Queues

[Eccles Blue]

That's very impressive being as it was a 12.30 kick off!

Ahh but he was probably going off the notification on his phone as some people had City v Arsenal August 28th at 3.00 didn’t they? ;-)

 

[Cheethamhillblue57]

The two queues where I got in had one moving twice as quick as the other and this was 100% down to the wand person.

Maybe the wand people are not meant to be that quick, then more are needed.

One guy with the wand was fairly quick the other one took an age..

 

[Champions Again Ole Ole]

That's very impressive being as it was a 12.30 kick off!

just testing who actually reads the posts. But yeah, I was outside at 12.20

 

[bluestevei]

Maybe a daft question, but why do people wait until so late before trying to get into the ground?

still in pub

 

[bennyboy]

Put my bag on table and the steward would not check it.
His job was to put the label on and nothing else.
Steward with wand checked it.

 

[bluestevei]

It was ridiculous yesterday I thought the Norwich game was too good to be true. Arrived at 12ish and missed kick off and there was hundreds still behind us. This with away fans walking past getting mouthy is a joke.

bet they wasnt mouthy after game

 

[WNRH]

Is there any reason why there can't be a perimeter ring around the ground that includes turnstiles?

You could probably fit double or even treble entrances that would help people entering and also those who leave City Square 10-15 mins before KO would already be in.

There is a lot of fans who just mingle outside round the catering vans before joining a que to enter the ground.

They have something similar like this at Hamburg SV and it works perfectly.

 

[bluestevei]

can i ask, what do the away fans get in, do they have to be the same as us or paper tickets, if so why couldnt us have the same choice

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

The bagman wanted to check the bag in my pocket, until I told him it wasn't a bag but my scarf. He found that acceptable and didn't even want me pulling the scarf out to show him.

 

[BillCarlisle]

Given the lack of decent parking or public transport options around the ground, the mad traffic and the distances that most people have to walk from either once they have "got there" (1 or 2 miles apart from the tram stop and the rubbish official car park), expecting all people to get there an hour earlier would possibly mean then leaving (a local) home 2.5 hours before kick off. Which is mad and unachievable for many in many different circumstances.

It takes me maybe 20 minutes to drive from home to the etihad on a light traffic non match day. I left home an hour and half before kick off yesterday. Went straight to the ground and a combination of traffic, rubbish parking options and mental queues meant I just sat down as they kick off. All with going straight to the ground and not stopping for anything.

It's not on asking people who live relatively locally and are going straight there to leave 2 hours plus before kick off time.

What has changed this season is the development work going on at the entrance for the main car & coach park on Alan Turing Way. Reduced lanes into the CP are causing major gridlock issues in both directions. Plus, as usual, the inept stewarding isn't helping. What used to be a straight forward entry is now a nightmare - 30 mins from leaving the traffic lights to actually turning into the coach park is ridiculous