How many season tickets do we sell each year

Prestwich_Blue said:
Perhaps they should either offer a discount if you use your season ticket for, say, 17 games or more or surcharge people who don't attend a significant number of games.
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I don't think fining a customer is the right thing to do and the bad publicity and ridicule would be off the scale
However, a discount for the following season's S/C is a great idea and rewards loyalty
 
Marvin said:
44,000 is the no of season tickets we have. I don' know what the crowd was. Looked like 52000 or thereabouts. 250 emoty setas at top of CB3, and 250 in Stoke end. Stoke's returns (1,000) were sold to City. it would have been sold out had Stoke brought their usual crowd, but as said above this was re-arranged last minute and on TV. Thought it was a very good crowd.
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52,625
 
I am one of those with a season ticket who pick and choose what games I attend. It's a three hour drive to the Etihad and time away from my business; add to that my son now lives even further and is often abroad. For certain games we will ensure we have no other obligations and a lot of other fixtures I/we can make anyway. I used to often pay top dollar to friends/touts for big game tickets, so the cost for 14/15 games a season seems ok to me.
My first season ticket was in the Platt Lane in '75, so I've done the time. I used to sell on Viagogo, but now it's a couple of quid off next year's ticket I don't bother (might not sell anyway) - especially as the match day 'experience' is making me consider not renewing (but that's another thread)
I'm sure a lot of the empty seats are due to similar reasons. I think it's something we've got to accept and not get wound up by the school playground 'Emptyhad' jibes.
 
cyberblue said:
Yes i agree with you seems barmy to buy season tickets and not bother turning up
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I think it's different nowadays as more and more people live and work away from the area they were born and raised in, my parents generation have all pretty much have remained living in Manchester but the majority of the lads I used to go to matches with all live scattered all over the country as they have had to go to where the work is. A season ticket is worth it for them even if it means missing the odd hastily rescheduled weekday match, after all how many midweek Premier League games do we play? Not many unless it's around the Christmas holiday time.
 
yeseye said:
The club needs to be a bit more cute when distributing these excess tickets. The crowd in that top away end would have filled the empty rows in the east and family stand and it would also be better for atmosphere. I wonder how many tickets went unsold from the planner? People turning up at the ticket office in the days leading up to the match are obviously being sold tickets up there, i suppose it's better to get the cash immediately then knock it off next year's ST , which is wrong imo. $
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Suppose the problem with that is a lot of those seats will be for season ticket holders who didn't go and haven't contacted the club to release them
 
trotsky said:
I am one of those with a season ticket who pick and choose what games I attend. It's a three hour drive to the Etihad and time away from my business; add to that my son now lives even further and is often abroad. For certain games we will ensure we have no other obligations and a lot of other fixtures I/we can make anyway. I used to often pay top dollar to friends/touts for big game tickets, so the cost for 14/15 games a season seems ok to me.
My first season ticket was in the Platt Lane in '75, so I've done the time. I used to sell on Viagogo, but now it's a couple of quid off next year's ticket I don't bother (might not sell anyway) - especially as the match day 'experience' is making me consider not renewing (but that's another thread)
I'm sure a lot of the empty seats are due to similar reasons. I think it's something we've got to accept and not get wound up by the school playground 'Emptyhad' jibes.
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I think youve got the wrong end of the stick about the City ticket exchange. You get about £46 per match (where I sit)off next seasons ticket. You'd be daft to leave it empty on that basis.
 
I arranged a holiday in Holland long before the game switched.I would imagine there would be quite a lot who made other plans as well in which they could not cancel.
Far easier years ago to use your season ticket years ago when most games kicked off at 3pm on a Saturday.
Now you are looking to plan months ahead because of tv.Short notice changes can be a nightmare getting trains and hotels.
Last week's feck up of changing the date doesn't help as well.
 
Crowd wise, last night had the feel of a league cup game I know the reasons behind it but it actually felt like the wind ups were justified last night. While I'm sure some couldn't make it, I'm equally sure some just couldn't be arsed.

The club should look at some sort of reason to fill your seat, ie lost loyalty points, game ban if it's either not used or put on the ticket exchange.
 
Tens of thousands of residential spaces are being built in and around the City Centre over the next decade.

Some Chinese and other Asian students. Others for workers. Mostly younger and without families. As we develop under Pep, the draw will become greater.

Don't worry about attendances as we increase to 60k-odd and maybe more in time. The people will come.
 
I wouldn't have thought the club would be that concerned about ST holders not turning up as they have had their revenue already.

3 years ago that game would have sold 44000 tickets. Last night it sold 52000. That's around quarter of a million extra.

Who cares what rags and dippers think.
 
Personally I don't really care if there are 10 people or 100,000 people. I go to watch my club and to support them. My issue isn't the numbers who attend or don't but rather the passive support of those that do, I would prefer those in the ground, particularly in the South Stand to get behind the team. It was flat as f**k on Wednesday. If you don't want to sing fine but move to somewhere else so that those that do can be together.
 
There is a light said:
Crowd wise, last night had the feel of a league cup game I know the reasons behind it but it actually felt like the wind ups were justified last night. While I'm sure some couldn't make it, I'm equally sure some just couldn't be arsed.

The club should look at some sort of reason to fill your seat, ie lost loyalty points, game ban if it's either not used or put on the ticket exchange.
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A game ban if you don't attend a fixture? Seems harsh (I mean ridiculous).
 
The fact is that midweek games are a proper pain in the arse for a lot of blues. I pick and choose my midweek games and we've had 3 midweek games on the spin (Monaco, Huddersfield & Stoke).

Not everyone works a 9-5 job where they can be finished, home, showered etc to go to the game. A lot work long hours or have kids to consider which makes a game that's on TV less appealing.

Don't think a 44k crowd is bad to be honest.
 
RACHACE said:
The fact is that midweek games are a proper pain in the arse for a lot of blues. I pick and choose my midweek games and we've had 3 midweek games on the spin (Monaco, Huddersfield & Stoke).

Not everyone works a 9-5 job where they can be finished, home, showered etc to go to the game. A lot work long hours or have kids to consider which makes a game that's on TV less appealing.

Don't think a 44k crowd is bad to be honest.
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52k
 
The fact is that midweek games are a proper pain in the arse for a lot of blues. I pick and choose my midweek games and we've had 3 midweek games on the spin (Monaco, Huddersfield & Stoke).

Not everyone works a 9-5 job where they can be finished, home, showered etc to go to the game. A lot work long hours or have kids to consider which makes a game that's on TV less appealing.

Don't think a 44k crowd is bad to be honest.
waspish said:
52k
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Nothing to moan or be embarrassed about at all then. Very decent size crowd. Although I'm surprised as it didn't look like 52k at the ground.
 
RACHACE said:
The fact is that midweek games are a proper pain in the arse for a lot of blues. I pick and choose my midweek games and we've had 3 midweek games on the spin (Monaco, Huddersfield & Stoke).

Not everyone works a 9-5 job where they can be finished, home, showered etc to go to the game. A lot work long hours or have kids to consider which makes a game that's on TV less appealing.

Don't think a 44k crowd is bad to be honest.


Nothing to moan or be embarrassed about at all then. Very decent size crowd. Although I'm surprised as it didn't look like 52k at the ground.
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Tickets sold was just over 52k a lot of fans just didnt bother going for whatever reason.
 
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