If ’s ticketing policy over recent years can be summed up in one match, it would be the Community Shield against at Wembley in August. After the Football Association had angered supporters by scheduling kick-off for 5:30pm on a Sunday, leaving many spectators outside London unable to travel home afterwards, City fans staged a boycott that saw more than 500 people donate a total of £15,000 to the Manchester Central Foodbank rather than purchase a ticket for Wembley.
” This ties into an issue with City’s official ticket resale platform, which allows fans who cannot attend a match to transfer their seat to somebody else. In return, a fan gets one-nineteenth of their total season ticket cost back . The club can then sell that seat individually at a higher cost. A week on from the decision to increase prices, there is also annoyance among supporters that City are yet to explain their decision or engage in further conversation about it.