Away fans / tourists in home sections

[jrb]

It will no doubt be packaged as an ‘experience’, sold to the highest bidder and on Champs lge night the new North stand might as well be known as the ‘away’ end. It’s a stand built for maximising profit. The South stand extension was for City fans, cheap, undecorated, wet slippy floors, with few facilities.

And an overflowing piss trouf in the men's toilets at the back of SSL1. It's been like that for the last 2 home games.

 

[ninjamonkey]

Stopped paying attention and carried on watching the match when we kicked off but I really hope whoever it was in 115 today who celebrated their first goal took a proper beating for it and those around them got in as many snide digs as possible. You go into a home ends most vocal area and make a scene, you're begging for a beating.

 

[jrb]

Yep, the threads very telling of many blues feelings. I just don’t see the club wanting/knowing how to solve this one. I can sadly only see it getting worse

Everything ticketing needs a complete rethink, but the club isn't going to do that. Their long term plans, aims, and goals are in place, and are working. Match day revenues are going up, and will have to keep on going up next season, especially if City miss out on a CL place next season.

This season.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

And with our pathetic gutless fanbase this will continue, people need to realise the people who run our club are no different to those who run that lot in M16, the most passive fanbase in the premier league and they are laughing at us.

Spot on.

The rags, and especially the dippers support fight back publicly

City fans just ask how far would you like us to spread our cheeks sir

 

[Franny 1234]

Spoke with the female steward supervisor before today's game and she said the during the Madrid game her team of stewards removed two groups of five Spanish Madrid fans for celebrating a Madrid goal in Block 210 both sets said they feel let down by city for selling them tickets in the home end with Spanish postcodes and no mention of staying neutral. Those of you who think it's fans selling unwanted tickets are naive to say the least.
Will only stop when a steward gets a serious injury and take their employer to court. The stewards are informing their bosses and City each and every incident so they will have proof of being ignored and the lack of duty of care towards them.
Obviously nobody will be arsed if fans get hurt CTID

 

[kippaxkid74]

It felt strange today, on top of the madrid fiasco it seems the front 5 rows of 102 was even more full of "neutrals" or "away". I've sat there since the move from Maine Road, it's mine, my place my seat i wont quit til i'm either forced out or can't scrimp the final money together.... but if even league games are now starting to feel like i'm not "home" in my own block... i'm dreading the hotel. I hate the building site. I walk around trying to look happy for the sake of my son, but i'm just not enjoying "the match day experience" anymore.... And whoever here said about not feeling welcome in your own stadium had it spot on - and i find it worse since the scrapping of actual turnstiles at "B". First you go through a steward to even get onto the "campus" (a few have insisted my tiny handbag gets fully emptied to even get on site so they can nosey), then later there's the bag table (tho i'm used to that, tho having someone hold my inhaler and ask what is this gets a bit much), then there's the row of magic wand people though bloody hell i do get annoyed that my 8 year old has to have his coat open and has his hood padded to check i'm not smuggling food in (cos you telling me they think a bomb, or hair clippers, are in the hood of a white womans child?!), and then the next line to pass is the unsmiling card scanners. And then, you're in. To face half and half scarves, selfies blocking aisles, and slowly everyone you've known from your block has given up, and you realise you're pretty much on your own. That feeling of going through an actual turnstile, gone.

Yes - i'm pissed off tonight, sorry folks. And btw you may see me with my camera, i've took a camera to every (and i mean every) match since about 1992, and i do like to grab a pic of my son now he's with me, just like i used to take them of my mum at city. I'm aware it makes me look like a tourist, ironically to the actual tourists watching me ;) Though in the match i only snap a couple of the start then away it goes. If anyone needs fan shot pics of wet nights at Maine Road in the 90s i'm your girl ;) Just cos every tom dick and harry waves a phone around now... god yes i am in a bad mood. Just fed up. Found a pic of us all celebrating the aguerooooooooooo moment in 102 the other day online, the faces.... it's all changed.

Maybe this should be in the "atmosphere" thread. Sorry.

 

[NPBlue]

Totally right. Eight of them in row BB in block 327. Celebrated the first goal and were not evicted until beginning of the second half. Actually, one of them who was not there when the stewards came got to stay for the second half.

Both stewards (including the blonde lass) in orange jacket totally overwhelmed and unable to do anything. Plenty of other scousers in the block hiding.

The matches against RM and the big 3 are really a shit show. Not just for the lack of atmosphere, it's becoming positively unsafe.

After Liverpool scored their first goal, some people around me in 327 took umbrage at a guy sitting a couple of rows or so behind us, in row R or S.

I hadn't heard him myself, but he'd celebrated the goal, and a guy sitting to my right was up on his feet and in very animated conversation with him.

They were telling him to fuck off, basically, and although a steward did eventually come over and have a look at what was going on, it was a City fan that finally took matters in hand and started dragging him out of his seat.

It got a bit confusing after that because while a couple of stewards were then present, it appeared to be City fans physically ejecting him. Four or five people were involved with the stewards looking on. Maybe some of those were friends of the Liverpool supporter, I don't know, but they all ended up leaving down the steps and I'm not sure if the City fan(s) came back.

There weren't any punches thrown, but it's fair to say the stewards weren't actually doing anything.

 

[mexico1970]

A couple of tourists carrying litre bottles of water around the stadium, if you think about the barber incident how are they getting these things through?

 

[NPBlue]

A couple of tourists carrying litre bottles of water around the stadium, if you think about the barber incident how are they getting these things through?

I went through security today. I'd taken out the usual metal objects from my pockets before I was scanned, opened my jacket, and didn't think anything more about it until his bleeper sounded.

'What's in your pocket?'

'A bottle of water. Do you want to see it?'

'Nah'.

It could have been anything.

 

[100 pints]

Cheers Dave, it's a shit situation and a bit embarrassing, but I'm actually looking forward to my day in Court.

If you can afford one get a barrister, not cheap, but worth the money.

 

[Shirley]

Seems this is an ongoing problem which can only get worse once the extension is completed.
Then again a couple of poor seasons and the tourists will vanish…problem solved.

 

[SatOnTheWall]

I have an immediate ban, based on the allegation.

If proved, I will be banned.

Therefore, the consequences of the alleged criminal conduct are the same, guilty or not.

So, doesn't say I'm guilty? Yes it fucking does.

Have you considered going to the bank and stopping your direct debit, mate?

 

[fathellensbellend]

There could be a home and away section and a neutral one. Is it Fulham who have/had that?

Would we get the away section these days

 

[Jesus H Gabz]

Anyone got any seat numbers of Liverpool fans in our end please can you send them to me daniel.bowdler@citymatters.co.uk?

Fair doos for trying mate but it’ll be the club investigating the club, I m sure they’ll have a deep dive if the seats are singles, as they are more likely to be fan to fan sales. Groups of tickets that the club are flogging will just get filed under don’t give a fuck

 

[fathellensbellend]

Fair doos for trying mate but it’ll be the club investigating the club, I m sure they’ll have a deep dive if the seats are singles, as they are more likely to be fan to fan sales. Groups of tickets that the club are flogging will just get filed under don’t give a fuck

Might be easier asking for the seat numbers of City fans. Everyone of our big group of blues is bored shitless of what we have become, many ready to call it a day, the match day experience is abysmal.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Trying to be positive about it. The facilities, bars, food outlets, and restaurants will be some of the best in the PL.

You’re right, they will be the best in the league. However most city fans won’t be using them or have access to it.

The entire expansion is being built for tourists

 

[NJMCFC184]

What I would like to know is how the Scousers managed to get a big banner about exploiting loyalty into the stadium if people were being searched properly?

We took it in not Liverpool and it was fully authorized by the club. Whether that's saying we are getting a season ticket freeze we shall see.

 

[NJMCFC184]

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?

Fuck em , you get 3000 tickets. The rest of them if they do go in home end keep your mouth shut, I work as a steward at football matches so have dealt with this. Id still expect a twatting if I was in home end celebrating

 

[Eccles Blue]

We took it in not Liverpool and it was fully authorized by the club. Whether that's saying we are getting a season ticket freeze we shall see.

Thank you. I was feeling aggrieved for our fans (ie your group) that Scousers were smuggling something in.
So I feel better about it now. :-) ;-)

 

[.db.]

Serious change of direction is needed from the club. The most disconnected I’ve felt to the club, and seriously considering packing it in. We really have lost our identity. A huge sense of guilt saying that, after generations having had STs.

That’s exactly how I feel.