Are you suggesting there are 62,000 core supporters in and around Manchester that can afford 2 tickets per week?
Those “plastics” help fund the club at full price. They buy tat from the shop and they do things like Club Tours and hospitality.
We LIVE bragging that we are the most successful commercial club in the world, which allows us to not worry about FFP anymore and buy top, top talent from all over the world, YET we complain about a few thousand tickets going to our growing global fan base???
Been around this roundabout before, but City season cards have been better value for money than anyone else’s for a decade. The club put a 3rd tier on the South Stand and broadened the hospitality. They’re building a hotel and another tier at the North Stand, while making a Fan Zone that can hold 3,000 fans. Who do you think is going to book some of those extra seats and hotel rooms? Locals who get their pints from a local boozer before and after the game and never spend a penny at the ground or punters who flew in from Singapore for a once in a lifetime trip to see City in real life and spend a few thousand quid on the experience?
Lastly, just what constitutes a “plastic,” as I want to make sure that as a match goer since the late 60’s, but now living overseas and not able to see as many games as I’d like, I want to try to stay on the “real fan” side of the fence and not be a “plastic.”