Away tickets

JGL07 said:
I don't really feel qualified to comment on this thread as, Wembley matches aside, I have attended three away matches since the Villa Park semi-final v Ipswich in 1981. The first was away to Newcastle when Tevez scored two when I was in the Gallowgate End (don't ask!) and the second was at Norwich in an FA Cup tie in the City support. This final one was at Celtic, when again I was in the home support area.

I am on around 10,000 points. This is likely to be sufficient to get me a ticket for any City match at Wembley and hopefully any Champions League final. So the current system suits me. It's enough of a trek to get to home matches from Edinburgh before thinking about away matches.

However, unless things change, away tickets are likely to get harder to obtain for a lot of away matches. Employing a strict points system is likely to result in City's away support consisting of mostly of pensioners over time. Or do I misunderstand the mechanics of how things work?
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Do you think 10k would be enough for a champions league final with the shit allocation clubs get ?
I’m on 15k and worried that I’d struggle if the opportunity came about ..
 
Points Whores are a convenient, mythical scapegoat.

What's far more common is someone missing the occasional match (especially a CL Away Leg) and buying a ticket for their mate.

The Collection Issue is far more of a pain in the arse.
Surely there's an easier way for somebody to prove that he/she is actually travelling to the game.

I remember the media outcry when a United fan from Hayfield was banned after being too ill to travel to Hull, and not informing the club (I think he wanted his son to have the ticket)
Prepare yourself for similar grief, especially when there's an aggressive stand-off and you're next in the queue.
 
blingy said:
Do you think 10k would be enough for a champions league final with the shit allocation clubs get ?
I’m on 15k and worried that I’d struggle if the opportunity came about ..
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Next seasons final ground holds 76k so if your in cup scheme 15 thousand points i'd reckon you'd be fine.
 
squirtyflower said:
It’s not going to be like that at all mate, the City Matters forum rep said on Twitter, so I’m reporting what he typed, it’ll take a few minutes.
We are going to just waltz up to the ticket office at the away ground and your ticket will be handed to you immediately by a gorgeous attendant and then you’ll be whisked off on a silken magic carpet to your seat.

Alternatively you could be stood in a ticket collection queue like the ones at the Etihad for over an hour in the pissing rain and miss most of the first half. Those who live in the real world will know which is the most likely scenario.
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You've just reminded me.
Where the fuck is the Ticket Office at West Ham and Brighton?

Even my Everton mates ridicule their own little Ticket Office, with a capacity of about 10 supporters.
In fact, for some of these games it might be easier to just bite the bullet and go in the home end.
 
Scaring Europe to Death said:
You've just reminded me.
Where the fuck is the Ticket Office at West Ham and Brighton?

Even my Everton mates ridicule their own little Ticket Office, with a capacity of about 10 supporters.
In fact, for some of these games it might be easier to just bite the bullet and go in the home end.
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In a lucid moment this afternoon I pictured the outside ticket office outside the North Stand with hundreds waiting in line to collect their match tickets.
And as I walk by I think, thank god I have a seasoncard.

However our Club and reps seem to think it’s ok for us to join that long line rather spend time with our mates following hours of travelling to get there.

A couple of years ago a mate of mine left his Chelsea tickets in the hotel. As I was near the ground drinking he asked me would I go and arrange some duplicates and he’d meet me there. It took over 45 fucking minutes and we got in the ground just as we kicked off. And the Chelsea ticket office is next to the away end, but they are every bit as slow as our ticket office.
 
I seem to remember our Cm rep assuring us that the 18-25 allocation was coming from the entire allocation and not just the 60% reserved for points holders ?? Or am I mistaken
 
squirtyflower said:
In a lucid moment this afternoon I pictured the outside ticket office outside the North Stand with hundreds waiting in line to collect their match tickets.
And as I walk by I think, thank god I have a seasoncard.

However our Club and reps seem to think it’s ok for us to join that long line rather spend time with our mates following hours of travelling to get there.

A couple of years ago a mate of mine left his Chelsea tickets in the hotel. As I was near the ground drinking he asked me would I go and arrange some duplicates and he’d meet me there. It took over 45 fucking minutes and we got in the ground just as we kicked off. And the Chelsea ticket office is next to the away end, but they are every bit as slow as our ticket office.
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to be fair the Chelsea ticket office spends half its time dealing with Asian day trippers who turn up having bought fakes off the internet and won't take "no, you're not getting in" for an answer.
 
Seemingly the loyalty pot used to be 80% of the allocation, then it went down to 60% and now that the 5% of the total away allocation comes out of that 60% it means it currently stands 51.67%. It seems that even that amount is too many for a lot of supporters yet there doesnt seem to be much of an outcry about where the other 48.33% of tickets are going.

I reckon that the 51.67% going to seasoncard holders (regardless of whether loyalty points are retained or not) will further diminish rapidly over the coming seasons to the point where current away regulars who go to all games and those who miss out due to lack of points will be entirely equal as none of them will be going.
 
I’ve got 17900 points and go to as many aways as I can, probably 15 a year in all comps. Been to all the London games the last 2 seasons but seem to get further away each year for the local games but the last 3 years I’ve got a ticket for stoke, Brighton and arsenal on the opening aways. Doesn’t look like i’ll be anywhere near for West Ham this year. Not sure what to make of it yet, have to see how it affects me first.
 
Ardwick Green Blue said:
Seemingly the loyalty pot used to be 80% of the allocation, then it went down to 60% and now that the 5% of the total away allocation comes out of that 60% it means it currently stands 51.67%. It seems that even that amount is too many for a lot of supporters yet there doesnt seem to be much of an outcry about where the other 48.33% of tickets are going.

I reckon that the 51.67% going to seasoncard holders (regardless of whether loyalty points are retained or not) will further diminish rapidly over the coming seasons to the point where current away regulars who go to all games and those who miss out due to lack of points will be entirely equal as none of them will be going.
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That's the main problem. Not getting tickets for the swamp is a side show the club are happy for us to argue amongst ourselves about. And we're doing well at it.
 
Kenny said:
I’ve got 17900 points and go to as many aways as I can, probably 15 a year in all comps. Been to all the London games the last 2 seasons but seem to get further away each year for the local games but the last 3 years I’ve got a ticket for stoke, Brighton and arsenal on the opening aways. Doesn’t look like i’ll be anywhere near for West Ham this year. Not sure what to make of it yet, have to see how it affects me first.
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Is it Tuesday you qualify mate? You might have a good chance. There are still 3 blocks available on the website in the Upper. I can’t see many being sold between now and Monday so you’ll have to keep an eye on it Monday when the points drop.
 
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