Priced out? | Club announce that matchday tickets being reduced by up to 43% (p93)

Handed out loads of leaflets to City fans outside the ground along with the other lads before the game.

I got 100% support for the protest from the City fans I spoke to.

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Thousands of empty seats. Congratulations to our ticketing and commercial team. The pricing was simply insane, and the ticket release policy is crap. They are deaf, blind and stupid. General admission ticket revenue makes no material financial difference to the club. It's self-defeating, the club's ability to sell pricey hospitality will depend on having a full stadium and a good atmosphere, having a corporate box at a sparsely attended event isn't exactly glamorous.
Blame the club not the fans for tonight.
What they are doing is absolutely maddening, the disconnect is growing.....
 
Rodri’s ACL said:

Absolutely shocking. A massive game for us, and this is what crowds are like. Someone needs to give whoever’s over ticketing prices a kick up the hole.
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Think it was even worse over the other side. I've no doubt in my mind these are 'ticket partner'.... cough.... touting returns. Swathes of empty seats together when blues generally can't even get two beside one another. It's absolutely disgraceful.

Buzzing with the result. Best atmosphere this season by quite a distance and nothing better than a last minute winner. Shame the idiots responsible for ticketing have priced so many out of experiencing it.
 

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An interesting snippet on Talkshite on the way back from the match. I'll post it tomorrow. Too late now. And I'm too drained.
 
crystal_mais said:
The way I see it - our costs are still comparable to teams in London (ie football wage bill) so should be no differential in ticket prices, yet from your analysis - Arsenal fans may be better off with pricing. Actually having clear defined categories will be a good start.

There is a perception people in London are paid more than us so should be able to afford higher prices,I'm not sure that is true. All my wife's family are down in London and apart from a few of her relatives who have very good jobs the rest are just about doing ok even with reasonably good jobs.

I think all clubs will end up having similar prices, hence an independent regulator may help trying to get the fans views across.
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The median salary in London is £12k more than in the north west. That equates to 33% more in terms of salary.

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But housing is more expensive depending where you live in London or the suburbs. A two bed apartment on the outskirts of London in an OK area (Barnet) is about 1700 pcm, an equivalent area in Greater Manchester is around 1200 pcm.

Based on this someone on median salary should have more disposable income in Greater London, than Greater Manchester.
 
jrb said:
Ah?

'But what if what they are doing is wrong?'

You're right.

There's nothing wrong with over 4000 unsold seats for the Villa match.

As you say, Soriano is bulletproof at City, regardless of what he decides and does.
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Absolutely no tourists near me in Block 327 tonight. No Haaland and we're not winning the league or competing in the Champions League. The tourists are fickle and unreliable and they really don't love the club like local City fans do. Unfortunately many locals can't afford to attend and they certainly can't afford to bring their kids.
 
Donmcfc said:
Absolutely no tourists near me in Block 327 tonight. No Haaland and we're not winning the league or competing in the Champions League. The tourists are fickle and unreliable and they really don't love the club like local City fans do. Unfortunately many locals can't afford to attend and they certainly can't afford to bring their kids.
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No shortage of Chinese Blues on the train home. They are the new diehards. Train gets in to Leeds well after midnight so not for the feint hearted.

Had a good chat on the return journey with a couple of top Villa fans.
 
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