and after that it was all downhill really aside from a few promotions. Even those celebrations were built on failure if truth be known, the failure of getting relegated in the first place. There were brief glimmers we might be getting it right, or going to actually win a trophy, but all our hopes were cruelly crushed, the 1981 fa cup final being the main one. I had even begun to believe in that bloody Gypsy curse so wretched was our luck.
My lowest point was the Pearce era and the awful realisation we could probably stay in the premier league but would just be mid table cannon fodder, with only the odd derby win against the rags to celebrate.
The takeover was an exciting dream come true and in ten years it has surpassed my wildest expectations. I spent a fortune watching dross for years I am not going to walk away now I can watch superb winning football for a few quid more.
It is all about perspective. I was a child in the 50’s for my first games and started seriously following them in th early 60’s, sneaking in when they opened the gates 20 minutes before the end. I was there for Les McDowell’s last game in charge, turgid stuff. But then came Mercer/Alison and everything looked rosey and then it was up and down quicker than a whore’s knickers. I was also there that night against Spuds.
It is, as you say ‘an exciting dream’, and I never in my wildest dreams ever thought we would be playing the football we have.
EL APACHE TEVEZ
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Great post PCThe thing is when we were shit and on the verge of bankruptcy the club had to keep prices low and/or frozen otherwise plenty wouldn't have renewed. Now we are successful and playing great football they know they will sell all season tickets even if there is a steep increase. I don't like it but I doubt I can realistically do anything about it. Well I can, I can not renew but someone will take my place.
My season ticket is going to be £685 in the south stand lower. That works out at just over £36 a game which I still consider good value. I am thinking of ditching platinum so that will save me £50 a year.
We can protest all we like but I doubt the club will listen or drop prices so long as there is a waiting list of thousands ready to take our place.
It is a catch 22 situation and we can't have it all ways. If we hadn't had the takeover I would just be buying my tickets on a match by match basis and picking and choosing my games. The standard of football wasn't great and we had zero chance of winning anything. I have been following the club since 1968 and stood by them in the old third division but I was becoming pretty disillusioned just prior to 2008. I had realised that the top four were light years ahead of us and the gap was growing bigger by the year and barring a miracle we were never going to bridge it. Thankfully we got that miracle.
If I am eventually priced out I will be sad but grateful that to date I have seen us win seven trophies in ten years, when I expected to die without seeing us win a single one. I have watched some fantastic football, seen my club become a giant in world football and have memories I will smile about on my deathbed. If I have to vacate my seat it will be thanks for the memories and I hope the person who takes it has as much fun as I had over the years.
£15 price rise for the season on my season ticket, less than £1 a rise in price each game how can people be so really pissed off with this. Are you telling me when the price of beer is raised every year from the budget that the same moaners actually have one less pint when they go out. We are privileged to be watching the best team in our clubs history and all some clowns can do is moan over a price rise on there season tickets of less than a pound a game. I’m sure if they had frozen the prices the same people would have kicked up a stink because the prices weren’t reduced.
£15 price rise for the season on my season ticket, less than £1 a rise in price each game how can people be so really pissed off with this. Are you telling me when the price of beer is raised every year from the budget that the same moaners actually have one less pint when they go out. We are privileged to be watching the best team in our clubs history and all some clowns can do is moan over a price rise on there season tickets of less than a pound a game. I’m sure if they had frozen the prices the same people would have kicked up a stink because the prices weren’t reduced.
We've stopped insulting each other.
We've moved on from that.
Now is a time for reflection and understanding.
TBH I can't be arsed going over my OP stance again.
Feel free to go back over 25 pages.
Right, I'm off!
I've got a horn to honk, and some balls to juggle. :0)
Platt Lane Bern
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How is this thread still up??
Like the first few posts suggested we should close down such crap asap- when able to be viewed by others the fact that some Blues dare gripe about the greatest moments for our Club we’ve ever seen is embarrassing and at worst damaging for us all..
WTF!!
Like the first few posts suggested we should close down such crap asap- when able to be viewed by others the fact that some Blues dare gripe about the greatest moments for our Club we’ve ever seen is embarrassing and at worst damaging for us all..
WTF!!
oakiecokie
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... and respond to Oakies PM.We've stopped insulting each other.
We've moved on from that.
Now is a time for reflection and understanding.
TBH I can't be arsed going over my OP stance again.
Feel free to go back over 25 pages.
Right, I'm off!
I've got a horn to honk, and some balls to juggle. :0)