Atmosphere - 2023/24

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Tim of the Oak said:
All this whingeing about why don’t local school kids get more tickets for Wednesday night reminds me of what happened to the rags a couple of years ago. The dirty rags gave 1,000s of free tickets to local schools for kinds and their parents, a couple of years ago. It was a midweek European game. The rags were overwhelmed with complaints from parents because Ronaldo didn’t get on the pitch.

I had a ticket I couldn’t give away last night. There wasn’t any army of youngsters wanting to see the game, who were ticketless.

Contrast this with the posts I’ve read from families on the disliked Man City Face Vamue Tickets and Travel. Families are only too grateful to thank members of the group who sorted them and their kinds tickets for Wednesday night. Anyone, who really wanted to go on Wednesday went to the game, unless commitments didn’t allow them.
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It’s not whingeing mate. It’s just a discussion. :-)

Perhaps if you had a pair of tickets then you might have shifted them? As you only had one ticket no kid was going to take it and go to the match without an adult accompanying them. I’m sure a post on BM, Facebook, or one of the other City fan sites would have shifted a pair of tickets for free.

As for the Scottish kids, fair play to them. To make that journey from Scotland to watch City midweek, as minimum they deserve a free ticket, and some refreshments on top.

Just out of interest, are there any similar coach parties from other parts of the UK or is it just from Scotland?

There are 1,183 schools in Greater Manchester (excluding independent schools), including 863 primary schools, 173 secondary schools, and 23 serving sixth-form education.
 
jrb said:
It’s not whingeing mate. It’s just a discussion. :-)

Perhaps if you had a pair of tickets then you might have shifted them? As you only had one ticket no kid was going to take it and go to the match without an adult accompanying them. I’m sure a post on BM, Facebook, or one of the other City fan sites would have shifted a pair of tickets for free.

As for the Scottish kids, fair play to them. To make that journey from Scotland to watch City midweek, as minimum they deserve a free ticket, and some refreshments on top.

Just out of interest, are there any similar coach parties from other parts of the UK or is it just from Scotland?

There are 1,183 schools in Greater Manchester (excluding independent schools), including 863 primary schools, 173 secondary schools, and 23 serving sixth-form education.
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My kids went to Romiley Primary school, about 4 miles from Stockport. Not once did City offer the school match tickets. The rags did on many occasions, Stockport County too.
 
jrb said:
It’s not whingeing mate. It’s just a discussion. :-)

Perhaps if you had a pair of tickets then you might have shifted them? As you only had one ticket no kid was going to take it and go to the match without an adult accompanying them. I’m sure a post on BM, Facebook, or one of the other City fan sites would have shifted a pair of tickets for free.

As for the Scottish kids, fair play to them. To make that journey from Scotland to watch City midweek, as minimum they deserve a free ticket, and some refreshments on top.

Just out of interest, are there any similar coach parties from other parts of the UK or is it just from Scotland?

There are 1,183 schools in Greater Manchester (excluding independent schools), including 863 primary schools, 173 secondary schools, and 23 serving sixth-form education.
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Well said JRB. I’m all for letting schools have very cheap tickets for games like Wednesday night, whether they be in Manchester or Scotland. They weren’t depriving anyone else who wanted to go of a ticket.

On Wedneaday, It was just a single ticket. I gave two or theee pairs of tickets away for either Burnley or Brentford.

A few days ago I saw posts from peole still angry about how they wouldn’t go on Wednesday because they were mistreated over Real Madrid tickets a year ago. I think they would have found their winter coats to get to the Etihad on Wednesday if we had been playing the rags, dippers or Barca. I don’t blame them. If you are treated like a customer then why not be selective about the games you attend. They aren’t all like us, worried to miss a home game.

I stayed with family after the game in Urmston so wasn’t on my usual 10.57 from Victoria to Leeds. Hopefully, that train was still packed with Blues who haven’t been put off by the monsoon conditions for games they can get tickets for or rail strikes (like Burnley and Brentford). The train is usually full with Blues whether we are playing Brentford or Barca.
 
staffsblue said:
I had a large group of kids sat behind me in 326 last night.
Most seemed to be in the "anyone but City" mould and were getting giddy every time Copenhagen were on the attack.
However, some of the girls seemed desperate to see Foden play. Couldn't believe one of them referred to him as "Phil the DILF". The mind boggles!
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Given there lack of possession the giddiness must have been scarce. Maybe if tickets were priced accordingly in the first place then we wouldn't have to have thousands of disinterested kids who mainly don't support us at the game. Over the past decade or probably longer the club has managed to disenfranchise / price out many loyal blues to the point that whilst they still follow the team they don't come to games any longer. They are the fans that the club need to reach out to if we want a proper fanbase although unfortunately the club wants the one off match day fan who will pay a fortune for their seat and spend a fortune in the club shop.
 
I was told by some Copenhagen fans after the game that our support is shit. I said many of our fans don’t see this as a big game. That went down well apart from with one Copenhagen fan who agreed with me.

I complimented their vocal support and said every time I go tot the Etihad it’s a big game for me.
 
Eds said:
Given there lack of possession the giddiness must have been scarce. Maybe if tickets were priced accordingly in the first place then we wouldn't have to have thousands of disinterested kids who mainly don't support us at the game. Over the past decade or probably longer the club has managed to disenfranchise / price out many loyal blues to the point that whilst they still follow the team they don't come to games any longer. They are the fans that the club need to reach out to if we want a proper fanbase although unfortunately the club wants the one off match day fan who will pay a fortune for their seat and spend a fortune in the club shop.
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I agree with you that’s the case for weekend Prem games and some Cup matches. Newcastle will capture the imagination I reckon.

We just don’t have the the demand for low profile midweek games to sell out all these games. That might change as more houses and flats are built in the area.

Some of the reasons fans say they are disenfranchised mystify me. The cost of tickets fair enough. However, We are watching the greatest team in our history but some Blues complain about being asked to unzip their coat when going through the turnstiles or being asked their age. We’ve had young fans injured through fans being able to walk into the Etihad with cups full of coins. I see the checks on away fans are more thorough now as they should be.

Alcohol assisted, I sang through most of Wednesday nights game from my seat in 209. There wasn’t a great amount of suooort from the 209 Ultras but I’d had a few more pints than the rest. At one point I had to sing an Akanji song with some Belgiums.
 
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