Seat Counters - 2022/23

I’ve noticed there are loads of people on the Face Value Facebook pages that are going to the Community Shield. Many of them are diehard Blues who don’t have season cards. They have to work harder to get their tickets for most games.

I agree there will also be Blues going to their first game. Good luck to them and I hope we win the Shield.
 
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bobbyowenquiff said:
But this is the best time ever to be a City fan and demand for tickets is bigger than ever.
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Demand is bigger than ever which is why ticket criteria is more important than ever and should be fair which it's not.

Unfortunately, the club don't care whether the criteria is fair or not as long as they are making as much money as possible. Hence why we get situations such as the practically unrestricted Madrid criteria and very little criteria for the league games about go on sale, causing a total free for all.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
We could fill our stadium before 2008 though. We had a higher average attendance than Liverpool in four of the five years before the takeover. Despite all this success we are only averaging 8 thousand more now in an expanded stadium.

It was once said on here that around 10,000 season ticket holders from back then have fallen away (mainly through price increases). If we’d kept prices low we’d never have a tourist be able to get in our ground as we’d have kept many of those fans that have been priced out.
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We filled it sometimes but it was never difficult to get a ticket
 
MrCheeseGrater said:
Demand is bigger than ever which is why ticket criteria is more important than ever and should be fair which it's not.

Unfortunately, the club don't care whether the criteria is fair or not as long as they are making as much money as possible. Hence why we get situations such as the practically unrestricted Madrid criteria and very little criteria for the league games about go on sale, causing a total free for all.
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City have got a pretty fair ticket selling criteria. It won't suit everybody because demand is outstripping supply. Madrid was a debacle but so far it is a one off.
 
Lee the Blue said:
The club will love this. In the grand scheme of things, for a 53 year old legacy fan like myself this isn't good at all. Gives those in power carre blanche to fart around with prices/kick-off times and everything else knowing there's now an army of fans who've jumped on the glory train.
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City aren`t in charge of any kick off times !!
 
oakiecokie said:
City aren`t in charge of any kick off times !!
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Not normally but apparently we had a say in the kick-off time against Newcastle on August 19th. City apparently asked for as late a kick-off as possible due to us playing in the Super Cup 3 days earlier. Understandable but I'm not sure why it couldn't have kicked off at 5.30pm which is only a couple of hours or so difference. That way, Newcastle fans could've got back home on the train whereas an 8pm kick-off means there are no trans back for them afterwards
 
Gingers Dad said:
City have got a pretty fair ticket selling criteria. It won't suit everybody because demand is outstripping supply. Madrid was a debacle but so far it is a one off.
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Sorry but I'd argue the criteria for "big 5" games is pretty weak.

There also should have been a stricter criteria set for the remaining fixtures on Thursday. Instead, fans who've been Cityzen members for years are now competing for tickets with tourists who only signed up in May. Thursday is going to be one mad scramble for tickets where loyalty has been completely ignored. The club wouldn't lose out on revenue by implementing criteria, it just makes it fairer on fans.
 
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As soon as Arsenal fans said they were going to bring flags mocking our support, I knew our tickets would fly off the shelves. We’ve been like that for as long as I can remember. It’s not all about tourists and JCLs.
 
BlueMoonday said:
Sorry but I'd argue the criteria for "big 5" games is pretty weak.

There also should have been a stricter criteria set for the remaining fixtures on Thursday. Instead, fans who've been Cityzen members for years are now competing for tickets with tourists who only signed up in May. Thursday is going to be one mad scramble for tickets where loyalty has been completely ignored. The club wouldn't lose out in revenue by implementing criteria, it just makes it fairer on fans.
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I'd agree with that, when they stopped using loyalty points for matchday sales,about 6 years ago, it didn't matter much there were tickets available. Last 2 years since covid, it has and points system should be re introduced.
 
M18CTID said:
Not normally but apparently we had a say in the kick-off time against Newcastle on August 19th. City apparently asked for as late a kick-off as possible due to us playing in the Super Cup 3 days earlier. Understandable but I'm not sure why it couldn't have kicked off at 5.30pm which is only a couple of hours or so difference. That way, Newcastle fans could've got back home on the train whereas an 8pm kick-off means there are no trans back for them afterwards
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Tottenham V United is 5.30.

These people aren’t paying £10 million a game, or whatever it is, to have televised games clashing with each other.
 
Tim of the Oak said:
As soon as Arsenal fans said they were going to bring flags mocking our support, I knew our tickets would fly off the shelves. We’ve been like that for as long as I can remember. It’s not all about tourists and JCLs.
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After their beast of the east turnout, they will never be able to take the high ground again. Absolutely embarrassing turnout from them whilst our end was full.
 
blueparrot said:
I'd agree with that, when they stoppoed using loyaylty points for matchday sales,about 6 years ago, it didn't matter much there were tickets available. Last 2 years since covid, it has and points system should be re introduced.
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I really don't get why as Cityzen members we are issued points for each home we buy when they don't use them for criteria? You could suggest it may help you if you one day become an ST holder and want to apply for aways etc but they aren't release any new STs lol.

They have a perfectly good points system in place and need to start applying it to matchday tickets. Can't get fairer than that.
 
Tim of the Oak said:
I remember only being able to get a train back to York and then a taxi across to Leeds. There couldn’t have been more than 25k Gooners in the ground.
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Yes, last train back was cancelled, then reinstated. The train crawled the whole journey back to SW. Ended up walking him from the station as no taxis for three miles in deep snow. Didn’t get home until 5.00am. Whilst they were round the corner and couldn’t be bothered. That’s what makes their intended banners amusing.
 
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