FA Cup Final 2024 | Manchester Derby | Sat 25 May 3:00pm

[Originals]

I know two people from an OSC requested tickets and have no intention of going there being passed on probably at a profit.

Thats whats annoying about it but it can't really be stopped unless someone mentions this to the OSC or City about those 2 people. Same with a season ticket holder buying and selling for profit.

 

[i kne albert davy]

Does Kevin Parker have a job or his role as Head of the OSC his paid job?

He doesn’t get paid, He’s not short of money but the work he puts in is voluntary.

 

[Blue Smarties]

The OSC is taking 20%. What they do with that is irrelevant to any non member of the OSC as regardless of how many points or how long they've been a season ticket holder, the OSC will still receive 20% of the tickets.
Now you may question / challenge why the OSC receives 20% but that is a different issue. Do I think someone's first game should be a Cup Final? No. But if the allocation is 20% to the OSC, then non members are not going to get one of those tickets no matter how many points / years the recipient has been a season ticket holder / match day goer or may not have been a season ticket holder / non match day goer.
Kevin Parker said the OSC has 40,000 members and received 20% of City's allocation. Im sure someone can do the maths as to how many menbers of the OSC got a ticket

It is relevant though mate. I’m in a OSC, although I got my own ticket this year.

That said, that allocation to OSC’s shouldn’t be getting in the hands of first timers for finals.

If that means OSC receive a reduced allocation based solely on those eligible, so be it. As a result, more would be made available to those accumulated the points and buying on their own.

OSC’s are great, they particularly were in the drab days where tickets were difficult to shift.

However, tickets are much more sought after these days.

We have a points system for a reason, and unfortunately this seems to be circumvented by certain OSC’s.

If, as an example, the Hollywood OSC apply for tickets for a final but can’t prove eligibility, they should be told they’re getting 0 tickets and invited to apply again for a home game the following season.

Those tickets should then be added to the general pot which is on sale via points accumulated.

 

[Edghill OG]

Thats whats annoying about it but it can't really be stopped unless someone mentions this to the OSC or City about those 2 people. Same with a season ticket holder buying and selling for profit.

Not that I condone touting, but I don't think its the same as a season ticket holder doing it. The OSC member may barely go and has been fortunate enough to get a ticket through that allocation. Which would make them a complete chancer. At least the season ticket holder has made a time and financial commitment throughout the course of the season to the club. They've presumably done so for a number of years too as they haven't released any new season tickets for a while.

 

[i kne albert davy]

This is the thing. The performances and achievements on the pitch are what's really growing the fanbase these days.

The OSC could become a victim of its own success if they're getting every single ticket they request. I can understand that that's how things were done in yesteryear and when we were less successful, but as with anything times change.

I do worry if the OSC allocation was cut as to whether they'd actually get put back in the pot though.

I think besides the OSC there’s quite a few living in yesteryear the club now run a FA Cup scheme if you’re in it you get a ticket for the final, if you’re not you take a chance and try and get one anyway you can. If you’re not in it no good moaning if someone gets a ticket before you I’m afraid.

 

[Edghill OG]

I think besides the OSC there’s quite a few living in yesteryear the club now run a FA Cup scheme if you’re in it you get a ticket for the final, if you’re not you take a chance and try and get one anyway you can. If you’re not in it no good moaning if someone gets a ticket before you I’m afraid.

I'm not moaning. I've got a ticket via a OSC, but unlike some I can understand the legitimate frustrations of others. If people are going to the cup final as their first City game and season ticket holders are missing out it's quite clear there needs to be some reform.

 

[doots]

Where's the FA Cup final thread gone?


Tits up

 

[blueparsman]

I'm not moaning. I've got a ticket via a OSC, but unlike some I can understand the legitimate frustrations of others. If people are going to the cup final as their first City game and season ticket holders are missing out it's quite clear there needs to be some reform.

totally agree. Im same as you, I got a ticket via OSC but I wud have qualified and got one. but I argued this point at CL final last year (luckily I got ticket in end) so i joined a osc this year as thought if cant beat em join em. There should be some sort of order for the application of tickets to be put in for certain games as in cup final etc. The tickets are allocated to your city membership number so no hardship in club saying you must have attended so many cup games or whatever and when the OSC apply if you do not meet the criteria you dont get one. What I will say is the OSC ive joined is run excellently with guys/gals running it for the good of its members. And put a lot of hard work in.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

There will be more and more overseas supporters clubs popping up the more successful we get, so that will be more tickets taken away from people over here, who in my opinion have more claim to them.

It won't be more tickets taken away "from people over here" as the OSC will still only receive 20%. If you are not in the OSC you won't be worse off with trying to get a ticket.

 

[Edghill OG]

totally agree. Im same as you, I got a ticket via OSC but I wud have qualified and got one. but I argued this point at CL final last year (luckily I got ticket in end) so i joined a osc this year as thought if cant beat em join em. There should be some sort of order for the application of tickets to be put in for certain games as in cup final etc. The tickets are allocated to your city membership number so no hardship in club saying you must have attended so many cup games or whatever and when the OSC apply if you do not meet the criteria you dont get one. What I will say is the OSC ive joined is run excellently with guys/gals running it for the good of its members. And put a lot of hard work in.

Yes mate. Glad somebody else has a foot in both camps and can think about things more rationally.

Put it this way my mates cousin who has been going years was waiting on a ticket and by the sounds of it he didn't get one. There was more chance of him getting a ticket by sacrificing his season ticket, joining a supporters club, not going all year and requesting a ticket for the final. How does that make any sense whatsoever?

The bloke that sat next to me at Istanbul said the people behind him had got their tickets through a foreign supporters club and had never been to the Etihad. If it's the ones that I'm thinking of they left shortly after Rodri's goal and didn't even stay till full-time either.

All very bizarre.