City Fans Leaving Early/Empty seats

[Shirley]

Mine was a protest about the stupid and unnecessary rise in prices for this season but I only really watched the game out of the corner of my eye last night on the TV. It just doesn't excite me. Give me Scunny in the FA Cup any day.


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I'm totally gobsmacked how a big City fan who I have much respect for can simply abandon our club because it doesn't excite him.

 

[blue61]

Mine was a protest about the stupid and unnecessary rise in prices for this season but I only really watched the game out of the corner of my eye last night on the TV. It just doesn't excite me. Give me Scunny in the FA Cup any day.


Man Utd force ST holders to buy a ticket for one thing. Arsenal I think include the group games as part of the season ticket. So for both of those clubs all season ticket holders will be counted as being there whether they are or not. They've also got the size of fanbase that can fill empty seats and I can illustrate that. A few years ago, I had a meeting down in London and it finished early so I was on the train back about 2:30, thinking it'd be dead quiet. It was rammed however and I couldn't work out why until I realised that the rags had a home CL tie that night. Think it was Lille, so hardly a European glamour tie. And other trains before and after were probably like that as well. We son't attract that level of support at the moment.

I agree that a major point is that CL tickets are compulsory at United. I am not sure how many STs we have but if it is around 40k, if the same rules applies (which I don't think it should) then I would expect to have nearer 50k for the matches. The other factor is that I feel our demographic is different in that we have a lot more families who attend games especially with younger children.

As we have seen in night games in general unless in school holidays this does have an impact of the attendance. In my case I sit with my parents and my son but my parents don't attend night matches as they find travelling and night matches in general hard work so prefer to watch at home.

Personally I enjoy the CL matches and it doesn't bother me what the attendance is but I understand and appreciate reasons why others prefer not to go.

Maybe the club could offer a big discount off the group games if you decide to opt into the CL when renewing your Seasoncard.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I'm totally gobsmacked how a big City fan who I have much respect for can simply abandon our club because it doesn't excite him.

I'll be at Cardiff on Saturday. I'm just not prepared to be an open wallet for the club to dip into whenever it wants. In fact the only season I've been able to commit to CL games regularly was the first one (and maybe the second) as I'm usually out of town for work during the week. And last night was Yom Kippur so no Jewish fans would have been there anyway.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

I have zero interest in the Chump's league and the whole thing leaves me completely cold. Since it's inception i can count on one hand i've watched a non city game in this competition, i didn't miss a home game in any competition for about 8 years until i baulked at the PSG prices, since them i haven't attended on CL game and i basically only attended because i misguidedly felt obliged to, i have zero regrets and i actually felt sicker getting knocked out of the cup against Wigan than any Cl defeat.

I was brought up late 70s/early 80s listening to Peter Jones and Bryon Butler commentating on British sides in the European, EUFA and Cup Winners Cup and i had a real buzz doing so and was desperate to see City taking part but the 'Champions League' is in my eyes a shit stain of a competition in so many respects i loathe whole thing and there is not a cat in hells chance of me going to any of the other games but any FA or League Cup games at the Etihad i'll be there. I'm well aware of how important the CL is to the club and i'd like to win it but that's as far as it goes.

There's an awful lot of us posting roughly the same thing, loved a bit of Europa and did home & aways, did the first three or so seasons in the CL again including some aways then thought I'm sick of us being bummed so fuck it.

These are the only home games I've out of choice ever not gone to & I'm not missing it.

Like @Prestwich_Blue I watched on TV last night and Mrs Moon who always goes for a long bath while we're playing came in and was surprised I'd not been ranting and upset at the scoreline. It really really dosen't bother me, as others said give me Lincoln in a cup game over an overrated European night.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I agree that a major point is that CL tickets are compulsory at United. I am not sure how many STs we have but if it is around 40k, if the same rules applies (which I don't think it should) then I would expect to have nearer 50k for the matches. The other factor is that I feel our demographic is different in that we have a lot more families who attend games especially with younger children.

As we have seen in night games in general unless in school holidays this does have an impact of the attendance. In my case I sit with my parents and my son but my parents don't attend night matches as they find travelling and night matches in general hard work so prefer to watch at home.

Personally I enjoy the CL matches and it doesn't bother me what the attendance is but I understand and appreciate reasons why others prefer not to go.

Maybe the club could offer a big discount off the group games if you decide to opt into the CL when renewing your Seasoncard.

It still wouldn't matter I don't think. I have many friends who live down south or in the West Country, including some on here, who just can't go to midweek games.

 

[The perfect fumble]

I shouldn't laugh...

 

[city saint]

most of the cretins who take the piss about our crowds have never been to a live game or very few anyway.they are morons in the main.i went last night with my daughter an 2 grandsons it cost me £100 for the tickets £10 in the blue car park a tenner for petrol and £12 for 4 drinks they made us take the tops off and one of the kids dropped it so wasted the £3 so all in all a total cost of £132 so not every one has that sort of spare cash floating around.

 

[Marvin]

I have zero interest in the Chump's league and the whole thing leaves me completely cold. Since it's inception i can count on one hand i've watched a non city game in this competition, i didn't miss a home game in any competition for about 8 years until i baulked at the PSG prices, since them i haven't attended on CL game and i basically only attended because i misguidedly felt obliged to, i have zero regrets and i actually felt sicker getting knocked out of the cup against Wigan than any Cl defeat.

I was brought up late 70s/early 80s listening to Peter Jones and Bryon Butler commentating on British sides in the European, EUFA and Cup Winners Cup and i had a real buzz doing so and was desperate to see City taking part but the 'Champions League' is in my eyes a shit stain of a competition in so many respects i loathe whole thing and there is not a cat in hells chance of me going to any of the other games but any FA or League Cup games at the Etihad i'll be there. I'm well aware of how important the CL is to the club and i'd like to win it but that's as far as it goes.

Good job I don't believe a word of that. You sure as hell didn't go for your own entertainment throughout the 80s and 90s.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I shouldn't laugh...

Heard that live on the way Back from the game. I almost forgot our result lol

 

[The perfect fumble]

There's an awful lot of us posting roughly the same thing, loved a bit of Europa and did home & aways, did the first three or so seasons in the CL again including some aways then thought I'm sick of us being bummed so fuck it.

These are the only home games I've out of choice ever not gone to & I'm not missing it.

Like @Prestwich_Blue I watched on TV last night and Mrs Moon who always goes for a long bath while we're playing came in and was surprised I'd not been ranting and upset at the scoreline. It really really dosen't bother me, as others said give me Lincoln in a cup game over an overrated European night.

I had the same feeling, I went to the match, we lost, we didn't deserve to win, so c'est la vie, as I'm sure the Lyon fans sitting round me would have said had they lost.

But had we lost to Fulham, then I'd have been well pissed.

 

[city saint]

and the other point someone mentioned is I got home at 11 30 with my young grandsons which is not ideal with school thankfully I didn't have to get them up for school

 

[Shirley]

I'll be at Cardiff on Saturday. I'm just not prepared to be an open wallet for the club to dip into whenever it wants. In fact the only season I've been able to commit to CL games regularly was the first one (and maybe the second) as I'm usually out of town for work during the week. And last night was Yom Kippur so no Jewish fans would have been there anyway.

Fair enough and I understand but it grates on me when we have posters on here saying they can't be arsed watching City when it's the club we love and there is no better time to be a Blue.
Sensitive me!

 

[Segga]

It’s the price and competition for me. I do the same every year, When it comes down to having to pick and choose the odd game to miss to ease the financial burden, its the champions league group games I choose to miss. I just can’t get excited about playing Lyon, hoffenhiem or shakter in a league format. Much rather go to Oxford next week.

 

[Ric]

I always attend the Champions League games, but it never really gets me excited in the way the Premier League does. The group stages, in particular, can feel like a chore at times.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Fair enough and I understand but it grates on me when we have posters on here saying they can't be arsed watching City when it's the club we love and there is no better time to be a Blue.
Sensitive me!

I understand. When I had a young family & was working away from home Monday to Friday I'd given up my season ticket & wasn't going to very many games in the 1990's but City were always my club first and foremost. When we played Gillingham in the play-off game I was in New York and you should have seen me and my son dancing around the room when Dickov's equaliser came up on the BBC text feed. Then we started going together and went home and away & that enabled us to build a wonderful bond that we still have, even though he's now 5,000 miles away. He would give almost anything to get to games regularly again so I feel a little twinge that there's a game I'm not attending when I can. But this was a point of principle as I felt that there was no need for a piddling little increase when I know that the club were shocked by the reaction to the previous one. I know people also gave up Platinum due to that.

So while it hurts not to go to a home game just a few miles away, I feel that I'm making a point and also getting some of that £40 increase I've been faced with the last two seasons back. And if the club realise that by me posting and tweeting about it, so much the better.

 

[Bluebee2]

We had around 10,000 short of last Saturdays attendance which I think is reasonable enough, I personally go to all our home games but know plenty of Seasoncard holders who sit near me that don’t go to any midweek cup games, each to their own I say.

 

[Goater=Legend]

I always attend the Champions League games, but it never really gets me excited in the way the Premier League does. The group stages, in particular, can feel like a chore at times.

Do you think it has anything to do with the fact we've rarely had that big game where we won and got people to come back?

Off the top of my head your looking at Barcelona (H) and Bayern 3-2 comeback at home?

 

[willipp]

So many people saying they don't care about the champs league, yet against Real Madrid in the SF a few years ago and Liverpool last season there was a mad dash for tickets. Lets be honest, a lot of people use the whole 'i hate the champs league / uefa' as an excuse not to go to an unglamourous tie on a weds night. If it was Barca or Real, or a SF, most of those same people would be there in a shot.

 

[M18CTID]

28k v Liverpool at MR. FA Cup on a Saturday.

In the last season at Maine Road? Yep, I remember that one. I think it was a Sunday but yeah, it wasn't a sell out (somewhat strangely as Liverpool is a big draw), whereas we played Leeds 2 or 3 seasons earlier in the FA Cup on a Sunday when we were in the 2nd tier and they were top of the Premier League and it sold out no problem.

 

[Quad]

So many people saying they don't care about the champs league, yet against Real Madrid in the SF a few years ago and Liverpool last season there was a mad dash for tickets. Lets be honest, a lot of people use the whole 'i hate the champs league / uefa' as an excuse not to go to an unglamourous tie on a weds night. If it was Barca or Real, or a SF, most of those same people would be there in a shot.

Remember the ticket office let ppl on scheme get a spare ticket if I remember right and then ppl complained about the 60 for psg