Attending the Man city Vs Brighton match next week in Etihad stadium. Will be myself, partner, his dad and our 7 month baby. Are there some things I need to be aware of when going with a baby? So far, I've researched to bring only a small A4 sized bag to hold baby stuff (that's tiny, dunno how I'll do that), I know there's a storage unit for the pram (though it's a bit pricey IMO..£12 🙃) and I'll bring ear defenders for the baby. Can I bring snacks for him or us or strictly no outside food? How early do you think we should arrive before the match? It's at 19:30. Any other words of advice for our first family match is welcome 😁

Have any of you been successful buying tickets for away matches via live football tickets?

Hello Blues,

I keep seeing multiple commentators (Arsenal, United and Liverpool accounts, naturally) withbthe same talking point following the 40,000 attendance vs AEK. "How can a team with so many empty seats have claimed to outperform Real Madrid for revenue?"

I was curious so I ran the numbers, feel free to check for errors and use this in responses. Photo from QPR 2012 for attention.

In the main season Man City recorded higher revenue than Real Madrid (2021-2022, €731 million vs €714 million) Real Madrid's lowest attendance was under 20,000 in La Liga (Celta Vigo), City's was 30,000 vs Wycombe Wanderers in the League Cup. The Santiago Bernabeau was undergoing renovations for much of the season so had lower than usual capacity, but their average attendance was 41,000 vs City's average of 52,889.

Real Madrid's highest attendance that season was 61,416 when they played in the Champion's League against... Manchester City!

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Let’s compare two Sponsorships and then see which one has the best value for money.

Let’s go with Man United’s Chevrolet shirt sponsor. One of the biggest commercial deals of all time.

$559m over a seven year period. It worked out at roughly £53m per year.

In that exact same time frame Man City received £472m for Shirt/Stadium/Campus sponsorship from Etihad. Broken down the shirt sponsorship worked out at roughly £45m.

In this time period Man United became a laughing stock of the league sacking managers left right and centre.

Mean while Man City were consistently winning trophies producing the best teams English football has ever seen.

Which sponsor had the best exposure, and therefore value for money in that time….

The talent, the passion, the connection with the fans. Moments like this remind me why Foden is so special to this club. 🩵

Being sat 5 or 6 seats away from the AEK fans was fun.

Relegate our disgusting club to the Northern Counties League

This video felt soo refreshing. Other fans are finally waking up and pointing out the flaws in FFP. I really hope these rules get changed for the better. Maybe it would get rid of most of our charges, assuming its changed before the punishment takes place

If we are punished then the rules get changed, i wonder what thats gonna be like.. would a compensation be possible?

Could this really happen? Seems pretty extreme to me.