Istanbul CL Final chaos | City Matters statement (p 133)

[tregyblue61]

The organisation today was a disgusting fucking shambles. Uefa raked in billions from this match, no shuttle buses, inadequate metro, stewards who to a man and woman didn’t even know where the shuttle buses went from, massive queue for water then they wouldn’t let me pay with local currency. City you are brilliant, uefa you are utter cunts

This is what pissed me off. UEFA banging on about contactless payment but those doing the food would not let me pay in TLira. Insisted it had be Euro. I couldn't remember my card pin number. They wanted €2.50 for free water.

 

[Champions again in 2012]

The shuttle buses were a shambles both ways

 

[dooie68]

10 euro for a sausage hot dog &5euro for a bottle of pepsi paid for by card why does my card statement say £21-75 ???
We got on one of the last buses back to yenikapi 2-20am arrived back at 3-35am back to apartment 3-55am now back at the bus station for an 8am bus to Sunny Beach.
Uafa will pat themselves on the back claiming a successful final after last year's casos! The crap organisation to transport us to and from and provide an adequate level of service for food and drink in the ground will soon be forgotten about

 

[mcfcmatt]

10 euro for a sausage hot dog &5euro for a bottle of pepsi paid for by card why does my card statement say £21-75 ???
We got on one of the last buses back to yenikapi 2-20am arrived back at 3-35am back to apartment 3-55am now back at the bus station for an 8am bus to Sunny Beach.
Uafa will pat themselves on the back claiming a successful final after last year's casos! The crap organisation to transport us to and from and provide an adequate level of service for food and drink in the ground will soon be forgotten about

I got 2 of those hotdogs
2 of the ‘meatball’ sandwiches
1 Pepsi
1 Lemonade
€70 :/
Bread was as dry as too but we were absolutely starving
Those drinks were €15 each!

 

[Eds]

I don’t know where to start, the club must complain on behalf of all fans and without wanting to go full dipper, we must be compensated for the shit show put on by UEFA. Having spent the last few weeks telling us not to go by metro, use the free shuttle buses, a steward told me they couldn’t cope and they were overwhelmed by the number of fans wanting to use the service! A dirt park for a car park, no systems, no organisation nothing. Raw sewage coming from the few toilets available in the fan zone, I estimated around 30 toilets at most for thousands of fans. Stewards who knew nothing, no signage, a hour queue for shit overpriced food. About five people serving trying to serve around 500 people with just two card machines and staff making prices up as they went along. Stewards on their phones rather than trying to help, the problems went on and on.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

I don’t know where to start, the club must complain on behalf of all fans and without wanting to go full dipper, we must be compensated for the shit show put on by UEFA. Haging spent the last few weeks telling us not to go by metro, use the free shuttle buses, a steward told me they couldn’t cope and they were overwhelmed by the number of fans wanting to use the service! A dirt park for a car park, no systems, no organisation nothing. Raw sewage coming from the few toilets available in the fan zone, I estimated around 30 toilets at most for thousands of fans. Stewards who knew nothing, no signage, a hour queue for shit overpriced food. About five people serving trying to serve around 500 people with just two card machines and staff making prices up as they went along. Stewards on their phones rather than trying to help, the problems went on and on.

All of that.



But thank God we won!!

 

[Blue Mist]

Did City delay the flights back be arsed I assume fans were stuck in the car park

 

[Bluearmy]

Did City delay the flights back be arsed I assume fans were stuck in the car park

Well its not city’s job too but in previous finals when similar happened, they just put whoever was there on the next flight and got them away/home. Not sure if thats happened last night yet as im still in Istanbul and not heading to the airport for an hour or so… hope everyone eventually gets home safe!!

 

[Son of Merv]

I have to give credit to the driver of our bus who, after escaping the car park, really put his foot down. I counted passing 12 Yenikapi-Man City buses on the way back and it took him 30mins.
But what a shit show that was...somewhere a UEFA official is thinking 'that'll teach 'em to boo' as he chortles to himself...

 

[Impeccable One]

Yep, no stewards no signs, fuck all. Total shambles.
2.30am and only just got back to instanbul and just getting a beer.

Got off bus at 2.20am and just made LAST metro back to hotel at Atakoy, otherwise I was fucked and at the mercy of taxi drivers demanding 50-100 Euro for a 5 quid journey.

Seriously thinking of going full on Dipper mode and writing to UEFA asking for compensation for stress