Blackburn Rovers FA Cup

[UK Redsox]

Amfy, yes it is. I suppose the thinking is that their game will kick off just after ours finishes and the police can spread resources and get our lot out of the way while their game is going on.

All very well, but I can see trouble in the City centre pubs after.
It's a strange decision.

Yep, any Villa "fans" wanting to cause trouble will now have time to get back into town and have a few pints before the Sty empties.

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[Bosco81]

1pm kick off FFS, that means I can't make it.

My lad is playing in the morning in Cheltenham, 3pm can be a bit of a rush but 1 o'clock I've got no chance.

We have the same thing. My boy plays for a team in Macclesfield. 3pm is just do-able. Think I'll let him miss his match this time.

I've always said to my lad that he's better off playing than watching, after I spent my best playing days with a season ticket at the Villa instead of going for the glory of the Martley Cup and the like.

[nodge]

Tickets £20 cheapest, bit daft that. Should have been £10 or £15 at most. Expect crowd of 25,000 at best considering how many times we've played each other recently and early kick off.

That's for the league game in Feb isn't it?

[Blackcountry Villa]

Strange one by the police. 25k-30k at Villa, 15k-20k at Blues including 4k-5k Coventry, it will be kicking off in the city centre all day.

[London Villan]

The thinking will be that the majority of SH and Cov supporters will be travelling while we are playing and then our lot will be travelling while their game is on.

There would have already been a big police presence in the city had it just been SH vs Cov anyway, so any trouble spots will be under the WMP beady eyes anyway.

City centre drinking probably isn't advised though.

[UsualSuspect]

Tickets £20 cheapest, bit daft that. Should have been £10 or £15 at most. Expect crowd of 25,000 at best considering how many times we've played each other recently and early kick off.

If 20 quid is the cheapest we will struggle to get 25k

Why not make it a tenner and go for 40K?

[Blackcountry Villa]

Tickets £20 cheapest, bit daft that. Should have been £10 or £15 at most. Expect crowd of 25,000 at best considering how many times we've played each other recently and early kick off.

If 20 quid is the cheapest we will struggle to get 25k

Why not make it a tenner and go for 40K?

Thats the league game.

I reckon it will be £15 before matchday, and £20 on matchday, and £10 increasing to £15 for kids. I hope it's just £10 and £5 to get a decent crowd in.

[UsualSuspect]

Has anyone got a link???

Nothing at all on the OS about the FA Cup game that I could see

[spangley1812]

from pravda

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2267155,00.html

[AV82EC]

£18 and £10 for Junior.  Seems a bit toppy for this fixture but lets see.

[atomicjam]

£18 and £10 for Junior.  Seems a bit toppy for this fixture but lets see.

£20 for my seat. I thought it might be a bit cheaper too.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

£18 and £10 for Junior.  Seems a bit toppy for this fixture but lets see.

£20 for my seat. I thought it might be a bit cheaper too.

£20 for my seat, Im on the cup scheme.
I think they have concluded for this game that cheap seats wont bring many extra in. Whether they charge a fiver or twenty, it will be the hardcore 20,000 odd and thats it.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

It will be a shit atmosphere, kicking off early and only 20,000 + there.

A reduction in prices might well have helped.

[Holtenderinthesky]

It will be a shit atmosphere, kicking off early and only 20,000 + there.

A reduction in prices might well have helped.

I agree.  It seems as though the entertainment value for us fans is way down the pecking order of priorities.  When will football clubs learn that it's better to have a full ground paying a small amount than a half full ground paying a large amount?

[Shrek]

Guys we will get 30+ for this game, it's a Saturday game so will have a hardcore of around 34k in my opinion.

If it was a midweek game we would struggle but it's a weekend game
Instead of a league game.