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

[s1ty m]

I don't recall anyone refusing to play us.
1968 - City were champions and we played the cup winners West Brom at Maine Rd, won 6-1.
1969 - Leeds champions, City cup winners and we played them at Elland Rd, lost 2-1.
1972 - Derby were champions, Leeds cup winners and Villa (third tier champions!) played City (4th place) at Villa Park, lost 1-0.
1973 - Liverpool champions, Sunderland cup winners and City played Burnley at Maine Rd and lost 0-1.

1972, beat Villa 1-0, not lost 1-0.

 

[urban genie]

It will be interesting to see if we can sell this out so quickly with no treble win this season.

I think reasons it won't sell

It's the charity shield - so not overly important for the cost of ticket/travel
It's the rags - for a friendly in london are seeing them worth the hassle.
Early august - still summer holiday time

reasons it will sell

If the transfer wimdow is a successful exciting one, a chamce to see the new players.
Pre season is ahorter every season and with only acouple of US games many will be eager to see us live asap.
tourist fans will biy a ticket for any available game.


will eventually sell out but will go down to general sale.

 

[malg]

This is a game that just needs fucking right off. The only good thing is that if we lose we'll probably win the league.....

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Play it in America at the end of the pre-season tour. Would generate more world-wide publicity than any domestic game ever.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

No doubt the train drivers are planning a strike for that day

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Play it in America at the end of the pre-season tour. Would generate more world-wide publicity than any domestic game ever.

I thought it was about raising funds for worthy causes?

 

[Gone for a Burton]

I thought it was about raising funds for worthy causes?

Playing it at Wembley is all about paying the incompetent FA unearned funds to settle its debts on a stadium that could and should've been built for a fraction of the cost next to the NEC nr Birmingham.

Irrational incompetence in plain sight.

 

[Gone for a Burton]

And yes, I remember the thread from last year. I think the post was almost word for word, perhaps without the betwixts.

.....twixt if you don't mind,twixt !!

And last year it was the BLACK FLAG protest !!

 

[COAT_OF_ARMS]

Even if the two teams involved have to trek 200 miles from the NW to the Capital, and their followers have to fork out huge sums of money for the ‘privilege’?

Barking bloody mad!

Personally I would be open to playing at another neutral ground in the north, but it's the neutral part that's most important IMO.

I don't think it's mad at all though. Name any other country where they do what you're proposing? A lot of countries are much larger than ours, but still travel to the capital for cup finals and super cups.

Mess about with that and you could open the door to a worse scenario, where they will play it in Saudi or in the States simply for financial reasons.

 

[Ctidpaul]

Personally I would be open to playing at another neutral ground in the north, but it's the neutral part that's most important IMO.

I don't think it's mad at all though. Name any other country where they do what you're proposing? A lot of countries are much larger than ours, but still travel to the capital for cup finals and super cups.

Mess about with that and you could open the door to a worse scenario, where they will play it in Saudi or in the States simply for financial reasons.

Only a matter of time before it’s played on foreign shores

 

[Gray]

Personally I would be open to playing at another neutral ground in the north, but it's the neutral part that's most important IMO.

I don't think it's mad at all though. Name any other country where they do what you're proposing? A lot of countries are much larger than ours, but still travel to the capital for cup finals and super cups.

Mess about with that and you could open the door to a worse scenario, where they will play it in Saudi or in the States simply for financial reasons.

Personally they could play it in Antarctica for all I care, completely pointless game.

 

[COAT_OF_ARMS]

Only a matter of time before it’s played on foreign shores

Probably. That's what I'd be most concerned about. "Careful what you wish for", and all that.

 

[feedmpenzaandhewillscore]

Only a matter of time before it’s played on foreign shores

Can’t see it happening, this is the FAs money maker not the Premier League’s. They need Wembley open with paying customers to go into their coffers, not a chance it goes outside of the M25 ring road let alone another country.

 

[lancs blue]

1972, beat Villa 1-0, not lost 1-0.

Thanks, edited

 

[urban genie]

Personally they could play it in Antarctica for all I care, completely pointless game.

lost all it's value when it went from being the opener of the domestic season to a pre premier league friendly.

 

[Hes the left back remember]

Could the community shield game rights be sold to Saudi guaranteeing The FA a huge payout and both teams a huge payday ?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

They’ll be more rag fans there that’s for sure……..

Yeah, just a short Tube ride for most of 'em!

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

lost all it's value when it went from being the opener of the domestic season to a pre premier league friendly.

I smelt a rat with this game when it ceased to be 'The Charity Shield'!

 

[Stockton Heath Blue]

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 ??

I read the FA have now repaid the debt in any case.
Pre-season friendly - you either go or don't, but I don't see it ever being anywhere other than Wembley.

 

[Stephen230]

Playing it at Wembley is all about paying the incompetent FA unearned funds to settle its debts on a stadium that could and should've been built for a fraction of the cost next to the NEC nr Birmingham.

Irrational incompetence in plain sight.

It was played at old Wembley for many years prior to the new ground being built.

So it isn’t really about that.

By the same logic that’s the only reason the FA Cup Final or England internationals are played there.