Seat Counters - 2024/25

EastMidlandsBlue said:
I really don't get this whole offsite hospitality thing. Surely if you're paying for hospitality, the whole point is that it's in the stadium with all the other posho's.

To me that package sounds like a £50 meal and a £70 ticket and them charging £400 for it!
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Bingo, it's aimed at foreign tourists who have more money than brains
 
ell said:
Had an email saying ST's can buy 3 tickets for Everton, surprising considering its boxing day. Logged in to have a look and cheapest tickets are £66. Not so surprising.
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Exactly this. When are they going to stop taking the pee. £46 for a child it's a absolute joke.
 
EastMidlandsBlue said:
I really don't get this whole offsite hospitality thing. Surely if you're paying for hospitality, the whole point is that it's in the stadium with all the other posho's.

To me that package sounds like a £50 meal and a £70 ticket and them charging £400 for it!
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Absolutely
They wouldn't even try to shift them at those prices for some games but try and shaft the fans when they can .If they don't all shift & the ones ticket agencies can't shift there will be a mad scramble to sell them Saturday morning
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EDIT: I’ve had a lot of feedback on this. Alongside my own reservations, I have heard the concerns shared by many. I will be opposing this in any meetings.

As you may have seen from previous City Matters minutes (and I have raised it on here), the Club are considering the reintroduction of checks on some away tickets.

My initial view is that there could be merit in this, but with two significant caveats.

1. As much as possible, the process must not get in the way of supporter’s pre-match activities.

2. All cohorts of away ticket recipients must be subject to the checks.

It was mentioned that on one or two occasions, people would be able to transfer or return their away tickets, to account for illness or life getting in the way. But this would be limited to stop a workaround.

That said, welcome all input on this. Appreciate that people may have concerns given the queues and inconvenience at Celtic and Paris previously.
 
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Looking at the planner yesterday, it was pretty obvious that what happened with the Forest tickets has happened with Everton tickets. Loads have been returned from third party ticket agencies as there are rows upon rows of seats available towards the back of some of those 3rd tier blocks.

Unlike Forest, the club might get away with it this time though. Despite them being a higher price than Forest, because the game is on Boxing Day that will make it a big draw for a lot of fans. Plenty have already shifted and with over 2 weeks to the match I think they will all go, whereas for Forest the club were left with a couple of thousand of unsold seats due to tickets only being available at short notice and the match being midweek in December.
 
Alex - City Matters said:
As you may have seen from previous City Matters minutes (and I have raised it on here), the Club are considering the reintroduction of checks on some away tickets.

My initial view is that there could be merit in this, but with two significant caveats.

1. As much as possible, the process must not get in the way of supporter’s pre-match activities.

2. All cohorts of away ticket recipients must be subject to the checks.

It was mentioned that on one or two occasions, people would be able to transfer or return their away tickets, to account for illness or life getting in the way. But this would be limited to stop a workaround.

That said, welcome all input on this. Appreciate that people may have concerns given the queues and inconvenience at Celtic and Paris previously.
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Firstly the checks need to be on who the club sells the tickets to, too many people are bypassing any points scheme that's in place and too many people are getting hold of tickets that they shouldn't be anywhere near. Is the club really going to ask one of the Barcelona eight that they need to go somewhere prior to the game or an American tourist who has paid £400 via a reseller site? We need transparency for every single away game about the percentage allocation for all groups. How would it work if a group of even just six are travelling together, planned a pre match meal and then a meet up with half a dozen more mates for a couple of drink before a game only to be told that two of them have to disappear somewhere to check a ticket. Before any check is made the whole issue of how sales are made needs to be investigated first.
 
Tbilisi said:
Brentford sold out
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Am I right in thinking this sold out at 25,000 points looking at the time of your message against the criteria announced? At 23,300ish points Brentford is one I haven't been able to do in all the years they've been in the Prem due to reduced allocation, a Tuesday night in Jan just after Xmas was potentially the best chance I had. Maybe we can get them in the 4th round of the cup with a slightly bigger allocation
 
M18CTID said:
Looking at the planner yesterday, it was pretty obvious that what happened with the Forest tickets has happened with Everton tickets. Loads have been returned from third party ticket agencies as there are rows upon rows of seats available towards the back of some of those 3rd tier blocks.

Unlike Forest, the club might get away with it this time though. Despite them being a higher price than Forest, because the game is on Boxing Day that will make it a big draw for a lot of fans. Plenty have already shifted and with over 2 weeks to the match I think they will all go, whereas for Forest the club were left with a couple of thousand of unsold seats due to tickets only being available at short notice and the match being midweek in December.
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That Forest one was always going to be a difficult sell, midweek, just before Christmas, unattractive opposition (the opposition shouldn’t matter but we all know it does). As soon as I saw that fixture when they were released, I knew it was going to be a struggle. The club clearly didn’t realise this, or simply didn’t care. They should have reduced how many went to the tout sites straight away, reduced how many were held back for off site hospitality and got as many tickets sold in the summer as possible. I believe the Southampton game on a Saturday afternoon was cheaper for those on Flexi Gold than the Forest one, which doesn’t make any sense.
They don’t appear to understand anything.
 
daveyboybluemoon said:
Am I right in thinking this sold out at 25,000 points looking at the time of your message against the criteria announced? At 23,300ish points Brentford is one I haven't been able to do in all the years they've been in the Prem due to reduced allocation, a Tuesday night in Jan just after Xmas was potentially the best chance I had. Maybe we can get them in the 4th round of the cup with a slightly bigger allocation
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You would be amazed at how many tourists get to this game! Loads last year.
 
Alex - City Matters said:
As you may have seen from previous City Matters minutes (and I have raised it on here), the Club are considering the reintroduction of checks on some away tickets.

My initial view is that there could be merit in this, but with two significant caveats.

1. As much as possible, the process must not get in the way of supporter’s pre-match activities.

2. All cohorts of away ticket recipients must be subject to the checks.

It was mentioned that on one or two occasions, people would be able to transfer or return their away tickets, to account for illness or life getting in the way. But this would be limited to stop a workaround.

That said, welcome all input on this. Appreciate that people may have concerns given the queues and inconvenience at Celtic and Paris previously.
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Personally, I think it’s an absolute piss take mate. Lads who have spent decades building up enough points to easily be in the top 3,000, are missing out on high demand games in ever increasing numbers, as fewer and fewer tickets are finding their way to points holders.

And now they’re saying, if you are privileged enough for us to honour you with the opportunity of buying a ticket, you may have to fuck about picking it up on the day?

I’m sure you will ask your point number 2 with the very best intentions. But honestly, no matter what their answer, we all know that the only group who will ever be asked to adhere to these checks are the ordinary punters.

As far as I’m concerned, there is only one question worth asking the club regarding away tickets.

Exactly how many tickets go where for each away game?

While they continue to refuse to answer that question, anything else is pointless discussing with them for me.

Thanks for your continued presence and engagement on here. And sorry if this post seems negative.
 
Stephen230 said:
Personally, I think it’s an absolute piss take mate. Lads who have spent decades building up enough points to easily be in the top 3,000, are missing out on high demand games in ever increasing numbers, as fewer and fewer tickets are finding their way to points holders.

And now they’re saying, if you are privileged enough for us to honour you with the opportunity of buying a ticket, you may have to fuck about picking it up on the day?

I’m sure you will ask your point number 2 with the very best intentions. But honestly, no matter what their answer, we all know that the only group who will ever be asked to adhere to these checks are the ordinary punters.

As far as I’m concerned, there is only one question worth asking the club regarding away tickets.

Exactly how many tickets go where for each away game?

While they continue to refuse to answer that question, anything else is pointless discussing with them for me.

Thanks for your continued presence and engagement on here. And sorry if this post seems negative.
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As it happens, I’ve asked for the bold on a fair few occasions. I have already informally done so again given recent occurrences at Anfield, but will do so more formally on the record.
 
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Alex - City Matters said:
As you may have seen from previous City Matters minutes (and I have raised it on here), the Club are considering the reintroduction of checks on some away tickets.

My initial view is that there could be merit in this, but with two significant caveats.

1. As much as possible, the process must not get in the way of supporter’s pre-match activities.

2. All cohorts of away ticket recipients must be subject to the checks.

It was mentioned that on one or two occasions, people would be able to transfer or return their away tickets, to account for illness or life getting in the way. But this would be limited to stop a workaround.

That said, welcome all input on this. Appreciate that people may have concerns given the queues and inconvenience at Celtic and Paris previously.
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I’ve had a lot of feedback on this and I recognise all the concerns people have shared. I will be opposing this in any meeting with the Club.
 
I was an advocate of picking up European away tickets on the day or the day before.
(I accept Celtic was a disaster)
But to ask the same for Premier League matches is just stupid and wrong.
A European match meant you were their early, flights etc. so you could pick up tickets but Celtic proved that a local fixture meant everyone arrives at the same time.
I am aware the rags do it, we need to knock this one on its head before it's implemented.
 
Alex - City Matters said:
As it happens, I’ve asked for the bold on a fair few occasions. I have already informally done so again given recent occurrences at Anfield, but will do so more formally on the record.
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Alex.

I’m not having a go at you mate, as I know you do your best for the fans.

That fact that you’ve already asked on a few occasions and not been given that information, and have to ask again, tells you and us everything we need to know.

City won’t release those away ticket % details because they don’t want to. The club know if they do, the away going fans, and fans who want away tickets, but can’t get them as they are getting harder to get, would be furious. And even if the club did tell you and the other CMR, it would come with another NDA.

The people running the club don’t want to share any information like that with the fans. It’s the clubs business model. That is how the club has been run for years. You only have to look at the deliberate lack of ticketing and seating information regarding the new North stand. Again, I’m not having a go at you and the other CMR, but you can’t tell us what you know because the club have slapped a NDA on you, and you are obliged to go along with it.

City is and has been run like a secretive company for a long time. Only telling the fans what they need to know and nothing more, as and when the club see’s fit to make that information avaialble to the fans. And even then the information is clearly heavily vetted before being made public.

You’re doing a great job sticking up for the fans and trying to get honest information and answers from the club, but the club is tying your hands and gagging you, as well as the other CMR.

The secretive way the club is being run has come from the very top, either Khaldoon or Soriano. It can’t be anyone else, bar both of them or either of them.
 
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