Seat Counters - 2024/25

[Tim of the Oak]

I’m in much the same boat, although slightly younger. I started watching City in the mid nineties, we soon went into our lowest period just as them lot were going into their best, I had to take it on the chin at school but stuck with it because I loved it.

I too am in a supporters club, we travel together and I, like many others pass my season ticket on to others on occasions I can’t go, to ease the financial burden. Blues sticking together and helping people out is a sense of community that I love, and I see on here that you try your best to help blues out, even people you don’t personally know. It’s a sense of community that Soriano in particular is desperately trying to erode and I can’t abide that.

The journey we have been on the past 15 years has been beyond my wildest dreams, but I worry about our future. I do not believe that he is going to leave a positive lasting legacy, look at Barcelona now, I know all of their ills can’t be blamed on him, but I look at them in terms of what has happened to their support and I don’t want that to become of us.

I will be at the derby on Sunday and Everton on Boxing Day, I will sing my heart out, I will continue to enter my OSC branch ballots for the odd away ticket, I will continue to play my very small part in the local City supporting community, but I will not stay silent whilst people who care nothing for our club play fast and loose with our values and community.

Txiki is the only City Director I like and then there’s Khaldoon who’s done wonders as Chairman. Thank goodness we haven’t got an Ineos type Ratweazle in charge.

One thing that irks me a bit is when the players put off signing new contracts. For example, Phil Foden refusing to entertain £275k a week. I know that’s the game getting as much as you can but it’s a bit roar when some Blues are bing priced out. The players’ wages are pushing up our ticket prices as much as any other factor.

 

[Stephen230]

Anyone know why there was a big queue on the ticketing part of the club website earlier today? I couldn't see any games going on sale that would've had a such a large queue or did the club release another couple of hundred derby tickets that they found down the back of the sofa like they did the other week?

They were dishing out codes to use to buy World Club Cup tickets. Can’t see thousands going but a lot might well have thought they may as well get a code and leave the option open.

 

[jrb]

I’m in much the same boat, although slightly younger. I started watching City in the mid nineties, we soon went into our lowest period just as them lot were going into their best, I had to take it on the chin at school but stuck with it because I loved it.

I too am in a supporters club, we travel together and I, like many others pass my season ticket on to others on occasions I can’t go, to ease the financial burden. Blues sticking together and helping people out is a sense of community that I love, and I see on here that you try your best to help blues out, even people you don’t personally know. It’s a sense of community that Soriano in particular is desperately trying to erode and I can’t abide that.

The journey we have been on the past 15 years has been beyond my wildest dreams, but I worry about our future. I do not believe that he is going to leave a positive lasting legacy, look at Barcelona now, I know all of their ills can’t be blamed on him, but I look at them in terms of what has happened to their support and I don’t want that to become of us.

I will be at the derby on Sunday and Everton on Boxing Day, I will sing my heart out, I will continue to enter my OSC branch ballots for the odd away ticket, I will continue to play my very small part in the local City supporting community, but I will not stay silent whilst people who care nothing for our club play fast and loose with our values and community.

Funny you should mention Barcelona’s support.

Barcelona are averaging 45,000 in the 55,000 capacity Olympic stadium whilst the Camp Nou is redeveloped.

I’ve no doubt that average attendance will go back up when Barcelona go back to new 100,000+ Camp Nou.

But long gone are the days when Lionel Messi would put 10,000’s of football fans and tourists on to Barcelona’s average home attendance.

 

[Beaker]

Funny you should mention Barcelona’s support.

Barcelona are averaging 45,000 in the 55,000 capacity Olympic stadium whilst the Camp Nou is redeveloped.

I’ve no doubt that average attendance will go back up when Barcelona go back to new 100,000+ Camp Nou.

But long gone are the days when Lionel Messi would put 10,000’s of football fans and tourists on to Barcelona’s average home attendance.

That’s one of the top half a dozen or so biggest clubs in the world in my opinion, can’t fill a 55,000 seater stadium, when they used to get 90,000 + regularly. Let’s all rejoice that the executives that set them down that path are currently doing the same at City.

 

[Dodge]

I try to sign throughout most of our games and I'm not in any signing section.

Jesus Christ, no wonder the atmosphere is dead if everyone's signing.

 

[jrb]

That’s one of the top half a dozen or so biggest clubs in the world in my opinion, can’t fill a 55,000 seater stadium, when they used to get 90,000 + regularly. Let’s all rejoice that the executives that set them down that path are currently doing the same at City.

It’s no coincidence.

Haaland is our Messi.

Let’s hope Haaland stays at City for good.

Only Barcelona or Real Madrid could turn his head in the future.

Perish the thought.

No Pep or Haaland in the future.

I wonder what impact that would have on our attendances?

 

[Tbilisi]

How many left for Brentford?
Hoping it gets to 23k

 

[I'm not really here]

It’s no coincidence.

Haaland is our Messi.

Let’s hope Haaland stays at City for good.

Only Barcelona or Real Madrid could turn his head in the future.

Perish the thought.

No Pep or Haaland in the future.

I wonder what impact that would have on our attendances?

Less tourists? I could live with that.

The empty seats don't bother me personally, I'd rather be surrounded by 10 top blues, than 100 neutral half and half wearing tourists.

 

[tedmak]

No, there will be an additional 3k flexigold tickets next season.

Flexigold is a £150 membership that allows fans to buy tickets for each Premier League game.

They're restrictive (you HAVE to commit to going 3 weeks in advance and you cannot transfer your ticket if something comes up and you can't make it. You cannot use the ticket exchange either).

They're extortionate (for a fan who wants to attend all 19 games, they would pay an additional £150 compared to someone who is lucky enough to have a seasoncard).



We need to ensure fans do not buy the club's crap about FlexiGold.... We need actual seasoncards, not new memberships designed to increase revenue for the club (at the expense of fans).

The fairest route the club could take is to offer everyone the option of either flexi gold or a normal seasoncard and let the fans decide which is better for them. The fact they're not offering that choice lets you know exactly who's benefiting from the membership type.

Thanks for the clarification.
I was under the misunderstanding that it was effectively ‘only’ a more expensive season ticket. The cup scheme access is good but not having access to the ticket exchange is a bit crap.

On new season cards - the club has plainly decided to shrink the number of general admission season card holders via passing away and other reasons people have let their cards go.
For the foreseeable future - only way I can see a new card being available is via hospitality.

 

[Prophet of Doom]

That’s one of the top half a dozen or so biggest clubs in the world in my opinion, can’t fill a 55,000 seater stadium, when they used to get 90,000 + regularly. Let’s all rejoice that the executives that set them down that path are currently doing the same at City.

Barca is in a strange situation. They are playing in an athletic stadium on the outskirts of the city which many supporters have refused to go to.

In the Messi days they were getting 10k non Spanish tourists per game. They get 1.2m tourists doing a stadium tour per year - which is more that most premier league teams have in total attendance for all their home league and cup games in season.

When the Nou Camp reopens it will return to full houses and in Yamal they have a player that will get the tourists rolling up again.

We have gone down a similar route trying to prioritise tourists - but have managed to piss off our regular supporters.

Engagement with supporters is easy - but the clowns running City just don’t get it. They are too busy launching ‘design a City kit’ nonsense that will be won by some international fan from thousands of miles away that’s never been to a game and is also a ‘fan’ Real Madrid and Inter Miami - than sorting out the ticket issues or atmosphere or asking supporters how are they coping dealing with shit over 115 - or just about anything that affects the supporters that go to games.