Return of Supporters

[King KdB of Belgium]

Akpowell I take by that you mean the North Stand. That is just what I was thinking while their building the new arena, why not at the same time do the North Stand as well. It should hopefully work out that little bit cheaper as the construction machines will be on site already. I can't see fans being allowed back into the stadiums until the turn of the year, or maybe even March.

Manchester has the highest Coronavirus cases in the whole of England, this mainly due to the age group 20-30's who in most cases will not follow the guide lines about wearing masks in public. I have even seen where a young mother put a mask on her child but then didn't bother about putting one on her own face. When asked by a shop assistant to put on a face mask she said "why should I don't have the coronavirus" and just walked away.

 

[cptaidan88]

Manchester has the highest Coronavirus cases in the whole of England, this mainly due to the age group 20-30's who in most cases will not follow the guide lines about wearing masks in public. I have even seen where a young mother put a mask on her child but then didn't bother about putting one on her own face. When asked by a shop assistant to put on a face mask she said "why should I don't have the coronavirus" and just walked away.

 

[King KdB of Belgium]

cptaidan then I suggest that you keep up to date with the news. As I have watched 2 news bulletins and listened to 2 news bulletins on the radio and all of them say the same thing. That Manchester has the highest coronavirus cases in the whole of England. Aidan you real need to keep up to date with the news. If this carries on I can see only one thing another total lockdown is coming. Those in the age group from 18yrs up to 35yrs need to follow the guidelines otherwise we will have another nation wide lockdown.

 

[peoffrey]

Why don't we alter the other end of the stadium while the fans aren't allowed in

Demand? IMO, City will need complete sell out crowds for most matches before contemplating a new tier on the Family Stand.

 

[cptaidan88]

cptaidan then I suggest that you keep up to date with the news. As I have watched 2 news bulletins and listened to 2 news bulletins on the radio and all of them say the same thing. That Manchester has the highest coronavirus cases in the whole of England. Aidan you real need to keep up to date with the news. If this carries on I can see only one thing another total lockdown is coming. Those in the age group from 18yrs up to 35yrs need to follow the guidelines otherwise we will have another nation wide lockdown.

Well aware of the news, thanks. Covid is a very real threat which the UK is not dealing with particularly well, I just take issue with you making up stories.

 

[DontLookBackInAnger]

Manchester has the highest Coronavirus cases in the whole of England, this mainly due to the age group 20-30's who in most cases will not follow the guide lines about wearing masks in public. I have even seen where a young mother put a mask on her child but then didn't bother about putting one on her own face. When asked by a shop assistant to put on a face mask she said "why should I don't have the coronavirus" and just walked away.

I love how people do this, they have a theory and they make a statement to back that up, lets break yours down. Manchester is not top(that would be Blackburn 1762 per 100,000(Manchester is 5th)so you are 0-1 there then you mention its due to young people that would assume that Manchester has a young population in relation to other cities and towns.... not the case Manchester actually doesn't rate in the top 20 although interestingly Manchester at 38 is older than Blackburn at 37 so 0-2. The spike within the UK might well be caused by the 20-30 age group, but claiming Manchester is proof of that isn't something that holds up to examination

 

[Saxmundham Blue]

Not sure if it's still the case but when Garry Cook was at the club(so that tells you how long ago this was), but he came to a Supporters Club meeting and mentioned that one of the clubs/owners real concerns was how much older the clubs supporter base was than all other clubs in the top flight, he went on to say all the things they would be doing to change that, but my point is IF that's still the case the club could be hit harder than others in terms of people's willingness to return.

It is still the case, and it is happening at other clubs as well. You only have to look at crowd pictures of matches from the 70/80/90's to see how the demograohic of crowds has changed. Terraces used to be packed with younger people (teens up to mid -20's) sadly not the case any more

Hertha Berlin recently realised they had a similar problem and had introduced a new pricing policy to attract younger fans who they hope will then form their core support in years to come. I posted details about it somewhere, will have a root around.

 

[Saxmundham Blue]

I posted this earlier this year.

I got no responses - it would be interesting to hear what fans think about what Hertha are doing...................

• 22 Feb 2020
• #1,106

what do people think of what Hertha Berlin are doing with their Kids4free initiative?

In a nutshell, one adult and up to a max of 4 kids under the age of 14 can get in for FREE. The club supply the kids tickets for free and a club sponsor covers the cost of the adult ticket. Fair enough, their stadium holds 80k and is only full against Bayern and Dortmund, but the strategy is obvious - get them young, get them for life.

Surely City could do this for Carabao cup/early round FA Cup games

copied from the Hertha website.....
"Children under the age of 14 get free admission to all Hertha home games (except games against FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Union Berlin). Tickets are available here in the online shop or in the Hertha BSC fan shops. To book in the online shop, simply select the tickets in the seating plan and select the corresponding discount (Kids4Free, etc.) in the shopping cart. The cards must be booked or picked up by a person aged 18 or over. One person can collect and receive a maximum of four free tickets for children and - thanks to our strategic partner Tennor Holding B.V. - always receive a free ticket".

 

[Marvin]

Demand? IMO, City will need complete sell out crowds for most matches before contemplating a new tier on the Family Stand.

Last full season we averaged 54,130 in the league.

 

[blueparrot]

Last full season we averaged 54,130 in the league.

From the end of season interveiw, sounds like the extension has been put on hold for now, though that implies it was imminent before covid. I guess one crowds are back it will be looked at again.