FA Cup Semi Final draw - Brighton

Mansfield, Lincoln (home and away League Cup), Bury, Stockport, Tranmere, York City - that took me 10 seconds to remember some of our low points I have probably blocked off many others from my mind. And now we are at a Semi Final of the FA Cup. The one thing I hated more than anything of United fans over the years was what I perceived as the sheer arrogance of the fans in terms of their expectation to win things and sneering at "that isn't a big game for us". Seeing those same traits here with some people. No money, physical reason why you can't get there etc. - understandable and valid reasons for not going. But.. Don't consider it a big game? You probably don't know who some of those teams were in the first sentence as you probably supported a different successful club 20 years ago. For those that think its a big game - because its Wembley and a Semi Final of the FA CUP then - see you at Wembley and probably see you at Hartlepool, Salford, Yeovil, Morecambe and whoever else we may be playing in 20 years if it all goes pear shaped again
 
Just looked on the Brighton forum they have about 300 £80 and 600 upstairs cheap seats to shift. So no demand from them for the upper blocks we haven't bothered selling then.
 
Some good stuff and some real tosh being posted on this thread. No one should have to come on here and justify why they're not going. But when you do , don't talk rubbish. "Shit ko time because of the tv, so I won't go and I'll watch it on tv"-how ironic. "Can't spend a weekend away from the family"- that will change for a few should we get to the final. " Been to all the games since 1894 you know" - sorry for not being as old as you. If you can't afford it or don't want to go fair play that's the way it goes. I don't give a shit what other fans think but I hate seeing swathes of empy seats for our games, and by all accounts this one could be grim. Anyway for all those going have a great day, for those that aren't enjoy it on tv or whatever else you've got planned.
 
I remember Queuing around level one to get tickets for the semi final against united, we had 3 season tickets, and managed to get 3 tkts, but for the final against stoke we could only get two, how times have changed.

I think this is an illustration of how the magic of Wembley has been dissipated by playing Semi Finals there, we've been to a final already, people assuming we'll get through and waiting for the final, be interesting to see how many that are jibbing this will moan about the allocation for the final if they miss out.

On the positive side it's a great opportunity for fans who aren't season ticket holders to get to Wembley.
 
edinburgh123 said:
Mansfield, Lincoln (home and away League Cup), Bury, Stockport, Tranmere, York City - that took me 10 seconds to remember some of our low points I have probably blocked off many others from my mind. And now we are at a Semi Final of the FA Cup. The one thing I hated more than anything of United fans over the years was what I perceived as the sheer arrogance of the fans in terms of their expectation to win things and sneering at "that isn't a big game for us". Seeing those same traits here with some people. No money, physical reason why you can't get there etc. - understandable and valid reasons for not going. But.. Don't consider it a big game? You probably don't know who some of those teams were in the first sentence as you probably supported a different successful club 20 years ago. For those that think its a big game - because its Wembley and a Semi Final of the FA CUP then - see you at Wembley and probably see you at Hartlepool, Salford, Yeovil, Morecambe and whoever else we may be playing in 20 years if it all goes pear shaped again
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I think you misunderstood the point that was being made. Every game this season is now massive. For Brighton, this is their game that they have been waiting for. We have huge games twice a week, all as big as the next.
 
BREAKING NEWS:.. City have sold 17 tickets in the last hour.. we'll bring you more details on this story when it emerges. Back to the Ole for President story now. Seriously though, does anybody want to chat about the game ??? Who'll play where ? What formation? What of Brightons current form? ?etc etc
 
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I made a choice.

Not going.

Went to Fulham on Saturday, and picked Spurs away in the CL over the semi-final.

That aside, I hate the FA, and I hate Wembley.

They FA have forced fans to go to the semi-finals at Wembley so they could rake in more money to pay off the Wembley construction costs, and rake in additional money when Wembley is paid off. The FA have aren’t bothered about the fans who follow teams in the North and the Midlands. If you support a London or Southern team, Wembley is great. There is no reasons why Northern teams can’t play semi finals at either Old Trafford or the Etihad. 33,000 or 27,000 tickets each.

As for Wembley. It’s sterile, plastic, everything is orchestrated, it’s become the bastion of modern football, run by executives who put money, spectacle, H&S rules and regulations, etc, before football fans. The whole experience of the day at Wembley, before and after the final whistle, is shite.

And let’s not forget. If City reach the FA Cup Final the FA will automatically reduce the ticket allocation, and the ticket prices will rocket.

The FA are.......
 
Stretch said:
BREAKING NEWS:.. City have sold 17 tickets in the last hour.. we'll bring you more details on this story when it emerges. Back to the Ole for President story now. Seriously though, does anybody want to chat about the game ??? Who'll play where ? What fornation? What of Brightons current form? ?
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I'm just happy the bar queues in Wembley will be shorter tbh.
 
jrb said:
I made a choice.

Not going.

Went to Fulham on Saturday, and picked Spurs away in the CL over the semi-final.

That aside, I hate the FA, and I hate Wembley.

They FA have forced fans to go to the semi-finals at Wembley so they could rake in more money to pay off the Wembley construction costs, and rake in additional money when Wembley is paid off. The FA have aren’t bothered about the fans who follow teams in the North and the Midlands. If you support a London or Southern team, Wembley is great. There is no reasons why Northern teams can’t play semi finals at either Old Trafford or the Etihad. 33,000 or 27,000 tickets each.

As for Wembley. It’s sterile, plastic, everything is orchestrated, it’s become the bastion of modern football, run by executives who put money, spectacle, H&S rules and regulations, etc, before football fans. The whole experience of the day at Wembley, before and after the final whistle, is shite.

And let’s not forget. If City reach the FA Cup Final the FA will automatically reduce the ticket allocation, and the ticket prices will rocket.

The FA are.......
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Well I'm a southerner (Brighton fan) and I agree with you - having semis at Wembley is gash. They should have built a national stadium in Coventry - far cheaper land, far more central with a slight bias to the more populated south east, and no reliance on debenture holders to get it built. It's not that Wembley is noticeably more plastic and exploitative than any other new build, it's just that the construction costs and consequent onus on having every sodding big fixture played there has diminished what it stands for.
 
Fordyboy46 said:
I'd see it as a concern to the powers that be that City fans are refusing to attend a semi final. We need to get back to neutral venues for the semis, although I'm sure the fans of the other three clubs at Wembley this weekend would disagree.
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Hopefully the powers that be at our club start to realise that the continual seasoncard price hikes (200% rise in eight years), the almost double in price individual matchday tickets for some games compared to what the away fans are paying for, and the price of Cup games... eventually starts to dent the wallet too much.

If our seasoncards were the same price as they were in 2011 and Spurs CL home tie was priced at £30 for every home fan, we’d sell out this semifinal no problem. Our fan base has largely stayed the same, we have far fewer of these out of town plastics compared to United and Liverpool. Not much (apart from fans being priced out so have had to stop going) has changed in our support since ten years ago when my seasoncard was about £450 and I paid just £10 for a Europa League quarter final home leg. So why does the club think it’s changed? For thousands of us the cost of living has gone up so much since then that we’re actually less well off than we were ten years ago. With our largely working class North West fanbase, there’s always a breaking point and it’s come with this semifinal. But I think the club think we have a fanbase like United and Liverpool to call upon.

The club’s overall earnings from ticketing is so small that there’s no need for them to price things as they do.

And I’m not moaning for myself, I am a single bloke with no kids and can largely afford everything (to a point) and I am going on Saturday. But I really feel for the fans who just can’t keep on affording everything. As much as the powers that be at the club think the club is theirs, it isn’t, this club is ours, the fans. Without us they’d be nothing. These semifinal sales are showing that if we all walked away they wouldn’t just fill our seats with plastic nobodies who’d pay more, they are nothing without us.

The club need to wake up!

Then hopefully the powers that be from the governing bodies start to wake up too!

Having the semifinals at Wembley takes the shine off the final. Having the semifinals kick off at 17:30 in London when last trains back up North are between 21-22:00 is a nightmare if it goes to ET/pens.

Hopefully this is the one that makes them realise things need to change. In a way I hope there are shit loads of empty seats in our end on Saturday. I hope we can start getting more sets of fans to boycott the semis at Wembley for the future!
 
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cyberblue said:
Think Brighton have been given more but dont no which section
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There still in our block and selling so no way can mix fans. Brighton still got some of their own left

Every block has low availability in lower tier and still available to city fans so can’t be Brighton unless buying through our website
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Hopefully the powers that be at our club start to realise that the continual seasoncard price hikes (200% rise in eight years), the almost double in price individual matchday tickets for some games compared to what the away fans are paying for, and the price of Cup games... eventually starts to dent the wallet too much.

If our seasoncards were the same price as they were in 2011 and Spurs CL home tie was priced at £30 for every home fan, we’d sell out this semifinal no problem. Our fan base has largely stayed the same, we have far fewer of these out of town plastics compared to United and Liverpool. Not much (apart from fans being priced out so have had to stop going) has changed in our support since ten years ago when my seasoncard was about £525 and I paid just £10 for a Europa League quarter final home leg. So why does the club think it’s changed? For thousands of us the cost of living has gone up so much since then that we’re actually less well off than we were ten years ago. With our largely working class North West fanbase, there’s always a breaking point and it’s come with this semifinal. But I think the club think we have a fanbase like United and Liverpool to call upon.

The club’s overall earnings from ticketing is so small that there’s no need for them to price things as they do.

And I’m not moaning for myself, I am a single bloke with no kids and can largely afford everything (to a point) and I am going on Saturday. But I really feel for the fans who just can’t keep on affording everything. As much as the powers that be at the club think the club is theirs, it isn’t, this club is ours, the fans. Without us they’d be nothing. These semifinal sales are showing that if we all walked away they wouldn’t just fill our seats with plastic nobodies who’d pay more, they are nothing without us.

The club need to wake up!

Then hopefully the powers that be from the governing bodies start to wake up too!

Having the semifinals at Wembley takes the shine off the final. Having the semifinals kick off at 17:30 in London when last trains back up North are between 21-22:00 is a nightmare if it goes to ET/pens.

Hopefully this is the one that makes them realise things need to change. In a way I hope there are shit loads of empty seats in our end on Saturday. I hope we can start getting more sets of fans to boycott the semis at Wembley for the future!
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Spot-on. Despite those who think we are attracting a lot of so-called tourists these days our fanbase has remained mostly the same since the takeover. (Except the bigger CL games). In some ways this is good as we stay true to our roots but we do need to attract new fans longer-term so a balance has to be struck somewhere. I am of the generation who would never miss a game at Wembley but I would never slag off those who are not going on Saturday.
 
Keith Lemon said:
Planner showing just over 100 left in bottom tiers.. have we really shifted thousands this morning or something odd going on
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as a previous poster alluded to, 4 tickets given to every member of city's staff, hey presto, loads gone, would have been nice to have been passed on to all fans, but nevermind
 
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