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The Creeping Gentrification of City
- Thread starter Santiago Street
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sergiokun
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Santiago Street . said:I pay about £650 for my ST, don't go away much, aint a points whore so I bought gold not platinum and as such I only have about 3500 points.
How fucking poor is it that people in my boat who've forked out £650 aren't guaranteed a semi final ticket yet some little spoilt Hooray Henry who's been to 1 or 2 games where he spends most of his time playing on his ipod can jump the queue based on nothing more than some marketing exec's plan to "enhance the brand" by attracting bourgeois parents prepared to overindulge their offspring to the nth degree. So I'll have to splurge probably the best part of £500 sorting a ticket for the semi and god willing the final
Plenty of people bigging up City's role in the community, funding colleges, building footy pitches in East LA (ffs) etc but as the old adage goes charity begins at home which in a football club's case should mean the fans who've been there through the hard times. I'm lucky that I can afford to pay over the odds occasionally for special occasions but how many thousands of dyed in the wool blues are there who are missing out on the glory days by what seems like an almost deliberate campaign to ostracise working class fans from City
People will no doubt counter with the old "our prices are amongst the cheapest in the PL" argument. The cheapest Bentley in the showroom is still fucking dear.
Sort it out City before we have a ground full of chablis sipping, Leica clicking, Guardian reading consumers, there only to be entertained. And people wonder why the atmosphere's bobbins these days.
Well I didn’t join the cup scheme this season but I went to Watford, Barnsley and only missed Leeds because I was in Tenerife yet I have to wait till next Wednesday. I have 5100 points but do you see me moaning? You knew full well at the start of the season if we made it to Wembley the people on cup scheme will get tickets first so stop moaning. Next time wait your turn or join the cup scheme. Everyone who has a season ticket will get a ticket anyway
That got me laffin a lotShaelumstash said:Santiago Street . said:I pay about £650 for my ST, don't go away much, aint a points whore so I bought gold not platinum and as such I only have about 3500 points.
How fucking poor is it that people in my boat who've forked out £650 aren't guaranteed a semi final ticket yet some little spoilt Hooray Henry who's been to 1 or 2 games where he spends most of his time playing on his ipod can jump the queue based on nothing more than some marketing exec's plan to "enhance the brand" by attracting bourgeois parents prepared to overindulge their offspring to the nth degree. So I'll have to splurge probably the best part of £500 sorting a ticket for the semi and god willing the final
Plenty of people bigging up City's role in the community, funding colleges, building footy pitches in East LA (ffs) etc but as the old adage goes charity begins at home which in a football club's case should mean the fans who've been there through the hard times. I'm lucky that I can afford to pay over the odds occasionally for special occasions but how many thousands of dyed in the wool blues are there who are missing out on the glory days by what seems like an almost deliberate campaign to ostracise working class fans from City
People will no doubt counter with the old "our prices are amongst the cheapest in the PL" argument. The cheapest Bentley in the showroom is still fucking dear.
Sort it out City before we have a ground full of chablis sipping, Leica clicking, Guardian reading consumers, there only to be entertained. And people wonder why the atmosphere's bobbins these days.
I agree, admission to City games should be soley reserved for working class men in their 40s and 50s. Any under 30s who go to away games and are on the cup scheme should have to prove their working class credentials by filling out a questionaire asking where they were born, brought up, went to school, work, shop, drink. Anyone who shops at Waitrose and drinks imported Japenese beer should face an automatic ban, Fletcher could send them a letter.
Then we'll ban all the accountants and solicitors, and guarantee tickets for all the factory workers and labourers. Then for the people in the middle - the lower paid office jobs and higher paid tradesmen, maybe we could have some kind of Battle Royale to decide who's hardest? Only the strong survive and get a ticket?
They could stage a running battle with weapons at City Square before a big game. It would really add to the "match day experience" and we could stream it live on mcfc.co.uk, charge a quid per view, should help with FFP. I bet our twitter and facebook followers would double, especially in the lucrative Far-East market, they love a bit of blood sport.
Tim of the Oak
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I don't see this gentrification thing.
Got to go. Need to pick up my free sports bag from Hugo Boss when I spend £1,000. Many thanks to the Club for letting me in on this bargain!
Got to go. Need to pick up my free sports bag from Hugo Boss when I spend £1,000. Many thanks to the Club for letting me in on this bargain!
SteWadda
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I wasn't on the cup scheme in 2011 when anyone on it could get a ticket on the first day of sales.
Like anyone with a bit of sense I joined them last year and this year knowing it would give me priorty on any semi or final tickets
Most people must have done the same hence this years selling critera on points and being on the cup scheme.
So well done city on an idea that has worked and increased our attendances for home cup games.
Like anyone with a bit of sense I joined them last year and this year knowing it would give me priorty on any semi or final tickets
Most people must have done the same hence this years selling critera on points and being on the cup scheme.
So well done city on an idea that has worked and increased our attendances for home cup games.
I think the biggest problem is the FA.
They built a national stadium that was never going to be big enough.
They did that because they insisted on building it in London (in an area thats a pig to get to) and there was only enough room (and money) for a 90,000 seat stadium.
They could have built a 120,000 seat stadium in the middle of the country for half the cost.
the FA didnt cos they are cunts
They built a national stadium that was never going to be big enough.
They did that because they insisted on building it in London (in an area thats a pig to get to) and there was only enough room (and money) for a 90,000 seat stadium.
They could have built a 120,000 seat stadium in the middle of the country for half the cost.
the FA didnt cos they are cunts
PistonBlue
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The one thing I really don't agree with is the double loyalty points for Platinum. Loyalty points are used at Tesco so you don't go to Asda. Footballing loyalty is a completely different thing, and loyalty points should not be be more plentiful to anyone willing to pay a bit extra for their ticket, as opposed to someone on Gold who goes to exactly the same games.
Blue2112
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PistonBlue said:The one thing I really don't agree with is the double loyalty points for Platinum. Loyalty points are used at Tesco so you don't go to Asda. Footballing loyalty is a completely different thing, and loyalty points should not be be more plentiful to anyone willing to pay a bit extra for their ticket, as opposed to someone on Gold who goes to exactly the same games.
100% correct and although I maybe cutting my nose off to spite my face and some people can't understand not joining cup schemes etc this is the sole reason I would not go platinum or on a cup scheme. The cup scheme would be perfect if they sold you cheaper tickets but gave you the same points but its the offering of extra points I can't abide. I might be alone in those thoughts but I feel strongly about the principal of it.
SteWadda
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Blue2112 said:PistonBlue said:The one thing I really don't agree with is the double loyalty points for Platinum. Loyalty points are used at Tesco so you don't go to Asda. Footballing loyalty is a completely different thing, and loyalty points should not be be more plentiful to anyone willing to pay a bit extra for their ticket, as opposed to someone on Gold who goes to exactly the same games.
100% correct and although I maybe cutting my nose off to spite my face and some people can't understand not joining cup schemes etc this is the sole reason I would not go platinum or on a cup scheme. The cup scheme would be perfect if they sold you cheaper tickets but gave you the same points but its the offering of extra points I can't abide. I might be alone in those thoughts but I feel strongly about the principal of it.
You do get cheaper tickets they cap the price of them. I paid less then anyone not on the cup scheme for the FA cup derby last year.