March of progress: Sky to steal my seat

[Mazrim]

Paint one of you battycheeks red and the other green, then hand out some shit 80s 3D glasses (free with the News of the World) to Sky, then show them your arse. Add profanity to taste.

[Woofles The Wonder Dog]

On the other hand, a lifetime Sky sub AND an absurdly large 3D telly wouldn't go amiss...

Make sure it's passive, and save on headache tablets ;-)

[villajk]

Did the club ever compensate the Trinity stalwarts when they took their seats?

I think we got £50 of the next season's season ticket price. 

Small compensation for losing the seat and being moved from the people you have sat with for many years.

[Percy McCarthy]

Me and a bird went to Wembley to see the Style Council once, and found a camera in our seats. We ended up getting worse seats, but on the plus side we are on the dvd of the concert.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

These guys invented a really good method for watching football in 3D years ago !

[Mazrim]

What use to greg are "turnstiles"? 

[TheSandman]

Yet another sad reminder that fans are the lowest priority in the modern game.

[Villa'Zawg]

I wonder if people complained about money killing the game when turnstiles were introduced?

[Brend'Watkins]

I wonder if people complained about money killing the game when turnstiles were introduced?

I'm sure club directors complained when kids would sneak in underneath without paying.  Something I wish I'd done back in the day.

[Olneythelonely]

A friend's mother has been going 60 years and has been told she has to give her seat up. Disgraceful.

[pooligan]

I was promised a 50 quid reduction off the following season's season ticket for giving up my seat in the Trinity road,but it never happened.Gave up asking at the ticket office why i had never received it

[Concrete John]

I was promised a 50 quid reduction off the following season's season ticket for giving up my seat in the Trinity road,but it never happened.Gave up asking at the ticket office why i had never received it

Sounds like something you should ask the General about? 

Oh.......

[JJ-AV]

Not ideal, but play it right and you'll get a shedload out of it. Free season ticket or free Sky perhaps?

[Dave Javu]

A friend's mother has been going 60 years and has been told she has to give her seat up. Disgraceful.

I think I sit next but one to your friend's mom. My Dad is also affected. He's been going since the mid 1940's too.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Not sure about the exact figures about the amount of revenue clubs get from bums on seats, but  it's minuscule compared to the Sky money they receive for flogging off a load of seats to Sky for their 3D gizmos. To be honest I really believe that club owners and chairmen couldn't give a toss about attendance numbers just as long as the Sky viewing numbers are high.
I'm a pensioner and I can't afford a season ticket but I get to as many home games as possible, but when I can't get to a game and it's live on Sky I'll watch it in my local which will invariably be full of "Villa Fans" I know who have very good and well paid jobs and never go to Villa Park to watch a match. In fact the only contribution they make to AVFC is to buy the latest shirt as some sort of "badge of loyalty".
I can see the time coming when football as we know it will be played in empty stadiums for the benefit of Sky "fans".Remember the late 70's and 80's when attendances were so low that some clubs resorted to playing recorded crowd noise to try and emulate a full ground? Welcome to back to the future.