Priced out?

[mexico1970]

Appreciated the reply, especially for not calling me a cock.

Hey fella!!

This isn't masterchef after all :)

 

[TheGhost]

I think when it is time for me to give up my season that's it for me.
Couldn't be arsed with the hassle of paying just for a chance of a ticket.
Then getting every league game at an average of £26 now and then paying more than double that for most games if no season.Must be hard.
65 next year so my season will be cheaper so hopefully get a few seasons yet.
Not just City though.My Scottish team Hearts make it hard to get tickets for games as well now.
Gone are the days you just rock up to the ground and pay at the gate sadly.
Concerts are worse than football for pricing.
They are ripping the plsh even more than the football.

I used to go to at least a gig a week - now it’s one every 3 months.

 

[M18CTID]

Appreciated the reply, especially for not calling me a cock.

We need figure out something here. Are we saying that Sheikh Mansour is the saviour of our club who has delivered everything he promised and more. Or are we saying that he is a tyrant who is now abusing both the fans and the manager?

The reason he bought the club was not out of charity for us downtrodden blues, it was because he knew that in the long term he could make lots of money out of it. Any sensible city fan knew that.

If he had done what the Glazers have done i.e. delivered zero success, then I could agree entirely with the anger. However he hasn't, he gave us everything we desired and more to boot. All city fans lived that success, but with that success comes a cost, what we are seeing now is the cost.

No probs.

I very much doubt that Mansour sets the prices so I'm not blaming him. This will be down to someone else - Soriano perhaps, or one of his bean counting lackeys.

 

[Moss Side's Finest]

Look, I'm getting some pelters for sharing my views and that's cool, that's what a forum is about. But ultimately, as a blue, I appreciate why people aren't happy with the situation. Hopefully something will be sorted and people will still get to games. We all love the club and want the best for it and it's fans on and off the field. Apologies if I angered anyone. Here's to a win on Sunday.

 

[GOULDYBOBS]

I had to give up my ST a couple of years ago after being made redundant during covid. Since then I get to a handful of home games when mates can't go and a couple of away days.
I managed to get a ticket for spurs and it was all round shite. Not just the result or the atmosphere (which was embarrassing IMO) just getting to the ground was so awkward it puts you off.

The transport is a shambles. I spent 9 quid for a train ticket which turns up when it feels like, hourly.
I had to walk to the ground from town as couldn't get on a tram which I don't mind as I like the walk.
After the match my train was delayed over an hour without any explanation given. Sat in the carriage waiting to set off, for a soggy hour. An 8 mile journey. Bus takes an hour, trams not an option.

Pubs in town serving out of a shit plastic cups.

A shit pint of gassy lager for 6 quid at the ground. Can't get a balti unless you camp out early like a midnight launch.

I got offered a ticket for Feyenoord and declined as I read they had a gig on at the co op at the same time. I bet they didn't put any extra trams or buses on.

Sorry for the rant blues. The whole day out put me over financially so I'm going to have to reign it in for the next month.

Think next time I'll save the coin and wait for an away game.

The club need to act and look after the loyal supporters before it's too late.

They offer bus services now which i think is a good idea.

 

[smevchenko]

I don't disagree that a large-scale boycott would be more effective but that's not happening in this country. However, I disagree that nothing will change because as we've seen in the recent past, fan activism without boycotts HAS led to cheaper ticket prices, the most obvious example being the TwentysPlenty campaign which led to Premier League away tickets being capped at £30 and has remained in place for the past 9 seasons. Looking at individual clubs, Liverpool fans staged a mass walkout at a home game against Sunderland in 2016 in protest at some of the ticket prices in their renovated main stand. The people who organised that protest were prepared for a long battle with the club, but to their surprise FSG backed down just 2 days after that walkout and revised the ticket prices. Closer to home, fan protests in our own ground focusing on the price of CL Quarter Final tickets against PSG in 2016 led to cheaper home tickets for the Semi-Final against Real Madrid in the next round. And of course, more recently we've had a climbdown from the club over the disabled parking prices due to pressure from various City fan groups.

The 'TwentysPlenty' campaign may well have resulted in cheaper away tickets, but do you think clubs were happy with that? Perhaps higher prices in general for home tickets are due to an attempt at recouping lost income from away ticket sales.

The protests you mention have obviously had an affect so fair enough, but matchday prices for fans who don't have a seasoncard (and currently cant get any) are far too high for PL and some CL games.

I have only been to Watford at home in the CC this season because the prices for that game were justifiable for me.

Just had a look online, and I can buy Club Brugge tickets and as I would want to take my daughter, it would be £50-£60 for both of us. That is probably ok for me, but as I refuse to pay for Cityzens membership I can't even see prices for upcoming league games.

As others have said, £60+ for a ticket is too much for me, so whilst most matches are costing that much, I won't buy a membership and will only buy from sellers on forums etc, some of who are extremely generous. One person even offered me free hospitality tickets when I was trying to get some on behalf of a friend for a kids 10th birthday.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Look, I'm getting some pelters for sharing my views and that's cool, that's what a forum is about. But ultimately, as a blue, I appreciate why people aren't happy with the situation. Hopefully something will be sorted and people will still get to games. We all love the club and want the best for it and it's fans on and off the field. Apologies if I angered anyone. Here's to a win on Sunday.

come across as a ****...get treated like a ****.

 

[BungleBear]

I got offered a ticket for Feyenoord and declined as I read they had a gig on at the co op at the same time. I bet they didn't put any extra trams or buses on.

Carmagedon on Tuesday. Lots on in the City centre too with Xmas shopping and shows. It was clearly over capacity and plenty of cars chanced it on derelict industrial streets and got ticketed.

The expansion won't help and if the COOP sells out next time it will be worse.

Ay least we were cruising to an early win when I left :)

 

[paulchapo]

It's a shame you let emotion take over your posts, you do make some convincing points but ruin them with the insults.

As I said in another posts, people are not 'entitled' to go to games, football stopped being just a sport where locals could turn up for and watch for next to nothing years ago. Football is now an international business and we can't change that.

There is this sense of, I can't afford it so they must drop their prices. Another view is, if I can't afford it, I either have to earn more money or just not have what I want.

I'm not rich (if that's what you think), my life is full of sacrifices, there are lots of things I need or want but can't afford. If I can't afford the car I want, I can't lobby Porsche to lower their prices (I'd like to), however people think that this should be the case with Premier League teams.

I agree it's not fair, but life isn't fair sadly

There are a couple of things that rattle my cage. One is people patronising others and I felt your post was doing that. Then instead of elaborating on my comment as to why you were too blind to see you were part of the problem, you chose to be petty and highlight a grammatical mistake. My command of the English language is fine, my control over my phone not so good and I am too lazy to proofread everything I post.
I don't consider saying you were too blind to see an insult. Calling you a cock, yes probably.

You're still banging the drum of "If I can't afford it I have to earn more money or stop going." Football is different to any other commodity out there as people are emotionally invested in it. If I shop at Waitrose then I can no longer afford too I can shop at Aldi. If I can't afford that I can use a food bank. I won't miss not shopping at any of those places and aside from possibly some hurt pride it won't affect me mentally. For many people not being able to go to a live game will.
Now I'm in discussion with you on this subject I'm getting Déjà Vu. I'm sure I've ridden this horse before with the same result, getting absolutely nowhere.

 

[Moss Side's Finest]

come across as a ****...get treated like a ****.

Lovely response, shows your class as a human being. Who needs rags and dippers when there are blues with attitudes like yours