Around 600 Watford tickets left for Manchester City FA Cup clash at the Etihad Stadium

7:00am Friday 14th December 2012 in Sport

The Hornets will face Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini next month: Action Images The Hornets will face Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini next month: Action Images

Watford have around 600 tickets remaining for sale ahead of the Hornets’ FA Cup Third Round tie with Manchester City at The Etihad Stadium on Saturday, January 5.

From 9am this morning tickets are going on sale with a one-per-person rule to anyone on the club’s ticketing database.

The Hornets were allocated 6,000 tickets for the clash with Roberto Mancini’s side and season ticket holders quickly snapped up tickets first, followed by regular match buyers.

Tickets now only remain in the Lower Tier of the stand and they’re going on sale to anyone with a booking history with the club.

Watford supporters may only assign one ticket to each Fan ID number.Gianfranco Zola said: “It would be great to sell out the allocation. The interest in this game shows a lot about how important the match is for the supporters.

“I think it will be a fantastic day of football for us because we are playing the champions of England and we go there with nothing to lose. So with a big crowd behind us we will have a great day anyway.”

Supporters can book their seat by phoning the dedicated hotline on 0844 248 5141. Any other queries can be directed to the Watford’s own Ticket Office on 0844 856 1881. Database customers can also purchase online at the club’s website watfordfc.com.

Seats are priced at £15 for adults, £10 for Over-65s and 16 to 21 years, with Under-16s priced at £1.

Comments(18)

SAHornet says...
8:25am Fri 14 Dec 12

Great news. Will be a sell-out for us. Hope all those going have the best day ever and an 'orns draw with ultimate victory by 3-1 at The Vic and week or so later. No pipe dream, we can do it.

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jasonwatford says...
9:28am Fri 14 Dec 12

Got my five tickets yesterday in the post !!!

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Moffathornet says...
9:37am Fri 14 Dec 12

Yes!!! Got my two tickets but what a nightmare booking them!!! Atmosphere is going to be cracking and think we could cause an upset?? We'll maybe get more than the two minutes we normally get on the football league show too??!!

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Windsorhornet says...
10:03am Fri 14 Dec 12

Been a fan since 1977 ! a season ticket holder for 10 years until my work commitments prevented renewal. Called yesterday and gave fan ID only to be told that I HAD to buy Charlton AND Forest tickets to get a Man City ticket. I explained that I could only get a Charlton ticket because I'm getting married on the 22nd !..... only to be told tough !! Finally managed to speak to someone with sense this morning and get a ticket. NOT SURE their ticket strategy was too clever for this game !! All they are doing are alienating their long term fans ... I fully intend to go to more games when work lets me ... I might even be able to buy a season ticket again at some point ! ... V unhappy with the club on this occasion !

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Northenhorn says...
10:15am Fri 14 Dec 12

Got tickets this morning and over the moon. Live in Manchester so can't wait to take my kids - although they are yet to see Watford win despite numerous games . Hopefully this duck will be broken at Burnley before the big match.

Appreciate ticket allocation but would be nice to have had more tickets so everyone can go when parts of the ground will be empty.

COYH

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Alfiesballs says...
11:04am Fri 14 Dec 12

Windsorhornet wrote:
Been a fan since 1977 ! a season ticket holder for 10 years until my work commitments prevented renewal. Called yesterday and gave fan ID only to be told that I HAD to buy Charlton AND Forest tickets to get a Man City ticket. I explained that I could only get a Charlton ticket because I'm getting married on the 22nd !..... only to be told tough !! Finally managed to speak to someone with sense this morning and get a ticket. NOT SURE their ticket strategy was too clever for this game !! All they are doing are alienating their long term fans ... I fully intend to go to more games when work lets me ... I might even be able to buy a season ticket again at some point ! ... V unhappy with the club on this occasion !
Windsor, A bit harsh on the club. We were given the biggest allocation that was possible. Watford administered the distribution as fairly as they could, I don’t see how they could have done it any fairer. I only managed to get tickets this morning as I also live in Manchester. I have been to more than 5 away games but bought my tickets on the gate so no record this season for buying through the club. Tough luck on me, but so be it, it’s not the clubs fault. Anyway rang up this morning, only queued for 2 minutes and got my tickets.

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jasonwatford says...
11:19am Fri 14 Dec 12

All gone now !!!!

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Windsorhornet says...
11:42am Fri 14 Dec 12

Alf.., I agree with the season ticket and 5 game decision completely ! It's the you MUST buy the Forest AND Charlton ticket hurdle I take exception too. They should have opened it up then to everyone on the database with a fan ID ! Anyway, enough ... Onwards and upwards, really looking forward to the game up there

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Alfiesballs says...
11:53am Fri 14 Dec 12

Windsorhornet wrote:
Alf.., I agree with the season ticket and 5 game decision completely ! It's the you MUST buy the Forest AND Charlton ticket hurdle I take exception too. They should have opened it up then to everyone on the database with a fan ID ! Anyway, enough ... Onwards and upwards, really looking forward to the game up there
Windsor
They did open it up to fans on the database, that's how I got mine this morning.

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Windsorhornet says...
12:17pm Fri 14 Dec 12

Alf.., I know, that's how I got mine! You miss the point ... They should have done so yesterday without that ridiculous 3rd condition .. You and I were lucky .... There are others out there like me who couldn't make those 2 games, have a fan ID, and weren't so fortunate !

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Bringe says...
12:43pm Fri 14 Dec 12

I got mine but those that just missed out should be rightly miffed as the FA cup regulations say that a minimum of 15% capacity should be made available for away teams. 15% of a 48k is 7200 and 6100 is actually only 15% of 40,660

By that token Man City will be using 7340 seats for segregation!!!

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mk6 hornet says...
12:49pm Fri 14 Dec 12

Sold out.I think the london euston manchester picaddilly train will be heaving with watford fans should be fun

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SAHornet says...
1:07pm Fri 14 Dec 12

Having sold out our allocation so quickly, it would make sense for Man City to quickly make available another couple of thousand or so tickets to WFC. Totally unnecessary to use more seats to segregate fans than the total away contingent.

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mk6 hornet says...
1:12pm Fri 14 Dec 12

SAHornet wrote:
Having sold out our allocation so quickly, it would make sense for Man City to quickly make available another couple of thousand or so tickets to WFC. Totally unnecessary to use more seats to segregate fans than the total away contingent.
Agree 100% this is also a low risk game in terms of trouble so i dont see why we cant get a few more tickets i think we could sell another 2000.Luton fans have been jumping on the band wagon saying they sold 10,000 for there playoff final in amnchester which is poor considering they were allowed up to 21,000 .

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SAHornet says...
1:15pm Fri 14 Dec 12

mk6 hornet wrote:
SAHornet wrote:
Having sold out our allocation so quickly, it would make sense for Man City to quickly make available another couple of thousand or so tickets to WFC. Totally unnecessary to use more seats to segregate fans than the total away contingent.
Agree 100% this is also a low risk game in terms of trouble so i dont see why we cant get a few more tickets i think we could sell another 2000.Luton fans have been jumping on the band wagon saying they sold 10,000 for there playoff final in amnchester which is poor considering they were allowed up to 21,000 .
Well, just shows what total w*n*ers Luton fans are then comparing a play-off final with a 3rd round FA Cup game.

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mk6 hornet says...
1:18pm Fri 14 Dec 12

SAHornet wrote:
mk6 hornet wrote:
SAHornet wrote:
Having sold out our allocation so quickly, it would make sense for Man City to quickly make available another couple of thousand or so tickets to WFC. Totally unnecessary to use more seats to segregate fans than the total away contingent.
Agree 100% this is also a low risk game in terms of trouble so i dont see why we cant get a few more tickets i think we could sell another 2000.Luton fans have been jumping on the band wagon saying they sold 10,000 for there playoff final in amnchester which is poor considering they were allowed up to 21,000 .
Well, just shows what total w*n*ers Luton fans are then comparing a play-off final with a 3rd round FA Cup game.
i call it clutching at straws lol

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francowatford says...
4:48pm Fri 14 Dec 12

I have two spare tickets for sale email me at kosrep@yahoo.com

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Stoney77 says...
8:30am Sat 15 Dec 12

Windsor I totally disagree. The option to provide a day of sales to those who were alao willing to buy a Forest and a Charlton ticket is a great idea to try and boost ticket sales for those league games, potentially generating extra revenue. Whether or not anyone took them up on that offer, who knows but they still went on sale to everyone with a Fan I.D the bext day so I don't understand why you take issue with it. So what if you couldnt make the Forest and Charlton games? That's just your tough luck, get over it! Just meant you had to wait until the next day to buy tickets! Ps this, coming from a non ST holder who tried but failed to get tickets.

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