Tourists

[Why Always Ste]

I don't think it's a case of having to justify an influx of "tourists" with economic data. What some off us are saying saying is it's inevitable and we might as well get used to it, if not embrace it.

City are funded mostly by global TV revenues and Arab money. The top brass are Spanish and the manager Italian. Our favourite players are Argentines, Spaniards, Belgians and Ivorians. Apart from the tea lady and non-football staff, there isn't a Manc in sight at the club.

Why would we expect the support to remain (almost) exclusively local?

Haha tbh Bud any time I go into town on a work day It's a rarity I'll come across a local accent.

One issue that hasn't been mentioned too much is how people on low points are getting tickets when in particular a fan with XXXX points can't get the ticket

Now we will fall into the blame culture now with this issue but from my understanding of how these tickets get to JCL/Tourist whatever you want to call them it's:

Dedicated Blues (or Touts who know Dedicated Blues) selling on tickets via websites such as Viagogo, and football ticket websites designed specifically for tourists ie; in different languages,advertising on travellers guide websites etc etc.

Blues with points are shifting tickets to People with little to no loyalty points.

I'mnot saying this is widespread, like there's thousands doing it but it does go on.
So if you wanna point the finger when sniggering at the Tourist with his 1/2 sarf just think: who was the lad from Gorton who sold him that ticket?

A more sizeable process of obtaining tickets is through Club/FA/EPL/UEFA Sponsors
As in you may know someone who works at a Budweiser factory, they get tickets for the FA Cup Match, they don't really like Football so they give the tickets on to whoever.
Or a business is the match ball sponsor or has an history of sponsorship with the club or has paid out £XXXXX on a corporate day out and gets courtesy tickets which then go to employees (some of whom may sell them on)

Another way of obtaining tickets is through City Staff, many of whom will have no interest in the game and or watching City.
So the new 16yr old Academy player gets given 10 tickets, he can't be arsed going so gives them to whoever, or the guy who feeds the cat at Carrington, maybe he gets given tickets....

For a long period I couldn't afford a Season Ticket, couldn't even afford to get to selective games if I'm honest so on many occasions I would wait and buy tickets off Touts at a very low rate (sometimes I got in for free)

Other occasions I recall stood outside the stadium after travelling there hearing you all cheering, not being able to afford a ticket or being let down whilst waiting to buy someones SC for the day.

So I became aware of these processes and they were going on for years long before Sheikh Mansour became involved.

The only difference now is the people buying the tickets has branched out to far and wider places, so rather than some scrotey local kid who couldn't afford to get in, waiting for touts to get him in cheaper... These seats are now being sold online weeks in advance to Tourists with higher disposable incomes.

Will this eventually price me out again?
Probably :(

But blaming the buyer is unfair, have a look at the seller... or is this harder to stomach as some of the sellers are Mad fer it?

 

[lancs blue]

The worst kind i'm afraid, you need to turn yourself in for the TOURIST tatoo that's going on your fore head.

You shall be stripped of your inflatable banana and forever more be known for the scum that you are.

I hope your happy with your touristish life style, makes me sick :p

Ok, thanks for clearing that up, I guess the best I can hope is that my S/T seat isn't near jma's (or yours!).

Do you sit anywhere near a guy that looks like this?

Ha ha, no but I've bumped into Pete at a few away games this season and been on umpteen special trains with him in the 70s!

 

[Ladybarn Blue .]

A Favour....no time to read 28 pages so can someone tell me what the definition of a 'tourist' is please ?

Anyone that was not born in Moss Side, Beswick or Bradford, and therefore should not be allowed to watch City.

At least I think that is the gist of it.

Does "LADYBARN" count ?

 

[CheethamHillBlue]

Ok, thanks for clearing that up, I guess the best I can hope is that my S/T seat isn't near jma's

Unless you have a S/T in JMA's living room it's hardly likely mate.

 

[Anonymous]

The worst kind i'm afraid, you need to turn yourself in for the TOURIST tatoo that's going on your fore head.

You shall be stripped of your inflatable banana and forever more be known for the scum that you are.

I hope your happy with your touristish life style, makes me sick :p

Ok, thanks for clearing that up, I guess the best I can hope is that my S/T seat isn't near jma's (or yours!).

Do you sit anywhere near a guy that looks like this?

is that piccadilly train station!?

all fans should be within walking distance of the ground!!

fucking tourists getting trains!?

 

[sasan160]

Don't believe some of the shit you hear.
You will be made welcome.
Hope you can make it some day, but if for any reason you don't we know where your heart is.

Haha thanks mate!

If you come and sit in CBL1 we will welcome you with open arms because we are a friendly bunch down there. I remember a man and his lad at a Cup match last season saying to me that he had really enjoyed the experience because we had talked to them both and welcomed them.
If you support City, especially vocally, you are a welcome addition. Come on over, whereabouts in Oz are you?

I live in Sydney. CBL1 is that where the more rowdy supporters are? that is my interest for when i get there.

 

[Davs 19]

Ok, thanks for clearing that up, I guess the best I can hope is that my S/T seat isn't near jma's

Unless you have a S/T in JMA's living room it's hardly likely mate.

I wish someone had let me in on this 30 years ago. I could have saved a fortune ;.)

 

[Skashion]

Re: What happened to the "Tourists" thread?

As I've told you before, unlike a little band of lickspittle followers on here who seem to have swallowed your self promotion of yourself as a modern day, off form Oscar Wilde, I don't buy it and I don't fancy being like them and feeling intellectually inferior to someone because they do a nice line of online self back slapping.

I appreciate that, in the absence of me converting to that line of thought, you are happy to constantly snipe away, patting yourself on the back with the misguided belief that you have some sort of sad online 'upper hand' because you are a "top WUM" whose band of followers will bull up with pea brained praise of your wit.

But I just find it tiring.

Address the points or just arrange to meet up with your group of cheerleaders so they can massage your ego, and whatever else they fancy, in person. Just leave the playing to your crowd out of threads like this.

Take this response as me 'losing my rag' or having no sense of humour if that's how you want to tell it to your clique. But I just find it boring. Once or twice, yeah, nice one. Regularly and constantly playing to your crowd. Just boring.

I'm glad someone else has realised what I've known for ages, GDM is a thundercunt.

 

[ecviper]

I don't think it's a case of having to justify an influx of "tourists" with economic data. What some off us are saying saying is it's inevitable and we might as well get used to it, if not embrace it.

City are funded mostly by global TV revenues and Arab money. The top brass are Spanish and the manager Italian. Our favourite players are Argentines, Spaniards, Belgians and Ivorians. Apart from the tea lady and non-football staff, there isn't a Manc in sight at the club.

Why would we expect the support to remain (almost) exclusively local?

Haha tbh Bud any time I go into town on a work day It's a rarity I'll come across a local accent.

One issue that hasn't been mentioned too much is how people on low points are getting tickets when in particular a fan with XXXX points can't get the ticket

Now we will fall into the blame culture now with this issue but from my understanding of how these tickets get to JCL/Tourist whatever you want to call them it's:

Dedicated Blues (or Touts who know Dedicated Blues) selling on tickets via websites such as Viagogo, and football ticket websites designed specifically for tourists ie; in different languages,advertising on travellers guide websites etc etc.

Blues with points are shifting tickets to People with little to no loyalty points.

I'mnot saying this is widespread, like there's thousands doing it but it does go on.
So if you wanna point the finger when sniggering at the Tourist with his 1/2 sarf just think: who was the lad from Gorton who sold him that ticket?

A more sizeable process of obtaining tickets is through Club/FA/EPL/UEFA Sponsors
As in you may know someone who works at a Budweiser factory, they get tickets for the FA Cup Match, they don't really like Football so they give the tickets on to whoever.
Or a business is the match ball sponsor or has an history of sponsorship with the club or has paid out £XXXXX on a corporate day out and gets courtesy tickets which then go to employees (some of whom may sell them on)

Another way of obtaining tickets is through City Staff, many of whom will have no interest in the game and or watching City.
So the new 16yr old Academy player gets given 10 tickets, he can't be arsed going so gives them to whoever, or the guy who feeds the cat at Carrington, maybe he gets given tickets....

For a long period I couldn't afford a Season Ticket, couldn't even afford to get to selective games if I'm honest so on many occasions I would wait and buy tickets off Touts at a very low rate (sometimes I got in for free)

Other occasions I recall stood outside the stadium after travelling there hearing you all cheering, not being able to afford a ticket or being let down whilst waiting to buy someones SC for the day.

So I became aware of these processes and they were going on for years long before Sheikh Mansour became involved.

The only difference now is the people buying the tickets has branched out to far and wider places, so rather than some scrotey local kid who couldn't afford to get in, waiting for touts to get him in cheaper... These seats are now being sold online weeks in advance to Tourists with higher disposable incomes.

Will this eventually price me out again?
Probably :(

But blaming the buyer is unfair, have a look at the seller... or is this harder to stomach as some of the sellers are Mad fer it?

Nice post.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Re: What happened to the "Tourists" thread?

As I've told you before, unlike a little band of lickspittle followers on here who seem to have swallowed your self promotion of yourself as a modern day, off form Oscar Wilde, I don't buy it and I don't fancy being like them and feeling intellectually inferior to someone because they do a nice line of online self back slapping.

I appreciate that, in the absence of me converting to that line of thought, you are happy to constantly snipe away, patting yourself on the back with the misguided belief that you have some sort of sad online 'upper hand' because you are a "top WUM" whose band of followers will bull up with pea brained praise of your wit.

But I just find it tiring.

Address the points or just arrange to meet up with your group of cheerleaders so they can massage your ego, and whatever else they fancy, in person. Just leave the playing to your crowd out of threads like this.

Take this response as me 'losing my rag' or having no sense of humour if that's how you want to tell it to your clique. But I just find it boring. Once or twice, yeah, nice one. Regularly and constantly playing to your crowd. Just boring.

I'm glad someone else has realised what I've known for ages, GDM is a thundercunt.

Coming as it does, from one of my "lickspittle followers", this is indeed a very damning statement.