Empty seats in north stand/family stand

I suspect they are tickets given out for free to various local sporting clubs,the tickets go down as a sale but obviously some of these freebies arent turning up.I sit in the family stand with my lad and often see groups of young people all with there matching training tops on.
You wouldnt get three or four rows together un occupied if it was just a few stay away families with better things to do on a match day.
 
If I get the a ticket in North Stand I go round to the South Stand instead.

I'm a non ST Holder due to working 50% of weekends. Another lad I know does the same job as me in another store but has a ST, so probably misses a few.
 
Some comments on here are ridiculous!

Removeable barriers?!?! Some people want to experience good atmosphere!

I went to Bayern midweek and my ticket was in the North Stand had a good view but it is just not for me.. Shite atmosphere and kids running up and down every 2 mins! Dont get me wrong the family stand is a great idea but need reallocating. You can even see it when watching city on the telly kids running about not even bothered about the game! You never see this when watching any other teams always full stands because there family stand allocation is alot smaller. The only way to stop this is making the singing section alot bigger and also the south stand into a singing section and the corner of the colin bell stand. This way the family stand would be alot more compact and people wouldnt leave there seats as more would become available in preffered spots!
 
So we've established the cause of the Family Stand empty seat issue....

Fans doubling up in other blocks
tickets not being sold on.

Solution:

Ticket Exchange on mcfc.co.uk

Make it easy for fans to sell on their seat.

And we all know what we need down at the other end:

Safe Standing.

Rail Standing is desperately needed where we are.... This season has been fucking awful in "etihad stadium" as ShowSec have whinged constantly telling us to sit down.
 
cheadle-blue said:
Some comments on here are ridiculous!

Removeable barriers?!?! Some people want to experience good atmosphere!

I went to Bayern midweek and my ticket was in the North Stand had a good view but it is just not for me.. Shite atmosphere and kids running up and down every 2 mins! Dont get me wrong the family stand is a great idea but need reallocating. You can even see it when watching city on the telly kids running about not even bothered about the game! You never see this when watching any other teams always full stands because there family stand allocation is alot smaller. The only way to stop this is making the singing section alot bigger and also the south stand into a singing section and the corner of the colin bell stand. This way the family stand would be alot more compact and people wouldnt leave there seats as more would become available in preffered spots!
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You can also see SS patrons staring at away fans for 90 mins. Some people mix up atmosphere with abusing away fans and not getting behind your team. SS atmosphere is shite and barely audible from the North stand. Away fans usually always louder.
 
rassclot said:
akcity said:
bluemoon risin' said:
WTF! Since when? All that fannying about moving stands and it's now not part of the family stand?
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The North Stand is still the family stand in its entirety, my brother is in level 1 and it's still the FS.
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this season i've noticed an awful lot of adults clearly without kids in tow queueing to get in north stand level 1 so i'm not so sure. i was also under the impression that the original condition of family stand tickets was that adults weren't allowed in unless accompanied by at least one under-16.
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That's true. I tried to get a friend a ticket for the Wolves game and was told there was only one ticket left and that was in the family stand so because I wouldn't be accompanied by a child then I "obviously" couldn't have it.
That explains one of the empty seats at that game!
 
manchester blue said:
cheadle-blue said:
Some comments on here are ridiculous!

Removeable barriers?!?! Some people want to experience good atmosphere!

I went to Bayern midweek and my ticket was in the North Stand had a good view but it is just not for me.. Shite atmosphere and kids running up and down every 2 mins! Dont get me wrong the family stand is a great idea but need reallocating. You can even see it when watching city on the telly kids running about not even bothered about the game! You never see this when watching any other teams always full stands because there family stand allocation is alot smaller. The only way to stop this is making the singing section alot bigger and also the south stand into a singing section and the corner of the colin bell stand. This way the family stand would be alot more compact and people wouldnt leave there seats as more would become available in preffered spots!
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You can also see SS patrons staring at away fans for 90 mins. Some people mix up atmosphere with abusing away fans and not getting behind your team. SS atmosphere is shite and barely audible from the North stand. Away fans usually always louder.
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Thats all good and well but id rather sit in the corner of the east at 110 or the south stand than the family stand as the atmosphere is shit. Yes there are people who sit there for the trouble but the majority sit there to create a good atmosphere.
 
cheadle-blue said:
manchester blue said:
cheadle-blue said:
Some comments on here are ridiculous!

Removeable barriers?!?! Some people want to experience good atmosphere!

I went to Bayern midweek and my ticket was in the North Stand had a good view but it is just not for me.. Shite atmosphere and kids running up and down every 2 mins! Dont get me wrong the family stand is a great idea but need reallocating. You can even see it when watching city on the telly kids running about not even bothered about the game! You never see this when watching any other teams always full stands because there family stand allocation is alot smaller. The only way to stop this is making the singing section alot bigger and also the south stand into a singing section and the corner of the colin bell stand. This way the family stand would be alot more compact and people wouldnt leave there seats as more would become available in preffered spots!
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You can also see SS patrons staring at away fans for 90 mins. Some people mix up atmosphere with abusing away fans and not getting behind your team. SS atmosphere is shite and barely audible from the North stand. Away fans usually always louder.
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Thats all good and well but id rather sit in the corner of the east at 110 or the south stand than the family stand as the atmosphere is shit. Yes there are people who sit there for the trouble but the majority sit there to create a good atmosphere.
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Theres a fair bit of irony in your post Cheadle-Blue, you work it out i`m sure your bright enough.
 
Ive moved from SS116 to 110 and I am gutted I moved, every single match the row i am in is easily double the people for the number of seats, it would be all well and good if it was terrace, but it isnt and the money is for a decent space to stand in, looking forward to moving back to 116 next season.
 
Its an irish supporters club. They have a block of tickets together and dont make it over for every game
 
cheadle-blue said:
Some comments on here are ridiculous!

Removeable barriers?!?! Some people want to experience good atmosphere!

I went to Bayern midweek and my ticket was in the North Stand had a good view but it is just not for me.. Shite atmosphere and kids running up and down every 2 mins! Dont get me wrong the family stand is a great idea but need reallocating. You can even see it when watching city on the telly kids running about not even bothered about the game! You never see this when watching any other teams always full stands because there family stand allocation is alot smaller. The only way to stop this is making the singing section alot bigger and also the south stand into a singing section and the corner of the colin bell stand. This way the family stand would be alot more compact and people wouldnt leave there seats as more would become available in preffered spots!
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cup games have no family restrictions as i said above so you wernt really in the family stand. for this reason most cup games there is a noticeably more strangers around us, particulary at the european games. and sig more adults because cup games are more likely to be evening kick offs. your just proving my point that people are jumping to conclusions about the success of the north stand, and using the cup games as an example of it not working is not right. btw ive never seen a single child running up and down your talking shit, dont come back to the north stand again please.
 
Sorry howling wolf, i sit in 135 and there are shiteloads of kids fucking about. Anyone who sits in there will verify this. There are also lots of people who bought dad and lad ST's and go with their mates so that it is two seats to each person. They sit together, which leaves single empties dotted all over the show.
 
my kids are probably the worst behaved kids around us, lol. and the worst they do is stand up at inappropriate moments and shout alot. all the kids around me watch the game and the ones behind me are very knowledgable about other teams players, refs, stats etc which never fails to impress me, cause i barely know any facts about our team.

maybe im just lucky where i am, but who are these parents who let their children run around during the game.

i would be mighily pissed off if they relocated the family stand.
 
I think everyone needs to look at the bigger picture here which I'm sure the club is. After being born and bred in Ashton, I find myself esconsed in North London. I have 3 kids and every single one of their friends supports Arsenal, Spuds or Chelsea. If I did not have the ability to get them season cards in the family stand to introduce them to everything that it is City, they might well have found withstanding the peer pressure down here much more difficult (although as an Arsenal supporting friend told me his two season tickets just cost him £2.500 they would probably have to Barnet supporters!). However, I simply cannot make it to every single game with late Sunday kick offs and weekday evenings being the most problematic. I can travel up but there's no way I can be getting the kids back at 1:00 am on a school night. However, City now has three dedicated fans it might have missed out on otherwise. Personally, I think a few empty seats now is a price well worth paying for a lifetime of support to come.
 
siathers said:
I think everyone needs to look at the bigger picture here which I'm sure the club is. After being born and bred in Ashton, I find myself esconsed in North London. I have 3 kids and every single one of their friends supports Arsenal, Spuds or Chelsea. If I did not have the ability to get them season cards in the family stand to introduce them to everything that it is City, they might well have found withstanding the peer pressure down here much more difficult (although as an Arsenal supporting friend told me his two season tickets just cost him £2.500 they would probably have to Barnet supporters!). However, I simply cannot make it to every single game with late Sunday kick offs and weekday evenings being the most problematic. I can travel up but there's no way I can be getting the kids back at 1:00 am on a school night. However, City now has three dedicated fans it might have missed out on otherwise. Personally, I think a few empty seats now is a price well worth paying for a lifetime of support to come.
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simple move to manchester
 
I have had a season ticket for 2 years for my daughter who is now 5, she doesn't come to every match. I have suggested to the club that they contact all season ticket holders under a certain age to ask if they would attend evening matches, if the answer is no, then get permission to sell the ticket again to boost attendances. I would be quite happy for the tickets to be sold, if I'm not using it or upgrading it.
 
I don't sit in my seat, moved from 219 to 122 so I could be in bottom tier then just stand with a few mates in the south stand. Downside is I pay bell end prices. It is noticeable that in the standing areas they are well packed in so people definitely doubling up.
 
i dont know whether this had been posted but i know someone who works for city (a rag) and he gets 4 tickets a match!!
joke i no!! he mustnt sell them because i have noticed this too
 
chris8910 said:
i dont know whether this had been posted but i know someone who works for city (a rag) and he gets 4 tickets a match!!
joke i no!! he mustnt sell them because i have noticed this too
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Why do we employ rags, there must be unemployed City fans who could do the majority of jobs at our club.

We shouldn't employ Rags, though I so know a City ST holder who works for MUTV.
 
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