When Is The Club Going To Stop Selling Tickets In The Home End To Away Fans?

[Scaring Europe to Death]

How many City fans considered registering as a Bratislava fan on their website when our small allocation was announced?

Also, I've spotted dozens of Glasgow Rangers fans at big CL games at the ETIHAD.
Who will they support if City get drawn against Rangers?

It happens, and occasionally (United v Celtic, United v Galatasaray) it comes back to haunt you.

 

[JGL07]

How many City fans considered registering as a Bratislava fan on their website when our small allocation was announced?

Also, I've spotted dozens of Glasgow Rangers fans at big CL games at the ETIHAD.
Who will they support if City get drawn against Rangers?

It happens, and occasionally (United v Celtic, United v Galatasaray) it comes back to haunt you.

Rangers at a big CL match at the Etihad?

Not very likely!

 

[Eds]

I have sat in many home ends over the years and where I sit we have had many away fans around us who are there with their mates. They sit with them when we play away and vice versa. The one thing we all have in common is respect. Golden rules are don't gob off and certainly don't jump up and down.

 

[Vialli98]

I've sat in the home at the Etihad quite a few times over the years. It's pretty easy to not draw attention to yourself and wear neutral colours. I'm sure there are easy telltale signs if someone watched me closely, like I can keep calm if Chelsea score, that's OK but I'm stood still looking pissed off and annoyed when City score. Thankfully no-one has ever said anything to me, so it's cool.

My mate and I did get escorted out of the Hawthornes years ago. I was sat in the home end and watched Batshuayi score a late goal that secured the title for us. I couldn't contain myself and forgetting where I was for a moment, I stood up and let out a 'YES!!' A steward came up to us quietly and asked us to follow him. He escorted us out of the ground without a word. I knew I had fucked up though, so we just hung around outside and waited for the Chelsea fans come out of the ground after the game.

 

[JGL07]

All the synthetic indignation about a few visiting supporters getting into the home end is doing my head in. Most of us have watched away matches from home areas anyway.

But when there were complaints about some neutral fans getting into the Watford match with one third of the stadium empty, it was bordering on the surreal!

Manchester City are a football club whose business is to sell tickets. It is not an exclusive brethren dedicated to keeping everyone out of the stadium who was not at York back in the day.

 

[Beaker]

It was five premier league games over the last 2 seasons

Which is pathetically low. It’s no wonder tickets are finding their way into opposition supporters hands.

 

[HardyBarlow]

Round about 93-94 season I think mate or season after. I jumped up in the same stand as you thinking oh fuck, but then realised there were shitloads of City in there

Rosler 1-1, I think. Bought a Wednesday pin badge to blag the ticket office I was a Wednesday fan. Went up when we scored and gave the badge to a kid at the end. His dad was miffed .

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

People sitting in the home end is one thing.
I've done it a candlefield.bramhall lane and Hillsborough.
But didn't make a twat of myself and didn't jump about if we scored.
Fans in our end is getting worse .
Someone's going to get hurt one day.
I nearly got kicked out a couple of seasons ago when a dipper twat jumped up in 220 with a half and fucking half scarf on.
I can't swear but a wall pushing murderer can jump up and down giving city fans stick when they score

 

[Man-chester copperpot]

I’ve actually been a home fan in the away end.

City v Blackburn at Maine Road.
Big game
Sold out and couldnt get a ticket.
A friends sister worked for C.I.S.
Got me 3 tickets - promised we wouldnt jump up if we scored.
Getting a load of shit from the North Stand - i was smug as fuck.




Richard Edgehill scores and we jump up and down and was surprised of the amount of City fans around us in the Blackburn end (i shit you not)

We all got escorted into the North Stand and stood at the back

If anybody knows the date or the score that would be apprciated

 

[M23 Citizen]

it's all about personal preferences really. I never go in the away end - thankfully almost always have enough points for away (though out of principle, home and away for almost 40 years - and refuse to step within a mile of Old Trafford). I go to football to shout and sing for City - if I want to just watch the game, I might as well watch it on Telly.

I fucking hate away fans anywhere near me at the Etihad (and if seen, will ask for them to be ejected). My football is tribal (without being idiotically violent) and I want to sit and stand with my tribe. It's why I love away games with small allocations - Luton last year was fantastic.

Don't start me on tourists, or the Tunnel Club (which I have been forced to suffer a few times). And our own tourists at every London away game just makes me physically ill.

Yes - I am a FOC, and proud of that too - and kind of looking forward to being back in the Championship or wherever the wankers at the FA decide to send us - which will mean these plastics, tourists and away fans in our home end - can go back to the Tarquins or Scousers - as I am not sure that Chesterfield at the Etihad will sell out their away allocation!

It’s nowt to do with your age mate. I’m not a FOC and I’m also sick to fucking death of all these obvious non-City fans in our stands.

It’s fucking shite!