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FA CUP Ticket information-SOLD OUT 17:40
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Re: FA CUP Ticket information
Only my opinion of course, but the argument that some people cannot "practically " join the scheme, simply does not ring true. I accept many people may have CHOSE not to join for a variety of perfectly valid reasons. Indeed myself and 2 friends who make a 300 mile round trip for each "home" game only joined the FA Cup scheme 2 years ago, (post Stoke) and have still not joined e either the League Cup Scheme, or European Scheme. However , i repeat, we CHOSE to join one scheme, and NOT join the other 2.
I accept peoples finances, and circumstances are all different, but anybody who finds it practical ? viable / doable or whatever to purchase a Season Card at anything from £275 - £750, and then finds a way, at Cup Final Time, to fit in / pay for an expensive trip to Wembley (£100 upwards min), cannot claim that committing to a Cup Scheme was not a practical option, bearing in mind that committing to the scheme, was always going to cost less spread over January to April, than an actual eventual trip to the Final would.
I'm sorry, thats about personal choice, and got very little to do with practicality.
We've changed our match attending habits (as a result of the cup scheme), as have many others, hence the full houses. Nobody who made the choice not to join can complain, they new the score, and frankly i would say the Scheme has been an unqualified success, for both the Club, and the Seasoncard holders who joined, you wont hear any complaints from them. The only complaints come from those who CHOSE not to join, and as such are not valid!
SteWadda said:moomba said:dukyblue said:Not sure what your issue is. I understand everyones circumstances are different, but this way works for me and may do for others. I much prefer this than being hit with a huge one off payment in May/June which is holiday time etc and loads of other things to pay for. I make sacrifices on other stuff in my personal life to be able to afford it, just.
I don't have an issue. Just not sure what the point of your post was.
I certainly don't have a problem with anyone who has joined the scheme (as I have in the past and will in the future) or anyone that gets a ticket as a result of being in a scheme.
How people chose to pay for that is up to them. But totally irrelevent to an argument that some people can't practically join the scheme.
-- Fri May 03, 2013 4:59 pm --
SteWadda said:It is not hard to get a credit card, they have ones just for people with poor credit or low incomes.
So get one and only use it for tickets.
Like I said you don't seem to have much of a clue about the real world.
So what are you telling me that not everyone can get a credit card?
Only my opinion of course, but the argument that some people cannot "practically " join the scheme, simply does not ring true. I accept many people may have CHOSE not to join for a variety of perfectly valid reasons. Indeed myself and 2 friends who make a 300 mile round trip for each "home" game only joined the FA Cup scheme 2 years ago, (post Stoke) and have still not joined e either the League Cup Scheme, or European Scheme. However , i repeat, we CHOSE to join one scheme, and NOT join the other 2.
I accept peoples finances, and circumstances are all different, but anybody who finds it practical ? viable / doable or whatever to purchase a Season Card at anything from £275 - £750, and then finds a way, at Cup Final Time, to fit in / pay for an expensive trip to Wembley (£100 upwards min), cannot claim that committing to a Cup Scheme was not a practical option, bearing in mind that committing to the scheme, was always going to cost less spread over January to April, than an actual eventual trip to the Final would.
I'm sorry, thats about personal choice, and got very little to do with practicality.
We've changed our match attending habits (as a result of the cup scheme), as have many others, hence the full houses. Nobody who made the choice not to join can complain, they new the score, and frankly i would say the Scheme has been an unqualified success, for both the Club, and the Seasoncard holders who joined, you wont hear any complaints from them. The only complaints come from those who CHOSE not to join, and as such are not valid!
Re: FA CUP Ticket information
I don't agree that first year season tickets should be able to "gamble" to get priority over long serving supporters. I don't see why there is a problem with discussing whether this is a good thing or not.
If you're fed up moaning, I'm sure there's other threads to click on.
SiWatts90 said:moomba said:Gingers Dad said:Don't see how you can disagree with the cup scheme and not with season ticket holders getting first dibs on cup tickets. Is it because you've got a season ticket but not in in the cup scheme?
I think that loyalty points should definitely count for cup tickets. I also think that there should be an advantage for joining the schemes. I think the current advantage is too much and results in a situation where a first year season ticket holder can take precedence over a 20 year season ticket holder for a ticket to a cup final.
But they are the people who took the gamble and attended the earlier rounds on the present years FA cup, ffs some of our fans need to get real and smell the coffee!
Fed up of the moaning about this shit now
I don't agree that first year season tickets should be able to "gamble" to get priority over long serving supporters. I don't see why there is a problem with discussing whether this is a good thing or not.
If you're fed up moaning, I'm sure there's other threads to click on.
Scooby Blue
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Re: FA CUP Ticket information
I respect anyone's decision that the FA cup scheme doesn't work for them.
I also expect them to understand that for the FA cup scheme to make any sense...those who have signed up for it will be given priority for tickets in semi's / finals etc.
If the club were to favour supporters who are NOT on the scheme it would undermine the club's effort to get people signed up to the scheme in the first place.
The fact that people not on the scheme may be squeezed into having to buy the most expensive tickets (because those are the only ones left) is a pretty good definition of what constitutes a "false" economy (particularly if they ended up attending the earlier round games anyway)
Support for a football club is not just measured by historical attendance at league games...it is continuous and across domestic + European cup competitions.
City could be accused of "milking" their fanbase if they exploited the FA Cup scheme to charge unreasonably high prices for tickets in earlier rounds...but this has not been the case.
I don't understand how people's finances can be so fragile that they are unable to commit to 2x ? 3x ? 4x ? £25 for a few dates that they know will be in January / February....but are then able to afford £100 tickets + other expenses associated with a Wembley trip in May.
mike o said:Everyone did know the criteria before and everyone who wasnt in the cup scheme knew what'd happen. That doesn't mean loyal blues who wont be going aren't entitled to have a moan about it and get sneered at by others on here.
When United brought the scheme in 90% of Blues on here posted about them mugging off their own fans and forcing them to sign up. Soon as it happens to us were slating Blues for not joining.
I've got tickets for the semi and final both times so I'm O.K but I wont be telling others who have outside commitments that they should sign up for something they aren't sure they can afford.
Amazes me how arrogant a small percentage of our fans have become.
I respect anyone's decision that the FA cup scheme doesn't work for them.
I also expect them to understand that for the FA cup scheme to make any sense...those who have signed up for it will be given priority for tickets in semi's / finals etc.
If the club were to favour supporters who are NOT on the scheme it would undermine the club's effort to get people signed up to the scheme in the first place.
The fact that people not on the scheme may be squeezed into having to buy the most expensive tickets (because those are the only ones left) is a pretty good definition of what constitutes a "false" economy (particularly if they ended up attending the earlier round games anyway)
Support for a football club is not just measured by historical attendance at league games...it is continuous and across domestic + European cup competitions.
City could be accused of "milking" their fanbase if they exploited the FA Cup scheme to charge unreasonably high prices for tickets in earlier rounds...but this has not been the case.
I don't understand how people's finances can be so fragile that they are unable to commit to 2x ? 3x ? 4x ? £25 for a few dates that they know will be in January / February....but are then able to afford £100 tickets + other expenses associated with a Wembley trip in May.
fathellensbellend
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Re: FA CUP Ticket information
whatever the merits of the cup scheme, the cup ties this season have been played to full houses against championship opponents, good pricing and incentives have worked, so its hard to argue against.
whatever the merits of the cup scheme, the cup ties this season have been played to full houses against championship opponents, good pricing and incentives have worked, so its hard to argue against.
Re: FA CUP Ticket information
Because a long term season ticket holder has done a lot more for the club than a first year season ticket holder that goes to a couple of cup games.
Gingers Dad said:The problem is that plenty of long term season ticket holders don't go to early round cup ties. Someone quoted on here they'd been told by the ticket office that 10k season ticket holders hadn't been to a cup tie this season.moomba said:Gingers Dad said:Don't see how you can disagree with the cup scheme and not with season ticket holders getting first dibs on cup tickets. Is it because you've got a season ticket but not in in the cup scheme?
I think that loyalty points should definitely count for cup tickets. I also think that there should be an advantage for joining the schemes. I think the current advantage is too much and results in a situation where a first year season ticket holder can take precedence over a 20 year season ticket holder for a ticket to a cup final.
Why should a long term season ticket holder who's not arsed about supporting the club in early round cup ties get priority over cup scheme members when we get to Wembley?
Because a long term season ticket holder has done a lot more for the club than a first year season ticket holder that goes to a couple of cup games.
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Re: FA CUP Ticket information
To be honest mate if you get a season ticket I can't see any reason you don't join the cup scheme, other than you don't want to go to cup ties.moomba said:SiWatts90 said:moomba said:I think that loyalty points should definitely count for cup tickets. I also think that there should be an advantage for joining the schemes. I think the current advantage is too much and results in a situation where a first year season ticket holder can take precedence over a 20 year season ticket holder for a ticket to a cup final.
But they are the people who took the gamble and attended the earlier rounds on the present years FA cup, ffs some of our fans need to get real and smell the coffee!
Fed up of the moaning about this shit now
I don't agree that first year season tickets should be able to "gamble" to get priority over long serving supporters. I don't see why there is a problem with discussing whether this is a good thing or not.
If you're fed up moaning, I'm sure there's other threads to click on.
SteWadda
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Re: FA CUP Ticket information
I'm 30.
Now are you going to tell me why these season ticket holders cannot get a credit card just to use for cup tickets when they might not have money in their current account?
Or are you going to ask me another question that has nothing to do with my question. Or imply that I don't live in the real world for the third time.
moomba said:SteWadda said:moomba said:Are you serious?
Yes
Anyone who has a season ticket at city obviously has some disposable income. Why wouldn't any of these people be able to get a credit card?
No offence, but how old are you?
I'm 30.
Now are you going to tell me why these season ticket holders cannot get a credit card just to use for cup tickets when they might not have money in their current account?
Or are you going to ask me another question that has nothing to do with my question. Or imply that I don't live in the real world for the third time.
Re: FA CUP Ticket information
Peoples financial situations can change over the course of a year.
Scooby Blue said:mike o said:Everyone did know the criteria before and everyone who wasnt in the cup scheme knew what'd happen. That doesn't mean loyal blues who wont be going aren't entitled to have a moan about it and get sneered at by others on here.
When United brought the scheme in 90% of Blues on here posted about them mugging off their own fans and forcing them to sign up. Soon as it happens to us were slating Blues for not joining.
I've got tickets for the semi and final both times so I'm O.K but I wont be telling others who have outside commitments that they should sign up for something they aren't sure they can afford.
Amazes me how arrogant a small percentage of our fans have become.
I respect anyone's decision that the FA cup scheme doesn't work for them.
I also expect them to understand that for the FA cup scheme to make any sense...those who have signed up for it will be given priority for tickets in semi's / finals etc.
If the club were to favour supporters who are NOT on the scheme it would undermine the club's effort to get people signed up to the scheme in the first place.
The fact that people not on the scheme may be squeezed into having to buy the most expensive tickets (because those are the only ones left) is a pretty good definition of what constitutes a "false" economy (particularly if they ended up attending the earlier round games anyway)
Support for a football club is not just measured by historical attendance at league games...it is continuous and across domestic + European cup competitions.
City could be accused of "milking" their fanbase if they exploited the FA Cup scheme to charge unreasonably high prices for tickets in earlier rounds...but this has not been the case.
I don't understand how people's finances can be so fragile that they are unable to commit to 2x ? 3x ? 4x ? £25 for a few dates that they know will be in January / February....but are then able to afford £100 tickets + other expenses associated with a Wembley trip in May.
Peoples financial situations can change over the course of a year.
ONTHERUNWITHTHAKSIN
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Re: FA CUP Ticket information
Not in the Cup scheme for own reasons and a ST holder for last 28 years and I have to agree with the principles of the Cup Scheme regardless of me having to wait for a ticket.
The club should listen to the issues regarding the cup scheme and maybe some of these issues could be resolved but the scheme is here to stay and it's up to the individual whether they should join or not.
Not in the Cup scheme for own reasons and a ST holder for last 28 years and I have to agree with the principles of the Cup Scheme regardless of me having to wait for a ticket.
The club should listen to the issues regarding the cup scheme and maybe some of these issues could be resolved but the scheme is here to stay and it's up to the individual whether they should join or not.