Atmosphere - 2023/24

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Do they sell half and half scarfs in club shop.
I'm usually the only regular at Champions League matches in our section and row in SS316.
Again though it is mostly locals taking the seats with the odd tourist dotted about.
On the tourest front i have no problem with them.They spend their money on what they want and i cannot think of one that has been near me with anything other than all City gear.Good on them.
You pay your money you make the choice.
 
Metalartin said:
To be fair to TNT, they did acknowledge it sold out and there looked to be a full house looking around the stadium too(can't remember them doing that before in a group game). I suspect there were quite a few tourists that left after a terrible first half which isn't great to see but what can the club really do about that?

The core support surely has to have grown alot since the relegation days though. Even before the takeover, it grew with the move to the COMS:
City-at-the-COMS-before-the-takeover.jpg

Not too shabby if you ask me. After all the success I'd say 40k might be conservative but who really knows how many would stick around and I suppose it depends on your definition of hard times.
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Good points, plus football is far more fashionable these days, and virtually every club can boast higher attendances, regardless of success.
 
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All this talk on here for years about the dreaded half n half scarves .I despise them and hate them
like any other normal fan but,

I remember when we first started qualifying for europe,and you could buy them in the club shop
and the club called them " friendship scarves " etc what a fucking joke.
I assume the club no longer do them officially,and its only the outside vendors.

seems Soriano is missing a trick here.

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Iv just looked and it would appear we still do them,here is one for the champs league final.

shop.mancity.com

Manchester City UCL Final Friendship Scarf

Get your UCL scarf. An Official Champions League 22/23 scarf that goes great when out and about as well as for match day. This branded scarf features the Manchester City club crest and UCL logo and final fixture dates. A great souvenir for any football fan.
shop.mancity.com shop.mancity.com
 
Did anyone see the Asian guy streaming the game on tik tok and doing his own commentary throughout the game?
 
TB369 said:
Did anyone see the Asian guy streaming the game on tik tok and doing his own commentary throughout the game?
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Didn't see him, but got interviewed outside the ground by a Japanese streaming channel asking me if I'd like to see City sign Mitoma.
I'd just finished eating a Pancho's burrito and had food all round my chops so was somewhat taken by surprise!
 
Bluesince1979 said:
Me too. Ive always said when we won the league in 68 we average about 30k, when we were in div 3 we also averaged about 30k. So theres our core support!

Out of 5 of us who have had season tickets together for 30 years only 2 of us are in the champs league cup scheme. The other 3 basically cant be bothered, although they did a few years back.

So we can blame tourists all we want but we also have to look closer to home
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Yep.

I know plenty of affluent Season Ticket holders, who were also regulars in 98-99, but for all manner of reasons, simply can't be arsed with the Champions League.

I'm not so sure about the size of our hardcore support as despite us all pining for the good old days of cheap football, the Premier League is boasting higher attendances than ever.
Compare that to the mid 80s,when most clubs were averaging less than 30,000 despite the price for my first ever Adult Kippax Season Ticket (£20) in 81-82 costing not much more than a weekend on the lash (roughly 70p a pint in the early 80s)

Also, our attendances were all over the place in the late 60s, the best example being 1969, when after beating Leicester in the FA Cup Final, we still had 3 midweek home fixtures to rearrange.
If we had lost in the Third Round, then all those games would have been contested on a Saturday, and City would have probably recorded a much higher average attendance.
 
nw42 said:
I'm not a regular matchgoer but I did put the hard yards in bitd and am thankful that I got to experience the 70's/80's.
Went last night and, other than the lad who kindly sorted me a ticket (he's an old school blue from Weston-super-Mare), I spoke to 3people, first a Canadian on the spiral pre-game, he came over for the Liverpool game and last night's, was flying back today, Toronto supporters club member and a true blue.
After the game I walked into town and went in Wetherspoons for a pint, chatted with a Swansea fan who travelled up for their game at Leeds tonight, said he fancied taking in another game to make the trip better for him and his lad, considered Burton v Portsmouth and Port Vale v Derby, noticed we were playing and rang the club, got tickets no problem, so although not a blue he's a proper football lad.

Lastly, got off the train at Heald Green and a young woman who'd missed the Gatley stop was stuck and had no idea how to get home, she's from Chile, has come here to study English and only arrived 2 weeks ago, she and all her family back home are blues and this was her first game. Anyway I sorted her a taxi and waited til it came.

Bit of a ramble but that probably sums up where we are at as a club due to the success, worldwide appeal and everyone wants to get the matchday experience, fuck knows what they would've made of Maine Rd in the 70's, doubt any of them would've wanted to come back, well maybe the Swansea lad, he knew the score.
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great post and true it shows where we are at now as a fanbase.

I truly feel if we were still at Maine Road we wouldn't have been bought by our owners or even the owner before them

Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
My sister used to go to all CL games and cup games as she could always get tickets for the family. She could get all 3 tickets on her membership card. This year she would have had to buy 3 memberships at not inconsiderable cost so she has binned it off. They then give tickets away to kids etc. bonkers.
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Very true.

Sebi said:
Well, that was because of this:

rblive.de

Einlassschikane bei Man City: 60 RB-Ultras betraten Stadion aus Protest nicht

Die Fans von RB Leipzig und die Security von Manchester City werden wohl keine Freunde mehr.
rblive.de rblive.de

Have to translate it.
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They are deemed crap in Germany aswell tbh
 
I got off the train at half past midnight in Leeds. It was full of Blues including groups of young Asian women students. Everyone seemed pleased about being a good game and victory, even though it was freezing. Our support continues to grow and the more the merrier IMHO.
 
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These are the kind of games where tourists should be welcomed and encouraged to come by the Club, not vs Liverpool in a title race. For a multitude of reasons, a lot of PL ST holders don't go to these group games, so have no issue with coach loads of kids being given tickets for these kind of games as it is exactly the kind of games that should be used for that kind of thing, when the alternative would be empty seats.
 
Whilst we're all having a little moan, that announcer has to go. Talk about not being able to read a room, yesterday during the teamsheet he sings "Bernardooo" and is met with complete silence. Just awkward for everyone.

I don't mind when he shouts Erling and we all shout Haaland, but why does he repeat himself 4 times. Call me a miserable tosser, but I can't stand him
 
EastMidlandsBlue said:
Whilst we're all having a little moan, that announcer has to go. Talk about not being able to read a room, yesterday during the teamsheet he sings "Bernardooo" and is met with complete silence. Just awkward for everyone.

I don't mind when he shouts Erling and we all shout Haaland, but why does he repeat himself 4 times. Call me a miserable tosser, but I can't stand him
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Between him and the 2 shouty CBEEBIES presenters it's not far off being the broom cupboard.

I'm surprised they don't ask us all to look through the round window.
 
EastMidlandsBlue said:
Whilst we're all having a little moan, that announcer has to go. Talk about not being able to read a room, yesterday during the teamsheet he sings "Bernardooo" and is met with complete silence. Just awkward for everyone.

I don't mind when he shouts Erling and we all shout Haaland, but why does he repeat himself 4 times. Call me a miserable tosser, but I can't stand him
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I dare you to go on his Instagram page.

‘The Voice of the Etihad’

The highlights of the videos are the high fives, fist pumps, and general jubilation and self-congratulation after reading out players names and the crowd responding. Proper cringey and cheesy stuff.
 
EastMidlandsBlue said:
Whilst we're all having a little moan, that announcer has to go. Talk about not being able to read a room, yesterday during the teamsheet he sings "Bernardooo" and is met with complete silence. Just awkward for everyone.

I don't mind when he shouts Erling and we all shout Haaland, but why does he repeat himself 4 times. Call me a miserable tosser, but I can't stand him
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Is he the same fella who announces them off the bus?

Grealish got “here is the nicest player in the world” or something like that! FFS. It’s all a load a cringe nowadays but the tourists and kids probably love it.
 
EastMidlandsBlue said:
Whilst we're all having a little moan, that announcer has to go. Talk about not being able to read a room, yesterday during the teamsheet he sings "Bernardooo" and is met with complete silence. Just awkward for everyone.

I don't mind when he shouts Erling and we all shout Haaland, but why does he repeat himself 4 times. Call me a miserable tosser, but I can't stand him
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Tbf think the announcer is great myself just out of place when most of the ground is full of tourists and soulless against Big teams when the the fans can actually be arsed it’s great
 
jrb said:
I dare you to go on his Instagram page.

‘The Voice of the Etihad’

The highlights of the videos are the high fives, fist pumps, and general jubilation and self-congratulation after reading out players names and the crowd responding. Proper cringey and cheesy stuff.
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Worse than I could've ever imagined. Never seen someone look so proud of themselves for doing precisely fuck all
 
Atmosphere been poor recently.
Maybe a coincidence that the Yellow Team Leader has not been about for the last few games?
 
Stelea said:
Atmosphere been poor recently.
Maybe a coincidence that the Yellow Team Leader has not been about for the last few games?
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That yellow team leader strikes me as a bit of a skiver , always seems to go missing at times when there's work to be done , how did he land the job of team leader in the first place ?.. surely as team leader he should be out there setting an example to the rest of the yellow team , not disappearing , usually at times when he's needed..
 
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