The Gambler Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 41 minutes ago, INCRED said: Let’s hope there is a bow wave of tickets purchased after a draw or narrow defeat in the first leg as I have got my Home ticket and can’t say I would enjoy a dead rubber second leg Or an away win in the first leg.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just like watching brazil Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Managed to get home and away got train £76 ticket £18 plus ibis hotel £53 with Xmas money I got from my folks didn’t want nothing materialistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 19 minutes ago, The Gambler said: Or an away win in the first leg.... If we're still "in it" they will fly out ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 1 hour ago, ZiderEyed said: Think the issue is more to do with the gold tier price being too much. Actually I don’t think the gold tier price itself is too bad in and of itself. £35ish for a cup semi final against a top class side isn’t outrageous. You’d pay more than that for Premier League games, West End theatre, pop concerts, etc. I think the problem is the timing - so soon after the United game, post Christmas, away leg first. Under the circumstances perhaps a slight reduction to acknowledge that would have been appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhistleHappy Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 1 hour ago, RumRed said: It’s the two legs that’s killed the excitement. One or Two legged semis? You Decide.. Cher / Heather Mills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said: Actually I don’t think the gold tier price itself is too bad in and of itself. £35ish for a cup semi final against a top class side isn’t outrageous. You’d pay more than that for Premier League games, West End theatre, pop concerts, etc. I think the problem is the timing - so soon after the United game, post Christmas, away leg first. Under the circumstances perhaps a slight reduction to acknowledge that would have been appropriate. Point for me is it's supposed to be a game accessible to everyone, regardless of income. £35 is a lot of someones wage. West End Theatre and Pop Concerts are also not something you do every week, and are not usually attended largely by the working class, in the way football is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 7 minutes ago, ChippenhamRed said: Actually I don’t think the gold tier price itself is too bad in and of itself. £35ish for a cup semi final against a top class side isn’t outrageous. You’d pay more than that for Premier League games, West End theatre, pop concerts, etc. I think the problem is the timing - so soon after the United game, post Christmas, away leg first. Under the circumstances perhaps a slight reduction to acknowledge that would have been appropriate. Yes, just wonder if we should ever get promoted if these will be more or less default prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 6 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said: Point for me is it's supposed to be a game accessible to everyone, regardless of income. £35 is a lot of someones wage. West End Theatre and Pop Concerts are also not something you do every week, and are not usually attended largely by the working class, in the way football is. Nor are cup semi finals and its why we have different tiers of pricing for league games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 3 minutes ago, hodge said: Nor are cup semi finals and its why we have different tiers of pricing for league games. But gold ticket pricing comes around quite often, doesn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 13 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said: Point for me is it's supposed to be a game accessible to everyone, regardless of income. £35 is a lot of someones wage. West End Theatre and Pop Concerts are also not something you do every week, and are not usually attended largely by the working class, in the way football is. Very fair points, I don’t disagree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 7 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said: But gold ticket pricing comes around quite often, doesn't it? Norwich - Silver, QPR - Silver, Sunderland - Gold, Fulham - Silver. So the only gold tickets able to purchase atm that are gold tier are a cup semi final and a relegated premier league team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 10 minutes ago, hodge said: Norwich - Silver, QPR - Silver, Sunderland - Gold, Fulham - Silver. So the only gold tickets able to purchase atm that are gold tier are a cup semi final and a relegated premier league team. Silver is also too much, I'd say. I don't think theres actually an argument for tickets being as expensive as they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 8 minutes ago, hodge said: Norwich - Silver, QPR - Silver, Sunderland - Gold, Fulham - Silver. So the only gold tickets able to purchase atm that are gold tier are a cup semi final and a relegated premier league team. Wolves, United and Middlesborough were all gold too. All in the last few weeks. The club's bean counters must be perfectly aware that it's difficult to sell products in January when a huge amount of people these days are reliant on borrowing just to get by. So some consideration of this and cheaper ticket prices would've course been welcomed. As it is I think the game will sell-out as these prices so I suppose they will be justified to an extent. The reason it'll definitely sell-out imo is because I'm very confident (seem to be one of only a few) that the tie will still be alive as I think the game at the Etihad will be tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 I’m going away and home. I’ll be going nowhere else and living on rice for the rest of the month! Couldn’t miss a league cup semi final! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topper 123 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Hope club put them straight out for general sale , season ticket holders have had long enough and then if the un thinkable happens and we win those who bought semi tickets first for final bearing in the final you only get your average gate in tickets 20000 would leave a lot of season ticket holders sucking a lemon serves them right for not buying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Magger1 said: Hope club put them straight out for general sale , season ticket holders have had long enough and then if the un thinkable happens and we win those who bought semi tickets first for final bearing in the final you only get your average gate in tickets 20000 would leave a lot of season ticket holders sucking a lemon serves them right for not buying I don’t even know where to start with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Why is everyone so poor at budgeting in December? It comes around every year, should be used to it by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBW Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 2 hours ago, Magger1 said: Hope club put them straight out for general sale , season ticket holders have had long enough and then if the un thinkable happens and we win those who bought semi tickets first for final bearing in the final you only get your average gate in tickets 20000 would leave a lot of season ticket holders sucking a lemon serves them right for not buying Works the same the other way. Serves non-season ticket holders right for not buying a season ticket... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 No excuses - it's a semi final of a major cup competition. Tickets should be flying out the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Hopefully if we somehow got through they will prioritise those that have been to the semis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack Bladder Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 2 hours ago, Magger1 said: Hope club put them straight out for general sale , season ticket holders have had long enough and then if the un thinkable happens and we win those who bought semi tickets first for final bearing in the final you only get your average gate in tickets 20000 would leave a lot of season ticket holders sucking a lemon serves them right for not buying Hmmm. Doesn't sound like you forked out £400 odd quid on a season ticket at the start of a season, when we had no idea how the team were going to perform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Once any remaining tickets hit general sale they will fly out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 23 minutes ago, Robin TBW said: Works the same the other way. Serves non-season ticket holders right for not buying a season ticket... It doesn’t work either way. Some season ticket holders will not be able to make the game for very legitimate reasons - not least of all financial ones. And not everyone can commit to a season ticket - again for legitimate reasons. The process of season ticket holders first, then members next, is quite clearly the fairest way of selling tickets. We don’t need to be saying “serves them right” to anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busterrimes Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 4 hours ago, WhistleHappy said: One or Two legged semis? You Decide.. Cher / Heather Mills Nor sure but I can confirm I had a semi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Suppose one thing we can take from this, is that despite the comments suggesting people were only desperate for United tickets because of the opposition, it would appear that the opposite is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT's Vaseline Tub Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 On 31/12/2017 at 14:03, Red Army 75 said: Only reason Jesus was in tears. Was because he’s missing the two biggest games of his career 7 hours ago, Tinmans Love Child said: I expect it being Xmas and lots of games recently has made a difference, not a surprise to me 7 hours ago, ChippenhamRed said: Logged on this morning to buy my ticket and surprised to see so many seats available in areas normally dominated by season ticket holders - hundreds still available in every block of the Dolman and South Stands. That means a lot of STH haven't bought. Which of you hasn't bought? Curious to know why? Is it the fear that game will be over after the 1st leg? Is it simply a lack of finances? Are people taking the huge risk of waiting to see the first leg score, to then buy on the third day of general sale (if indeed it makes it that far)? Have to say I'm amazed. This is a major cup semi final, our first in a generation, against one of the best teams on the planet, but it just doesn't seem to have captured the imagination in quite the same way as the United game. Man City away cost me £15 + 1 for booking whereas my Season Ticket Seat cost £38 so that’s probably why as pensioners especially hit with the huge increase on their usual seat cost as I know a few who simply couldn’t afford or justify that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miah Dennehy Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 7 hours ago, Loosey Boy said: The chance to City in a semi-final of a major cup competition and people are debating whether to go!?? It will be a sell out, but yes I'm surprised as well that some aren't sure. As much as it pains me to say it, your players deserve a full house even if you get done 10-0 in the first leg, they've beaten 4(?) Prem teams on the way FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkymatt Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Going to both legs. For folk looking to make the Manchester trip a little cheaper I managed to get Megabus to Manc land for £7.50 each way and Easy Hotel (twin room) for £37. i will probably curse these decisions when I’m stuck on a coach going nowhere and get a terrible nights sleep but you gets what you pay for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Man City are a draw for the purists. United are the bigger name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted January 1, 2018 Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 Think people fear the 2nd leg will be a meaningless game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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