City Fans Leaving Early/Empty seats

[mekonmcfc]

I dont really believe the money excuse, IF the rags had beat Bristol and we were playing them last night, I can guarantee the tickets would be more like £40 and would have sold out !
More like apathy setting in, or people think he'll play a weaker team and its on Sky (which isnt cheap)

 

[blue_paul]

We don’t have a huge fan base, it’s also aging and plenty is from the south too whether people want to admit or not.
Sold or not, there’s normally quite a few seats empty in the lower tier for league games. These are probably comps, so not really sold are they. I dont think we should be expanding just yet !

 

[tedmak]

I dont really believe the money excuse, IF the rags had beat Bristol and we were playing them last night, I can guarantee the tickets would be more like £40 and would have sold out !
More like apathy setting in, or people think he'll play a weaker team and its on Sky (which isnt cheap)

I don’t like the word ‘excuse’. At the end of the day people have priorities. I went to the match yesterday but understand why someone would not. Xmas just gone and, let’s be frank, we thought it was going to be doozy. Even with the narrow win, am not worried about the return leg (which am going to).
Is getting expensive watching us as we have so many matches - is a good thing to have these matches but it comes with a cost. Am glad the club is not exploiting this by doing a United - forcing you to be on the cup scheme for the FA Cup and if you opt out of the league cup, you can’t apply for away matches.
And I could not give a toss what fans of other teams come out with. They only talk about seats and the like because they have nothing to talk about vis a vis their own team performances.

 

[Bill]

sit back. plan your Wembley day out. enjoy their pain and desperation.

 

[M18CTID]

i agree. its the fairest thing to do. its not fair on the people who have been to every cup game, to then say they can't have one. when theres a season ticket holder whos not been to any of them.

Yes - I'd go something like this in order of priority:

Season ticket holders on the cup scheme of that particular competition in order of loyalty points
Season ticket holders not on the cup scheme but have attended at least one game in that competition with those that have attended the most cup games given priority
Non-season ticket holders not on the cup scheme but have attended at least one game in that competition with those that have attended the most cup games given priority
Season ticket holders not on the cup scheme and not having attended any games in that competition in order of loyalty points
If any tickets are left, these go on general sale

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

We don’t have a huge fan base, it’s also aging and plenty is from the south too whether people want to admit or not.
Sold or not, there’s normally quite a few seats empty in the lower tier for league games. These are probably comps, so not really sold are they. I dont think we should be expanding just yet !

most of the crowd are from greater manchester. you can see it when your getting the bus, train, the coaches outside the ground. we do have southern fans, but most of our fans come from the surrounding manchester areas. we got quite a good crowd last night anyway.

the age of the crowd wasnt a problem last night. there was loads of younger people there. its league games where its a problem.

 

[foggy1974]

I don't get it. We get many on this site saying "build it and they will come" when talking about expanding the ground, yet the club have done just that and only 35000 blues bother turning up for the semi final last night. Yes, we're in every competition and the next home game is in 2 weeks time, but the club couldn't have priced it any better last night. These same "hard up" fans will find the cash for a day out to Wembley if we get there, guaranteed. The club should give ticket priority for any final for those in the cup scheme and those fans, whether season ticket holders or not, that have attended league cup fixtures this season.

the fa cup games was a £10 for adults and £1 for kids, It was 3pm on a Saturday. It has never bothered me with the empty seats jibe because i go to watch my team, if it was only me and my lad there I wouldn't care. The club must be happy with amount of fans going to the cup games 1, they aren't advertised everywhere 2, they aren't compulsory with your season ticket. Maybe adding the group stages of the champions league to our seasoncard would be a better idea. They are guaranteed fixtures, where as we are waiting for the cup draws.

 

[foggy1974]

most of crowd are from the greater manchester. you can see it when your getting the bus, train, the coaches outside the ground. even just hearing accents in the ground or talking to people. we do have southern fans, but most of our fans come from the surrounding manchester areas. we got quite a good crowd last night anyway, with I'm going to bet mainly local based fans.

the age of the crowd wasnt a problem last night. there was loads of younger people there. its league games where its a problem.

Thought Saturday was great with the amount of kids at the ground. Kids for a quid seems to work, but we can only really do it in the cup games against lesser teams.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Thought Saturday was great with the amount of kids at the ground. Kids for a quid seems to work, but we can only really do it in the cup games against lesser teams.

its not just kids. its teenagers and younger people in general.last night the south stand or the bit i was in was full of groups of young teenage lads. league games its the opposite. its a bit of a worry that so many younger people are only able to go to cup games.

 

[foggy1974]

its not just kids. its teenagers and younger people in general.last night the south stand or the bit i was in was full of groups of young teenage lads. league games its the opposite. its a bit of a worry that so many younger people are only able to go to cup games.

Is that to do with the loyalty of our fans, The majority have season tickets from Maine Road.

 

[City Raider]

Empty seats at Brighton on Monday was because the FA Cup is losing its magic. The Caraboa cup must sell out in every stadium in every round judging by reaction this morning.

It's an evening, after xmas, on telly, against lower div opponents and for fuck sake you couldn't even get a definitive result last night. That was a great crowd.

 

[stonerblue]

whatever way we dress it up last night was embarrassing, we are getting laughed at in the media, slaughtered all over social media. This is our best ever team, we are playing in a cup semi final and there were swathes of empty seats everywhere, our support was far better when we were in Div 2, I'm fucking ill with the way our support is being portrayed these days.

Oh give over you tart.

 

[woodleyberksblue]

Empty seats at Brighton on Monday was because the FA Cup is losing its magic. The Caraboa cup must sell out in every stadium in every round judging by reaction this morning.

It's an evening, after xmas, on telly, against lower div opponents and for fuck sake you couldn't even get a definitive result last night. That was a great crowd.

I'm relieved I thought I had dreamt all the empty seats at Brighton the other night don't recall too much press re sell out on Sat - as said elsewhere 43K vs a lower league side, 3rd home game in a week, 2 legged game is a damn good crowd - well done to all who attended

 

[stonerblue]

have a photo and fuck the seats shit

That ginger lad is waiting for the mobile phone to be invented

 

[EddieR]

That ginger lad is waiting for the mobile phone to be invented

Bravo Sir!

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Is that to do with the loyalty of our fans, The majority have season tickets from Maine Road.

perhaps. i just think its mainly cost. cup games are cheaper and its more affordable for younger people to attend and thats why you see more of them. league games are a rip off for match day tickets especially.

 

[come-on-barney]

most of the crowd are from greater manchester. you can see it when your getting the bus, train, the coaches outside the ground. we do have southern fans, but most of our fans come from the surrounding manchester areas. we got quite a good crowd last night anyway.

the age of the crowd wasnt a problem last night. there was loads of younger people there. its league games where its a problem.

We do have quite a bit of support in the south west as see lots of blues travelling up either by train or M5. However, think like me they are ex-mancs. Great to see a lot of kids there last two cup games and hopefully our missed generation will be filled up with the younger ones coming through.

Did anyone get hit by the M6/M5 last night. M6 down to one lane again took nearly 40 minutes to get through then M5 junctions 1/2 and 7/8 closed off. Took 4.5 hours to get home crazy highway system!

 

[Silvas' left eyebrow]

I'm relieved I thought I had dreamt all the empty seats at Brighton the other night don't recall too much press re sell out on Sat - as said elsewhere 43K vs a lower league side, 3rd home game in a week, 2 legged game is a damn good crowd - well done to all who attended

What are top 10 attendances in this years carabao cup ? Bet last nights is one of them......utter rot. We are the 8th best supported in Europe over last 100 years !

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

We do have quite a bit of support in the south west as see lots of blues travelling up either by train or M5. However, think like me they are ex-mancs. Great to see a lot of kids there last two cup games and hopefully our missed generation will be filled up with the younger ones coming through.

Did anyone get hit by the M6/M5 last night. M6 down to one lane again took nearly 40 minutes to get through then M5 junctions 1/2 and 7/8 closed off. Took 4.5 hours to get home crazy highway system!

i agree we do have support in the south. but i think in a lot of cases its mainly exiled mancs. i get the train home after the match and busiest trains by far are the ones going towards wythenshawe, stockport or nearby areas. the coaches and buses outside I mainly see are the bullocks ones, moston, didsbury. it doesnt really matter anyway i suppose. and i agree hopefully more younger fans keep attending.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I don't know why others choose not to go, but as I said in my post, this isn't something new, it's happened for as long as I remember.
Far fewer regulars go to night cup games than league games, and I include the Champions League and FA Cup replays in that too.

I checked the attendance for the semi-final against Boro in 1976. We'd lost the first leg up there 1-0 so everything to play for and we hadn't won anything for 6 years. The capacity of Maine Rd was around 52k in those days and we got 44.5k for that game.