Thogden

Thogdad said:
Hello Lads & Lasses,

Massive amount of bitterness on here from some Blues - you lot should probably be happier when you get to watch the quality of Foden (watch him become one of the greatest players in the world), KDB & Bernando every week. But never mind.

Theo bought his ticket for this game online and travelled up from London at his own expense - he didn't have a sponsor for this match and got no special help from MCFC. Being brought up in Altrincham back in the day amongst Reds and a few hardy Blues, he's always been interested in City, despite being a lifelong Bolton Wanderers fan.

You will get non-City fans/tourists (delete as appropriate) attending City games, this is a fact of life. I went to Charlton Athletic vs Bolton Wanderers last week in London and several hundred fans in the away end were non-Bolton supporters enjoying an evening of fine football (insert witty pun here). This gave me a couple of broad options, namely (i) abuse them and make them feel unwelcome, like the horrid tourists they are, or (ii) welcome them to the 'Bolton family' for 90 minutes. I chose the latter - that's just my nature.

You've got the same choice to make. Is City a 'local club for local people' where visitors are treated with prickliness, threats of violence, bitterness and unpleasantness, and discouraged from attending future games? Or is City a friendly and welcoming club, where incomers are greeted with a smile, even if they are 'some blonde woman who didn't celebrate our goals enough and didn't seem to know what was going on'?

And does it really harm you if the football-mad 20 year-old kid in the next seat has a vlogging camera and is trying to make a short film for his YouTube channel, assuming he isn't loud and obnoxious and spoiling your enjoyment of course.

Thousands of Theo's 715,000 subscribers are City fans and they regularly plead with him to attend and vlog City games. These are primarily younger folk, many of whom don't have parents who can take them to games, some of whom live in far-off places like Indonesia, India and Kenya. They get the City experience, limbs and all, from videos like this.

That's my tuppence worth. Good luck for the rest of the season.

Cheers,

Thogdad
Occasional visitor to Maine Road in the 1970s

P.S.
Stan & Hilda Ogden > Curly Watts any day of the week
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Welcome Thogdad, first of all please do not be offended or take this personal.
The video uploaded could have been taken by John Smith the Huddersfield supporter - i would have raised the same question.
I was questioning how a non-city fan has ended up in the City fans end in a such a big game when thousands & thousands of loyal city fans with season tickets and lots of ticket points have missed out (including myself)
You mentioned he bought it online.
Most City fans who go away buy the tickets online aswell due to a few problems with the clubs phone (but let’s not go there)
If you could please enlighten me and the rest of the forum how to purchase tickets for Anfield, Old Trafford etc..with no season card or ticket points?
If he has bought it from the Online Ticket Sites like Viagogo for £600-£700 this makes sense, fair play to him for paying them prices…he deserves to do whatever he pleases at them prices.
The problem then, is the club & these Ticket sites!
It was just an honest question as some of us are paying an additional £50.00 per month to City, to obtain double ticket points to hopefully, at some point in our lives to go to Anfield and watch City in the flesh.

It just feels maybe obtaining more subscribers to a youtube channel is more effective to obtaining football tickets than actually having ticket points awarded direct from the club.

You mentioned that we should probably be happier when we get to watch the quality of Foden, KDB & Bernando every week….this the point - we don’t as some tickets end up with non-city fans
 
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I must admit I understand people's frustrations about the tickets, but I think that his vlog was actually very good. Better than others that don't really focus on the action.

Well aware this isn't the issue, but I don't think this lad deserves any shit. He's created a very successful and professional channel.

What it does highly prove is the disconnect between club and fans, no tickets should be available for anyone other than City fans. The club really need to do better.
 
Thogdad said:
Hello Lads & Lasses,

Massive amount of bitterness on here from some Blues - you lot should probably be happier when you get to watch the quality of Foden (watch him become one of the greatest players in the world), KDB & Bernando every week. But never mind.

Theo bought his ticket for this game online and travelled up from London at his own expense - he didn't have a sponsor for this match and got no special help from MCFC. Being brought up in Altrincham back in the day amongst Reds and a few hardy Blues, he's always been interested in City, despite being a lifelong Bolton Wanderers fan.

You will get non-City fans/tourists (delete as appropriate) attending City games, this is a fact of life. I went to Charlton Athletic vs Bolton Wanderers last week in London and several hundred fans in the away end were non-Bolton supporters enjoying an evening of fine football (insert witty pun here). This gave me a couple of broad options, namely (i) abuse them and make them feel unwelcome, like the horrid tourists they are, or (ii) welcome them to the 'Bolton family' for 90 minutes. I chose the latter - that's just my nature.

You've got the same choice to make. Is City a 'local club for local people' where visitors are treated with prickliness, threats of violence, bitterness and unpleasantness, and discouraged from attending future games? Or is City a friendly and welcoming club, where incomers are greeted with a smile, even if they are 'some blonde woman who didn't celebrate our goals enough and didn't seem to know what was going on'?

And does it really harm you if the football-mad 20 year-old kid in the next seat has a vlogging camera and is trying to make a short film for his YouTube channel, assuming he isn't loud and obnoxious and spoiling your enjoyment of course.

Thousands of Theo's 715,000 subscribers are City fans and they regularly plead with him to attend and vlog City games. These are primarily younger folk, many of whom don't have parents who can take them to games, some of whom live in far-off places like Indonesia, India and Kenya. They get the City experience, limbs and all, from videos like this.

That's my tuppence worth. Good luck for the rest of the season.

Cheers,

Thogdad
Occasional visitor to Maine Road in the 1970s

P.S.
Stan & Hilda Ogden > Curly Watts any day of the week
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Completely missed the point of the OP.
 
Marklr said:
Completely missed the point of the OP.
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Did he? The OP asked how he got a ticket while the OP couldn't get one.

It's explained the ticket was bought online (more than likely from a ticket exchange website) which is more than likely a lot more expensive than face value and it's clearly stated the ticket was NOT from City or Liverpool.

If people want to pay over the odds for a ticket and can afford it then it's their choice. My only question would be how did a ticket for the biggest game of the season end up on one of thses websites
 
kippaxwarrior said:
Did he? The OP asked how he got a ticket while the OP couldn't get one.

It's explained the ticket was bought online (more than likely from a ticket exchange website) which is more than likely a lot more expensive than face value and it's clearly stated the ticket was NOT from City or Liverpool.

If people want to pay over the odds for a ticket and can afford it then it's their choice. My only question would be how did a ticket for the biggest game of the season end up on one of thses websites
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Yeah..it's all the:
"Is City a 'local club for local people' where visitors are treated with prickliness, threats of violence, bitterness and unpleasantness, and discouraged from attending future games? Or is City a friendly and welcoming club, where incomers are greeted with a smile, even if they are 'some blonde woman who didn't celebrate our goals enough and didn't seem to know what was going on'?"
...BS that wasn't needed. The thread was about tickets.
 
Marklr said:
Yeah..it's all the:
"Is City a 'local club for local people' where visitors are treated with prickliness, threats of violence, bitterness and unpleasantness, and discouraged from attending future games? Or is City a friendly and welcoming club, where incomers are greeted with a smile, even if they are 'some blonde woman who didn't celebrate our goals enough and didn't seem to know what was going on'?"
...BS that wasn't needed. The thread was about tickets.
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I agree, was similar to a simon jordan response, completely ignoring the point, while claiming a mòral high ground.
 
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