General Premier League Thread 2025/2026 - See Post #1 for Mod Note

No, most clubs are oversubscribed for season tickets.

I stand corrected, thank you.

I was in Manchester about 20 years ago and tried going to a City game and they made it annoyingly difficult for a casual, there were loads of tickets left but you still had to sign up to some kind of membership to buy one and this was a week or so before the match. This is long before the takeover too, looks like they've never cared too much about filling seats.

Liverpool's season ticket waiting list has been closed for most of this century

They have had effective season tickets at the same time, if you attend* 13+ games in a season it entitles you to buy tickets for every home game the following season

*don't actually need to attend in practice, just buy the tickets

So there's over 10,000 on that ladder where they're built up the credits decades ago and are guaranteed a ticket to every game every season

So it's effectively the same as a season ticket even though it's not and the club can't reduce the amount of these 'general membership' tickets to move to being season tickets because they need to satisfy the demand of the 13+ credit owners and still be fair to the rest of the members outside this closed shop with a chance to get a ticket - so they can sell memberships which are £27-£43 a season

The club has over 250,000 paid members trying to get between 13,000 and 21,000 tickets a game - about 125,000 members+ on average try to officially buy general membership tickets per game which is staggering as it's double Anfield's capacity.

Since Covid they've introduced ballots to make it fairer, 13,000 tickets to each home game on a random lottery basis, which has made it a lot easier because it was getting to really be a closed shop. For the 'top 6' games, last game of the season, Everton, you still need at least 4 games from previous season to qualify (basically impossible through ballot on the other games alone) so those games remain a closed shop, as do away games obviously - zero chance of getting an away ticket in your name.

And then, if that's not bad enough, there are 1,500 'Priority Rights Holders' who get a lifetime guarantee of home tickets for all cup games PLUS cup finals, FA Cup, Champions League - whatever. These people were shareholders at the time Hicks and Gillet took over the club in 2007 and it was the worst decision the club has ever taken with regards tickets. They keep trying legal routes to get out of it but this lifetime guarantee is iron clad apparently. So when Liverpool get to a Champions League Final, over 10% of their fan allocation go to shareholders from 2007. It's mental.

Overall:

• 250,000 members registered to buy tickets - on average over 125,000 attempt to buy tickets for each game
• 34,000 season ticket holders
• 1,500 priority rights holders
• somewhere aroung 10,000 on 13+ credits - club are trying to say anti-fraud suspensions has this down to 4k now but fan groups dispute that
• 26,000 in AutoCup schemes (guaranteed home tickets for FA, League and UEFA Cups - 3 separate registrations)
• 13,000 available in the ballot
• 7,000 hospitality seats
• 3,000 away fan seats
• 61,200 capacity

Manchester City

No Traditional Waiting List

Manchester City season tickets sell out every season, without a traditional waitlist. Instead, any fan wishing to secure a full season ticket must first purchase a Flexi-Gold Season Ticket, essentially an advanced membership guaranteeing access to match tickets, without a permanent seat at the Etihad. Flexi-Gold holders who meet the criteria—based on previous season attendance and membership duration—are automatically invited to purchase a season ticket when renewals open.

Yes.

But isn't a lot of that fanbase international? It's pretty hard to get foreign fans to games with only 2 weeks notice.

Liverpool Council estimated in their review report this year that 1.2 million fans attended the Liverpool FC victory parade in the city last May

And that was a very rainy day where many fans couldn't make it because of train disruption, and the title had been won already weeks before

Liverpool has a population of 500,000 and Liverpool FC is one of 2 Premier League teams in the city that sell out every game

So I think it's safe to assume every seat would be filled for a title run in game even if it needed people to fly in from abroad or drive from all over the UK

Carrick for me those 13 games he managed are not to be snuffed at.

No chance in reality.

Done well while playing the game on easy mode (one game a week) and took over a squad overjoyed from being freed from a complete incompetent, same as Parieira at Forest.

If Carrick can keep up the attacking output while curbing how absolutely porous they are in their midfield and defence then he’s a big contender next season.

Le Bris for me, but I'd say Arteta if they win the league as they have been top most of the season.

I think without the World Club Cup money Manchester City would have been behind Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool for Revenue last year. A Revenue stream the other 3 clubs didn’t have. Manchester United didn’t have Champions League Revenue either.

You see. Not even you could get a seat :)

Iraola for me.

At the start of the season Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez and Ouattara were transferred out, while on-loan Kepa went back to Arsenal. Half-way through the season arguably their best and most influential player, Semenyo leaves for Man City. They are on the edge of allowing Arsenal put at least one big paw on the trophy (Pablo won't be nearby) and qualifying for the Champions League, whilst potentially going 18 matches unbeaten, since Semenyo left.

The last team to beat them in the league? Arsenal, 3-2, at the turn of the year.

I respect Keith Andrews overachieving, but they only lost Mbeumo and Wissa, picking up Ouattara from the Cherries plus a very good keeper in Kelleher.

Brentford had been predicted to get relegated by so many.