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Manchester City included some important information in their ticketing statement, but there were also some revealing bits missed out

Manchester City have announced a prize freeze for general admission season ticket and match tickets. The Blues have taken the rare decision not to raise prices after meeting with their official fan board City Matters last week for an extraordinary session.

A club statement on Tuesday read: “Manchester City can confirm that general admission season ticket and Premier League match-by-match ticket prices will be frozen for the 2025/26 season.

“This follows the club’s latest consultation meeting with its elected fan engagement programme, City Matters, and reflects the positive and constructive dialogue that has taken place over recent weeks.

“The club would like to thank City Matters representatives for the feedback they provide on a range of topics relating to ticketing, and for sharing a broad range of perspectives from the fans they represent.

“The club and City Matters will continue their ongoing discussions and consultations throughout the coming months around the evolution of the fan experience on matchday in the redeveloped and expanded Etihad Stadium.”

A lot of that can be read as positive, particularly given the official supporters club said that the club came to the meeting with a planned increase. One of the biggest frustrations for supporters this season is they haven’t felt listened to, and this would be a welcome step in the right direction.

There are certain things that aren’t covered in the statement though, that will or may become relevant. As mentioned in the statement, the redeveloped and expanded Etihad for one.

That will likely hit this season, with the new top tier of the North Stand expected to open for test events from January 2026 as long as construction goes smoothly. The specifics of what ticket will be available and where though is not currently available, with less than a year before it opens.

If the club are wanting vocal fans to relocate from other areas of the ground, as they have pushed for previously, they have not yet shown how possible it is to do that and if there will be half season tickets for the new stand.

That will be another big battle down the road with fans who are satisfied with the price freeze but still have concerns about other issues.

Those include the club selling tickets through official resale partners or unofficial tout websites getting their hand on tickets. That is a growing problem at City and elsewhere, and the recent home game with Leicester saw a protest at the start of the game over City’s decision to strike up a partnership with Viagogo to become their ninth official selling partner.

There is no mention of hospitality tickets or hospitality season tickets, so might it be that these tickets go up despite the wider freeze.

Taxing the rich would certainly go down well in a constituency where they historically take their politics from the left, although it should be worth noting that there are plenty of Blues who are hardcore supporters yet choose to take a hospitality package.

The same applies to Flexi Gold. There has been debate since these tickets were introduced as to whether they count as regular season tickets, but the fact they are not listed on City’s page of groups suggest they have a few issues at the moment.

Anecdotally, many who got Flexi Gold either didn’t realise the extra cost or were willing to pay because it was their only chance of getting to see their team regularly with no new season tickets being issued.

City have earned some credit for this week’s decision, even if many think general match tickets are still so expensive. How these outstanding issues turn out will help to just just how much the club is – or isn’t – listening to supporters