Etihad Atmosphere - 2021/22

[pace89]

It doesn’t really matter if tickets are £20 or even £10, once people have paid through the nose for season tickets or upwards of £50 for a PL match they’re going to struggle to justify spending anymore on a Champions League fixture that most people can find a way of watching on TV for free.

The added complications of mobile ticketing, tickets not being available on the day, pathetic customer service, poor transport links, ever later kicks offs and a global pandemic which is still killing 150 people a day makes it a miracle that there’s anyone in attendance.

 

[WestGorton]

I remember cup ties at Maine Road in the 80s and 90s when there were less than 10k there and the atmosphere was shit

What were they? I was at them all and don't remember that.

 

[cleavers]

I remember cup ties at Maine Road in the 80s and 90s when there were less than 10k there and the atmosphere was shit

This never happened, just like newcastle never had 10k crowds either, the maine road myth lives on heavily on here, probably amongst those who never went.

Don't get me wrong, there were some great atmospheres, but there were as many dire ones, nothing has changed in reality.

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

Perhaps it's true in some cases ?

Ha, maybe! Though almost certainly getting charged coke prices.

 

[johnnytapia]

If, like me, you couldn’t imagine missing a home game (and you’d have been there tonight be it champions league or LDV Trophy) or you were attending because you were given a freebie to UEFA’s “premier” cup offerings, it matters not one fucking jot.

I hope you enjoyed it as much as I f did. If you didn’t go, fuck it, who am I to care. I went; you didn’t. At Chelsea I won’t be there; others will. Some go, some don’t. I’ve done 83 English league grounds with City; but only 3 new ones in last ten years, could have done a few more, but it didn’t fall right. Am I arsed? Nope, weren’t the right matches at thx right time.
‘Twas ever thus

 

[pace89]

It’s stings a bit when Pep calls for fans to term up because deep down we’d all like to see the ground full. But that’s really up to his mates in the boardroom.

If he said the atmosphere is shit and are fans are half arsed and self entitled he might have a point. A 9 goal thriller is met with a ripple of applause from the 50% of our fans who could be arsed to stay until the end.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

I don't have much desire to criticize fans who are there trying to do their bit, but why can't our fan base hold a basic beat. Every song feels like people just did a massive line of speed and they're allowed another one when they get to the end.

Clapping is the death of most football songs. We were the first team in world football to sing “City Till In Die” which you now here versions of all around the world. When it started in the 90s it was a brilliant song, heartfelt, and then when you started to sing the chorus the second time everyone slowed down the first line and it came out loud and proud. Not unlike the old FA Cup classic “we’re on the March with John Bond’s Army”.

within about a year or so I remember noticing that other clubs were singing this song but our fans had started clapping along with it and singing it faster; therefore killing its power.

Like you I don’t want to turn into a music critic or song policeman over what is ultimately a bunch of blokes shouting. And also I only join in if I’m excited or nervous and others around me are singing, so I’m a hypocrite too. But sitting diametrically opposite both singing ends, in a quiet area of the ground, gives you insight. I will always maintain our ground is full of people like me: occasional singers who will join in the right song if others around them are too.

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

What were they? I was at them all and don't remember that.

Absloutlely , we have never had less than 20k when we were absolutely shite in cup games , unless you want to count the Full Members Cup in the 80's , why do our own "fans " come out with shit like this , trying to make our support look inept ,beggars belief.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Yep you got me.

How dare I prefer one manager to another. Pep is a prick, regardless of how successful he is. Probably what makes him a winner. Mancini was a prick too, but he was our prick. Pep is Barca's prick

Fuck off with that shit. You don’t speak for me or thousands of others. You speak for the dickheads.

 

[WestGorton]

This never happened, just like newcastle never had 10k crowds either, the maine road myth lives on heavily on here, probably amongst those who never went.

Don't get me wrong, there were some great atmospheres, but there were as many dire ones, nothing has changed in reality.

Newcastle had one league crowd of 10000 in 1991 prior to Keegan. It was one match but did happen. Lowest I remember at City was 17 k ish Millwall midweek in the 80s. Many stayed away due to hooliganism threat that night.