worth_the_wait

Just before opened up to 230+ points ... There are 100 tickets left in the 4 open blocks (stand behind the goal). 2 Other blocks of this stand still to be opened. Main Stand blocks not yet opened. <Edited to say: I reckon approx 2400 sold so far, give or take a few 100..>

The funny thing about last night's VAR, is that most of the so-called experts are wetting themselves over it supposedly showed how well it can work. But as per so many things in life, there are 2 ways of looking at it. In theory, it showed a correct decison in that matey boy was about an inch onside. On the other hand, it showed the process up to be a complie lie. We were told that VAR would only overturn "obvious and clear mistakes". But it wasn't. High tech wizardry and freeze frame technology showed he was about an inch onside. No linesman in the world could have called that decision, to pinpoint accuracy. So it wasn't an "obvious mistake".

For those of you who think the Moys End was "over full" that day ... Here is a short clip of the Moys End for the Peterborough Utd v Man City 5th round FA Cup tie in 1981, when they had a capacity crowd (of nearly 28,000 I think), and there were nearly double the number on the Moys End terrace, than when we went there last. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uICBDdz2KvA

The official Peterborough Utd web site has announced details of tickets sales for the 4th round (v Leicester City/Fleetwood Town) "The Motorpoint Stand is not available to purchase for at this moment in time." So ... It looks like they may have reserved the stand behind the goal for us in case we win the reply. That holds approx 2600 I think. Hopefully they have also reserved the normal away section in the main stand (approx 1000) - although the details don't explicitly state that. And I'm not registered on their site, so I can't see a selling areas map of the ground! But it's looking a bit more promising, Provided, or course, we beat Fleetwood ....

Some people are talking rubbish here. The away end wasn't "over sold" that year. The total away following was 4700. There were about 1,000 - 1,200 in the seats and probably about 3,500 - 3,700 on the terrace. The Moys End terrace comfortably holds at least 5,000, and it wasn't overly packed that day. Obviously some people crowded together and didn't use all 3 tunnels to spread out enough.

In theory ... Away ticket allocations for FA Cup matches should be straightforward. But they are not. Clubs are supposed to give 15% to away fans. But this can change for a variety of reasons eg: 1. The police stick their oar in to reduce it. (eg high profile local derbies often get reduced) 2. The club has special dispensation to reduce itt, if segregation would be particularly awkward (Newcastle Utd used to get away with this trick until fairly recently) 3. A club pulls a fast one because they don't want to give the full allocation (eg us v Norwich 2012) 4. Clubs can always give more than 15% if they don't think they'll sell out and/or are easy-going about it. (Forest gave us 8000 in the end for the match in 2012. Obviuosly their support is so bad, they were never going to fill the ground) Add into the equation that being on TV can make a difference, as this can reduce the home support ... so as per point 4 above, the club may give some extra tickets out. And also don't forget that it's not even obvious what some ground capacities are. eg Peterborough Utd's official website lists it as 15,314 whereas away fans guide website lists it as 14,319. So where's all this going ? Basically IF we beat Fleetwood in the replay, we'll just have to wait and see what PUFC/authorities/police come up with. You'd like to think the police wouldn't have any extra objections as it's a 12.30 KO. So we'll just have to wait and see if PUFC give us 2297 (15% of 15314) or 2147 (15% of 14319) or 2500 if they give us the whole end behind the goal for easy segregation, or maybe anything up to 4000 (behing goal and 1500 of the main stand, if they are feeling generous)!

One spare ticket popped up on the LCFC Web site. Get in there quick!

"I think Man City will put close to a full strength team up. Pep needs to win things" Pep needs to win things ????? The way things are going, Man City will have won the Premier League before the League Cup Final!

Drawfull. You said you were a "United fan". Which United? Newcastle? West Ham? Leeds? Sheffield? Cambridge?

Been watching The City for 40-50 years. Last season made every miserable defeat and relegation over the years, all worthwhile. We took our time ... 132 years to be precise ... bit it was worth the wait.