Seat Counters - 2024/25

supercity88 said:
It's an historic competition which was once seen as the biggest achievement in domestic football. Crowds were far better than for league games generally.

As a kid the FA Cup final seemed so special to me. Long build up, memories from previous finals, even team songs!

Its been fucked by the growth of the PL in terms of revenue and European competition as well. Teams would much rather survive in the prem or qualify for Europe than win the cup, which is bollocks when you think about the whole point of football.

The FA have to rinse every penny out of it, and they'd rather fewer people spending more than a full stadium. No different to our owners with our home pricing.
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But why do the FA, supposedly the custodians of the game, have to rinse everybody?
 
The old men and women at the FA would rather have those L2 seats empty than sell them at a lower price.

Independent Non-Executive Chair: Debbie Hewitt MBE

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Debbie was appointed FA Chair and Leader of Council in January 2022. She also chairs the FA Nominations Committee and sits on the FA Remuneration Committee. She is Chair of the UEFA Men’s Euro 2028, the UEFA Club Licencing Committee and 2nd Vice Chair of UEFA Hatrick Committee.

In 2023, she became the first elected female British Vice President of the FIFA Council

She is also non-executive chair of Visa Europe Limited and comparethemarket.com.

Debbie’s executive career was spent at RAC plc where she was group managing director and prior to that she was in retail management with Marks & Spencer.

*As far away as you can get from a normal football fan.
 
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bluesmith said:
Palace are as bad as City, they have a waiting list for the extra tickets, they've now got the extra tickets on sale but haven't opened them up to the waiting list yet.
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Smells like BS to me

FA hold tickets back, release them at expensive prices when cheaper allocations are sold out.
 
supercity88 said:
That continues to be a dilemma for me! My son is 6 and City mad, but he still doesn't fully get it. It would be a wonderful experience for me to take him, and I wouldn't remember the cost - if we win - but he's not yet at an age where he would truly appreciate nor remember it. For that money I'd want him to talk about it everyday!

And I wouldn't mind a holiday either!
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Get him a City tattoo, cheaper and he & everyone else will talk about it EVERY DAY. Plus he’ll get 60-70-80 years of usage, that’s fantastic value for money [emoji23]
 
The allocation has increased slightly again, those prices are shameful, shame it's too late I would chuck in a tenner on a just giving to help others get down there for an affordable price, I always want the best for City always want our stadium/end packed out but 285 notes, ridiculous
 
fathellensbellend said:
The allocation has increased slightly again, those prices are shameful, shame it's too late I would chuck in a tenner on a just giving to help others get down there for an affordable price, I always want the best for City always want our stadium/end packed out but 285 notes, ridiculous
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Kids prices are ridiculous too. They shouldn't be knocking so little off for a kid from those higher priced seats - £10-20. As I said before, paying out so much for my 6 year old just isn't justifiable. There should be a cap.

A bit like with City's lack of new season tickets, the FA Cup will die if the next generation aren't coming and watching it. Compared to the prestige it had when I was young it's already declined considerably. If they capped an U18 ticket anywhere in the ground or if bought with an adult ticket that would help things shift too.
 
supercity88 said:
Kids prices are ridiculous too. They shouldn't be knocking so little off for a kid from those higher priced seats - £10-20. As I said before, paying out so much for my 6 year old just isn't justifiable. There should be a cap.

A bit like with City's lack of new season tickets, the FA Cup will die if the next generation aren't coming and watching it. Compared to the prestige it had when I was young it's already declined considerably. If they capped an U18 ticket anywhere in the ground or if bought with an adult ticket that would help things shift too
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The prices are poverty shaming, as a fan of you are priced out of the showpiece events what's the point, I bet there are loads hovering over the tickets and cannot justify it, the club should be stepping in, it makes me angry, despicable from the FA
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
But why do the FA, supposedly the custodians of the game, have to rinse everybody?
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I was involved in helping my lads team for 10 years, the FA were the biggest hinderance to kids football. Worst (diabolically useless) ref we had was a senior key member of the county FA. Lost control of the game, almost led to fighting, we had to put in complaints of racism on the pitch (not found) they retaliated (after our submissions went in). He was so piss poor it was almost like he was doing it deliberately. After all the bother, admin, etc etc, cases being heard - the final result was the FA fined both teams on about 3 counts each. Absolutely not fit for purpose. We had a Sri Lankan, kid, a Bengali, and a black kid who despite all the noise the FA make about racism got zero support.
 
L1: 332
L5: 1
L2: 598 + 967

Total: 333 normal, 1565 L2 = 1898.

There is a good chance that the normal seating will sell out over the weekend leaving level 2 for Monday.
 
supercity88 said:
Kids prices are ridiculous too. They shouldn't be knocking so little off for a kid from those higher priced seats - £10-20. As I said before, paying out so much for my 6 year old just isn't justifiable. There should be a cap.

A bit like with City's lack of new season tickets, the FA Cup will die if the next generation aren't coming and watching it. Compared to the prestige it had when I was young it's already declined considerably. If they capped an U18 ticket anywhere in the ground or if bought with an adult ticket that would help things shift too.
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Your mention of your 6 year old and the cost of modern day tickets reminded me of this, my most treasured City possession, which I've had for more than 60 years now.

I went to that game in the p*ssing rain with The Old Man and my uncles, standing on the windswept Scoreboard End as we lost to The Robins 2-1 (Mike Summerbee scored for them) in front of our lowest ever Maine Road crowd of 8015.

Some 30 years before in 1934, my Dad and uncles also stood on the Scoreboard End as part of the highest ever crowd in England (84000+) to watch City beat Stoke (including the 17 year old 'wunderkind' Stanley Matthews) on the way to winning our 2nd FA Cup. My Dad then left early with his pal Jimmy Mylchreest to pick up their Manchester Chronicle 'Football Greens' at the Boundary Lane press works to sell the football results to the departing crowd on Lloyd Street!

Their Dad (my Grandad) followed City at Hyde Road from the moment he arrived in Manchester from N Wales looking for work, having lost his job as a miner at the Point of Ayr colliery.

My kids and Grandkids have had the 'City gene' passed onto them too.

All that support down the years, all those links in our family to the ups and downs of our club, turning up no matter how good or bad we (and the weather!) might be!

I know times/the economy/life has moved on (improved?!) from the days when my Grandad first came to Manchester. But the prices for Wembley, the new stand/season ticket issue and the like are throwing up things that are not only testing the loyalty of City fans (and, of course, those loyal supporters of every other club up and down the country too) but also in danger of causing generational links with the club(s) to be cut.

My wife and I have got our tickets for next Saturday at Wembley. Like you with your child, I'd love to take my Grandkids along with us.. but those prices are ridiculous. The clubs and authorities want us there in the grounds as the backdrop to the product they so lucratively sell to TV audiences around the world, yet they barely give thought to OUR needs as supporters of our clubs, whether it's pricing, kick-off times, travel requirements or whatever..

This is what the FA, City and all the other clubs are messing about with right now. My advice would be to think carefully about what you do, boards of management and footballing authorities.. otherwise you risk having our football heritage not being passed on from one generation to the next..
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johnevans said:
Your mention of your 6 year old and the cost of modern day tickets reminded me of this, my most treasured City possession, which I've had for more than 60 years now.

I went to that game in the p*ssing rain with The Old Man and my uncles, standing on the windswept Scoreboard End as we lost to The Robins 2-1 (Mike Summerbee scored for them) in front of our lowest ever Maine Road crowd of 8015.

Some 30 years before in 1934, my Dad and uncles also stood on the Scoreboard End as part of the highest ever crowd in England (84000+) to watch City beat Stoke (including the 17 year old 'wunderkind' Stanley Matthews) on the way to winning our 2nd FA Cup.

Their Dad (my Grandad) followed City at Hyde Road from the moment he arrived in Manchester from N Wales looking for work, having lost his job as a miner at the Point of Ayr colliery.

My kids and Grandkids have had the 'City gene' passed onto them too.

All that support down the years, all those links in our family to the ups and downs of our club, turning up no matter how good or bad we (and the weather!) might be!

I know times/the economy/life has moved on (improved?!) from the days when my Grandad first came to Manchester. But the prices for Wembley, the new stand/season ticket issue and the like are throwing up things that are not only testing the loyalty of Ciry fans (and, of course, those loyal supporters of every other club up and down the country too) but also in danger of causing generational links with the club(s) to be cut.

My wife and I have got our tickets for next Saturday at Wembley. Like you with your child, I'd love to take my Grandkids along with us.. but those prices are ridiculous. The club's and authorities want us there in the grounds as the backdrop to the product they so lucratively sell to TV audiences around the world, yet they barely give thought to OUR needs as supporters of our clubs, whether it's pricing, kick-off times, travel requirements or whatever..

This is what the FA, City and all the other clubs are messing about with right now. My advice would be to think carefully about what you do, boards of management and footballing authorities.. otherwise you risk having our football heritage not being passed on from one generation to the next..
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I have that programme and was also at the game, we all sat down on the Kippax terrace at half time it was so empty.
 
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