Don't get this. Why not just have the first leg next week and the 2nd leg at the normal date?

city are playing on Monday so would imagine they didn't fancy playing Monday then the follwing Weds as well.

Right, that explains it.

Surprised that they scheduled a game for that Monday though when FA Cup replays were pencilled in for that week.

Rovers/Villa also postponed.Yet to be decided but the 1st leg should be played next week with the second leg as scheduled in 2 weeks.

City play Rovers on Monday so no chance of having the semis next week.

We'll lose against City so we might aswell do a 'Wolves' and play our reserves against City and keep the 1st team for Villa 2 days later

I'm not sure what we regularly charge away supporters but I am damned sure it's not the £44.03/£49.14 we had to pay for the last league game at Old Trafford.

You are obviously unaware of the practice of settling admission prices for FA/Carling Cup ties in this country.

Being a man who has to have regular dealings with the ticket office and it's employees, I am privy to the following information:-

The home club has a traditional base, break even, price structure. On top of that are the traditional factors such as steward costs, catering etc, which bring us to your bottom line ticket price? Comprendez?

From thereon, additional add on costs, traditionally due to policing bills, mean that there is a set price for breaking even or making the marginal profit. In normal cases, circa £24, £28 and £32 are the prices. For this particular high profile, midweek derby the excessive police costs dragged that up to £40.

As City have been charging £20 for Carling Cup games, MCFC wanted to sell tickets at £25. However, the away team has to agree to those reductions, as they take a share of the gates in domestic cup games, and has the option of enforcing the club to charge the full base line figure (in this case, £40) if it so wishes. United insisted that we all paid the full £40.

Quote ="D.D." Being a man who has to have regular dealings with the ticket office and it's employees, I am privy to the following information:- The home club has a traditional base, break even, price structure. On top of that are the traditional factors such as steward costs, catering etc, which bring us to your bottom line ticket price? Comprendez? From thereon, additional add on costs, traditionally due to policing bills, mean that there is a set price for breaking even or making the marginal profit. In normal cases, circa £24, £28 and £32 are the prices. For this particular high profile, midweek derby the excessive police costs dragged that up to £40. As City have been charging £20 for Carling Cup games, MCFC wanted to sell tickets at £25. However, the away team has to agree to those reductions, as they take a share of the gates in domestic cup games, and has the option of enforcing the club to charge the full base line figure (in this case, £40) if it so wishes. United insisted that we all paid the full £40.'" I was informed that this is the procedure used in cup games by the ex- Ticket Office manager at Spurs. He told me that Arsenal wanted to charge their fans £20 to watch the CC semi-final against Spurs at The Emirates. Spurs refused to do so, and it resulted in all fans being charged c£50. Have you read this article? www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... -City.html The Ferguson family appear to have an unhealthy tradition of being aggressive to women. Thing is, Vickly Kloss would batter Taggart to a pulp

Quote ="D.D." Being a man who has to have regular dealings with the ticket office and it's employees, I am privy to the following information:- The home club has a traditional base, break even, price structure. On top of that are the traditional factors such as steward costs, catering etc, which bring us to your bottom line ticket price? Comprendez? From thereon, additional add on costs, traditionally due to policing bills, mean that there is a set price for breaking even or making the marginal profit. In normal cases, circa £24, £28 and £32 are the prices. For this particular high profile, midweek derby the excessive police costs dragged that up to £40. As City have been charging £20 for Carling Cup games, MCFC wanted to sell tickets at £25. However, the away team has to agree to those reductions, as they take a share of the gates in domestic cup games, and has the option of enforcing the club to charge the full base line figure (in this case, £40) if it so wishes. United insisted that we all paid the full £40.'" I was informed that this is the procedure used in cup games by the ex- Ticket Office manager at Spurs. He told me that Arsenal wanted to charge their fans £20 to watch the CC semi-final against Spurs at The Emirates. Spurs refused to do so, and it resulted in all fans being charged c£50. Have you read this article? www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... -City.html The Ferguson family appear to have an unhealthy tradition of being aggressive to women. Thing is, Vickly Kloss would batter Taggart to a pulp

[url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_5834013,00.htmlCity post MASSIVE losses.[/url

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8439545.stmPompey still not paid their players.[/url Storrie has said they have to sell in January to try avoid administration. They are f*cked.


Fergie JR set to takeover at Preston and Coyle is expected to sign on at Bolton later today. Rumours have it that [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1240636/Manchester-United-No-2-Mike-Phelan-frame-replace-Bolton-bound-Owen-Coyle-Burnley-managers-hotseat.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0bh5ltwTbMike Phelan[/url is in line to replace Coyle at Burnley.

We have made a trading loss but we are not in debt.

This is the opposite of United who make trading profits and are having to deal with a crippling debt.

Ever since United became crippled with debt, the fans of that club have felt the need to point out the financial issues faced by other clubs. Why? Increased awareness? Envy?

[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1240906/Manchester-City-tearing-Old-Trafford-banner-vows-new-boss-Roberto-Mancini.html?ITO=1490Mancini on Uniteds banner[/url

I like his confidence. I think that's something that City as a club needs, somebody with the jacobs to say what he thinks and to throw down the gauntlet. If they get past us(which I think they will if Fergie plays the stiffs) then Villa would be a hard game if they get to the final. Although werent we told last year that the league cup is not a real trophy?

Increased awareness maybe. Not only that, but the media seem to be making a bigger deal of club's finances in the past few years.



The most embarrassing thing I've seen from United "fans" lately, is a Facebook group that has been created for an anti-Glazer protest at the home game v Portsmouth on the 6th February.





The creator, claims that ticket prices should be reflective on the distance to which you live to Old Trafford. So he tries to organise a protest march on a match day against a club which might not be in existence then, on the same day FC United have a game and on the 6th Feb of all days.

Idiot.

Exactly the reason why we must play a strong team against them. We cannot allow them to get to a final which they'd probably win.

OK I was unaware of how they work out the base figure. I thought city would have just charged their normal league prices when Utd didn't agree to the reductions, rather than whacking it up to £40.

When we go to Old Trafford we will take the banner down? Erm it's not a cup final Roberto.

The stewards would probably try and get him to sit down on his way up anyway.

Lifted from a City forum

As I correctly posted yesterday Rovers cup semi 1st leg will be played next week on thursday with the 2nd leg the week after.

Just been on look north that beckford has handed in a transfer request!!! Feck him now i say sell him! Thanks for the memories but he is obviously far bigger than lufc (in his opinion of course)

I'd accept the request but tell him you're going nowhere unless we get offered £2M.

Know what you mean but no point keepin ANYBODY that is not 100% commited to the cause,he is a huffy so n so at the best of times.....

He is a pr1ck. But he scores the goalios.

If Stoke want £20M for Ryan Shawcross I'd hold out for for more than £2M for Beckford.

AFAIK Beckford is out of contract at the end of the season, that's why the fee is said to be £2m.