The boxing day kick off time....

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

Once again we get screwed over with the late kick off time meaning travel home is a fucking nightmare for those who don't drive and don't live within a reasonable distance of the ground.

Very few buses, no trains, and no trams for me to try and get back to the in-laws in Wednesbury for the boxing day family gathering. Thanks Sky, I'll either not be able to go to the game, or be forking out a fortune in taxi fares. Still, who cares about those that go to the game eh?

Good luck people...

[claret and blue blood]

Well Boxing Day is my birthday and I agree totally with you about the time , I'll be there, Sky have ruined the matchday experience in  a lot of cases due to these kick off times, fingers crossed we win !

[SoccerHQ]

Is the 51 not running at all?

Could maybe get a lift in to Walsall and catch that?

I agree though, 5.30 kick offs are the worst ones and we always seem to get them on boxing day or over xmas!

[cdbearsfan]

I don't mind the 5.30s as a rule but they are shite on Boxing Day. Not helped by the fact that West Midlands Travel are shit. Quite a lot of people work on Boxing Day so there should at least be "Sunday service" frequency of buses. There rarely is though.

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

The buses are Sunday service throughout the day, but a lot will stop around 6pm. There are a few bus services running on the evening so i'll have to get the 51 from Perry Barr to Walsall and then get a taxi or lift back. Thanks for the tip SoccerHQ

[PeterWithesShin]

It could be worse, Stoke v Liverpool is a 7.45pm KO. Ridiculous having such late KO times on Boxing Day. But hey, we're only fans, who gives a shit about us?

[silhillvilla]

I will have to leave home about 330pm to get there. So our game will finish about 720pm, then by the time I get home 830pm. The Missus will be over the moon with this.

[Stu]

Getting the Villa bus from Solihull I imagine. Pretty pissed off with the late kick off, it's meant that my dad can't make it and I'm taking my Arsenal supporting nephew instead.

[Pete3206]

For what it's worth

[danlanza]

I will have to get the 10 oclock plane from Lanza to Brum and then get a taxi to the ground. Fuck it, watch it on telly, cause i am to many miles away. But i will check my Euro Milliones tiket in the morning, if it comes in then i will do every home and away game for the rest of my life, nd pay for coaches for all of us to get there, any away game. UTV

[PeterWithesShin]

Boxing Day bus timetables.

[JJ-AV]

I've only just realised the trains aren't running. I'm working until 5, any idea what my best route to Villa Park from town is?

Number 7?

[Mike Jeffries]

Yeah No.7 is your best bet.  Have a careful look at the timetable link that Mr Withe's shin has thoughtfully provided on this thread.  The stop is on Livery Street where it hits Colmore Row, by Snowhill station.  There's no stop on Colmore Row itself any more, though there is one on Newhall street.

[JJ-AV]

Cheers! I was informed it was on Colmore Row so you've saved me a headache there.

Bloody trains.

[silhillvilla]

How do they get away with putting a game on when there's no public transport.
Wankers.