Sevilla away sold out!

I have noticed that the allocation of away tickets to 'corporates' has increased. I've been in the fortunate position to having access to corporate tickets for over 20 years, going back to the opening of the 'new' Kippax. We've had 6 tickets for the duration, same people occupying the seats all the way through and 4 of us going to about 80% of away games - the 4 of us who do the awayd have been doing so since the '70s. There are no points allocated to 'corporate' ticket holders, so whilst 4 of us were regular away travellers, when it came to Utd away, or the first time we played Barca, we only got 2 tickets. That was the case until last year when things changed and we got all 4 - same again this year, including for Seville away. I think, given how long we've held the corporate tickets, we have a fair shout - I do not think however that new arrivals who take a corporate should be ahead of hard core, long term, 'proven' fans, regardless of what type of ticket they hold.
 
RACHACE said:
It's bleak when you consider id not have got a ticket for gladbach or Sevilla but I got my own tickets for our 1st visits to barca, real & bayern. Bigger grounds I suppose but Sevilla selling out at the points level it has doesn't seem right to me.

I like doing my own thing so a supporters club is a no go for me. The majority would expect you to at least fill a seat on a coach for home games and I'd rather go into town as opposed to sitting in the pub the branch goes from.

The way things seem at the moment there's little chance of catching up as you've stated. One poster has put up that he missed 1 game from the Derby last season yet he fell further behind the criteria for obtaining a derby ticket this season??? I can't do every game so there's no chance of catching up.

I will however consider a more expensive season ticket if it gave me an away allocation too. I wish that I didn't have to consider it but City have created this situation.
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I think you have hit the nail on the head there- City want to sell more corporate tickets at home; How can they make that happen? I know limit the supply of away tickets for loyal fans they will find a way of getting tickets and we will give them one (corporate membership at home with access to away tickets) i.e Superbia without the loyalty. makes £££ for the club also releases normal season tickets for tourists via package firms.

slowly but surely we the loyal fan are getting shafted.
 
Hung said:
I have noticed that the allocation of away tickets to 'corporates' has increased. I've been in the fortunate position to having access to corporate tickets for over 20 years, going back to the opening of the 'new' Kippax. We've had 6 tickets for the duration, same people occupying the seats all the way through and 4 of us going to about 80% of away games - the 4 of us who do the awayd have been doing so since the '70s. There are no points allocated to 'corporate' ticket holders, so whilst 4 of us were regular away travellers, when it came to Utd away, or the first time we played Barca, we only got 2 tickets. That was the case until last year when things changed and we got all 4 - same again this year, including for Seville away. I think, given how long we've held the corporate tickets, we have a fair shout - I do not think however that new arrivals who take a corporate should be ahead of hard core, long term, 'proven' fans, regardless of what type of ticket they hold.
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No neither do I but but I think some blues would consider upping their seat at the Etihad if it came with a guarantee of a certain amount of away games.
 
stadiumcat said:
I think you have hit the nail on the head there- City want to sell more corporate tickets at home; How can they make that happen? I know limit the supply of away tickets for loyal fans they will find a way of getting tickets and we will give them one (corporate membership at home with access to away tickets) i.e Superbia without the loyalty. makes £££ for the club also releases normal season tickets for tourists via package firms.

slowly but surely we the loyal fan are getting shafted.
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No doubt.
 
Hung said:
I have noticed that the allocation of away tickets to 'corporates' has increased. I've been in the fortunate position to having access to corporate tickets for over 20 years, going back to the opening of the 'new' Kippax. We've had 6 tickets for the duration, same people occupying the seats all the way through and 4 of us going to about 80% of away games - the 4 of us who do the awayd have been doing so since the '70s. There are no points allocated to 'corporate' ticket holders, so whilst 4 of us were regular away travellers, when it came to Utd away, or the first time we played Barca, we only got 2 tickets. That was the case until last year when things changed and we got all 4 - same again this year, including for Seville away. I think, given how long we've held the corporate tickets, we have a fair shout - I do not think however that new arrivals who take a corporate should be ahead of hard core, long term, 'proven' fans, regardless of what type of ticket they hold.
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you are what i call for want of a better word "proper" corporates as in you are city fans and would go in any case, corporate or not.
i expect you pay for this privilege? and the length of this time gives you imo an expectancy to be near top of the tree for tickets.
the problem comes when you put new corporates up against the hard core go everywhere normal fan.
what do the club do? its a difficult juggling act and with an ever increasing fan base they won't be able to please everyone
 
It would be interesting to know how many of those corporate with the away tickets actually attend the 2 games mainly mentioned.

Or would these tickets miraculously make it into other hands. The club should try and keep a check on that.

Calling each other c*nts is not going to help. New corporate is a problem but it is the club who make the rules not those who take the offer up.
 
Ding Dong said:
When the so called fellow blues have only just decided they now want to become match going fellow blues then YES AGAIN.

And thanks for the praise.
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You can't substaniate that with anything. You've no idea who these people are or what life has thrown at them. I myself have given up a seasoncard twice and most recently rebought for 2011/12. Personal circumstances dictated that I couldn't attend regularly enough to warrant owning one.

For what it's worth, I do have a ticket for Sevilla away. My branch came good with one. I play the system and do my best to obtain a ticket in any way, shape or form. There may well be a strange makeup of the blocks we have but I also guarantee there'll be tickets out there too. There always is.
 
Looks like the ordinary fan is being squeezed out without a doubt.
We support the team but are losing out to those who support the club.
I've only been able to get tickets for Spurs and Sunderland away. Am holding my breath for Villa. Paid for and subsequently lost two flights for Gladbach (my choice I know) due to tickets going quicker than expected.
Seen this coming since that ridiculous boat trip to Chelsea!!
 
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RACHACE said:
No neither do I but but I think some blues would consider upping their seat at the Etihad if it came with a guarantee of a certain amount of away games.
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I'm in 93:20. The Club also run the risk that people paying for Premium seats in 93:20 move out of Level 2. Some Blues could of course pay more for Joe's but potentially more could decide that 93:20 is a piss take.

I am glad that 93:20 doesn't have any priority for aways - and Joe's was already a step to far!
 
peoffrey said:
You can't substaniate that with anything. You've no idea who these people are or what life has thrown at them. I myself have given up a seasoncard twice and most recently rebought for 2011/12. Personal circumstances dictated that I couldn't attend regularly enough to warrant owning one.

For what it's worth, I do have a ticket for Sevilla away. My branch came good with one. I play the system and do my best to obtain a ticket in any way, shape or form. There may well be a strange makeup of the blocks we have but I also guarantee there'll be tickets out there too. There always is.
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I really don't have issue with people like yourself and @Manchester33 who clearly go to the games and use the OSC to facilitate that. I have several mates on less than high points who use their branch to get themselves tickets for highly sought games.
However it's a bit of a piss take when you are chatting to "fans" who have got their ticket for Barca away, which sold out at 9000 points, through a branch and it's their first ever away game, never mind their first Euro game
 
HoJon said:
Looks like the ordinary fan is being squeezed out without a doubt.
We support the team but are losing out to those who support the club.
I've only been able to get tickets for Spurs and Sunderland away. Am holding my breath for Villa. Paid for and subsequently lost two flights for Gladbach (my choice I know) due to tickets going quicker than expected.
Seen this coming since that ridiculous boat trip to Chelsea!!
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You should have gone to Gladbach regardless as there were tickets out there. I've never not heard about spares at any match I've been to. For example, there's always someone from my branch not going etc.

I'm confident you would've got one in Germany.
 
squirtyflower said:
I really don't have issue with people like yourself and @Manchester33 who clearly go to the games and use the OSC to facilitate that. I have several mates on less than high points who use their branch to get themselves tickets for highly sought games.
However it's a bit of a piss take when you are chatting to "fans" who have got their ticket for Barca away, which sold out at 9000 points, through a branch and it's their first ever away game, never mind their first Euro game
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It's my first European trip but certainly not my first away match. That was Swindon in 99/00. I've not missed a home Premier League clash all season and been to Palace and Spurs too. The branch said there were no promises and asked 18,000,000 pointers to try and get their own. I think we have a couple of Superbia members too.

My Facebook status of "I've got a ticket for Sevilla v City!!!" got 17 likes. I feel loved.
 
squirtyflower said:
I really don't have issue with people like yourself and @Manchester33 who clearly go to the games and use the OSC to facilitate that. I have several mates on less than high points who use their branch to get themselves tickets for highly sought games.
However it's a bit of a piss take when you are chatting to "fans" who have got their ticket for Barca away, which sold out at 9000 points, through a branch and it's their first ever away game, never mind their first Euro game
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There's just obviously a problem with the system - needs a re-think in the summer.

I was thinking last night, one of the problems we've probably had for the Champs League is the boring draw last year and the repeat trips to Munich/Barca. A lot of people probably couldn't be bothered going again and saved up for this seasons games instead. I reckon the demand from our fans is higher this year than ever before.
 
mayo31 said:
It would be interesting to know how many of those corporate with the away tickets actually attend the 2 games mainly mentioned.

Or would these tickets miraculously make it into other hands. The club should try and keep a check on that.

Calling each other c*nts is not going to help. New corporate is a problem but it is the club who make the rules not those who take the offer up.
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The Company corporates will take the tickets anyway and give them to clients. They see that as part of the package of corporate membership, they don't care who gets them or if a client sells them on. What are City going to do, punish a corporate member? I doubt that.

I don't think there will be a problem getting a ticket for the game in Turin. do you?
 
stadiumcat said:
The Company corporates will take the tickets anyway and give them to clients. They see that as part of the package of corporate membership, they don't care who gets them or if a client sells them on. What are City going to do, punish a corporate member? I doubt that.

I don't think there will be a problem getting a ticket for the game in Turin. do you?
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Open sale is my guess
 
Well I've got my Villa away ticket this morning. Having had to miss quite a few home and away matches last season through illness I've had to (re)build my loyalty points and at last I am back to first day buying. Not being a points ***** (you know the word) I didn't buy tickets for matches I couldn't attend so please may I keep my points?? ;-)

And Sevilla is my first Euro away for over 12 months for the same reason, although I should confess that I did buy a ticket for Monchengladbach because I thought I would be able to go but wasn't allowed to..................... doctor's orders!! This time (Sevilla) he said it will be all right!! YYYeesss, like Arnie, I am BACK!!












I'll give the Monchen points back if it offends anyone. :-)
 
Who would you email highlighting the issues with obtaining away tickets these days?

OSC's pooling together season cards in order to obtain more tickets to supplement their allocation from the club, fans buying tickets with no intention of going and corporates getting to big a percentage of an away allocation are the 3 main contributing factors that are making it very tough for supporters getting tickets for certain games.

These are all areas that the club can do something to ensure that the system is at least fair and transparent. Would they be bothered though?
 
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