Champions League Final in Porto

[LUBITSCH]

Man City's two European finals will have been watched by a grand total of less than 25,000 in the stadiums.

You sent me scurrying off to google to look up the 1970 Final. Amazing that the crowd was so low but it was a different Europe then.

 

[SpiritofBurnden]

Two? What happened in the early 70s?

Less than 8,000 turned up for the Cup Winners Cup final.

 

[PTR]

So fuck. Fans should be more important than money. I know they aren’t though.

Not Like UEFA to stick 2 fingers up at British fans in favour of VIPs etc

Indeed x 2

 

[AB22 Easy Tiger]

Apparently the UK wouldn't allow people in - VIPs, Sponsors, Film Crews etc.

This. It was a non starter

 

[riffraff]

Less than 8,000 turned up for the Cup Winners Cup final.

Where was it? Gornik Zabre iirc was the opposition.

 

[SpiritofBurnden]

You sent me scurrying off to google to look up the 1970 Final. Amazing that the crowd was so low but it was a different Europe then.

45,000 at the final of the same competition in Greece the following year when Chelsea won it.

Where was it? Gornik Zabre iirc was the opposition.

Vienna.

 

[riffraff]

I must say my sympathy for 2 dirty dozen clubs isn’t as great as it would be for say Leicester v Everton or Villa v Wolves frinstance.

45,000 at the final of the same competition in Greece the following year when Chelsea won it.

Vienna.

It obviously meant nothing to them.

 

[hardlife]

UEFA should be disbanded......corrupt to the core.

 

[Morti1]

City had about 4000 fans in the stadium gornik only a handful because they had to apply for visas,the weather was horrific,the game wasn't televised either because the Chelsea v Leeds Cup final replay was on both itv and bbc1 the same night.Dont seem to have much luck in European Cup finals.Hope they win their fans and team deserve it.

 

[Abu Dhabi Red and White]

They’re not going to go. Maybe. Dinnar.

or tea.

 

[Born Never Asked]

City had about 4000 fans in the stadium gornik only a handful because they had to apply for visas,the weather was horrific,the game wasn't televised either because the Chelsea v Leeds Cup final replay was on both itv and bbc1 the same night.Dont seem to have much luck in European Cup finals.Hope they win their fans and team deserve it.

Weird reference to televised FA cup final having a detrimental affect on attendance. And ECWC final not being televised. Would have thought the former would not have mattered to a Man City fan. And the latter would have only encouraged them to attend the final

 

[tynevalleyblackcat]

Portugal isn't refusing entry to non-essential visitors from outside The E.U.. That is a proposal from The E.U. and a typical cut off their noses to spite their faces one at that. Portugal are desperate to have holidaymakers from G.B. or any other country deemed safe, so another potential disagreement between member states is likely to occur.

Its almost as if member states of the EU can actually run their own affairs while still being full members. Who knew eh...........

 

[Dilligaf60]

Apparently the UK wouldn't allow people in - VIPs, Sponsors, Film Crews etc.

Only right. If they’re that keen they can get here 10 days early and self isolate like the rest of us working plebs have had to do since March last year. Fuckem

 

[vinegar hill]

Apparently the figure for the sponsors and V.I.P.‘s was 3000.

 

[Morti1]

I just meant that the city fans who never made the trip to Austria to watch the game cdnt watch it on TV either because the cup final replay was being shown on both ITV and the BBC.

 

[The Shepherd]

Vienna.

This means nothing to me.

 

[Deleted member 6694]

Where was it? Gornik Zabre iirc was the opposition.

Have you seen how Górnik Zabrze got to the Final? I just have and Górnik Zabrze played a 2 leg Semi against Roma, drawing 1-1 away in the 1st leg. In the home leg they were losing 1-0 until a 90th minute equaliser put the game into extra time. They scored again soon after in the 93rd minute but Roma equalised to make it 2-2. However away goals didn't count in any way so Roma were denied and it went to another replay in Strasbourg in France. This ended 1-1 after normal time and after ET it was still 1-1 so the match was decided on a coin toss which Górnik Zabrze won!

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[Mouldedplasticseats]

UEFA should be disbanded......corrupt to the core.

I've got a good idea - a breakaway euro super league would surely finish uefa off?

 

[Deleted member 6694]

City had about 4000 fans in the stadium gornik only a handful because they had to apply for visas,the weather was horrific,the game wasn't televised either because the Chelsea v Leeds Cup final replay was on both itv and bbc1 the same night.Dont seem to have much luck in European Cup finals.Hope they win their fans and team deserve it.

Deserve it? They've bought all this recent success spending an obscene amount of money and even cheated on the way didn't they?

Although this isn't to the penny, since the 2008/09 season, their NET spend on players is over double most other teams apart from 3. This doesn't even include wages which no doubt will be higher than most other clubs also. I don't think they deserve anything at all, they've simply bought the success and like I said even had the cheek to cheat along the way. It was only a matter of time before they got to the Final and also eventually win it.

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[Wayne The Punk]

Couldn't give a toss really, just delighted it isn't at Wembley. The EFL really are the most pathetic organisation going, can't believe they were just going to roll over and shift all the play off games to accommodate the CL final.

It actually shows how inept the organisation actually is, pathetic bastards. I wonder how much the utter tossers who run it get paid?