Attendances

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Bluep*ss said:
Hey Wilf - I am going back to Easter 1955 - Good Friday 8th April - City vs. WBA - City win 4-0. Att. 57,000.
Next Day Easter Saturday 9th April - City vs. Sunderland - City win 1-0 (with a penalty by Don Revie IIRC) .Att. 60,000 . Sunderland had a reserve keeper called Dunlop (think their regular keeper was injured the day before when they beat the Rags 4-3 at Roker). Funny that City had 2 home games at Easter - Good Friday and Easter Saturday.
I am sure Gary James can confirm or correct what I say.
We lost the 1955 Cup Final to Newcastle a month later.3-1.
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Cheers mate. That's really informative. First time for 60 years on Saturday ... wow! I think this could be our best season ever in so many different ways. Thanks again.
 
Bluep*ss said:
Might be a KdeB plot????. For when he signs............
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As long as it doesn't prompt Dismal to produce his much threatend Mancini CIA dossier.

Back to the crowd, anything close to a sell out will be a big achievement with so many people on holiday. Just in my supporters club alone, there are several people away whose cards have been passed on for free - otherwise they would have probably bought the open sale tickets from the Club.
 
Bluep*ss said:
Hey Wilf - I am going back to Easter 1955 - Good Friday 8th April - City vs. WBA - City win 4-0. Att. 57,000.
Next Day Easter Saturday 9th April - City vs. Sunderland - City win 1-0 (with a penalty by Don Revie IIRC) .Att. 60,000 . Sunderland had a reserve keeper called Dunlop (think their regular keeper was injured the day before when they beat the Rags 4-3 at Roker). Funny that City had 2 home games at Easter - Good Friday and Easter Saturday.
I am sure Gary James can confirm or correct what I say.
We lost the 1955 Cup Final to Newcastle a month later.3-1.
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Yes, your memory matches the facts and City did have 2 home games in consecutive days at Easter in 1955 (our history section on Blue Moon shows lineups etc.). Great that over 110,000 attended City home games in 2 days.
 
Apparently Watford tickets aren't selling too quickly. They've taken the full allocation, though, meaning we won't be able to sell the tickets for them.
 
Manchester33 said:
Apparently Watford tickets aren't selling too quickly. They've taken the full allocation, though, meaning we won't be able to sell the tickets for them.
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It surprised me that Watford had taken the full allocation in the first place. They'll have the pick of a lot of big games/grounds to go to this year and they've brought big crowds to City quite recently so I dont think it will be top of the Watford fans' list.
 
Mike N said:
It surprised me that Watford had taken the full allocation in the first place. They'll have the pick of a lot of big games/grounds to go to this year and they've brought big crowds to City quite recently so I dont think it will be top of the Watford fans' list.
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They get a certain time frame between taking the tickets and the cut off point before they can give them back to City to sell, usually a club will wait right up to this deadline before returning certain blocks so they have a better understanding of demand - apparently Watford didn't consider this, and sold seats in all 3 tiers across all blocks, willy nilly, which scuppered any chance of them being returned.

-I'm basing this on information that's probably been provided last week though so fingers crossed it will be full in their end. It would be very annoying if we missed out on the stadium record because they didn't sell out! :P
 
Gary James said:
Yes, your memory matches the facts and City did have 2 home games in consecutive days at Easter in 1955 (our history section on Blue Moon shows lineups etc.). Great that over 110,000 attended City home games in 2 days.
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Nice one Gary, good stat that.
 
Manchester33 said:
They get a certain time frame between taking the tickets and the cut off point before they can give them back to City to sell, usually a club will wait right up to this deadline before returning certain blocks so they have a better understanding of demand - apparently Watford didn't consider this, and sold seats in all 3 tiers across all blocks, willy nilly, which scuppered any chance of them being returned.

-I'm basing this on information that's probably been provided last week though so fingers crossed it will be full in their end. It would be very annoying if we missed out on the stadium record because they didn't sell out! :P
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When they take the tickets, do they all have to be paid for, if not returned ? If they do would Watford be able to discount them to at least get rid of them all.
 
blueparrot said:
When they take the tickets, do they all have to be paid for, if not returned ? If they do would Watford be able to discount them to at least get rid of them all.
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My understanding that we allow a certain number on sale or return, perhaps level 1 for example.
However if a club then take level 2 and level 3 then they have to pay for them all at the price City dictate.
I guess in that case it's in Watford's interests to sell the remaining tickets at any price in order to get some money back. However imagine the reaction from the fans who have already bought them at full price. Alternatively City might not allow a discounted sale without prior notification?
 
Manchester33 said:
It was - so hopefully it's outdated! :P
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Definitely :)

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