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Ticket Touts

Brown Bear
Brown Bear Posts: 122
in Other Football and Sports
Just a quick question regarding getting tickets for big games in the UK.

We are coming back from Aussie for a couple of weeks, and sadly my little lad has developed something of an obsession with Man City - don't ask!

Anyhow just as bad luck would have it, the only home game they have when we come back is Liverpool at home, which looks like it has pretty much sold out.

Obviously getting tickets through the traditional routes have drawn a blank, so my question is do ticket touts still hang around outside the ground for big games?

If not are there are any reputable websites where you can source tickets for big footie games?
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  • cafc999
    cafc999 Posts: 4,967
    Try stub hub. They are just pretty much touts anyway  
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,015
    I would imagine a pair of tickets would cost in the region of £500.
    Register on a City messageboard, you may get success that way.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    If you don’t get tickets for the game, you could always do the stadium tour of the Etihad. Nowhere near the same as watching a game obviously, but at least he will get to see the ground, dressing room and get pitch side. They probably still have the cups they won last season so you could probably get photos with them.  

    .....Or you could ruin his life and take him to watch Charlton.  This is the option I would take personally. 
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Not football for a fiver I know, but you could still treat your little lad.

    https://www.stubhub.co.uk/manchester-city-tickets-manchester-city-manchester-etihad-stadium-4-4-2020/event/104185107/?cb=1&byo_qty=2&ticketRank=8&ticket_id=1498264165&tktbkt=4&byo=1&sort=price+asc

    Though at £1,974.38 a ticket you don't actually get to take your luxury padded seat home with you after the match.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited February 2020
    Addickted said:
    Not football for a fiver I know, but you could still treat your little lad.

    https://www.stubhub.co.uk/manchester-city-tickets-manchester-city-manchester-etihad-stadium-4-4-2020/event/104185107/?cb=1&byo_qty=2&ticketRank=8&ticket_id=1498264165&tktbkt=4&byo=1&sort=price+asc

    Though at £1,974.38 a ticket you don't actually get to take your luxury padded seat home with you after the match.
    It’s his Sons dream to watch Man City - the poor boy shouldn’t have to suffer the cheap seats. 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    Tell him that you shouldn't just pick a big side to support. Supporting a football club should be about suffering and sacrifice.
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,611
    Man City website says tickets available, probably because it’s been moved to the Sunday afternoon for tv
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    MuttleyCAFC said:
    Tell him that you shouldn't just pick a big side to support. Supporting a football club should be about suffering and sacrifice.
    The lack of European football will soon put him off. 
  • swords_alive
    swords_alive Posts: 4,252
    Won't ask but just a mention for 'parenting skills'. If he's your lad, custom would be he follows your team.  Growing pains and temporary peer influences aside there is no escape. The are no 'big games' because every game matters but some more than others. If my dad had got me a ticket for a premiership/first division game as a youngster I would have been very suspicious. You are taking substantial risks here in my humble opinion Brown bear.
  • Brown Bear
    Brown Bear Posts: 122
    Thanks for all of the responses - what a kind bunch you all are!

    Unfortunately my son's formative years have been spent with us mostly in Div One, whilst Man City rode the highest of highs in the PL and Europe.

    He has been showing more of an interest since I came home last May for the PO Final, and hopefully that will continue when him and his sister come to the Reading game on Easter Monday.

    Will try the Man City website again, though think a tour of the ground and a new shirt may be cheaper than the Stubhub option!
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  • DoctorCharlton
    DoctorCharlton Posts: 2,463
    Stubhub is a perfectly viable option. Used it several times for Arsenal games before I got my own membership with them.

    fully covered if for whatever reason you don’t get the ticket through. I’ve used them 5-6 times and never had a problem, the only problem is inflated prices but that is to be expected. 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,018
    Take him to The Valley and tell him that Citeh have started playing in red.
  • cantersaddick
    cantersaddick Posts: 16,907
    This is criminal. You should lock him in a small room for a few days on only bread (stale) and water until he sees some sense  and wants to watch Charlton take on QPR at the valley in front of 13,000
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,468
    edited February 2020
    Well, The Valley is in fact closer to Oz than The Etihad.....therefore you can justifiably call The Addicks as your local team compared to Citeh. B)
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Brown Bear said:
    Thanks for all of the responses - what a kind bunch you all are!

    Unfortunately my son's formative years have been spent with us mostly in Div One, whilst Man City rode the highest of highs in the PL and Europe.

    He has been showing more of an interest since I came home last May for the PO Final, and hopefully that will continue when him and his sister come to the Reading game on Easter Monday.

    Will try the Man City website again, though think a tour of the ground and a new shirt may be cheaper than the Stubhub option!
    The tour is good - worth doing. I did it 10 years ago. I had the same problem as you. One of my sons (he was 8 at the time) had an unhealthy obsession with Manchester United, I took him up one Saturday to see Old Trafford and do the stadium tour there and tied the Man City one in as well. Fast forward 10 years and he is Charlton through and through. He realised supporting Charlton was the way to go and he never misses a home game now and has also got the away day bug. 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    What really pisses me off is going in the nearest Sports Direct to the ground and them not selling Charlton shirts. Not that I would buy one from them but it tells a story. Proud to say, my 19 year son is a Charlton fan and has always been.
  • SheffieldRed
    SheffieldRed Posts: 3,772
    cantersaddick said:
    This is criminal. You should lock him in a small room for a few days on only bread (stale) and water until he sees some sense  and wants to watch Charlton take on QPR at the valley in front of 13,000
    A cruel and unusual punishment.



    and the small room with bread and water is not much better
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,640
    Check out ukbreakaways.com for a hotel and match package.
  • clive
    clive Posts: 19,440

    Premier League ticket black market exposed

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cwy9dlqxx2ro
  • Arsenetatters
    Arsenetatters Posts: 5,969
    clive said:

    Premier League ticket black market exposed

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cwy9dlqxx2ro
    Can’t believe people pay 2-4 times face value! 
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  • BalladMan
    BalladMan Posts: 1,112
    If you have a fixed date you can attend, then 120-200 for a premier league football ticket one off is similar to theatre or concert ticket for something a tourist will only likely do once. 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,015
    BalladMan said:
    If you have a fixed date you can attend, then 120-200 for a premier league football ticket one off is similar to theatre or concert ticket for something a tourist will only likely do once. 

    You make it sound cheap and a value for money.
  • BalladMan
    BalladMan Posts: 1,112
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    BalladMan said:
    If you have a fixed date you can attend, then 120-200 for a premier league football ticket one off is similar to theatre or concert ticket for something a tourist will only likely do once. 

    You make it sound cheap and a value for money.
    I deplore ticket touts, the scourge of live music. They make it near impossible for regular punters to get tickets. 

    I’m just saying that comparably, football is very good value for money in comparison to theatre and music nowadays and I can see why tourists would pay it if they are only in town for a fixed date and not flexible.  

    Put pictures on all tickets likes glasto and ticket touting would disappear overnight. 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,015
    BalladMan said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    BalladMan said:
    If you have a fixed date you can attend, then 120-200 for a premier league football ticket one off is similar to theatre or concert ticket for something a tourist will only likely do once. 

    You make it sound cheap and a value for money.
    I deplore ticket touts, the scourge of live music. They make it near impossible for regular punters to get tickets. 

    I’m just saying that comparably, football is very good value for money in comparison to theatre and music nowadays and I can see why tourists would pay it if they are only in town for a fixed date and not flexible.  

    Put pictures on all tickets likes glasto and ticket touting would disappear overnight. 

    I see where you are coming from, the demand is there for tickets, virtually all grounds in the Premier League are sold out.
    Last season I noticed that you could have paid £160 for Fulham v Wolves!  For that money I am convinced there were limited extras with this ticket.
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 592
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    BalladMan said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    BalladMan said:
    If you have a fixed date you can attend, then 120-200 for a premier league football ticket one off is similar to theatre or concert ticket for something a tourist will only likely do once. 

    You make it sound cheap and a value for money.
    I deplore ticket touts, the scourge of live music. They make it near impossible for regular punters to get tickets. 

    I’m just saying that comparably, football is very good value for money in comparison to theatre and music nowadays and I can see why tourists would pay it if they are only in town for a fixed date and not flexible.  

    Put pictures on all tickets likes glasto and ticket touting would disappear overnight. 

    I see where you are coming from, the demand is there for tickets, virtually all grounds in the Premier League are sold out.
    Last season I noticed that you could have paid £160 for Fulham v Wolves!  For that money I am convinced there were limited extras with this ticket.
    For £160 I would expect a handjob thrown in at the least
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,015
    CaptainRobbo said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    BalladMan said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    BalladMan said:
    If you have a fixed date you can attend, then 120-200 for a premier league football ticket one off is similar to theatre or concert ticket for something a tourist will only likely do once. 

    You make it sound cheap and a value for money.
    I deplore ticket touts, the scourge of live music. They make it near impossible for regular punters to get tickets. 

    I’m just saying that comparably, football is very good value for money in comparison to theatre and music nowadays and I can see why tourists would pay it if they are only in town for a fixed date and not flexible.  

    Put pictures on all tickets likes glasto and ticket touting would disappear overnight. 

    I see where you are coming from, the demand is there for tickets, virtually all grounds in the Premier League are sold out.
    Last season I noticed that you could have paid £160 for Fulham v Wolves!  For that money I am convinced there were limited extras with this ticket.
    For £160 I would expect a handjob thrown in at the least

    As you say "at the least".
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,474
    CaptainRobbo said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    BalladMan said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    BalladMan said:
    If you have a fixed date you can attend, then 120-200 for a premier league football ticket one off is similar to theatre or concert ticket for something a tourist will only likely do once. 

    You make it sound cheap and a value for money.
    I deplore ticket touts, the scourge of live music. They make it near impossible for regular punters to get tickets. 

    I’m just saying that comparably, football is very good value for money in comparison to theatre and music nowadays and I can see why tourists would pay it if they are only in town for a fixed date and not flexible.  

    Put pictures on all tickets likes glasto and ticket touting would disappear overnight. 

    I see where you are coming from, the demand is there for tickets, virtually all grounds in the Premier League are sold out.
    Last season I noticed that you could have paid £160 for Fulham v Wolves!  For that money I am convinced there were limited extras with this ticket.
    For £160 I would expect a handjob thrown in at the least
    Well it was at the Cottage.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,730
    CaptainRobbo said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    BalladMan said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    BalladMan said:
    If you have a fixed date you can attend, then 120-200 for a premier league football ticket one off is similar to theatre or concert ticket for something a tourist will only likely do once. 

    You make it sound cheap and a value for money.
    I deplore ticket touts, the scourge of live music. They make it near impossible for regular punters to get tickets. 

    I’m just saying that comparably, football is very good value for money in comparison to theatre and music nowadays and I can see why tourists would pay it if they are only in town for a fixed date and not flexible.  

    Put pictures on all tickets likes glasto and ticket touting would disappear overnight. 

    I see where you are coming from, the demand is there for tickets, virtually all grounds in the Premier League are sold out.
    Last season I noticed that you could have paid £160 for Fulham v Wolves!  For that money I am convinced there were limited extras with this ticket.
    For £160 I would expect a handjob thrown in at the least

  • Greenhithe
    Greenhithe Posts: 776
    I used to love the old school ticket touts. “Buy or sell”. Normally scousers. Me and my mates would always go to gigs and tout it and usually get a reasonable deal. Especially if you left it late. 

    Used to see a few of them turned over as well. Scamps taking a ticket and running or the tout getting a right hander. 

    Another pleasure ruined by the fucking internet. Cheers Tim. 
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 592
    Greenhithe said:
    I used to love the old school ticket touts. “Buy or sell”. Normally scousers. Me and my mates would always go to gigs and tout it and usually get a reasonable deal. Especially if you left it late. 

    Used to see a few of them turned over as well. Scamps taking a ticket and running or the tout getting a right hander. 

    Another pleasure ruined by the fucking internet. Cheers Tim. 
    Always used to see them outside the big racecourses, especially Epsom and was all part of the experience.

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