Ever Blue

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Just received the survey and this was my reply...

Being a season ticket for over half my life, I feel the current system is fine. The club obviously needs to continue to improve revenue though due to FFPR but I feel this is the wrong route. The club should maybe increase season ticket prices by a £100 -£150 but throw in all home cup games which would guarantee large cup crowds. This is fundamentally a working class club for loyal fans, please don't exclude us in this clubs wonderful future.

Not being funny mate but working class people can barely afford it as it is. If you increased tickets b that much it would be the end of gong to watch city for me and many others.

In tge economic trouble the countries in and a recent report sayin each club could cut tickets by 30 quid a game that would be ridiculous. It would be one lump sum I couldn't afford.

 

[cleavers]

Just received the survey and this was my reply...

Being a season ticket for over half my life, I feel the current system is fine. The club obviously needs to continue to improve revenue though due to FFPR but I feel this is the wrong route. The club should maybe increase season ticket prices by a £100 -£150 but throw in all home cup games which would guarantee large cup crowds. This is fundamentally a working class club for loyal fans, please don't exclude us in this clubs wonderful future.

Not being funny mate but working class people can barely afford it as it is. If you increased tickets b that much it would be the end of gong to watch city for me and many others.

In tge economic trouble the countries in and a recent report sayin each club could cut tickets by 30 quid a game that would be ridiculous. It would be one lump sum I couldn't afford.

I think many are in this position to be honest, and many more have long since passed it. This summer we should be looking at a freeze on general prices, if the club want extra revenue then fleece the corporates, or improve sponsorship further (neither easy if we win nothing). My pocket is close to exhausted for football purposes, and I doubt I'm at the lower end of earnings as a match going city fan either. Yep I can still cut a few things out to afford it, but I can also cut match going out, so the club need to be careful how they pitch things.

Ultimately I've no doubt that the club want more corporate, and more day tripper, as they bring in much more match day revenue than season ticket holders do.

 

[BLUE PEANUT]

Before anyone has a go, can I just state that I'm not wealthy, have been going since I was a kid in the Platt lane on the wooden benches and sympathize with anyone who feels forced to relinquish their seat.
However, the way I understand ever blue is that nobody is forced to buy it and nobody is forced to move seats. The only way anyone would have to move would be if they accepted the compensation or prices were forced up to a point beyond their budget. From previous surveys it would seem that level 2 is going to have enhanced facilities and the club are looking to profit from it. Is it wrong to expect fans who sit in premium seats to pay premium prices?
It's not as if these fans are being turned out on the street. As seasoncard holders they get priority of selecting from available seats in the ground. Accept the view won't be as good, but this would be reflected by an affordable price. This priority is ahead of blue members, Jcl's tourists and fans who have returned to the club etc. The only benefit I can see for for an ever blue member would be having the opportunity to reserve a seat without renewing a season card for a season, passing the seat on and having the opportunity (although not guaranteed) of picking where they prefer to sit.
Personally I won't be signing up for it and would welcome safe standing to make match going affordable.

 

[suziplumbo]

just type in the comments box at the end exactly what you think and if enough think that way it will get smashed,you can thank liverpool and man united ,arsenal and spurs for this the fan will pay for this fair play rule like we predicted and are town will be full of day trippers for important matches just like the rags game against madrid,out of all the reds i know only ONE got a ticket for that game.

 

[danebanksheik]

......increasing season ticket prices by 2/3 times the rate of inflation year after year in a global economic depression

......... having pumped a billion pounds into the club - I can live with that

 

[Padre]

If the club decide to launch this scheme then it will be done as quickly and as ruthlessly as the family stand implementation. No one will force you out of your existing seat on level 2 but you'll be asked to cough up an extra £100+ for your ST or f**k off to level 3 with a £50 price reduction on your new seat to soften the blow.

If City fans think it's a bad idea then get it into the media via Twitter, phone-ins, etc. and make it a PR battle. E-mailing the club will do nothing IMHO.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Before anyone has a go, can I just state that I'm not wealthy, have been going since I was a kid in the Platt lane on the wooden benches and sympathize with anyone who feels forced to relinquish their seat.
However, the way I understand ever blue is that nobody is forced to buy it and nobody is forced to move seats. The only way anyone would have to move would be if they accepted the compensation or prices were forced up to a point beyond their budget. From previous surveys it would seem that level 2 is going to have enhanced facilities and the club are looking to profit from it. Is it wrong to expect fans who sit in premium seats to pay premium prices?
It's not as if these fans are being turned out on the street. As seasoncard holders they get priority of selecting from available seats in the ground. Accept the view won't be as good, but this would be reflected by an affordable price. This priority is ahead of blue members, Jcl's tourists and fans who have returned to the club etc. The only benefit I can see for for an ever blue member would be having the opportunity to reserve a seat without renewing a season card for a season, passing the seat on and having the opportunity (although not guaranteed) of picking where they prefer to sit.
Personally I won't be signing up for it and would welcome safe standing to make match going affordable.

I am more interested in what is going on on the pitch rather than "enhanced facilities". As we go on and win more trophies demand for tickets will increase anyway and there will be more corporate interest that may or may not be catered for by an expanded stadium. there is space for more corporate boxes and tha bollocks in the corners. This scheme is putting the cart before the horse and loyal fans on Level 2 will be forced out over time by price increases.

 

[Davs 19]

It does say you have to agree to move and you get compensated.

Everyone has their price,some will not be bothered as long as they still have a seat

I don't.

 

[Ardwick Green Blue]

In my response in the comments section of the survey I made the point that seasoncard holders were potentially open to abuse or outright intimidation. If you are sat next to a group that wants their best mate / cherished family member to join them and you refuse to move you still have to sit near them game after game. Unfortunately not all City supporters are normal & reasonable members of society.

 

[shadygiz]

1 word reply needed.....SHITE!

 

[jrb]

Screen grabbed all the questions. Will post them later on.

BTW.

Somebody stated their survey stated a date/year when the stadium would be expanded. Is this correct? Did anyone else have that on their survey. Wasn't mentioned in mine.

Thanks.

 

[Wilmslow Road]

Just received the survey and this was my reply...

Being a season ticket for over half my life, I feel the current system is fine. The club obviously needs to continue to improve revenue though due to FFPR but I feel this is the wrong route. The club should maybe increase season ticket prices by a £100 -£150 but throw in all home cup games which would guarantee large cup crowds. This is fundamentally a working class club for loyal fans, please don't exclude us in this clubs wonderful future.

Jesus H Christ, I hope there are not many more like you who answered the survey
in that way.
How can you advocate an increase of £100/£150.
Many fans can barely afford the tickets as it is.
Some cannot afford to go to the cup games as well, it's not just the tickets, it's travel,
work and other factors.
To compel fans to buy cup tickets is what the Rags have done, and by doing this they
lost grassroots supporters.
This is somthing we never, never ever want to do.
For the record I subscribe to the Cup scheme, but I think it is an outrage if they force
people to pay.

 

[peoffrey]

In my response in the comments section of the survey I made the point that seasoncard holders were potentially open to abuse or outright intimidation. If you are sat next to a group that wants their best mate / cherished family member to join them and you refuse to move you still have to sit near them game after game. Unfortunately not all City supporters are normal & reasonable members of society.

That's what I initially thought - but the seats they're looking to move ordinary Blues out of will then be occupied by Corporate, Guests etc. I think people sitting in the East Stand Level 2 need to begin watching their backs!

 

[kinkysleftfoot]

This is the price of success, you want to stay as little city?

I expect to pay a top price for a premium product, having followed city for over 40 years I am now experiencing the best football I have ever seen. They are now giving lifelong fans a chance to secure a seat for life and beyond before all the new 'plastic' fans arrive.......what's the problem?

 

[Wilmslow Road]

This is the price of success, you want to stay as little city?

I expect to pay a top price for a premium product, having followed city for over 40 years I am now experiencing the best football I have ever seen. They are now giving lifelong fans a chance to secure a seat for life and beyond before all the new 'plastic' fans arrive.......what's the problem?

Suppose the lifelong fans can't afford it, is it just tough shit.
Don't you think these fans, who have supported the club through the bad times
deserve a bit of looking after and not ramroaded into schemes dreamed up but
fuckers who just want to screw them for as much as they can.
Acting like the fucking Banks.

 

[peoffrey]

This is the price of success, you want to stay as little city?

I expect to pay a top price for a premium product, having followed city for over 40 years I am now experiencing the best football I have ever seen. They are now giving lifelong fans a chance to secure a seat for life and beyond before all the new 'plastic' fans arrive.......what's the problem?

The plastic fans have arrived. I'm noticing them more and more. Excessive gimmicks are everywhere now.

Seasoncards are rapidly becoming unaffordable for the ordinary person. That's the problem. If you're not even remotely concerned then you've got too much money.

 

[CatMan]

Screen grabbed all the questions. Will post them later on.

BTW.

Somebody stated their survey stated a date/year when the stadium would be expanded. Is this correct? Did anyone else have that on their survey. Wasn't mentioned in mine.

Thanks.

New 3rd Tiers in operation for 2015/16. Season tickets for this area will be offered this season. Prices from £380-£570.

Option to buy now is a gamble as I might drop dead in the next 2 years but if I buy now I can get row A seats which will be pretty good before the uprooted Level 2 folk arrive in a foul mood!

 

[Tim of the Oak]

This is the price of success, you want to stay as little city?

I expect to pay a top price for a premium product, having followed city for over 40 years I am now experiencing the best football I have ever seen. They are now giving lifelong fans a chance to secure a seat for life and beyond before all the new 'plastic' fans arrive.......what's the problem?

I may have been dreaming but last the time I checked we were Champions. 13th May seems to ring a bell.

 

[Davs 19]

This is the price of success, you want to stay as little city?

I expect to pay a top price for a premium product, having followed city for over 40 years I am now experiencing the best football I have ever seen. They are now giving lifelong fans a chance to secure a seat for life and beyond before all the new 'plastic' fans arrive.......what's the problem?

 

[peoffrey]

This is the price of success, you want to stay as little city?

I expect to pay a top price for a premium product, having followed city for over 40 years I am now experiencing the best football I have ever seen. They are now giving lifelong fans a chance to secure a seat for life and beyond before all the new 'plastic' fans arrive.......what's the problem?

I may have been dreaming but last the time I checked we were Champions. 13th May seems to ring a bell.

Borussia Dortmund were Bundesliga Champions last season and are going great guns in the Champions League. Somehow I don't think their fans will be looking at £600 for a season ticket there.