Seat Counters - 2024/25

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Aye.

He has expensive habits I am led to believe (the player not his dad), so maybe that's why

 

[johnnytapia]

He has expensive habits I am led to believe (the player not his dad), so maybe that's why

Ha ha , tight as a fish’s arse is what I’ve heard (and seen - initially refused to pay for a glass of milk at the gym, claiming it “should be free”).

 

[Stephen230]

I know one ex player whose dad made and continues to make a nice little bit of £ from his son’s tickets. For both club and country.
You can take the boy (and his dad) out of Wythenshawe…

Drives around in a Lamborghini these days. Not that I’ve a problem with that. If my son was as good at football as he is, I’d be tapping him up on a daily basis.

 

[Gingers Dad]

I'm of the opinion that you're half-right and half-wrong on that. No doubt some tickets bought by corporate end up on third party resale sites but I also think the club are farming some out as well. You only have to look at what percentage of away tickets go on sale to points holders on the first morning an away game goes on sale to see that bigger numbers of tickets are being siphoned off for the more high profile games. Unless the club are giving a bigger percentage to corporate for those games but why would they do that and deny points holders the chance to buy them if they (the club) are not getting anything out of it themselves?

Now there was a rumour doing the rounds last week that Sportsworld got 600 tickets for Liverpool away the other week. I stress that it's a rumour and I'll also stress that I happen to think that that figure is grossly exaggerated. However, I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if there's some truth to it. Why? Well, firstly the away end was full of tourists and I doubt the original source of every single one of those tickets was from the allocation given to corporate. Secondly, Sportsworld are City's official travel partner for European away games and I can't see Sportsworld making too much profit flying a plane load of blues over to Turin at £350 a pop for our game there last night so you would have to think that there would be something more in it for them. So why not give them some Liverpool away tickets on the quiet which they can make a far bigger profit on per ticket than they do per flight for Juventus away?

If City do indeed play no part in it then they should have absolutely no issue with being totally transparent regarding away tickets and telling us the breakdown.

You make some good points. City is a multi-billion pound company that makes deals that bring in tens of millions. If they are farming tickets off to ticketing websites high really doubt it's for monetary gain.
I used to know a guy through a relative who had corporate at City. Don't think it was a particularly expensive deal but if he phoned up for away tickets he got them. We had tickets off him a couple of times but he was a bit of a cock about it, so we stopped asking. I'm not sure if it's part of the corporate deal with the club that you get away tickets or just an understanding but they all get them if they want.
I know that me having tickets that I'm not entitled to makes me part of the problem but I reckon most of us do it.

 

[M18CTID]

You make some good points. City is a multi-billion pound company that makes deals that bring in tens of millions. If they are farming tickets off to ticketing websites high really doubt it's for monetary gain.
I used to know a guy through a relative who had corporate at City. Don't think it was a particularly expensive deal but if he phoned up for away tickets he got them. We had tickets off him a couple of times but he was a bit of a cock about it, so we stopped asking. I'm not sure if it's part of the corporate deal with the club that you get away tickets or just an understanding but they all get them if they want.
I know that me having tickets that I'm not entitled to makes me part of the problem but I reckon most of us do it.

I think we've all gotten a ticket at some point or other that we're not entitled to simply because of who we know. Mates will always help out mates. I think the bigger issue is some of the extortionate prices these websites charge. There's a lot of profiteering going on in those instances but when it comes to mates they tend not to rip each other off

 

[Chappie]

You are assuming that the club actually gives 60% to points and 20% to OSC. I think it's been proved on here that for many games the percentage given to points has been around 40%, so even if OSC take 20% that's 40% (1,200 tickets that are distributed). Do we begrudge a player's mum and dad being given tickets, no we don't. Do we begrudge the CFA admin person who supports A N Other FC who has a friend who knows a bloke who once worked with Roy Bailey being given two tickets for an away day, yes we do.

I'm not assuming anything, I'm asking about the 20% we definitely know about.
I'm aware, as anyone else is that buys away tickets on a regular basis that their is a bit of skulduggery going on with the loyalty points pot.(I use the term "a bit" loosely).
Proving it is another issue.

 

[lancs blue]

If they are farming tickets off to ticketing websites high really doubt it's for monetary gain.

Our execs are businessmen, maximising profit is in their blood, of course it's for monetary gain.

 

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I'm not assuming anything, I'm asking about the 20% we definitely know about.
I'm aware, as anyone else is that buys away tickets on a regular basis that their is a bit of skulduggery going on with the loyalty points pot.(I use the term "a bit" loosely).
Proving it is another issue.

Just to be clear I wasn't trying to dig you out, just saying I think it's a lot more than 20%. Think we are actually agreeing with each other.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Our execs are businessmen, maximising profit is in their blood, of course it's for monetary gain.

Said earlier in the thread that if it was Peter Swales running the show I'd agree. The numbers to be made are so paltry it's not even worth them bothering