Atmosphere - 2023/24

[Charlesfarsbar]

We’ve climbed the mountain as a club

there is an apathy on the pitch and in the stands

I sit in CB3 and bar the odd big game , I’m surrounded by kids on a school trip , these are the ones with the phone lights on every game

there are tickets available for every game it’s just that some of our core fans can’t be arsed anymore

without these tourists there would be 45k max at 60% of the games

 

[Jazzyblue]

We’ve climbed the mountain as a club

there is an apathy on the pitch and in the stands

I sit in CB3 and bar the odd big game , I’m surrounded by kids on a school trip , these are the ones with the phone lights on every game

there are tickets available for every game it’s just that some of our core fans can’t be arsed anymore

without these tourists there would be 45k max at 60% of the games

If you've not got an ST you need £60 to £70 to spare for the match, twice that if you've got kids in tow, and a job where you can spend the morning it goes on sale refreshing your laptop, phone etc. That's bound to drive away some who have given up or not felt they needed an ST, and now can't get one, but would still go repeatedly if ticketing was easier or cheaper. An ST holder since the fifties retires, and that ST never goes back on sale. Personally, between glitches, queue allocations, fastest finger sale process and demand/bots I've found getting tickets to games has been like the Hunger Games this season. Not just for Rags, Arse, Scouse but the usual Cat B/C fixtures I attend. But then you turn up and see an empty seat next to you. Don't know if its folk not selling back their seat due to something unforeseen, or a reseller thing.

 

[hilts]

Have West Ham fans got an atmosphere thread on their forums? ;-)

Don't know I don't support West ham so don't care.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

We’ve climbed the mountain as a club

there is an apathy on the pitch and in the stands

I sit in CB3 and bar the odd big game , I’m surrounded by kids on a school trip , these are the ones with the phone lights on every game

there are tickets available for every game it’s just that some of our core fans can’t be arsed anymore

without these tourists there would be 45k max at 60% of the games

I don’t think you can just blame apathy for that. The match day ticket prices are ridiculous. It was £51 for a ticket against palace!

If league tickets were affordable we’d easily sell out. Fa cup games are a great example of that or when tickets in ss3 away section are cheaper.

 

[Corky]

I don’t think you can just blame apathy for that. The match day ticket prices are ridiculous. It was £51 for a ticket against palace!

If league tickets were affordable we’d easily sell out. Fa cup games are a great example of that or when tickets in ss3 away section are cheaper.

It sold out originally and there were 35 left in the end.

 

[Stephen230]

We’ve climbed the mountain as a club

there is an apathy on the pitch and in the stands

I sit in CB3 and bar the odd big game , I’m surrounded by kids on a school trip , these are the ones with the phone lights on every game

there are tickets available for every game it’s just that some of our core fans can’t be arsed anymore

without these tourists there would be 45k max at 60% of the games

Yet there was thread after thread at the back end of last season, full of people who have been loyal fans for decades, who couldn’t get tickets for games.

 

[pride in battle]

When the season is 5 months in and there has not been one remotely acceptable atmosphere all season you know it’s fucked. It’s like a morgue every single week now.

Honestly breaks my spirit thinking that our club where the fans used to be the only good thing about it for years has now been reduced to a joke on match day.

Things seemed to get back on track last season but every game this season has been an embarrassment.

Totally bizarre that 95% of the stadium don’t make a sound. I can almost understand not joining in songs - but not making any noise whatsoever is weird.

When we score against teams like Palace its gentle applause.

At the final whistle half the stadium has fucked off 10 mins earlier and a good number of those stayed yesterday chose to boo.

Wtf has happened to us ?

Nobody in senior positions at the club gives a fuck.

Empty seats every game yet those without season cards can’t get a ridiculously priced ticket cause it’s sold out on the planner - but the international agencies return their unsold £300 tickets.

will never understand how during the greatest ever period in the clubs history those running the club have managed to royally fuck it up in the stands to where we are now !

It's not the club ffs, how is it their fault if people don't sing/back the team ?

 

[pride in battle]

At Burnley yesterday, day ruined by news of Palaces equaliser when i arrived at the Turf. Home atmosphere poor as the realisation dawns that Burnley are out of their depth. Everton support amazing singing throughout the first half many songs unique to them. One classic moment though on ten minutes the Longside and the Cricket Field roared out "Everton are corrupt" before the Evertonians could abuse the premier league. As bad a day for results yesterday as i can remember, and at Anfield today want both teams to lose. Know no joy till City learn how to hold a lead again.

Everton with unique songs ? Really???

 

[bondsman]

I don’t agree with that. It’s a simple, easy chant that everyone can join in with and most importantly it’s not about other teams.

But it is fast becoming embarrassing as we continue to drop points mate. It reeks of a rag or Scouse chant

 

[Dodge]

lol. South Stand was empty on 80 mins mate.

No. It. Wasn't.

 

[deafmanstevo]

There was a great atmosphere at Ipswich v Norwich yesterday much better than Liverpool v utd today

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Pretty much no new Seasoncards for the moment speaks volumes. They’re trying to squeeze every penny.

Think long and hard before not renewing.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

There were several Blues giving away tickets on the Man City face Value Tickets and travel Facebook Page. I tried to give away a couple of tickets but the system wouldn’t let me transfer them.

Loads of Blues didn’t want to go on the day and were trying to sell their tickets for cut price. There’s not a lot the Club can do if our fans don’ fancy it. Maybe let individual match day tickets be transferred on the system.

Hopefully the Etihad will be packed for Sheff Utd and Huddersfield at home.

 

[Lavinda Past]

There was a great atmosphere at Ipswich v Norwich yesterday much better than Liverpool v utd today

Ipswich and Norwich is a proper old fashioned derby. They really hate each other and their fans are almost entirely made up of genuinely passionate locals, not foorball tourists / hospitality / corporate types.

PL derbies are generally tame events nowadays.

 

[Elliot houghton]

It's not the club ffs, how is it their fault if people don't sing/back the team ?

Because they price out the people that would sing and they have hospitality all over the ground even in the south stand where the atmosphere is going to come from they have hospitality in the middle of level 3 and 1

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

There were several Blues giving away tickets on the Man City face Value Tickets and travel Facebook Page. I tried to give away a couple of tickets but the system wouldn’t let me transfer them.

Loads of Blues didn’t want to go on the day and were trying to sell their tickets for cut price. There’s not a lot the Club can do if our fans don’ fancy it. Maybe let individual match day tickets be transferred on the system.

Hopefully the Etihad will be packed for Sheff Utd and Huddersfield at home.

I’d try and make the whole process easier to buy tickets. Right now you need to buy a membership and it’s almost impossible to get a few seats together. So if you’re paying for a family or a few mates want to go, it’s really difficult.

Trying to transfer tickets can be a pain as well, especially if you’re not tech savvy. You used to be able to turn up on the day and buy spare match day tickets - I don’t think that happens much now.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Because they price out the people that would sing and they have hospitality all over the ground even in the south stand where the atmosphere is going to come from they have hospitality in the middle of level 3 and 1

Getting season tickets or swaps to the safe standing areas is also impossible now........people who want to sing etc can't get in there now. It's also not cheap there ...only cheap in the Gods of SSL3. Not many sing up there that often now apart from the ones at the back near the away fans. Stand up for more than a few seconds and blues jump down your throat.

 

[A57 the snake]

The demographics of club have changed , I took my youngest to a stadium tour 8 years ago I could see this coming, I’d walk across the etihad ritually every Saturday morning in the 70’s with my old man taking me to his works on briscoe lane next door to the fire station.
It’s shit how many old school l faces you don’t see anymore these faces you want these faces are the bread and butter . The club are giving up . I’ll get some on here who don’t agree but we’re now the club who we used to ridicule,

 

[pride in battle]

Because they price out the people that would sing and they have hospitality all over the ground even in the south stand where the atmosphere is going to come from they have hospitality in the middle of level 3 and 1

Absolute fucking nonsense

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Because they price out the people that would sing and they have hospitality all over the ground even in the south stand where the atmosphere is going to come from they have hospitality in the middle of level 3 and 1

I think it’s younger adults who have been effected by this in particular. Other than in small pockets of the south stand you do not see groups of young lads anymore. I was looking around me yesterday in 109 and most people were easily 50 and above.

I haven’t got an issue with older fans, they’ve done the hard yards, but in the past younger fans would come in primarily and make a load of noise. That’s just not happening now. Younger adults generally can’t afford to pay our match day prices. It’s not just a city issue either.

We do need the people who are at the ground now to start making noise again either way though. There’s loads of people who could sing or shout that don’t.