I went on the website the other day when I got mine and there was thousands of tickets available, just had a look and although there is still plenty there does seem to be a lot more sold since then. I think a lot of fans must be thinking of going to the Watford game instead which makes going to both an expensive week.
Any game that City play at Wembley is going to be more of an attraction then a game at the KC for the simple fact that we don't play that many games at Wembley. It is an occasion and still considered a 'once-in-a-lifetime' experience for many. Attendances at City this season are down for several reasons. Mainly the cost and the faffing about to get a ticket. If we get a mild night on Tuesday the walk-up's could ( would ) have been considerable. Now there will be none. I'm surprised we got as many as we did last Friday at £34 a ticket when the game was televised live. Brian Clough warned that showing football live on television would kill the game and it was under a quid to get in when he gave that warning. Football today is massively overpriced especially when you can see live games and all the goals as they go in from the comfort of your home or in the pub. Just watched the Boro v Wolves game. Top of the table v a relegation dog fight. Two big clubs and the ground was virtually empty. Yet those who bothered to travel from Wolverhampton on a Friday night where sectioned away as though they had some contagious disease in the far corner of the ground, possibly the worst view/seats and some distance from the pitch and the home fans. They may as well have been kept on the car park and watched the game on a big screen. The game is being slowly sanitised and priced out of ordinary peoples reach. And it's our turn a week on Friday.
22,010 at the Riverside tonight. More than us but a lot less than Boro,would have got for a game like that a few years ago. Look st Wednesday's crowds. The run they are on and they would have been getting 30,000 not so long back but their prices are worse than ours for paying for match tickets.
Next home game, stand, look around and consider. If this was your first game, would it capture your heart as your early years did? There are some talking of how things should be that, despite what they try to imply, were not there in the addictive era, so can never really get to the soul of what it was, so it never really can be again.
Not been to any cup games...saved the money for away games in the league instead. The juniors will be going though as usual.
You can't blame the fans. You've defended the club's actions when people have been telling you it'll lead to people walking away. That's what's happened, it was entirely predictable and avoidable.
We got 22.000 on boxing Day. We're on for 20 according to OLm on Tuesday. We got 24.745, 9 months ago. We get to Wembley and we'll have 28.000 "loyal" supporters.
Somewhat meaningless response. Fact remains, had City anticipated a replay (think it's called initiative, or being proactive), an option to offer and incentivise fans, subject to agreed conditions between the clubs, COULD most definitely have seen City have incentives up their sleeves if so needed. IF we have 10% empty stadium for the replay then it's City fault, nobody else's' nor nothing to do with game rule restrictions!
It's midweek, we aren't scoring goals and we have very little chance of winning. You're right, it's gonna be a sell out.
Claiming that the owners actions have had no effect on attendances is blinkered beyond belief. When you consider the quality of the squad and our league position for the majority of this season, our average attendance this season is terrible. And you can't just claim that City have **** fans, the last time we had a lower average attendance in a season, we were in League Two.
Yep. Different times back then, much less money and far fewer alternatives. But if you were around at the time and chose not to go and watch City, then you probably didn't 'get' football anyway. We hear a lot about marketing models, ROI and margins, specially as the Allams seem to go for a fewer fans paying bigger margins, rather than a full stadium paying smaller margins. An economics expert might tell you that a perfectly marketed club is one that sells out every match because the supply matches demand, and the price is right for the product. An accountancy expert might tell you that the profit margin at that price is excellent, a much higher profit per paying spectator than that provided by a full stadium paying a lower price. A sales expert might tell you that spectators are not customers, and clubs need to establish a bigger core fanbase as possible to build medium and long term prosperity/loyalty.
