If we get to either final are you going ?

[Man_City_Loyal]

Why?

I stand with Cyprus basically haha.

But on a serious point, I'd rather not go over for football, with the stabbings etc in recent years with english fans

 

[MCFC Wirral]

I stand with Cyprus basically haha.

But on a serious point, I'd rather not go over for football, with the stabbings etc in recent years with english fans

I had two nights in Istanbul on my way to Azerbaijan v Wales.

I wore both club and country colours throughout and didn’t get a second look off anyone.

Istanbul is a smashing city.

 

[John Wayne]

I stand with Cyprus basically haha.

But on a serious point, I'd rather not go over for football, with the stabbings etc in recent years with english fans

The last stabbings, whilst awful, happened 23 years ago. One of our fans got jumped in Gelsenkirchen four years ago. There is no guarantee of safety wherever you go, but the fact that a Turkish team won't be contesting the final means Istanbul is no less safe than any other major European city for this final.

 

[BigDog82]

No chance I'd be going to Wembley for a semi final, ludicrous they're played there. FA Cup final I'll be going to. Champions League is unlikely given the cost and location

 

[eastmanc]

It's been mentioned and I've acknowledged it.

Easy mistake as we've beat quite a lot in the last ten or so seasons.

 

[Bozo]

FA Cup yes, Champions League no.

 

[jim tolmies perm]

Might have a dabble at Istanbul if we get there..big if..

 

[Brightwell Bros.]

What ticket allocation do fans normally get for a CL final?

 

[paulchapo]

What ticket allocation do fans normally get for a CL final?

200 each, the rest is going free to dippers as an apology for last year.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Booking for Istanbul early is OK but once they know who is in the final the hotels will just cancel the booking and refund the money then charge 4 or 5 times more for the same room.

Hope you're not right obviously. Our Paris hotel for last year didn't

 

[FrankSwift1]

Has anyone got any accurate number of supports on the CL scheme?

Im in it but only have about 2.5k points.

I normally just about get tickets for FA cup final and LC final.

 

[Gingers Dad]

You will find people with the points will go to the C/L final but never went to an away game through the competition as in Porto and others that went everywhere will miss out. I think city should look at who traveled all through the group stages knock out rounds etc and give them priority should we get to Istanbul

I don't see why. If you've got enough points you earned them somewhere and not just on glamorous CL away trips

 

[Gingers Dad]

Would most people not try and find the money for this kind of final? I wouldn’t have thought Porto is a usual example because we were still dealing with the pandemic. I watched in a Manchester pub and it was table service etc.

If you'd been in Porto for that weekend you'd understand

 

[Corky]

Liverpool put 17.5k to their fans last season, according to a lad I know who is a S/T holder there. What makes you think City would take a bigger percentage for friends?

We are not Liverpool, and points is only one way of tickets going to supporters.

Look how many official partners we have, how many teams and coaches, other employees. The friends, family and bodyguards away at Brighton in 2019 will only be a the tip of the iceberg.

It is almost a half way point between the UK and the UAE too.

 

[Bluemanc100]

If you'd been in Porto for that weekend you'd understand

It was a fantastic few days for me until we saw the starting 11

The area down by the river on match day was an experience I'll never forget

 

[Corky]

We only sold out Porto once the club offered free flights & that was only 6k tickets. There will be double the allocation available for the Final and almost any City member will be able to get a ticket

Porto sold out to the CL scheme on 11-12k points and loads went without tickets. That was with tests and quarantined flights and a complete ball ache. People were paying fortunes for neutral end tickets, which turned out to be in the Chelsea section.

Np tickets were on sale before the flights were offered so not possible to said that had a massive impact, and there were 15 flights on small planes including a few staff members not going to the game.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

The Stadium in Istanbul holds nearly 75,000.

Any idea on how many points will be needed? I am on the UEFA scheme and have just short of 12,000 points.

We will probably book a City Break for Istanbul. I have not done an away European match since Gornik in the Prata Stadium in 1970 unless you count the Celtic match where I went in the home end. I will never do that again!

You’ll piss it. I believe there’s only around 20000 season ticket holders on the CL scheme, but that was a figure taken from last season but I can’t imagine that has gone up. I highly doubt all of those people would take up on a ticket too.

 

[Gingers Dad]

It was a fantastic few days for me until we saw the starting 11

The area down by the river on match day was an experience I'll never forget

Being honest I didn't know the starting 11 until half time.

Down by the river Friday and Saturday pre-match was epic. Plenty of banter with Chelsea fans on the Sunday as well

 

[mrcakey]

Very little chance of me qualifying for either now that I'm no longer a season ticket holder, although if enough people don't want to go to the CL final then maybe, maybe... and then definitely (as long as I don't have to remortgage). It's the biggest prize in club football and I think too many people are cutting their noses off to spite their faces.

 

[SSL2]

The area down by the river on match day was an experience I'll never forget

Incredible few days by the riverfront. You wouldn't think it was bang in the middle of a global pandemic.