PSG 2015/16 season. Sales for the home leg were slow, and a lot of that was because fans were unhappy about the ticket prices. We drew 2-2 away in the first leg and after that there was a huge surge in sales immediately followig that result - it ended up being a sell outIt’s more if we’re within a goal, drawing or winning narrowly I meant. It didn’t happen against Newcastle you’re right, but there’s been champions league knockout games before where I could swear sales spiked after a positive away result, with the game still in the balance.
I don’t think it’ll be enough to get us to a sellout, they will need general sale I think for that.
A Lot of people i've spoken to have said the Real Madrid ticket prices are okay, if they were £10/£15 cheaper it still wouldn't be cheap enough, so how low do you go ?You’ve been normalised to think £50-£70 tickets are fine. That’s what we used to pay for a cup final ticket, and we’re now paying it for home games. People have less disposable income these days, as you’ve alluded to.
If the ticket prices were ok, they wouldn’t be pricing out people that are “skint” would they? Where’s logic in that?
If they were £30/£40/£50 for this, based on quality of seat, rather than the £47/£55/£70 it is, we’d be close to a sellout already.
Its a factor yes.I think transport issues relating to metrolink and car parking are starting to outweigh pricing as the single biggest reason for the growing poor sales/non attendance.
Spoke to quite a few this season who've binned night games due the hassle getting there and home.I think transport issues relating to metrolink and car parking are starting to outweigh pricing as the single biggest reason for the growing poor sales/non attendance.
£10/£15 cheaper and you’ll get more buying naturally. How many, I don’t know but would be a few hundred more at least I guess, possibly ranging into 1,000-2,000 extra who would draw a line at £40-£45.A Lot of people i've spoken to have said the Real Madrid ticket prices are okay, if they were £10/£15 cheaper it still wouldn't be cheap enough, so how low do you go ?
And that is the huge problem facing the Club, it’s an utter ballache getting to and from the Stadium.Spoke to quite a few this season who've binned night games due the hassle getting there and home.
Not that long ago I genuinely believed we had the best people running the club — owners who respected City’s local identity and the relationship with its fans. We saw supporter friendly initiatives like subsidised travel for FA Cup Finals and Champions League Finals. That probably lasted until Covid.25 years or so ago the club had a simple statement that was a genuine appreciation from the directors regarding the backing we had given the team through the dark times.
'Supporting our Supporters'.
It was only a three word slogan, but it summed up in its way the connection we all had in a knd of 'we're all in this together' type of mindset.
That friendliness towards us in those days has long since disappeared, and replaced with such a voracious appetite for money they are actively alienating many of us.
I find myself in a weird conflict at the moment. I support the team, but dislike the club, if that makes sense. Well, it does to me, and I can't help the way I feel. If that offends anyone, so be it.
'Screwing our Supporters' is probably a fair rewrite of that old slogan, in lots of different ways today.
They'll fly out fsirly quickly now after being announced properly via text and email.Opened the criteria for Madrid at home up to an extra 2 tickets for season ticket holders
Of course clubs are looking at more revenue, with PSR, financial fair play plus City paying the likes of Haaland 100's of thousands a week, its a vicious circle, keep fans happy and keep the number crunchers happyNot that long ago I genuinely believed we had the best people running the club — owners who respected City’s local identity and the relationship with its fans. We saw supporter friendly initiatives like subsidised travel for FA Cup Finals and Champions League Finals. That probably lasted until Covid.
The moment that cracked for me was the ESL. Getting into bed with clubs that had spent years trying to finish us, even letting Joel Glazer issue a statement on our own website. When we pulled out first, I told myself we were different. Looking back, that was naive. I sometimes wonder if clubs decided there and then that if they couldn’t have the ultimate cash cow, then they would screw traditional fans in other ways.
Since then the pursuit of matchday revenue has been relentless. The Real Madrid semi-final was the breaking point — fans priced out, tourists filling seats, Blues walking away, some never returning.
We saw it in the treble season against Arsenal too -no ticket returns available, yet plenty packaged up in expensive hospitality.
Now the new stand is being built and the priority is obvious — more revenue.
The irony is that the authentic atmosphere they’re eroding is exactly what attracts football tourists in the first place.
I read yesterday thatRoel de Vries is leaving. Maybe it’s unrelated. But you’d hope it signals a rethink and hopefully a change in direction / priorities.
Well it's not that rag fucker Tim Burgess!'Charlatans' who are you talking about ?
It’s clear huge numbers of season ticket holders, just aren’t interested in attending champions league games. Barely anyone where i sit is attending the Madrid gameThat’s correct but two years ago people would be flapping to try and get a ticket, now we’re wondering if it will sell and when.
I also recieved that email from the club. However, it's the first I've had regarding the Madrid game. Are the club doing what it should be doing and emailing everything to everyone? Because I'm hearing from different people on here that they've not had emails from the club for this n that.Opened the criteria for Madrid at home up to an extra 2 tickets for season ticket holders
Last season City submitted data for the CL Group games to City Matters last season showing that a lot of seasoncard holders were not going to group games. 20k out of 37k were going.It’s clear huge numbers of season ticket holders, just aren’t interested in attending champions league games. Barely anyone where i sit is attending the Madrid game