It was always the Cup Quarter Finals that were flash-points in the past, but I don't think there will that many of them. I wouldn't want to go to an away ground and sit in the home end keeping my mouth shut. Blackburn was different as they had no fans and it wasn't a big game for them.
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Everton (home) Semi Final Tickets
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M18CTID
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This is different than a few Germans on a jolly..we don't get on with Everton at the best of times..I'm telling you now it will go off
Yep. Don't get me wrong, I don't blame Everton fans for trying to get tickets in our end - it's a huge game for them and if the boot was on the other foot loads of City fans would be doing the same - but unlike BMG, Everton are a domestic rival and there is a history of trouble between both sets of fans so I can't really see this one ending particularly amicably!
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Ignoring the LC semis at 76k capacity OT, which of course included 1 against City that had lots of Blues in 'home' seats, only one League Cup semi attendance gas beaten the figure we are likely to get since 2008. I've not bothered checking before that date. It's likely to be our third or second highest LC attendance of all time as well.
That article is just lazy journalism, looking for a negative that is actually a positive - for fans of a club in 4 major competitions, with expensive trips in Europe and away games in FAC, to have bought tickets for any late January midweek fixture in such numbers is significant. As fans we need to stress the positives, after all this journalist is attacking us. We're the people bucking the trend in the LC.
I don't buy in to the media agenda stuff at all. I don't think there is some dark conspiracy by the media to bring City down. However, I think this article is a sad indictment on how the media now operates in this country.
For hundreds of years the newspapers job was to report the news, the truth. It's the basis of a democratic country to have a free press, something to be proud of. Of course there has always been spin and negative slants to generate headlines, but in the past people were reliant on national newspapers to keep informed of what is going on in the world.
In the modern digital age with 24 hour news cycles and social media, the importance and influence of the national press is becoming less and less. Papers like the Mirror have become nothing more than a home page for links to a collection of Internet meme's now.
There was a story on there the other week with a video that had gone viral about an idiot that had filmed himself almost drowning a new born baby by holding his head under a tap. 20 years ago the slant of the article would have been that the idiot needs locking up. But in a desperate plea for clicks and therefore revenue, they actually put the video on their site.
There are other similar examples almost every day. The national newspaper model is no longer commercially viable, so there are no depths to which they won't plunge to get clicks and keep themselves in business.
Slating City for unsold tickets despite the fact we'll have the highest attendance of the season in the Capital One Cup is another example of a desperate attempt to generate clicks. I'm sure it will play very well with their core market of Scousers and United fans, I'm sure clicks will be through the roof. But it's not news.
I hope Mr Mcdonnell in the quiestest moment of his day has a little think to himself to consider if articles like this one are what he thought he'd be writing when he trained to become a journalist.
Manchester33
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So much flapping. There might be about 100 Everton fans in the home end - don't let a couple of kids scare you haha.
They had 8,000 tickets - all their 'lads' will be in there. The others will be little kids on their first away day. Probably going with mum and dad XD
They had 8,000 tickets - all their 'lads' will be in there. The others will be little kids on their first away day. Probably going with mum and dad XD
blingy
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If it's that easy then it is indeed a joke. I do think, however, that the rush over the past couple of days does include a lot of City fans as there is often a late surge in ticket sales for cup games and with this being a semi final I don't think there is any reason to think that it's any different this time but in amongst those it would appear that a fair number of Everton fans will have bought them during this late rush.
I agree there will be plenty of city fans buying late, iv had to relocate due to my nephew deciding only yesterday that he want to go and I know a couple who have waited until the last min to get there's hoping there seats in l3 would become available but the amount of Everton fans boasting on the social networks and the seat chart watchers on here saying tickets are going in blocks of 6 says to me there will be more then the odd few here and there.
Iv been in a few away ends , Mostly for none event games like Forrest , Ipswich even Everton league games years ago, when I knew to keep quiet and sit on my hands, the Blackburn promotion game, I wasn't going g to bother as I knew I couldn't contain myself which ever way it paned out and thought best not to bother until I saw there was hundreds all going in there, this gave me the sense of yep I'll be ok in numbers and so I got a ticket. I'd guess that there are plenty of Everton who was maybe thinking should I shouldn't I but now are seeing there will be plenty of them have decide to give it a go.
I think It will dilute the atmosphere with lots of worried faces around thinking who the fk is sat in front of me or behind me. The few occasions over the last couple of years where we have had away fans around us ( Liverpool home this year being one ) has been quite uncomfortable for me , the two young kids with us and for those around us
I'd like to put a positive spin on the fact that the scousers are going to be sitting in the home end tonight. Who knows, it might improve the atmosphere as it could annoy the 'silent majority' into actually making some noise!
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I agree there will be plenty of city fans buying late, iv had to relocate due to my nephew deciding only yesterday that he want to go and I know a couple who have waited until the last min to get there's hoping there seats in l3 would become available but the amount of Everton fans boasting on the social networks and the seat chart watchers on here saying tickets are going in blocks of 6 says to me there will be more then the odd few here and there.
Iv been in a few away ends , Mostly for none event games like Forrest , Ipswich even Everton league games years ago, when I knew to keep quiet and sit on my hands, the Blackburn promotion game, I wasn't going g to bother as I knew I couldn't contain myself which ever way it paned out and thought best not to bother until I saw there was hundreds all going in there, this gave me the sense of yep I'll be ok in numbers and so I got a ticket. I'd guess that there are plenty of Everton who was maybe thinking should I shouldn't I but now are seeing there will be plenty of them have decide to give it a go.
I think It will dilute the atmosphere with lots of worried faces around thinking who the fk is sat in front of me or behind me. The few occasions over the last couple of years where we have had away fans around us ( Liverpool home this year being one ) has been quite uncomfortable for me , the two young kids with us and for those around us
I take your point but you wont be involved in the trouble - no one is going to start on you with kids around. Sure this is all a bit dramatic and it wont be as bad as people are saying. Most will keep quiet and they might not even score.
Gundogan's Moustache
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Have you not been watching our defence recently ?I take your point but you wont be involved in the trouble - no one is going to start on you with kids around. Sure this is all a bit dramatic and it wont be as bad as people are saying. Most will keep quiet and they might not even score.
you need to relax mateThis is different than a few Germans on a jolly..we don't get on with Everton at the best of times..I'm telling you now it will go off
Have you not been watching our defence recently ?
Yeah it's been shit, only 3 clean sheets in the last 4 games.