But apart from that.... what have the Arabs done for us?squirtyflower said:flb said:LoveCity said:Well said. The FFP excuse is spouted by apologists who will still be defending the club when normal season ticket prices hit £1,000. One look at the numbers and upcoming revenues from TV, Champions League and commercial show that these price hikes are completely needless - and the same goes for any well off club in this country. Tens upon tens of millions in new revenues are set to fill the club coffers, but they still want to squeeze a few million more out of the fans. It's true our match day revenue is behind several clubs, but we offset that with good commercial revenues and of course our near permanent place in the Champions League elite, which always means cashing in despite our persistent failure there.
Our fan base lacks the hub other clubs like United (MUST) and Liverpool (SoS) have to challenge or question decisions. We get hit by price hikes, we moan online, but we don't really question them on a stage where it matters. City, a club conscious of its public image (see: the 180 on Viagogo), but not having said image put under any real stress by the fan base. They must be laughing at how passive the fan base is, like dogs who they can hit as many times as they please, only for it to crawl back obediently.
The truth is, and this is one of the most unpopular things that could be said on BM, we're greedier than United. Yes, greedier than United! Words you'd never have expected to hear 8 years ago. United are a club with a bigger fanbase yet announced price freezes for the 5th time in 6 years in January, despite missing the Champions League revenue. People will use the "BUT £299 SEASON TICKETS!!!!!" rebuttal, but how many really have a chance of getting one? And United's most expensive season ticket is £950. Ours is now £1,750. Our soulless execs upstairs have turned us into a greedy corporate whore of a club, betraying the huge working class fan base that follows it.
Post of the thread so far, this Soriano bloke has no idea about this clubs historic fanbase, instead he's herding in day trippers to fill level two and fuck all those fans that have sat there since 2004. Yes fans have been warned what was going to happen in level two and now they will have to go upto level three or drop into level one to make it affordable.
Level two offers the best view of the pitch by far so why shouldn't fans feel they are being marginalised ?
the reason you're protecting your right to cheap seats with the best view
We are quickly becoming and identity less club with no regard for the fans.
Free Doves gig
expanded stadium
free watching the first team training sessions
CFA (only cost a couple of quid)
free auctions for goodies
City Square
pre-match entertainment
Guy Fawkes fireworks
free entrance to EDS, under 18s and EUFA under 19s comps
interest free loan for payment
oh and i nearly forgot
FA Cup
Premier League x2
League Cup
for starters, I'm sure others could add
Level 2 season ticket prices are nothing short of scandalous- concentrate on this club Soriano and not fucking clubs in New York and Melbourne.
Blue_Ketchup said:currently in 116 was hoping for a freeze or even slight reduction with all the new tv money coming in..
got rid of all cup schemes last season to keep costs down... i've reached my limit now.. the only hope is to possibly move up to the new 3rd tier.. only problem i like to stand but not sure what it will be like up there.. by the sounds of it plenty moving up there from level 2 who i guess won't want to stand for 90 minutes... if it's going to be like a morgue and sat for the majority of the game i don't think i will bother...
would have been nice for city to mirror the same price at both ends imo £500 for south stand level one would have been a goer..
the originalkippaxman said:Clubs in Europe may have some of the most affordable season tickets, but they also have some of the most expensive.
AC Milan, for example, charge £3,600 for their most expensive season ticket, while one at Paris St-Germain can cost as much as £2,115. That's more than Arsenal's most expensive season ticket, which costs £2,013.
It's also pricey at Napoli and Inter Milan. They charge around £2,000 and £1,700 respectively.
As for match-day tickets, AC Milan again top the charts among the clubs we contacted. Their costliest match-day ticket is around £298.
The most expensive match-day prices at Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Paris St-Germain, Barcelona, Marseille, Atletico Madrid, Monaco and Juventus are all also over £100.
No club in England or Scotland has a match-day ticket more expensive than £100.
*copied from <a class="postlink" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29540323" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29540323</a>
MCFCTrick said:Fair enough if you can afford it ..... but, season ticket since 1983 and I'm out.
Scottyboi said:Come to the conclusion a lot of Citeh fans are selfish arseholes who don't care about their own fans being priced out of the game.
Enjoy being a carbon copy of Man United, you can shove it up your arse.
ManCityX said:MCFCTrick said:Fair enough if you can afford it ..... but, season ticket since 1983 and I'm out.
There's more cheaper seats than ever.
ManCityX said:MCFCTrick said:Fair enough if you can afford it ..... but, season ticket since 1983 and I'm out.
There's more cheaper seats than ever.