Away fans / tourists in home sections

[wattle]

The club is dying. No season tickets, expensive tickets every game. How can a young fan get hooked? Instead they will stay in and play their x box as mummy and daddy can’t afford it or better yet watch Stockport or altrincham and fall in love with them.

It’s been ok up to now as we have had success. Now it is stopping the empty seats will increase. The club have fucked this massively. I couldn’t believe the amount of spares on Facebook page.

I hate it. I’d love for us to be relegated. I genuinely would. I want city back

Well said. I’m not as worried about the 115 outcome as I once was. Since the Madrid 4-0 where proper match going fans couldn’t get a ticket in favour of tourists, I became detached from City a little. And it’s got worse. Maybe we need a reset

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I agree in general, but football has never been like that.

It's not as bad now as it was in the 1970's or 1980's. Nowhere near as bad in fact.

Maybe it's the authorities' attitudes to football fans that continues to make it that way. The segregation, the netting, the lines of stewards and police, the various "don't do this and don't do that" rules.

Perhaps we should look at ourselves as fans and question our attitudes.

 

[CheshireExpat]

Here's a question. I've been to watch other sports - both Rugby codes, Cricket, Baseball and others, where home and away fans mingle quite happily.

Why are we so tribal in football and violent with it? Why can't we accept away fans in home areas and just have a chat and laugh with them as they do in other sports?

It's just become the norm. You can watch fans fighting all the way down for FC united and Workington FFS.

There's barely a wimper for most teams bar arsenal, red cunts and these lot.

These lot are just different and more extreme. They make a sport of how obnoxious they are. Gangs of 13 years blacked up on the train looking for fights. It's also sectarian, but only from their perspective.

 

[PepsFleece]

Here's a question. I've been to watch other sports - both Rugby codes, Cricket, Baseball and others, where home and away fans mingle quite happily.

Why are we so tribal in football and violent with it? Why can't we accept away fans in home areas and just have a chat and laugh with them as they do in other sports?

If you have to ask that question, then you're pretty much clueless old boy.

 

[Kippaxian]

Here's a question. I've been to watch other sports - both Rugby codes, Cricket, Baseball and others, where home and away fans mingle quite happily.

Why are we so tribal in football and violent with it? Why can't we accept away fans in home areas and just have a chat and laugh with them as they do in other sports?

We've just come back from India watching the cricket. There's no segregation at all in the stadiums and in a stadium that's probably 98/99% Indian fans, we were treated like royalty.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Here's a question. I've been to watch other sports - both Rugby codes, Cricket, Baseball and others, where home and away fans mingle quite happily.

Why are we so tribal in football and violent with it? Why can't we accept away fans in home areas and just have a chat and laugh with them as they do in other sports?

I've seen the odd rugby game degenerate into fisticuffs, but generally those sports don't portray as much 'violence' on the field as football does, and they tend to have umpires and referees who apply their LotG with noticeably greater impartiality where the good of the game is paramount rather than keeping an eye on their chances of 'getting a final'! Look at Taylor today. As soon as i saw he was the whistling wanker with Attwell on VAR my heart sank an hour before kick off.

 

[reynardvulpes]

Boring middle class days out. Do you want the Wimbledon and Lords crowds at the Etihad?

Rugby league is middle class??

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Absolutely pointless. The tickets were sold by the club. What do you think will happen when you give the details to City ??

Again, you're saying things you have no idea are true or not. There are lots of ways for people to get hold of tickets.

 

[Nevizade]

Here's a question. I've been to watch other sports - both Rugby codes, Cricket, Baseball and others, where home and away fans mingle quite happily.

Why are we so tribal in football and violent with it? Why can't we accept away fans in home areas and just have a chat and laugh with them as they do in other sports?

Today’s opponents have a lot to answer for.

Although they won’t.

 

[Blue Smarties]

Rugby league is middle class??

Rugby league fans scrap worst than football.

 

[anyoldblu]

Seats behind me in 232 have different people in every game. This time, an American "mommy" and her 5-year-old kid, who had never been to a soccer (I use the word in context) game before in her life.

It was an absolutely shocking waste of a seat for one of the prime games of the season. There is no way you could just walk up and buy these seats without history and points.

Needs to be sorted.

 

[Blue Mist]

I sit in CB3 block 328, 8 of them were sat higher up near the back. Celebrated after their goals but the 18yr old female steward who was 5 stone wet through and 4' 8" tall couldn't do anything.
It took a gang of stewards as the second half started to kick them out.
Can the club tell me how 8 seats are available together.
(I think the answer is the club give them to the reseller companies but I could be wrong, he said sarcastically)

It's a fucking disgrace.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

If you have to ask that question, then you're pretty much clueless old boy.

Tell me why.

 

[PepsFleece]

Tell me why.

Media. Alcohol. Drugs. Pride. Take your pick.

 

[Eccles Blue]

Not my picture.

That guy and the woman with him were at the front when I arrived just chatting to people, including some media types who obviously knew them. Then just went toward the back of the CB stand. Whether they then left or just sat anc watched the match I don’t know but he seemed a pleasant chap.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Media. Alcohol. Drugs. Pride. Take your pick.

Not the neanderthal attitudes of football fans then? Attitudes you can see in this thread. I've seen plenty of drink consumed at cricket and rugby games with little or no aggro.

 

[johnnytapia]

Club have sold its soul , wait till you go down the table City …. Who’s going to support you then ?

Me

 

[WestGorton]

Because it's been like that for decades. Not only in this country, but all over the world.

Whether you like it not, it's an unwritten rule in football.

Don't go in the home ends if you are an away fan. If you do, don't wear your colours, stay quiet, and don't celebrate a goal.

Exactly

 

[.db.]

Rugby league is middle class??

I’ve seen more trouble at the rugby league over the last few decades than I have at City.

 

[Eccles Blue]

It’s our banner, they held it up with City fans. It was handed back to City fans after the police made both sets of fans take it down.

Thank you. It did however from 123 look more as if it was just in the Scousers half. But thank you. Was it smuggled in or is that a leading question where you cite the 5th Amendment? ;-) ;-)