Seat Counters - 2022/23

Couple of seasons ago we were told that 60% of away tickets were sold via points system. Most at the time thought this was on the low side yet time and time again we see that nowhere near 60% of tickets are up for grabs. is there nobody that can fight the battle for the fan rather the corporate hanger on. Why should sponsors automatically receive tickets for away games. Give them home tickets where we have more to shift. Why should some twat who watches a game via his phone receive an away ticket when he or she has no affiliation to the club. Maybe the 1894 group could write to the club and ask questions.
 
The attendance last night looked great (considering the rail strike). Most big teams struggle to sell out group stage games against minnows.
 
162 showing on the planner for Southampton at home still 2 days of sales to go look like lots of singles left only
 
M43 blue said:
162 showing on the planner for Southampton at home still 2 days of sales to go look like lots of singles left only
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Because of the Seat Exchange this is how it is with all home games. Invididual seats pop up all week. It happened for the derby too in smaller numbers. The game can never reach a point of officially "Sold Out" for that reason, right up to kick off.
 
Didsbury Dave said:
Because of the Seat Exchange this is how it is with all home games. Invididual seats pop up all week. It happened for the derby too in smaller numbers. The game can never reach a point of officially "Sold Out" for that reason, right up to kick off.
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I've had to sell mine this week and the club notified me it had sold within 12 hours of putting it on.
 
LongsightM13 said:
I saw an actual professional seat counter in the East Stand L1 last night. Young girl in a UEFA jacket and a clipboard, noting down the seat number of a couple of no-shows. Wonder what that was all about
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Interesting, very interesting -;)

Answers on a postcard please.

I actually came in to say that I rang in for a Brighton ticket for Mrs Asa.

The young lady said to me that East stand was sold out. I asked for South , sold out . Family stand sold out. she eventually found 1 ticket in Colin Bell gods. I will end up in it .

I am sure there must be more available. The system is terrible.
 
Eds said:
Couple of seasons ago we were told that 60% of away tickets were sold via points system. Most at the time thought this was on the low side yet time and time again we see that nowhere near 60% of tickets are up for grabs. is there nobody that can fight the battle for the fan rather the corporate hanger on. Why should sponsors automatically receive tickets for away games. Give them home tickets where we have more to shift. Why should some twat who watches a game via his phone receive an away ticket when he or she has no affiliation to the club. Maybe the 1894 group could write to the club and ask questions.
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Some fans pay alot of money to watch City at-home and the club reward them by offering away tickets .
It is a point of discussion rather than just labelling them corporates.
 
asahartford1 said:
Some fans pay alot of money to watch City at-home and the club reward them by offering away tickets .
It is a point of discussion rather than just labelling them corporates.
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Sorry, let me clarify, I meant the people that have no interest in football but are happy to accept an invite for a free meal and booze. That said why should someone who pays a lot of money to watch us at home be offered away tickets. They aren't the ones traipsing to Brighton for a Monday night game or even going to Leicester for a lunchtime ko. They want tickets for Liverpool and scum away and they might if they can be bothered go to a London match if they can wangle an expensed weekend trip. It's bad enough with Platinum that segregates those that have and those that don't but do offer people tickets on the basis that they are richer than others it just wrong. It's just cost me the best part of £200 for me and my daughter to get to Leicester with tickets and trains and we haven't even eaten or had a drink. That's a lot of money to many including me but that's how I choose to spend it but we both have had to put the yards in over the years to get the points. Is it fair that someone wins the lottery who might be a fan but rarely attends due to circumstances tells City they want to buy four corporate tickets and a guaranteed couple of away tickets for every match.
 
Eds said:
Sorry, let me clarify, I meant the people that have no interest in football but are happy to accept an invite for a free meal and booze. That said why should someone who pays a lot of money to watch us at home be offered away tickets. They aren't the ones traipsing to Brighton for a Monday night game or even going to Leicester for a lunchtime ko. They want tickets for Liverpool and scum away and they might if they can be bothered go to a London match if they can wangle an expensed weekend trip. It's bad enough with Platinum that segregates those that have and those that don't but do offer people tickets on the basis that they are richer than others it just wrong. It's just cost me the best part of £200 for me and my daughter to get to Leicester with tickets and trains and we haven't even eaten or had a drink. That's a lot of money to many including me but that's how I choose to spend it but we both have had to put the yards in over the years to get the points. Is it fair that someone wins the lottery who might be a fan but rarely attends due to circumstances tells City they want to buy four corporate tickets and a guaranteed couple of away tickets for every match.
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I agree entirely that some people , yourself included make massive sacrifices to support City and don't have unlimited resources.
From a different perspective the club do reward those who spend alot of money and also can afford to follow the team home and away. Sometimes they are actually the ones traipsing to Brighton away, because they can afford it.

I do understand your frustration, but no system is perfect.
The points system isn't as I have often procured tickets from high pointers who have sold on their tickets.

To clarify it is frustrating that some with no allegiance to the club get tickets, and some go to Vips for the day.
 
There are individual tickets dotted around every stand for Southampton.

The club really needs to introduce the 'bump along' system I've mentioned previously.

Every spare seat should be bunched together and the existing ticket holders moved along. That way, you end up with 2 seats TOGETHER rather than two singles. There's a reason the third tier of the away section always sells fast when it's returned!

Still, looks like it's going to be ANOTHER brilliant attendance given there's a rail strike the same day.
 
asahartford1 said:
I agree entirely that some people , yourself included make massive sacrifices to support City and don't have unlimited resources.
From a different perspective the club do reward those who spend alot of money and also can afford to follow the team home and away. Sometimes they are actually the ones traipsing to Brighton away, because they can afford it.

I do understand your frustration, but no system is perfect.
The points system isn't as I have often procured tickets from high pointers who have sold on their tickets.

To clarify it is frustrating that some with no allegiance to the club get tickets, and some go to Vips for the day.
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That is what the points system is for.
 
Manchester33 said:
There are individual tickets dotted around every stand for Southampton.

The club really needs to introduce the 'bump along' system I've mentioned previously.

Every spare seat should be bunched together and the existing ticket holders moved along. That way, you end up with 2 seats TOGETHER rather than two singles. There's a reason the third tier of the away section always sells fast when it's returned!

Still, looks like it's going to be ANOTHER brilliant attendance given there's a rail strike the same day.
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A lot of the singles for the weekend will be season tickets returning one to the exchange.
 
LongsightM13 said:
I saw an actual professional seat counter in the East Stand L1 last night. Young girl in a UEFA jacket and a clipboard, noting down the seat number of a couple of no-shows. Wonder what that was all about
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Maybe someone had reported the people in those seats for anti social behaviour and she was checking out if anyone was still sat there?
 
Manchester33 said:
There are individual tickets dotted around every stand for Southampton.

The club really needs to introduce the 'bump along' system I've mentioned previously.

Every spare seat should be bunched together and the existing ticket holders moved along. That way, you end up with 2 seats TOGETHER rather than two singles. There's a reason the third tier of the away section always sells fast when it's returned!

Still, looks like it's going to be ANOTHER brilliant attendance given there's a rail strike the same day.
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These are Seat Exchange returns, not unsold seats. The game has been sold out for a while. Your system can't work in this situation, nor is it necessary. Look at Brighton too. That's been sold out for a while now and odd seat exchange singles are just starting to pop up. These will increase in frequency right up until kick off.
 
bluesmith said:
You're right but I'd go further and say nearly all will be season tickets on the exchange.

Look at Brighton now and look again in 2 weeks, theres 6 now and will be a couple of hundred in 2 weeks.
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We are making the same point of course but you are right - they are ALL seat exchange tickets. The reason I know is that I have to buy my lads a ticket for every game so I've been monitoring it all season to make sure they don't miss out. There's been no Brighton tickets (or one, or two) for about a fortnight now.
 
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