Improving CCFC Support

Sort the lager out! Be a pioneering club who actually considers the taste of the over priced piss they sell. How football clubs get away with this is beggars belief.

Anyone ever had a nice lager in the CCS?


Also, I may be on my own or in the minority, but our chant choices/selection has gone awful. Again, could the club pioneer some way to get the atmosphere up?

Also... ask the season ticket holders. Ask your customers. E-mail poll, questionaire etc??

(Nice to see this happening, to add)

Agree they need to sort out the pints. Paying £6/7 for one in a plastic/cardboard cup and it doesn't even taste good.

Although I think that's down to the company who provide it (Compass?), not 100% though.

Lower ticket prices, football is still too exspensive. Allow fans to leave the stadium for food at half time. Or are the club afraid of competition?
Most importantly, Move the Canton Stand to either the ninian 117/116 or behind the goal near away fans.

Fair do's, that suggestion of letting fans leave the stadium at half time to get food etc. has to be the most ridiculous suggestion of all time in a thread half full of some ridiculous suggestions.

This:

Pick a local school for each match and give those who what to come a child’s ticket and an adult ticket and make it a big event for the school. We may get some long term supporters out of it. As mentioned put them in the red seats and make it special

And this:

"Always City"]Why are you not giving schools all over South Wales free tickets if they bring their parents, the red seats perfect, they are doing nothing. thousands every home game should go out

A lot of forum contributors have been saying this for years.

Most Kids get hooked on CCFC (as I did) going down the city with a parent, grandparent, friend of family, etc.

Maybe two free kids with adult ticket.

Would fill seats, increase attendance and maybe get a significant amount of kids hooked for life.

Make experience great - quality and price - pie, pop and a Mars Bar (for me pasty and bovril !!)

Agree, red seats would be great for this.

Get Dalmahn and co to check out how other clubs do it ? It's not Rocket Science is it.

Plenty of good ideas from genuine well meaning FANS (not customers)

Become an established premier league club and win trophys which sadly has been beyond them for most of their 124 years

Booking fees on are absolutely ridiculous on top of the ticket price especially when the ticket is sent to a phone or picked up by hand.

The attitude of some of the staff in the superstore needs refining, I couldn’t imagine my family returning to a similar environment outside of Cardiff City. The prices are ridiculous really and it really is blind faith that I keep purchasing from the store.

There should be a cap on away ticket prices.

Free tickets for disadvantaged communities and local schools on a match basis (1,000 per match ) There is a new TV deal which financially, the club are benefiting from significantly.

Student season tickets and student prices. This is an area that needs to be addressed considering how large a student population Cardiff and the surrounding area.

Food prices are unaffordable for a family £3.30 for a bottle of Diet Coke £6.70 for a kids hotdog that was stale.

5 match season tickets for floating supporters.

Lower ticket prices, football is still too exspensive. Allow fans to leave the stadium for food at half time. Or are the club afraid of competition?
Most importantly, Move the Canton Stand to either the ninian 117/116 or behind the goal near away fans.

Fair do's, that suggestion of letting fans leave the stadium at half time to get food etc. has to be the most ridiculous suggestion of all time in a thread half full of some ridiculous suggestions.

Work for the catering contractors do you?

Poor transport links is a major reason for poor attendances, though that is mostly out of the clubs control. However, with the shit rail and bus services to and from the valleys lately, what about a few of those bendy buses transporting fans to the ground from the city centre, which is a 20 minute walk both ways otherwise, and I'm pretty fit. Would make the experience a whole lot more pleasant especially in the rain.

Like a few of the other posts swap the Canton End over with the family stand, get the old atmosphere back do it and you will the crowds back.

The obvious school tickets.

Advertising around city centre etc.

Maybe partnerships with the rugby and hockey? Discounted tickets across the three for season ticket holders of any of the three? Don’t know how feasible that would be.

Club buses to the Valleys to ensure transport availability especially with the trains as awful as they are (out of the clubs control).

As said, we have 3 universities in the city, surely partnerships with them could be a thing. I know that the Jacks had a partnership with the universities there in which the universities would email students with offers for tickets to their games, why can’t city sort something similar out?

Honestly some crazy scheme like season ticket holders who attend X amount of games the season before a potential promotion get their Premier League season ticket for free. Given we’d make £100m+ just for being in that league I’d assume season ticket income is a relative drop in the ocean at that level.

The main issue for moving the family stand from what I see at home games is the abuse directed towards the family stand, there are signs up with a number to text to report behaviour including foul language and abusive comments etc but were subjected to it from away fans!!

How can they enforce one policy for our fans but allow the away fans to carry on doing it

Sort the lager out! Be a pioneering club who actually considers the taste of the over priced piss they sell. How football clubs get away with this is beggars belief.

Anyone ever had a nice lager in the CCS?


Also, I may be on my own or in the minority, but our chant choices/selection has gone awful. Again, could the club pioneer some way to get the atmosphere up?

Also... ask the season ticket holders. Ask your customers. E-mail poll, questionaire etc??

(Nice to see this happening, to add)

Agree they need to sort out the pints. Paying £6/7 for one in a plastic/cardboard cup and it doesn't even taste good

Although I think that's down to the company who provide it (Compass?), not 100% though.

This is a big one for me also - the lack of good quality food and drink is a spoiler for me on a match day and massively off putting for others. It could be the difference in putting off floaters or keeping them.

It just compounds misery when if the game is poor and all you want is a decent pint or bit of grub to cheer you up:

1. You have to leave your seat in the ninian at about 35 mins to guarantee getting served a pint and being able to drink it before the second half kicks off (the queues are rediculous - if its a big crowd forget even trying)

2. Once you do get to the front of the queue you are faced with terrible, luke warm, massively overpriced lager (why did they remove fosters btw?!) in a PAPER CUP. The cup makes the beer taste like cardboard (some would say that is an improvement) but also the cup buckles just holding it causing spillage and wastage etc. Also lack of places to put your pint down on a high table (there are about 3 pillars in the back

I understand this may be all down to compass and might be for environmental reasons maybe!? But surely something can be done by the club Corky? It has such a big impact on matchday experience

Half time voucher bars used to work well in the past. Or is there no way they can introduce some more pop up bars like they do on an international game!?

Its good to see the club looking to improve things slowly (like matchday music - hey jude) but it will take a while to get things back to where they were after many years of missmanagement and neglect. There is not one thing that will instantly improve attendence but continuing to listen to fans and constantly improving the little things year after year will get us there eventually.

Sort the lager out! Be a pioneering club who actually considers the taste of the over priced piss they sell. How football clubs get away with this is beggars belief.

Anyone ever had a nice lager in the CCS?


Also, I may be on my own or in the minority, but our chant choices/selection has gone awful. Again, could the club pioneer some way to get the atmosphere up?

Also... ask the season ticket holders. Ask your customers. E-mail poll, questionaire etc??

(Nice to see this happening, to add)

Agree they need to sort out the pints. Paying £6/7 for one in a plastic/cardboard cup and it doesn't even taste good

Although I think that's down to the company who provide it (Compass?), not 100% though.

This is a big one for me also - the lack of good quality food and drink is a spoiler for me on a match day and massively off putting for others. It could be the difference in putting off floaters or keeping them.

It just compounds misery when if the game is poor and all you want is a decent pint or bit of grub to cheer you up:

1. You have to leave your seat in the ninian at about 35 mins to guarantee getting served a pint and being able to drink it before the second half kicks off (the queues are rediculous - if its a big crowd forget even trying)

2. Once you do get to the front of the queue you are faced with terrible, luke warm, massively overpriced lager (why did they remove fosters btw?!) in a PAPER CUP. The cup makes the beer taste like cardboard (some would say that is an improvement) but also the cup buckles just holding it causing spillage and wastage etc. Also lack of places to put your pint down on a high table (there are about 3 pillars in the back

I understand this may be all down to compass and might be for environmental reasons maybe!? But surely something can be done by the club Corky? It has such a big impact on matchday experience

Half time voucher bars used to work well in the past. Or is there no way they can introduce some more pop up bars like they do on an international game!?

Its good to see the club looking to improve things slowly (like matchday music - hey jude) but it will take a while to get things back to where they were after many years of missmanagement and neglect. There is not one thing that will instantly improve attendence but continuing to listen to fans and constantly improving the little things year after year will get us there eventually.

Straight to the point here but the drink/food is shocking.

Problem is why we still buy it then it will not get any better.

Sort the lager out! Be a pioneering club who actually considers the taste of the over priced piss they sell. How football clubs get away with this is beggars belief.

Anyone ever had a nice lager in the CCS?


Also, I may be on my own or in the minority, but our chant choices/selection has gone awful. Again, could the club pioneer some way to get the atmosphere up?

Also... ask the season ticket holders. Ask your customers. E-mail poll, questionaire etc??

(Nice to see this happening, to add)

Agree they need to sort out the pints. Paying £6/7 for one in a plastic/cardboard cup and it doesn't even taste good

Although I think that's down to the company who provide it (Compass?), not 100% though.

This is a big one for me also - the lack of good quality food and drink is a spoiler for me on a match day and massively off putting for others. It could be the difference in putting off floaters or keeping them.

It just compounds misery when if the game is poor and all you want is a decent pint or bit of grub to cheer you up:

1. You have to leave your seat in the ninian at about 35 mins to guarantee getting served a pint and being able to drink it before the second half kicks off (the queues are rediculous - if its a big crowd forget even trying)

2. Once you do get to the front of the queue you are faced with terrible, luke warm, massively overpriced lager (why did they remove fosters btw?!) in a PAPER CUP. The cup makes the beer taste like cardboard (some would say that is an improvement) but also the cup buckles just holding it causing spillage and wastage etc. Also lack of places to put your pint down on a high table (there are about 3 pillars in the back

I understand this may be all down to compass and might be for environmental reasons maybe!? But surely something can be done by the club Corky? It has such a big impact on matchday experience

Half time voucher bars used to work well in the past. Or is there no way they can introduce some more pop up bars like they do on an international game!?

Its good to see the club looking to improve things slowly (like matchday music - hey jude) but it will take a while to get things back to where they were after many years of missmanagement and neglect. There is not one thing that will instantly improve attendence but continuing to listen to fans and constantly improving the little things year after year will get us there eventually.

Straight to the point here but the drink/food is shocking.

Problem is why we still buy it then it will not get any better.

Same reason as why we have been turning up to watch the football when its been shocking the last 3/4 years - habit

Sort the lager out! Be a pioneering club who actually considers the taste of the over priced piss they sell. How football clubs get away with this is beggars belief.

Anyone ever had a nice lager in the CCS?


Also, I may be on my own or in the minority, but our chant choices/selection has gone awful. Again, could the club pioneer some way to get the atmosphere up?

Also... ask the season ticket holders. Ask your customers. E-mail poll, questionaire etc??

(Nice to see this happening, to add)

Agree they need to sort out the pints. Paying £6/7 for one in a plastic/cardboard cup and it doesn't even taste good

Although I think that's down to the company who provide it (Compass?), not 100% though.

This is a big one for me also - the lack of good quality food and drink is a spoiler for me on a match day and massively off putting for others. It could be the difference in putting off floaters or keeping them.

It just compounds misery when if the game is poor and all you want is a decent pint or bit of grub to cheer you up:

1. You have to leave your seat in the ninian at about 35 mins to guarantee getting served a pint and being able to drink it before the second half kicks off (the queues are rediculous - if its a big crowd forget even trying)

2. Once you do get to the front of the queue you are faced with terrible, luke warm, massively overpriced lager (why did they remove fosters btw?!) in a PAPER CUP. The cup makes the beer taste like cardboard (some would say that is an improvement) but also the cup buckles just holding it causing spillage and wastage etc. Also lack of places to put your pint down on a high table (there are about 3 pillars in the back

I understand this may be all down to compass and might be for environmental reasons maybe!? But surely something can be done by the club Corky? It has such a big impact on matchday experience

Half time voucher bars used to work well in the past. Or is there no way they can introduce some more pop up bars like they do on an international game!?

Its good to see the club looking to improve things slowly (like matchday music - hey jude) but it will take a while to get things back to where they were after many years of missmanagement and neglect. There is not one thing that will instantly improve attendence but continuing to listen to fans and constantly improving the little things year after year will get us there eventually.

Straight to the point here but the drink/food is shocking.

Problem is why we still buy it then it will not get any better.

Same reason as why we have been turning up to watch the football when its been shocking the last 3/4 years - habit

When I was a kid they had the Junior Bluebird thing.

Might be wrong with exactly how it worked but you had a card and collected vouchers in the Echo or something along those lines.

My dad has always been a bluebird but liked going to watch Cardiff RFC too but when I was collecting these tokens and wanting to go to watch City he used to take me to the football more.

We were not great at the time but I still got into it through this and have been a lifelong supporter since.

Ask local businesses (Cardiff & Surrounding) to purchase a fair amount of tickets (100, 200 etc) tickets at a reduced rate, £1 for kids £5 for adults ( in the red seats only).

The businesses can then use social and local media to promote their businesses by advertising the fact they will donate the purchased tickets to local schools/clubs as well as families that are not as privileged as others.

The club can then post on their socials the name of said businesses promoting them.

1. Local businesses attract publicity
2. Local Schools/Clubs get the opportunity to go to a game
3. More bums on seats
4. Secondary spending in the club (food/shop etc)
5. Potential to create a bigger following and future ST sales

Just my two pennies worth.

Sort the lager out! Be a pioneering club who actually considers the taste of the over priced piss they sell. How football clubs get away with this is beggars belief.

Anyone ever had a nice lager in the CCS?


Also, I may be on my own or in the minority, but our chant choices/selection has gone awful. Again, could the club pioneer some way to get the atmosphere up?

Also... ask the season ticket holders. Ask your customers. E-mail poll, questionaire etc??

(Nice to see this happening, to add)

Agree they need to sort out the pints. Paying £6/7 for one in a plastic/cardboard cup and it doesn't even taste good

Although I think that's down to the company who provide it (Compass?), not 100% though.

This is a big one for me also - the lack of good quality food and drink is a spoiler for me on a match day and massively off putting for others. It could be the difference in putting off floaters or keeping them.

It just compounds misery when if the game is poor and all you want is a decent pint or bit of grub to cheer you up:

1. You have to leave your seat in the ninian at about 35 mins to guarantee getting served a pint and being able to drink it before the second half kicks off (the queues are rediculous - if its a big crowd forget even trying)

2. Once you do get to the front of the queue you are faced with terrible, luke warm, massively overpriced lager (why did they remove fosters btw?!) in a PAPER CUP. The cup makes the beer taste like cardboard (some would say that is an improvement) but also the cup buckles just holding it causing spillage and wastage etc. Also lack of places to put your pint down on a high table (there are about 3 pillars in the back

I understand this may be all down to compass and might be for environmental reasons maybe!? But surely something can be done by the club Corky? It has such a big impact on matchday experience

Half time voucher bars used to work well in the past. Or is there no way they can introduce some more pop up bars like they do on an international game!?

Its good to see the club looking to improve things slowly (like matchday music - hey jude) but it will take a while to get things back to where they were after many years of missmanagement and neglect. There is not one thing that will instantly improve attendence but continuing to listen to fans and constantly improving the little things year after year will get us there eventually.

Straight to the point here but the drink/food is shocking.

Problem is why we still buy it then it will not get any better.

I flew from Gatwick recently where a burger and a pint was advertised at £21.50 and put it into some perspective; but the truth is so long as people keep buying, the club (I understand they set the prices and take a percentage of profits) and caterers will continue to charge top dollar for generally poor fare...

Tell EFL that Sky showing midweek games on the red button is impacting attendances.

Improve transport links to the ground especially for people who live outside of the Cardiff area.

How about some free or subsidised match day coaches from Port Talbot Bridgend Rhondda etc to and from the game?

Lower ticket prices, football is still too exspensive. Allow fans to leave the stadium for food at half time. Or are the club afraid of competition?
Most importantly, Move the Canton Stand to either the ninian 117/116 or behind the goal near away fans.

Fair do's, that suggestion of letting fans leave the stadium at half time to get food etc. has to be the most ridiculous suggestion of all time in a thread half full of some ridiculous suggestions.

Work for the catering contractors do you?

Now you're just being ridiculous again if that's the best you've got. If you don't like it or the price then don't buy it, or are you incapable of going a couple of hours without drinking? I have no doubt the food & drink are both expensive & not worthy of the name but your suggestion would be ridiculous even if there was nothing available.

How are you going to get lets say 5,000 people out of the ground, go somewhere to buy food/drink and back into the ground in 15 minutes ? Or are you advocating 2 hour half times?

Sort the lager out! Be a pioneering club who actually considers the taste of the over priced piss they sell. How football clubs get away with this is beggars belief.

Anyone ever had a nice lager in the CCS?


Also, I may be on my own or in the minority, but our chant choices/selection has gone awful. Again, could the club pioneer some way to get the atmosphere up?

Also... ask the season ticket holders. Ask your customers. E-mail poll, questionaire etc??

(Nice to see this happening, to add)

Agree they need to sort out the pints. Paying £6/7 for one in a plastic/cardboard cup and it doesn't even taste good

Although I think that's down to the company who provide it (Compass?), not 100% though.

This is a big one for me also - the lack of good quality food and drink is a spoiler for me on a match day and massively off putting for others. It could be the difference in putting off floaters or keeping them.

It just compounds misery when if the game is poor and all you want is a decent pint or bit of grub to cheer you up:

1. You have to leave your seat in the ninian at about 35 mins to guarantee getting served a pint and being able to drink it before the second half kicks off (the queues are rediculous - if its a big crowd forget even trying)

2. Once you do get to the front of the queue you are faced with terrible, luke warm, massively overpriced lager (why did they remove fosters btw?!) in a PAPER CUP. The cup makes the beer taste like cardboard (some would say that is an improvement) but also the cup buckles just holding it causing spillage and wastage etc. Also lack of places to put your pint down on a high table (there are about 3 pillars in the back

I understand this may be all down to compass and might be for environmental reasons maybe!? But surely something can be done by the club Corky? It has such a big impact on matchday experience

Half time voucher bars used to work well in the past. Or is there no way they can introduce some more pop up bars like they do on an international game!?

Its good to see the club looking to improve things slowly (like matchday music - hey jude) but it will take a while to get things back to where they were after many years of missmanagement and neglect. There is not one thing that will instantly improve attendence but continuing to listen to fans and constantly improving the little things year after year will get us there eventually.

Straight to the point here but the drink/food is shocking.

Problem is why we still buy it then it will not get any better.

I flew from Gatwick recently where a burger and a pint was advertised at £21.50 and put it into some perspective; but the truth is so long as people keep buying, the club (I understand they set the prices and take a percentage of profits) and caterers will continue to charge top dollar for generally poor fare...

Its the same principal as Gatwick where its a captive audience so people are forced to continue to buy and always will be held ransom.

Just purchased an additional ticket for the Norwich game £20.00 plus an additional £2.00 booking fee (10%)

The booking fees are unnecessary and need to be scrapped, especially if your ticket is digital.

Tell EFL that Sky showing midweek games on the red button is impacting attendances.

Improve transport links to the ground especially for people who live outside of the Cardiff area.

How about some free or subsidised match day coaches from Port Talbot Bridgend Rhondda etc to and from the game?

When it comes to matches being televised, it's not going to get any better.

In fact, it will get worse next season.

Next season, there will be 328 Championship games televised with also a lot more League One and League Two games televised.

A total of 1,059 EFL games will be shown live.

The 3pm blackout will remain so this means more non 3pm kick offs.

For example, every Saturday there will be six 12.30pm kick offs across the EFL.

Every weekend there will be ten Championship games live, with five from League One and League Two.

All opening day, final day, midweek, play-off and Bank Holiday games will be shown live.

All Carabao Cup games will be shown live.

In exchange for this new TV deal, clubs are receiving 50% more from Sky compared to what they get now.

This TV deal will run from 2024/25 until 2027/28.



So for the foreseeable future, that is how things will be in the Championship when it comes to TV games - which will likely impact attendances even more.

there are so many things that would improve the support like improving the stadium, selling more retro kits in the store just to name a few. Things like a statue for Whitts is overdue. I would like the stadium to be redesigned with big pictures from our history on the walls of the stadium on the outside.

Lower ticket prices, football is still too exspensive. Allow fans to leave the stadium for food at half time. Or are the club afraid of competition?
Most importantly, Move the Canton Stand to either the ninian 117/116 or behind the goal near away fans.

Fair do's, that suggestion of letting fans leave the stadium at half time to get food etc. has to be the most ridiculous suggestion of all time in a thread half full of some ridiculous suggestions.

Work for the catering contractors do you?

Now you're just being ridiculous again if that's the best you've got. If you don't like it or the price then don't buy it, or are you incapable of going a couple of hours without drinking? I have no doubt the food & drink are both expensive & not worthy of the name but your suggestion would be ridiculous even if there was nothing available.

How are you going to get lets say 5,000 people out of the ground, go somewhere to buy food/drink and back into the ground in 15 minutes ? Or are you advocating 2 hour half times?

You clearly don't attend games or you'd know that smokers are allowed out of the ground for half time. Muppet

If you want City fans fleeced by crap catering that's your ridiculous stance but don't expect many to agree with you. A simple solution would be to let the free market resolve the issue by allowing fans to visit lidl and McDonald's at half time. Oh nooo we can't have fans having an actual choice in their food choice at half time

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Lower ticket prices, football is still too exspensive. Allow fans to leave the stadium for food at half time. Or are the club afraid of competition?
Most importantly, Move the Canton Stand to either the ninian 117/116 or behind the goal near away fans.

Fair do's, that suggestion of letting fans leave the stadium at half time to get food etc. has to be the most ridiculous suggestion of all time in a thread half full of some ridiculous suggestions.

Work for the catering contractors do you?

Now you're just being ridiculous again if that's the best you've got. If you don't like it or the price then don't buy it, or are you incapable of going a couple of hours without drinking? I have no doubt the food & drink are both expensive & not worthy of the name but your suggestion would be ridiculous even if there was nothing available.

How are you going to get lets say 5,000 people out of the ground, go somewhere to buy food/drink and back into the ground in 15 minutes ? Or are you advocating 2 hour half times?

You clearly don't attend games or you'd know that smokers are allowed out of the ground for half time. Muppet

If you want City fans fleeced by crap catering that's your ridiculous stance but don't expect many to agree with you. A simple solution would be to let the free market resolve the issue by allowing fans to visit lidl and McDonald's at half time. Oh nooo we can't have fans having an actual choice in their food choice at half time

I'm all for the free market, I've said already that the food & drink are a ripoff but you can't expect 5,000 people to leave the ground & go eat and then return all in 15 minutes. If smokers are allowed to leave then so is anyone but they don't for obvious reasons.

Just because I don't agree with your viewpoint on this doesn't doesn't give you the right to call me a muppet and you can go fk yourself if you're going to be so childish and unable to debate your point.

Lower ticket prices, football is still too exspensive. Allow fans to leave the stadium for food at half time. Or are the club afraid of competition?
Most importantly, Move the Canton Stand to either the ninian 117/116 or behind the goal near away fans.

Fair do's, that suggestion of letting fans leave the stadium at half time to get food etc. has to be the most ridiculous suggestion of all time in a thread half full of some ridiculous suggestions.

Work for the catering contractors do you?

Now you're just being ridiculous again if that's the best you've got. If you don't like it or the price then don't buy it, or are you incapable of going a couple of hours without drinking? I have no doubt the food & drink are both expensive & not worthy of the name but your suggestion would be ridiculous even if there was nothing available.

How are you going to get lets say 5,000 people out of the ground, go somewhere to buy food/drink and back into the ground in 15 minutes ? Or are you advocating 2 hour half times?

You clearly don't attend games or you'd know that smokers are allowed out of the ground for half time. Muppet

If you want City fans fleeced by crap catering that's your ridiculous stance but don't expect many to agree with you. A simple solution would be to let the free market resolve the issue by allowing fans to visit lidl and McDonald's at half time. Oh nooo we can't have fans having an actual choice in their food choice at half time

I'm all for the free market, I've said already that the food & drink are a ripoff but you can't expect 5,000 people to leave the ground & go eat and then return all in 15 minutes. If smokers are allowed to leave then so is anyone but they don't for obvious reasons.

Just because I don't agree with your viewpoint on this doesn't doesn't give you the right to call me a muppet and you can go fk yourself if you're going to be so childish and unable to debate your point.

People are allowed to go outside to a cordon area to smoke or walk about but not allowed outside the cordon area unless leaving for good

Lower ticket prices, football is still too exspensive. Allow fans to leave the stadium for food at half time. Or are the club afraid of competition?
Most importantly, Move the Canton Stand to either the ninian 117/116 or behind the goal near away fans.

Fair do's, that suggestion of letting fans leave the stadium at half time to get food etc. has to be the most ridiculous suggestion of all time in a thread half full of some ridiculous suggestions.

Work for the catering contractors do you?

Now you're just being ridiculous again if that's the best you've got. If you don't like it or the price then don't buy it, or are you incapable of going a couple of hours without drinking? I have no doubt the food & drink are both expensive & not worthy of the name but your suggestion would be ridiculous even if there was nothing available.

How are you going to get lets say 5,000 people out of the ground, go somewhere to buy food/drink and back into the ground in 15 minutes ? Or are you advocating 2 hour half times?

You clearly don't attend games or you'd know that smokers are allowed out of the ground for half time. Muppet

If you want City fans fleeced by crap catering that's your ridiculous stance but don't expect many to agree with you. A simple solution would be to let the free market resolve the issue by allowing fans to visit lidl and McDonald's at half time. Oh nooo we can't have fans having an actual choice in their food choice at half time

I'm all for the free market, I've said already that the food & drink are a ripoff but you can't expect 5,000 people to leave the ground & go eat and then return all in 15 minutes. If smokers are allowed to leave then so is anyone but they don't for obvious reasons.

Just because I don't agree with your viewpoint on this doesn't doesn't give you the right to call me a muppet and you can go fk yourself if you're going to be so childish and unable to debate your point.

People are allowed to go outside to a cordon area to smoke or walk about but not allowed outside the cordon area unless leaving for good

Thanks for the info, wasn't sure what they allowed.

Sort the lager out! Be a pioneering club who actually considers the taste of the over priced piss they sell. How football clubs get away with this is beggars belief.

Anyone ever had a nice lager in the CCS?


Also, I may be on my own or in the minority, but our chant choices/selection has gone awful. Again, could the club pioneer some way to get the atmosphere up?

Also... ask the season ticket holders. Ask your customers. E-mail poll, questionaire etc??

(Nice to see this happening, to add)

Agree they need to sort out the pints. Paying £6/7 for one in a plastic/cardboard cup and it doesn't even taste good

Although I think that's down to the company who provide it (Compass?), not 100% though.

This is a big one for me also - the lack of good quality food and drink is a spoiler for me on a match day and massively off putting for others. It could be the difference in putting off floaters or keeping them.

It just compounds misery when if the game is poor and all you want is a decent pint or bit of grub to cheer you up:

1. You have to leave your seat in the ninian at about 35 mins to guarantee getting served a pint and being able to drink it before the second half kicks off (the queues are rediculous - if its a big crowd forget even trying)

2. Once you do get to the front of the queue you are faced with terrible, luke warm, massively overpriced lager (why did they remove fosters btw?!) in a PAPER CUP. The cup makes the beer taste like cardboard (some would say that is an improvement) but also the cup buckles just holding it causing spillage and wastage etc. Also lack of places to put your pint down on a high table (there are about 3 pillars in the back

I understand this may be all down to compass and might be for environmental reasons maybe!? But surely something can be done by the club Corky? It has such a big impact on matchday experience

Half time voucher bars used to work well in the past. Or is there no way they can introduce some more pop up bars like they do on an international game!?

Its good to see the club looking to improve things slowly (like matchday music - hey jude) but it will take a while to get things back to where they were after many years of missmanagement and neglect. There is not one thing that will instantly improve attendence but continuing to listen to fans and constantly improving the little things year after year will get us there eventually.

Straight to the point here but the drink/food is shocking.

Problem is why we still buy it then it will not get any better.

I flew from Gatwick recently where a burger and a pint was advertised at £21.50 and put it into some perspective; but the truth is so long as people keep buying, the club (I understand they set the prices and take a percentage of profits) and caterers will continue to charge top dollar for generally poor fare...

It's not a price thing for me, I accept my pants will be ripped down in any stadium. The issue I have is, if you are going to stick with the pricing, at least improve the service and quality.

One of the posters hit the nail on the head. Its slow, disgusting and expensive. At least improve 1 of those 3 attributes.