Should City Offer Subsidised Away Travel?

[S04]

Why not copy some fangroups from Germany that own and run their own travel agencies.. Nice little earner they got there as the pickup places usually are outside the supporters bar they own as well.

 

[East Level 2]

Also they, along with us, are the only English clubs to ever get a home league attendance of over 80000.

Was our 80,000+ gate in the league? I thought we only did it for the cup game against Stoke.
There is another team that's done it; but they had to borrow a ground in a neighbouring borough in order to do it.

 

[ell]

I know it was a bit of fun suggestion but could you imagine this forum if we had a city special train? "Ohhhh people were drinking and singing the horrors!"

 

[allan harper]

I know it was a bit of fun suggestion but could you imagine this forum if we had a city special train? "Ohhhh people were drinking and singing the horrors!"

You could have: GDM Class and the Blue Alliance Class, sorted.

 

[nijinsky's fetlocks]

I know it was a bit of fun suggestion but could you imagine this forum if we had a city special train? "Ohhhh people were drinking and singing the horrors!"

You could have: GDM Class and the Blue Alliance Class, sorted.

I can just see this now - one carriage strewn with empty Pol Roger bottles and discarded foie gras vol au vents, and the other one strewn with empty Special Brew cans and chip wrappers, with GDM in it.

 

[allan harper]

I know it was a bit of fun suggestion but could you imagine this forum if we had a city special train? "Ohhhh people were drinking and singing the horrors!"

You could have: GDM Class and the Blue Alliance Class, sorted.

I can just see this now - one carriage strewn with empty Pol Roger bottles and discarded foie gras vol au vents, and the other one strewn with empty Special Brew cans and chip wrappers, with GDM in it.

We'd have to get Fletcher out of retirement to keep an eye on his carriage.

 

[Why Always Ste]

Offering the cheap travel is a little gimmick.
Although it does help, when we're still spending £50+ on a ticket we're still being ripped off.

The best thing that can happen for fans in the modern game is for us to completely boycott the away matches.
Only then will prices begin to fall.

I won't be going to away matches this season.
Pay my car insurance or go on a few away trips?
Hmm....

 

[stonerblue]

I appreciate people like a scoop on the train or coach when they travel away. However, would you go without for 2 hours on the train, or 4 hours on the coach, if you where given the opportunity to travel for £10 via the club?

no, and not just because of the lack of beer. I don't particularly like what football has become, whiter than white, non atmospheric diluted crowds, plastic bag carrying twerps, people who watch the game with their camera phone permanently in their hand so I'd rather stick with the same people that are like me which is lads brought up in the nasty old 70's and 80's world of football. I really don't want to be sat on a coach with a load of twerps that complain when you sing a song that has a swear word in it and I don't think they want to be on the same coach as me and mine either.

You should come with me on the pub mini-bus. Smoke, drink, whatever else and sing all the way. All for £4 return.

 

[SWP's back]

Is having away fans at a game really that important? It's not a big thing in Spain.

I believe it is and I believe the atmosphere in Spain suffers for it also.

The atmosphere at the Etihad is even worse than normal when we play the likes of Fulham or Wigan who bring a taxi full.

 

[allan harper]

If New York can do it, so can the boss

There's a carriage to take the Cockney scum fans back to London too.