Deputy mayor entertaining people from America and China. Can just imagine it here. Let me introduce you to Mr Geraghty. " Yes, Hull is a great sporting city. Not only do we love our rugby league, we like darts and wrestling. No need to increase the KC capacity when we get into the Champions League as it has never sold out". Our man from the local media, Mr Lloyd has a question for our guests. "Yes. Are you a black and white or a red and white?". http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...s-global-Amazing-title-bid-talk-New-York.html
I lived in Leicester & Leciestershire for years and was down their when Martin O'Neill was manager and moved back north about 10 years ago. I even saw Damian Delaney make his debut for them and a Junior Lewis play for them! As I sit and watch the match, thinking back to this time last season, the owner/club appear to do the exact opposite to what ours do, ok, 800 pies yesterday at KC yesterday but 30k plus free doughnuts and Singha at KP today. 'One city, one club' is their mantra and no talk of name change from a common name to a shorter name to appeal to the Far East markets, their on-field success is doing just that. It makes me even more angry at the debacle our incumbents have created.
They also have competition from a rugby club which gets larger crowds than our two put together. People cheering from the off, not waiting to be entertained or demanding a goal before making any noise, people stood up. The chairman, who attends games, applauded by the fans. No one leaving early to get home for their tea. Let's hope we don't see these sort of things at the KC where we have proper fans who know how to act .
Don't forget that Ranieri's English is not great either. Our indignant fans were angered by Nigel Pearson's perceived brusqueness and his failure to reveal his transfer targets. Heaven knows how they would react to Ranieri's halting and ungrammatical answers.
We've had all of that at the KC, I've seen it In Div 3 against Donny, Luton, Swansea, Oxford, bigger crowds than we get now and a connection between club and fans. The Watford play off match and Cardiff at home will always stay with me. We aren't an affluent city and that has been lost in the ticket pricing which affects attendance, atmosphere, future generations etc etc, not the continual harebrained schemes that we are subjected to. Leicester was called Sport City when I lived down there as the football club, Leicester Tigers and County Cricket club were all successful. Imagine the club and City Council working in collaboration! Or like the signs going into Wigan a few years back, the home off Premier League and Super League.
He is a proper troubleshooter is NP. He undoubtedly laid the foundations at City and Leicester for the following success that we both had. He is exactly what Villa need now. I'd agrue Ranieri's English is on a par with Wor Steves!
Leicester wasn't exactly cheap for today's game. Age Bands Prices Adults £26 to £48 Seniors (Over 65s) £24 to £42 Under 22s £24 to £42 Under 18s £20 to £33 Under 12s £6 to £15 Under 10s FREE to £12
Thing is, would we sell out 32,000 tickets if those were our pay on the day prices? Even if top of PL. if people are supposedly that hard up they couldn't afford it no matter how well we are doing, especially if, as today, the gene was live on .TV.
Every seat in the two stands at either end (behind the goals) is at the cheapest price and there's actually only one block in the entire ground at the highest price.
I suppose we only need to worry about 22k tickets but I think we would because with season tickets and away fans, there wouldn't be that many pay on day tickets.
But they sell out the highest priced ones. Mind you. Looking at their website, applying for tickets is nearly convoluted as it is here. Of course the main thing is everyone seems to be together, owners, fans, local,council. If only that were the case here.
You have to be a member to buy tickets online, non-members have to buy over the phone or from the club shop, if you want kids tickets you need to supply proof of age (passport recommended) and if a fixture date changes you've had it as all tickets are non-refundable. Still, somehow they manage to muddle by...
Maybe their fans are more savvy than ours? The Hull based ones anyway.,Imam sure the East Yorks ones will cope. Seriously, doesn't their chairman think it is all wrong and needs altering to a zone system where you won't have fans sitting next to others who might have paid less? I know when I have paid on the day I am consumed with jealousy thinking the game has cost the season ticket holder nearby less for the game than me and that under 10s and under 22s in the vicinity have paid less as well. Fair ruins the match day experience for me.
Do you clowns think it'd be all hugging and loving if they'd gone down and not at the top of the table? Comparing us to them is ****ing bonkers. Different city. Different culture. Different in almost every thinkable relative way, yes, including the owners who have a little bit more money than ours and who don't actually live in Leicester btw. Chalk and cheese. Not that you'll stop cherry picking **** to compare while ignoring the bigger picture.
What a load of crock. What is so different about the city of Leicester and its culture? Other than there is a larger proportion of residents from backgrounds which traditionally don't have an interest in football? Or rugby for that matter. It is a working class city like Hull. The owners have more money but the current squad has been assembled at less cost than ours so that is irrelevant. Our owners don't live in the city either. They live in that place where residents shouldn't be allowed to express any thoughts on Hull City or the city of Hull according to some. Though their owners do go to games. Where they are warmly received.
Because they're winning. No you're right. We should be more like them. Fancy dragging yourself to the Circle E with a drum?
