The Official Manchester City Premiership Champions Thread

[Driver101]

Cie said:

stuartmmcfc said:

I don’t know. There’s been plenty of home matches recently and City fans aren’t exactly big fans of UEFA and the CL so maybe that was it?
Oh by the way Cie your needles stuck, change your record, average attendance last year was 54000

Edited by stuartmmcfc on Thursday 20th September 08:54

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45158878

Police figures from last season had some premier games as low as 38,000, but the club claim 54,000.

How many season ticket holders do Man City have? They automatically count even when not attending. Aren't they also very cheap for the premier league?

[jammy-git]

Ascayman said:

what was with the attendance last night?

MCFC have said they were excited to see so many people turn out and have thanked the usual attendees for bringing their friends with them too this time.

[Ascayman]

So its a common occurrence then ive ever really paid much attention to City attendances i just assumed it was more or less sold out each game which is why i was surprised when it heard the attendance on the radio this morning.

[cliffe_mafia]

stuartmmcfc said:

There’s been a lot of accusations of double standards concerning how UEFA have treated City, particulate when the were fined more for being 30 seconds late than Porto were fined after Balotelli was racially abused and then when they played CSKA Moscow behind closed doors despite there being plenty of CSKA fans being present etc
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/post.asp?h=0&a...

They invented FFP to try and stop us breaking into the cartel too.

[GTO-3R]

cliffe_mafia said:

They invented FFP to try and stop us breaking into the cartel too.

Good one.

[Adam B]

cliffe_mafia said:

They invented FFP to try and stop us breaking into the cartel too.

apt name, didn't you got round it well enough by getting your owners to sponsor their own club at inflated rates?

[stuartmmcfc]

And get a £46m fine and limit on size of CL squad and then change in the coefficient rules which effectively restricted teams like City and PSG and helped the old guard like Barcelona etc?
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/foot...

[m3sye]

So hang on a minute, if its a really big game you will fill the stadium and you dont mind the champs league then but if its just a group game you dont like UEFA so wont go :haha:

[Cie]

m3sye said:

So hang on a minute, if its a really big game you will fill the stadium and you dont mind the champs league then but if its just a group game you dont like UEFA so wont go :haha:

They're a special breed.

[cliffe_mafia]

Cie said:

m3sye said:

So hang on a minute, if its a really big game you will fill the stadium and you dont mind the champs league then but if its just a group game you dont like UEFA so wont go :haha:

They're a special breed.

Barca v PSV - 25k under capacity
Real v Roma - 11k under capacity

It's the early rounds - there is generally less interest. You've got to be special to not understand that.

[jammy-git]

And what were the attendance figures in those games?

[F1GTRUeno]

Wacky Racer said:

City are never going to have gates of 70,000 every week, unlike United, but half of them live in Essex and Malta.

What you want is quality, not quantity....

Malta is much nicer than Stockport tbf

[Cie]

cliffe_mafia said:

Barca v PSV - 25k under capacity
Real v Roma - 11k under capacity

It's the early rounds - there is generally less interest. You've got to be special to not understand that.

You're in the early rounds of a competition you could only once dream of being in 10 or 15 years ago.

[Wacky Racer]

Cie said:

cliffe_mafia said:

Barca v PSV - 25k under capacity
Real v Roma - 11k under capacity

It's the early rounds - there is generally less interest. You've got to be special to not understand that.

You're in the early rounds of a competition you could only once dream of being in 10 or 15 years ago.

Excuse me.


We were in the European cup in 1968 when (big Mal) Malcolm Allison famously said "We'll terrify Europe"


We got knocked out in the first round by Fenerbahçe

I went to the game......awful.

[stuartmmcfc]

Sergio’s extended his contract until 2021

[stuartmmcfc]

Interesting points re attendance on this weeks Blue moon podcast.The ideal capacity would be exactly the same as the number of tickets reqiired.
Since this is obviously impossible it’s surely better for there to be seats available for anyone who wants to go, even if this means there’s empty seats? And let’s face it, the clubs don’t need us to attend financially any more.
The smaller fan base also means that when we get to finals then it’s not impossible to get tickets. I personally have been to Wembely several times despite never having ( or being forced to, in previous years)t attended all qualifiers like I would have at some other clubs.
At other clubs which constantly sell out I wouldn’t be able to go when I wanted and when I could afford it, which suits me fine as, although football is great, now I’m older I’ve got a lot of other commitments and there are other things more important to me now ( there, I said it )

[anniesdad]

[Blib]

Your problem, capacity wise, is that United attract a lot of football tourists who just want to see a game, any game.

Your brand isn't sexy enough yet.

[stuartmmcfc]

anniesdad said:

At least they’ll know who their father is.

[stuartmmcfc]

Blib said:

Your problem, capacity wise, is that United attract a lot of football tourists who just want to see a game, any game.

Your brand isn't sexy enough yet.

And that’s a problem?