Away ends and tourists

[BAB.DAB]

But didn't one of our posters/supporters say a while ago that he was coming over from America over the Christmas period, if I remember correctly he said that he was concerned that both our Christmas matches were away matches. (Please don't ask me to find the post!! My memory is not that good!!)

Yes your right he did well too get a ticket

 

[GortonBlue62]

Yesterday was the worst I've ever seen for tourists.

There was an oriental family group of about 8 people (3 generations it looked like to me), french speaking middle easterners, Italians, Spanish (Atletico fans), one tall Belgian guy (apparently) and Will Greenwood.

It's always bad at Liverpool, OT, Spurs, Arsenal and Chelsea but add in the Christmas factor and you end up with what we saw yesterday.

Almost as amazing to me was the number of Liverpool tourists.
The number of foreign accents supporting them is way beyond whatever we're attracting.
Not sure if regular match going scousers resent them as much as we do.

There was a real sense of simmering resentment in our end yesterday towards the tourists (and not just at the end after the defeat).
I wonder if it might kick off one day, after all we're not averse to fighting amoungst ourselves on away days.
It's always possible the anger could be directed at the tourists.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Yes your right he did well too get a ticket

Phew, I wasn't 100% sure, but if it was the person who posted fair play to him. However I do have a lot of sympathy with those who wanted to go but couldn't get tickets, especially, as I said in an earlier post, as there were so many empty seats around where I was sitting. Plus how did the steward know it was all right to move the lady and her husband and son and tell them that there would be no one in the other free seats on the front row? It's all a mystery to me how the ticket system works!!

 

[goatfood]

@goatfood as you were saying yesterday

We had a French Liverpool fan sat in front of us yesterday, openly celebrated the goal. I spent the rest of the first half waiting for it to kick off and not watching the game. Lower down in the block there were two groups of Chinese people with their half and half scarves on. A big game like yesterday needs the fans to be the 12th man, instead every song died as there were too many in there who either didn't know the songs, had no interest in getting behind the team, or were there to say they went to the game, rather than actually supporting the club.

It annoys me at home games, but I understand why the club do it for commercial reasons. There are enough tickets for home games so it doesn't mean die hard blues missing out. I have been too games as a neutral many times, I would never expect to get in an away end if it was going to sell out to a fans of that club. How a Liverpool fan ends up with a ticket in our end needs to be looked into. I will be emailing the club with the seat details but expect a response saying corporate customers are entitled to away tickets blah blah blah

If it wasn't for the drinking and eating with friends before away games and making a full day of it, I think yesterday would be my last away game, after 28 years. I am so disillusioned with the tourists this season, it annoys me knowing that those who have spent years going home and away are now missing out on tickets to earn the club a few extra quid.
Spurs away - Norweigan sat behind me advising it was his first game. Burnley away, which sold out at 14500, but a couple next to me who didn't know who Nolito was.

 

[Deleted member 77198]

I fell in love with city as a kid going to maine rd it was great. I used to get a massive buzz back then.
If I was a kid now been taken to the new ground I wouldn't have fallen on love with city I don't think.

I feel the same and I'd bet thousands upon thousands feel the same too.

The lack of Manchester about Manchester City Football Club is a big thing for me. The club make me feel like they'd change the name to FC Moon City if they could get away with it. They're obsessed with the Moon and there's a distinct lack of 'Mancunian' about them. They target a worldwide fan base and it's as if they're ashamed of our local support and the city of Manchester in general.

It doesn't help that we don't have any local lads in the team neither. There's nothing better than a local hero who's a top player in a team.

I don't notice the club use any language to imply we're a Manchester club. The website comes out with statements like "Good morning football fans". On the big screen they always speak to foreign fans, Kompany came on the big screen at half time once and said "I'd like to welcome our visitors from the Philippines", the announcer says "please welcome *the opposition* and, your, City", that advert that came out for Londoners to get a train service to games, for years now the faces at the big away games have significantly changed and to see ****s in other football club gear in our away section is a fucking insult (clearly not City fans and have no fucking business being there) but I think the club love it because I think it shows that we have a worldwide reach to fucking no marks from nowhere.

City give off this vibe that they're just some generic football club from anywhere who play in sky blue and I don't like it.

These may only be little things but the club used to do the "Manchester" thing really well:
I remember a video when we were with Umbro where they showed that the old Umbro workshop in the Northern Quarter and they seemed proud to show the kits were designed and badges stitched there;
Remember the promotion for the 2009-10 kits around the city centre walls with the Manchester worker bee graffiti?

And these:

Like you say, if I was a kid right now with the direction the club has taken away from all that kind of thing, I don't think I'd support City neither.

 

[BAB.DAB]

Phew, I wasn't 100% sure, but if it was the person who posted fair play to him. However I do have a lot of sympathy with those who wanted to go but couldn't get tickets, especially, as I said in an earlier post, as there were so many empty seats around where I was sitting. Plus how did the steward know it was all right to move the lady and her husband and son and tell them that there would be no one in the other free seats on the front row? It's all a mystery to me how the ticket system works!!

4 empty seats in front of me and was right behind the goals the ticketing system is not working for some genuine blues

 

[Deleted member 77198]

He's not doing anything illegal or 'immoral' by getting them is he?

Besides the point, at least he's a blue who's getting the ticket. The main problem is there are supporters missing out due to JCL's, tourists and people only interested in a day trip.

And Liverpool fans who fancied getting a cheaper ticket for the game than what they could buy in the home stands

 

[KingCarlito]

I feel the same and I'd bet thousands upon thousands feel the same too.

The lack of Manchester about Manchester City Football Club is a big thing for me. The club make me feel like they'd change the name to FC Moon City if they could get away with it. They're obsessed with the Moon and there's a distinct lack of 'Mancunian' about them. They target a worldwide fan base and it's as if they're ashamed of our local support and the city of Manchester in general.

It doesn't help that we don't have any local lads in the team neither. There's nothing better than a local hero who's a top player in a team.

I don't notice the club use any language to imply we're a Manchester club. The website comes out with statements like "Good morning football fans". On the big screen they always speak to foreign fans, Kompany came on the big screen at half time once and said "I'd like to welcome our visitors from the Philippines", the announcer says "please welcome *the opposition* and, your, City", that advert that came out for Londoners to get a train service to games, for years now the faces at the big away games have significantly changed and to see ****s in other football club gear in our away section is a fucking insult (clearly not City fans and have no fucking business being there) but I think the club love it because I think it shows that we have a worldwide reach to fucking no marks from nowhere.

City give off this vibe that they're just some generic football club from anywhere who play in sky blue and I don't like it.

These may only be little things but the club used to do the "Manchester" thing really well:
I remember a video when we were with Umbro where they showed that the old Umbro workshop in the Northern Quarter and they seemed proud to show the kits were designed and badges stitched there;
Remember the promotion for the 2009-10 kits around the city centre walls with the Manchester worker bee graffiti?

And these:

Like you say, if I was a kid right now with the direction the club has taken away from all that kind of thing, I don't think I'd support City neither.

Decent post. The club always needed to branch out for marketing reasons and in order to grow. But it's definitely starting to go way too far. It's as if the club embarrassed of their local fanbase at times. The worst thing they could do is let go of their roots.

In overall what should be an exciting time for City fans, more and more people seem to becoming disillusioned and turning their back on it.

 

[Blue Smarties]

The family of one of our summer signings were surprised how easy it is to get tickets from our club. Apparently it was much more difficult to get tickets at the players old club.

I think it's the worst kept secret going that the club are shaving off numbers from the allocation to pass on to friends of the club, etc.

I've all but fallen out of love with the match day experience. I'll still go now and again but I've pretty much packed it in. I can't stand what it is now, even compared to several years ago.

 

[SWP COME HOME!!]

Does it really matter.
You are getting tickets for the game regularly.
Why worry about points.

Doesn't matter to me mate but it was generally just a question I was interested in the answer to.

Might matter to those who don't like tickets going to supporters clubs though, if the attendees are increasing their loyalty points to catch up with those who are way ahead?