Priced out?

Manchester33 said:
The difference is that United will still sell out because they have legions of tourists and infrequent attendees who are happy to pay those prices.

They are the flag bearer for the Tourist Clubs.

I genuinely feel sorry for the local match-going United fans I know who are priced out.

City's fanbase is entirely different and we cannot sustain the ticket prices that have come off the back of Haaland signing and the Treble. That demand for tickets has subsided and although it might feel to us like we have hoards of daytrippers who will still come and pay extortionate prices, we only have a fraction compared to United and Liverpool.

It's the club's call. Engage with legacy fans and treat them well, or be happy with thousands of empty seats and a crap atmosphere.
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Both of the 'ugly sisters' have coach loads of followers from all around the country often from towns who don't have professional clubs and we don't, they are invariably male between the ages of 30-60 brought up on the success they had, we do have fans however who travel from around the country with stand out branches from places such as Cheltenham and Gloucester, East Midlands etc who have been around since i started going in the late late 70s but outside of the Manchester area it's minimal in comparison to them who are nationwide clubs, Arsenal and Spurs are not nationwide clubs with hordes of fans all over the place but do have support in places like Kent, Suffolk, Sussex etc who travel in to watch them. Our support overseas has obviously grown substantially but in the UK not so much, we've alienated many local supporters and many blues have fallen by the wayside and lapsed blues in the main will not come back, once you are out of the habit it's hard to just get back on the horse so to speak, despite the success the sterile match day experience coupled with disgusting ticket prices and the lack of interest in them by the club chasing day-tripper coin means a large generation of fans of yesteryear have lost the enthusiasm they once had and local newbies just don't attend with regularity for a variety of reasons and it's all down to the powers that be at the club.
 
I suggest the decision makers at city think about painting our seats black in the near future as these will not show up as easy and will not look as embarrassing or plan B ... lower the prices so and fill the blue seats ...
Simple really ...
 
Stephen230 said:
That’s true but it still doesn’t alter the fact that it’s a ridiculous situation, assuming what he’s saying is true?

A few hours to go until kick off. Thousands apparently unsold. And a City fan with a supporter number isn’t allowed to buy one directly off the club?
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Why buy directly from the Club for 3 times the price.

On a wider point unrelated to your post. The Face Value ticket pages were only slated on this Forum because of a few posters unhealthy obsession with away tickets. These Forums don’t even sell away tickets these days, apart from on rare occasions.
 
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Tim of the Oak said:
Why buy directly from the Club for 3 times the price.

The Face Value ticket pages were only slated on this Forum because of a few posters unhealthy obsession with away tickets. These Forums don’t even sell away tickets these days, apart from on rare occasions.
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Again though Tim, many fans won't even be aware of the ticket pages so will just take one look at the prices on the official website and sack it off
 
If no fucker turned up for a few weeks it would alter very very quickly, sadly we areas weak as piss when it comes toshit like this, me included
 
M18CTID said:
Again though Tim, many fans won't even be aware of the ticket pages so will just take one look at the prices on the official website and sack it off
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Thanks Simon. I’ve taken to DMing posters with more information.

Danny Wilson and co could have learnt from the Facebook group and the volume of tickets they shifted. Even corporate tickets. Instead we’ve got a situation where a lot of fans dislike the Club’s admin because of City’s ticket policies.

Just a warning to posters. Don’t buy tickets on scam sites they have a similar address to the official ones
 
M18CTID said:
Again though Tim, many fans won't even be aware of the ticket pages so will just take one look at the prices on the official website and sack it off
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I think part of the slide on tickets is our Directors engage with a few higher profile fans who either don’t pay for their own tickets or are given a helping hand by the Club.

I even understand tickets got dished out at Points of Blue meetings but I’ve no idea aboutn this and it might be bollox.

The Club should be engaging with the many, not the few
 
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