Man City Tickets

[Wycombe Royal]

It's 100% the club's fault that they failed to anticipate a level of demand that would have been obvious to any one who's been following Reading for years or has any rudimentary insight into the psyche of the average football fan.

But that is where you are wrong. It wasn't obvious, despite what you all think.

It is a cup quarter final, at a ground and against a team we have played not too long ago. It is on TV, it is a late kick off on a Sunday before a school day, and we haven't taken that many too an away game on many occasions and certainly not the next allocation up of nearly 6,000 (I don't know if we could have taken more than 2,800 but less than the upper amount). Look at how many we took to Everton, Liverpool, away to Burnley, etc.

The club took an educated guess to only take that many as they didn't want to be saddled with the cost of potentially having 3,000 tickets they couldn't sell. It has turned out to be the wrong decision, but everyone makes mistakes.

[Allyh84]

2,800 allocation with free travel, so unfair on those will fewer members points! And before anyone asks, I've been to 7 away matches this season and about 5 home matches. The free travel thing was a nightmare waiting to happen. As if people wouldn't have just paid the £20 for STAR travel!

Also, at those saying "it's on TV" as an excuse for why we had such a shit allocation. I can't remember missing a match solely because it was on TV. It's completely irrelevant.

[Wycombe Royal]

You'd be LOLing yourself silly when every away allocation was announced. It must be quite nice to be as easily amused as you are.

You misunderstand. I'm not LOLing at the situation, I'm LOLing at the immature, whiny, pathetic comments made by some (not all) of the contributors to this topic......

I agree that there have been some OTT comments on this thread, but what do you expect from HNA? I don't think anyone should be losing their job over this, but lessons need to be learnt shirley? The people who make the decisions on ticket allocations should have known that demand would exceed 2800 for this match, whether free travel was to be offered or not. Ultimately it's cost both Man City and Reading revenue anyway, so I'm sure in private there will be some sort of 'review' of this whole situation.

I agree entirely with those sensible, mature comments. RL could learn a lot from you

[Royal Lady]

*sigh*

How many did we take to Man Utd a few years ago?

The bigger the club we're playing, the bigger the following - particularly when it's a quarter final cup game, on a Sunday afternoon, at a top four team.

[Wycombe Royal]

Also, at those saying "it's on TV" as an excuse for why we had such a shit allocation. I can't remember missing a match solely because it was on TV. It's completely irrelevant.

It is one of a NUMBER of factors. The club did however compound the problem by offering free travel.....

[Royal Lady]

You misunderstand. I'm not LOLing at the situation, I'm LOLing at the immature, whiny, pathetic comments made by some (not all) of the contributors to this topic......

I agree that there have been some OTT comments on this thread, but what do you expect from HNA? I don't think anyone should be losing their job over this, but lessons need to be learnt shirley? The people who make the decisions on ticket allocations should have known that demand would exceed 2800 for this match, whether free travel was to be offered or not. Ultimately it's cost both Man City and Reading revenue anyway, so I'm sure in private there will be some sort of 'review' of this whole situation.

I agree entirely with those sensible, mature comments. RL could learn a lot from you

Well, I'm only trying to stick up for my fellow supporters. I'm sorry I don't have an "I'm alright Jack" attitude or find it funny.

[Wycombe Royal]

The bigger the club we're playing, the bigger the following - particularly when it's a quarter final cup game, on a Sunday afternoon, at a top four team.

775 to Liverpool last season, does playing Man City add 5,000 to that?

[Wycombe Royal]

[Well, I'm only trying to stick up for my fellow supporters. I'm sorry I don't have an "I'm alright Jack" attitude or find it funny.

I refer you to my earlier comment. I'm LOLing at the situation, just the pathetic, immature and whiny comments from some........

[Silver Fox]

Also, at those saying "it's on TV" as an excuse for why we had such a shit allocation. I can't remember missing a match solely because it was on TV. It's completely irrelevant.

It is one of a NUMBER of factors. The club did however compound the problem by offering free travel.....

'greed, any cock up the club may have made seems to be related to their decision to offer free coaches, thus alleviating one of the main reasons we wouldn't shift more than 2800 tickets. But given that "the club should pay for travel" is a demand often posted on here it seems a bit rubbish to complain about it to much. Even with the free coaches, can anyone say how many more tickets could have been sold?

[bigmike]

The bigger the club we're playing, the bigger the following - particularly when it's a quarter final cup game, on a Sunday afternoon, at a top four team.

775 to Liverpool last season, does playing Man City add 5,000 to that?

Maybe the match can be moved to Reading to ensure that everyone can attend... Given the scramble for tickets I expect the next home game to be sold out. Being that the league is far more important than some poxy cup game

[southbank1871]

The bigger the club we're playing, the bigger the following - particularly when it's a quarter final cup game, on a Sunday afternoon, at a top four team.

775 to Liverpool last season, does playing Man City add 5,000 to that?

But that was a third round replay, not the quarter finals. It was on a Tuesday night, so people would have had to take a half day off work and the weather was atrocious. Not really a fair comparison IMO.

[RoyalBlue]

Just imagine what this forum would be like if we had an away following the size of Leeds... they have to go into a ballot for EVERY away match as they never get allocations big enough (and they have to pay for the priviledge of being able to enter that ballot).

We have it quite easy as RFC fans in reality.......now continue the moaning please.

But we are not Leeds and life is made far more difficult for us than it needs to be, courtesy of cock ups like this.

Maybe you can accept p*ss poor service and/or incompetence (I will point cowboys in your direction if future) but it doesn't mean the rest of us should.

[Royal Lady]

The bigger the club we're playing, the bigger the following - particularly when it's a quarter final cup game, on a Sunday afternoon, at a top four team.

775 to Liverpool last season, does playing Man City add 5,000 to that?

As already stated, have to take into account the weather and it wasn't a quarter final cup game. I can't be bothered responding to you any more.

I just feel really sorry for those who couldn't get a ticket. And I'll be singing my heart out on their behalf on Sunday.

[bigmike]

The bigger the club we're playing, the bigger the following - particularly when it's a quarter final cup game, on a Sunday afternoon, at a top four team.

775 to Liverpool last season, does playing Man City add 5,000 to that?

As already stated, have to take into account the weather and it wasn't a quarter final cup game. I can't be bothered responding to you any more.

I just feel really sorry for those who couldn't get a ticket. And I'll be singing my heart on their behalf on Sunday.

thats it rub it in that you got a ticket

[RobRoyal]

Just imagine what this forum would be like if we had an away following the size of Leeds... they have to go into a ballot for EVERY away match as they never get allocations big enough (and they have to pay for the priviledge of being able to enter that ballot).

We have it quite easy as RFC fans in reality.......now continue the moaning please.

If that were the case then it wouldn't be the club's stupidity that caused us missing out, would it?

If we had an allocation of 6000 and I, as an exiled fan, couldn't get tickets that would be my problem.

This, however, is the club's problem. They didn't ask for enough tickets, because they are laughably incompetent.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

The bigger the club we're playing, the bigger the following - particularly when it's a quarter final cup game, on a Sunday afternoon, at a top four team.

775 to Liverpool last season, does playing Man City add 5,000 to that?

Nope - but perhaps some of the following do:

6th round vs 3rd round
Weekend vs midweek
Free travel vs no free travel

[Bandini]

Maybe the match can be moved to Reading to ensure that everyone can attend... Given the scramble for tickets I expect the next home game to be sold out. Being that the league is far more important than some poxy cup game

Disagreed. I'm daytripping the shit out of this game, but I really can't be arsed with going to the Madstad these days.

[RoyalBlue]

The bigger the club we're playing, the bigger the following - particularly when it's a quarter final cup game, on a Sunday afternoon, at a top four team.

775 to Liverpool last season, does playing Man City add 5,000 to that?

Maybe the match can be moved to Reading to ensure that everyone can attend... Given the scramble for tickets I expect the next home game to be sold out. Being that the league is far more important than some poxy cup game

With intelligent contributions to the debate like that, maybe you should go work for the club.

Home attendances already exceed our ticket allocation by a factor > 6 so that's that argument shot down for starters.

[Allyh84]

Thankfully if we get to Wembley, we won't have a problem getting enough tickets compared to Arsenal/Man U

But I am sure the club will find a way to make the system all unfair.

[RoyalBlue]

The bigger the club we're playing, the bigger the following - particularly when it's a quarter final cup game, on a Sunday afternoon, at a top four team.

775 to Liverpool last season, does playing Man City add 5,000 to that?

Nope - but perhaps some of the following do:

6th round vs 3rd round
Weekend vs midweek
Free travel vs no free travel

Don't forget to add dirt cheap tickets, new/different stadium and really big spending opponents to that.