Seat Counters 25/26

[paulchapo]

I’m not sure it is on terrestrial tv live mate.

The first leg was on ITV.

 

[shemnel]

The first leg was on ITV.

90% sure they're having one game from each fixture on ITV, so we're over to Sky only for the next leg.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

I've just had a look on the website and it says members can buy 2 tickets so you should be able to buy it from your account

Yeah I've seen that as well mate.

Strangely I've got 3 Seasoncard holders on my Friends and Family but none on them can be arsed with the CL

I can buy a ticket for them but not for the person who wants one.

 

[Big Joe Corrigan]

Yeah I've seen that as well mate.

Strangely I've got 3 Seasoncard holders on my Friends and Family but none on them can be arsed with the CL

I can buy a ticket for them but not for the person who wants one.

If an ST holder can buy extra tickets I’ll get you one mate. PM me with details of where you want the seat and I’ll get it for you today.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

If an ST holder can buy extra tickets I’ll get you one mate. PM me with details of where you want the seat and I’ll get it for you today.

Yeah I'm a Seasoncard holder, so I should be able to sort it myself, even if it means buying one for my mate who normally sits next to me, and him emailing it to my partner.

I just find the whole situation utterly farcical

Cheers for the offer though

Much appreciated!

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Yeah I've seen that as well mate.

Strangely I've got 3 Seasoncard holders on my Friends and Family but none on them can be arsed with the CL

I can buy a ticket for them but not for the person who wants one.

You just buy in your own name and get 2 tickets. Then you can swipe them in on the night.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

You just buy in your own name and get 2 tickets. Then you can swipe them in on the night.

I'm on the cup scheme so already been debited, but for some reason I can buy an extra ticket for anyone on my Friends and Family, apart from her.

Obviously I'm a thick twat

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I'm on the cup scheme so already been debited, but for some reason I can buy an extra ticket for anyone on my Friends and Family, apart from her.

Obviously I'm a thick twat

You don’t need to use F&F. Just buy the 2nd ticket as yourself as you are entitled to 2.

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

You don’t need to use F&F. Just buy the 2nd ticket as yourself as you are entitled to 2.

Cheers
You were right and I am a thick twat
Much appreciated.

 

[pride in battle]

They will write a book in the future on how City’s board managed to oversee 10+ years of success on the pitch yet somehow managed for the club to end up with less supporters than they had when they started.

They really have achieved the impossible.

They should be contacting supporters every week to see what needs to be done about filling that stand, but the complacency is staggering.

Your user name is very apt...

 

[pride in battle]

City should never have extended the stadium,and I’m not talking the new north stand extension also the first extension years ago,should’ve left it at the original 47000 approx….it’d be full EVERY TIME…..then build a bigger fanbase especially with all the trophies we’ve won in the modern era….we just simply do not have a fanbase for a 61000 stadium…City tried to run before they could walk….especially when your neighbours are a plastic behemoth like the rags…..Manchester is not a one team City…(I know I know Trafford etc)but you get my point.

Stop talking shit, thank fuck you & some on here don't run our club.
Embarassing

 

[Wirral Blue8]

Above was last Thursday. About 1400 tickets sold for the game since last Thursday.

Tickets remaining for League Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg v Newcastle.

Level 0: 4,100

Level 1: 3,796

Level 3: 4,437

Total: 12,333 tickets left

127 tickets sold since yesterday at 3pm.
Tickets remaining for League Cup Semi-Final 2nd Leg v Newcastle.

Level 0: 4,033

Level 1: 3,749

Level 3: 4,424

Total: 12,206 tickets left

 

[Scaring Europe to Death]

Stop talking shit, thank fuck you & some on here don't run our club.
Embarassing

Agree 100%

I remember listening to Chris Bird at a Supporters Club meeting circa 2001, when we were still at Maine Road, but had agreed in principle to move into the new stadium after the Commonwealth Games etc

Somebody queried if the new 47,000 capacity would be big enough and Bird made the quite reasonable point that despite some huge individual attendances in the 1930s, City had never averaged 47,000.

Obviously nobody could have envisaged such a huge transformation, but 25 years later we get ridiculed for recording an attendance of "only" 47,000

The next step was 54,000, and despite all the moaning and groaning (some of it justified) we normally sellout

Yes,.the prices should be more flexible and competitive, but not so cheap that some cup scheme members can just let their account be debited without any intention of attending

Also, the whole ticket buying process should be slicker and easier to navigate for neutrals, and especially.the "occasional" visitors, who should be welcomed with open arms by the regulars and not viewed with disdain and snobbery.

However once the capacity is increased to 60,000 we need to overcome this fear of ridicule and just accept that we'll only sellout for certain games and probably average "only" 57000

It's only going in one direction and with our school playground demographic rapidly increasing from the bad old days of the 90s and 00s it will undoubtedly continue

 

[Legalamb777]

Stop talking shit, thank fuck you & some on here don't run our club.
Embarassing

Ok……have a pleasant day:)

 

[M18CTID]

Stop talking shit, thank fuck you & some on here don't run our club.
Embarassing

First time I've ever been in agreement with you!

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

City should never have extended the stadium,and I’m not talking the new north stand extension also the first extension years ago,should’ve left it at the original 47000 approx….it’d be full EVERY TIME…..then build a bigger fanbase especially with all the trophies we’ve won in the modern era….we just simply do not have a fanbase for a 61000 stadium…City tried to run before they could walk….especially when your neighbours are a plastic behemoth like the rags…..Manchester is not a one team City…(I know I know Trafford etc)but you get my point.

Sorry this is rubbish. City have always had a big, mostly working class, fanbase. When I started supporting us in the 1960s we regularly attracted over 60,000 for the biggest games and now we are averaging over 50,000 and have done for years. I don't know where you are based but here in Northern England the economy and infrastucture is crumbling. A lot of people are struggling financially. The cost of attending matches (not just ticket prices) is the biggest factor. If we charged £10 a ticket we could sell out 70,000 every week easily. I am hoping that the new larger capacity will create a downward pressure on ticket prices so some of the 250,000 local people who turned out for our treble parade in the rain can get to a few matches. They certainly deserve it.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Seen that there’s something like 15k unsold seats at Spurs for the Dortmund game tonight too.

I am going to defend Spurs (I know you are not knockiing them). They have been served up shit for years but still get 60,000 for most matches. They are based in one of the poorest areas of London and, unlike the tossers at Arsenal, they still have a hard-core local support. If they get 45,000 it will be a decent turn-out. Virtually none of the CL group games sell out anywhere. This fixation, mostly from sneering fanboys who never attend games, is ridiculous.

 

[Ban-jani]

City should never have extended the stadium,and I’m not talking the new north stand extension also the first extension years ago,should’ve left it at the original 47000 approx….it’d be full EVERY TIME…..then build a bigger fanbase especially with all the trophies we’ve won in the modern era….we just simply do not have a fanbase for a 61000 stadium…City tried to run before they could walk….especially when your neighbours are a plastic behemoth like the rags…..Manchester is not a one team City…(I know I know Trafford etc)but you get my point.

We regularly get 52,000+ in league games, we had that against Exeter and probably will against Swindon/Salford. Most champions league games are around 50k - with knockouts being at full capacity.

47,500 is too small for us. But 61,000 is definitely too big.

We’ll be like West Ham I think, regularly getting around 55,000-58,000 next season, with empties scattered around.

It’s these midweek cup games that will be embarrassing and I’m fearful for the Newcastle game.

 

[Ban-jani]

Speaking of Newcastle, are they going to bother ever putting it on general sale or are they just going to sleepwalk into 8,000 empty seats?

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

We regularly get 52,000+ in league games, we had that against Exeter and probably will against Swindon/Salford. Most champions league games are around 50k - with knockouts being at full capacity.

47,500 is too small for us. But 61,000 is definitely too big.

We’ll be like West Ham I think, regularly getting around 55,000-58,000 next season, with empties scattered around.

It’s these midweek cup games that will be embarrassing and I’m fearful for the Newcastle game.

Not sure about Newcastle. It may not sell out but there are two weeks to go and it is already over 40,000. I think it will be close to 50,000. Let's see. The League Cup is a priorty this season given how inconsistent we are. It may be Pep's last Wembley final if we get through. To be fair City fans often turn up at the last minute (and leave early). Perhaps it's in our DNA.