tickets distribution for todays game

[Dubai Blue]

Re: tickets disrtibution for todays game

I have to laugh when people come on threads and say things like "I'm a southerner/I've got a half/half scarf........am I plastic **** too?" If you're a lifelong Blue you should be secure enough in yourself to recognise that they're not talking about people like you; they're talking about the sort who treat a City match like most of us would treat going to the tennis at Wimbledon - a day out at a sport you have no particular interest in and where you aren't even slightly bothered what the outcome is.

City are playing a dangerous game by alienating some of our longer-term support, as these football tourists won't be seen for dust if things take a turn for the worse.

It's well known now that you can get tickets through official channels for pretty much any game these days (home and away) if you have the money to pay for them, and it's our normal fans who are getting screwed as a result because the amount of tickets that actually go on sale is falling with each passing week.

The admission from City that they were selling blocks of tickets to 'corporate companies' for the derby is proof of this. Further proof is the QPR title game last season. Now I know these were exceptional circumstances, but you wouldn't believe how many times that game 'sold out', only for yet more tickets to become available as part of offsite 'hospitality' packages being sold by the club for upwards of £180 for a normal seat.

Why sell a seat for £50 when you can throw in a crap meal in a hotel and charge four times as much? That's the blueprint the club is now following and I personally think it stinks. It's EXACTLY the sort of shit we spent years laughing at united for.

 

[Blumers Bloomers]

Re: tickets disrtibution for todays game

I have to laugh when people come on threads and say things like "I'm a southerner/I've got a half/half scarf........am I plastic **** too?" If you're a lifelong Blue you should be secure enough in yourself to recognise that they're not talking about people like you; they're talking about the sort who treat a City match like most of us would treat going to the tennis at Wimbledon - a day out at a sport you have no particular interest in and where you aren't even slightly bothered what the outcome is.

City are playing a dangerous game by alienating some of our longer-term support, as these football tourists won't be seen for dust if things take a turn for the worse.

It's well known now that you can get tickets through official channels for pretty much any game these days (home and away) if you have the money to pay for them, and it's our normal fans who are getting screwed as a result because the amount of tickets that actually go on sale is falling with each passing week.

The admission from City that they were selling blocks of tickets to 'corporate companies' for the derby is proof of this. Further proof is the QPR title game last season. Now I know these were exceptional circumstances, but you wouldn't believe how many times that game 'sold out', only for yet more tickets to become available as part of offsite 'hospitality' packages being sold by the club for upwards of £180 for a normal seat.

Why sell a seat for £50 when you can throw in a crap meal in a hotel and charge four times as much? That's the blueprint the club is now following and I personally think it stinks. It's EXACTLY the sort of shit we spent years laughing at united for.

You're absolutely on the money DB, we are slowly but surely turning in to them. I absolutely accept that with FFP regulations there is a need to generate as much income as possible, but surely there is a way to do this without pissing off the hardcore.

 

[Shirley]

Re: tickets disrtibution for todays game

I am wondering if we have a substantial number of season ticket holders who are selling their match tickets for profit, possibly through the viagragogo or whatever the ticket touting company is called. Anyone have evidence this is happening or am I wide of the mark here?
Suppose all they need to sell is ten matches and they have paid for the season ticket.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Re: tickets disrtibution for todays game

I have to laugh when people come on threads and say things like "I'm a southerner/I've got a half/half scarf........am I plastic **** too?" If you're a lifelong Blue you should be secure enough in yourself to recognise that they're not talking about people like you; they're talking about the sort who treat a City match like most of us would treat going to the tennis at Wimbledon - a day out at a sport you have no particular interest in and where you aren't even slightly bothered what the outcome is.

City are playing a dangerous game by alienating some of our longer-term support, as these football tourists won't be seen for dust if things take a turn for the worse.

It's well known now that you can get tickets through official channels for pretty much any game these days (home and away) if you have the money to pay for them, and it's our normal fans who are getting screwed as a result because the amount of tickets that actually go on sale is falling with each passing week.

The admission from City that they were selling blocks of tickets to 'corporate companies' for the derby is proof of this. Further proof is the QPR title game last season. Now I know these were exceptional circumstances, but you wouldn't believe how many times that game 'sold out', only for yet more tickets to become available as part of offsite 'hospitality' packages being sold by the club for upwards of £180 for a normal seat.

Why sell a seat for £50 when you can throw in a crap meal in a hotel and charge four times as much? That's the blueprint the club is now following and I personally think it stinks. It's EXACTLY the sort of shit we spent years laughing at united for.

You're absolutely on the money DB, we are slowly but surely turning in to them. I absolutely accept that with FFP regulations there is a need to generate as much income as possible, but surely there is a way to do this without pissing off the hardcore.

increasing income is one way.... Stopping spunking money in fees
and wages on shit like adebayor, nasri and Santa cruz is another......

We never make any money on resale and our wage bill is ridiculous.

It works both ways!

 

[paulchapo]

Re: tickets disrtibution for todays game

I am wondering if we have a substantial number of season ticket holders who are selling their match tickets for profit, possibly through the viagragogo or whatever the ticket touting company is called. Anyone have evidence this is happening or am I wide of the mark here?
Suppose all they need to sell is ten matches and they have paid for the season ticket.

I wish!! Seriously i miss a lot of games due to work but i keep my season ticket going anyway.I put 3 games up for sale on the viagragogo site and didn't sell one,in spite of all 3 games being sold out.I have now given up and will just leave the seat empty as per normal.

 

[Dubai Blue]

Re: tickets disrtibution for todays game

I absolutely accept that with FFP regulations there is a need to generate as much income as possible, but surely there is a way to do this without pissing off the hardcore.

To be honest, I don't think the issues I outlined above have anything to do with FFP as the figures we're talking about are miniscule in the grand scheme of things.

It's probably more to do with some spreadsheet-obsessed throbber in marketing trying to prove to his superiors how amazingly innovative he is by bringing a few extra grand each week while simultaneously alienating increasing swathes of the club's traditional support. Only there isn't anything clever nor imaginative about fleecing football fans of their money; it's the easiest gig in town and any old idiot could do it.

 

[AD4]

Re: tickets disrtibution for todays game

I am wondering if we have a substantial number of season ticket holders who are selling their match tickets for profit, possibly through the viagragogo or whatever the ticket touting company is called. Anyone have evidence this is happening or am I wide of the mark here?
Suppose all they need to sell is ten matches and they have paid for the season ticket.

I wish!! Seriously i miss a lot of games due to work but i keep my season ticket going anyway.I put 3 games up for sale on the viagragogo site and didn't sell one,in spite of all 3 games being sold out.I have now given up and will just leave the seat empty as per normal.

That is why I think there is quite often empty seats in the stadium for games that have sold out. Not personally blaming you, your ticket and can do what you want with it. But it seems that rather than give it to a mate or sell it to a friend of a friend, people are selling (trying to) on viagogo right up until the last minute hoping to get a bit of cash.

If its not sold empty seat.

 

[fathellensbellend]

Re: tickets disrtibution for todays game

I have to laugh when people come on threads and say things like "I'm a southerner/I've got a half/half scarf........am I plastic **** too?" If you're a lifelong Blue you should be secure enough in yourself to recognise that they're not talking about people like you; they're talking about the sort who treat a City match like most of us would treat going to the tennis at Wimbledon - a day out at a sport you have no particular interest in and where you aren't even slightly bothered what the outcome is.

City are playing a dangerous game by alienating some of our longer-term support, as these football tourists won't be seen for dust if things take a turn for the worse.

It's well known now that you can get tickets through official channels for pretty much any game these days (home and away) if you have the money to pay for them, and it's our normal fans who are getting screwed as a result because the amount of tickets that actually go on sale is falling with each passing week.

The admission from City that they were selling blocks of tickets to 'corporate companies' for the derby is proof of this. Further proof is the QPR title game last season. Now I know these were exceptional circumstances, but you wouldn't believe how many times that game 'sold out', only for yet more tickets to become available as part of offsite 'hospitality' packages being sold by the club for upwards of £180 for a normal seat.

Why sell a seat for £50 when you can throw in a crap meal in a hotel and charge four times as much? That's the blueprint the club is now following and I personally think it stinks. It's EXACTLY the sort of shit we spent years laughing at united for.

spot on the money as per usual.

i have moved to the family stand this season, and have been allocated some of the worst seats in the stadium, and what i didnt legislate for was the parties of tourists that would be sat in front of me at every game.

sunday was just soul destroying, when they played some music over the tannoy, the group of non city supporting women in front of us started dancing to it, i actually thought i was at the tv studio for the filming of gladiators or something equally shit.

the "buzz words" at city these days are "match day experience", well my match day experience at home games this season as been absolutely shit, i have lodged my feelings with the club and they have shown zero interest in helping us find different seats depsite a willingness to pay whatever it costs to move, i just want to watch the match with a decent view with like minded city supporters, not surrounded by a coach trip of people who need the bloody hot dog stand every 2 minutes.

 

[mancityvstoke]

Re: tickets disrtibution for todays game

I have to laugh when people come on threads and say things like "I'm a southerner/I've got a half/half scarf........am I plastic **** too?" If you're a lifelong Blue you should be secure enough in yourself to recognise that they're not talking about people like you; they're talking about the sort who treat a City match like most of us would treat going to the tennis at Wimbledon - a day out at a sport you have no particular interest in and where you aren't even slightly bothered what the outcome is.

City are playing a dangerous game by alienating some of our longer-term support, as these football tourists won't be seen for dust if things take a turn for the worse.

It's well known now that you can get tickets through official channels for pretty much any game these days (home and away) if you have the money to pay for them, and it's our normal fans who are getting screwed as a result because the amount of tickets that actually go on sale is falling with each passing week.

The admission from City that they were selling blocks of tickets to 'corporate companies' for the derby is proof of this. Further proof is the QPR title game last season. Now I know these were exceptional circumstances, but you wouldn't believe how many times that game 'sold out', only for yet more tickets to become available as part of offsite 'hospitality' packages being sold by the club for upwards of £180 for a normal seat.

Why sell a seat for £50 when you can throw in a crap meal in a hotel and charge four times as much? That's the blueprint the club is now following and I personally think it stinks. It's EXACTLY the sort of shit we spent years laughing at united for.

spot on the money as per usual.

i have moved to the family stand this season, and have been allocated some of the worst seats in the stadium, and what i didnt legislate for was the parties of tourists that would be sat in front of me at every game.

sunday was just soul destroying, when they played some music over the tannoy, the group of non city supporting women in front of us started dancing to it, i actually thought i was at the tv studio for the filming of gladiators or something equally shit.

the "buzz words" at city these days are "match day experience", well my match day experience at home games this season as been absolutely shit, i have lodged my feelings with the club and they have shown zero interest in helping us find different seats depsite a willingness to pay whatever it costs to move, i just want to watch the match with a decent view with like minded city supporters, not surrounded by a coach trip of people who need the bloody hot dog stand every 2 minutes.

Think I saw this group of young women near The Joe Mercer mosaic.

They were taking lots of posed photos and screaming GIRL POWER at each other.


Cringe.

 

[fathellensbellend]

Re: tickets disrtibution for todays game

I have to laugh when people come on threads and say things like "I'm a southerner/I've got a half/half scarf........am I plastic **** too?" If you're a lifelong Blue you should be secure enough in yourself to recognise that they're not talking about people like you; they're talking about the sort who treat a City match like most of us would treat going to the tennis at Wimbledon - a day out at a sport you have no particular interest in and where you aren't even slightly bothered what the outcome is.

City are playing a dangerous game by alienating some of our longer-term support, as these football tourists won't be seen for dust if things take a turn for the worse.

It's well known now that you can get tickets through official channels for pretty much any game these days (home and away) if you have the money to pay for them, and it's our normal fans who are getting screwed as a result because the amount of tickets that actually go on sale is falling with each passing week.

The admission from City that they were selling blocks of tickets to 'corporate companies' for the derby is proof of this. Further proof is the QPR title game last season. Now I know these were exceptional circumstances, but you wouldn't believe how many times that game 'sold out', only for yet more tickets to become available as part of offsite 'hospitality' packages being sold by the club for upwards of £180 for a normal seat.

Why sell a seat for £50 when you can throw in a crap meal in a hotel and charge four times as much? That's the blueprint the club is now following and I personally think it stinks. It's EXACTLY the sort of shit we spent years laughing at united for.

spot on the money as per usual.

i have moved to the family stand this season, and have been allocated some of the worst seats in the stadium, and what i didnt legislate for was the parties of tourists that would be sat in front of me at every game.

sunday was just soul destroying, when they played some music over the tannoy, the group of non city supporting women in front of us started dancing to it, i actually thought i was at the tv studio for the filming of gladiators or something equally shit.

the "buzz words" at city these days are "match day experience", well my match day experience at home games this season as been absolutely shit, i have lodged my feelings with the club and they have shown zero interest in helping us find different seats depsite a willingness to pay whatever it costs to move, i just want to watch the match with a decent view with like minded city supporters, not surrounded by a coach trip of people who need the bloody hot dog stand every 2 minutes.

Think I saw this group of young women near The Joe Mercer mosaic.

They were taking lots of posed photos and screaming GIRL POWER at each other.


Cringe.

i just wonder where they got their tickets from, city have pushed paying for loyalty to the limit in the last couple of seasons, and now that stone has been bled, it appears it's sell the tickets to whoever has long as they are willing to pay a premium regardless of your status as a city supporter, or not as the case seems to be.