Sorry, Not Sorry...

[Stretfordian_Blue]

There's kids in 111/110/109 etc, so if they can put up with swearing there, then kids in the family stand can go in 104 etc!

My Dad used to take me in the Kippax from being 6 years old. He used to say to me "swearing is for the football, don't want to hear you saying any of it away from the game". And even though i was hearing every swear word under the Sun from being a little kid, I never did. Never swore in front of any teachers or anything like that at school, and still never sworn in front of my Mother and I'm now 30. So what is it parents are worried about? Are they just typical oversensitive families?

I was told the exact same, and I'm told that as a 5 year old, on one of my first visits, knowing that swearing was 'for the football' , I declared to my dad in a very loud voice that I wanted a 'fucking programme'. I was a charmer!

 

[kinkyisahero]

I used to sit in the North stand, got booted out as didn't fit the criteria anymore. Was really upset as had sat around the same people since Maine Road, saw 1 lad grow up for 12 years from being approx. 3 yrs old.

We were forced into more expensive seats and had to fight to get half decent seats. I am happy with my seat now, but am guilty of buying a childs seat, to save the seat for when my daughters want to attend matches regularly. At the moment, as they are only 3 and 6 I don't allow them to attend big matches or night matches. I have regularly told the club I would willingly allow them to re-sell that ticket, as I would prefer somebody to sit in the seat, rather than it be empty. Their attempt at this was viagogo, which meant I had to upgrade her to a Platinum ticket, however the information was not sufficient before I bought the season ticket as to whether the ticket could be upgraded to an adult ticket on viagogo. I assume this is not the case. I upgrade the ticket as often as possible, however the club charge the difference between an adult ticket for the game and 1/19th of the price of the season ticket, which meant a derby ticket was still £50. I think they would fill more seats if they just charged the difference between adult and childs ticket.

The club need to strike a balance between filling the empty seats and attracting as much revenue as possible.

 

[Anonymous]

Im in the south stand, theres plenty of singers but we're spread out, in between theres people not willing to sing and just stand there with arms folded.

We should fuck off the family stand and have an advertised singers section there.

 

[bobmcfc]

When my middle lad turns 16 in two years we are moving to 211 hopefully

 

[mcb1207]

Family Stand is a long term venture, someone said earlier about the demographics and were spot on. FS is great for that.
I agree kids should be the same price everywhere although the price differences I presume are to encourage the kids to get in the same area. Would have thought that would free up more of the hard core seats for those hard core fans out there.
If people were relocated out of the FS then there would still be the empty seats for night games just spread out - or is that the point, op just gets upset and embarrassed the cameras can see it?
Anyway, if it sells out it's doing the job. I couldn't afford to take my two boys if we had to pay the other prices - it would just be me. So completely selfishly I'm grateful. And I guess anyone who cared about the club and its future would be grateful 2 young fans are there for the future that would otherwise have been lost to Sky...#together...or was it #divisive, I never can remember

 

[Freestyler]

All of it?

the whole north stand of what it covers yes.

Don't sit in there then, simples.

I don't sit anywhere near it.

and also you wouldn't lose any on the gate.

I thought this would divide opinion, even people who sit in the family stand hate it and also agree on all points.

If it doesn't go, it should be made smaller at the very least.

and as loads have said, it stops others getting tickets and it's a joke when there is rows of empty seats, yet the 'sold out' sign goes up.

 

[ell]

I thought we had a family stand to attract more younger fans when we were shit and a lot less glamourous. Now we are challenging for trophies and playing nice football do we really need playstations (playstations in a football ground ffs) on the concourse etc to attract younger fans?

 

[PistonBlue]

I thought we had a family stand to attract more younger fans when we were shit and a lot less glamourous. Now we are challenging for trophies and playing nice football do we really need playstations (playstations in a football ground ffs) on the concourse etc to attract younger fans?

Is it not also to keep the kids in a more friendly environment? Less aggression and bad language for instance.

 

[masterwig]

They need a bigger family stand. Last few games there's been whole rows around me in CBL3 filled by youth groups or school kids. They aren't always local groups either and not all of them have been supporting City. On Saturday one group were throwing bits of food down at people sat on lower rows. These groups should be in the family stand surely?

I really need to relocate next season, sick of being surrounded by tourists with seemingly very little knowledge of our club.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

I thought we had a family stand to attract more younger fans when we were shit and a lot less glamourous. Now we are challenging for trophies and playing nice football do we really need playstations (playstations in a football ground ffs) on the concourse etc to attract younger fans?

Is it not also to keep the kids in a more friendly environment? Less aggression and bad language for instance.

And keep them away from pissed up teenagers in the southstand.