FA Cup R3 - Port Vale (H) - Sat 04/01 - 5:31pm

[Marvin]

There’s no way anyone gets these neutral mini away ends at our place.

Ive heard Everton and Liverpool say the same thing and it’s not been backed up.

City do dish tickets out to agencies and tour companies but they’re one/two seats dotted about here and there, and that’s it.

It happens in the CL but we have to give tickets to UEFA for that and UEFA tend to give them to fans of the opposition. However this never ends well and it’s either seen with mild abuse aimed at the away fans and the stewards kicking them out, to fights with some who’ve come and the stewards kicking them out.

Been OK this season because we've only played one side with a big traveling support (Atalanta).

 

[gobsteruk]

Lets hope our ticket office are on the ball selling then, its not like they're from Belarus they from Burslem and it'll be easy to get tickets if it goes to general sale.

Well, I havent been for 2 seasons (not a proper fan etc, wasnt at york away...was at Wembley for gillingham though) lost my card with supporters number on, website wouldnt let me log in with my email address, had to re register with my work email, so new supporter number, from kidsgrove ST7 postcode, and it was easy to get me and the boy a ticket, already delivered and printed out. Nothing stopping the vale fans doing the same. To be fair, they are decent fans mostly, unless they are playing stoke or wrexham. I know that there are a few stoke fans going to the game with thier vale mates, just for a good day out on the town, watch the game, then back home on the train. Hopefully no trouble.

 

[Marvin]

Hopefully, City beat Port Vale, Everton KO Liverpool and Wolves KO Man Utd. Arsenal home to Leeds could be awkward, and Boro v Spurs. On the face of it, FA Cup draw was kind to City.

With City in the semi-finals of the League Cup, and Liverpool with an awkward FA Cup tie they might be regretting their decision to take all their 1st team squad to Qatar. If City had a team as dominant as Liverpool, I'd be wanting to win the domestic treble. I'm sure the media will hype up the World Club Cup but I think most football fans would prefer to go to Wembley and a Cup double. FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League is still a great treble to go for. I'd be happy with one. Some might insist we need to do 2. The media will make out that with City out of the league, only Champions League success will save City's season. BS.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

From looking on the Vale forums there seems to have been issues with ticket selling, 2 per seasoncard holder but people going more than once to get tickets and the abuse not picked up by 'Bernard Halford'.

Also there's quite a few who say they've got home tickets as they've missed out on SS3/SS2 ones.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

To show you how fucked up City are with ticketing these days....

Me and my lad are on the FA Cup scheme, so £10 for me and £5 for our regular seats - nowt wrong with that, whatsoever!

I rang them up today to try and buy three additional tickets for my little girl, father-in-law and wife as a family day out, preferably, on the same row or in front (managing my expectation)

The girl in the ticket office could move all five of us to the next block, same row, same stand - great stuff.

Only to be told - the adult ticket for my wife would be £35, the OAP would be £25 and my eight-year-old would be £20.

In addition, me and my lad would have to pay the extra on being relocated just ten seats across - so £25 for me - £15 for him.

So in total, £120 extra for a game which two of us were initially attending for £15.

The girl couldn't explain why the the price differential, to which I told her I wanted a refund on my tickets and instead of five people attending a no-mark Third Round contest against a League Two side currently sat in tenth position, there would now be none.

Fill yer boots, City.

 

[squirtyflower]

To show you how fucked up City are with ticketing these days....

Me and my lad are on the FA Cup scheme, so £10 for me and £5 for our regular seats - nowt wrong with that, whatsoever!

I rang them up today to try and buy three additional tickets for my little girl, father-in-law and wife as a family day out, preferably, on the same row or in front (managing my expectation)

The girl in the ticket office could move all five of us to the next block, same row, same stand - great stuff.

Only to be told - the adult ticket for my wife would be £35, the OAP would be £25 and my eight-year-old would be £20.

In addition, me and my lad would have to pay the extra on being relocated just ten seats across - so £25 for me - £15 for him.

So in total, £120 extra for a game which two of us were initially attending for £15.

The girl couldn't explain why the the price differential, to which I told her I wanted a refund on my tickets and instead of five people attending a no-mark Third Round contest against a League Two side currently sat in tenth position, there would now be none.

Fill yer boots, City.

Sounds like she had moved you all into a ‘corporate’ block perhaps.

 

[WEMBLEY76]

I wonder if Robbie Williams will be there being a Vale fan.

 

[manclad]

I wonder if Robbie Williams will be there being a Vale fan.

It was mentioned earlier in the thread - " The fat dancer from Take That vs Liam and Noel"!!!

 

[OB1]

To show you how fucked up City are with ticketing these days....

Me and my lad are on the FA Cup scheme, so £10 for me and £5 for our regular seats - nowt wrong with that, whatsoever!

I rang them up today to try and buy three additional tickets for my little girl, father-in-law and wife as a family day out, preferably, on the same row or in front (managing my expectation)

The girl in the ticket office could move all five of us to the next block, same row, same stand - great stuff.

Only to be told - the adult ticket for my wife would be £35, the OAP would be £25 and my eight-year-old would be £20.

In addition, me and my lad would have to pay the extra on being relocated just ten seats across - so £25 for me - £15 for him.

So in total, £120 extra for a game which two of us were initially attending for £15.

The girl couldn't explain why the the price differential, to which I told her I wanted a refund on my tickets and instead of five people attending a no-mark Third Round contest against a League Two side currently sat in tenth position, there would now be none.

Fill yer boots, City.

£35 is a 93:20 ticket price so it looks the girl was trying to move you to premium seating. Not sure if that means they don't have many places with several seats available together.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

To show you how fucked up City are with ticketing these days....

Me and my lad are on the FA Cup scheme, so £10 for me and £5 for our regular seats - nowt wrong with that, whatsoever!

I rang them up today to try and buy three additional tickets for my little girl, father-in-law and wife as a family day out, preferably, on the same row or in front (managing my expectation)

The girl in the ticket office could move all five of us to the next block, same row, same stand - great stuff.

Only to be told - the adult ticket for my wife would be £35, the OAP would be £25 and my eight-year-old would be £20.

In addition, me and my lad would have to pay the extra on being relocated just ten seats across - so £25 for me - £15 for him.

So in total, £120 extra for a game which two of us were initially attending for £15.

The girl couldn't explain why the the price differential, to which I told her I wanted a refund on my tickets and instead of five people attending a no-mark Third Round contest against a League Two side currently sat in tenth position, there would now be none.

Fill yer boots, City.

There's loads together in Level 3. You could even get 5 together in Level 1. Just go online and book them yourself.

 

[Marvin]

7k left online.

 

[Bongo Fongo]

I am bollocksed off a the kick off time. I dunno what channel it will on in Melbourne but is now a 4.30am kick off. It is bad enough watching us playing shit at 2am every week. Do I stay up or go to bed and get up early? Wish I was going, a lot of my mates are going from Kidsgrove station early doors. I miss these away days. If we lose by less than 8-0 than I think we will have done well.

 

[Marvin]

6,200 online when I checked after yesterday's game but I know that there are singles available in other blocks.

I went past the ticket office on the way to my turnstile. The sold-out signs were up for Leicester but there were no queues at the windows so I was surprised to find that another 1,000 shifted yesterday. I think over Christmas it will stop selling, but in the New year, we'll have one week to sell-out which I think we will.

 

[west didsblue]

I know it’s probably been explained elsewhere but to save the effort of trying to find it, why is it 5:31. What’s the minute for?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

There's loads together in Level 3. You could even get 5 together in Level 1. Just go online and book them yourself.

Can't do online, as they told me I have two already that need to be relocated.

There's nothing level one according to them.

Always suspicious when they claim tickets aren't available.

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Can't do online, as they told me I have two already that need to be relocated.

There's nothing level one according to them.

Always suspicious when they claim tickets aren't available.

There is loads in 140 together just looked

 

[Bongo Fongo]

I know it’s probably been explained elsewhere but to save the effort of trying to find it, why is it 5:31. What’s the minute for?

For those people that always just miss kick off. It will allow you to see Man CIty's first goal.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

For those people that always just miss kick off. It will allow you to see Man CIty's first goal.

Confident then?

 

[wattle]

Has anyone else bought tickets online, had their confirmation Email but the print tickets at home email never arrived? Bought over a week ago but no print at home email arrived

 

[Marvin]

My print at home email came a minute after the confirmation.