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

[chaddblue]

Just got ours

Yeah got them now. Appeared to be a glitch for 5 minutes

 

[jrb]

I left school in 77 and didnt see a trophy until after my 50th birthday so the last 15 years are just an additional Brucie bonus to offset previous pain.

Go to a screening in Manchester to get pissed and miss supporting the greatest team in my lifetime.

No thanks.

Likewise.

Followed City home and away for 34 years of winning fuck all .

Followed City home and away throughout the last 15 years of success. Seen City win every trophy.

Did the FA Cup final. Did Istanbul. Did Porto. Etc. Would have done Athens, but I can't get the time off work.

Missing the Community Shield due to the FA originally not giving a shit about City fans then trying to backtrack isn't a big issue for me.

Enjoy your trip to London and the day out at Wembley.

 

[Blackcrowes]

Got mine
First and only ticket in 134
I will stand in my own
30199 empty seats - I’ll stand on my own

 

[M18CTID]

It's not an excuse. We have boycotted away games at Bolton, Wigan and Birmingham before due to excessive ticket prices and they are hardly a pain to get to. How many Arsenal fans would come up here if the roles were reversed? The FA and PL together with the broadcasters have been taking the piss for too long, this is an ideal game to take a stance but I understand not everyone will feel the same. It's not about not being arsed. Look at some of the games now on TV. Southampton away at Sheffield on a Friday night at 8.00, Ipswich away at Sunderland on a Sunday at 5.00, dippers away at Newcastle at 4.30 on a Sunday, Newcastle away at Brighton at 5.30 on a Saturday, Arse away at Neverton, 5.30 on a Saturday, Brentford away at Newcastle on a Sunday 4.30 and so on. As the late Jock Stein said “Football is for the fans. It can be the greatest game in the world but if there are no people to watch it, it becomes nothing. The fans are the lifeblood of the game.” Fans, not customers, not a number, not someone in an armchair thousand of miles away who happens to be flicking through channels. Empty grounds isn't something the PL wants but the way they are going I can see the bubble bursting in the next decade and fans voting with their feet as they are constantly being messed about.

Nailed it. I'm not going to knock anybody for attending but there seems to be plenty of abuse coming back the other way at those who are taking a stand. As it happens, I wasn't going anyway so for me it's not technically a boycott. If people want to interpret that as me "not being arsed" then they couldn't be any further off beam if they tried. Like every other fan, I have a right to pick and choose my games and I make those plans well in advance. I spent a small fortune doing the FA Cup semi, Final, and the CL Final in the space of 6 weeks and something was always going to give in the early weeks and months of the new season as a result. I couldn't afford to do Burnley away, Sheff Utd away, and the CS and those first two are far more important games - and potentially better days out - than a CS game at Wembley.

 

[Colthekid]

Yeah, they were on sale. Got an error message first but then got in. I'm not going - doing the BOTW screening instead - but just had a nosey at how many were available. Around 20,000 showing but half the top tier blocks aren't on sale so you can probably add another 7000-8000 on top of that

Can you post a link so those of us who want to seat count can do without having to continuously ask on here?

Only a matchday member, but pretty confident that I'll be able to get tickets on Friday (had no problems in the past, even for Leicester last year), but my lad is pestering me as he's never been to Wembley yet, so I'd like to keep track if possible!

 

[M18CTID]

Can you post a link so those of us who want to seat count can do without having to continuously ask on here?

Only a matchday member, but pretty confident that I'll be able to get tickets on Friday (had no problems in the past, even for Leicester last year), but my lad is pestering me as he's never been to Wembley yet, so I'd like to keep track if possible!

If you're a match day member you won't be able to view availability until you qualify for a ticket yourself. I'll be keeping an eye on it periodically and posting updates

 

[chaddblue]

Nailed it. I'm not going to knock anybody for attending but there seems to be plenty of abuse coming back the other way at those who are taking a stand. As it happens, I wasn't going anyway so for me it's not technically a boycott. If people want to interpret that as me "not being arsed" then they couldn't be any further off beam if they tried. Like every other fan, I have a right to pick and choose my games and I make those plans well in advance. I spent a small fortune doing the FA Cup semi, Final, and the CL Final in the space of 6 weeks and something was always going to give in the early weeks and months of the new season as a result. I couldn't afford to do Burnley away, Sheff Utd away, and the CS and those first two are far more important games - and potentially better days out - than a CS game at Wembley.

At the end of the day mate, its a personal choice. Nobody should be getting grief for making a stand and boycotting the game, or for not going for other reasons.... and nobody should be getting abuse for deciding the boycott isn't for them and they're attending

 

[Colthekid]

If you're a match day member you won't be able to view availability until you qualify for a ticket yourself. I'll be keeping an eye on it periodically and posting updates

Last season, someone posted a link to the Madrid game early on & it let me in to the seat plan page (just couldn't buy until my window opened), so I hoped it would be the same this year!

Thanks for posting though :-)

 

[M18CTID]

Last season, someone posted a link to the Madrid game early on & it let me in to the seat plan page (just couldn't buy until my window opened), so I hoped it would be the same this year!

Thanks for posting though :-)

Ok, gotcha. I wasn't aware of that. It might be possible to do it again but I don't know where that link is

 

[goatinho]

It's not an excuse. We have boycotted away games at Bolton, Wigan and Birmingham before due to excessive ticket prices and they are hardly a pain to get to. How many Arsenal fans would come up here if the roles were reversed? The FA and PL together with the broadcasters have been taking the piss for too long, this is an ideal game to take a stance but I understand not everyone will feel the same. It's not about not being arsed. Look at some of the games now on TV. Southampton away at Sheffield on a Friday night at 8.00, Ipswich away at Sunderland on a Sunday at 5.00, dippers away at Newcastle at 4.30 on a Sunday, Newcastle away at Brighton at 5.30 on a Saturday, Arse away at Neverton, 5.30 on a Saturday, Brentford away at Newcastle on a Sunday 4.30 and so on. As the late Jock Stein said “Football is for the fans. It can be the greatest game in the world but if there are no people to watch it, it becomes nothing. The fans are the lifeblood of the game.” Fans, not customers, not a number, not someone in an armchair thousand of miles away who happens to be flicking through channels. Empty grounds isn't something the PL wants but the way they are going I can see the bubble bursting in the next decade and fans voting with their feet as they are constantly being messed about.

We as in who? I certainly haven't boycotted any game?
All them game you have mentioned haven't been available to probably around 80-90% of city fans ....now tickets are available these people who wernt able to go are being mocked.
I predict we will probably sell about three quarters of the tickets (as per usual for this game) , which is a shame as it should be selling out, to see , possibilly the best city team we will ever see .
If you think a so called boycott is going to change things you need to look closer to home. Sat 8pm kos ,ticket prices going up again. . It's a money game mate and a few 1000 city fans not rocking up at wembley won't affect anything.
All it does is make our fanbase look shite again.
Maybe people can't afford it , I get that , but telling people not go to a game to support their team when it is possible to get back and there are lower priced tickets is just wrong.