squirtyflower
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Up to 41.5% now with the new group.
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andyhinch
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Who’s drinking where tomorrow ?
Prestwich_Blue
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They aren't being "creamed off" though. They are (for the most part) going to supporters of one sort or another, even if you don't agree with them going to those supporters.loyalty points is not the issue, it's the fact that 40% of away tickets are being creamed off by one group or another, with little accountability
loyalty points is not the issue, it's the fact that 40% of away tickets are being creamed off by one group or another, with little accountability
That's 1400 tickets per away match out of 3000 tickets that would probably mean the sellout criteria would reach down to 13000 points instead of 16000 average at present
I not so sure your figures are correct. In the last 3 seasons not many games have got to 13000 points. Most have sold out at 17k plus.
Someone with more time could prove me or you correct.
Like I said there no one fix to suit all. We are a big draw now and this is a price of success. Demand outstrips supply.
Maybe we should fight for increased allocations away. Bournemouth have reduced ours for this year.
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Absolutely spot on. I agree with every word.Just pointing out that the myth of ‘taking up the slack’ is bollocks.
Branches sent them back in droves, hence it going to lower points and the better atmosphere.
It’s disengenous to try and twist the discussion into hatred of the Supporters Club, it’s far from it. I’ve been a member of four different branches in my time and done a lot of work for them, some of which has been published.
However this thread is about away tickets and was requested in order to not detract from the City Matters thread.
Tickets is what the discussion is about, not the Supporters club and not the work of the Supporters club, it’s about ticket allocation. No one is criticising the Supporters Club or their members, we’re having a discussion about Manchester City’s ticket allocation, which some of us believe to be unfair to people with the points. Why is that so wrong?
One question that needs answering though “is the Supporters Club’s allocation an inalienable right and therefore not allowed to be discussed”?
The other myth being ‘you only get a ticket if you have the points if you are in a Supporters Club’.
You know that’s not true and have admitted it on here, as has Prestwich Blue and liamCTID. So why this pretence from members that all SC members have the right points to get a ticket?
Just the fact that you get your allocation before they go on sale to the plebs proves the point to be inaccurate and untruthful.
What independent seasoncard holders (at 44,000, double the members in the SC) are asking for is a fair crack of the whip.
Corporates and player allocation should be cut. There’s no need for a SC allocation with the new technology we have. Modification of Friends & Family could be a Supporters Club page for each branch with their members on it. The members log in to say they want a ticket and they are then allocated together so you don’t have to sit own your own, provided they have the points.
It really doesn’t matter how the tickets are sourced for making arrangements to sort travel, yet another myth.
Even with increased allocations demand outstrips supply. I think people are cheesed off with some of the shenanigans surrounding the allocating of away tickets. People will be looking after their little cliques I guarantee. It stinks.I not so sure your figures are correct. In the last 3 seasons not many games have got to 13000 points. Most have sold out at 17k plus.
Someone with more time could prove me or you correct.
Like I said there no one fix to suit all. We are a big draw now and this is a price of success. Demand outstrips supply.
Maybe we should fight for increased allocations away. Bournemouth have reduced ours for this year.
Not the pub they recommend for the away fansWho’s drinking where tomorrow ?
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Please read my post againI not so sure your figures are correct. In the last 3 seasons not many games have got to 13000 points. Most have sold out at 17k plus.
Someone with more time could prove me or you correct.
Like I said there no one fix to suit all. We are a big draw now and this is a price of success. Demand outstrips supply.
Maybe we should fight for increased allocations away. Bournemouth have reduced ours for this year.
I am suggesting that if all tickets went through the loyalty system it would not be selling out at circa 16/17000 as is the case now for big matches it would probably sell out at circa 13000 points due to the extra 1400 tickets being sold through the loyalty system
Many other matches would go much lower as has been seen many times this season , Cardiff Newcastle Leicester Southampton Spurs Everton
Please read my post again
I am suggesting that if all tickets went through the loyalty system it would not be selling out at circa 16/17000 as is the case now for big matches it would probably sell out at circa 13000 points due to the extra 1400 tickets being sold through the loyalty system
Many other matches would go much lower as has been seen many times this season , Cardiff Newcastle Leicester Southampton Spurs Everton
I don't totally agree with your assessment.
squirtyflower
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You have to read your post carefully, especially when it gets a like from Supporters Club aficionados.I doubt that very much, individual branch allocations have been slashed in recent seasons with the new branches springing up, plus the extras for corporates.
The allocation to the Supporters Club has actually increased over the last five years. It was 10% and it is now 20%, that is not a cut by any stretch of the imagination. Now that cut has been creamed off from the independent supporters in here asking why the allocation is necessary at all.
Perhaps you should ask Mr Parker for a breakdown of where all the tickets are distributed? Your branch may be getting less whilst some are getting more, much more.
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