I was oblivious to the permit area being extended as I don’t normally drive. Had to take the risk of a fine and chance it luckily I got away with it but I wouldn’t drive again. Probably cause me to miss 50% midweeks from now on given that.I’m the same. 68 years old but have to drive as my wife is at home with stage 4 cancer. My only outlet is City games when I can get a family member to sit with her but the parking situation is ridiculous. I couldn’t even get parked anywhere for the Leeds home game and gave up and drove home. Trying to pre book parking is almost impossible with sites saying sold out whenever I try!
Nah, I’ve got a few around 22k praying and I think they’ll miss outAnyone think Leeds will go to 17k?
It sounds likely. Just wonder where the 35,259 came from - or perhaps the club made a miscalculation.40,800 was the attendance for Galatasaray according to last nights programme
Prefer the west gor many reasonsThe elite seat counters on here will be lining up in the paddock once the criteria pops on the website and the date is known when they go on sale.
The real fun comes when only Club Wembley blocks are left and these are selling at the rate of 1 seat every 3 hours, and any returns pop up in level 1 and 5 only to then disappear almost as quickly.
How many will the club allocate to hangers on? Will we have the West (better) or the East (worse) side of the stadium? Always great fun.
it's a no brainer, it will still get to everyone who wants one while kick starting sales early. The schemes offer very little reward other than a token fiver, this would make far more sense and allow people to make plans early, we will end up with 36000 tickets so lets get on with selling the bloody things
That's the kick of the draw.And if we were drawn away every round?
You just know we won’t.
Day 1 - Cup Scheme members with 25000 points
Day 2 Cup scheme members with 20,000 points
Etc etc etc.
All that is needed is
Day 1/2 - Cup Scheme members
Day 3/4 - ST holders
Day 5 onwards - Members
Day 7 - extra tickets for any of the above.
It will drag on for weeks, they will block out bits then put them on sale, players returns will land a week before.
It’s the same every time.
I actually think plenty of ST holders will give this a miss and there will be loads available to members.
On point 8, I think it´s a lot more than 4-5,000 who are generally missing. Citys TO presented data to City Matters last season reporting the numbers. I cant find the report now but I think they said that 50% of City seasoncard holders do not go to Champions League games. Very roughly that will be > 15,000 fans. I am a bit uncertain about this. If anyone knows better, please correct me.I think it's a load of factors repeatedly adding up to a larger number.
1. Higher ticket prices have slowly turned away a load of otherwise die-hard fans
2. Ticket policies have made it increasingly difficult to just pass your ticket onto a mate if you can't go
3. We play more home games than any team outside London and it adds up financially, so people pick and choose
4. Travel options to and from the ground aren't up to standard for quickly moving 50,000 people
5. Season ticket holders not coming to cup games and not selling their ticket back to City
6. Large batches of seats being withheld by City and sold to tourists on Viagogo
7. City fans saving their money for bigger games than (what was essentially) a dead rubber before another Wembley trip
8. At least 4-5,000 are generally missing from midweek night games in the cup (always been this way)
If each of the items in the list affect, say, 1,000 people, then you're gonna be down at 44,000 anyway.
It's a team effort seat counting is, shouldn't be about individual glory.Despite all the negativity. The seat counters do a great job.
I propose an award ceremony to best in class at the end of the season
"Seat counter award manchester" Or SCAMs 2026 .
Or the BBC made it up and everyone lifted it. I am sure 40,800 is correct. The bottom two tiers were almost full and they hold 34,000. The top tiers were half full. Newcastle was a bit higher because of their fans in the top of the South stand. Both over 40,000 which is not that bad.It sounds likely. Just wonder where the 35,259 came from - or perhaps the club made a miscalculation.
It sounds likely. Just wonder where the 35,259 came from - or perhaps the club made a miscalculation.
They did it vs Leipzig in the CL a few years ago. City and the Mail said 45,000 and they came out with 38,000 and loads of twats ran with it online.The BBC made it up.
Weird or not ?i did i left on 70 as i was fucking freezing - rang my mum on the way home and was in the bath listening to a nice album by the time the final whistle went and nice and relaxed.
Really kind of you to ask.
Also worth noting with this game that Leipzig only brought about 30 fans yet they had all 3 tiers of the away end empty rather than giving it back to us.They did it vs Leipzig in the CL a few years ago. City and the Mail said 45,000 and they came out with 38,000 and loads of twats ran with it online.
Hopefully your correctI'm straight away going to guess that we'll be at the West side of the stadium, given that's where we were last time we played arsenal at Wembley in the 2023 community shield.
We do have the West, Arse have announced they have East and tkt pricesHopefully your correct
I much prefer that side of the stadium.