One of the lads sat next to me told me that when he was going in there were 3 madrid fans in the queue wearing madrid shirts. They were told to put their jackets on and the steward told the city fan they'd been instructed to allow them in
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Didsbury Dave
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I sat in them at Ajax and we all went mad when we went 1-0 up. You can see them every time we score at Real Madrid in the background too, level with the penalty box, wearing City shirts.I've sat in said seats before at Bayern and it was explicit that you would be ejected if you celebrated, the stewards didn't even try to stop the pricks goading fans next to them.
Bluesince1979
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Ok so the tourists at champs league games. Yes a bigger % is on the club who just see the £ssssss. But ….. we as fans have to take a large proportion of the blame too.
Whats the % of season ticket holders that are on the champs league scheme? As a micro example, out of 4 of us with season tickets im the only one in the scheme. Id say around me only half of regular ticket holders are in it. At most.
Where are you when we play Copenhagen in the group stage ? The hard slog, dont fancy it on a wet november evening ?
A lot of those games, without the tourists the ground would be half empty.
Last night the other 3 who i go with had a mad scramble to get tickets. Well ive no sympathy
Whats the % of season ticket holders that are on the champs league scheme? As a micro example, out of 4 of us with season tickets im the only one in the scheme. Id say around me only half of regular ticket holders are in it. At most.
Where are you when we play Copenhagen in the group stage ? The hard slog, dont fancy it on a wet november evening ?
A lot of those games, without the tourists the ground would be half empty.
Last night the other 3 who i go with had a mad scramble to get tickets. Well ive no sympathy
Matty M24blue
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Oh I agree great bring down and knock. For me that should never go unchallenged on the bring down. As you say bang average I think he has the potential but he’s become a whining cheating **** with a massive ego IMO he already feels like he’s the star boy.TBH I thought Bellingham did well for there goal but overall he was bang average one of the most overrated players in football.
There was a tourist next to me last night in 315. He was 40+ English guy from LA and took a video call from his wife when we equalised! Apart from the odd ‘good job’ shout and calling Bernardo ‘Silva’ he was like a regular.
He knew most of the songs and contributed to the atmosphere about 10 times as much as the season ticket holder who usually sits there.
He knew most of the songs and contributed to the atmosphere about 10 times as much as the season ticket holder who usually sits there.
dadnlad
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arent they club representaives family and friendsI'm not really against tourists though - if I was on holiday to New York I'd love to go to a Mets game and I'd probably go and buy half the gift shop and sit there taking photos too. It's exactly the same thing and there's nothing wrong with it.
What I object to isn't the odd half and half scarf tourist, it's whole blocks of opposition fans sitting in the home end. Where are those tickets coming from?
Cheadle_hulmeBlue
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I don’t think anyone has a problem with a tourist who supports the club or gets behind the team. I think the issue is with literal away fans or in last nights case United and Chelsea fans who actively mock our club, when our own fans can’t get tickets.There was a tourist next to me last night in 315. He was 40+ English guy from LA and took a video call from his wife when we equalised! Apart from the odd ‘good job’ shout and calling Bernardo ‘Silva’ he was like a regular.
He knew most of the songs and contributed to the atmosphere about 10 times as much as the season ticket holder who usually sits there.
Eric Hitchmough
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This.It’s the club who are touting tickets and giving them to ticket agencies to sell at a large profit. It’s entirely on them for helping to make the atmosphere worse.
Long standing blues can’t get tickets, but influencers that openly mock our club can.
pride in battle
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She got her ticket via some sponsorAnd I didn't meet the criteria...just ducks me off
Lovebitesandeveryfing
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That is exactly the problem
They couldn't give a toss about proper fans.
I'm not really against tourists though - if I was on holiday to New York I'd love to go to a Mets game and I'd probably go and buy half the gift shop and sit there taking photos too. It's exactly the same thing and there's nothing wrong with it.
What I object to isn't the odd half and half scarf tourist, it's whole blocks of opposition fans sitting in the home end. Where are those tickets coming from?
Tourists are an integral part of the economics of the game now, especially for a big club playing against another big club. That's the way it is, and we should deal with it.
No, but what I really hope and pray for is this — the new north stand should have a clear policy of excluding any tourist wearing opposition colours. Even half-and-half. And anybody in it celebrating an opposition goal should be quietly but firmly ejected. I don't suppose it will happen but it is my heart's desire. Or they should shunt them to the north stand, and make either the south or north stands a home stand in the fullest sense of the word. Tourists can also sit here and there in the CB and East stands, obviously. But I want one stand for us, unambiguously. I'm in the south stand, but I'll move to the north if that's where that's happening.
Do you see opposition fans or even half-and-halfs on Dortmund's Südkurve on big European nights? I doubt it somehow.