ticket prices for semi- final

[noely]

So people are moaning about not selling out for the semi (presuming said moaners are going) but then on the other hand moan about 'tourists'
I'm not the slightest bit arsed its not sold out I know of at least 5 season ticket holders who cant go for their reason and I'm theres
many others who cant go for whatever reason who cares its their business so long as I can go I'm not arsed about an empty seat or a 'tourist' next to me

 

[fathellensbellend]

Our worldwide support has increased dramatically but as far as the British Isles go the increase has been minimal, we don't have hordes of casual fans scattered here there and everywhere like the ugly sisters in red. We also as far as our match going support have small numbers on the 18-30 age group the group who are presumed to have the most disposable incomes and less responsibilities, our support is amongst the oldest around and dare I say it a touch jaded.

i agree totally mate, 20 million facebook followers, means bugger all if they dont come to the match.

 

[noely]

didnt say anything was wrong with it, just stating a fact, everton and sunderland would fill their allocation easily, for whatever reason we have become apathetic has a fan base, when you recall when we got to the play off final against wigan at maine road, or the day we won promotion at blackburn, it seemed despite getting smaller crowds we were more up for it, or even further back at villa park against Ipswich, in the past we would have dreamt of playing at wembley, now it appears for whatever reason huge parts of our support are not that bothered.

Wasnt there a load of blues in the Sunderland end at the league cup final the other year?

 

[cyberblue]

I think if tickets had gone on sale to non seaon ticket holders earlier they would have been snapped up by now.over a season, fans have spent a fortune so none can be critised for not making the shlep to London.hopefully fans who have no chance of getting any cup final tickets will jump at the chance
When we played Gillingham in the play offs we could probably nearly filled wembly ourselves such was the intrest .how times have changed

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I think if tickets had gone on sale to non seaon ticket holders earlier they would have been snapped up by now.over a season, fans have spent a fortune so none can be critised for not making the shlep to London.hopefully fans who have no chance of getting any cup final tickets will jump at the chance
When we played Gillingham in the play offs we could probably nearly filled wembly ourselves such was the intrest .how times have changed

It was the same with Gillingham mate. We could have probably sold Wembley out on our own but it took a very long time to get down to Blues who just had a membership card and there were no queues for the last few tickets in 99.

 

[Corky]

Wasnt there a load of blues in the Sunderland end at the league cup final the other year?

It was the other way around from what I saw.

It was the same with Gillingham mate. We could have probably sold Wembley out on our own but it took a very long time to get down to Blues who just had a membership card and there were no queues for the last few tickets in 99.

We had very few membership card holder in 98/99 as they were not really of benefit that season - also about 15k season ticket holders, fans paying on the day was still a thing for a very large minority.

It went to phone sales in 1999 so you could not queue on the final day of sale, and it was a lottery who got through.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

It was the other way around from what I saw.



We had very few membership card holder in 98/99 as they were not really of benefit that season - also about 15k season ticket holders, fans paying on the day was still a thing for a very large minority.

It went to phone sales in 1999 so you could not queue on the final day of sale, and it was a lottery who got through.

I got my ticket with a membership card (when the queue at the ticket office had begun to die down, so it must have been before the last day of sales.

The ticket office were accepting membership cards from previous seasons I recall, although that might not have been official policy.

 

[blue7071]

Wasnt there a load of blues in the Sunderland end at the league cup final the other year?

They probably would because they rarely play there. Like we have every time we've played there.

 

[Marvin]

didnt say anything was wrong with it, just stating a fact, everton and sunderland would fill their allocation easily, for whatever reason we have become apathetic has a fan base, when you recall when we got to the play off final against wigan at maine road, or the day we won promotion at blackburn, it seemed despite getting smaller crowds we were more up for it, or even further back at villa park against Ipswich, in the past we would have dreamt of playing at wembley, now it appears for whatever reason huge parts of our support are not that bothered.

Understandable in my opinion when you've been about 8 times in as many years. Natural that a few aren't going again. Our fans are no different to any group, but as other say we don't have as many as clubs like Liverpool, or man Utd. We need to extend the ground, add more season ticket holders and get more fans. The hard-core has grown, but it's slow process and when you've been so many times the enthusiasm wavers a little.

 

[cibaman]

didnt say anything was wrong with it, just stating a fact, everton and sunderland would fill their allocation easily, for whatever reason we have become apathetic has a fan base, when you recall when we got to the play off final against wigan at maine road, or the day we won promotion at blackburn, it seemed despite getting smaller crowds we were more up for it, or even further back at villa park against Ipswich, in the past we would have dreamt of playing at wembley, now it appears for whatever reason huge parts of our support are not that bothered.

I think for a lot of fans, not just City, dreams of playing at Wembley are not quite the same when it comes to a semi final. A very retrogade step IMO.