Community Shield - Arsenal (N) | Sun 6th Aug - 16:00

[NJMCFC184]

I’m not bothered what anybody else does but since the main bone of contention seems to be the kick off time requested by ITV, it seems a bit of an odd protest that everyone is organising parties where everyone sits around watching ITV.

No one travelling to London to watch ITV

 

[wearethesouthstand]

Our supporters club is having a BBQ instead with screening and football cards to raise money for charity

 

[wearethesouthstand]

Is this blackey ?

Are you in touch with other branches?

If so what are you hearing from them ?

Coaches will be dear to run if half full

 

[NJMCFC184]

Is this blackey ?

Are you in touch with other branches?

If so what are you hearing from them ?

Coaches will be dear to run if half full

Yeah pal its the Blackley one, guessing you seen it on Twitter haha

Not sure who the lads are talking to

 

[berryblue]

This is not a true representation of all city supporters just members on bluemoon who have bothered to vote.

Also, how many weren't going to go anyway?

 

[Baggins.mcfc]

I’m not bothered what anybody else does but since the main bone of contention seems to be the kick off time requested by ITV, it seems a bit of an odd protest that everyone is organising parties where everyone sits around watching ITV.

But that is the issue mate. Itv make the time a great time to watch football for the armchair fan. Which is me now tbh. They do not give a fuck about the fans travelling back from London.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

If we who go regularly boycott it, the amount of casual cityzens will probably nearly fill the end anyway. For the Sheffield Utd semi I would have loved to know the ratio of season ticket holders and cityzens who go regularly to cityzens who have never been to see city.

I was sat amongst a lot of first time fans, there were 7 of them among the 14 that we went with!

Not a chance casual citizen fans will fill the away end on a Sunday - for a pre season match.

I was at the Sheffield game and there was still a core of long standing fans at that game. Of the group I went with, a lot of them aren’t season ticket holders - none of them are going to the community shield

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

This is not a true representation of all city supporters just members on bluemoon who have bothered to vote.

To be fair there’s a large amount of fans on this forum who regularly go to matches and attend away matches

 

[Stephen230]

But that is the issue mate. Itv make the time a great time to watch football for the armchair fan. Which is me now tbh. They do not give a fuck about the fans travelling back from London.

I get it mate. This is why I try not to moan too much when we get games moved to inconvenient times for me. Because I’m quite happy to sit back and watch Newcastle V Southampton on a Monday night, without really giving too much of a thought for the fans at that game.

I’m lucky really, that my job has shifts that cover 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. So I can usually swap for shifts that fit in with City. And there’s always people ready to step in for overtime if I need a day or two off for an away midweeker.

I appreciate that a lot of people don’t have that flexibility.

 

[berryblue]

I spent 12 years of my life campaigning to get standing back. Every person against it was convinced bringing back standing would result in a revival of the skinhead movement, nazi tattoos on the forehead and the national front handing out flyers outside grounds. Stadiums would become war zones again.

Hasn't quite worked out that way.
I'm sure with CCTV in place, any fan knowing that they are seen chucking a pint of beer, or most likely piss, will see them losing their season ticket will be enough to prevent it.
You can't ban everyone from doing something because a few people may do it. Ban the pricks that do it and let the rest of us do what fans of cricket and both rugby codes do.

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I've attended nearly every away game for 15 years and stood up for every single game. There's never been a issue at standing up.