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Considering the club haven't put this on general sale or even to those with purchase history until we got down to the dregs, considering the cost of the tickets, considering the relatively waning importance of the competition, I'd say selling all but a handful of our increased allocation is...

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Yes, but as I've said twice now, I'm not taking issue with that. And that is because it was a match in a nothing competition.

There is nothing to disagree with there at all - Wembley is a place for finals, we'd all rather semis were played elsewhere but they're not. But I'm not arguing with that, I'm arguing with what you originally said which is this: Regardless of where the games are played, the Checkatrade Trophy...

The fact that it was Sunderland and Portsmouth lifted the gate, but the competition itself is still rubbish and this is little more than a good day out. I doubt Sunderland fans were that gutted about losing the final in reality. And anyway, attendance has often been quite good for that...

Wait, you think that your Wembley final in an U23s tournament which is so derided that gates struggle to get above 1,000 is not a "nothing match" compared to an FA Cup semi final? You have GOT to be having a laugh!

It all points to FA Cup semi prices being FAR too high, IMO. I doubt they'd have struggled at £20 a pop, and Saturday would have been a sellout too.

I stand corrected. Yawning gaps there too!

Exactly. Portsmouth fans absolutely jizzing their pants because they took 40k to a nothing match where tickets were about 50p each. Who'd have guessed that. Someone should point out that teams like Gillingham and Bristol Rovers have both taken over 40,000 to Wembley - Rovers did so fairly...

This. Membership over purchase history I can understand. Not offering the dregs of the tickets to anyone with a purchase history because they haven't spent £25 on membership is absolutely appalling, shameful money grabbing.

Are these extra pitch side seats a direct consequence of City struggling to sell out?