We had a record crowd in the US a few days back. Man U vs Real Madrid had a crowd of 109,318.
Quite a turn-out, where was the match staged?
It was at the University of Michigan. It actually wasnt even at full capacity, full capacity is something like 109,990 so it was really close to a sell out. Our football stadiums can get quite large.
I think it's the university stadiaI take it that's an American football stadium, rather than a proper football one?![]()
I take it that's an American football stadium, rather than a proper football one?![]()
Meanwhile our local rag still managed to find the headline busting quotes they were really looking for when fans were quoted yet again as still not believing "City are actually a Premier a League" side whilst dredging the old chestnut passion killer of "remember were the club was" ****ing Yonks ago bla bla bla...sigh.
And 'Should Curtis Davies sign for a bigger club'?
The 'news' that Thursday was a sell out was tucked away at the bottom of a page, in the very last paragraph, of the half a column City received, five pages into the Sports Section, all the others were taken up by rugby league.
What good is it publishing that its a sell out? Its not like we can sell any more tickets!
Also, there are twice as many RL teams than there are football, even if each were covered fairly and equally (which I accept they are not) then there'd still be double the RL news on there compared to football.
How will they know where the free seats are with unallocated seating??
No one expected tickets to sell as well as they have.
Really??
Decisions were made to sell as many tickets as fast as possible, this wouldn't have been possible with allocated seats as you'd have the priority periods for pass holders and have to use the ticket office not the club shops.
A decision was made not to take into consideration the clubs passholders, the people who supported the owner to the hilt and laid out their money. Due to? wait for it, time constraints.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but I think the club made the right decision at the time.
This^^^ is in keeping with a lot of the other drivel you post. IMO.
They'll be the ones with no-one sat in them.
Normally yes, but selling reserved tickets through the ticket office takes a lot longer and costs more (not ideal when there's a short turn around and low ticket prices), also moving ticket sales to the club shops for this game meant being able to sell them in the city centre as well as the stadium.
Really??
Decisions were made to sell as many tickets as fast as possible, this wouldn't have been possible with allocated seats as you'd have the priority periods for pass holders and have to use the ticket office not the club shops.
A decision was made not to take into consideration the clubs passholders, the people who supported the owner to the hilt and laid out their money. Due to? wait for it, time constraints.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but I think the club made the right decision at the time.
This^^^ is in keeping with a lot of the other drivel you post. IMO.
That's rich coming from you.What makes you think the club would be allowed to close the away allocation to away supporters and only allow home supporters in the stands? What rule allows that?
What happens if 50 Slovaks turn up in a bus on the day of the match and want to pay on the gate? Where do you put them?
Meanwhile, in the real world...
Underestimated demand = poor excuse
Takes time and costs more = poor excuse.
No priority for season pass holders= no excuse.
Shabby at it's best.