Pep: 'The players deserve a full stadium, we need our fans!'

[City_Sean]

How are ticket sales coming along for the Celtic game?

 

[john@staustell]

It's an absolute disgrace to charge people £35 for the right to buy a ticket. I also think it's a disgrace to charge £100 to go on the waiting list for a season ticket. Nothing but greed.

Tickets are £5 less when you have one. It's not obvious but appears priced that way on your login

 

[Blue Llama]

If anyone can just rock up, say I want a card without any commitment from their side how does the club make sure they are City fans? Charge a few quid and an opposition fan would see it as a bargain to get access to a ticket for the game. £35 makes it almost twice the price if all you are doing is buying one ticket. it adds less than a couple of quid a game if you take in a few league and cup games and that's without factoring in a value for the other benefits.

 

[blueparrot]

It's an absolute disgrace to charge people £35 for the right to buy a ticket. I also think it's a disgrace to charge £100 to go on the waiting list for a season ticket. Nothing but greed.

You don't have to pay it to buy a ticket, my son and myself have one , for priority booking, my daughter doesn't and buys on general sale. We get more than £35 back in ticket discount, shop discount and the vouchers.
The £100 is a deposit not a charge

 

[moomba]

I think charging for membership is a missed opportunity. Those that can't afford or don't want to are off the radar. You can't really promote stuff to them, you're not doing anything to bring them closer to the club.

We talk about becoming a cityzen to be a part of the club. What does that make the thousands of blues that arent cityzens?

 

[Metalartin]

Not much social media on this from the rags tonight... .???

Haha was anyone in around the centre of Manchester yesterday? They had advertisements of the game over the tannoys(might have been the tram ones) at Victoria, Suddehill... well basically everywhere begging for fans to turn out. Who's betting they paid for all that just so they could have wrote their own headlines such as "United Europe League Outsells City Champions League Attendance Shocker" ("UEFA can't you just kick them out and let us take their place they boo and have no fans").

 

[levets]

Hot topic for other supporters.

Not one of them has a clue. "New Traineees" fuck off you Scouse bell end

 

[Metalartin]

What City need to do is to stop charging for the Cityizens card. *£35* How much money does it actually bring in? Peanuts! Instead offer non season ticket holders a free Cityizens card, with or without the perks. And offer all Cityizen card holders the chance to buy 1 or 2 match tickets after season ticket holders. Tickets would soon sell out. Or at least shift. People/City fans do not want to pay £35 before havping to fork out for match tickets as well.

And as I've stated on numerous occasions, along with other's on here, when City start makling it easier for fans to buy match tickets, a clearer OS ticket site, and more ticket outlets in the city centre and around Manchester, then more people will buy tickets, as they will be easier to buy.

City might be going places on the pitch, financially, hospitality wise, the matchday experience, and via social media, but the way they sell ticket's hasn't improved or moved on much.

A radical rethink and shake up of the whole ticket department/office and process of buying tickets needs a complete overhaul.

Great post I've got a strong feeling a lot of curious football fans may have checked out the site got to that part and thought: "£35??... maybe some other time when I know I'll have the money to make use of it"

And yes making it easier to get a ticket all round... a dedicated website that's fast, easy to use and efficient for the tickets maybe?

Why create any unnecessary barriers? Football used to be so simple and you could be spontaneous about match going, some might not be able to go to many games but might have some extra cash in and fancy taking a punt on a game... there will be loads like that over the course of a full season.

 

[blueparrot]

Great post I've got a strong feeling a lot of curious football fans may have checked out the site got to that part and thought: "£35??... maybe some other time when I know I'll have the money to make use of it"

And yes making it easier to get a ticket all round... a dedicated website that's fast, easy to use and efficient for the tickets maybe?

Why create any unnecessary barriers? Football used to be so simple and you could be spontaneous about match going, some might not be able to go to many games but might have some extra cash in and fancy taking a punt on a game... there will be loads like that over the course of a full season.

As far I I know you can, when they go on general sale you can just buy a ticket, you need to register and get a support number but that's all you don't need to pay £35 for citizen card. That's what my daughter does.

 

[mardon85]

The Liverpool fan is a typical bitter (towards us) bellend just like my Mrs. They all have the same shit argument.
Everton fan as is often the case when I speak to them pretty spot on with his comments.

 

[Mancini Manus Domini]

At the time we pay for our season ticket renewal why not offer a £100 cup season ticket.

For that you get 3 home European games
1st home EFL game
1st home FA Cup game

If we get knocked out of an EFL Cup before playing a home game it can role over to a 2nd FA Cup home game, or get a discount off latter stage european ties.

I'd be much more inclined to purchase a cup season ticket in the summer than try to find the cash each time a home fixture comes up.

 

[CitizenTID]

How are ticket sales coming along for the Celtic game?

I'd be very surprised if that isn't a complete sell-out. Would think it'd be snapped up quick unless I really am underestimating how much some City fans hate EUFA.

I think charging for membership is a missed opportunity. Those that can't afford or don't want to are off the radar. You can't really promote stuff to them, you're not doing anything to bring them closer to the club.

We talk about becoming a cityzen to be a part of the club. What does that make the thousands of blues that arent cityzens?

Wish they'd just call it Citizens. 'Cityzens' has started seeping into use where 'Citizens' should be used. Considering we're trying to build a global fanbase through that doesn't make sense to make the English language harder for 'em.

 

[R-u-s-x]

Spurs fan not trying to start a fight, just providing insight on our situation.

£40 quid a year for membership and has been for the past 5 yrs+ - an extra £10 a year for Bronze membership putting you on the Season ticket waiting list (and a days priority for booking tickets) 20,000+ on the Bronze meaning paying £50 for chance to buy tickets - none of this is refundable although you do get a birthday card and a pin if you are lucky.

Pretty sure West ham have a similar membership for buying tickets.

If you take a break of a year (had a baby) then you lose all and any priority points you built up if you rejoin.

 

[moomba]

Wish they'd just call it Citizens. 'Cityzens' has started seeping into use where 'Citizens' should be used. Considering we're trying to build a global fanbase through that doesn't make sense to make the English language harder for 'em.

Ha ha, Cityzens is a horrible name.

If it was me, I'd scrap it all together and name the membership each year after a legend of the club. You could have events/promotions involving that player, and the season could be about celebrating his achievements with the club. You could even have different tiers of membership (including a free one) and name them each after a different legend. The following year find some more figures from the past and celebrate their City careers.

 

[Marvin]

Spurs fan not trying to start a fight, just providing insight on our situation.

£40 quid a year for membership and has been for the past 5 yrs+ - an extra £10 a year for Bronze membership putting you on the Season ticket waiting list (and a days priority for booking tickets) 20,000+ on the Bronze meaning paying £50 for chance to buy tickets - none of this is refundable although you do get a birthday card and a pin if you are lucky.

Pretty sure West ham have a similar membership for buying tickets.

If you take a break of a year (had a baby) then you lose all and any priority points you built up if you rejoin.

London clubs have an advantage supporter wise because of the scale of London and the wealth there.

When I first started supporting City we were one of the best supported clubs in the country. Teams like Fulham had Citizen Smith and a dog. When they were in the Premiership a couple of seasons ago, they'd get 20,000 tourists at Craven Cottage and were talking about expanding the ground.

City sold ouo t the Barcelona game 5 weeks before KO. Our next home game is against Everton in a fortnight & there are only single seats left now.

 

[quiet_riot]

Ha ha, Cityzens is a horrible name.

If it was me, I'd scrap it all together and name the membership each year after a legend of the club. You could have events/promotions involving that player, and the season could be about celebrating his achievements with the club. You could even have different tiers of membership (including a free one) and name them each after a different legend. The following year find some more figures from the past and celebrate their City careers.

Careful. That bellend who 'won' the Cityzens job has already copied and pasted this into his ideas journal for his next appraisal with the suits.

 

[R-u-s-x]

London clubs have an advantage supporter wise because of the scale of London and the wealth there.

When I first started supporting City we were one of the best supported clubs in the country. Teams like Fulham had Citizen Smith and a dog. When they were in the Premiership a couple of seasons ago, they'd get 20,000 tourists at Craven Cottage and were talking about expanding the ground.

City sold ouo t the Barcelona game 5 weeks before KO. Our next home game is against Everton in a fortnight & there are only single seats left now.

cool was just commenting on the membership fee situation not support levels in general. It is a crock of shit but one that is also effecting other clubs, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if your lot took a look at our setup and decided they wanted a bit of that. Don't know if you have StubHub yet buts that's a whole new insult. Sell a ticket for £500 outside the ground get done for touting, make sure you give he club a cut online and that's all good.

 

[jonmcity]

Ha ha, Cityzens is a horrible name.

If it was me, I'd scrap it all together and name the membership each year after a legend of the club. You could have events/promotions involving that player, and the season could be about celebrating his achievements with the club. You could even have different tiers of membership (including a free one) and name them each after a different legend. The following year find some more figures from the past and celebrate their City careers.

Yes its not good for all fans these days. We should have 100k stadiums and £20 a ticket, Adult £5 kids. i sort of agree that you should have to register, but this should be free. Any known terrorists should be being watched in any case, both physically and electronically. Airport type scanners could be introduced if necessary.

 

[Metalartin]

As far I I know you can, when they go on general sale you can just buy a ticket, you need to register and get a support number but that's all you don't need to pay £35 for citizen card. That's what my daughter does.

I didn't think that was the case for Champions League games I thought they were only for Cityzen members and as for League games(less important since there's not many spare I guess):

Tickets for this match are on General Sale only to supporters who have previously purchased and attended a home match at the Etihad Stadium. Tickets are restricted to a maximum of four (4) per supporter.

I do think it seems over complicated and unclear personally nobody seems totally sure even on here god knows what the general population make of it.

 

[its grim up north]

I did have a season ticket for many years but due to circumstances I had to let it go. I now have a Cityzens card. I can understand the reasoning for the £35 charge as at gives security to the club as to who buys tickets. If say, they ran a free membership scheme away fans could register and get tickets, who would want, say, raggys getting hold of tickets away from their section? Also you need to make only 7 home games in a season for the ticket to pay for itself. Also a couple of purchases in the shop and your are well in front