Community Shield - 2024/25 | 10 Aug Sat 3pm

[deano ou812]

Curtain raiser for the forthcoming season,City win it’s going to be boring football Is dead,rags win the giddiness will go into overdrive and the media will jump on the chance to start saying how many trophies they can win …

 

[city2]

Just toss a coin, heads City win 6-0 tails rags win it 1-0 with a dubious penalty

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Any thoughts on City withdrawing from the CS.

The game should be held at the home of the Champions as winners of English footballs elite tournament.

It's only at Wembley to pay off the incompetent FAs debts for a wrongly located ground.

What have the FA ever done for City or us fans.

We'd be better holding internal game twixt the academy teams followed by one twixt the first team squad.

Free to all season ticket holders etc then £10 adults/£5 u 18s open sale.


Make it an annual pre season 'open day festival'.

Thoughts ??

Shouts at sky type post. Its a harmless friendly (Sane aside)

 

[Gone for a Burton]

And got roundly criticised for it. There’s enough vitriol against City already.

Let them.

They'll criticise us anyway.

Imagine if we won it for four consecutive years ??

I'm impervious to the language of envy and wear it as a badge of honour.

The brain dead can't handle it !!

 

[Eric Hitchmough]

I’ve set my heart on obliterating the Rags at Wembley.

Tiny bit of closure.

 

[Stephen230]

My memory isn’t the greatest but didn’t we have an identical thread this time last year?

Either way, it ain’t happening.

I’ve personally slipped into the routine quite nicely these last few years.

Nice, stress free first trip of the season. Meet up with friends who’ve you’ve not seen for a while. Tickets for anybody who fancies it. Good drink in nice weather usually. And nobody is too concerned about the result.

Nice relaxing way to ease into the new season.

 

[wolviedinho]

We already withdrew last week against the rags at Wembley so I’m not sure doing it again will make much difference?

Unless Ten gets a new 10 year contract and the resign Tony?

 

[Alfie Budd]

Any thoughts on City withdrawing from the CS.

The game should be held at the home of the Champions as winners of English footballs elite tournament.

It's only at Wembley to pay off the incompetent FAs debts for a wrongly located ground.

What have the FA ever done for City or us fans.

We'd be better holding internal game twixt the academy teams followed by one twixt the first team squad.

Free to all season ticket holders etc then £10 adults/£5 u 18s open sale.


Make it an annual pre season 'open day festival'.

Thoughts ??

As @WestGorton said, we’ll be obligated to play in it.
It has to be at Wembley because it’s one of the events that’s included in Club Wembley multi year packages - the FA would be in breach of contract if it wasn’t played there unless there are exceptional circumstances, similar to why the FA Cup semi finals have to be there. And McDonalds pumps in a lot of cash to be the primary named sponsor of the game - part of that will include the requirement for it to be at Wembley.
Not saying I agree with any of those reasons - just facts of life in today’s football.

 

[cleavers]

I will show as much interest in it, as I have in 5 of the last 6 years - zero.

 

[Gordyola]

Seems like it needs a revamp Always going to be at Wembley but ultimately it will be contested between 2 of the top six so maybe time for the FA to select clubs, make it invitational even include foreign clubs?