Empty seats in north stand/family stand

[Ubiquitous]

I sit in East Stand lower - the guy next to me has a season ticket and has only attended about half the home games - strange - he must be loaded

Or:

- He has got a new job that includes weekend work;
- A relative needs caring for which takes up a lot of time;
-He lives abroad and can only make games that fit around the scheduled flights.
etc.

People shouldn't jump to conclusions when a ST holder cannot make every game.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Baffles me, every home game this season has been a sell out yet when you are at the ground there appears to be droves of empty seats in the north stand only. Is there any particular reason ? People that aren't city fans must think out support is pathetic when watching motd as you can see them all empty.

Unfortunately, this shows that season tickets, especially for kids, are too cheap. Game was sold out and a lot of people couldn't get tickets but plenty of season ticket holders, for what ever reason, didn't go.

 

[alib]

also, making the entire North stand a family stand was one of the worst ideas MCFC have ever come up with

the demand for such a huge area was never and never will be there

also the way it was handled and the fact it upset thousands of season ticket holders was also a disgrace

 

[DortmundDummy]

Personally I think its a great idea to have a dedicated stand for families, unfortunately some people are taking the piss and soon as they come in they high-tail it to the South stand ( unofficial singing standing section ) making it look like the Family stand is only 3/4s full at times. Perhaps theres a solution to this, at a suitable point along the concourse put removable barriers manned by a steward to check on fans trying to gain access into the wrong areas.

 

[beermusic]

Only some of the North Stand lower is family, some is not. It is strange. Although yesterday there was a great atmosphere in the North Stand i thought.

think the north stand is getting (very slowly) better now people realise there are like minded fans in there. the number of ex 'boys' in there always makes me smile

 

[crystal_mais]

I think the family stand is great. Its affordable and there is flexibility to bring your kid or not. Its great for myself as I don't really want my little ones having to hear some of the foul language that you can elsewhere. I'm not against swearing, hell I swear with the best of them but not infront of my kids or other peoples kids.

City could be more relaxed about the limit they put on upgradinging the child tickets at weekends.

 

[BlueKingEll]

If you don't come to 80% or more of league games with a season ticket, you lose your season ticket for the next season.

This is the way it should be.

Here Here

PS Are we talking Saturday 3 O Clocks or all games or can non local fans opt out etc...

 

[Howling Wolf]

this topic pisses me off every fucking time. i sit in the family stand and i agree every so often there are empty seats but generally every seat around me is filled with the same faces each game, BUT to suggest this is a problem with the family stand is not true, at every sell out game there are empty seats in most areas. family stand it is bound to be more noticeable because if you cant go there might be a family of 5 missing, so it shows up. i cant go to mo, so neither can my boys, luckily someone from work wanted the tickets, beleive it or not it not that easy to even give away tickets for free.

the family stand is awsome, atmosphere is getting better and better in my opinion. loads of really young ones around us who love there footie and will be the core support into their teenage years and hopefully we will all stay where we are and the kids will grow up together.

it takes alot of planning and effort to take two young children city, and the club really look after us and appreciate what this means. why so many other fans cant see this is really annoying.

more love for us please. we might have a few gaps but we are significant.

 

[alib]

I have no problem with a family stand per se

it's just that it is way way to big for the demand

 

[Howling Wolf]

I have no problem with a family stand per se

it's just that it is way way to big for the demand

but people are suggesting that the empty seats are season tickets holders, so demand appears to be fine for the size, they are just not passing tickets on.

some people even complain after cups games, when there is no family stand. empty seats and people are saying its our fault, 3rd teirs are closed, it makes no sense to blame us.