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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on March 07, 2015, 10:32:15 PM
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So who do you want?
Ticket prices for the 2014/15 FA Cup Semi-Final are £33, £43, £53 and £63.
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Has to be Reading / Bradford please and preferably on the Saturday.
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Or Blackburn, because it will mean Stevie's out.
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Bradford.
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Bradford to exorcise the demons. We'll play who we play in the final and give it our best, but I'd like to get that monkey off our back.
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Reading.
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Would definitely prefer the Saturday game and would ideally like Bradford to exorcise a few demons.
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Blackpool
Bournemouth
Blue strip leics
Baggies
Bradford or Blackburn then please god
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Bradford, with Benteke and Gabby squabbling about who takes the penalty to make it 5-0...
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Don't care.
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Any idea when we'll hear about ticket sales information?
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Don't care.
This.
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Which league game will be re-arranged for it?
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Which league game will be re-arranged for it?
Qpr home match
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Blackburn
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Don't suppose I will be able to get a ticket as the club have seemingly 'lost' my booking reference... two FA cup semi finals I remember don't think we sold our full allocation, but in both those years we had just played in the League Cup final a week before (96 and 2010), so I imagine we will sell out this time
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Which league game will be re-arranged for it?
Qpr home match
Typical. It will be interesting to see when that gets moved to. If that's moved to May, April is going to be a difficult month with no rest bite.
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I couldn't care less who we get, like I say, if our name is on the Cup we will win. Pulling a so-called "lesser" side out of the hat and thinking it will be a doddle or easier to get through does not work with me - that heaps different pressures and dynamics on the team and match. What will be will be. I do think we have the players to beat any of the remaining teams. Let's stick together and keep the belief and momentum rolling. UTV.
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Which league game will be re-arranged for it?
Qpr home match
Typical. It will be interesting to see when that gets moved to. If that's moved to May, April is going to be a difficult month with no rest bite.
Will be moved to the final week of the season
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Don't suppose I will be able to get a ticket as the club have seemingly 'lost' my booking reference... two FA cup semi finals I remember don't think we sold our full allocation, but in both those years we had just played in the League Cup final a week before (96 and 2010), so I imagine we will sell out this time
Booking references are printed on the tickets, so just dig one out
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Yep, final week of season qpr home then burnley home.
Followed hopefully by another cup final.
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That final week of the season won't be for the faint hearted.
I doubt we'll improve that much that we'll be 6 points clear of the bottom three with two games to play.
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well its going to be a Premier League team. Not the highest placed but the next one down. Each round we have started at the foot of the Championship and scored a brace each game and getting drawn against a team slightly higher up the pyramid.
Blackpool
Bournemouth
Leicester
WBA
hopefully we're drawn as the home team.
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What are the KO times for the semis?
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This might seem odd, but I don't care, as Man United, and Arsenal, and Liverpool, aren't that great, and Villa being what we are we'd have as much chance of f****** up against Bradford or Reading or Blackburn as we'd have of beating one of the bigger teams.
Moreover, I don't want us to get to the final and then perform as we did against Chelsea the last time we got to the FA Cup Final. I want us to win it. And our best chance of winning it, in my view, would be to beat one of the "top" teams in the semis, and then whoever else we play in the final.
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This might seem odd, but I don't care, as Man United, and Arsenal, and Liverpool, aren't that great, and Villa being what we are we'd have as much chance of f****** up against Bradford or Reading or Blackburn as we'd have of beating one of the bigger teams.
Moreover, I don't want us to get to the final and then perform as we did against Chelsea the last time we got to the FA Cup Final. I want us to win it. And our best chance of winning it, in my view, would be to beat one of the "top" teams in the semis, and then whoever else we play in the final.
My thoughts exactly, agree 100% with this.
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I think we've got more chance of beating whoever turns up with this manager.
Tim is up for it.
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Not sure on kick off times?
Saturday early or late ??
Sunday ?? 2pm ??
No idea as full PL schedule that weekend too.
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Draw is around 9.45pm after the Monday game.
1 Liverpool or Blackburn Rovers
2 Bradford City or Reading
3 Manchester United or Arsenal
4 Aston Villa
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This might seem odd, but I don't care, as Man United, and Arsenal, and Liverpool, aren't that great, and Villa being what we are we'd have as much chance of f****** up against Bradford or Reading or Blackburn as we'd have of beating one of the bigger teams.
Moreover, I don't want us to get to the final and then perform as we did against Chelsea the last time we got to the FA Cup Final. I want us to win it. And our best chance of winning it, in my view, would be to beat one of the "top" teams in the semis, and then whoever else we play in the final.
My thoughts exactly, agree 100% with this.
I certainly don't think it is as simple as "get the shit team, win, easy". You only have to think back to Bradford for that.
If i look at our chances of raising our game against a decent team, and compare it to the "typical fucking Villa" factor of making ourselves look like idiots against the likes of Bradford (again), they even themselves out.
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Semi final at Wembley will be tough against whoever.
It comes down to individual platters, their mentality and ability to show talent on a big pressure occasion.
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I would bloody love it to be Bradford at Wembley, to erase one of the most painful Lambert memories
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That final week of the season won't be for the faint hearted.
I doubt we'll improve that much that we'll be 6 points clear of the bottom three with two games to play.
That may well be a 4 points to survive week.
They are going to be massive games. Imagine a cup final in there too. Pressure would be huge.
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Or as we're already 3 points clear maybe we'll safe before then with a few more wins.
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I think if we can take this momentum and confidence forward into the next few games and grab a few points to separate ourselves from the bottom 3 then we will hopefully not even have to worry about the last week of the season.
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Or as we're already 3 points clear maybe we'll safe before then with a few more wins.
Unlikely given the fixture list. I think our biggest problem is not to get ahead of ourselves, the trip to Sunderland and the home game with Swansea will both be bloody hard. Players having eyes on a cup semi final would be disasterous, so we need to keep our feet firmly on the ground.
Even 6 clear, with our goal difference that last week will require a result.
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We definitely have to keep it tight at the back too between now and the end of the season. Our GD is terrible but if we can get some results, not concede many in the process the other sides around us will see their GD worsen thus hopefully neutralizing our deficit.
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Seeing as we are now public enemy number one, I'd like Liverpool in the final so we can be the bullies who pods on Stevie G's chips.
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This might seem odd, but I don't care, as Man United, and Arsenal, and Liverpool, aren't that great, and Villa being what we are we'd have as much chance of f****** up against Bradford or Reading or Blackburn as we'd have of beating one of the bigger teams.
Moreover, I don't want us to get to the final and then perform as we did against Chelsea the last time we got to the FA Cup Final. I want us to win it. And our best chance of winning it, in my view, would be to beat one of the "top" teams in the semis, and then whoever else we play in the final.
My thoughts exactly, agree 100% with this.
Yes I will go with this.
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The easiest possible.
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Whoever we get,i just hope that fat bastard Dowd is not the referee
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Blackburn
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Oh no! You will never guess who's doing the draw for the semi.
It's O'leary.......
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FFS why!!!!!!!! He's no where near a media darling.
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Bradford hopefully.
I think it would be nice too if Liverpool do go through, that they meet the winner of Utd/Arsenal, that way we're guaranteed not to have a final comprised of usual suspects. It'd be nice for an underdog (hopefully us) to be in the final.
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...........Dermot..........😆
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Oh no! You will never guess who's doing the draw for the semi.
It's O'leary.......
Dermot (of X-factor fame) not David (of being a twat fame)
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Any of them. Really looking forward to getting down there and enjoying the weekend!
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Dermot is a Gooner. Hope he doesn't try and heat the Arse's ball so they draw us.
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Dermot O'Leary in warm balls for the Arse scandal
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Us to play Reading/Bradford.
Then to beat Liverpool in the final. The media will hate us for ruining the Gerrard birthday script, but most football fans outside of Red Scouseland will hold us in high esteem for doing exactly that.
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Don't care, we've got there, its a big chance to enjoy a day out
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You know that at some point if we are going to win the cup then we will have to play a team of class so in a way I don't care for the reasons already mentioned. But then because we are just one match away from the final then I do think it would be good to have someone a bit easier and at least get to the final. Would love the winner of Man Utd/Arsenal to get Liverpool should they get through, and then for us to get Reading or Bradford. But clearly at this stage you can't underestimate anyone.
My main fear is that we will go all the way in the Cup and take our eye off the ball in the league. Given the tough run of games we have towards the end of the season that is a very real possibility. But that is when we will find out more about Sherwood as a manager too.
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Maybe O'Tosser can do us a favour and pull Bradford or Reading. Start paying back for his time at the club.
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Then to beat Liverpool in the final. The media will hate us for ruining the Gerrard birthday script, but most football fans outside of Red Scouseland will hold us in high esteem for doing exactly that.
Id be perfectly happy for Blackburn to do the job for us
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Maybe O'Tosser can do us a favour and pull Bradford or Reading. Start paying back for his time at the club.
You do know it's Dermot.
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And Schmeichel is the other doing the draw.
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And Schmeichel is the other doing the draw.
That can't be right....he's dead! Unless, like Bobby Ewing, he walks out of the shower and shakes himself all over the house!
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That final week of the season won't be for the faint hearted.
I doubt we'll improve that much that we'll be 6 points clear of the bottom three with two games to play.
We would have three away league games in April to Man Utd, Spurs and Man City ..
which makes our next two games rather important
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Maybe O'Tosser can do us a favour and pull Bradford or Reading. Start paying back for his time at the club.
You do know it's Dermot.
Oh, well he still owes us for his name having O'Leary in it.
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I don't care who we get, we are going to win the damn thing!
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Who gets first pic of game BBC ? And is the bbc game on the Sunday ?
BBC will naturally choose Liverpools game should they beat Blackburn
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Whoever we get,i just hope that fat bastard Dowd is not the referee
He's done an FA cup final hasn't he......hasn't he?
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That final week of the season won't be for the faint hearted.
I doubt we'll improve that much that we'll be 6 points clear of the bottom three with two games to play.
We would have three away league games in April to Man Utd, Spurs and Man City ..
which makes our next two games rather important
April is x2 trips to London and x2 trips to manchester. Awesome.
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Cup masters
Liverpool v Blackburn (16:00 GMT)
Posted at 14:59
FA Cup masters
A Liverpool victory this afternoon would take them just one behind rivals Everton with regards FA Cup semi-final appearances, behind joint leaders Manchester United and Arsenal - who play each other tomorrow.
Perhaps more surprisingly, Blackburn Rovers are in ninth in all the all-time list and would go level with Tottenham with 19 semi-final appearances if they pull off a shock at Anfield.
Man United 27
Arsenal 27
Everton 25
Liverpool 23
Aston Villa 21
Chelsea 21
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Bradford / Reading in the semi
Man U in the final
It's our year
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As per my dream, this is set in stone. We knock the bog eyes out, comfortably despatch Reading in the semi and get Liverpool in the final.
After a media wankathon, we ruin Gerrards and the Villa end of Wembley chant "Happy birthday to you" as the crying, cheating wanker goes up to collect his losers medal.
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As per my dream, this is set in stone. We knock the bog eyes out, comfortably despatch Reading in the semi and get Liverpool in the final.
After a media wankathon, we ruin Gerrards and the Villa end of Wembley chant "Happy birthday to you" as the crying, cheating wanker goes up to collect his losers medal.
Please let this happen!!
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Just like we did to the "Busby Babes" in 1957
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So based on previous years, is it likely to be either 5.30 Saturday or 4pm Sunday? Would much prefer Saturday.
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So based on previous years, is it likely to be either 5.30 Saturday or 4pm Sunday? Would much prefer Saturday.
Definitely prefer the Saturday, get down there nice n early few beers to settle the nerves then regardless of result stay down there few beers and a curry in North London.
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As per my dream, this is set in stone. We knock the bog eyes out, comfortably despatch Reading in the semi and get Liverpool in the final.
After a media wankathon, we ruin Gerrards and the Villa end of Wembley chant "Happy birthday to you" as the crying, cheating wanker goes up to collect his losers medal.
Please let this happen!!
They'll have to get past Rovers, first!
0-0. Not according to the script, was it?
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Guess which idiot decided not to have a season ticket for the first time in 16+ years...
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Guess which idiot decided not to have a season ticket for the first time in 16+ years...
I'm with you brother, DOH!
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Guess which idiot decided not to have a season ticket for the first time in 16+ years...
Have you been to every fa cup game this season ?
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Cup masters
Liverpool v Blackburn (16:00 GMT)
Posted at 14:59
FA Cup masters
A Liverpool victory this afternoon would take them just one behind rivals Everton with regards FA Cup semi-final appearances, behind joint leaders Manchester United and Arsenal - who play each other tomorrow.
Perhaps more surprisingly, Blackburn Rovers are in ninth in all the all-time list and would go level with Tottenham with 19 semi-final appearances if they pull off a shock at Anfield.
Man United 27
Arsenal 27
Everton 25
Liverpool 23
Aston Villa 21
Chelsea 21
Not exactly Cup masters then.
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Guess which idiot decided not to have a season ticket for the first time in 16+ years...
Have you been to every fa cup game this season ?
Yes.
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We'll get around 35k-40k in terms of tickets, that's enough for season ticket holders, plus the FA Cup match goers with a few thousand to spare. The final on the other hand...
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It will depend on any punishment the FA give us after yesterday. I still don't think us being kicked out or the game being replayed behind closed doors can be ruled out. Judging by some of the bizarre decisions they make, plus the media will likely put pressure on them to throw the book at us, who knows?
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How many season tickets did we eventually sell this season?
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It will depend on any punishment the FA give us after yesterday. I still don't think us being kicked out or the game being replayed behind closed doors can be ruled out. Judging by some of the bizarre decisions they make, plus the media will likely put pressure on them to throw the book at us, who knows?
I think I'm entering a parallel universe.
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How many season tickets did we eventually sell this season?
I heard it was a similar number to the Parma attendance.
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It will depend on any punishment the FA give us after yesterday. I still don't think us being kicked out or the game being replayed behind closed doors can be ruled out. Judging by some of the bizarre decisions they make, plus the media will likely put pressure on them to throw the book at us, who knows?
I think I'm entering a parallel universe.
Villa have won two home games in a week. You're already in one.
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Guess which idiot decided not to have a season ticket for the first time in 16+ years...
Same here - didn't have the ST as a protest against Lambert
Should be OK for the semi as been to all the Cup games (including LC) and only missed 1 League - ticket for the Final would be squeaky bum time though!
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Depending on who you believe between 15k-20k season tickets.
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Bradford or Reading please.
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I still don't think us being kicked out or the game being replayed behind closed doors can be ruled out.
Not a chance of either of those happening.
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It will depend on any punishment the FA give us after yesterday. I still don't think us being kicked out or the game being replayed behind closed doors can be ruled out. Judging by some of the bizarre decisions they make, plus the media will likely put pressure on them to throw the book at us, who knows?
I think I'm entering a parallel universe.
There is more chance of Ellis buying out Lerner than the game being replayed.
I probably said it on VT last night but look back to when SHA beat us in 2010 and invaded the pitch in which unsavoury incidents then occured.
I think they were fined 20k and warned as to their future conduct so there's your guide.
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It will depend on any punishment the FA give us after yesterday. I still don't think us being kicked out or the game being replayed behind closed doors can be ruled out. Judging by some of the bizarre decisions they make, plus the media will likely put pressure on them to throw the book at us, who knows?
I think I'm entering a parallel universe.
There is more chance of Ellis buying out Lerner than the game being replayed.
I probably said it on VT last night but look back to when SHA beat us in 2010 and invaded the pitch in which unsavoury incidents then occured.
I think they were fined 20k and warned as to their future conduct so there's your guide.
And look at their previous as well!
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Yes it's going back years now but of course it shouldn't be forgotten Enckleman was actually assualted there after one of the goals and I imagine the standard fine and future conduct warning was issue then.
I have no issue with people criticising our fans for coming onto the pitch, especially before the final whistle.
The issue I have is other fans and press making this out as one of the worst incidents they've seen which is completely ridiculous.
For example on the Oatcake forum, I've been arguing with a Stoke fan who says our ground should be shut down for a game and our Wembley allocation signficantly cut.
It didn't take me much digging to find an incident involving Stoke fans entering the pitch.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/4496726.stm
Sadly most clubs will have incidents were fans have come onto the field of play and caused trouble so I just don't understand why other fans take higher stands on this when football fans all over are generally the same.
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It will depend on any punishment the FA give us after yesterday. I still don't think us being kicked out or the game being replayed behind closed doors can be ruled out. Judging by some of the bizarre decisions they make, plus the media will likely put pressure on them to throw the book at us, who knows?
I think I'm entering a parallel universe.
There is more chance of Ellis buying out Lerner than the game being replayed.
I probably said it on VT last night but look back to when SHA beat us in 2010 and invaded the pitch in which unsavoury incidents then occured.
I think they were fined 20k and warned as to their future conduct so there's your guide.
We are looking at a fine of about £50.000 and a warning
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The odds are still massively against us as long as one of Manure and Arsenal are still in the competition, but it's nice to get to the semi's and hopefully the final.
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It will depend on any punishment the FA give us after yesterday. I still don't think us being kicked out or the game being replayed behind closed doors can be ruled out. Judging by some of the bizarre decisions they make, plus the media will likely put pressure on them to throw the book at us, who knows?
I think I'm entering a parallel universe.
There is more chance of Ellis buying out Lerner than the game being replayed.
Indeed.
Absolute nonsense. I can't believe anyone really believes that?
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Lets face it. Other teams just don't like us enjoying ourselves, in our own Astonian way.
Fuck them I say.
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The odds are still massively against us as long as one of Manure and Arsenal are still in the competition, but it's nice to get to the semi's and hopefully the final.
It would be better for us if United win that because they're not what they once were.
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I have a feeling that after tomorrow, we will be the only club through to the semis.
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The odds are still massively against us as long as one of Manure and Arsenal are still in the competition, but it's nice to get to the semi's and hopefully the final.
For once I would actually fancy playing Utd. Under Sherwood I don't think we'd show them too much respect and just roll over and get our bellies tickled as we predominently did under the last couple of managers.
Their form is patchy and the defence is ropey. I think we could give a fucking good game to Utd.
That said I'd rather play them in the final. I'm still hoping for revenge against Bradford in the semi.
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Stupid question, sorry but, when's the draw?
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Tomorrow.
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Ta
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The magic of the FA Cup is alive again. We have a great competition devalued by greed to finish in the top 4 and get your share of the champions league cash pot or get your way in to the Premier League and earn it's riches.
Scenes like yesterday can only be created by the cup competitions, do or die knockouts, it's special. The FA should be doing all they can to glam it up and make it important again. I'd start by stripping 4th of a Champions League spot and giving it to the FA Cup winners.
This season has been shite so the cup games have been respite for us haven't they and I don't think theres a set of fans in the country right now who want this Cup more than we do.
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Bradford semi to exorcise some demons, followed by a United final. Phil Dowd can stay the fuck away from it though!! So can Mike Dean for that matter.
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Liverpool. Weakest of the teams left in the hat.
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Liverpool. Weakest of the teams left in the hat.
I don't anyone left is really frightening. Bradford would have been 8 days ago mind.
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Shame their is no champions league for the winners.
It should be .
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The odds are still massively against us as long as one of Manure and Arsenal are still in the competition, but it's nice to get to the semi's and hopefully the final.
Agreed. I tend to think whoever we get tomorrow are going to prove a tricky test at this stage. But as long as we do ourselves justice then that is fine.
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As per my dream, this is set in stone. We knock the bog eyes out, comfortably despatch Reading in the semi and get Liverpool in the final.
After a media wankathon, we ruin Gerrards and the Villa end of Wembley chant "Happy birthday to you" as the crying, cheating wanker goes up to collect his losers medal.
Please let this happen!!
Yep
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Can't see us beating Man. United, it's just the physiological thing no matter how bad they are.
Think we'd have more chance in a one off game v Liverpool or Arsenal. Remember Arsenal needed penalties to get past Wigan in the semis last year and then nearly fcuked up the final v Hull so still a question mark against their big match mentality and Liverpool have had 0-0s at home to Bolton and Blackburn in this season's competition.
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Also Arsenal managed to lose at Wembley to Small Heath.
I'd rather play them than Liverpool. For starters, the Liverpool match would be preceeded by weeks of guff about "Stevie G" and his Wembley swansong, let alone any considerations of the likely result.
Like SHQ suggests, I think with Arsenal there's always the strong possibility they'll totally bottle it.
I also agree about Man United and the psychological thing. I think they could probably field a team drawn from the Coronation Street cast and still beat us without getting out of second gear.
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Also Arsenal managed to lose at Wembley to Small Heath.
I'd rather play them than Liverpool. For starters, the Liverpool match would be preceeded by weeks of guff about "Stevie G" and his Wembley swansong, let alone any considerations of the likely result.
Like SHQ suggests, I think with Arsenal there's always the strong possibility they'll totally bottle it.
I also agree about Man United and the psychological thing. I think they could probably field a team drawn from the Coronation Street cast and still beat us without getting out of second gear.
That was five years ago to be fair. Now that Arsenal have got that winning at Wembely feeling back then it would be hard for anyone facing them in the final. I'd rather Liverpool than them, but not by much.
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I would say that the majority of posters on this site have been of the opinion that these players, given a modicum of direction and inspiration, are capable of beating any team on their day. There are now only two days as far as the FA Cup is concerned.
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It will depend on any punishment the FA give us after yesterday. I still don't think us being kicked out or the game being replayed behind closed doors can be ruled out. Judging by some of the bizarre decisions they make, plus the media will likely put pressure on them to throw the book at us, who knows?
I think I'm entering a parallel universe.
There is more chance of Ellis buying out Lerner than the game being replayed.
Indeed.
Absolute nonsense. I can't believe anyone really believes that?
I'm not saying I think it should happen. My worry is that the press have clearly decided that we were totally to blame and also ignoring what the Albion fans were up to that they might put concerted pressure on the FA to either boot us out or replay the game.
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It will depend on any punishment the FA give us after yesterday. I still don't think us being kicked out or the game being replayed behind closed doors can be ruled out. Judging by some of the bizarre decisions they make, plus the media will likely put pressure on them to throw the book at us, who knows?
I think I'm entering a parallel universe.
There is more chance of Ellis buying out Lerner than the game being replayed.
Indeed.
Absolute nonsense. I can't believe anyone really believes that?
I'm not saying I think it should happen. My worry is that the press have clearly decided that we were totally to blame and also ignoring what the Albion fans were up to that they might put concerted pressure on the FA to either boot us out or replay the game.
I wouldn't worry my pretty little head if I were you.
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Can't see us beating Man. United, it's just the physiological thing no matter how bad they are.
Think we'd have more chance in a one off game v Liverpool or Arsenal. Remember Arsenal needed penalties to get past Wigan in the semis last year and then nearly fcuked up the final v Hull so still a question mark against their big match mentality and Liverpool have had 0-0s at home to Bolton and Blackburn in this season's competition.
We've had no problem beating them in Finals/Semi-Finals before.
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I would say that the majority of posters on this site have been of the opinion that these players, given a modicum of direction and inspiration, are capable of beating any team on their day. There are now only two days as far as the FA Cup is concerned.
This. The boys need fear no one.
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Whoever we get in the draw we've got a chance but I know I'd much prefer that chance against Bradford/Reading (or Blackburn)! I dreamt last night we got Liverpool in the semi, read into that what you will...
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If Villa do draw Liverpool, I suggest that all mention of their captain be banned from this site until the Match Thread starts
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Whoever we get in the draw we've got a chance but I know I'd much prefer that chance against Bradford/Reading (or Blackburn)! I dreamt last night we got Liverpool in the semi, read into that what you will...
I said this when we got them in the semi of the league cup.
Lets hope we have progressed from that shambles , which I'm sure we have.
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semi-final on my birthday weekend......NICE !
UTV
The Doc
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did I read correctly that Sherwood is letting petrov lead the team out for the semi? Two things, do teams get lead out for a semi-final other than the usual player line-up? Second, I can't think of anything more saccharin induced stomach churning, trying to pluck away at villa heart strings than this. Why not just stick tubes into him, shave his hair off again, wheel him onto the ground and release a 'This Is For Stan' semi-final song?
Please don't Villa.
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I thought it was quite a nice gesture to be fair.
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did I read correctly that Sherwood is letting petrov lead the team out for the semi? Two things, do teams get lead out for a semi-final other than the usual player line-up? Second, I can't think of anything more saccharin induced stomach churning, trying to pluck away at villa heart strings than this. Why not just stick tubes into him, shave his hair off again, wheel him onto the ground and release a 'This Is For Stan' semi-final song?
Please don't Villa.
If we get to the Final and win it I'd love to see Stan lift the Cup - indeed, I wouldn't mind seeing him lead the team out in the Final either. As for the semis, you make a good point, I think they are played out in a fairly standard way with relatively little fanfare.
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Why? A gesture for what exactly? One of our ex-players (and in the Patheon of great Villa Players he's not there) had a very serious illness which he beat and for that everyone is relieved and thankful. But, we've gone from a years minute's applause, to giving him a job, to now letting him lead the team out. It's getting out of hand now. And just because he was seriously ill. It's statrting to look less about Stan and more about us wanting to be looked at for caring about Stan.
If we really care then why not explain that of our 230 or so disabled spaces at Villa Park to we only actually allow 90 or so in every game?
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Why? A gesture for what exactly? One of our ex-players (and in the Patheon of great Villa Players he's not there) had a very serious illness which he beat and for that everyone is relieved and thankful. But, we've gone from a years minute's applause, to giving him a job, to now letting him lead the team out. It's getting out of hand now. And just because he was seriously ill. It's statrting to look less about Stan and more about us wanting to be looked at for caring about Stan.
If we really care then why not explain that of our 230 or so disabled spaces at Villa Park to we only actually allow 90 or so in every game?
Why? His career was cut short through an awful illness, he's incredibly popular among the players and staff, he's a former captain who possibly dreamed of doing this for us...there's a million and one reasons why this would be a fitting gesture. It could also provide fantastic publicity for his charity, which in turn would benefit a lot of people.
I can appreciate cynics outside the club would think it a little too sweet a scenario, but I think any club at any level within the football pyramid would make a gesture like this for one of their players, given the same circumstances.
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Why? A gesture for a player being ill? How many more gestures do you want? If we lift the Cup do you want him to lift it too? I get that for a lot of people it is a nice thing for the club for a player who as a person appears to be a great person. But surely it's time to move on? The absolute cynic in me would say that it is being done purely to try and help us through to the final. Whip up the emotion of the day and get the fans and players together behind Stan and doing it for Stan. To me, that's just a bit cold.
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I'm sure Stan would rather just see us win the Cup, and be part of the backroom team. I don't think he'd want anymore token gestures. Lets not forget, it was Stan who asked us to stop the minutes applause.
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did I read correctly that Sherwood is letting petrov lead the team out for the semi? Two things, do teams get lead out for a semi-final other than the usual player line-up? Second, I can't think of anything more saccharin induced stomach churning, trying to pluck away at villa heart strings than this. Why not just stick tubes into him, shave his hair off again, wheel him onto the ground and release a 'This Is For Stan' semi-final song?
Please don't Villa.
I think your reaction is a bit OTT.
I kind of agree that the Stan thing has gone above and beyond his achievements in his playing career. Certainly my first thought when they gave him a coaching job was that's nice but I hope it's on merit. I also think there is a lot of revisionism from people who now call him 'Legend' compared to the general analysis of him when he was playing (I'm sure I recall he was almost invariably in the fantasy lists of who we should let go to make room for the 5 star players we were going to buy in transfer threads) . However, if he becomes a talisman that unites the fans and galvanises the team, then that's ok by me.
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Has to be Blackburn in the final. If the FA want tradition, there are no other teams left who can give them that. Villa and Blackburn, 13 FA cups between us, gong back 130 years to when the Cup was everything - we had both won the Cup before Arsenal, Liverpool, Bradford and Man United were founded ( for convenience, I've ignored the fact Reading are an older club than all of us), 2 of only 3 teams who were founder members of the Football League and premier League.
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Why? A gesture for a player being ill? How many more gestures do you want? If we lift the Cup do you want him to lift it too? I get that for a lot of people it is a nice thing for the club for a player who as a person appears to be a great person. But surely it's time to move on? The absolute cynic in me would say that it is being done purely to try and help us through to the final. Whip up the emotion of the day and get the fans and players together behind Stan and doing it for Stan. To me, that's just a bit cold.
I get the feeling they may have wanted to do it for him in the League Cup until fate stepped in v Bradford. Maybe it is a sentiment that is carrying on from then? At the end of the day, if this is something the players want to do for a former Captain and friend, I'm all for it it. If it's a cynical exercise I would have my reservations just like you.
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So, Liverpool and Blackburn wont replay until around 7th April. Just over a week before the semi.
What happens if we draw the winner of that game?
I guess the date of the match can be finalised (saturday or Sunday), but does it mean tickets wont go on sale for either of semi finalists until the outcome of that game?
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It doesn't matter. ManUre for the final please, and a repeat of 57, Benteke can bundle De Gea into the net for the winner.
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It doesn't matter. ManUre for the final please, and a repeat of 57, Benteke can bundle De Gea into the net for the winner.
and Peter McParland can lead the team out!
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So, Liverpool and Blackburn wont replay until around 7th April. Just over a week before the semi.
What happens if we draw the winner of that game?
I guess the date of the match can be finalised (saturday or Sunday), but does it mean tickets wont go on sale for either of semi finalists until the outcome of that game?
I means we snap up all the cheaper train tickets and hotel rooms first.
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So, Liverpool and Blackburn wont replay until around 7th April. Just over a week before the semi.
What happens if we draw the winner of that game?
I guess the date of the match can be finalised (saturday or Sunday), but does it mean tickets wont go on sale for either of semi finalists until the outcome of that game?
I think tickets would just distributed without the other teams names on.
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It doesn't matter. ManUre for the final please, and a repeat of 57, Benteke can bundle De Gea into the net for the winner.
We would never hear the end of it from their fans and the media. It would be much better for us to beat them and for there to be no comeback.
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It doesn't matter. ManUre for the final please, and a repeat of 57, Benteke can bundle De Gea into the net for the winner.
We would never hear the end of it from their fans and the media. It would be much better for us to beat them and for there to be no comeback.
So, you're saying that benteke bundles De Gea into the net for the winner and the drawback is that we would never hear the end of it? Okay, well I'd happily throw in 5 pitch invasions and someone gobbing on Giggs if it all means we've won the FA Cup. Nothing would detract from that day.
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It doesn't matter. ManUre for the final please, and a repeat of 57, Benteke can bundle De Gea into the net for the winner.
We would never hear the end of it from their fans and the media. It would be much better for us to beat them and for there to be no comeback.
I must say I wouldn't be too disappointed to have Benteke dive in the same manner Rooney did against Preston win a penalty calmly slot it in the corner at walking pace and have Van Gaal nearly cry and present the media with a 12 page dossier on how it was a dive and Rooneys wasn't because Woy Excitement Hodgson said it wasn't.
Anyway we can beat those fuckers and make them cry is ok with me.
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We were talking about ideal scenarios. Of course, if it means winning the F.A Cup, I wouldn't really care how it came about.
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I'm sure Stan would rather just see us win the Cup, and be part of the backroom team. I don't think he'd want anymore token gestures. Lets not forget, it was Stan who asked us to stop the minutes applause.
This for me. Why on earth would Stan want to lead the team out at Wembley, having had no role whatsoever in either this campaign, or any recent club matters at an active level- I imagine he would feel rather embarrassed and patronised, surely?
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Reading. Then play Man Ure in the final and repeat 1994's league cup final result again.
Would hate to get Liverpool. Don't think I could cope as the media go in to a Gerrard overdrive.
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Liverpool simply have to get knocked out before the final. This Gerrard swansong horseshit is really boiling my piss.
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Liverpool simply have to get knocked out before the final. This Gerrard swansong horseshit is really boiling my piss.
Is this the same talismanic Gerard whose team has a 100% league win record this season......when he doesn't play? He is smalltime
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We're ball number four.
We're ball number four.
We're Aston Villa.
We're ball number four.
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At the time of writing I doubt many of the others want to get us in the draw.
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We're ball number four.
We're ball number four.
We're Aston Villa.
We're ball number four.
So we'll be one of the cold balls, along with Bradford/Reading, to be drawn against the heated balls of Liverpool and Arsenal/Manu
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We're ball number four.
We're ball number four.
We're Aston Villa.
We're ball number four.
So we'll be one of the cold balls, along with Bradford/Reading, to be drawn against the heated balls of Liverpool and Arsenal/Manu
Our Frank should storm the studio and demand to make the draw
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Can't believe DOL is doing the draw
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Do we know what weekend it is yet?
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Do we know what weekend it is yet?
18/19 April.
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I'm not going to lie, I made breakfast whilst playing Que Sera Sera by Doris Day in the background yesterday. I keep singing it in the office today.
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Can't believe DOL is doing the draw
Bloody hell. Where did you hear that mate?
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Can't believe DOL is doing the draw
Bloody hell. Where did you hear that mate?
Dermot O'Leary - not David.
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In a sense I wouldn't mind arsenal if they win tonight and get past Monaco as the fa cup semi is sandwiched by CL QF games
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Liverpool simply have to get knocked out before the final. This Gerrard swansong horseshit is really boiling my piss.
Oh God No. Please Blackburn do them in the replay.
Imagine Lawro having to nip to bog for a TommyTank during the Cup Final at the mere mention of his name.
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Liverpool simply have to get knocked out before the final. This Gerrard swansong horseshit is really boiling my piss.
Oh God No. Please Blackburn do them in the replay.
Imagine Lawro having to nip to bog for a TommyTank during the Cup Final at the mere mention of his name.
On the other hand, imagine if we managed to ruin it in the final...
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Liverpool simply have to get knocked out before the final. This Gerrard swansong horseshit is really boiling my piss.
Oh God No. Please Blackburn do them in the replay.
Imagine Lawro having to nip to bog for a TommyTank during the Cup Final at the mere mention of his name.
On the other hand, imagine if we managed to ruin it in the final...
Grealish fires in the winner from a Gerrard slip. Please.
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As per my dream, this is set in stone. We knock the bog eyes out, comfortably despatch Reading in the semi and get Liverpool in the final.
After a media wankathon, we ruin Gerrards and the Villa end of Wembley chant "Happy birthday to you" as the crying, cheating wanker goes up to collect his losers medal.
As already said...
PLEASE let this happen.
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As per my dream, this is set in stone. We knock the bog eyes out, comfortably despatch Reading in the semi and get Liverpool in the final.
After a media wankathon, we ruin Gerrards and the Villa end of Wembley chant "Happy birthday to you" as the crying, cheating wanker goes up to collect his losers medal.
As already said...
PLEASE let this happen.
Are you allowed to collect your loser's medal after you've been sent off?
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As per my dream, this is set in stone. We knock the bog eyes out, comfortably despatch Reading in the semi and get Liverpool in the final.
After a media wankathon, we ruin Gerrards and the Villa end of Wembley chant "Happy birthday to you" as the crying, cheating wanker goes up to collect his losers medal.
As already said...
PLEASE let this happen.
Are you allowed to collect your loser's medal after you've been sent off?
Kevin Moran wasn't allowed to
edit, and that was a winners' medal
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Having Stan lead out the team at Wembley will be a magical moment. Well done, Sherwood, a great gesture that proves the BBC were right on Saturday (half time), we are "a classy club".
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Has anybody had an email to say that season ticket holders can purchase upto 4 tickets? Or is my mate winding me up?
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Has anybody had an email to say that season ticket holders can purchase upto 4 tickets? Or is my mate winding me up?
Free pie and pint too in my email!!!!
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Mine says free overbite accommodation at hotel too .........
Seriously it will be one per season ticket ...... think the allocation is 35000 ...do we have approx 20000 season ticket holders ...say 5000 for other required should leave about 10000
Thinking back to the Chelsea am I right in thinking we didn't sell out?c
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My missus is due to give birth 10 days after the semi-final. Need some diplomacy to swing that one.
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Guess which idiot decided not to have a season ticket for the first time in 16+ years...
Me. First time since I was 11. 1995 was my first. Fuck.
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My missus is due to give birth 10 days after the semi-final. Need some diplomacy to swing that one.
I was in the same boat 5 years ago. Made it to the League Cup final, but the semi final was taking the piss a bit.
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Mine says free overbite accommodation at hotel too .........
Seriously it will be one per season ticket ...... think the allocation is 35000 ...do we have approx 20000 season ticket holders ...say 5000 for other required should leave about 10000
Thinking back to the Chelsea am I right in thinking we didn't sell out?c
I'm fairly sure Villa sold out that one.
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Mine says free overbite accommodation at hotel too .........
Seriously it will be one per season ticket ...... think the allocation is 35000 ...do we have approx 20000 season ticket holders ...say 5000 for other required should leave about 10000
Thinking back to the Chelsea am I right in thinking we didn't sell out?c
I'm fairly sure Villa sold out that one.
I doubt it. I had a couple that I couldn't give away.
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My missus is due to give birth 10 days after the semi-final. Need some diplomacy to swing that one.
I was in the same boat 5 years ago. Made it to the League Cup final, but the semi final was taking the piss a bit.
Tek 'em wi ya, wimps!
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Can't see us beating Man. United, it's just the physiological thing no matter how bad they are.
Think we'd have more chance in a one off game v Liverpool or Arsenal. Remember Arsenal needed penalties to get past Wigan in the semis last year and then nearly fcuked up the final v Hull so still a question mark against their big match mentality and Liverpool have had 0-0s at home to Bolton and Blackburn in this season's competition.
My thoughts exactly on Man U
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A question I expect to asked in years to come to go with other modern classics. "Why didn't Frank make the draw?"
It is his 70th birthday today as well.
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The Chelsea semi-final was different in that we'd only just been to Wembley for the League Cup Final, so potentially 3 trips to Wembley was a tough ask financially for many.
I also remember the atmosphere around the club turning a bit rubbish after losing the league cup final, & people feeling they didn't want to waste their money on more disappointment. Other than losing the league cup, I can't really recall what that was about, just that it was there.
This time, getting to Wembley out of nowhere has a really exciting feel to it, and more hope than expectation of a trip back a month later. There will be demand for this game.
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Mine says free overbite accommodation at hotel too .........
Seriously it will be one per season ticket ...... think the allocation is 35000 ...do we have approx 20000 season ticket holders ...say 5000 for other required should leave about 10000
Thinking back to the Chelsea am I right in thinking we didn't sell out?c
I'm fairly sure Villa sold out that one.
I doubt it. I had a couple that I couldn't give away.
The gate was only 81000 vs a semi-final capacity of around 89000, our tickets were on general sale.
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Guess which idiot decided not to have a season ticket for the first time in 16+ years...
Me. First time since I was 11. 1995 was my first. Fuck.
Guess which idiot is on holiday for the cup final, celebrating a wedding anniversary date which was deliberately chosen 10 years ago because the season NEVER goes on until the end of May?
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I think it will be X1 per ST holder
However it will be x2 per ST holder who has also gone to all 4 cup games so far.
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Guess which idiot decided not to have a season ticket for the first time in 16+ years...
Me. First time since I was 11. 1995 was my first. Fuck.
Guess which idiot is on holiday for the cup final, celebrating a wedding anniversary date which was deliberately chosen 10 years ago because the season NEVER goes on until the end of May?
Jeez mate that's a shitter.
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The semi final draw is being made by Dermot O'Leary. Magic of the cup.
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He has a giant cock apparently.
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He has is a giant cock apparently.
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Mine says free overbite accommodation at hotel too .........
Seriously it will be one per season ticket ...... think the allocation is 35000 ...do we have approx 20000 season ticket holders ...say 5000 for other required should leave about 10000
Thinking back to the Chelsea am I right in thinking we didn't sell out?c
I'm fairly sure Villa sold out that one.
I doubt it. I had a couple that I couldn't give away.
The gate was only 81000 vs a semi-final capacity of around 89000, our tickets were on general sale.
I seem to remember we eventually sold out literally late afternoon the day before the game after tickets had been on general sale.
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Anyone. Fucking anyone.
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We'll get Arsenal.
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We'll get Arsenal.
Good, we'll only have to beat Blackburn to win it then.
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First out the hat please, another home draw please ! ;)
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We'll get Arsenal.
I agree. Call me cynical, and I am, but logistics dictate the authorities will want one clear fixture - that's Arsenal v Villa.
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#FearNoOne
Here we go!
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Anybody. It doesn't matter. You cannot cheat destiny.
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Home draw please!! ;)
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Anybody. It doesn't matter. You cannot cheat destiny.
This
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Bound to be Arse
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Peter Schmeichel seems to have turned into Jaime Lannister.
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Manu out. We have a chance.
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Two right tossers making the draw, bad start already
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to roll out the old cliché, you have to beat them all to win it.
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All of them will be terrified of facing us.
UNLEASH THE VILLA!
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Blackburn or Racist FC. Come on Blackburn!
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Blackburn it is
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Liverpool or Blackburn
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Home draw again as well. Bonus.
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And we have....LIVERPOOL OR BLACKBURN
Great, we can ruin that twat's last game for the bindippers
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Home draw !!!!!
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Liverpool or Blackburn
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Hope Blackburn win.
EDIT: Against Liverpool!
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Happy with that!
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Come on Blackburn eh!
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Nice one Dermot. Arsenal fan, drew out Arsenal
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If Liverpool get through we should offer to switch the game to Anfield.
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Funny Pool and Arse kept apart!
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Liverpool or Blackburn
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Blackburn in a semi ?
Another 6-4 ?
Bring back Heskey !
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Come on Blackburn.
To be fair we always do very well against Liverpool when we don't play them at Villa Park, we certainly have their number at Anfield. And even in the recent defeat we created plenty of chances against them so if our attacking players are on form still then we have a shot.
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Come on Blackburn v Reds! Petrov on the pitch. 6-4 to the Villa.
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Didn't want arsenal and hope Blackburn beat liverpool but let's face it if we want to win the game we have to beat one of them
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When do they decide which game will be when ?
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Please be Blackburn. However, being the team to ruin STEEEEEEEEEEVIIIIIEEEEEEEE-G!!!!'s chance of winning something would be fucking great.
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A week ago everybody wanted to play us.
Now would you bet against us.
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That draw looked very dodgy. Seriously. He bloody well looked and picked the Arsenal ball after the Bradford pick.
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Worst case scenario - Arsenal ruining that twat's last game for his club
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Roy looks about 10 years younger without the beard
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When do they decide which game will be when ?
1st two teams drawn out have the first semi, so we're the Sunday game.
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Hopefully Sunday, Blues are at Watford and the Bitters at Palace on the Saturday
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Fine by me. An FA Cup Final of Arsenal v Aston Villa has a proper ring to it.
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Is every single O'Leary on God's green earth a total penis?
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I'm lumping £20 on Blackburn to beat Liverpool. That should cover my beer money for Wembley.
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Love to fuck 'The Mighty Reds YNWA''s dream.And to redeem the Old Trafford debacle against them.
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When do they decide which game will be when ?
When they've worked out which day is Steve Gee's cat's birthday/lucky number/...
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The Blackburn-Liverpool replay isn't until 7th April. We don't have to wait until after that to buy tickets do we?
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Not a bad draw at all. We've beaten Liverpool with a shite manager in charge we can certainly do it now. They've gotta beat Blackburn away first, tough tie.
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Realisticly it will be Liverpool, so the whole country wants Stevie G to win the cup and playing against currently the most hated team in the country in the semi......
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Urggggh , scouse wankers at Wembley then.
Will be like the Alamo outside .
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Dream scenario 1: Blackburn in the semis and Bradford in the final. And lifting the Holy Grail.
Dream scenario 2: Liverpool in the semis and ruining the Stevie G wankfest. Arsenal in the final and showing the world Villa are back as we lift the Holy Grail.
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When do they decide which game will be when ?
Have to wait for the TV companies to decide
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When do they decide which game will be when ?
1st two teams drawn out have the first semi, so we're the Sunday game.
I'm almost certain it doesn't work that way.
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Bring it on. I'm beginning to believe it is written in the stars...
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We avoided Arsenal so that's good. Who knows could still play Blackburn yet.
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The Blackburn-Liverpool replay isn't until 7th April. We don't have to wait until after that to buy tickets do we?
No
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When do they decide which game will be when ?
1st two teams drawn out have the first semi, so we're the Sunday game.
I'm almost certain it doesn't work that way.
I am certain it doesn't work that way
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At least they won't have Fowler in this semi final this time
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So, Liverpool and Blackburn wont replay until around 7th April. Just over a week before the semi.
What happens if we draw the winner of that game?
I guess the date of the match can be finalised (saturday or Sunday), but does it mean tickets wont go on sale for either of semi finalists until the outcome of that game?
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That draw looked very dodgy. Seriously. He bloody well looked and picked the Arsenal ball after the Bradford pick.
The FA are foolish to allow the integrity of the draw to be seen to be compromised - I always preferred it when the draw was made by officials.
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So it looks likely we'll have to beat Liverpool and Arsenal to win it. No problem.
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Cheer up Stevie Gee,
Oh what could it mean
To a cheating bastard
And the end of a dreammmmm..
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Liverpool have got to beat Blackburn on their patch and that's not certain. Still rather get them than Arsenal judging by tonights performance.
We have a fair chance of making the final if our spell of good form lasts.
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If we have to play Arsenal, I'd rather do it in the final. That's an okay draw. I don't think Liverpool are brilliant defensively and we can get at them. I'm hoping we play Blackburn to be honest, but we can take Liverpool. I don't think there's anyone to fear at all and I'm sure Sherwood won't allow that.
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Dream scenario 1: Blackburn in the semis and Bradford in the final. And lifting the Holy Grail.
Dream scenario 2: Liverpool in the semis and ruining the Stevie G wankfest. Arsenal in the final and showing the world Villa are back as we lift the Holy Grail.
Scenario 2 for me
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I was half expecting us to get Little Mix or James Arthur.
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Settle for that. Manure out and avoided Arsenal. Blackburn held 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' at Anfield so I fancy them to turn them over at home.
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When do they decide which game will be when ?
1st two teams drawn out have the first semi, so we're the Sunday game.
I'm almost certain it doesn't work that way.
Oh okay. I just assumed it did.
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So it looks likely we'll have to beat Liverpool and Arsenal to win it. No problem.
Bound to happen. We haven't played anyone yet ;)
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Think Blackburn will do em.Then Tim against his alma mater
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Fairly happy with that whoever we end up playing and Liverpool are beatable.
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To win the FA cup we have probably got to beat Liverpool then Arsenal at Wembley
Fuck me if we manage that I will die a happy man (when that time comes obviously)
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Think Blackburn will do em.Then Tim against his alma mater
I could settle for that.
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Bring back the ball bag! You could see through that transparent vessel? A stitch-up!
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Was Schmeichel pissed? He looked dishevelled
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Realisticly it will be Liverpool, so the whole country wants Stevie G to win the cup and playing against currently the most hated team in the country in the semi......
Your trolling is getting better, but even so - 4/10.
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Ex Spurs manager against the Arse in the final.
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I wonder when was the last time we were drawn out first in every round.
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Bring back the ball bag!
There was a shot of him in the stands at tonight's game.
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Not the best of draws, but I think that Blackburn still have a chance of knocking Liverpool out. And whoever we get, we just have to give it a go and do ourselves justice.
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BRING IT ON!!!!
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Realisticly it will be Liverpool, so the whole country wants Stevie G to win the cup
No they don't. 95% of the country won't give a toss. At least 50% will piss themselves when he doesn't.
and playing against currently the most hated team in the country in the semi......
No we aren't. That'd still be chavski.
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Realisticly it will be Liverpool, so the whole country wants Stevie G to win the cup and playing against currently the most hated team in the country in the semi......
Your trolling is getting better, but even so - 4/10.
I was being sarcastic given the abuse we've had off the press in the last 48 hours
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Ex Spurs manager against the Arse in the final.
Sherwood grew up a gooner as well
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I wonder when was the last time we were drawn out first in every round.
I make it nine consecutive home draws in a row in all cup competitions. Rotherham, Tottenham, Sheffield United, Leyton Orient, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Leicester, West Brom and now Liverpool (if that counts).
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Fair enough
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Realisticly it will be Liverpool, so the whole country wants Stevie G to win the cup
No they don't. 95% of the country won't give a toss. At least 50% will piss themselves when he doesn't.
and playing against currently the most hated team in the country in the semi......
No we aren't. That'd still be chavski.
I think he's being ironic on both counts.
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Shorter journey for us than either of them.
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Given our recent record against them we should ask For the tie to be played at Anfield and get Lambert to manage us as a one off.
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We will play and beat whoever we meet in the semi, it's written!
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Can't wait to stuff the Scousers at The Tim Towers.
Please be Blackburn...
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If it's Blackburn we will get 60,000 tickets no fear.
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Realisticly it will be Liverpool, so the whole country wants Stevie G to win the cup
No they don't. 95% of the country won't give a toss. At least 50% will piss themselves when he doesn't.
and playing against currently the most hated team in the country in the semi......
No we aren't. That'd still be chavski.
I think he's being ironic on both counts.
That's as may be, but I reckon I've been drinking for longer.
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Did I miss the announcement of which team had which number ball. Villa 4, does it not go alphabetically
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If it's Blackburn we will get 60,000 tickets no fear.
We won't have much time to sell them.
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If it's Blackburn we will get 60,000 tickets no fear.
We won't have much time to sell them.
Yep can see them selling 20,000 tops in the 10 days with thousands unsold.
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We can do this. Have faith everyone!!
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Benteke will destroy Liverpool if it's them!
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The BBC have us down to play QPR on the Monday after the semi final. That can't be right surely?
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Bring back the ball bag!
There was a shot of him in the stands at tonight's game.
😂😂😂
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Drawn out first in every round its a sign from above that our name is on the cup
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The BBC have us down to play QPR on the Monday after the semi final. That can't be right surely?
That fixture is now due to be moved, to the last week of the season I believe.
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Mine says free overbite accommodation at hotel too .........
You've somehow got Luis Suarez's complimentary ticket by mistake.
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Given our recent record against them we should ask For the tie to be played at Anfield and get Lambert to manage us as a one off.
Ha ha.
After hearing the draw I honestly thought to myself "Well, if it is Liverpool, Lambert has a pretty good record against them", shortly followed by "oh, hang on...."
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Someone reassure me that is will be the Sat. Its my daughters christening on the Sunday
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We have to wait until after the Bkackburn/Liverpool replay, so they can ask Stevie which day he prefers.
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Someone reassure me that is will be the Sat. Its my daughters christening on the Sunday
It's a shame but you'll just have to miss it. Some things in life are more important.
I'm sure your daughter will understand when she grows up.
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Someone reassure me that is will be the Sat. Its my daughters christening on the Sunday
I think it just comes down to who picks which match. The BBC will pick first and (I think) get the Saturday slot. BT will pick second and have the Sunday.
My concern for your situation is that the BBC might take a confirmed Arsenal over a probable Liverpool for the Saturday game.
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The BBC have us down to play QPR on the Monday after the semi final. That can't be right surely?
That fixture is now due to be moved, to the last week of the season I believe.
QPR then Burnley at home. If we're not mathematically safe by then, I will be shitting myself that week.
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For once, just once, can we play a full strength team in the semi?
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Someone reassure me that is will be the Sat. Its my daughters christening on the Sunday
I think it just comes down to who picks which match. The BBC will pick first and (I think) get the Saturday slot. BT will pick second and have the Sunday.
My concern for your situation is that the BBC might take a confirmed Arsenal over a probable Liverpool for the Saturday game.
I think the beeb will go for the Arsenal game because of the underdog element too. Bradford (should they get through) have provided plenty of entertainment in this tournament.
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Someone reassure me that is will be the Sat. Its my daughters christening on the Sunday
I think it just comes down to who picks which match. The BBC will pick first and (I think) get the Saturday slot. BT will pick second and have the Sunday.
My concern for your situation is that the BBC might take a confirmed Arsenal over a probable Liverpool for the Saturday game.
I think the beeb will go for the Arsenal game because of the underdog element too. Bradford (should they get through) have provided plenty of entertainment in this tournament.
I think they will go for us. Mainly because they have been snubbing Bradford the whole tournament and I just assume they will continue to do so,
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Someone reassure me that is will be the Sat. Its my daughters christening on the Sunday
Don't worry. Only godparents and the Vicar need to be there.
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BBC Home Page - Sports heading - Arsenal avoid Liverpool in FA Cup Draw.
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Someone reassure me that is will be the Sat. Its my daughters christening on the Sunday
Don't worry. Only godparents and the Vicar need to be there.
Think Uber's daughter needs to be there too.
Unless he's taking her to the game!
:D
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BBC Home Page - Sports heading - Arsenal avoid Liverpool in FA Cup Draw.
Written by the Arsenal supporting editor?
Weird headline, whatever the thinking.
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Given our recent record against them we should ask For the tie to be played at Anfield and get Lambert to manage us as a one off.
Y'know if Lambert was still in charge that would be probably the only game we'd have left I'd be confident of winning under him. We'd probably beat Liverpool to reach the FA cup final and yet be nearly relegated at that point.
If there was one team Lambert somehow nearly always got his tactics spot on time and again it was Liverpool. The three away performances up there under him were probably our three best tactical performances under him, especially that diamond masterclass in the middle of last season when Liverpool barely crossed the halfway line in the first half such was our dominance.
I'd imagine Sherwood will be watching plenty of videos of those games in the run up to the Cup semi if we do indeed play Liverpool. What's clear is we do have the personnel in our team to give them a very tough 90 minutes just as long as we believe.
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Someone reassure me that is will be the Sat. Its my daughters christening on the Sunday
I think it just comes down to who picks which match. The BBC will pick first and (I think) get the Saturday slot. BT will pick second and have the Sunday.
My concern for your situation is that the BBC might take a confirmed Arsenal over a probable Liverpool for the Saturday game.
Read elsewhere that apparently that weekend SHA and WBA are playing in London on the Saturday? If that's the case it's pretty nailed on we're the Sunday game.
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Would they bring a 1000 between them?
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BBC Home Page - Sports heading - Arsenal avoid Liverpool in FA Cup Draw.
Oh I'd love to see a Bradford Villa final. It would be amazingly sweet to see both Liverpool and Arsenal fall in the Semi's when each will feel they've virtually got a free pass to the final.
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BBC Home Page - Sports heading - Arsenal avoid Liverpool in FA Cup Draw.
Oh I'd love to see a Bradford Villa final. It would be amazingly sweet to see both Liverpool and Arsenal fall in the Semi's when each will feel they've virtually got a free pass to the final.
It would be awesome.
One thing this week has done is reinforce my belief that the BBC sports department is the most incompetent of any major broadcaster. They must kiss the paycheck every week knowing they are truly blessed working for a nice cushy gig from which you can never be fired no matter how bad a job you do.
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Another home draw! Can't ask for more than that. Genuinely happy about this, things can change in a week never mind in a month but we're in a semi-final. of the Fa Cup. Our neighbours are shitting it. Bring it on. Its what Aston Villa do.
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I suspect we are the Sunday...champs league midweek so cant risk Arsenal having to play Sunday-Tuesday
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Someone reassure me that is will be the Sat. Its my daughters christening on the Sunday
I think it just comes down to who picks which match. The BBC will pick first and (I think) get the Saturday slot. BT will pick second and have the Sunday.
My concern for your situation is that the BBC might take a confirmed Arsenal over a probable Liverpool for the Saturday game.
Read elsewhere that apparently that weekend SHA and WBA are playing in London on the Saturday? If that's the case it's pretty nailed on we're the Sunday game.
Can you imagine? "Oh fancy seeing you lot down here. Where are you off to today? We're off to Wembley!".
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Someone reassure me that is will be the Sat. Its my daughters christening on the Sunday
I think it just comes down to who picks which match. The BBC will pick first and (I think) get the Saturday slot. BT will pick second and have the Sunday.
My concern for your situation is that the BBC might take a confirmed Arsenal over a probable Liverpool for the Saturday game.
Read elsewhere that apparently that weekend SHA and WBA are playing in London on the Saturday? If that's the case it's pretty nailed on we're the Sunday game.
Since when have Watford and Palace home games had any bearing on what's happening at Wembley?
I suspect it will be 100% in the hands of the Beeb and BT who plays when, with the only possible outside interference being if Arsenal get through to the next round of the Champions League (unlikely) and being fixtured on Tuesday 21st.
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I suspect we are the Sunday...champs league midweek so cant risk Arsenal having to play Sunday-Tuesday
There is a chance that they'll overcome the 1-3 home defeat against Monaco but it's somewhere between zero and none. I don't think there's much to worry about with Arsenal's European commitments in April.
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I suspect we are the Sunday...champs league midweek so cant risk Arsenal having to play Sunday-Tuesday
There is a chance that they'll overcome the 1-3 home defeat against Monaco but it's somewhere between zero and none. I don't think there's much to worry about with Arsenal's European commitments in April.
Depends if they decide the dates before the 2nd legs.
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Bring 'em on!
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Someone reassure me that is will be the Sat. Its my daughters christening on the Sunday
I think it just comes down to who picks which match. The BBC will pick first and (I think) get the Saturday slot. BT will pick second and have the Sunday.
My concern for your situation is that the BBC might take a confirmed Arsenal over a probable Liverpool for the Saturday game.
Read elsewhere that apparently that weekend SHA and WBA are playing in London on the Saturday? If that's the case it's pretty nailed on we're the Sunday game.
Can you imagine? "Oh fancy seeing you lot down here. Where are you off to today? We're off to Wembley!".
That lot will pay more attention to our score on their phones and devices then any match they attend.
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BBC Home Page - Sports heading - Arsenal avoid Liverpool in FA Cup Draw.
And you can bet Liverpool didnt want us either.
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Honestly quite happy to miss Bradford/Reading, clubs like that can be a real handful on those occasions, and we all know what complacency can do, Motivation will not be a problem against Liverpool, assuming they beat Blackburn.
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Villa vs Bradford final please.
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Did anyone else think the draw was debased by having a 'personality' involved?. Frankly I wanted them to get on with it not listen to a full of himself talent show announcer warbling on about his charity work, worthy as it is. Also with the camera angle you could see what ball was being picked out which was wrong.
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When will we get dates of when we can buy etc?
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Did anyone else think the draw was debased by having a 'personality' involved?. Frankly I wanted them to get on with it not listen to a full of himself talent show announcer warbling on about his charity work, worthy as it is. Also with the camera angle you could see what ball was being picked out which was wrong.
There is so much the FA could do to enhance the cup. The draw should always be made from Wembley stadium, the fucking one show? Seriously. Wembley stadium, an executive box kitted out with old Cup memorabilia in front a window facing the pitch. Some of the games greats involved not Dermot O'dimwit or some plank on the one show. Maybe a 15/20 minute build up with a great match from the same round in the 70's/80's etc etc. Majority 3.00pm kick offs on a Saturday afternoon with 2 matches picked for Sunday. Champions League qualification for the winners.
I love the Fa Cup, always have done but it ain't half took a kicking these last 15 years. MONEY MONEY MONEY over glory. You wouldn't believe how many times I had the same conversation this weekend with people who would rather finish 17th and be a passenger in the sky rich get richer league than win a trophy.
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Sod all the fannying around. Programme comes on, straight to the draw. "X is drawing the home teams, Y the away teams, X can you please draw the first ball."
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This is great. We get to ruin Stevie Me's big day out. UTV!
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Sod all the fannying around. Programme comes on, straight to the draw. "X is drawing the home teams, Y the away teams, X can you please draw the first ball."
Haha yeah or that.
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It's basically all down to the broadcasters as to who and when. One factor to weigh in on that is that Sky are showing Chelsea v Man Utd live at 5.30 on the Saturday.
Last year's semis by the way kicked off at 5.07 on the Saturday and 4.07 on the Sunday (the .07 being on account of Hillsborough).
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My missus is due to give birth 10 days after the semi-final. Need some diplomacy to swing that one.
Mine is due on the weekend of the semi... I have no chance!!!
Praying for an early arrival
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Blackburn/Liverpool replay is 7th/8thApril. Does that mean our tickets won't be released until the outcome of that tie or is there a chance they'll be released ahead of it without knowing who we'll be playing?
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I assume they'll release our initial allocation but we won't be able to get more unless Blackburn get through and don't take all their tickets. No doubt Liverpool would sell them regardless of how many they're given.
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Have we ever played Liverpool at Wembley? I can't remember one but I'm gettin on so I may be having a senior moment.
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From the OS: Wins in previous rounds have come against Blackpool, Bournemouth, Leicester and the Baggies.
So, we've beaten teams who start with B or L. That's us in the final for sure then!
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Have we ever played Liverpool at Wembley? I can't remember one but I'm gettin on so I may be having a senior moment.
Never. 1996 semi final was at Old Trafford. No charity shield meetings.
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The semi final draw is being made by Dermot O'Leary. Magic of the cup.
This is what I thought! BBC taking the p*** again!
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Was Schmeichel pissed? He looked dishevelled
Hospitality! Prawn sandwiches and cheap champagne!
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Was Schmeichel pissed? He looked dishevelled
Hospitality! Prawn sandwiches and cheap champagne!
Looked like he'd been spruced up for his soup kitchen rations.
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Have we ever played Liverpool at Wembley? I can't remember one but I'm gettin on so I may be having a senior moment.
Never. 1996 semi final was at Old Trafford. No charity shield meetings.
We have played Blackburn at Wembley though - beat them on penalties after a 0-0 draw.
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Have we ever played Liverpool at Wembley? I can't remember one but I'm gettin on so I may be having a senior moment.
Never. 1996 semi final was at Old Trafford. No charity shield meetings.
We have played Blackburn at Wembley though - beat them on penalties after a 0-0 draw.
That was Bolton in 2000.
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Not Bolton?
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Cant see us being on the Saturday.
Blues and baggies are playing in london on the same day. Easier for us to play on the sunday instead of moving them pair
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_League_Centenary_Tournament
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Cant see us being on the Saturday.
Blues and baggies are playing in london on the same day. Easier for us to play on the sunday instead of moving them pair
Why would they have to be moved? It has been known for us and them to be in the same city before with no problems.
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When was the last time we scored a goal in an FA Cup semi final?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_League_Centenary_Tournament
Ta muchly.
Blackburn but never liverpool then Dave?
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When was the last time we scored a goal in an FA Cup semi final?
1957 (?) v Albion
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When was the last time we scored a goal in an FA Cup semi final?
1957 (?) v Albion
We hadn't had a home Quarter Final since 1960 and that record has bitten the dust, and this one will be next!
BELIEVE.
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After having had the evening and morning to ruminate on the draw I think it's all good. We are very much dark horses with a whole load of players who are hungry and genuinely far better than the league table suggests. Blackburn are clearly no pushovers, whilst L'pool fans seem to think they are in the Final already which means Rodgers' (unproven and inexperienced in the main) side will have a good bit of self-induced pressure on their shoulders. Bradford and Reading, again, will be hungry and up for it which leaves Arsenal. As far as I can tell, they have made a tactical switch to their game plan recently which means they are now a counter-attacking side. This is all well and good if you play into their hands, but, get the tactics right, they tend to self-implode into an angst-ridden clueless mess. They always seem to be one game away from crisis.
Six weeks is a long time in football and who knows what will happen in terms of form, player injuries and so on. We are currently sitting right in the middle of the pack, no pressure on and enjoying the ride. I enjoy reading and hearing others write us off and talk us down because these are the conditions where we seem to perform best.
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Cant see us being on the Saturday.
Blues and baggies are playing in london on the same day. Easier for us to play on the sunday instead of moving them pair
Why would they have to be moved? It has been known for us and them to be in the same city before with no problems.
Plus London is a rather big city as I understand it.
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Cant see us being on the Saturday.
Blues and baggies are playing in london on the same day. Easier for us to play on the sunday instead of moving them pair
Why would they have to be moved? It has been known for us and them to be in the same city before with no problems.
Plus London is a rather big city as I understand it.
We've played at home on the same night as SHA. That won't even come into consideration.
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Cant see us being on the Saturday.
Blues and baggies are playing in london on the same day. Easier for us to play on the sunday instead of moving them pair
Why would they have to be moved? It has been known for us and them to be in the same city before with no problems.
Plus London is a rather big city as I understand it.
I think the obvious thing to look at wouldn't be problems in London, it'd be problems in the getting to London bit.
Mind you, I doubt Blues will be taking more than about 300 whoever they play down there, so it should be ok.
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Cant see us being on the Saturday.
Blues and baggies are playing in london on the same day. Easier for us to play on the sunday instead of moving them pair
Why would they have to be moved? It has been known for us and them to be in the same city before with no problems.
Plus London is a rather big city as I understand it.
I think the obvious thing to look at wouldn't be problems in London, it'd be problems in the getting to London bit.
Mind you, I doubt Blues will be taking more than about 300 whoever they play down there, so it should be ok.
I imagine 300 of these going down the M40 would cause a bit of a delay
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Liverpool fan at work told mee this morning, without any hint of irony, that he had told his kids last night that he reckons they'd struggle to get tickets for the final.
I agreed and told him that without an extensive booking history at the Villa, he probably wouldn't get one.
He's from Wigan by the way. Plastic Dipper.
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Chelsea v Man U is on Sat 18th at 5.30. Could mean that the Saturday Semi kicks off at lunchtime?
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Chelsea v Man U is on Sat 18th at 5.30. Could mean that the Saturday Semi kicks off at lunchtime?
Shouldn't be a problem for Arsenal v Reading.
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The semi final draw is being made by Dermot O'Leary. Magic of the cup.
This is what I thought! BBC taking the p*** again!
We may despise his guts but at least David O'Leary had a very long association with Arsenal and that included an FA Cup win. He was also present at OT last night.
Not being funny but surely that would have been a more appropriate option?
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Cant see us being on the Saturday.
Blues and baggies are playing in london on the same day. Easier for us to play on the sunday instead of moving them pair
Why would they have to be moved? It has been known for us and them to be in the same city before with no problems.
Plus London is a rather big city as I understand it.
I think the obvious thing to look at wouldn't be problems in London, it'd be problems in the getting to London bit.
Mind you, I doubt Blues will be taking more than about 300 whoever they play down there, so it should be ok.
Sorry yeah thats what i was getting at. The traveling to London as apposed to bumping into them whilst we was there.
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Working on the assumption it is Liverpool, lets get past the" Invincible Liverpool" myth that they have traded on for years, 1 - Were playing them at a neutral venue, rather than "Fortress Anfield" - another myth incidentally. 2 - we`ve beaten them on several occasions over the last few years, they have NOTHING over us - unlike Yanited. and 3 - they are nowhere near as good as they like too talk themselves up to be, remember they got shown up completely in Europe. Its down to us and no-one else. Lets kick arse.
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Working on the assumption it is Liverpool, lets get past the" Invincible Liverpool" myth that they have traded on for years, 1 - Were playing them at a neutral venue, rather than "Fortress Anfield" - another myth incidentally. 2 - we`ve beaten them on several occasions over the last few years, they have NOTHING over us - unlike Yanited. and 3 - they are nowhere near as good as they like too talk themselves up to be, remember they got shown up completely in Europe. Its down to us and no-one else. Lets kick arse.
This.
We can do the dippers.
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Cant see us being on the Saturday.
Blues and baggies are playing in london on the same day. Easier for us to play on the sunday instead of moving them pair
Why would they have to be moved? It has been known for us and them to be in the same city before with no problems.
Plus London is a rather big city as I understand it.
I think the obvious thing to look at wouldn't be problems in London, it'd be problems in the getting to London bit.
Mind you, I doubt Blues will be taking more than about 300 whoever they play down there, so it should be ok.
Sorry yeah thats what i was getting at. The traveling to London as apposed to bumping into them whilst we was there.
It happens all the time. Anyway, whatever day we play there will be our supporters travelling throughout the weekend.
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Someone reassure me that is will be the Sat. Its my daughters christening on the Sunday
Change religion now!
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Working on the assumption it is Liverpool, lets get past the" Invincible Liverpool" myth that they have traded on for years, 1 - Were playing them at a neutral venue, rather than "Fortress Anfield" - another myth incidentally. 2 - we`ve beaten them on several occasions over the last few years, they have NOTHING over us - unlike Yanited. and 3 - they are nowhere near as good as they like too talk themselves up to be, remember they got shown up completely in Europe. Its down to us and no-one else. Lets kick arse.
This.
We can do the dippers.
Yeah but it StevieMe's35th Birthday on Cup Final Day. It's written don't you know?
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From the OS in an article about Swansea tickets
Wembley semi-final tickets will be on sale in the coming days so please try to book this week to avoid any delay in your booking.
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Working on the assumption it is Liverpool, lets get past the" Invincible Liverpool" myth that they have traded on for years, 1 - Were playing them at a neutral venue, rather than "Fortress Anfield" - another myth incidentally. 2 - we`ve beaten them on several occasions over the last few years, they have NOTHING over us - unlike Yanited. and 3 - they are nowhere near as good as they like too talk themselves up to be, remember they got shown up completely in Europe. Its down to us and no-one else. Lets kick arse.
This.
We can do the dippers.
Yeah but it StevieMe's35th Birthday on Cup Final Day. It's written don't you know?
My son is due to enter the world on the semis weekend... That is also written ;)
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I think you are all missing the point
Rather like the BBC headline about the draw last night, I'm just mightly relieved that Arsenal and the Bindippers have been kept apart
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Last ten games versus Blackburn.
W7 D1 L2
Last ten games versus Liverpool.
W3 D2 L5
Whoever we get, we'll have a good chance.
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30% is a good chance? I would much rather have a 70% chance.
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30% is a good chance? I would much rather have a 70% chance.
A team who've been in the top four for most of that time have failed to beat us in half our matches. Now they've lost Bitey, and we're bouncing back, we'll give it one hell of a go. So yes, I'd say we've got a good chance against either team.
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30% is a good chance? I would much rather have a 70% chance.
Its 50/50 going into the penalties, which themselves are 50/50.
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30% is a good chance? I would much rather have a 70% chance.
Its 50/50 going into the penalties, which themselves are 50/50.
Is that John Gregory's half time team talk from 2000?
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30% is a good chance? I would much rather have a 70% chance.
Its 50/50 going into the penalties, which themselves are 50/50.
Everything is 50/50. It either happens or it doesn't
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30% is a good chance? I would much rather have a 70% chance.
Its 50/50 going into the penalties, which themselves are 50/50.
Everything is 50/50. It either happens or it doesn't
You'd make a terrible bookmaker.
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Whichever, we will win.
I can feel it in my bones and other bits.
StevieG's party needs to be put to bed sooner rather than later - if Blackburn don't do it, we will.
F**k 'em!
UTV!
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30% is a good chance? I would much rather have a 70% chance.
Its 50/50 going into the penalties, which themselves are 50/50.
Everything is 50/50. It either happens or it doesn't
I'm pretty sure it isn't 50/50 that i'll get paid £10m to have a threesome with Mila and Kaley.
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I'm pretty sure it isn't 50/50 that i'll get paid £10m to have a threesome with Mila and Kaley.
Hang on...... I'll just pop into the shower and ask them
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In caught my boss and his Scouse mate discussing tickets for the final today. Arrogant bastards need knocking out the cup. Then cheeky nobs think we'll be happy with our cup final beng the semi at Wembley.
At least the Devon Reds were very quiet today after losing last night.
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Most Plopsters I know aren't so confident about getting past Rovers.
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In caught my boss and his Scouse mate discussing tickets for the final today. Arrogant bastards need knocking out the cup. Then cheeky nobs think we'll be happy with our cup final beng the semi at Wembley.
At least the Devon Reds were very quiet today after losing last night.
Not much different to our fans booking accommodation in London for the LC final a couple of years ago.
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Most Plopsters I know aren't so confident about getting past Rovers.
Actually my boss is more worried about playing Blackburn than us. He thinks they'l just about get passed them and stuff us easily.
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From the OS in an article about Swansea tickets
Wembley semi-final tickets will be on sale in the coming days so please try to book this week to avoid any delay in your booking.
Do folks reckon it will be the same criteria as for the Albion match?
My mate is an ST holder and I have attended every home match except Sturk so reckon we will have to wait until after all the ST's to get seats together
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From the OS in an article about Swansea tickets
Wembley semi-final tickets will be on sale in the coming days so please try to book this week to avoid any delay in your booking.
Do folks reckon it will be the same criteria as for the Albion match?
My mate is an ST holder and I have attended every home match except Sturk so reckon we will have to wait until after all the ST's to get seats together
Depending on which end of the ground we have we'll get either just over or just under 32,000 - last year Hull had 32,011 and Sheff Utd 31,796 (Arsenal had 42,000 as Wigan only asked for 22,000). Having said that, when we played Chelsea they found a few more thousand for both clubs once the 32k had gone.
On that basis I imagine after season ticket holders anyone else who attended one of the FA Cup games might just about be ok.
Also, looking at last year's allocations, only around 5,000 were in the cheapest price bracket.
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Does anyone know how many ST holders we have this season?
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If we get Blackburn, we'll get the whole ground minus one mini bus.
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If we get Blackburn, we'll get the whole ground minus one mini bus.
Hope so as then fair weather fans like me (in terms of attending anyway) might get a chance of a ticket!
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From the OS in an article about Swansea tickets
Wembley semi-final tickets will be on sale in the coming days so please try to book this week to avoid any delay in your booking.
Do folks reckon it will be the same criteria as for the Albion match?
My mate is an ST holder and I have attended every home match except Sturk so reckon we will have to wait until after all the ST's to get seats together
Depending on which end of the ground we have we'll get either just over or just under 32,000 - last year Hull had 32,011 and Sheff Utd 31,796 (Arsenal had 42,000 as Wigan only asked for 22,000). Having said that, when we played Chelsea they found a few more thousand for both clubs once the 32k had gone.
On that basis I imagine after season ticket holders anyone else who attended one of the FA Cup games might just about be ok.
Also, looking at last year's allocations, only around 5,000 were in the cheapest price bracket.
Ta for that
As I thought I shall get a ticket for the semi but doubtful for the Final
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Wembley semi-final tickets will be on sale in the coming days so please try to book this week to avoid any delay in your booking.
I can't see how the tickets for the semi-final can be printed or go on sale if we dont know who we're playing yet.
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Wembley semi-final tickets will be on sale in the coming days so please try to book this week to avoid any delay in your booking.
I can't see how the tickets for the semi-final can be printed or go on sale if we dont know who we're playing yet.
Pretty easy
Just print the ticket saying Aston Villa v who cares
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I think the Blackburn v Liverpool replay is on the 8th April.
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If its the Scousers, i just really hope whoever the ref` is, he doesnt have his "I want to do Steven Gerrard a favour" head on, it`s about time we had a break from the officials shafting us at Wembley.
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I'm pretty sure that when we got to the League Cup Final in 2010 we didn't get our tickets when we bought them from the ticket office - they were posted out afterwards. I presume the same system will apply here.
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Hopefully things will go smoother than they did in 2010. Back then the website crashed and I couldn't get thro' by phone, so I ended up driving from 'Nam to B6 to buy my ticket in person.
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Hopefully things will go smoother than they did in 2010. Back then the website crashed and I couldn't get thro' by phone, so I ended up driving from 'Nam to B6 to buy my ticket in person.
I got through in 2010 without a problem for the league cup final. Think I purchased over the phone for the Semi Final.
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Just spoke to TO
Nothing to report as such
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Spoke to them earlier and they said expect an announcement by Friday
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Yeah they said to me check the website towards the end of the week.
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I've got one of them Villa cash cards does that count for anything ?
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I've got one of them Villa cash cards does that count for anything ?
If it's this season's then yes. Next priority after ST holders.
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Massively jealous of you boys and girls going down to Wembley. Will need to find some Blackburn supporters to watch the game with. Friendly banter is always good.
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Massively jealous of you boys and girls going down to Wembley. Will need to find some Blackburn supporters to watch the game with. Friendly banter is always good.
Or you could throws seats at them and then pass it off as nothing of note. Maybe ask to pay for the damaged seats, that seems to make such things perfectly acceptable.
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I've got one of them Villa cash cards does that count for anything ?
If it's this season's then yes. Next priority after ST holders.
really, even if you've only been to a handful of matches
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Wembley semi-final tickets will be on sale in the coming days so please try to book this week to avoid any delay in your booking.
I can't see how the tickets for the semi-final can be printed or go on sale if we dont know who we're playing yet.
Whyever not? They don't have the club name on them and we'll get the same allocation regardless.
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Massively jealous of you boys and girls going down to Wembley. Will need to find some Blackburn supporters to watch the game with. Friendly banter is always good.
Then you've just got to find some Reading fans to banter with over the Final.
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Wembley semi-final tickets will be on sale in the coming days so please try to book this week to avoid any delay in your booking.
I can't see how the tickets for the semi-final can be printed or go on sale if we dont know who we're playing yet.
Pretty easy
Just print the ticket saying Aston Villa v who cares
Just because they're selling tickets now doesn't mean they actually have them now. They don't even need to be printed they'll be sold electronically and then posted out whenever.
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I've got one of them Villa cash cards does that count for anything ?
If it's this season's then yes. Next priority after ST holders.
really, even if you've only been to a handful of matches
What's a Villa cash card?
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I've got one of them Villa cash cards does that count for anything ?
If it's this season's then yes. Next priority after ST holders.
really, even if you've only been to a handful of matches
Yes.
This was for the Albion game.
Supporters can buy up to six tickets per transaction but all sales MUST be for supporters who fulfil the booking criteria.
On Thursday February 19, tickets are on sale to season card holders who have attended all three previous home 2014-15 FA Cup matches.
On Friday February 20 (9am-2pm), season card holders who have attended two home 2014-15 FA Cup matches can purchase tickets.
On Friday February 20 from 2pm-6pm, season card holders who have attended one home 2014-15 FA Cup matches can purchase tickets.
On Saturday February 21 (9am-1pm and post-match), tickets are on sale to 2014-15 season card holders - in person and online.
On Monday February 23, season card holders can snap up tickets across all channels.
On Tuesday February 24, tickets are on sale to season card holders and Villa cash members.
On Wednesday February 25 (9am-2pm), supporters with a booking history who have attended six 2014-15 home matches can buy tickets.
On Wednesday February 25 (2pm-6pm), supporters with a booking history who have attended four 2014-15 home matches can buy tickets.
On Thursday February 26, tickets are on sale to supporters who have bought tickets to two 2014-15 home matches.
On Friday February 27, tickets are on sale with a varied AVFC booking history.
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I've got one of them Villa cash cards does that count for anything ?
If it's this season's then yes. Next priority after ST holders.
really, even if you've only been to a handful of matches
What's a Villa cash card?
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/villacash
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I got one in the summer, mainly because of getting the cashback.
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I'd be stunned if the club offer the same for Wembley tickets. Surely they'll want some proof of actually going to a match this season, regardless.
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We only have 17500 season ticket holders so there should be about the same again to go round.
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I'd be stunned if the club offer the same for Wembley tickets. Surely they'll want some proof of actually going to a match this season, regardless.
I'll be surprised if they don't. They advertised them as higher priority for tickets, I doubt they'll change that now that demand will actually be there for tickets.
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I'd be stunned if the club offer the same for Wembley tickets. Surely they'll want some proof of actually going to a match this season, regardless.
I'll be surprised if they don't. They advertised them as higher priority for tickets, I doubt they'll change that now that demand will actually be there for tickets.
Yikes. Well, if that's what they're advertised as. Seems unfair on those without s/t's who have been to the cup games so far, mind.
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I wonder if any priority would be given to those who buy this "Final 5" deal they've got going at the moment?
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I wonder if any priority would be given to those who buy this "Final 5" deal they've got going at the moment?
I doubt it, i'd imagine it will just be 5 games on your booking history.
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I'd be stunned if the club offer the same for Wembley tickets. Surely they'll want some proof of actually going to a match this season, regardless.
I'll be surprised if they don't. They advertised them as higher priority for tickets, I doubt they'll change that now that demand will actually be there for tickets.
Yikes. Well, if that's what they're advertised as. Seems unfair on those without s/t's who have been to the cup games so far, mind.
Not really, i'd imagine anyone who got one in the summer did so for the cashback, which you only get by spending money with the club. I seriously doubt anyone bought one for the possibility of Wembley tickets.
I've got a VC card but i've also been to about 15 games this season, including all the cup games and i'll be at the last batch as well. It just made sense to get one with the money I spend at the club over a season on tickets and merchandise, so at the end of season I buy something from the shop that in reality is free because it's bought using VC.
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I wonder if any priority would be given to those who buy this "Final 5" deal they've got going at the moment?
I doubt it, i'd imagine it will just be 5 games on your booking history.
You're probably right. I got one anyway. #jumpingonthebandwagon
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I seriously doubt anyone bought one for the possibility of Wembley tickets.
That's kind of my point. Yet here we are.
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I seriously doubt anyone bought one for the possibility of Wembley tickets.
That's kind of my point. Yet here we are.
And you missed my point that the people who have them, have them because they are spending money with the club.
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I seriously doubt anyone bought one for the possibility of Wembley tickets.
That's kind of my point. Yet here we are.
I did, I knew it was going to be our year
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Massively jealous of you boys and girls going down to Wembley. Will need to find some Blackburn supporters to watch the game with. Friendly banter is always good.
After watching the game on TV, make sure you sit in your motionless car for 3 hours to give it the real Wembley feel.
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I seriously doubt anyone bought one for the possibility of Wembley tickets.
That's kind of my point. Yet here we are.
And you missed my point that the people who have them, have them because they are spending money with the club.
I saw your point but didn't pick up on it as I don't think you can make that claim, unless you know how every single person is using their VC cards. "Spending money with the club" is ambiguous; while it suggests ticket purchases, "Spending money on the club" =/= ticket purchases.
So that brings me to my point again; people may well have them but not used them for cup tickets, or any tickets at all, but now have the chance at getting tix to Wembley before others who have gone to the games.
Actually, I'm just annoyed that I didn't think to get one ;)
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Massively jealous of you boys and girls going down to Wembley. Will need to find some Blackburn supporters to watch the game with. Friendly banter is always good.
After watching the game on TV, make sure you sit in your motionless car for 3 hours to give it the real Wembley feel.
Sitting in a coach leaving London at 1mph in 2000 surrounded by gloating Chelsea fans really was living the dream.
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I seriously doubt anyone bought one for the possibility of Wembley tickets.
That's kind of my point. Yet here we are.
I did, I knew it was going to be our year
Any chance of this Saturdays lottery numbers, John?
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Massively jealous of you boys and girls going down to Wembley. Will need to find some Blackburn supporters to watch the game with. Friendly banter is always good.
After watching the game on TV, make sure you sit in your motionless car for 3 hours to give it the real Wembley feel.
I guess that must have been really lucky in all my Wembley trips because I've never had any problem getting away. As soon as the final whistle goes I immediately start running (well, what passes for running) for the car/Tube.
If driving, make sure not to head back towards the North Circular, head through the houses in the direction of Harrow.
I may however make an exception and hang around to watch Fab lift the cup.
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Massively jealous of you boys and girls going down to Wembley. Will need to find some Blackburn supporters to watch the game with. Friendly banter is always good.
After watching the game on TV, make sure you sit in your motionless car for 3 hours to give it the real Wembley feel.
I guess that must have been really lucky in all my Wembley trips because I've never had any problem getting away. As soon as the final whistle goes I immediately start running (well, what passes for running) for the car/Tube.
If driving, make sure not to head back towards the North Circular, head through the houses in the direction of Harrow.
I may however make an exception and hang around to watch Fab lift the c.
I've never had a problem getting away even when I've been to watch England.
I always get the overhead to Marylebone from Wembley Park. Then you're only 20 minutes from Euston.
Easy enough to do.
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I haven't got a season ticket this year for the first time in 15 years, but I've still been to 9 home games so should have no worries with Wembley tickets. As our semi-final allocation is higher than our average attendance anyone who's attended games this year should have no problems. Wouldn't be surprised if the semi final tickets went on general sale.
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Massively jealous of you boys and girls going down to Wembley. Will need to find some Blackburn supporters to watch the game with. Friendly banter is always good.
Have a skinfull, get a flag and a can of beer and scale a lampost bare chested and sit atop of said lampost waving flag and drinking from can.
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Massively jealous of you boys and girls going down to Wembley. Will need to find some Blackburn supporters to watch the game with. Friendly banter is always good.
Have a skinfull, get a flag and a can of beer and scale a lampost bare chested and sit atop of said lampost waving flag and drinking from can.
thanks for the suggestions chaps. Certainly will combine getting wrecked, new Villa full back and chest tattoos, celebrating wildly a top a lamp post, before taking an eternity to drive home, finally getting arrested. I'll try and fit in a fight and being on the receiving end of some causal racism too to complete the experience.
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I haven't got a season ticket this year for the first time in 15 years, but I've still been to 9 home games so should have no worries with Wembley tickets. As our semi-final allocation is higher than our average attendance anyone who's attended games this year should have no problems. Wouldn't be surprised if the semi final tickets went on general sale.
I hope so for fair weather (in terms of attending) fans like me. And even when I have attended more, it has nearly always been away games
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It won't be general sale but I wouldn't be surprised if the criteria ends up similar to the quarter final.
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Massively jealous of you boys and girls going down to Wembley. Will need to find some Blackburn supporters to watch the game with. Friendly banter is always good.
Have a skinfull, get a flag and a can of beer and scale a lampost bare chested and sit atop of said lampost waving flag and drinking from can.
thanks for the suggestions chaps. Certainly will combine getting wrecked, new Villa full back and chest tattoos, celebrating wildly a top a lamp post, before taking an eternity to drive home, finally getting arrested. I'll try and fit in a fight and being on the receiving end of some causal racism too to complete the experience.
Its incredible I've seen it the last 3 times I've been to Wembley (2 Villa, 1 Huddersfield), Outside the Greyhound pub there is always someone on top of the lampost. I can't climb a lampost when sober let alone when pissed holding flags and beer.
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This could yet be a fantastic season for us.
PL survival.
FA Cup winners for the 8th time.
European football confirmed for next season.
How great would that be?
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Somebody at work the other day reckoned The Greyhound has shut.
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This could yet be a fantastic season for us.
PL survival.
FA Cup winners for the 8th time.
European football confirmed for next season.
How great would that be?
Well, if I'm being picky, Ill just take the first 2. It's harder to get out of the Europa League than to get into it
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According to Talkshite Arsenal have been given 32'000 for their semi final so cant see us been given anymore than that.
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According to Talkshite Arsenal have been given 32'000 for their semi final so cant see us been given anymore than that.
That's about right, if Blackburn beat Liverpool we may get more
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I haven't got a season ticket this year for the first time in 15 years, but I've still been to 9 home games so should have no worries with Wembley tickets. As our semi-final allocation is higher than our average attendance anyone who's attended games this year should have no problems. Wouldn't be surprised if the semi final tickets went on general sale.
I'm not sure I agree with your logic. You are assuming its the same people turning up every match. If we have 20k ST each match and, say average 30k each game we have 10k non ST for those games. Unless its exactly the same 10k the number of attendees is more than the average. I think it will be more difficult for tickets than you expect.
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Guzan has been speaking about the semi final and says he wont push the Given position. Personally I think sentiment should play no part, I'd stick Guzan in now.
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Guzan has been speaking about the semi final and says he wont push the Given position. Personally I think sentiment should play no part, I'd stick Guzan in now.
That's the Given who's made crucial saves at crucial times in the last two rounds to help us get through?
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Guzan is better than Given. For talk of being harsh on Given, Guzan missed out on both our Wembley trips last time having played a large part in our progress to that point.
Also, with the switch to the one-game-no-replay format, there is a decent chance we might need to win a penalty shoot-out to go through and I'd be far more confident of Brad stopping them than Shay.
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I would stick with Given myself. His recent form has been good and he has plenty of big match experience which Guzan doesn't. But of course I could understand the decision if Brad did get the nod.
Another reason I am hoping for us to get Blackburn is that we SHOULD get extra tickets and I will have a better chance of getting in.
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This could yet be a fantastic season for us.
PL survival.
FA Cup winners for the 8th time.
European football confirmed for next season.
I alluded to this in an earlier thread.
What a strannge season this could turn out to be.
How great would that be?
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The tie could go to penalties, guzan doesn't get nowhere near them any more.
Given has been brilliant in the cup games and the way he conducted himself when he was managed by that tit lambert.
Given for me .
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No one is as bad as not saving pens at the Villa as friedel
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I'd keep Given. Brad will get his chance in the CL final in two years.
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Any news yet on when they'll announce which game is on which day and at what time ?
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Arsenal reckon they're getting 32,000 tickets and they aint happy
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20150312/club-disappointed-by-ticket-allocation
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Arsenal reckon they're getting 32,000 tickets and they aint happy
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20150312/club-disappointed-by-ticket-allocation
Its their own fault. Include cup games in season tickets to justify stupid prices/greed, when you get to the final / semi-final with a lower allocation than season ticket holders its obvious a proportion of that group are going to be disappointed.
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Any news yet on when they'll announce which game is on which day and at what time ?
it's chelsea v man united 5.30pm on the saturday on sky.
common sense tells you it'll be the arsenal semi-final on saturday lunch time, but common sense also said the villa v wba wouldn't be on a saturday evening...
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Arsenal reckon they're getting 32,000 tickets and they aint happy
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20150312/club-disappointed-by-ticket-allocation
Its their own fault. Include cup games in season tickets to justify stupid prices/greed, when you get to the final / semi-final with a lower allocation than season ticket holders its obvious a proportion of that group are going to be disappointed.
Maybe, but Wembley holds 90,000 and the clubs only get 64,000 tickets. That's the real scandal - every year
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I haven't got a season ticket this year for the first time in 15 years, but I've still been to 9 home games so should have no worries with Wembley tickets. As our semi-final allocation is higher than our average attendance anyone who's attended games this year should have no problems. Wouldn't be surprised if the semi final tickets went on general sale.
I'm not sure I agree with your logic. You are assuming its the same people turning up every match. If we have 20k ST each match and, say average 30k each game we have 10k non ST for those games. Unless its exactly the same 10k the number of attendees is more than the average. I think it will be more difficult for tickets than you expect.
IIRC the Carling Cup Final allocation in 2010 ended up being on sale to anyone who had been to 2 or more home games. Considering we were averaging 5k+ more then than we are now, I'd say most people who've been to a game this year have a good chance.
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I haven't got a season ticket this year for the first time in 15 years, but I've still been to 9 home games so should have no worries with Wembley tickets. As our semi-final allocation is higher than our average attendance anyone who's attended games this year should have no problems. Wouldn't be surprised if the semi final tickets went on general sale.
I'm not sure I agree with your logic. You are assuming its the same people turning up every match. If we have 20k ST each match and, say average 30k each game we have 10k non ST for those games. Unless its exactly the same 10k the number of attendees is more than the average. I think it will be more difficult for tickets than you expect.
IIRC the Carling Cup Final allocation in 2010 ended up being on sale to anyone who had been to 2 or more home games. Considering we were averaging 5k+ more then than we are now, I'd say most people who've been to a game this year have a good chance.
Cubs in the League Cup get more allocation of tickets than in the FAC
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Cubs in the League Cup get more allocation of tickets than in the FAC
What do the scouts get?
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Any news yet on when they'll announce which game is on which day and at what time ?
It does seem to be taking a very long time doesn't it? As someone said, I think ours will be Sunday and Arsenal's Semi on Saturday lunchtime.
Re allocations, unfortunately this will never change, especially whilst there's 17,500 Club Wembley corporate clients talking up the entire Middle tier that need looking after.
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Cubs in the League Cup get more allocation of tickets than in the FAC
What do the scouts get?
But surely you can only use those numbers as a Guide?
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Cubs in the League Cup get more allocation of tickets than in the FAC
What do the scouts get?
Arf.
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Any news yet on when they'll announce which game is on which day and at what time ?
It does seem to be taking a very long time doesn't it? As someone said, I think ours will be Sunday and Arsenal's Semi on Saturday lunchtime.
Re allocations, unfortunately this will never change, especially whilst there's 17,500 Club Wembley corporate clients talking up the entire Middle tier that need looking after.
I have been trying to popularise the phrase "corporate ringpiece" to describe this and its equivalent at Arsenal.
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Its not just corporate clients in the middle tier at Wembley. Ordinary Club Wembley seat holders are in there as well.
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Final details of Semi Final tickets & KO on OS as from Monday .
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They are hoping to start selling them Wednesday.
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Arsenal reckon they're getting 32,000 tickets and they aint happy
http://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20150312/club-disappointed-by-ticket-allocation
Its their own fault. Include cup games in season tickets to justify stupid prices/greed, when you get to the final / semi-final with a lower allocation than season ticket holders its obvious a proportion of that group are going to be disappointed.
platinum and gold members will get priority amongst the arsenal supporters...obviously
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Cubs in the League Cup get more allocation of tickets than in the FAC
What do the scouts get?
But surely you can only use those numbers as a Guide?
I am sure the club are" beavering" on behind the scenes to secure as many tickets as they can
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Cubs in the League Cup get more allocation of tickets than in the FAC
What do the scouts get?
Nathan Baker got into hot water.
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Cubs in the League Cup get more allocation of tickets than in the FAC
What do the scouts get?
But surely you can only use those numbers as a Guide?
I am sure the club are" beavering" on behind the scenes to secure as many tickets as they can
Trying to think how to fit Brownies into this pun
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Cubs in the League Cup get more allocation of tickets than in the FAC
What do the scouts get?
But surely you can only use those numbers as a Guide?
I am sure the club are" beavering" on behind the scenes to secure as many tickets as they can
We just have to wait to see woggle happen.
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Is there a bloke down there called Bob who, has just got a job?
Very, very sorry.
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Is there a bloke down there called Bob who, has just got a job?
Very, very sorry.
That is so bad I think you should beg for forgiveness - but be careful not to kneel in any mud or you'll end up with brown knees
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Hotels booked today, few scoops on the Saturday night whatever day we play.
This is what football should be about!
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So Ladies and Gents any idea when tickets will be available?
I go on a 3 week holiday flying out Sunday 22/3 return 11/4 so getting a little concerned. May have to do it online whilst away!
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So Ladies and Gents any idea when tickets will be available?
I go on a 3 week holiday flying out Sunday 22/3 return 11/4 so getting a little concerned. May have to do it online whilst away!
The club said they hope to announce details tomorrow and start selling them on Weds. So assuming they do it will depend when the priority reaches you. I doubt it will be much different to the QF.
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Is it too straightforward to suggest that if you have a QF ticket you should qualify for a semi final one? You'll have met the criteria already and there are enough to go around. Why over complicate it?
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Is it too straightforward to suggest that if you have a QF ticket you should qualify for a semi final one? You'll have met the criteria already and there are enough to go around. Why over complicate it?
1) We had more of our supporters at the quarter final than we'll get tickets for the semi.
2) There will be season ticket holders who didn't go to the quarter final, for whatever reason.
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Is it too straightforward to suggest that if you have a QF ticket you should qualify for a semi final one? You'll have met the criteria already and there are enough to go around. Why over complicate it?
Na, why should a fan who has been to just one game all season have precedent over a season ticket holder or anyone who's been to more than just an FA Cup 1/4 final?
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It doesnt need to be complicated ....
Season ticket holders 1st priority
then preference in order of home matches attended per client ref.
The only thing id change is only sell over the counter ...
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It doesnt need to be complicated ....
Season ticket holders 1st priority
then preference in order of home matches attended per client ref.
The only thing id change is only sell over the counter ...
The priority system for the QF was fine. And you want the ticket office at VP and in town to deal with 32,000 people? And ST holders like UKRedsox, for example, should have to drive up round trip of a few hours to get his ticket?
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It doesnt need to be complicated ....
Season ticket holders 1st priority
then preference in order of home matches attended per client ref.
The only thing id change is only sell over the counter ...
The priority system for the QF was fine. And you want the ticket office at VP and in town to deal with 32,000 people? And ST holders like UKRedsox, for example, should have to drive up round trip of a few hours to get his ticket?
whichever way they do it someone will always feel hard done by or inconvenienced.
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And over the counter only will make it the most inconvenient for the most people.
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It doesnt need to be complicated ....
Season ticket holders 1st priority
then preference in order of home matches attended per client ref.
The only thing id change is only sell over the counter ...
The priority system for the QF was fine. And you want the ticket office at VP and in town to deal with 32,000 people? And ST holders like UKRedsox, for example, should have to drive up round trip of a few hours to get his ticket?
Its what I had to do in 2010 when the website crashed and the phone lines were jammed.
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I'm not bothered what the criteria is, as long as I get one
#selfishavfcfan
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It doesnt need to be complicated ....
Season ticket holders 1st priority
then preference in order of home matches attended per client ref.
The only thing id change is only sell over the counter ...
The priority system for the QF was fine. And you want the ticket office at VP and in town to deal with 32,000 people? And ST holders like UKRedsox, for example, should have to drive up round trip of a few hours to get his ticket?
whichever way they do it someone will always feel hard done by or inconvenienced.
That's all well and good if you live in or near Birmingham, I live in Bournemouth, I cant exactly just pop into the City centre to get my ticket!!!
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These glory hunting southerners really get on my goat!
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Well said Dave! Hopefully we will all get a ticket without bother.
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Im garanteed a ticked but im not going
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I did not renew my ST this year for the first time in 16+ years. This season I have attended every home league game (apart from the West Brom mid-week match) and every FA Cup home match with Freddy and PWS. I do not have a Villa Cash card. Not sure how I stand (or hopefully sit!) with this criteria.
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Im garanteed a ticked but im not going
Can I buy it off you then?
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I did not renew my ST this year for the first time in 16+ years. This season I have attended every home league game (apart from the West Brom mid-week match) and every FA Cup home match with Freddy and PWS. I do not have a Villa Cash card. Not sure how I stand (or hopefully sit!) with this criteria.
Based on our attendances this season, which 32,000 people do you think will have been to more games than that which mean that you won't be able to?
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Hopefully not many.
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You'll get a semi ticket a piece of piss Leeg.
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I want three, bloody no chance... Telly it is, scarfs on etc
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I did not renew my ST this year for the first time in 16+ years. This season I have attended every home league game (apart from the West Brom mid-week match) and every FA Cup home match with Freddy and PWS. I do not have a Villa Cash card. Not sure how I stand (or hopefully sit!) with this criteria.
Should be ok - I only missed the Stoke match this season and everyone who attended the Orient match should get a free ticket anyway!!!
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I did not renew my ST this year for the first time in 16+ years. This season I have attended every home league game (apart from the West Brom mid-week match) and every FA Cup home match with Freddy and PWS. I do not have a Villa Cash card. Not sure how I stand (or hopefully sit!) with this criteria.
Should be ok - I only missed the Stoke match this season and everyone who attended the Orient match should get a free ticket anyway!!!
Those who went to the Parma and Orient games should get a free ST for life!
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I did not renew my ST this year for the first time in 16+ years. This season I have attended every home league game (apart from the West Brom mid-week match) and every FA Cup home match with Freddy and PWS. I do not have a Villa Cash card. Not sure how I stand (or hopefully sit!) with this criteria.
Based on our attendances this season, which 32,000 people do you think will have been to more games than that which mean that you won't be able to?
All of them if the club have got any sense.
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It doesnt need to be complicated ....
Season ticket holders 1st priority
then preference in order of home matches attended per client ref.
The only thing id change is only sell over the counter ...
Yeah, fuck the away supporters.....
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It doesnt need to be complicated ....
Season ticket holders 1st priority
then preference in order of home matches attended per client ref.
The only thing id change is only sell over the counter ...
Yeah, fuck the away supporters.....
Dont away supporters on the whole tend to be regular home supporters?
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Any official word on the rescheduling of the QPR game? it was due to Monday night football on Sky on 20th April and realistically our only winnable game in the month. But it should get rescheduled due to the semi final.
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Any official word on the rescheduling of the QPR game? it was due to Monday night football on Sky on 20th April and realistically our only winnable game in the month. But it should get rescheduled due to the semi final.
It is rescheduled. No date yet, I reckon May.
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Any official word on the rescheduling of the QPR game? it was due to Monday night football on Sky on 20th April and realistically our only winnable game in the month. But it should get rescheduled due to the semi final.
It is rescheduled. No date yet, I reckon May.
It will be moved to the last week of the season probably
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Burnley and QPR in the last week of the season. Could be interesting.
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It doesnt need to be complicated ....
Season ticket holders 1st priority
then preference in order of home matches attended per client ref.
The only thing id change is only sell over the counter ...
Yeah, fuck the away supporters.....
How many away supporters don't go to home games?
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It doesnt need to be complicated ....
Season ticket holders 1st priority
then preference in order of home matches attended per client ref.
The only thing id change is only sell over the counter ...
Yeah, fuck the away supporters.....
How many away supporters don't go to home games?
me, for the last 2 years
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It doesnt need to be complicated ....
Season ticket holders 1st priority
then preference in order of home matches attended per client ref.
The only thing id change is only sell over the counter ...
Yeah, fuck the away supporters.....
How many away supporters don't go to home games?
me, for the last 2 years
Except for Chico.
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I was up for the Albion Cup game and I might be up for Swansea at the weekend ( I promised the kids I'd take them to see European opposition)
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It doesnt need to be complicated ....
Season ticket holders 1st priority
then preference in order of home matches attended per client ref.
The only thing id change is only sell over the counter ...
Yeah, fuck the away supporters.....
How many away supporters don't go to home games?
me, for the last 2 years
Except for Chico.
There's about 15 of our supporters club.
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There's about 15 of our supporters club
Are they all coming up on Saturday on your Merry Pranksters' Fun Bus, Ken Kesey?
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There's about 15 of our supporters club
Are they all coming up on Saturday on your Merry Pranksters' Fun Bus, Ken Kesey?
Nah, poor turnout, ironic that you're going but not on the coach, mind you best to get problems ironed out on the first one and learn from mistakes.
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It doesnt need to be complicated ....
Season ticket holders 1st priority
then preference in order of home matches attended per client ref.
The only thing id change is only sell over the counter ...
Yeah, fuck the away supporters.....
How many away supporters don't go to home games?
me, for the last 2 years
In both camps - rarely get to home games but make away London games.
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It doesnt need to be complicated ....
Season ticket holders 1st priority
then preference in order of home matches attended per client ref.
The only thing id change is only sell over the counter ...
Yeah, fuck the away supporters.....
How many away supporters don't go to home games?
me, for the last 2 years
In both camps - rarely get to home games but make away London games.
Confuicius say "fuck this trying to please all the people bollox, me first"
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Details of tickets on the OS, although no date for the fixture yet
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Ticket details have been confirmed for Villa's FA Cup semi-final match against either Blackburn Rovers or Liverpool.
We are still awaiting a date and kick-off time for the Wembley encounter but there is an allocation of 31,799.
Ticket prices are: Category 1 - £63 [adults], £53 [concessions], Category 2 - £53 [adults], £43 [concessions], Category 3 - £43 [adults], 33 [concessions], Category 4 - £33 [adults], £23 [concessions].
Concessions are U18s, young adults, students [full-time with NUS, Armed Forces and O65s.
Please note that, of the tickets available for purchase, the large majority are Category 2 or 3.
Please also be aware that on completion of the below criteria dates, there will still be availability for other supporters.
Therefore we will be announcing more criteria dates in due course.
Disabled ticket prices are £33 [adults], £23 [concessions] for both wheelchair and ambulant disabled - 100 pairs.
All disabled seating includes a complimentary personal assistant.
There will be coach travel available - all will depart from Villa Park - date and time depending on fixture TBC.
Car park spaces can be purchased for £30 and £65 for coaches via www.wembleyofficialparking.com or by calling 0208 795 1758.
(http://www.avfc.co.uk/javaImages/0/25/0,,10265~13575424,00.jpg)
mportant information
Villa supporters will be located in the West Stand at Wembley Stadium.
Priority of sale is being given to season card holders who have held a season ticket for a consecutive number of years and regularly attended FA Cup fixtures throughout the 2014-15 season.
Season card holders can only secure their semi-final tickets on or from their designated sales window as outlined above.
Supporters trying to purchase on a day prior to their sales window will not be permitted to do so.
2014-15 season card holders have the opportunity to purchase a ticket for this match until the end of Wednesday April 1, so supporters are advised to wait until their sales window in order to purchase.
Tickets are available to purchase on a strict one-per Client Reference number only basis and any supporters looking to purchase multiple tickets should present all relevant Client Reference numbers at point-of-sale.
Supporters will be able to purchase up to six tickets per transaction to ensure that ticket requests can be handled fairly and efficiently.
Supporters requiring more than six will need to call/visit the Ticket Office and re-join the queue to purchase extras.
FA Cup semi-final tickets cannot be purchased from the City Centre Store
Tickets will be delivered to supporters by Recorded Delivery.
Terms of Sale information
Price categorisation of tickets is set and specified by Wembley Stadium and The Football Association. Aston Villa does not influence this whatsoever.
Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.
These tickets are sold subject to Wembley Stadium's conditions of issue and ground regulations. Details of which can be found on our official website.
Other important information
Hospitality bookings are to be looked after by our dedicated Hospitality and Events Department - call 0800 612 0960.
Juniors under the age of 16 cannot attend without an adult.
Children over the age of 6 months require a match ticket.
Supporter Flags - Flags must not be larger than 250cm at their widest or longest section and must not contain any abusive or defamatory messaging. Flagpoles should not be longer than 1m, 1cm in diameter and must be made from wood or plastic only. Flags draped over the front of the Level 5 gantry must not obstruct supporters' view below.
Further, up to date, information, including travel, will be released closer to matchday.
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Literally no chance of me going then. Gutted. :(
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Literally no chance of me going then. Gutted. :(
Don't give up yet!
Please also be aware that on completion of the below criteria dates, there will still be availability for other supporters.
Therefore we will be announcing more criteria dates in due course.
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I am probably being stupid but I can't see if you need to buy these via phone / in person or online?
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Certainly you do it on the phone and in person at the Villa Village. You can't buy semi tickets at the city centre shop though.
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Damn will be at work when my window opens . Will have to ring from the office. Hope they have more staff manning the phones .
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3rd April for me.
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First day for me but am waiting for a few others who can't get them until the Tuesday (ST holders, been to 4 FA Cup games)
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Does it say anywhere how many tickets we are getting in total ?
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Does it say anywhere how many tickets we are getting in total ?
Second line of the post!
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Certainly you do it on the phone and in person at the Villa Village. You can't buy semi tickets at the city centre shop though.
Thanks - I wonder if you can buy online?
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Does it say anywhere how many tickets we are getting in total ?
Second line of the post!
Thanks
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Will they announce the date and time of match before they start selling tickets? I can only go if it's Sunday.
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Sorry to be dense but does 2+ FA Cup matches mean you must have attended more than two FA Cups games or will 2 suffice ?
Have just purchased tickets for the last five games - VCTM and Jnr (who is now considerably taller than VCTM) are back in town !
What a difference 3 wins make - fickle? why of course :)
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Will they announce the date and time of match before they start selling tickets? I can only go if it's Sunday.
If they haven't, buy one anyway when you qualify. It won't be like it will be hard to pass it on worse case scenario.
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Will they announce the date and time of match before they start selling tickets? I can only go if it's Sunday.
Perhaps the TV people are just waiting for tonight's result. Surely sales can't start on Wednesday if we haven't got a date.
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Is there likely to be a £2 booking fee on top of the ticket prices ?
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Will they announce the date and time of match before they start selling tickets? I can only go if it's Sunday.
Perhaps the TV people are just waiting for tonight's result. Surely sales can't start on Wednesday if we haven't got a date.
Why does tonight's result matter?
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Will they announce the date and time of match before they start selling tickets? I can only go if it's Sunday.
Perhaps the TV people are just waiting for tonight's result. Surely sales can't start on Wednesday if we haven't got a date.
Why does tonight's result matter?
Perhaps they think any tie involving Bradford is more attractive to viewers
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I hope this doesn't go to pot. I'm first day but there must be several thousand in that category and I can see things rolling on to the following day(s) and clogging up the system. We shall see....
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I hope this doesn't go to pot. I'm first day but there must be several thousand in that category and I can see things rolling on to the following day(s) and clogging up the system. We shall see....
They'll have worked out how many qualify for each day. It's why they know we won't sell out based on the published criteria.
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Why make it so complicated for season ticket holders , its not as tho there wont be enough tickets to go round.
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The Facebook page is very amusing, if a bit depressing about how dim some of our support is. There are people getting excited because they think that having a ST means they can buy 6 tickets.
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I can get mine next Tuesday, but will probably wait for my mate to get his on the Friday so we're all together.
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I got booking history with 11 games and there's no way I'm hanging on the phone all day so I will be taking a day off and travelling up from essex to queue up.
Anybody got any idea if season ticket holders can get tickets for ppl with booking history like they did against west brom
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Wonder if Villa Cash can be used for this?
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Why make it so complicated for season ticket holders , its not as tho there wont be enough tickets to go round.
To stagger sales.
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I can get mine next Tuesday, but will probably wait for my mate to get his on the Friday so we're all together.
I can't get mine until next month but will probably wait a day after I qualify so as me and Leeg can sit together.
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I can only think BBC are weighing up using their first pick to guarantee of Arsenal or an 80% chance of Liverpool v Villa. They won't be able to drag their heels until April 7th or whenever that replay is.
The Facebook page is very amusing, if a bit depressing about how dim some of our support is. There are people getting excited because they think that having a ST means they can buy 6 tickets.
The Twitter replies are just as good
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I got booking history with 11 games and there's no way I'm hanging on the phone all day so I will be taking a day off and travelling up from essex to queue up.
Anybody got any idea if season ticket holders can get tickets for ppl with booking history like they did against west brom
l read it as ... You can buy upto 6 tickets as long as you have 6 client refs with the correct critiria .
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I got booking history with 11 games and there's no way I'm hanging on the phone all day so I will be taking a day off and travelling up from essex to queue up.
Anybody got any idea if season ticket holders can get tickets for ppl with booking history like they did against west brom
l read it as ... You can buy upto 6 tickets as long as you have 6 client refs with the correct critiria .
Exactly how I read it too...hope so as I've been charged with getting tickets for my group of four!
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I got booking history with 11 games and there's no way I'm hanging on the phone all day so I will be taking a day off and travelling up from essex to queue up.
Anybody got any idea if season ticket holders can get tickets for ppl with booking history like they did against west brom
l read it as ... You can buy upto 6 tickets as long as you have 6 client refs with the correct critiria .
Yep, that's how the 6th round was handled.
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Wonder if Villa Cash can be used for this?
No it cant
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Wonder if Villa Cash can be used for this?
No it cant
Thanks - I've just seen an email from the ticket office I was sent earlier which confirms Villa cash can't be used. Also says sales will be online, by 'phone or personally at Villa Village. Think I'll try in that order
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Im garanteed a ticked but im not going
Can I buy it off you then?
pm ya
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Received. Thank you.
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Will they announce the date and time of match before they start selling tickets? I can only go if it's Sunday.
Perhaps the TV people are just waiting for tonight's result. Surely sales can't start on Wednesday if we haven't got a date.
Why does tonight's result matter?
Perhaps they think any tie involving Bradford is more attractive to viewers
Ah. I get you now. Sorry. Only just seen that the Reading v Bradford replay is today.
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Literally no chance of me going then. Gutted. :(
Don't give up yet!
Please also be aware that on completion of the below criteria dates, there will still be availability for other supporters.
Therefore we will be announcing more criteria dates in due course.
I share your sadness Tom. I gave up my ST after McLeish and probably attend 10 home games a season now. Ultimately the ST's should get priority so no probs with that. Just hope theres a few left over!
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Slightly disappointed with the criteria lower down. It appears that attending 2 FA Cup games takes precedence over those who have been to more league games. It doesn't apply to me as I qualify on Wednesday but that does seem a bit odd.
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I'm in the same boat as Tom and Exeter.
Season ticket holder since 1978, and gave it up just pre-McLeish but still atend 85% of Villa games.
It seems someone who wen to the FA Cup games against Albion and Leicester are better fans than me.
Seriously pissed off.
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Slightly disappointed with the criteria lower down. It appears that attending 2 FA Cup games takes precedence over those who have been to more league games. It doesn't apply to me as I qualify on Wednesday but that does seem a bit odd.
They've done it for a few years now to try and get attendances up for the earlier rounds of the cup haven't they?
I actually enjoyed the thought of attending the cup games more than the league games under the last manager. Much less pressure.
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I'm in the same boat as Tom and Exeter.
Season ticket holder since 1978, and gave it up just pre-McLeish but still atend 85% of Villa games.
It seems someone who wen to the FA Cup games against Albion and Leicester are better fans than me.
Seriously pissed off.
Yes, just noticed that. That doesn't make sense at all. Surely the total amount of games attended this season is more important than whether they were fa cup or not
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Correct me if I'm wrong but the way I read it is if you fit into any of the criteria you will definitely get a ticket. The price will just vary.
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From what I can see the club realise that even after the current criteria are sold, there will still be tickets left for general sale/alternative criteria.
No panic at all, pretty sure anyone that's been to a few games this season will get a ticket.
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From what I can see the club realise that even after the current criteria are sold, there will still be tickets left for general sale/alternative criteria.
No panic at all, pretty sure anyone that's been to a few games this season will get a ticket.
May I add, bob hope of me getting a final ticket....let's hope i have this to worry about.
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I've been told today I can have our four Club Wembley tickets from work! Which is great! I've also been told there is no chance of me having them for the final though should we get there, which is fair enough I suppose.
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Sorry to be dense but does 2+ FA Cup matches mean you must have attended more than two FA Cups games or will 2 suffice ?
Have just purchased tickets for the last five games - VCTM and Jnr (who is now considerably taller than VCTM) are back in town !
What a difference 3 wins make - fickle? why of course :)
2 or more.
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Anyone know which end we've got ?
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I can get mine next Tuesday, but will probably wait for my mate to get his on the Friday so we're all together.
Buggered if I'm waiting for Mr Shin and Legion to become eligible.😀
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Anyone know which end we've got ?
We don't know who we're playing or when yet, so I very much doubt it......
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Anyone know which end we've got ?
Yes, again it's in my original post! You need some new glasses!
"Villa supporters will be located in the West Stand at Wembley Stadium."
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I've been told today I can have our four Club Wembley tickets from work! Which is great! I've also been told there is no chance of me having them for the final though should we get there, which is fair enough I suppose.
How are you Duncan? All well I hope. Must meet up for a beer soon, like old times. Winky nudge nudge thing.
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Anyone know which end we've got ?
Yes, again it's in my original post! You need some new glasses!
"Villa supporters will be located in the West Stand at Wembley Stadium."
Whoops, shows what I know then!
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Anyone know which end we've got ?
Yes, again it's in my original post! You need some new glasses!
"Villa supporters will be located in the West Stand at Wembley Stadium."
Apologies I thought the west stand was down the side near the Royal box .
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Oh for the days of villa vouchers and queuing all night.
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Oh for the days of villa vouchers and queuing all night.
The old ways are often the best !
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Obviously ignore that is says Mansfield and Darlington!
(http://www.darlouncovered.com/FA_Trophy_Final_2011.jpg)
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Oh for the days of villa vouchers and queuing all night.
I spent all night in VP car park for a ticket for the 2000 final. Glad I don't have to do that again.
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We had the west stand v Yanited in the CC final
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Hi guys.
I once drove past Villa Park on the way to Tescos. Can anyone confirm my sale date? Alternatively, if anyone is selling their seats, I'll gladly take them off your hands at face value.
Four together and decent view preferable.
Cheers in advance guys.
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I don't have a problem with how they've done it. Season Ticket holders and regular attendees will get one anyway.
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Oh for the days of villa vouchers and queuing all night.
I spent all night in VP car park for a ticket for the 2000 final. Glad I don't have to do that again.
2000 final
+shudders+
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What are the potential KO times?
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Last year I believe it was 5pm sat and 4pm sunday.
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Hi guys.
I once drove past Villa Park on the way to Tescos. Can anyone confirm my sale date? Alternatively, if anyone is selling their seats, I'll gladly take them off your hands at face value.
Four together and decent view preferable.
Cheers in advance guys.
Well you qualify on grounds of your visit to Tescos and I was going to offer you both my tickets but I don't like being called a "guy" so jog on :)
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Last year I believe it was 5pm sat and 4pm sunday.
Chavski v Manc U is on at 5:30 on the Sat
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I assume the Saturday game will be a lunchtime KO.
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No doubt that'll have an impact then. They won't want a clash with that game.
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There's also two Premier League games on the Sun afternoon. Therefore, unless they don't mind clashes with other Premier League games, the options are:-
Sat - Noon and 19:45
Sun - 18:00 or later
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Would the Chelsea game preclude an fa cup tie at the same/similar time
There is a viewing clash tonight for instance.
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Oh for the days of villa vouchers and queuing all night.
I spent all night in VP car park for a ticket for the 2000 final. Glad I don't have to do that again.
Those were the days - does anyone need a Wimbledon league or a Darlington 3rd Round stub? Wish I hadn't bothered with hindsight that performance was a shitstain on our history.
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http://www.wiganathleticsupportersclub.co.uk/semi-final-ticket-details/
This might be useful.
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Would the Chelsea game preclude an fa cup tie at the same/similar time
There is a viewing clash tonight for instance.
Maybe da Beeb and BT would accept a clash on the Sunday but I doubt that they'd want to go up against that Saturday fixture
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Knowing how useless the FA are itll 12.30/1oclock Sunday ko. Making it as awkward as possible for both sets of fans to get there
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There's also two Premier League games on the Sun afternoon. Therefore, unless they don't mind fishes with other Premier League games, the options are:-
Sat - Noon and 19:45
Sun - 18:00 or later
Tonight Swansea v Liverpool is on the same time as Bradford v Reading so I doubt it matters if there is a clash.
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I don't have a problem with how they've done it. Season Ticket holders and regular attendees will get one anyway.
I won't.
I've been to most league games but not one FA Cup.
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Last year I believe it was 5pm sat and 4pm sunday.
Chavski v Manc U is on at 5:30 on the Sat
God forbid that could mean an FA Cup semi final kicking off at 3.00PM on a Saturday.
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I would guess that the reasons for the delay in announcing the dates and times are 1) to see who wins tonight before the BBC pick their game, and 2) to see how Arsenal get on tomorrow. If they get through (unlikely) the next round of the CL is the Tues/Wed after the FA Cup semis, therefore they would have to play on the Saturday at Wembley.
If this is the case, we won't find out til at least Wednesday.
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Hi guys.
I once drove past Villa Park on the way to Tescos. Can anyone confirm my sale date? Alternatively, if anyone is selling their seats, I'll gladly take them off your hands at face value.
Four together and decent view preferable.
Cheers in advance guys.
Well you qualify on grounds of your visit to Tescos and I was going to offer you both my tickets but I don't like being called a "guy" so jog on :)
No probs Geez. If you change your mind, I'll be in The Green Man on match day. Cracking pub, full of Villa.
Laters.
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I don't have a problem with how they've done it. Season Ticket holders and regular attendees will get one anyway.
I won't.
I've been to most league games but not one FA Cup.
April 9th you can get one.
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I would guess that the reasons for the delay in announcing the dates and times are 1) to see who wins tonight before the BBC pick their game, and 2) to see how Arsenal get on tomorrow. If they get through (unlikely) the next round of the CL is the Tues/Wed after the FA Cup semis, therefore they would have to play on the Saturday at Wembley.
If this is the case, we won't find out til at least Wednesday.
That sounds logical.
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I've been told today I can have our four Club Wembley tickets from work! Which is great! I've also been told there is no chance of me having them for the final though should we get there, which is fair enough I suppose.
Go in to work tomorrow, throw a strop and say "fuck your tickets, unless I get them for the final you can shove em up ya arse" and see what happens.
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I've been told today I can have our four Club Wembley tickets from work! Which is great! I've also been told there is no chance of me having them for the final though should we get there, which is fair enough I suppose.
Go in to work tomorrow, throw a strop and say "fuck your tickets, unless I get them for the final you can shove em up ya arse" and see what happens.
Mmm, might just work!
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I've been told today I can have our four Club Wembley tickets from work! Which is great! I've also been told there is no chance of me having them for the final though should we get there, which is fair enough I suppose.
Go in to work tomorrow, throw a strop and say "fuck your tickets, unless I get them for the final you can shove em up ya arse" and see what happens.
Mmm, might just work!
If you need someone to represent you in your subsequent Employment Tribunal claim just give me a shout.
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I wonder if Lawro will be talking about the dark days of football again given the horrific scenes at the Madejski...
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I've been told today I can have our four Club Wembley tickets from work! Which is great! I've also been told there is no chance of me having them for the final though should we get there, which is fair enough I suppose.
Go in to work tomorrow, throw a strop and say "fuck your tickets, unless I get them for the final you can shove em up ya arse" and see what happens.
Mmm, might just work!
If you need someone to represent you in your subsequent Employment Tribunal claim just give me a shout.
If your Boss is then struggling to off load 4 Club Wembley tickets please get him to PM me.
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I wonder if Lawro will be talking about the dark days of football again given the horrific scenes at the Madejski...
Those flares on the pitch. It was like the dark days of the 70s
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Judging by the other Saturday fixtures I would guess we will be the Sunday game because on the Saturday Smethwick are away at Palace and Small Heath are at Watford without even looking at the other London games.
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It will be decided by BBC and BT and not by where Smethwick and Small Heath are playing.
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If we played on the Sunday we'd still take more down on Saturday than the other two put together.
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Judging by the other Saturday fixtures I would guess we will be the Sunday game because on the Saturday Smethwick are away at Palace and Small Heath are at Watford without even looking at the other London games.
Why on earth would that affect which TV company chooses which game?
And what do you think would have happened had we missed Albion in the quarters and met them in the semi.. played the first half in front of their fans in the Saturday and the second half in front of us on Sunday?
The only other game that would be taken into consideration would be if Arsenal go through in the Champions League tomorrow.
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It will be decided by BBC and BT and not by where Smethwick and Small Heath are playing.
Probably - but after the fall out from the immediate aftermath of the quarter final some police somewhere might want more of a say. It was like a return to the eighties after all. Sorry - the sarcasm intended didn't come across.
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If we played on the Sunday we'd still take more down on Saturday than the other two put together.
Arf!
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The Met manage to deal with Millwall hunting out Spurs and West Ham every other week, I reckon they can cope with our lesser neighbours being 10 miles away.
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It's more a question of people sharing trains, possibly meeting at the London stations etc. I think this will be a Sunday game.
Who actually gets first pick on the cup semi final seeing as BT got the Liverpool replay. If it's BBC they'll probably put it on Saturday evening for ratings while BT will have the Sunday game
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It should be done by geography & which is most convenient for the fans .
But it wont be, itll be whatever suits Arsenal & their easiest possible progress in the Champions League.
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It should be done by geography & which is most convenient for the fans .
right, Villa v Liverpool/Blackburn at The Britannia it is then
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It should be done by geography & which is most convenient for the fans .
But it wont be, itll be whatever suits Arsenal & their easiest possible progress in the Champions League.
The champions league won't be a concern for Arsenal in mid April.
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It should be done by geography & which is most convenient for the fans .
But it wont be, itll be whatever suits Arsenal & their easiest possible progress in the Champions League.
The champions league won't be a concern for Arsenal in mid April.
Or even late March
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It's more a question of people sharing trains, possibly meeting at the London stations etc. I think this will be a Sunday game.
Who actually gets first pick on the cup semi final seeing as BT got the Liverpool replay. If it's BBC they'll probably put it on Saturday evening for ratings while BT will have the Sunday game
The beeb will pixk Liverpool. Theres a 40 year love in to extend. Sky must be glad Manure and Chavski fucked up as they aren't covering it
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It should be done by geography & which is most convenient for the fans .
But it wont be, itll be whatever suits Arsenal & their easiest possible progress in the Champions League.
The champions league won't be a concern for Arsenal in mid April.
Or even late March
Or Wednesday morning
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It should be done by geography & which is most convenient for the fans .
But it wont be, itll be whatever suits Arsenal & their easiest possible progress in the Champions League.
The champions league won't be a concern for Arsenal in mid April.
Well we'll find out one way or the other tomoro night/wensday morn .
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Getting mine next Tuesday then my lad qualifies for one on the Friday (been to 4 FA Cup games). Will get ours first then buy him a single and he can come and sit on my lap (he's only 6). I presume as long as I get a ticket on the same tier he'll be OK? As I remember it from 2010 once you are in you can walk all the way around the concourse area, similar to the NIA or NEC etc?
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Getting mine next Tuesday then my lad qualifies for one on the Friday (been to 4 FA Cup games). Will get ours first then buy him a single and he can come and sit on my lap (he's only 6). I presume as long as I get a ticket on the same tier he'll be OK? As I remember it from 2010 once you are in you can walk all the way around the concourse area, similar to the NIA or NEC etc?
Will this work for me and my 21yr old lad ?
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Without gloating I'm in the Wednesday 9am batch.
Are there many more? Just trying to gauge how busy it will be.
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Without gloating I'm in the Wednesday 9am batch.
Are there many more? Just trying to gauge how busy it will be.
That's where I should be but I cancelled my Cup Scheme ticket for the Blackpool match due to being up an Alp. First world problems and all that .......
Missing that one game drops me down the hierarchy to Friday morning
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I'm Friday morning as well as, apparently, a day watching Villa vs Leicester wasn't as romantic as a weekend away for Valentines Day. Bloody women.
I hate Saint Valentine. Could the useless tosser not have waited till the football season finished, at least?
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Without gloating I'm in the Wednesday 9am batch.
Are there many more? Just trying to gauge how busy it will be.
I'm one too
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Without gloating I'm in the Wednesday 9am batch.
Are there many more? Just trying to gauge how busy it will be.
That's where I should be but I cancelled my Cup Scheme ticket for the Blackpool match due to being up an Alp. First world problems and all that .......
Missing that one game drops me down the hierarchy to Friday morning
Rubbish. For the sake of £10.00 you should have just kept your ticket.
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Without gloating I'm in the Wednesday 9am batch.
Are there many more? Just trying to gauge how busy it will be.
Thursday 2pm for us.
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Can't get ours until a week Monday. Does anyone know if I buy online if it is possible to select the block you want to sit in? Or is it limited to buying the category of ticket and they put you in the available seats?
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Without gloating I'm in the Wednesday 9am batch.
Are there many more? Just trying to gauge how busy it will be.
I'm one too
And me
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I have managed to get through to the ticket office this morning to confirm that if someone is buying a number of tickets for a group who want to sit together (upto 6) then they only need the client ref numbers of the people in the group.
They do not need to take the season ticket cards as well.
Hope this helps anyone who needs the info.
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Without gloating I'm in the Wednesday 9am batch.
Are there many more? Just trying to gauge how busy it will be.
That's where I should be but I cancelled my Cup Scheme ticket for the Blackpool match due to being up an Alp. First world problems and all that .......
Missing that one game drops me down the hierarchy to Friday morning
Rubbish. For the sake of £10.00 you should have just kept your ticket.
Given the way things were going when the 3rd Round draw was made, semi-final ticket buying priorities never crossed my mind. :)
Anyhow, as I've discovered during various conversations with the Ticket Office, ordering your ticket first does not give you the best seat. In fact, it sometimes gives you the worst.
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I have managed to get through to the ticket office this morning to confirm that if someone is buying a number of tickets for a group who want to sit together (upto 6) then they only need the client ref numbers of the people in the group.
They do not need to take the season ticket cards as well.
Hope this helps anyone who needs the info.
Good. This means that if I can't get thro by phone. I can send one of my midlands lackeys ;)
....Mr Shin......I might need a favour Mr Shin........
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Without gloating I'm in the Wednesday 9am batch.
Are there many more? Just trying to gauge how busy it will be.
That's where I should be but I cancelled my Cup Scheme ticket for the Blackpool match due to being up an Alp. First world problems and all that .......
Missing that one game drops me down the hierarchy to Friday morning
Rubbish. For the sake of £10.00 you should have just kept your ticket.
Given the way things were going when the 3rd Round draw was made, semi-final ticket buying priorities never crossed my mind. :)
Anyhow, as I've discovered during various conversations with the Ticket Office, ordering your ticket first does not give you the best seat. In fact, it sometimes gives you the worst.
Definitely, I've discovered this at first hand experience loads of times.
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Without gloating I'm in the Wednesday 9am batch.
Are there many more? Just trying to gauge how busy it will be.
That's where I should be but I cancelled my Cup Scheme ticket for the Blackpool match due to being up an Alp. First world problems and all that .......
Missing that one game drops me down the hierarchy to Friday morning
Rubbish. For the sake of £10.00 you should have just kept your ticket.
Given the way things were going when the 3rd Round draw was made, semi-final ticket buying priorities never crossed my mind. :)
Anyhow, as I've discovered during various conversations with the Ticket Office, ordering your ticket first does not give you the best seat. In fact, it sometimes gives you the worst.
Definitely, I've discovered this at first hand experience loads of times.
They probably fill from the back!!
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There's not really a bad seat at Wembley, so I wouldn't panic too much over when you get your tickets. For the Final in 2010 they only had the cheapest seats left when we got ours (this was slightly annoying as they'd allowed half season ticket holders who just bought a ST a month before, priority over us, so all the best seats had gone. To be fair, the ticket office have put this issue right this time).
Anyway the overall view was great, the only possible complaint was that you were quite far from the pitch.
This time I'll be happy with either of the Middle 2 price categories.
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Getting mine next Tuesday then my lad qualifies for one on the Friday (been to 4 FA Cup games). Will get ours first then buy him a single and he can come and sit on my lap (he's only 6). I presume as long as I get a ticket on the same tier he'll be OK? As I remember it from 2010 once you are in you can walk all the way around the concourse area, similar to the NIA or NEC etc?
Will this work for me and my 21yr old lad ?
Yes it will as fans tend to stand at Wembley in any case!
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Without gloating I'm in the Wednesday 9am batch.
Are there many more? Just trying to gauge how busy it will be.
I'm one too
And me
Me too but hanging on 'til Thursday as that's when my 3 fellow Trinity yobs' qualification kicks in.
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Without gloating I'm in the Wednesday 9am batch.
Are there many more? Just trying to gauge how busy it will be.
That's where I should be but I cancelled my Cup Scheme ticket for the Blackpool match due to being up an Alp. First world problems and all that .......
Missing that one game drops me down the hierarchy to Friday morning
Rubbish. For the sake of £10.00 you should have just kept your ticket.
Given the way things were going when the 3rd Round draw was made, semi-final ticket buying priorities never crossed my mind. :)
Anyhow, as I've discovered during various conversations with the Ticket Office, ordering your ticket first does not give you the best seat. In fact, it sometimes gives you the worst.
Definitely, I've discovered this at first hand experience loads of times.
Often my experience too.
Bastards!
;-)
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There's not really a bad seat at Wembley, so I wouldn't panic too much over when you get your tickets. For the Final in 2010 they only had the cheapest seats left when we got ours (this was slightly annoying as they'd allowed half season ticket holders who just bought a ST a month before, priority over us, so all the best seats had gone. To be fair, the ticket office have put this issue right this time).
Anyway the overall view was great, the only possible complaint was that you were quite far from the pitch.
This time I'll be happy with either of the Middle 2 price categories.
I paid top whack for a ticket to the Chelsea semi final, and got first row next to the corner flag. I can confirm it was shit.
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I'm not a ST holder but have only missed two home league games this season and have done a handful of away days, so I was hoping to be quite high up the pecking order. Went to the two last cup games but due to a problem in the ticket office finding my account details the Leicester tickets were all put under one client reference, so I'm going to have to wait until the bottom of that list.
As annoying as that is, you can't really complain with the way the club's structured that, and I'm really glad that all ST holders and those who went to all the cup games will get a ticket. I'm thinking that given we only have around 18K STH, and then generally quite poor attendances for the cup games that I shouldn't have too much problem getting one, but I'll be sweating until then anyway!
If any charitable STH's can't make it and happen to have 3 references spare... ;)
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There's not really a bad seat at Wembley, so I wouldn't panic too much over when you get your tickets. For the Final in 2010 they only had the cheapest seats left when we got ours (this was slightly annoying as they'd allowed half season ticket holders who just bought a ST a month before, priority over us, so all the best seats had gone. To be fair, the ticket office have put this issue right this time).
Anyway the overall view was great, the only possible complaint was that you were quite far from the pitch.
This time I'll be happy with either of the Middle 2 price categories.
I paid top whack for a ticket to the Chelsea semi final, and got first row next to the corner flag. I can confirm it was shit.
That's a good point. We also paid more and went lower tier for Chelsea. I prefer the view from the upper tier.
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So, we are all intent on buying tickets for an event where :
We don't know exactly when its happening
We don't know exactly against who
We don't exactly know where our seats will be
Madness, sheer bloody madness !
BUT...its the FA cup Semi final so who cares eh ?!!!
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My mate is getting his ticket via an ST holder and I have the x4 FA criteria for Friday 3rd - if the ST waits can they order the two tickets so we sit together - was much easier when we all just stood in the dark days of yore!
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When is an acceptable time for me to start posting begging messages on here? I've got an away record which doesn't amount to a hill of beans according to the criteria on Villa's website.
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When is an acceptable time for me to start posting begging messages on here? I've got an away record which doesn't amount to a hill of beans according to the criteria on Villa's website.
The final criteria listed says 5+ 2014-15 matches. It doesn't differentiate between home & away
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When is an acceptable time for me to start posting begging messages on here? I've got an away record which doesn't amount to a hill of beans according to the criteria on Villa's website.
The final criteria listed says 5+ 2014-15 matches. It doesn't differentiate between home & away
Smashing. I assume it was just home games, thanks. Would my going to Spurs he week before count as well?
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Spurs won't count as its after you book.
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Spurs won't count as its after you book.
ok, but I booked my Spurs ticket yesterday ( unless Kingthing did a runner with my money, like his other mate did....)
Actually, I have enough aways already though to meet the criteria
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When is an acceptable time for me to start posting begging messages on here? I've got an away record which doesn't amount to a hill of beans according to the criteria on Villa's website.
The final criteria listed says 5+ 2014-15 matches. It doesn't differentiate between home & away
Smashing. I assume it was just home games, thanks. Would my going to Spurs he week before count as well?
I'm not sure but I think that they count if the game has been played? Might be worth calling to find out?
If you are going to come up 1 game short, maybe you could find a season ticket holder to get a £10 ticket on your client reference for the Swansea game on Saturday? A £10 might be worth it to guarantee yourself a ticket for the semi-final!
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I was panicking a bit as my son falls in the last category but it does state that " please also be aware that on completion of the below criteria dates, there will still be availability for other supporters". I've assumed therefore that if you're in any of those criteria even the last one you will get a ticket.
Hurrah!
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I was panicking a bit as my son falls in the last category but it does state that " please also be aware that on completion of the below criteria dates, there will still be availability for other supporters". I've assumed therefore that if you're in any of those criteria even the last one you will get a ticket.
Hurrah!
Number of ST holders + number of non-ST holders who have been to at least two cup games = a lot less than the number of tickets we've got.
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It's ridiculous that a date and KO time hasn't been set.
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Spurs won't count as its after you book.
ok, but I booked my Spurs ticket yesterday ( unless Kingthing did a runner with my money, like his other mate did....)
Actually, I have enough aways already though to meet the criteria
Spurs won't matter for you anyway because you have 5+ without it, We'll all be in the brown stuff it's Homes only but as it doesn't state it I'm presuming its both. (sent you an e-mail)
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I cannot go, so all of you stop talking about it!
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It doesnt affect me but why is a Holte End season ticket a lower priority than other stands?
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It doesnt affect me but why is a Holte End season ticket a lower priority than other stands?
Because we're the proletariat scum.....
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It doesnt affect me but why is a Holte End season ticket a lower priority than other stands?
I did wonder that myself, bloody hoity toity, namby pamby Trinity Standers...
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It's ridiculous that a date and KO time hasn't been set.
I'm sure there's a very good reason why it hasn't.
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Is it too early to start begging for any spares? (winky thing)
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It doesnt affect me but why is a Holte End season ticket a lower priority than other stands?
Didn't realise that.
That is scandalous .
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It doesnt affect me but why is a Holte End season ticket a lower priority than other stands?
Punishment for all the carnage the Holte End Hooligans caused.
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yep 1st April for me.....luckily I only need one :)
UTV
The Doc
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Not that I care but Liverpool, I'm told, will probably sell their allocation before knowing if they'll actually make it to the semi's, They did it when they thought they were all off to Moscow for the CLCF, the club then had to credit everyone's cards with the money they'd taken.
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Hi guys.
First time poster here, but long time lurker. If anyone can help a genuine Villa fan then that would be much appreciated. I've been going for years but not had a season ticket this year for cash reasons.
I need 8 tickets. Preferably behind the goal. Not shit ones (please!!). I could also do with a lift down there on the day. Happy to share (reasonable) petrol costs. But let me know what car you've got first in case I dont like it.
Ta, fellow Villans
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Nice
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As I've been a season ticket holder for the last 40 years, the club have told me I qualify for a seat in the royal box!
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Is it still possible to scale the walls at Wembley, like it used to be
Thinking ahead really, rather than the semi.
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Is it too early to start begging for any spares? (winky thing)
I think that we need a dedicated 'begging for tickets thread' to keep this one from getting bogged down.
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Yes, can we have three separate threads, one for begging for tickets, one for boasting about having tickets, and one for not having nor requiring tickets, please? Thanks.
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It doesnt affect me but why is a Holte End season ticket a lower priority than other stands?
Didn't realise that.
That is scandalous .
Not *really* though is it? A day and a half after Trinity Road and at a time when supply will meet the demand.
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QPR at home confirmed as 7 April. Now we know what Sherwood meant when he said he wants us safe by the time we play at Wembley.
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2 home wins between now and the semi (Swansea and QPR) would see us just about safe.
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''First time poster here, but long time lurker. If anyone can help a genuine Villa fan then that would be much appreciated. I've been going for years but not had a season ticket this year for cash reasons.
I need 8 tickets. Preferably behind the goal. Not shit ones (please!!). I could also do with a lift down there on the day. Happy to share (reasonable) petrol costs. But let me know what car you've got first in case I dont like it ''
the cheek of some folk , i find this so upsetting, I myself would never ask for 8 tickets , I am only after 6 and also I am not prepared to pay petrol, unbelievable, one more thing , tickets near the dugout please and not near any of the hooligans who were at the game against Smethwick, thanks
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''First time poster here, but long time lurker. If anyone can help a genuine Villa fan then that would be much appreciated. I've been going for years but not had a season ticket this year for cash reasons.
I need 8 tickets. Preferably behind the goal. Not shit ones (please!!). I could also do with a lift down there on the day. Happy to share (reasonable) petrol costs. But let me know what car you've got first in case I dont like it ''
the cheek of some folk , i find this so upsetting, I myself would never ask for 8 tickets , I am only after 6 and also I am not prepared to pay petrol, unbelievable, one more thing , tickets near the dugout please and not near any of the hooligans who were at the game against Smethwick, thanks
agreed...I only want 4 tickets and a place on the team coach down to Wembley....and a place on the bench.....and a winners medal...
UTV
The Doc
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As I've been a season ticket holder for the last 40 years, the club have told me I qualify for a seat in the royal box!
I attended the first ever game at the current site of Villa Park and have been a season ticket holder ever since. In all those years I have never missed a game home or away, including the reserve and youth teams. As such, the club have told me that I can choose where I sit and who else gets a ticket for the game.
So if you want a ticket to the game then get creeping to me you young whippersnappers!!!
They have also said that they will let me lead the team out on the day but I declined that offer and said that I would wait until the final to do that
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As I've been a season ticket holder for the last 40 years, the club have told me I qualify for a seat in the royal box!
I attended the first ever game at the current site of Villa Park and have been a season ticket holder ever since. In all those years I have never missed a game home or away, including the reserve and youth teams. As such, the club have told me that I can choose where I sit and who else gets a ticket for the game.
So if you want a ticket to the game then get creeping to me you young whippersnappers!!!
They have also said that they will let me lead the team out on the day but I declined that offer and said that I would wait until the final to do that
You've had a season ticket since 1897?
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As I've been a season ticket holder for the last 40 years, the club have told me I qualify for a seat in the royal box!
I attended the first ever game at the current site of Villa Park and have been a season ticket holder ever since. In all those years I have never missed a game home or away, including the reserve and youth teams. As such, the club have told me that I can choose where I sit and who else gets a ticket for the game.
So if you want a ticket to the game then get creeping to me you young whippersnappers!!!
They have also said that they will let me lead the team out on the day but I declined that offer and said that I would wait until the final to do that
You've had a season ticket since 1897?
WOOOOOOSH!
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I've had a season ticket since 1873, before the club was even formed, and was standing watching that meeting under the lamppost, so the club are giving me Wembley as my own personal possession and are saying I can play in the team and pick the rest of the squad.
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I lit the lamp on Heathfield Road and have been to every game since then.
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Part timers.
I used to paddle in the lake that was there before Villa Park was built.
The club have offered me a seat next to Doug Ellis and a complementary flask of tea.
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I own Wembley.
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I am Prince William so one day I will own you all!
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As I've been a season ticket holder for the last 40 years, the club have told me I qualify for a seat in the royal box!
I attended the first ever game at the current site of Villa Park and have been a season ticket holder ever since. In all those years I have never missed a game home or away, including the reserve and youth teams. As such, the club have told me that I can choose where I sit and who else gets a ticket for the game.
So if you want a ticket to the game then get creeping to me you young whippersnappers!!!
While my post was 100% factual, I suspect yours was perhaps only 99%.
They have also said that they will let me lead the team out on the day but I declined that offer and said that I would wait until the final to do that
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I think I should get the parachute because I'm great. In fact, I think I should get both the parachutes, in case one of them doesn't work.
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I am Prince William so one day I will own you all!
I'm me and I do already.
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I was Harry Hampton's batman and I claim my 5 guineas
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So if my mate waits (ST holder) until my eligibility comes around he can buy both tickets for seats together?
Confused of Wordsley
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I wS the 5th guy who met under the gas lamp to form the football club we know as the greatest club in the world .
Only thing is I nipped off to get the teas in and when I got back the had all decided on it and sodded off home.
But my grandad did put all his savings to purchase as many villa shares as he could when the call to arms came his way and put 2 in trust for me when I was 16
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We that's my question I have booking history for myself and 2 siblings with 10 home games plus cups etc
Can my mate book my tickets when he gets his as its says St holders can get up to 6 tickets ????????? Confused.com
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So if my mate waits (ST holder) until my eligibility comes around he can buy both tickets for seats together?
Confused of Wordsley
My brother and his 3 mates have been ST holders for 10+ years and have been to 4 cup games, my lad and me are 5+ with 4 cup games , but we're all waiting for two of the mates sons who are 14/15 ST holders with 2 cup games.
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So if my mate waits (ST holder) until my eligibility comes around he can buy both tickets for seats together?
Confused of Wordsley
My brother and his 3 mates have been ST holders for 10+ years and have been to 4 cup games, my lad and me are 5+ with 4 cup games , but we're all waiting for two of the mates sons who are 14/15 ST holders with 2 cup games.
I was hoping that was how it would work mate - cheers nigel
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One person can order 6 tickets at a time, but all 6 tickets will need their own client reference that meets the criteria of at least the day the tickets are being bought. Hope that makes sense.
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Cheers pws that's messed me up I never booked my 3 tickets under diff ref numbers always under mine so looks like I gotta wait for my kids day and fingers crossed.
Am I reading right that someone who has been to 4 cup games can get tickets before someone who hS been to 11 league games and 3 cup games
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Can I please be banned? I really need to stop reading this thread.
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It doesnt affect me but why is a Holte End season ticket a lower priority than other stands?
Didn't realise that.
That is scandalous .
What's scandalous about it?
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I don't get the complaints, every person who qualifies for the criteria the club have announced will get a ticket. Who really cares if it's a few days after someone else bought one?
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I don't get the complaints, every person who qualifies for the criteria the club have announced will get a ticket. Who really cares if it's a few days someone else bought one?
Exactly. It's a moan for the sake of it sometimes.
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It doesnt affect me but why is a Holte End season ticket a lower priority than other stands?
Didn't realise that.
That is scandalous .
What's scandalous about it?
Why aren't all ST holders being treated with parity
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It doesnt affect me but why is a Holte End season ticket a lower priority than other stands?
Didn't realise that.
That is scandalous .
What's scandalous about it?
Why aren't all ST holders being treated with parity
To stagger sales. If they didn't, then loads of folks would be moaning that they spent hours in a queue.
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It doesnt affect me but why is a Holte End season ticket a lower priority than other stands?
Didn't realise that.
That is scandalous .
What's scandalous about it?
Why aren't all ST holders being treated with parity
What do you mean?
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Will all ST holders get a chance to buy the best positioned seats ?
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Will all ST holders get a chance to buy the best positioned seats ?
You'd complain however the club did it. And they normally hold x amount of seats in each area of Wembley for each stand.
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Will all ST holders get a chance to buy the best positioned seats ?
I presume they'll sell an equal amount for each criteria.
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Will the actual tickets be given out come tomorrow or are they just taking bookings then posting later? Presume latter as tickets won't have the opposition name on let alone the date.
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Will the actual tickets be given out come tomorrow or are they just taking bookings then posting later? Presume latter as tickets won't have the opposition name on let alone the date.
Just a booking I assume. Same as when buying away games when they go sale.
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I've had a season ticket since 1873, before the club was even formed, and was standing watching that meeting under the lamppost, so the club are giving me Wembley as my own personal possession and are saying I can play in the team and pick the rest of the squad.
And your own full ripe orange at half time?
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Why aren't all ST holders being treated with parity
Party did you say? Yes I want a party at Stringfellows the night before the Semi.
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Why aren't all ST holders being treated with parity
Party did you say? Yes I want a party at Stringfellows the night before the Semi.
If you've only got a Semi after visiting Stringfellows something is wrong.
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It's probably cheaper for a beer in string-fellows
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Why don't the club put 32,000 tickets in the centre circle and aT the end of the Swansea game St holders with 10+ yrs run on 1st then 5yrs etc and so on down the booking criteria line. To claim there tickets
I'm sure all those At the end of the stripey game was practising for it
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Why don't the club put 32,000 tickets in the centre circle and aT the end of the Swansea game St holders with 10+ yrs run on 1st then 5yrs etc and so on down the booking criteria line. To claim there tickets
I'm sure all those At the end of the stripey game was practising for it
Or they could have a bumper edition of the half time challenge and you can't have a ticket until you've got a ball onto the middle of the target from the Holte End goal line
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Wonder if emile heskey would get a ticket if that is how they are going to do it
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Do you think Randy might turn up for this one ?
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Without gloating I'm in the Wednesday 9am batch.
Are there many more? Just trying to gauge how busy it will be.
That's where I should be but I cancelled my Cup Scheme ticket for the Blackpool match due to being up an Alp. First world problems and all that .......
Missing that one game drops me down the hierarchy to Friday morning
Rubbish. For the sake of £10.00 you should have just kept your ticket.
Given the way things were going when the 3rd Round draw was made, semi-final ticket buying priorities never crossed my mind. :)
Anyhow, as I've discovered during various conversations with the Ticket Office, ordering your ticket first does not give you the best seat. In fact, it sometimes gives you the worst.
Correct. No one gets to choose their ticket only the category. Happened to me in 2010 when as a ST holder I got a mighty shit seat
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So can you choose what block you want to be in ?
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Anyone who has a season ticket or a half decent cup attendance this season has absolutely nothing to worry about. I must say there is a lot of rather OTT anguish going on round here.
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Do you think Randy might turn up for this one ?
Randy's booking history must be piss poor this season. He hasn't got a cat in hell's chance of a ticket.
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Do you think Randy might turn up for this one ?
Randy's booking history must be piss poor this season. He hasn't got a cat in hell's chance of a ticket.
He might have a cash card which will get him in on Thursday April 2 in the PM.
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Will all ST holders get a chance to buy the best positioned seats ?
You'd complain however the club did it. And they normally hold x amount of seats in each area of Wembley for each stand.
I sent a letter to the club along the lines of Silhillvilla's query for the 2000 FA cup final. The ticket office manager rang me to let me know that it would be organised as per PWS' reply.
I assume it'll be the same now.
(Was that Ray Fairfax 15 years ago?)
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Spurs won't count as its after you book.
Is this definite? E.g. People who buy the final 5 package don't automatically become eligible?
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We are experiencing very heavy demand on our ticket office phones - and expect it to get even busier on Wednesday when seats for our FA Cup semi-final become available.
Supporters without the relevant criteria who are looking to book their Wembley tickets - should call after April 2.
There will still be availability for other supporters at that stage.
The measures above will ensure efficiency within the ticket office - and make it possible for us to deal with purchasers in a very quick and proficient manner.
From Wednesday, we urge season ticket holders to call at times where they have the relevant criteria to purchase Wembley seats.
We also welcome calls from fans looking to purchase tickets for our upcoming match with Swansea this weekend as well as the away clashes against Manchester United and Tottenham.
We thank you for your co-operation and understanding during this busy period.
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Spurs won't count as its after you book.
Is this definite? E.g. People who buy the final 5 package don't automatically become eligible?
Spurs is a definite. They only count games that you've already been too.
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Can you book semi final tickets online, or do you have to ring up?
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The ticket office was packed yesterday, mostly it seemed with people queuing up to ask when they will be eligible to queue up again for semi final tickets.
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TC and I were in there yesterday to see Sheila Maybury. I felt really sorry for the blokes behind the counter answering the same questions time and again. We came to the conclusion most people in the queue probably didn't have internet access.
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Do you think Randy might turn up for this one ?
Randy's booking history must be piss poor this season. He hasn't got a cat in hell's chance of a ticket.
he could use Faulkners ref number
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Are we playing on Saturday or Sunday ? Or we got to wait until the matches get played and TV choose the games ?
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What colour are the tickets likely to be and can I choose what number seat I sit in?
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Always on here reading peoples comments but not posted myself before. I'm not begging for tickets or anything but just want to ask a question.
Does anyone know if tickets purchased through viagogo count on your client reference number as I have bought a few from them this season?
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The ticket office was packed yesterday, mostly it seemed with people queuing up to ask when they will be eligible to queue up again for semi final tickets.
Seriously? What a bunch of monkey piss.
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Always on here reading peoples comments but not posted myself before. I'm not begging for tickets or anything but just want to ask a question.
Does anyone know if tickets purchased through viagogo count on your client reference number as I have bought a few from them this season?
Yes, I think they do. Provided that you have set your client reference number up within viagogo prior to buying the tickets
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Always on here reading peoples comments but not posted myself before. I'm not begging for tickets or anything but just want to ask a question.
Does anyone know if tickets purchased through viagogo count on your client reference number as I have bought a few from them this season?
Yes, I think they do. Provided that you have set your client reference number up within viagogo prior to buying the tickets
Mr Shin is our resident expert on this subject
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I'm in! All done and paid by 9.07. Cat One. Easy process.
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I bought a WBA home ticket on Viagogo. It didn't have my client reference on it. I e-mailed the club prior to the match and they credited the reference to my account.
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The ticket office was packed yesterday, mostly it seemed with people queuing up to ask when they will be eligible to queue up again for semi final tickets.
Seriously? What a bunch of monkey piss.
Yup, I played with my phone to avoid asking the people behind me why they didn't just phone up or look online, then again they did sound like Black Country folk so its no given that such new fangled methods of information gathering had yet reached them.
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The ticket office was packed yesterday, mostly it seemed with people queuing up to ask when they will be eligible to queue up again for semi final tickets.
Seriously? What a bunch of monkey piss.
Yup, I played with my phone to avoid asking the people behind me why they didn't just phone up or look online, then again they did sound like Black Country folk so its no given that such new fangled methods of information gathering had yet reached them.
Maybe they were confused Albion fans. Like really confused. And lost too.
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Looks like they are only selling a few blocks at a time, logged in online as I am eligible today but am waiting for friends. This is the map
(http://i59.tinypic.com/sfv04n.png)
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Looks like they are only selling a few blocks at a time, logged in online as I am eligible today but am waiting for friends. This is the map
(http://i59.tinypic.com/sfv04n.png)
yeah the only block that was highlighted for me was 126 and another block opposite. can't remember the name More than happy with that. So I've paid up. Only me and my dad together.
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Apologies if this has been answered before but do I have to wait until all of my mates qualify to get my ticket so we are all together, or can I buy mine and they allocate them when they issue them?
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Yeah, on line is restricted so we've got tickets in 139.
I was in the upper tier against Man United and it felt a bit too Trinity Road for me. Most folk were sitting down. Chelsea I was 141 (I think), so I am happy to be in the lower tier in the corner.
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Apologies if this has been answered before but do I have to wait until all of my mates qualify to get my ticket so we are all together, or can I buy mine and they allocate them when they issue them?
You have to wait until your mates qualify.
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Apologies if this has been answered before but do I have to wait until all of my mates qualify to get my ticket so we are all together, or can I buy mine and they allocate them when they issue them?
You have to wait until your mates qualify.
I'm going down with a Category 1 ST holder and they were champing at the bit this morning - have to wait for me until April 3rd ;-)
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Apologies if this has been answered before but do I have to wait until all of my mates qualify to get my ticket so we are all together, or can I buy mine and they allocate them when they issue them?
You have to wait until your mates qualify.
I'm going down with a Category 1 ST holder and they were champing at the bit this morning - have to wait for me until April 3rd ;-)
Similar position for us. Six of us planing to go, all season ticket holders but with a variety of attendances at cup games.
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Sorted by phone - on hold for just a couple of minutes after navigating the menus. Only a few blocks being released in tier 1 or tier 5. I went for block 138 so at least I know I'll be towards the back of tier 1 - £53 + £2 booking fee
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Think my brother and myself will be able to get tickets on Friday at 9am. We're both season ticket holders who missed the Leicester Cup game.
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Think my brother and myself will be able to get tickets on Friday at 9am. We're both season ticket holders who missed the Leicester Cup game.
Baggsie you phoning.
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That booking fee is a bit annoying, it costs about 20p to do a debit card transaction, costs a lot more to bank cash.
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This could be the longest and most boring thread of all-time if everyone comes on to tell us all when they they qualify, and then where they're sitting.
But for anyone that really wants to know my business I'll have to wait until a few other family members (part-time supporters!) qualify. No sweat.
Do you think I should go down the ticket office today and warn them I'll be phoning next week?
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This could be the longest and most boring thread of all-time if everyone comes on to tell us all when they they qualify, and then where they're sitting.
But for anyone that really wants to know my business I'll have to wait until a few other family members (part-time supporters!) qualify. No sweat.
Do you think I should go down the ticket office today and warn them I'll be phoning next week?
I'm going to send them an email to tell them I'll be phoning, then going down to check they got the email.
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I'm in row 11 so will be well placed to invade the pitch at the end [if I can wait that long].
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This could be the longest and most boring thread of all-time if everyone comes on to tell us all when they they qualify, and then where they're sitting.
But for anyone that really wants to know my business I'll have to wait until a few other family members (part-time supporters!) qualify. No sweat.
Do you think I should go down the ticket office today and warn them I'll be phoning next week?
Take a sleeping bag and wait outside until the right date. Set up a Twitter feed ( is that the right word, don't use it) to keep everyone updated.
You are right though, it really is not very interesting is it. It is like people who insist on telling you about their dreams.
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This could be the longest and most boring thread of all-time if everyone comes on to tell us all when they they qualify, and then where they're sitting.
But for anyone that really wants to know my business I'll have to wait until a few other family members (part-time supporters!) qualify. No sweat.
Do you think I should go down the ticket office today and warn them I'll be phoning next week?
Take a sleeping bag and wait outside until the right date. Set up a Twitter feed ( is that the right word, don't use it) to keep everyone updated.
You are right though, it really is not very interesting is it. It is like people who insist on telling you about their dreams.
I had a dream last night about not being able to phone for my tickets. I'll PM you with it.
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Does anybody else feel like we're at Wembley yet; in an excited sense I mean?
I was happy we beat the Albion and enjoyed the game, but after I didn't feel any more or less happy that we'd won than I would with any other game. I thought I might feel a bit more excited by it all when I'd purchased tickets, but I still feel a bit meh, as if we were off to Swansea away or somewhere equally bland.
I'm wondering if its down to the sham of semi-finals being at Wembley rather than being numb to the joys of watching us.
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Does anybody else feel like we're at Wembley yet; in an excited sense I mean?
I was happy we beat the Albion and enjoyed the game, but after I didn't feel any more or less happy that we'd won than I would with any other game. I thought I might feel a bit more excited by it all when I'd purchased tickets, but I still feel a bit meh, as if we were off to Swansea away or somewhere equally bland.
I'm wondering if its down to the sham of semi-finals being at Wembley rather than being numb to the joys of watching us.
I have to admit, I really do.
When I think about the awful away days and home performances we've witnessed this season I'm going to use Wembley as a real positive.
A day in the sun, with your mates, having a few pints before and seeing the sea of claret and blue and cheering the lads on to victory at the National Stadium.
What's not to get excited about?
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It would just be nice to know what bloody day it's on!
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It would just be nice to know what bloody day it's on!
1) The FA want to punish us for the QF so will mess us about for as long as possible
2) They will wait till the Redscouse replay so they can find out when Steevie Gee is washing his hair.
3) They want to blame TV for all the delays but don't have the balls to tell them when.
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They'll let us know what day we're playing on at least half an hour before kick-off. Not sure what all the fuss is about.
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It would just be nice to know what bloody day it's on!
1) The FA want to punish us for the QF so will mess us about for as long as possible
2) They will wait till the Redscouse replay so they can find out when Steevie Gee is washing his hair.
3) They want to blame TV for all the delays but don't have the balls to tell them when.
I really want to book my train from Manchester. As of today I'm looking at between £60-80 return. it'll go past the bloody hundred barrier by the time a date has been set at this rate.
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Question for those who have bought today. Are they taking bookings for the official travel or will that be another phone call when times and dates have been decided?
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It would just be nice to know what bloody day it's on!
Now that Arse are out of the Chumps League, what can they be waiting for ?
Surely the FA & TV companies aren't going to wait until after the other repay ?
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Question for those who have bought today. Are they taking bookings for the official travel or will that be another phone call when times and dates have been decided?
They asked me if I wanted to reserve a place on the coaches and if so would ring me back once the day/time etc was sorted to confirm
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It doesn't matter.We'll beat them all.
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I'm going to phone up for my tickets on March 31st, probably shortly after 9.30 when I remember that I am meant to be phoning
That is all!!!
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Can someone get me a ticket for the final when we qualify? Much obliged. Ta!
Love BE.
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Surely, surely, given the teams involved, us vs whoever from the north west at a respectable time (not 12, not 8) on the Saturday, then those that have fewer than 40 miles to come can play Sunday, and we all get to get home no problem.
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The last train on Chiltern out of London on the Sunday is currently 8pm... which will make is tight if it goes to penalties etc...
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it seems quite ridiculous that the kick off dates and times are still not known and advertised.
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Surely, surely, given the teams involved, us vs whoever from the north west at a respectable time (not 12, not 8) on the Saturday, then those that have fewer than 40 miles to come can play Sunday, and we all get to get home no problem.
I agree. However this is the FA + TV companies we are talking about.
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Surely, surely, given the teams involved, us vs whoever from the north west at a respectable time (not 12, not 8) on the Saturday, then those that have fewer than 40 miles to come can play Sunday, and we all get to get home no problem.
That idea is so sensible it has absolutely no chance of being put into practice.
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Is £53 the top price ticket or is there a +£60 banding ?
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Always on here reading peoples comments but not posted myself before. I'm not begging for tickets or anything but just want to ask a question.
Does anyone know if tickets purchased through viagogo count on your client reference number as I have bought a few from them this season?
Yes, I think they do. Provided that you have set your client reference number up within viagogo prior to buying the tickets
Is correct. There is an option in your Viagogo account to add your client ref.
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Is £53 the top price ticket or is there a +£60 banding ?
One day you'll realise all the info is already in the thread and on the OS! :P
Ticket prices are: Category 1 - £63 [adults], £53 [concessions], Category 2 - £53 [adults], £43 [concessions], Category 3 - £43 [adults], 33 [concessions], Category 4 - £33 [adults], £23 [concessions].
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How much do Category 1 tickets cost?
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How much do Category 1 tickets cost?
A florin.
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Excellent, I'll take twain please.
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Excellent, I'll take twain please.
Never the Twain.
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What does £63 get you that £53 doesn't ? Legroom ?
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What does £63 get you that £53 doesn't ? Legroom ?
More cost to moan about.
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You get the warm tingly feeling that comes from having a slightly lighter wallet.
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Someone pointed me in the direction of this.
Am I allowed to post this ? Mods, please delete if necessary.
http://www.myoldmansaid.com/fa-cup-semi-final-date-delay-aston-villa/
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The point about West Brom and Blues having away games in London on Saturday does make me think that our match will be on the Sunday.
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As if Birmingham and West Brom fans will bother to travel hundreds of miles to attend a match when they can stay at home/in the pub and watch Villa play on telly.
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As if Birmingham and West Brom fans will bother to travel hundreds of miles to attend a match when they can stay at home/in the pub and watch Villa play on telly.
Fixed.
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As if Birmingham and West Brom fans will bother to travel hundreds of miles to attend a match when they can stay at home/in the pub/in their cell and watch Villa play on telly.
Fixed.
Fixed again.
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Is £53 the top price ticket or is there a +£60 banding ?
One day you'll realise all the info is already in the thread and on the OS! :P
Ticket prices are: Category 1 - £63 [adults], £53 [concessions], Category 2 - £53 [adults], £43 [concessions], Category 3 - £43 [adults], 33 [concessions], Category 4 - £33 [adults], £23 [concessions].
any idea when they go on sale and what the sales criteria are?
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Someone pointed me in the direction of this.
Am I allowed to post this ? Mods, please delete if necessary.
http://www.myoldmansaid.com/fa-cup-semi-final-date-delay-aston-villa/
Bloody moaning match attending minority.
A few ten of thousands complaining against the many millions who will be watching on TV in this country. I don't hear the great British viewing public going on about it like you bloody match goers !
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Anyone got an email address for the ticket office manager? My young lad, age 6, has been to all 4 FA Cup games but doesn't have a season ticket. Logged in to see my booking history and only showing 2 FA Cup on his client code and the other 2 on mine. I phoned up just to see if they could put these 2, under 8 tickets, so clearly his, on to his code but they flatly refused saying it can't be altered after the game has been played. Bit annoyed as he could have got one on the Friday but now has to wait until the Tuesday after. Obviously a lot less people have been to all 4 looking at attendances against Blackpool and Bournemouth than the 2 who went to Leicester and Albion.
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Anyone got an email address for the ticket office manager? My young lad, age 6, has been to all 4 FA Cup games but doesn't have a season ticket. Logged in to see my booking history and only showing 2 FA Cup on his client code and the other 2 on mine. I phoned up just to see if they could put these 2, under 8 tickets, so clearly his, on to his code but they flatly refused saying it can't be altered after the game has been played. Bit annoyed as he could have got one on the Friday but now has to wait until the Tuesday after. Obviously a lot less people have been to all 4 looking at attendances against Blackpool and Bournemouth than the 2 who went to Leicester and Albion.
I have always been happy with the service offered by the Ticket Office but I think a helping of commercial pragmatism may be needed. I should have applied today for my ticket for the semi- final and would have obviously got one for my son who is 15 and been a season ticket holder for 9 years and has attended all but one of the cup games. I was told that I will have to apply on Friday as he does not qualify until then even though, quite obviously, I pay for the season tickets. The lack of flexibility did annoy me as I would have been able to drive today from Bedfordshire and get them in person, however I will now have the challenge of either applying for two tickets on line with two different reference number or incur excessive phone charges. I was told that every season ticket holder is guaranteed a ticket, if that is the case why not let me transact today?
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Is £53 the top price ticket or is there a +£60 banding ?
One day you'll realise all the info is already in the thread and on the OS! :P
Ticket prices are: Category 1 - £63 [adults], £53 [concessions], Category 2 - £53 [adults], £43 [concessions], Category 3 - £43 [adults], 33 [concessions], Category 4 - £33 [adults], £23 [concessions].
any idea when they go on sale and what the sales criteria are?
Why not go down, queue and ask?
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As I've been a season ticket holder for the last 40 years, the club have told me I qualify for a seat in the royal box!
I attended the first ever game at the current site of Villa Park and have been a season ticket holder ever since. In all those years I have never missed a game home or away, including the reserve and youth teams. As such, the club have told me that I can choose where I sit and who else gets a ticket for the game.
So if you want a ticket to the game then get creeping to me you young whippersnappers!!!
They have also said that they will let me lead the team out on the day but I declined that offer and said that I would wait until the final to do that
You've had a season ticket since 1897?
WOOOOOOSH!
Ha ha... I'm not really that thick...
*Collective sigh of relief*
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The point about West Brom and Blues having away games in London on Saturday does make me think that our match will be on the Sunday.
But this has been the case since the draw was made surely?
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Correct. And don't call him Shirley.
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Doesn't really work when typed, but still...
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Haha - I was waiting for that :)
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Anyone got an email address for the ticket office manager? My young lad, age 6, has been to all 4 FA Cup games but doesn't have a season ticket. Logged in to see my booking history and only showing 2 FA Cup on his client code and the other 2 on mine. I phoned up just to see if they could put these 2, under 8 tickets, so clearly his, on to his code but they flatly refused saying it can't be altered after the game has been played. Bit annoyed as he could have got one on the Friday but now has to wait until the Tuesday after. Obviously a lot less people have been to all 4 looking at attendances against Blackpool and Bournemouth than the 2 who went to Leicester and Albion.
I have always been happy with the service offered by the Ticket Office but I think a helping of commercial pragmatism may be needed. I should have applied today for my ticket for the semi- final and would have obviously got one for my son who is 15 and been a season ticket holder for 9 years and has attended all but one of the cup games. I was told that I will have to apply on Friday as he does not qualify until then even though, quite obviously, I pay for the season tickets. The lack of flexibility did annoy me as I would have been able to drive today from Bedfordshire and get them in person, however I will now have the challenge of either applying for two tickets on line with two different reference number or incur excessive phone charges. I was told that every season ticket holder is guaranteed a ticket, if that is the case why not let me transact today?
They have made it VERY clear that fans should not apply ahead of their qualification.
A little officious maybe, but they need to be seen to be applying the same rules to everyone.
I was ok for today but my mate and his daughter weren't, so I'll be sorting them out tomorrow. We'll be fine and so will you. The club know perfectly well that they have enough tickets for all of those listed in the criteria.
When we're running round Brum with the cup we'll look back and laugh at these bad old days!
;-)
UTV!
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Anyone got an email address for the ticket office manager? My young lad, age 6, has been to all 4 FA Cup games but doesn't have a season ticket. Logged in to see my booking history and only showing 2 FA Cup on his client code and the other 2 on mine. I phoned up just to see if they could put these 2, under 8 tickets, so clearly his, on to his code but they flatly refused saying it can't be altered after the game has been played. Bit annoyed as he could have got one on the Friday but now has to wait until the Tuesday after. Obviously a lot less people have been to all 4 looking at attendances against Blackpool and Bournemouth than the 2 who went to Leicester and Albion.
It's only a couple of more days for you both to wait though.
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The point about West Brom and Blues having away games in London on Saturday does make me think that our match will be on the Sunday.
But this has been the case since the draw was made surely?
its irrelevant. The three games are many,many miles apart, and the combined away support at the other two games will be no more than one or two thousand people in a seething metropolis of how many millions?
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Anyone got an email address for the ticket office manager? My young lad, age 6, has been to all 4 FA Cup games but doesn't have a season ticket. Logged in to see my booking history and only showing 2 FA Cup on his client code and the other 2 on mine. I phoned up just to see if they could put these 2, under 8 tickets, so clearly his, on to his code but they flatly refused saying it can't be altered after the game has been played. Bit annoyed as he could have got one on the Friday but now has to wait until the Tuesday after. Obviously a lot less people have been to all 4 looking at attendances against Blackpool and Bournemouth than the 2 who went to Leicester and Albion.
It's only a couple of more days for you both to wait though.
I know but I imagine the queues / phone lines will be a lot busier on the 2 cup games day than the 4 which he has been to. Even have all the stubs here so might just go up on the 4 cup games day and kick up a fuss. If they can see they have loads left might be more flexible then.
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I'm sorta in the same boat have tickets for Qpr game but it won't count against my kids bookings history as the game will not have been played before they can get there tickets.
Tickets are paid for so what's the difference
Ah well
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The point about West Brom and Blues having away games in London on Saturday does make me think that our match will be on the Sunday.
But this has been the case since the draw was made surely?
its irrelevant. The three games are many,many miles apart, and the combined away support at the other two games will be no more than one or two thousand people in a seething metropolis of how many millions?
I'm assuming that this is based on the trains there & back rather than in the smoke.
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Honestly convinced our game will be prime time Sunday early evening BBC viewing so Lawro and his mates can whip the nation into a StevieG knock one out session prior to another moving episode of Poldark.
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Assuming Liverpool beat Blackburn.
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Assuming Liverpool beat Blackburn.
I will be rooting for Blackburn .
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Assuming Liverpool beat Blackburn.
I will be rooting for Blackburn .
Same here.
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So will I, given our track record against them in the cup.
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So will I, given our track record against them in the cup.
It could be an amazing couple of evenings. Tuesday we demo QPR, Wednesday the bin dippers bins are emptied.
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I could have got my ticket today but am perfectly happy to wait till Monday, when the family are eligible. I'm sure we'll get decent seats. What does annoy me is the inability of the FA and TV companies to fix the date. We know that Bradford, plucky underdogs, are out and that the Gooners won't be in the CL a few days after the semi. What else do they need to know?
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I could have got my ticket today but am perfectly happy to wait till Monday, when the family are eligible. I'm sure we'll get decent seats. What does annoy me is the inability of the FA and TV companies to fix the date. We know that Bradford, plucky underdogs, are out and that the Gooners won't be in the CL a few days after the semi. What else do they need to know?
Probably waiting for Met police advice.
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They are waiting because Liverpool are the biggest TV viewing ratings puller. They don't want to be lumbered with Villa v Blackburn if the Scousers get knocked out.
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Surely they can't wait until after the replay before announcing the dates? That would give everyone 10 days notice.
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Latest rumour is they'll be announced today.
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I've got the missus trying to book mine online. However, the plan's just showing huge swathes of red, with a bit of green that's not where I want.
Can anyone enlighten me?
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This is modern football gone mad. Selling tickets for a game you don't have a date for against as yet unknown opposition. I have to go to Spain for work but could conceivably take a break in the middle to nip back if the game is on Sunday but not if it's Saturday. By the time they get round to announcing a day and a time I'll probably be too late to get a ticket. Don't they ever think about these things? Don't bother - I know the answer.
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I've got the missus trying to book mine online. However, the plan's just showing huge swathes of red, with a bit of green that's not where I want.
Can anyone enlighten me?
Sorted now by phone.
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This is modern football gone mad. Selling tickets for a game you don't have a date for against as yet unknown opposition. I have to go to Spain for work but could conceivably take a break in the middle to nip back if the game is on Sunday but not if it's Saturday. By the time they get round to announcing a day and a time I'll probably be too late to get a ticket. Don't they ever think about these things? Don't bother - I know the answer.
If you're elligable for a ticket, just buy one.
If this thread is anything to go by, if you can't make it you'll not be stuck with the ticket for long.
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Latest rumour is they'll be announced today.
With the announcement being that the Semi Finals are now...........
Man City v Chelsea
Man Utd v Liverpool
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Just had a text from dad, I'm on 5 games (I'm in London) he's in Hampshire and only on 4 games so he's not yet meeting criteria released (yep we know there should be more left over)
I'd understood if he goes on Saturday, ie *attended* before the 5+ criteria comes up, that would bring him to the same entitlement as me.
But :
Yes, if you go, i would like to go as well. If we go, will you get both tix please. Spoke to AV tix office, criteria for Semi, 5 attendances, was fixed BEFORE Swansea game, even if i go i do NOT qualify for Semi ticket. Dad x.
This sounds different to impression I had / others understanding, anybody else planning on relying on Swansea home to meet criteria? Is this right? They were obviously v clear with him, but I wonder if it could be a mistake?
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Latest rumour is they'll be announced today.
With the announcement being that the Semi Finals are now...........
Man City v Chelsea
Man Utd v Liverpool
Wouldn't fu**ing surprise me!
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Roll on 2pm
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Living abroad I have been looking at a few sites for the final that do Club Wembley tickets for overseas only, but while looking I also looked at a number of the sites for semi-final, cant make it back for that one, but a number of them has the game as Sunday 19th April 15.00hrs kick off, just thought I would let you know.
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I've got the missus trying to book mine online. However, the plan's just showing huge swathes of red, with a bit of green that's not where I want.
Can anyone enlighten me?
Sorted now by phone.
Sorted ours by phone too but said they couldn't tell me where the seats were...awkward for my mate's daughter as she is disabled and can become quite disorientated in lower seats. Gone for Cat 2 in the hope that they're good for her...and us, obviously!
UTV!
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Just had a text from dad, I'm on 5 games (I'm in London) he's in Hampshire and only on 4 games so he's not yet meeting criteria released (yep we know there should be more left over)
I'd understood if he goes on Saturday, ie *attended* before the 5+ criteria comes up, that would bring him to the same entitlement as me.
But :
Yes, if you go, i would like to go as well. If we go, will you get both tix please. Spoke to AV tix office, criteria for Semi, 5 attendances, was fixed BEFORE Swansea game, even if i go i do NOT qualify for Semi ticket. Dad x.
This sounds different to impression I had / others understanding, anybody else planning on relying on Swansea home to meet criteria? Is this right? They were obviously v clear with him, but I wonder if it could be a mistake?
this is different to what i was told yesterday when i was told that Swansea DEFINITELY counted, and (after a check with a manager) that QPR would too (played on the 7th, before the 9th)
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Just had a text from dad, I'm on 5 games (I'm in London) he's in Hampshire and only on 4 games so he's not yet meeting criteria released (yep we know there should be more left over)
I'd understood if he goes on Saturday, ie *attended* before the 5+ criteria comes up, that would bring him to the same entitlement as me.
But :
Yes, if you go, i would like to go as well. If we go, will you get both tix please. Spoke to AV tix office, criteria for Semi, 5 attendances, was fixed BEFORE Swansea game, even if i go i do NOT qualify for Semi ticket. Dad x.
This sounds different to impression I had / others understanding, anybody else planning on relying on Swansea home to meet criteria? Is this right? They were obviously v clear with him, but I wonder if it could be a mistake?
this is different to what i was told yesterday when i was told that Swansea DEFINITELY counted, and (after a check with a manager) that QPR would too (played on the 7th, before the 9th)
Thanks Ross, that's exactly as I thought. I think its been done well on the whole ...
(though a friend of mine -despite my advice- screwed up not getting a WBA FA tkt reallocated to him before the game so may miss out, I think I read it's too late to reallocate now which is fair enough, everyone would be at it!)
But it does seen some wrong advice given out to my Dad on this one...
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They are waiting because Liverpool are the biggest TV viewing ratings puller. They don't want to be lumbered with Villa v Blackburn if the Scousers get knocked out.
Ahh the romance of the FA cup is still alive through the power of the media. Never mind the hardworking fans that have to plan a trip over 100 miles away from their home and need to arrange transport, accommodation, childcare, pet care and maybe time off work.
The BBC, BT Sport and the FA are treating the Villa fans with contempt.
I am sure that if it had been Liverpool waiting for the outcome of Villa vs Stripeyfilth the date would have been set.
100% guaranteed.
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Arsenal fans are in the same boat, it's not just us getting stiffed.
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Latest rumour is they'll be announced today.
With the announcement being that the Semi Finals are now...........
Man City v Chelsea
Man Utd v Liverpool
yep, and poor old Arsenal. Wenger will be livid to have missed out, the whiny fuck.
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Arsenal fans are in the same boat, it's not just us getting stiffed.
The difference is, they only live down the road!
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They are waiting because Liverpool are the biggest TV viewing ratings puller. They don't want to be lumbered with Villa v Blackburn if the Scousers get knocked out.
Ahh the romance of the FA cup is still alive through the power of the media. Never mind the hardworking fans that have to plan a trip over 100 miles away from there home and need to arrange transport, accommodation, childcare, pet care and maybe time off work.
The BBC, BT Sport and the FA are treating the Villa fans with contempt.
I am sure that if it had been Liverpool waiting for the outcome of Villa vs Stripeyfilth the date would have been set.
100% guaranteed.
Hit the nail on the head.
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Liverpool don't wait. If they did, there'd be a banner made about it.
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Arsenal fans are in the same boat, it's not just us getting stiffed.
The difference is, they only live down the road!
Exactly this
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Arsenal fans are in the same boat, it's not just us getting stiffed.
The difference is, they only live down the road!
Exactly this
Only difference being we don't give a shit about them. Just Villa
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Liverpool don't wait. If they did, there'd be a banner made about it.
Plus a song that only the Kop can sing, with their cheeky scouse wit.
Stevie G dreamt it.
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Arsenal fans are in the same boat, it's not just us getting stiffed.
The difference is, they only live down the road!
Exactly this
There will be plenty of Arsenal traveling from outside London, needing to take time off work etc. It's not some anti-Villa conspiracy, it's just typical disregard for all fans.
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Wembley only release tickets block by block. This morning they have released 3 sets in the roof, & one block in the lower tier by the corner flag - which is a nice choice for his of us who have season tickets and a full set of cup games. Not Villa's fault - this is how Wembley sell.
Villa think the releases are rotating anti clockwise towards behind the goal on the lower tier, so we are waiting to see if we get a better offer!
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http://www.viator.com/tours/London/FA-Cup-Final-Football-Match-at-Wembley-Stadium/d737-6599FACUP?pref=204&aid=m8555
On arrival at Wembley Stadium, where the FA Cup final has been played since 1923, skip past the long general admission lines and enter via a separate entrance for Club Wembley ticket holders. Then, head to the middle tier and settle into your long-side seat (first-timers, this means the seats overlook the entire field) or your short-side seat behind one of the goals. If you’ve come with a group, you are guaranteed seats together, which can’t always be guaranteed when booking elsewhere.
From the comfort of your luxury padded seat, marvel at the enormity of this impressive stadium, which has held concerts for the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Madonna and One Direction. It has also played host to major football matches such as the 2012 Summer Olympics finals, and the home matches of the England national football team.
Before kickoff, flick through your complimentary match program, or perhaps purchase pre-match refreshments (own expense) at one of the Club Wembley lounges, bars, or restaurants, all of which are significantly less crowded than the stadium’s general food and drink outlets. Then, return to your seat and soak up the electric atmosphere as the crowd pumps themselves up with songs, chants and other football game antics.
Cheer on your team during the 90-minute match, and watch the FA Final 2015 trophy ceremony before you take off for your next adventure (which might be in a pub to celebrate).
From €987,84
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Arsenal fans are in the same boat, it's not just us getting stiffed.
The difference is, they only live down the road!
Exactly this
There will be plenty of Arsenal traveling from outside London, needing to take time off work etc. It's not some anti-Villa conspiracy, it's just typical disregard for all fans.
Agreed. I'm travelling from Manchester so don't want to be shafted anymore by Virgin Rail than I have to be. I'm currently looking at between £60 and £80 return.
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KO and date announcement at 3pm According to Radio 5 Live.
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Oooh it's got the excitement of deadline day this one.
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KO and date announcement at 3pm According to Radio 5 Live.
There you go. Real, genuine ITK.
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KO and date announcement at 3pm According to Radio 5 Live.
Sunday 4pm it is then
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Our website shows it as sat 18th 3pm
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Just had a text from dad, I'm on 5 games (I'm in London) he's in Hampshire and only on 4 games so he's not yet meeting criteria released (yep we know there should be more left over)
I'd understood if he goes on Saturday, ie *attended* before the 5+ criteria comes up, that would bring him to the same entitlement as me.
But :
Yes, if you go, i would like to go as well. If we go, will you get both tix please. Spoke to AV tix office, criteria for Semi, 5 attendances, was fixed BEFORE Swansea game, even if i go i do NOT qualify for Semi ticket. Dad x.
This sounds different to impression I had / others understanding, anybody else planning on relying on Swansea home to meet criteria? Is this right? They were obviously v clear with him, but I wonder if it could be a mistake?
this is different to what i was told yesterday when i was told that Swansea DEFINITELY counted, and (after a check with a manager) that QPR would too (played on the 7th, before the 9th)
Oh dear. Dad now been told on the phone: yep that was a mistake and Swansea does count, but the 5+ games have to be HOME ones (after checking with supervisor) which it seems contradicts anything advertised.
I don't believe that can be true (most of mine are away)... starting to take back my positive appraisal of the club's organisation.
Finally,even more unhelpfully and misleadingly I think, the guy he spoke to kept emphasising it was all subject to availability, suggesting 5+ doesn't guarantee you'll get one. :o
I don't think I believe that either.
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Are you sure that the 5+ games have to be home games?
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I'm going for 12pm on the Saturday.
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Arsenal fans are in the same boat, it's not just us getting stiffed.
The difference is, they only live down the road!
Exactly this
There will be plenty of Arsenal traveling from outside London, needing to take time off work etc. It's not some anti-Villa conspiracy, it's just typical disregard for all fans.
Generally agree but, frankly, Arsenal fans from outside London can get bollocksed for all I care, glory-hunting bellends.
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I'd say for an arsenal fan living in Essex (M25) villa fans going down the M40 will have a quicker journey to Wembley
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Are you sure that the 5+ games have to be home games?
No I'm not sure, in fact I'd guess it's one of three pieces of wrong info my dad has been given on the phone today, I'm not trusting what they are saying at all. I'm 4 away 1 home and will take the criteria as advertised!
It feels like I'm spreading misinformation, but am just passing on what they are (I think wrongly) saying. I've told my dad I'm sure we'll be fine and include away.
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I'd say for an arsenal fan living in Essex (M25) villa fans going down the M40 will have a quicker journey to Wembley
Well, they should support an Essex team if getting to London is too arduous.
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I'd say for an arsenal fan living in Essex (M25) villa fans going down the M40 will have a quicker journey to Wembley
Well, they should support an Essex team if getting to London is too arduous.
North Essex to the Emirates probably isn't too far but Wembley is a different kettle of fish
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I'm sure their limo drivers will manage to find the place.
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Are you sure that the 5+ games have to be home games?
No I'm not sure, in fact I'd guess it's one of three pieces of wrong info my dad has been given on the phone today, I'm not trusting what they are saying at all. I'm 4 away 1 home and will take the criteria as advertised!
It feels like I'm spreading misinformation, but am just passing on what they are (I think wrongly) saying. I've told my dad I'm sure we'll be fine and include away.
My mate was told the same thing on the phone the other day. The 5+ games in 2014/15 MUST be home games, League or Cup obviously. But that away games do not count, he wasn't best pleased as he trekked up to Newcastle and back but somebody who went to Blackpool or Bournemouth for a tenner takes priority..
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Arsenal fans are in the same boat, it's not just us getting stiffed.
The difference is, they only live down the road!
Exactly this
There will be plenty of Arsenal traveling from outside London, needing to take time off work etc. It's not some anti-Villa conspiracy, it's just typical disregard for all fans.
Generally agree but, frankly, Arsenal fans from outside London can get bollocksed for all I care, glory-hunting bellends.
Says the bloke who doesn't live in Birmingham!
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Last years semi finals were Sat 5pm and Sunday 4pm i believe. I'd be amazed if it's any different this year
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Arsenal fans are in the same boat, it's not just us getting stiffed.
The difference is, they only live down the road!
Exactly this
There will be plenty of Arsenal traveling from outside London, needing to take time off work etc. It's not some anti-Villa conspiracy, it's just typical disregard for all fans.
Generally agree but, frankly, Arsenal fans from outside London can get bollocksed for all I care, glory-hunting bellends.
Says the bloke who doesn't live in Birmingham!
Eh?
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Yardley is Solihull, not Birmingham. Everyone knows that ;)
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Bloody Mods getting me mixed up with SilhillVilla. Of all the cheek! I'm usually cheerful!
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Stop blaming Percy!
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Bloody Mods getting me mixed up with SilhillVilla. Of all the cheek! I'm usually cheerful!
Oy! I'm a sherwood happy clapper now
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I have been advised by the FA that dates & times will be announced later today
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Are you sure that the 5+ games have to be home games?
No I'm not sure, in fact I'd guess it's one of three pieces of wrong info my dad has been given on the phone today, I'm not trusting what they are saying at all. I'm 4 away 1 home and will take the criteria as advertised!
It feels like I'm spreading misinformation, but am just passing on what they are (I think wrongly) saying. I've told my dad I'm sure we'll be fine and include away.
My mate was told the same thing on the phone the other day. The 5+ games in 2014/15 MUST be home games, League or Cup obviously. But that away games do not count, he wasn't best pleased as he trekked up to Newcastle and back but somebody who went to Blackpool or Bournemouth for a tenner takes priority..
I've e-mailed someone who will give me a definitive answer, stand by your beds. There's 6 of us with about 12 home and aways each hoping you're wrong.
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From a commercial sense, I’d be surprised if away games count as they don’t drive revenue for Villa. Tesco don’t give me clubcard points for shopping at Sainsburys
I know that’s not a perfect comparison but that’s the logic behind it if that’s the rule.
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From a commercial sense, I’d be surprised if away games count as they don’t drive revenue for Villa. Tesco don’t give me clubcard points for shopping at Sainsburys
I know that’s not a perfect comparison but that’s the logic behind it if that’s the rule.
It was the away games - performances and support - that kept Villa up for the last 2 seasons.
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3pm Sunday according to FA website
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Aways don't count. It's all about Homes.
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3pm Sunday according to FA website
Yep, that'll do.
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If it's being done on a purely commercial basis, why give preference to fans who've paid for cheap tickets to see us play Blackpool in the cup ahead of those who've played £40+ for League games against the Sky elite?
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Sunday 1500 according to the Fa http://www.thefa.com/thefacup/fixtures
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Yardley is Solihull, not Birmingham. Everyone knows that ;)
bollox are they, we already have to put up with the chelmsley mob, you're not giving us Yardley as well
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On Sunday 19 April Aston Villa take on either Liverpool or Blackburn Rovers at 3pm on BT Sport 1.
Villa have won the FA Cup on seven occasions and played in the very last final at old Wembley in 2000 when they were beaten 1-0 by Chelsea.
Aston Villa v Liverpool or Blackburn
The FA Cup semi-final
3pm Sunday 19 April
Wembley Stadium connected by EE
Live on BT Sport
Blackburn Rovers and Liverpool replay at Ewood Park on Wednesday 8 April.
There will be four ticket prices for this season’s FA Cup semi-finals, starting at £33 and progressing to £43, £53 and £63 across the two ties with a £10 reduction for concessions as per each club’s own rules.
Reading, Arsenal and Aston Villa, as confirmed semi-finalists, will receive the initial club ticket allocation of 31,500.
Follow @FA on Twitter or like the official FA Cup Facebook page for all the latest news from the competition.
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Yardley is Solihull, not Birmingham. Everyone knows that ;)
bollox are they, we already have to put up with the chelmsley mob, you're not giving us Yardley as well
Well we don't want it!
Maybe Wales will take it?
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It's always been home games for Wembley tickets, why are folks suddenly surprised by that?
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Yardley is Solihull, not Birmingham. Everyone knows that ;)
bollox are they, we already have to put up with the chelmsley mob, you're not giving us Yardley as well
Well we don't want it!
Maybe Wales will take it?
cant we send them to Coventry? they deserve each other
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It's always been home games for Wembley tickets, why are folks suddenly surprised by that?
because of the wording on the website and the fact that the ticket office staff suggested that aways might count
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As we are the 3pm Sunday game does that mean BBC ?
Imagine BT will get Saturday 130pm ?
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BT us, BBC Saturday 5:20pm
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As we are the 3pm Sunday game does that mean BBC ?
Imagine BT will get Saturday 130pm ?
The phrase "Live on BT Sport" is a clue.
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On Sunday 19 April Aston Villa take on either Liverpool or Blackburn Rovers at 3pm on BT Sport 1.
Villa have won the FA Cup on seven occasions and played in the very last final at old Wembley in 2000 when they were beaten 1-0 by Chelsea.
Aston Villa v Liverpool or Blackburn
The FA Cup semi-final
3pm Sunday 19 April
Wembley Stadium connected by EE
Live on BT Sport
Despite all the advertising, EE's coverage at Wemberlee is crap
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As we are the 3pm Sunday game does that mean BBC ?
Imagine BT will get Saturday 130pm ?
The phrase "Live on BT Sport" is a clue.
That post came in as I was typing.
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As we are the 3pm Sunday game does that mean BBC ?
Imagine BT will get Saturday 130pm ?
The phrase "Live on BT Sport" is a clue.
But, when can I buy my ticket ?
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So BBC picked the arsenal game?! I'm a bit surprised by that
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As we are the 3pm Sunday game does that mean BBC ?
Imagine BT will get Saturday 130pm ?
The phrase "Live on BT Sport" is a clue.
That post came in as I was typing.
It took you 8 minutes to type that?
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As we are the 3pm Sunday game does that mean BBC ?
Imagine BT will get Saturday 130pm ?
The phrase "Live on BT Sport" is a clue.
But, when can I buy my ticket ?
Sorted mate block 126
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As we are the 3pm Sunday game does that mean BBC ?
Imagine BT will get Saturday 130pm ?
The phrase "Live on BT Sport" is a clue.
That post came in as I was typing.
It took you 8 minutes to type that?
Yes
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Was there a special from New Street to Wembley against Chelsea in our last semi?Had a look at trainline and Its a push both ways
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It's always been home games for Wembley tickets, why are folks suddenly surprised by that?
because of the wording on the website and the fact that the ticket office staff suggested that aways might count
Exactly. If they've forgotten to specify that, that's a pretty major cock up. Trading standards?!
Hmmm awaiting updates then...
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Was there a special from New Street to Wembley against Chelsea in our last semi?Had a look at trainline and Its a push both ways
Plenty coming back to Moor Street and Snow Hill, leaving Wembley regularly up until 8-44PM.
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Train booked. £26 each with Chiltern. Cheaper than the usual £29 if there's 4 or more of you as you get a group discount.
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Yardley is Solihull, not Birmingham. Everyone knows that ;)
bollox are they, we already have to put up with the chelmsley mob, you're not giving us Yardley as well
Well we don't want it!
Maybe Wales will take it?
cant we send them to Coventry? they deserve each other
Haterz gonna hate. Everyone wishes they could be in the Yardley Massive, really.
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Surprised that the games have been timed to clash with live-on-TV Premier League matches
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They have to be played some time, and Sky are not likely to agree not to screen any Premier League games all weekend so that BT and the BBC can get better viewing figures.
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It's always been home games for Wembley tickets, why are folks suddenly surprised by that?
When you say "always" it suggests that this happens regularly not once in a blue moon.
Ignoring the away support is extremely unfair.
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It's always been home games for Wembley tickets, why are folks suddenly surprised by that?
When you say "always" it suggests that this happens regularly not once in a blue moon.
Ignoring the away support is extremely unfair.
It's always based on home games when we get to Wembley. Even before booking history it was home ticket stubs, before that vouchers from home programmes. Why is it suddenly extremely unfair when everyone knows this is how we've done it for decades?
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They've changed the way they do it over the decades. Previously cup games weren't given priority over league games for non-ST holders. Plus they never used to give precedence to those who had been season ticket holders for X number of years.
I don't see why the couldn't change the system again to ensure that attendance at all matches is counted equally rather than deciding, arbitrarily, that some games count as better than others.
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It's fair enough that season ticket holders and regular home attenders get first grabs. But I could have bought 5 £10 tickets, not even bothered to go to the games, and be guaranteed a semi final ticket. I spent more than that on a single ticket to Stamford Bridge, almost as much on a single ticket to Loftus Road. I suppose there has to be a policy for these situations, I'm just a bit pissed off that I fall through the net
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They've changed the way they do it over the decades. Previously cup games weren't given priority over league games for non-ST holders. Plus they never used to give precedence to those who had been season ticket holders for X number of years.
I don't see why the couldn't change the system again to ensure that attendance at all matches is counted equally rather than deciding, arbitrarily, that some games count as better than others.
Maybe because they know for aways a lot of folks use someone else's reference? For example, of the half a dozen or so aways i've done the last few years only one has been on my reference.
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Well, maybe. I still think it's odd prioritising someone who's been to one or two FA Cup games over someone who's been to nine or ten League/League Cup games.
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Ultimately there is no system the club can use that will make everyone happy. Overall I think how we do it is fair, and I say that as someone who couldn't get a 2010 Final ticket. At least we have everyone who has a ST getting a ticket if they want. You'd have to have spent a fortune with Arsenal to even have a chance of one. And even then it's a random ballot for most.
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Ah, to argue over Cup semi-final ticket allocations.
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Just think what the arguments over the Champions League Final 2017 tickets are going to be like.
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I don't see anything unfair in the way the club have done things, and it is made clear at the start of the season that attendance at cup games pushes you up the pecking order for semi-final and final tickets. It just so happens that this season all our cup games have been at home but in another year that could favour those of us that go to away games.
Breaking it down into small windows depending on how many years you've been a season ticket holder, or how many games you've been too is really just to even out the demand on each day.
There's enough tickets for everyone who qualifies via the stated criteria and for semis all clubs end up getting more tickets off the FA once the initial 31,500 go.
Much better than the ballot system you get for events like UEFA finals and Lords test matches, which are basically just money-making opportunities for chancers.
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Everyone who ends up with a ticket will say the system is fair
All those that don't will say it isn't
I got a ticket for the 77 lge cup final because I was a shareholder
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I'll get a ticket easily. I don't think the system is massively unfair, but I do think it could be fairer. Matches attended should be counted equally.
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Ticket office told me that my 2 cup games and 11 home games can get me a ticket on the 7th April and my kids on the 8th.
So if anyone sees me camping after the qpr game in a peppa pig tent please bring me a coffee
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i know I am guaranteed a ticket but cannot get one until 30th March. My father and I had been season ticket holders since 1968. But unfortunately he passed away at beginning of last season. This year his season ticket was replaced with one for my son who had to have a new client reference no. so has only 14/15 ST status so even though I have been ST holder for 47 years attending over 1000 matches I am still near the end of the queue!! Fair or unfair? You cannot please everybody.
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If you got a season ticket then you deffo getting a ticket mate
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
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Who had first pick, BBC OR BT Sport?
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Who had first pick, BBC OR BT Sport?
BBC
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I had already had booked the Monday off as it's my birthday on the Sunday :)
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The Doc
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Who had first pick, BBC OR BT Sport?
BBC
Is that a fact?
So did they dictate we played on the Sunday or did they pick it because it was the nominated Saturday fixture?
Just curious loike.
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If you got a season ticket then you deffo getting a ticket mate
I haven't been to a game since 2003. I don't think it's fair that I probably won't get a ticket :(
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Read online that historically Liverpool don't play on Saturday closest to the date of the Hillsborough disaster weekend. This would be that weekend wouldn't it?
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If it's true that the final criteria day is 5+ home games only then looks like my son is going to be unlucky as he only has 2 homes or 3 if you include Swansea and 1 Cup game. He misses out on my criteria 2 cup and 2 home PL matches by one cup match. Ho hum.....
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If it's true that the final criteria day is 5+ home games only then looks like my son is going to be unlucky as he only has 2 homes or 3 if you include Swansea and 1 Cup game. He misses out on my criteria 2 cup and 2 home PL matches by one cup match. Ho hum.....
It's the final criteria so far. The club expect there to be further, lower, criteria.
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FFS Liverpool and their taboos! I can understand if it's the day but all else is nonsense. However I bet they will play if a Champions League game was scheduled on the exact date.
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I don't see anything unfair in the way the club have done things, and it is made clear at the start of the season that attendance at cup games pushes you up the pecking order for semi-final and final tickets. It just so happens that this season all our cup games have been at home but in another year that could favour those of us that go to away games.
Breaking it down into small windows depending on how many years you've been a season ticket holder, or how many games you've been too is really just to even out the demand on each day.
There's enough tickets for everyone who qualifies via the stated criteria and for semis all clubs end up getting more tickets off the FA once the initial 31,500 go.
Much better than the ballot system you get for events like UEFA finals and Lords test matches, which are basically just money-making opportunities for chancers.
Well said. A voice of reason. I've been surprised by much of the moaning to be honest.
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Welcome back Purple Trousers.
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I'm just glad we've got an F.A Cup final to look forward to.
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I had already had booked the Monday off as it's my birthday on the Sunday :)
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Nice one Doc!
Getting through to the final is gonna be a darn good gift!
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If you got a season ticket then you deffo getting a ticket mate
I haven't been to a game since 2003. I don't think it's fair that I probably won't get a ticket :(
If you can't handle the guilt I'll have that ticket.
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Read online that historically Liverpool don't play on Saturday closest to the date of the Hillsborough disaster weekend. This would be that weekend wouldn't it?
Oh god... on top of the Stevie Gee love in there will be a whole Hillsborough sympathy thing going on as well.
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If you got a season ticket then you deffo getting a ticket mate
I haven't been to a game since 2003. I don't think it's fair that I probably won't get a ticket :(
If you can't handle the guilt I'll have that ticket.
What guilt?
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Does anyone know how much the coach travel is for the match?
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If you got a season ticket then you deffo getting a ticket mate
I haven't been to a game since 2003. I don't think it's fair that I probably won't get a ticket :(
If you can't handle the guilt I'll have that ticket.
What guilt?
My apologies, I read your post too quickly and thought you said "probably WOULD get a ticket"
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Read online that historically Liverpool don't play on Saturday closest to the date of the Hillsborough disaster weekend. This would be that weekend wouldn't it?
Oh god... on top of the Stevie Gee love in there will be a whole Hillsborough sympathy thing going on as well.
Black armbands.
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Well it won't affect Liverpool when Blackburn knock the fuckers out will it?
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Does anyone know how much the coach travel is for the match?
£30 through the club I think.
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Blackburn in the semi and Reading in the final wouldn't be the worst scenario the world has ever known.
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Does anyone know how much the coach travel is for the match?
£30 through the club I think.
That's a bit toppy
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Does anyone know how much the coach travel is for the match?
£30 through the club I think.
That's a bit toppy
I don't think we've announced any travel details yet. Frank may have misread this bit
There will be coach travel available - all will depart from Villa Park - date and time depending on fixture TBC.
Car park spaces can be purchased for £30 and £65 for coaches .....
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£30 to park !! That's short stay airport prices
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they are charging £21 to Tottenham and think we paid that for West Ham
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they are charging £21 to Tottenham and think we paid that for West Ham
National Express are doing it for £20.50 for Adults from Digbeth Coach Station. (£12.50 child)
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What are the facilities like on the official coaches (Birmingham international)? TV screens ? Wifi ? Decent toilets ?
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Does anyone know how much the coach travel is for the match?
£30 through the club I think.
National express are charging £25 return from Digbeth
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£30 to park !! That's short stay airport prices
That's the standard Wembley price. If you've got a few people in the car it's pretty good value
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It's a bargain if you've got a double-decker bus full.
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£30 to park !! That's short stay airport prices
That's the standard Wembley price. If you've got a few people in the car it's pretty good value
Think you're better off parking 3 miles away and taking a cab .
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What are the facilities like on the official coaches (Birmingham international)? TV screens ? Wifi ? Decent toilets ?
It's just a coach, not a hotel room.
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Call the National Express if your life's in a mess, it will make you smile...
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Call the National Express if your life's in a mess, it will make you smile...
Now you've gone and done it haven't you. That tune probably won't leave my bloody head now.
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What are the facilities like on the official coaches (Birmingham international)? TV screens ? Wifi ? Decent toilets ?
It's just a coach, not a hotel room.
LOL.....
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When you're sad and feeling blue
With nothing better to do
Don't just sit there feeling stressed
Take a trip on the National Express
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More and more of our clients are demanding the highest levels of comfort for their journey. Our Coaches do not disappoint!
Coaches typically include:
Large luxury leather seats
Extra leg room
Smart and practical tables
Full kitchen on board (microwave, oven, sink, refrigerator)
Cool boxes built in throughout coach to store drinks
Massage table
WIFI internet access
Playstation console
Power points
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Chuffing ada, its an hour and a half down the road, cant you make do with a seat, a beer, a driver and an engine?
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Chuffing ada, its an hour and a half down the road, cant you make do with a seat, a beer, a driver and an engine?
normally someone destroys the bog.....does it stop for many piss breaks ? :)
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Chuffing ada, its an hour and a half down the road, cant you make do with a seat, a beer, a driver and an engine?
No beer on club coaches PW!
Stop on the way.
If they set out early - 9ish - will be there for about 1.
Pretty sure the young lady who I got my tickets from this morning asked if I wanted travel at £30. Most of the London trips by club coach are £21/23, so yes £30 does seem a lot.
But I wasn't really listening as my mate had already offered to drive us down and sharing the parking cost between 4 of us ain't too bad.
If I hadn't got the lift I'd go by train...£25/26.
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£30 to park !! That's short stay airport prices
That's the standard Wembley price. If you've got a few people in the car it's pretty good value
Think you're better off parking 3 miles away and taking a cab .
Easy parking near Stanmore tube station - just off the M1 and 10 mins to Wembley Park.
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London Midland and a slab of cans is the future.
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Chuffing ada, its an hour and a half down the road, cant you make do with a seat, a beer, a driver and an engine?
normally someone destroys the bog.....does it stop for many piss breaks ? :)
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On the way there, yes, with coaches strictly in convoy/numerical order.
No stops usually on the way back...by which time the bog is covered in piss and soggy bog roll.
Which is nice.
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If anyone is looking for good rates at a decent hotel then the Hilton London Metropole currently has a flash sale with rooms at £119 (which trust me is as good as it gets for that hotel) on the Saturday evening. There is a Patisserie Valerie on the opposite side of the Edgware Road where you can get a good breakfast and tube connections are excellent with Circle, District, Hammersmith & Fulham and Bakerloo lines all within two minutes walk.
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More and more of our clients are demanding the highest levels of comfort for their journey. Our Coaches do not disappoint!
Coaches typically include:
Large luxury leather seats
Extra leg room
Smart and practical tables
Full kitchen on board (microwave, oven, sink, refrigerator)
Cool boxes built in throughout coach to store drinks
Massage table
WIFI internet access
Playstation console
Power points
This is a joke, right?
;-)
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If anyone is looking for good rates at a decent hotel then the Hilton London Metropole currently has a flash sale with rooms at £119 (which trust me is as good as it gets for that hotel) on the Saturday evening. There is a Patisserie Valerie on the opposite side of the Edgware Road where you can get a good breakfast and tube connections are excellent with Circle, District, Hammersmith & Fulham and Bakerloo lines all within two minutes walk.
And panoramic views of the A40
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If anyone is looking for good rates at a decent hotel then the Hilton London Metropole currently has a flash sale with rooms at £119 (which trust me is as good as it gets for that hotel) on the Saturday evening. There is a Patisserie Valerie on the opposite side of the Edgware Road where you can get a good breakfast and tube connections are excellent with Circle, District, Hammersmith & Fulham and Bakerloo lines all within two minutes walk.
And panoramic views of the A40
Patisserie Valerie?! You've changed.
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I'll be hopping on the 83 bus from the end of my road in Golders Green, at a cost of around £1.50. I hope it has WiFi!
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Welcome back Purple Trousers.
Thank you Dave, good memory! I had to check if you were welcoming me back from my 4month ordination retreat in the Spanish mountains last year, and only just found this
I don't know how much more of this anxiety I can take. I wish I was with our friend Purple Trousers, at least he doesn't know how bad it's got. When he gets back he won't have a clue which division we'll be in.
It's lovely to know I was thought of even though I was one month in, sorry it must have been hellish for everyone. A happier thread title eh?! I got ordained & got a new name June 9th last year. We had a couple of days after the retreat ended still out there at the end of July. I was given a mysterious folded newspaper and told to tuck it inside my robes on the last day. It turned out it was from the friend that usually organises our Buddhist football tournament and was left with instructions for it to be handed over to me soon as: the football supplement from the Guardian on the 12th of May! What a treasure that was. Funnily enough having put it away as instructed, I couldn't sleep that night and ended up reading it. What relief! (And what titbits you pick up from match reports, 'acting manager Ryan giggs' etc.) So yes I heartily recommend living for a period as a monk, out of all media/outside contact as a way of avoiding a relegation battle!
Unsurprising when you have so long to think, I did start having fantasies of being given a name with 'siha' =Lion in it; I even worked out 'Ujusiha' would have meant 'Lion of Ethics' or (morally)'upright lion'. (Kinda like rampant lion?). Anyway I got a blessed with an unusually short name which do-able in the NHS, the villa stayed up and I didn't have to witness England bombing out. It's still weird having to acknowledge I missed the World Cup (not seen any of the Vlaar heroics). I may even get a £10 shirt on Saturday and get my new name stuck on it :)
UTV!
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More and more of our clients are demanding the highest levels of comfort for their journey. Our Coaches do not disappoint!
Coaches typically include:
Large luxury leather seats
Extra leg room
Smart and practical tables
Full kitchen on board (microwave, oven, sink, refrigerator)
Cool boxes built in throughout coach to store drinks
Massage table
WIFI internet access
Playstation console
Power points
No champagne on arrival at the coach station or complementary massage 'extras'? What is this, Megabus?
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Chiltern Rail from Stourbridge/Moor Street £29 - but all change at High Wycombe for Wembley Stadium?
That should be a scramble!
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If anyone is looking for good rates at a decent hotel then the Hilton London Metropole currently has a flash sale with rooms at £119 (which trust me is as good as it gets for that hotel) on the Saturday evening. There is a Patisserie Valerie on the opposite side of the Edgware Road where you can get a good breakfast and tube connections are excellent with Circle, District, Hammersmith & Fulham and Bakerloo lines all within two minutes walk.
Hiliton London Kensington (which is actually more Shepherds Bush than Kensington) is at £105.
Close to cheap (by London standards) parking at Westfield
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I'll be hopping on the 83 bus from the end of my road in Golders Green, at a cost of around £1.50. I hope it has WiFi!
No, but it might have smart and practical tables.
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I am driving down - and have booked parking spaces on someones drive just behind the Green Man Pub via Justpark for £12.50.
10/15 min walk to Wembley - and easy to get away from after the game.
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Train down from Bedford - easy!
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Train down from Bedford - easy!
Sorted then - mass sleepover/party at Duncan's on the Saturday night it is.
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One thing I've learnt from this thread is that some manage to partake in a forum without the ability to read. It's quite remarkable.
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Train down from Bedford - easy!
Train down from Cambridge - easy too :)
UTV
The Doc
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Chiltern Rail from Stourbridge/Moor Street £29 - but all change at High Wycombe for Wembley Stadium?
That should be a scramble!
On match days Chiltern "normally" stop trains at Wembley too...
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Chiltern Rail from Stourbridge/Moor Street £29 - but all change at High Wycombe for Wembley Stadium?
That should be a scramble!
On match days Chiltern "normally" stop trains at Wembley too...
It's not change, its via.
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Chiltern Rail from Stourbridge/Moor Street £29 - but all change at High Wycombe for Wembley Stadium?
That should be a scramble!
On match days Chiltern "normally" stop trains at Wembley too...
It's not change, its via.
Which is what I was thinking/hoping.
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Hi Guys
Not going to be able to make it , however here are some train details for you which hopefully will help some
Trainline.com Tickets £16.40 there and £16.40 back , on Virgin so not to bad , there are cheaper options coming back later if anyone wants a pint or 2 in London , once at Euston just jump on the Metropolitan Line up to Wembley about 20mins , anyway hope this helps someone but I suggest booking soon as these prices will defo increase , have a great day
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One thing I've learnt from this thread is that some manage to partake in a forum without the ability to read. It's quite remarkable.
Alright hedgeorange74. I like to partake in rum too. It's pretty good stuff if you get the right one.
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Hi Guys
Not going to be able to make it , however here are some train details for you which hopefully will help some
Trainline.com Tickets £16.40 there and £16.40 back , on Virgin so not to bad , there are cheaper options coming back later if anyone wants a pint or 2 in London , once at Euston just jump on the Metropolitan Line up to Wembley about 20mins , anyway hope this helps someone but I suggest booking soon as these prices will defo increase , have a great day
You must be just down Hurst Hill from me .....
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Chiltern Rail from Stourbridge/Moor Street £29 - but all change at High Wycombe for Wembley Stadium?
That should be a scramble!
On match days Chiltern "normally" stop trains at Wembley too...
It's not change, its via.
Which is what I was thinking/hoping.
Said change on the page?
I hope it via as well!
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Booked yesterday and definitely a change at high Wycombe
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Booked yesterday and definitely a change at high Wycombe
Is that to Wembley?
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Booked yesterday and definitely a change at high Wycombe
Is that to Wembley?
On Trainline the choices are Wembley Central, Wembley North or Wembley Stadium.
If you choose Wembley Stadium then there is a change at Marylebone, Leamington or Bicester North depending upon which train you get.
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I think all Chilterns to Marylebone stop at Wembley on event days. Failing that you're better off going straight to Marylebone and changing there.
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Stopping overnight (Saturday) at the Grapes Hotel, Hayes (Premier Inn) £76 watching the other semi final and then dining at the Grapes Tandoori (excellent food) - early breakfast on the Sunday, park up on a guys` drive near Wembley (see "Park on my drive.com") at about midday - short walk to the stadium and take in the atmosphere with all the Villa and Blackburn fans - Magic !!!!
The hairs are standing up on the back of my neck already
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Something else that isn't widely known is that you can now use contactless credit/debit cards on TfL buses/tubes as an Oyster which cuts the price by half and saves having to buy tickets.
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Booked yesterday and definitely a change at high Wycombe
Is that to Wembley?
On Trainline the choices are Wembley Central, Wembley North or Wembley Stadium.
If you choose Wembley Stadium then there is a change at Marylebone, Leamington or Bicester North depending upon which train you get.
Not confusing at all then!
I have e-mailed Chiltern to see if the Moor Street trains will be stopping off at Wembley without a change at H Wycombe as suggested above - if there is at least we will be in good company!
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I have been to the new Wembley on three occasions, twice to see us and I have driven to Ruislip and got the tube in before going onto the pub.
The question here is whether its me parking at Ruislip that is causing these defeats and should I alter my method of transport for the day?
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I have been to the new Wembley on three occasions, twice to see us and I have driven to Ruislip and got the tube in before going onto the pub.
The question here is whether its me parking at Ruislip that is causing these defeats and should I alter my method of transport for the day?
Definitely make the change. Since I changed the car park I use on Villa Park matchdays we have been sensational.
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Something else that isn't widely known is that you can now use contactless credit/debit cards on TfL buses/tubes as an Oyster which cuts the price by half and saves having to buy tickets.
So you dont need to "shell out" for an Oyster then ? Another pearl of wit from Merseyside ;)
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Something else that isn't widely known is that you can now use contactless credit/debit cards on TfL buses/tubes as an Oyster which cuts the price by half and saves having to buy tickets.
Remember that the buses don't take cash so don't try...buses don't take contactless either - at least not in South London recently no idea if this has changed. Contactless is for trains and tubes and is the way to go. Sorry to be all northen monkeys but do you have it in Birmingham? If not it's the easiest and most convenient way to travel. There was also some report down here that certain travel is cheaper with contactless than oyster. Don't know what that was though.
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I've used contactless on a London bus albeit norf o' the rivva lately. It should have been brought in here long ago.
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Something else that isn't widely known is that you can now use contactless credit/debit cards on TfL buses/tubes as an Oyster which cuts the price by half and saves having to buy tickets.
Remember that the buses don't take cash so don't try...buses don't take contactless either - at least not in South London recently no idea if this has changed. Contactless is for trains and tubes and is the way to go. Sorry to be all northen monkeys but do you have it in Birmingham? If not it's the easiest and most convenient way to travel. There was also some report down here that certain travel is cheaper with contactless than oyster. Don't know what that was though.
Of course we don't. West Midlands buses still want the exact fare off you.
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I can't get my ticket yet but booked the train today as the prices seem to be creeping up. £37 return from new street. 8.30am out and around 8.30pm back.
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I have been to the new Wembley on three occasions, twice to see us and I have driven to Ruislip and got the tube in before going onto the pub.
The question here is whether its me parking at Ruislip that is causing these defeats and should I alter my method of transport for the day?
Definitely make the change. Since I changed the car park I use on Villa Park matchdays we have been sensational.
I think we've got better since I stopped shouting "we want Lambert out" during the game.
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I can't get my ticket yet but booked the train today as the prices seem to be creeping up. £37 return from new street. 8.30am out and around 8.30pm back.
Is that into london and back out to the stadium ?
Or Is there a football special ?
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No just Euston and back. Not sure if they are putting any football specials on.
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No just Euston and back. Not sure if they are putting any football specials on.
So you'll need to add on a tube return ticket . £7.90 ?
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No just Euston and back. Not sure if they are putting any football specials on.
So you'll need to add on a tube return ticket . £7.90 ?
use contactless then and it will cost around £3.50-£4
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Chiltern Railways £29 ....Moor St to Wembley Stadium
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Yes tube to pay for also but we will drink away from the ground for a bit then head over later on.
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Surely 2 singles - new St to Euston would be cheaper than £29?
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Chiltern £29 return from Moor Street to Wembley Stadium with one change at High Wycombe
Departure times include
9 55 arrive 12 18
10 15 arrive 12 27
10 55 arrive 13 18
11 15 arrive 13 28
11 55 arrive 14 18
12 15 arrive 14 27
After the game and if you get an open return to cover possibility of extra time etc choices are 18 and 28 mins past
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We looked at chiltern railways but it was longer on the train especially on the way back and will go elsewhere before heading towards the stadium.
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There is engineering work planned on West coast mainline for April so be forearmed.
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Probably easier to walk it!
:D
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Chiltern £29 return from Moor Street to Wembley Stadium with one change at High Wycombe
Departure times include
9 55 arrive 12 18
10 15 arrive 12 27
10 55 arrive 13 18
11 15 arrive 13 28
11 55 arrive 14 18
12 15 arrive 14 27
After the game and if you get an open return to cover possibility of extra time etc choices are 18 and 28 mins past
Interesting. The Chiltern Railway site confirms what you have written, but if you use TheTrainline.com, the 1115 departure says change at Leamington:
Journey summary
Duration
Changes (1)
2h 13m
>
11:15
Birmingham Moor Street
Chiltern Railways towards Leamington Spa
32 minutes Calling points
11:47
Leamington Spa
12:06
Leamington Spa
Chiltern Railways towards Wembley Stadium
1 hour 22 minutes Calling points
13:28
Wembley Stadium
If you just put Birmingham Any with destination Wembley Stadium, it shows departures from Moor Street and Snow Hill but with different info again. I used to use the trainline site heavilly but mainly for Virgin and West trains. For Chiltern it seems best avoided.
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We looked at chiltern railways but it was longer on the train especially on the way back and will go elsewhere before heading towards the stadium.
Drinkin' time me old son ;-)
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Birmingham International Coaches will also be arranging a coach convoy to Wembley Stadium and is expected to require more than eighty coaches in total for the event.
Wishing Aston Villa F.C. and all the fans good luck and hope everyone has a memorable day out!!
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We looked at chiltern railways but it was longer on the train especially on the way back and will go elsewhere before heading towards the stadium.
Drinkin' time me old son ;-)
That's the plan but in a pub.
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For car parking, we've been allocated the Yellow Car Park. That's the one closest to Wembley Park Tube and is a far easier out that the Green Car Park right next to the stadium.
http://www.wembleyofficialparking.com/createbooking/selecttariff/840
http://www.wembleyofficialparking.com/cdn/uploads/venuedirections/Northmap_lo-res_visual1.pdf
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The change station is the first one you can get a connection at. If the Wembley train stops at Leamington that's what will show.
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The change station is the first one you can get a connection at. If the Wembley train stops at Leamington that's what will show.
How is a poor drunk to work all this out on such an emotional day?
I remember being on a Chiltern train years back when a very Brummie announcer had the piss taken out of every proclamation - I began asking fellow travellers what they thought was so funny until my wife pointed out we were there to enjoy ourselves .-)
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Train down from Bedford - easy!
Bedford Station is the worst train station in the entire universe.
Have a nice journey!
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My train journey is a piece of piss, all sorted, I just need a ticket now.
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My train journey is a piece of piss, all sorted, I just need a ticket now.
Same here, well down the pecking order but hopeful. If not, it's a day out in Wycombe for me.
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For car parking, we've been allocated the Yellow Car Park. That's the one closest to Wembley Park Tube and is a far easier out that the Green Car Park right next to the stadium.
http://www.wembleyofficialparking.com/createbooking/selecttariff/840
http://www.wembleyofficialparking.com/cdn/uploads/venuedirections/Northmap_lo-res_visual1.pdf
There's also an unofficial car park I used v Chelsea and for a couple of England games, right next to the stadium for £25. Pre-book online and print off your ticket or have it sent to your phone. No queuing to get out the car park at all as it's not very big, although for one of the England games I hit a queue round the corner by some industrial units, but not too much hassle.
For the Chelsea game I left bang on full-time and was in the car and on the North Circular in no time.
http://www.wembleyparking.net (http://www.wembleyparking.net)
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My train journey is a piece of piss, all sorted, I just need a ticket now.
I want to know what wine you will feel like drinking when we win. Not the final. The semi.
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Blackburn in the semi and Reading in the final wouldn't be the worst scenario the world has ever known.
Would be if we lose to either of them.
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Anyone know a good curry house in the Wembley stadium area ?
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Anyone know a good curry house in the Wembley stadium area ?
Click here for the magic of the internet to be revealed.... (http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurants-g528820-c24-Wembley_Greater_London_England.html)
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Anyone know a good curry house in the Wembley stadium area ?
Click here for the magic of the internet to be revealed.... (http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurants-g528820-c24-Wembley_Greater_London_England.html)
That's all very well and good, but how on earth can you find a hotel in the same area? If only there was a way.
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Train down from Bedford - easy!
Bedford Station is the worst train station in the entire universe.
Have a nice journey!
Wolverhampton and Stoke run it a close second then.
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Train down from Bedford - easy!
Bedford Station is the worst train station in the entire universe.
Have a nice journey!
Wolverhampton and Stoke run it a close second then.
Wolverhampton for sure but Stoke isn't as bad as Coventry.
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1,000 posts...we will win the FA Cup now.
Get your bets on, you can thank me later...in beer!
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One thing I've learnt from this thread is that some manage to partake in a forum without the ability to read. It's quite remarkable.
Alright hedgeorange74. I like to partake in rum too. It's pretty good stuff if you get the right one.
Shit. I kind of prefer hedgeorange now. I've forgotten what rum tastes like as I just always drink whiskey.
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Am I literally the only Villa fan that is struggling to get excited about a Sunday 3pm semi-final at Wembley? I'm sure as the game approaches I will get into it but at present I'mhardly buzzing with anticipation.
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Am I literally the only Villa fan that is struggling to get excited about a Sunday 3pm semi-final at Wembley? I'm sure as the game approaches I will get into it but at present I'mhardly buzzing with anticipation.
It's just you, even I'll get a semi for this one!
FA Cup, and as the song used to go: "seven times we've won it no-one else'll catch up"
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Am I literally the only Villa fan that is struggling to get excited about a Sunday 3pm semi-final at Wembley? I'm sure as the game approaches I will get into it but at present I'mhardly buzzing with anticipation.
I'm excited about having an away-day mega drink-up with my mates ;-)
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Is that Stevie G suspended for their Blackburn Replay!?
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Is that Stevie G suspended for their Blackburn Replay!?
Yes 3 game ban
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Is that Stevie G suspended for their Blackburn Replay!?
Yes 3 game ban
They have been playing better without him recently
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Am I literally the only Villa fan that is struggling to get excited about a Sunday 3pm semi-final at Wembley? I'm sure as the game approaches I will get into it but at present I'mhardly buzzing with anticipation.
Play it on a tuesday at 5.30 and I'm still excited by this.
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Is that Stevie G suspended for their Blackburn Replay!?
Yes 3 game ban
They have been playing better without him recently
Yep, not having that horrible person in their team is no loss for 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' these days.
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When you're sad and feeling blue
With nothing better to do
Don't just sit there feeling stressed
Take a trip on the National Express
My favourite line:
"with an arse as wide as a small country"!
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Well its hard to get by, when your arse is the size, of a small country.....
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Am I literally the only Villa fan that is struggling to get excited about a Sunday 3pm semi-final at Wembley? I'm sure as the game approaches I will get into it but at present I'mhardly buzzing with anticipation.
Play it on a tuesday at 5.30 and I'm still excited by this.
Same here. It's the FA Cup semi final for crying out loud. Can't wait!
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If you are going by car and don't want to pay to park at Wembley I can recommend the tube from either Ruislip or Ickenham both just off the M25 and a direct tube link to Wembley!
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Is that Stevie G suspended for their Blackburn Replay!?
Yes 3 game ban
They have been playing better without him recently
Yep, not having that horrible person in their team is no loss for 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' these days.
It hasn't been for the past two seasons at least. Far better side without him in it.
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I only been one game this season, so will I be able to get a ticket for Semi final and final.
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Looks like Skrtel will miss the Blackburn game too.
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Violent conduct should be a 3 gamer right?
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(http://i791.photobucket.com/albums/yy191/villan2010/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150323_181226.jpg) (http://s791.photobucket.com/user/villan2010/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20150323_181226.jpg.html)
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You stamp your right leg down
Or your left leg down
You dig your studs in and yer shake it all about
You get a 3 match ban you stupid scouse twats
That's what its all about
Calm Down Calm Down
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I hear we have won the toss for Wembley dressing rooms so we'll be in the home dressing room.
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I hear we have won the toss for Wembley dressing rooms so we'll be in the home dressing room.
So we should be - we were drawn out the bag first - should not have been the need to draw lots!!
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Can't wait for the SF. This is our year.
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Anyone know a good curry house in the Wembley stadium area ?
Click here for the magic of the internet to be revealed.... (http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurants-g528820-c24-Wembley_Greater_London_England.html)
If the Green Man on Dagmar Ave has been allocated, then also on the 'western' pub list is the Blue Room curry house on Wembley Park Road. Went with Walsall for the JPT - super Guinness & cracking curry.
Park at Stanmore. Trains waiting on the platform there & back. £3 return using your chip & pin. Was on the M1 within the hour of leaving the stadium.
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Green Man is a Villa pub, they confirmed it on twitter
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Can anyone confirm the rumour that the Greyhound pub near Wembley had now closed down?
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Looks like it (http://www.inapub.co.uk/venues/30940)
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Green Man is a Villa pub, they confirmed it on twitter
Oh, the joy.
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Green Man is a Villa pub, they confirmed it on twitter
Oh, the joy.
Tee hee indeed!
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I know someone who went to Walsall's final and he said you couldn't get anywhere near the Green Man, it was rammed. One to avoid. It was £4.50 a pint in the ground apparently as well.
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I know someone who went to Walsall's final and he said you couldn't get anywhere near the Green Man, it was rammed. One to avoid.
Correct.
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I know someone who went to Walsall's final and he said you couldn't get anywhere near the Green Man, it was rammed. One to avoid. It was £4.50 a pint in the ground apparently as well.
Not surprised he couldn't get near the Green Man.....Harbourne's a long way from Wembley......................Godzvilla!
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Will probably use the premier inn bar pre match .
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No point drinking around the ground - plenty of areas to drink a bit further away and then get the overground there. Tube back is easy enough.
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I never drink near Wembley...always a few stops away.
UTV
The Doc
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Green Man is a Villa pub, they confirmed it on twitter
"Cracking pub, full of Villa". Avoid like the plague.
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Really sorry if this has already been asked in here, but I couldn't find it after a bit of digging. Could somebody please explain to me how the category pricing works? As in which prices correlate to which part of the stadium etc?
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I believe that the cheapest tickets mean that you're sat next to Leeg underneath a precarious looking piece of overhanging concrete
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I believe that the cheapest tickets mean that you're sat next to Leeg underneath a precarious looking piece of overhanging concrete
Christ I'll avoid them then!
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Really sorry if this has already been asked in here, but I couldn't find it after a bit of digging. Could somebody please explain to me how the category pricing works? As in which prices correlate to which part of the stadium etc?
Try this (http://www.readingfc.co.uk/documents/wembleypricingseating170315154-2339621.pdf)
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I have no idea apart from mine is in block 128 and is a £53 ticket. Leeg reckons it's a good view, which with Leeg could mean anything!
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/20906_10153232528657658_1021894497441342888_n.jpg?oh=2424510d8eb3c2148d29ac790f1e4f55&oe=559D84C5&__gda__=1437876155_a7e4a7c8a900405eed980a6c8050618c)
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Or you could just use the link in Pete's post, which covers it all nicely.
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Thanks PWS and Pete, very helpful!
Side note, anyone know how many tickets we've sold? Hoping to get 3 together on the 9th and slightly starting to sweat about how many we will have sold...
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Doing some guesstimating, but i'd have thought there are the best part of 10K left, if not more. That's based on 18K ST holders and another 5K who have VC or 3+ cup games which is the current criteria. The 5K is most likely too high a guess.
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Cheers PWS, just hoping I can get 3 together on the 9th.
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liverpool looking good on telly at the moment, hope we end up playing Blackburn
or is it bolton
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Cheers PWS, just hoping I can get 3 together on the 9th.
They're selling each category block-by-block, so you should be fine.
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liverpool looking good on telly at the moment, hope we end up playing Blackburn
or is it bolton
You were saying? 3 0 down
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Losing 3-0.
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liverpool looking good on telly at the moment, hope we end up playing Blackburn
or is it bolton
You were saying? 3 0 down
apart from that I mean
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I believe that the cheapest tickets mean that you're sat next to Leeg underneath a precarious looking piece of overhanging concrete
Christ I'll avoid them then!
I think I'm in the same block as Leeg. Gulp!
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If it's block 128 you have the pleasure of me and Leeg as neighbours.
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I believe that the cheapest tickets mean that you're sat next to Leeg underneath a precarious looking piece of overhanging concrete
Christ I'll avoid them then!
I think I'm in the same block as Leeg. Gulp!
I think I might be to, as we booked on the same afternoon
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If it's block 128 you have the pleasure of me and Leeg as neighbours.
Let's talk about Wembley again instead of yesterday. I booked Friday afternoon over the phone and asked for best available in the lower tier so I'm assuming that will be block 128. Never thought to ask, paid £53 for mine and £43 for my nipper.
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You'll all be as relieved as me to know that my ticket finally turned up today, a day short of 3 weeks since I ordered. Block 138, so well away from Leeg. *phew all round*
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We're in block 126 if anyone wants to lob a prawn sandwich or vol au vent at us
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Any advice please. Cant get through to VP at the moment
I can get tickets from tomorrow. I have been with my son to 5 PL games this season but all tickets are in my name and not assigned to him. Presumably I'm entitled to two tickets from tomorrow and the lack of assignment is irrelevant?
Are the SF tickets prices reduced for u18's and are they given to specific named people. Reason I ask is that my son maybe working so may not be able to attend so I would take a mate
Thanks R
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Any advice please. Cant get through to VP at the moment
I can get tickets from tomorrow. I have been with my son to 5 PL games this season but all tickets are in my name and not assigned to him. Presumably I'm entitled to two tickets from tomorrow and the lack of assignment is irrelevant?
Are the SF tickets prices reduced for u18's and are they given to specific named people. Reason I ask is that my son maybe working so may not be able to attend so I would take a mate
Thanks R
1 ticket per client ref but they do seem to be helping people out who have brought multiple tickets on one ref .
No junior priced tickets & tickets do have your name on but cant see that being a problem.
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Any advice please. Cant get through to VP at the moment
I can get tickets from tomorrow. I have been with my son to 5 PL games this season but all tickets are in my name and not assigned to him. Presumably I'm entitled to two tickets from tomorrow and the lack of assignment is irrelevant?
Are the SF tickets prices reduced for u18's and are they given to specific named people. Reason I ask is that my son maybe working so may not be able to attend so I would take a mate
Thanks R
1 ticket per client ref but they do seem to be helping people out who have brought multiple tickets on one ref .
No junior priced tickets & tickets do have your name on but cant see that being a problem.
I've got the same problem (no client ref for my son for the Leicester game, sorted it out for the Baggies) and was just turned down flat despite the fact that I've got the ticket stubs here.
Maybe I should try again.
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Our tickets came yesterday. They're lovely.
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Any advice please. Cant get through to VP at the moment
I can get tickets from tomorrow. I have been with my son to 5 PL games this season but all tickets are in my name and not assigned to him. Presumably I'm entitled to two tickets from tomorrow and the lack of assignment is irrelevant?
Are the SF tickets prices reduced for u18's and are they given to specific named people. Reason I ask is that my son maybe working so may not be able to attend so I would take a mate
Thanks R
1 ticket per client ref but they do seem to be helping people out who have brought multiple tickets on one ref .
No junior priced tickets & tickets do have your name on but cant see that being a problem.
I've got the same problem (no client ref for my son for the Leicester game, sorted it out for the Baggies) and was just turned down flat despite the fact that I've got the ticket stubs here.
Maybe I should try again.
Was that in person or via the phone?
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Does anyone have any information on the ballot they ran ? I read they were going to email the winners on the 8th April, but with them still being on sale this cant be case ?
And any rough ideas how many are left ?
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Does anyone have any information on the ballot they ran ? I read they were going to email the winners on the 8th April, but with them still being on sale this cant be case ?
And any rough ideas how many are left ?
The winner/s of the ballot get the chance to buy a ticket, which will come out of our allocation. So tickets still being on sale won't be an issue.
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Going up to the ticket office early tomorrow to get my lot in.
Being as behind the goal in the Lower Tier seems to be gone, I'm Trying to figure out whether I'm better off getting Lower tier on the sides or behind the goal in the upper tier in terms of being able to stand/sing. Anyone got any clues?
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Any advice please. Cant get through to VP at the moment
I can get tickets from tomorrow. I have been with my son to 5 PL games this season but all tickets are in my name and not assigned to him. Presumably I'm entitled to two tickets from tomorrow and the lack of assignment is irrelevant?
Are the SF tickets prices reduced for u18's and are they given to specific named people. Reason I ask is that my son maybe working so may not be able to attend so I would take a mate
Thanks R
1 ticket per client ref but they do seem to be helping people out who have brought multiple tickets on one ref .
No junior priced tickets & tickets do have your name on but cant see that being a problem.
I've got the same problem (no client ref for my son for the Leicester game, sorted it out for the Baggies) and was just turned down flat despite the fact that I've got the ticket stubs here.
Maybe I should try again.
Was that in person or via the phone?
On the phone. I'm 100 miles away so it's cheaper! I've emailed Nicola Keye but no reply yet.
I don't really see what they're trying to stop. There's no identity check on the gates so surely the person who bought the tickets should get the priority for the next round.
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For those that have tickets - who are we playing? If its Liverpool it'll save me watching it later.
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Any advice please. Cant get through to VP at the moment
I can get tickets from tomorrow. I have been with my son to 5 PL games this season but all tickets are in my name and not assigned to him. Presumably I'm entitled to two tickets from tomorrow and the lack of assignment is irrelevant?
Are the SF tickets prices reduced for u18's and are they given to specific named people. Reason I ask is that my son maybe working so may not be able to attend so I would take a mate
Thanks R
1 ticket per client ref but they do seem to be helping people out who have brought multiple tickets on one ref .
No junior priced tickets & tickets do have your name on but cant see that being a problem.
I've got the same problem (no client ref for my son for the Leicester game, sorted it out for the Baggies) and was just turned down flat despite the fact that I've got the ticket stubs here.
Maybe I should try again.
Was that in person or via the phone?
On the phone. I'm 100 miles away so it's cheaper! I've emailed Nicola Keye but no reply yet.
I don't really see what they're trying to stop. There's no identity check on the gates so surely the person who bought the tickets should get the priority for the next round.
Needless to say, I got no reply to my email so tried again on the phone line. Apparently they were honouring U18s in our position as they couldn't register themselves. My lad has just turned 18 so wouldn't normally be allowed but they believed me and I got tickets. V. Happy.
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Just had an email about the ballot and I have been successful!!
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Keep your eyes open for an announcement from the Supporters Trust after tonight's match.
We are making a weekend of it. Arrive in London at 1.30pm on the Saturday, rally the troops in Holborn that night, Swiss Cottage and Hampstead before the game, back to central London that night if we win, get train home with serious hangover on Monday morning!
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I've just ordered a bunch of these.
(http://shop.avfc.co.uk/cms_media/images/380x450_fitbox-c13002771_h.jpg)
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Bring that and I'll poke your eye out with my flagpole:
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Needless to say, I got no reply to my email so tried again on the phone line. Apparently they were honouring U18s in our position as they couldn't register themselves. My lad has just turned 18 so wouldn't normally be allowed but they believed me and I got tickets. V. Happy.
Just took a call from the club (following up the email to Nicola Keye) offering to sell me tickets. Very good indeed.
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Liverpool it's going to be then.
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Grats Stevie and all the Liverpool loving media. Enjoy your pissing final.
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For once it will be an advantage not to playing a VP. Let's hope our 'away' form against them continues. Be good to break Stevie's heart at Wembley.
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Not too worried by them at all. It's good to finally know who we're playing anyway.
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My mind just went back to Old Trafford 1996 - what a superb opportunity to put that record straight.
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My mind just went back to Old Trafford 1996 - what a superb opportunity to put that record straight.
Too right! We were never three goals worse than them that day. Payback time!
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My mind just went back to Old Trafford 1996 - what a superb opportunity to put that record straight.
Too right! We were never three goals worse than them that day. Payback time!
Payback for the racist ****** in the box behind us on the Stretford. I'd fucking love to do these.
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Bring them on!!!!
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I'm very confident about this especially after last night and thinking how well we've done up there in recent years, even Liverpool fans saying they're worried about Benteke and Agbonlahor.
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I guess a mod can change the title of the thread now.
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Scandinavian airlines are going to be busy.
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I'm very confident about this especially after last night and thinking how well we've done up there in recent years, even Liverpool fans saying they're worried about Benteke and Agbonlahor.
Gabby and Benteke would walk all over Toure and Lovren.
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It's just a shame that they are so good we don't any players like Benteke and Gabby who have shown they can piss all over them.
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Benteke will be lying awake at night fretting about how the hell he is going to get any change at all out of Kolo Toure.
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It's not as though we haven't stuck six past Mingolet before. I mean, he's world class Liverpool's world class stopper.
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What is this ballot people are talking about?
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My mate, who is as one-eyed a Liverpool season ticket holder as they come, isn't half as confident as some of the people on here that they are going to beat us.
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What is this ballot people are talking about?
7th May, to decide who forms the next Government.
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What is this ballot people are talking about?
Closed over a week ago
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~4577425,00.html
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What is this ballot people are talking about?
There was a ballot on the website for some Wembley tickets if you were not going to fit into the buying criteria
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Just seen this on Facebook......didn't take long...
`come on Liverpool. The whole of the city of Birmingham is behind you`
What fulfilling lives these people lead.
As for the game, Liverpool look vulnerable at the moment. They'll start favourites, but I'm cautiously optimistic we can beat them.
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I have burnt my ticket on upon hearing the news we had Liverpool. I am just too scared to have it in the house. It's laughable to think we can compete with the likes of them. Laughable.
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It's been a long time since Liverpool had a defence and goalie as shit as this lot. If nothing else I'm confident we'll score. I'm slightly more confident we'll concede though...
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What is this ballot people are talking about?
Closed over a week ago
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~4577425,00.html
Shit, I never heard that at all.
If they were offering tickets to people in a ballot how does that square with tickets not being sold to people with 4 games history until Friday?
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It's been a long time since Liverpool had a defence and goalie as shit as this lot. If nothing else I'm confident we'll score. I'm slightly more confident we'll concede though...
IIRC Ads, we have never scored v Liverpool in the cup.
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It's been a long time since Liverpool had a defence and goalie as shit as this lot. If nothing else I'm confident we'll score. I'm slightly more confident we'll concede though...
IIRC Ads, we have never scored v Liverpool in the cup.
They've never had Kolo Toure and Dejan Lovren in defence for them against us in the Cup before.
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I think it's only right that Villa and Reading withdraw from the competition.
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I think it's only tight that Villa and Reading withdraw from the competition.
I think we should write a letter of apology to Liverpool for deigning to think we could stand in the way of their rightful place in the Final.
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I think it's only tight that Villa and Reading withdraw from the competition.
Agreed. Laughable to think we can stand in the way of the Stevie G and his destiny. He's truly our queen of hearts.
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I'm that cross that we thought we could possibly compete with such footballing gods I typed 'tight' instead of right, that's how depressing this entire FA Cup campaign has been.
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We should all sell our tickets to Liverpool fans, we don't deserve to be there. It's laughable that Aston Villa are in an FA Cup semi-final.
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I am on a bit of a downer today but you lot are cheering me up :) This is funny stuff.
Speaking of which, did the FA quietly drop the idea of fines or such nonsense for those "shocking scenes" when we beat Albion? Good for them if they did.
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We should all sell our tickets to Liverpool fans, we don't deserve to be there. It's laughable that Aston Villa are in tan FA Cup semi-final.
To 'sell' something would involve money changing hands. This is Liverpool we are talking about.
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Speaking of which, did the FA quietly drop the idea of fines or such nonsense for those "shocking scenes" when we beat Albion? Good for them if they did.
I've started one of those pointless petitions demanding we be kicked out of the competition for such shocking behaviour.
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Laughable, we have no chance.
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Oh well Halfords it is tomorrow for a crook lock and some locking wheel nuts.
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I can't wait for another two weeks of hilarious Scouse jokes and cliches.
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I can't wait for another two weeks of hilarious Scouse jokes and cliches.
Calm down calm down.
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Bring 'em on.
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Sign on, sign on.
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In my Biology test today one of the questions asked me to name something you'd find in a cell.
Scousers wasn't the correct answer.
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Cheer up Stevie G,
oh what can it mean,
To a sad scouser bastard,
And his, broken dream.
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& you'll never work again, you'll never work again
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I know this might be a bit of an old one now, but I'm just listening to the Beatles and it reminded me they are one of only 3 good things to come out Liverpool;
The other 2 being Wayne Rooney (open to opinion) and The M62!
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*cough* Dennis Mortimer *cough* Peter Withe *cough*
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Liverpool airport has been shut for the past 8 hours due to a "Suspicious car".
Apparently it had tax and insurance and the radio was still in it.
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Liverpool. It seems not so long ago they were a top 4 side, now they're in there with the 'also rans'. They're still struggling to come to terms with the truth the rest of the country have long accepted. If it wasn't for the number of former players that appear on TV we'd probably forget they even exist.
File under 'Nothing to Fear even though we're not in the best of shape'.
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What's the difference between a cow and a tragedy?
A Scouser wouldn't know how to milk a cow.
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OOOPS - sorry - well spotted Withey - didn't Kenny Swain originate frpm up there as well ?
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What's the difference between a cow and a tragedy?
A Scouser wouldn't know how to milk a cow.
Are you saying there are no Scousers working as Consultants?
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OK everyone expected Liverpool to get rid of Blackburn on their way to coronate King Stevie. Now their full expectation is that they will smack us in a jiffy and go on and meet Arsenal.
Well let's show them it's not that easy. COME ON VILLA....
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I can't wait for another two weeks of hilarious Scouse jokes and cliches.
Calm down calm down.
haha
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Has anyone got a knitting pattern for a half and half scarf?
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What's the difference between a cow and a tragedy?
A Scouser wouldn't know how to milk a cow.
Heh! Heh!
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In the run up to this match, if you look closely, and with skillfull use of the pause button on your TV remote, you may - with patience - see that there is actually ANOTHER team due to play that day besides "Stevie Me"s beloved Liverpool.
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For those of us watching on the telly:
Semi Final Piss Up Bingo
Sip of beer for the following words used in commentary:
Shankly
Birthday
LA Galaxy
Large measure of Scotch for the following:
That foul on Grealish was totally uncalled for.
Any mentions of Villa without the prefix 'plucky'.
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For those of us watching on the telly:
Semi Final Piss Up Bingo
Sip of beer for the following words used in commentary:
Shankly
Birthday
LA Galaxy
Large measure of Scotch for the following:
That foul on Grealish was totally uncalled for.
Any mentions of Villa without the prefix 'plucky'.
Absolutely wankered 5 days before kick-off with those rules
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I hadn't realised the final takes place on the birthday of the sainted Stevie G, good job they've got a bye to the final. There won't be a dry eye in the country.
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Why is Steven Gerrard's dream of playing in the Final , when he has already played in and won FA Cup Finals and got other medals in his cabinet (although one less League Championship medal than Sid), more important than, say, the dream of Jack Grealish or Leandro Bacuna, for whom this might be the only shot at it that they ever get?
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Why is Steven Gerrard's dream of playing in the Final , when he has already played in and won FA Cup Finals and got other medals in his cabinet (although one less League Championship medal than Sid), more important than, say, the dream of Jack Grealish or Leandro Bacuna, for whom this might be the only shot at it that they ever get?
It's all a bit ridiculous really isn't it?
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Why is Steven Gerrard's dream of playing in the Final , when he has already played in and won FA Cup Finals and got other medals in his cabinet (although one less League Championship medal than Sid), more important than, say, the dream of Jack Grealish or Leandro Bacuna, for whom this might be the only shot at it that they ever get?
Because it's all part of the "Saint" Stevie G, Liverpool are the nation's favourite bollux, bullshit and blather served up by the media who struggle to deliver on anything of value for any club outside of the Sky Darlings!
When we beat them in the semi about half of the dross-spouting media workforce will be out of a job! With Saint Stevie gone there'll be nothing left worth gushing about!
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like it or not even with all the Gerrard birthday bollocks, anyone interested in football who doesn't support Liverpool or Blues will be supporting Villa on that day
we will be carrying the hopes of 98% of the nation on our backs
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I hope that the pre match entertainment will be representative of the class, culture and stature of each club.
I think performances by Nigel Kennedy and Sonia should do the trick.
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Come on guys every football fan in the country wants an Arsenal vs Liverpool final and for Stevie to lift the FA Cup in a final moment of glory. How dare we consider spoiling that.
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Paul Ince unsurprisingly talking bollocks on da beeb...
Paul Ince is hoping his old club Liverpool will win the FA Cup in former team-mate Steven Gerrard's final match for the club on his birthday, 30 May. There will still be a sense of regret though.
"It would be nice for Steven Gerrard to finish at Liverpool by winning something," Ince said on BBC Match of the Day.
"But I wish it had been the Premier League. Someone of his greatness(???) should have won the Premier League."
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Well thanks for your thoughts, Paul. Now f#ck off.
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Fuck Steven Gerrard. Ending his cup run would be sweet revenge for...well, I'm not exactly sure, but I don't like him and I don't like the media fawning.
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Fuck Steven Gerrard. Ending his cup run would be sweet revenge for...well, I'm not exactly sure, but I don't like him and I don't like the media fawning.
I'll start first.
how about his assault on George Boateng at Klanfield in a famous 3-1 win circa 2000 ?
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I'll carry on. His blatant diving.
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Referreeing games thanks to weak star struck refs like the Dowds and Halseys.
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Well thanks for your thoughts, Paul. Now f#ck off.
That made me chuckle.
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He got sent off for the assault on Boateng though, so I thought that did for revenge. And has he dived significantly against us? To set up a free-kick he scored against us at VP a few years ago, perhaps?
Perhaps just revenge for being the single most overrated player of a remarkably overrated generation of English players will do.
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He got sent off for the assault on Boateng though, so I thought that did for revenge. And has he dived significantly against us? To set up a free-kick he scored against us at VP a few years ago, perhaps?
Perhaps just revenge for being the single most overrated player of a remarkably overrated generation of English players will do.
Yep, he ran into Petrov and won a freekick, shocking decision. Scary to think that was nearly 8 years ago!
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Surely the solution that would satisfy the media, FA and adoring public would be for him to be the person presenting the trophy to Delph on 30 May? Perhaps in full kit with a birthday badge?
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Liverpool airport has been shut for the past 8 hours due to a "Suspicious car".
Apparently it had tax and insurance and the radio was still in it.
I'm nicking that for Twitter. Nice one.
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Liverpool airport has been shut for the past 8 hours due to a "Suspicious car".
Apparently it had tax and insurance and the radio was still in it.
I'm nicking that for Twitter. Nice one.
Twitter wasn't invented when that joke first appeared. In fact I don't think the internet was.
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The beeb football pages are annoying at the moment aren't they?
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the bbc are always annoying
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Liverpool airport has been shut for the past 8 hours due to a "Suspicious car".
Apparently it had tax and insurance and the radio was still in it.
I'm nicking that for Twitter. Nice one.
Twitter wasn't invented when that joke first appeared. In fact I don't think the internet was.
To be fair, they had only just invented the internal combustion engine.
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I'm pretty sure God opened his Ten Commandments routine with that joke.
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Love to hear the Beelzebub 'mile and a bit' chant with St Stevie as the subject, reverberating round Wembley
The dour-faced , unsmiling fucker.
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I'm pretty sure God opened his Ten Commandments routine with that joke.
I think it's even older than that. It's one of Bruce Forsyth's.
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Paul Ince unsurprisingly talking bollocks on da beeb...
Paul Ince is hoping his old club Liverpool will win the FA Cup in former team-mate Steven Gerrard's final match for the club on his birthday, 30 May. There will still be a sense of regret though.
"It would be nice for Steven Gerrard to finish at Liverpool by winning something," Ince said on BBC Match of the Day.
"But I wish it had been the Premier League. Someone of his greatness(???) should have won the Premier League."
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He was the pundit last night and looked as if he was about to self combust. Really put the weight on and has a strange shape about him.
Gabby Logan looked a bit knackered as well
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When we play Liverpool we just need to attack them and hopefully we'll have some of our injured players back.
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OOOPS - sorry - well spotted Withey - didn't Kenny Swain originate frpm up there as well ?
And Ron Saunders. And Pongo Waring. And JOhn Gidman. And nearly Tony Morley
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I'm pretty sure God opened his Ten Commandments routine with that joke.
They've just upgraded the Hadron Collider. I think quite soon we might actually get to the origins of that joke.
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Come on guys every football fan in the country wants an Arsenal vs Liverpool final and for Stevie to lift the FA Cup in a final moment of glory. How dare we consider spoiling that.
As a very unpalatable second option obviously, I'd settle for them getting dicked about 4-0 in the final by Arsenal. The joy would go some way to assuage the disappointment if they knock us out. Problem is, you just can't rely on Arsenal as we've all seen previously
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point Rich
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Love to hear the Beelzebub 'mile and a bit' chant with St Stevie as the subject, reverberating round Wembley
The dour-faced , unsmiling fucker.
A resounding chorus of "Happy birthday dear Stevie" after we go three up would be rub it in nicely. Repeated in the final of course.
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Love to hear the Beelzebub 'mile and a bit' chant with St Stevie as the subject, reverberating round Wembley
The dour-faced , unsmiling fucker.
A resounding chorus of "Happy birthday dear Stevie" after we go three up would be rub it in nicely. Repeated in the final of course.
I said exactly this to my mate on Tuesday after the game :)
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Wait until the final whistle, we sang happy birthday once before when 3 up!
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The beeb football pages are annoying at the moment aren't they?
The main picture on their sports page last night was of a Liverpool fan holding up a banner saying "Get Gerrard to Wembley".
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Back of the sun wanking over Stevie G. I cant wait till we piss on his dream.
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I would love to see Benteke go through him like a train in the first minute so that the cheating, smug faced thug has a very quiet game and we go on to put three past them.
Bliss
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Does anybody know of any plans to show the game in the Holte Suite?
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My dream is for us to be leading 2 1 in injury time, then conceding a penalty for which Gerard rushes off the bench to take, grabs the ball off Balotelli and proceeds to blaze it into the Scousers stand - followed by Mario decking him as we celebrate
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Wait until the final whistle, we sang happy birthday once before when 3 up!
PWS that is the first thing that sprung to mind when I read the comment. I was at Spurs that night and my nephew still talks in awe of the rage filled swearathon I delivered down the phone on the Tottenham High Rd when he called me after the game.
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Isn't Gerrard suspended for being sent off against Manure.
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No.
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Isn't Gerrard suspended for being sent off against Manure.
No he's available again by then.
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Isn't Gerrard suspended for being sent off against Manure.
No he's available again by then.
Just in time to get sent off against us.
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Fuck Steven Gerrard. Ending his cup run would be sweet revenge for...well, I'm not exactly sure, but I don't like him and I don't like the media fawning.
I'll start first.
how about his assault on George Boateng at Klanfield in a famous 3-1 win circa 2000 ?
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Gerrard has always been a very dirty player IMO, yet like Alan Shearer always gets away with it.
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Michael Oliver will officiate Aston Villa’s FA Cup semi-final with Liverpool on April 19th.
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Michael Oliver Steven Gerrard will officiate Aston Villa’s FA Cup semi-final with Liverpool on April 19th.
Fixed that for you.
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A handy list of 'cracking pubs' for you to avoid (http://www.myoldmansaid.com/aston-villa-wembley-pub-list-allocation-tips/)
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.....but also info on flags, displays and the like http://www.myoldmansaid.com/wembley-flags-semi-final-holte-end-surfer/
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Only downside of today in Sanchez out of the cup semi and possibly Clark and Gabby too. I hope the latter two get fit.
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Laughable to think we can beat much better sides than us like Liverpool or Spurs.
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A handy list of 'cracking pubs' for you to avoid (http://www.myoldmansaid.com/aston-villa-wembley-pub-list-allocation-tips/)
Sorry, I might be naive here, but why avoid ?
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Laughable to think we can beat much better sides than us like Liverpool or Spurs.
Bet those supporters who went to White Hart Lane today are feeling a bit stupid, it's a long journey home after a result like that.
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we going to turn this into the pre-match thread?
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Only downside of today in Sanchez out of the cup semi and possibly Clark and Gabby too. I hope the latter two get fit.
Unlikely, according to Sherwood:
At least we have cover for Clark, but Gabby will be a big miss at Wembley, with all that space to run in.
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I'm worried about Coutinho/Sterling up against Richardson
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I'm worried about Coutinho/Sterling up against Richardson
I know, they won't stand a chance.
Still, them's the breaks when you play the Famous Aston Villa!
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I'm worried about Coutinho/Sterling up against Richardson
I know, they won't stand a chance.
Still, them's the breaks when you play the Famous Aston Villa!
Nice one.
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Honestly chaps how much more enjoyable will the build to the semi final be now that we're a lot closer to safety? I am already enjoying it much more.
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I'm worried about Coutinho/Sterling up against Richardson
To even things up, perhaps one of them gets an injury against Newcastle?
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I'm genuinely not concerned about Liverpool, if anything they should fear Benteke more than we fear any of their players.
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Looking forward to this now
Not sure what kind of team we're going to be able to put out though! The diamond has looked good but we might not have the players for it
Need Westwood and Sinclair to get fit really
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I'm worried about Coutinho/Sterling up against Richardson
I am worried about Keegan and Dalglish up against Richardson even at their age now!
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In all the years i have been following the Villa there has always been a saying "if your name is on the cup you will win it" After Wigan beating Man City the season before last i think it is true.Just have my fingers crossed that it is our name on it this season
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Well pooligan there's only 3 other teams who can have their name's on it so why not us?
Anyway, after the beer of last night the pessimism and worry have returned. I worry that the result will be similar to the last time we played Liverpool in a big FA Cup game. That was also a week after winning well in North London.
I've also just looked at the league run in and can't see any way of us not going down. Nerves and anxiety fully set back to default mode.
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I wonder if Sherwood would consider employing Jores Okore to specifically mark young Mr Sterling out of the game. Judging by their performance against Blackburn Sterling is the only one that could cause us trouble. Jores is very fast and should be able to deal with him.
and as Carlos is out he would add some physicality to the midfield. Probably a good job Sanchez is out because he would no doubt have taken out Sterling at some stage and got himself sent off. I was surprised how awful the arrogant Sturridge was in their quarter final. He is better than that. However judging by Ron Vlaar's monumental display yesterday he may not get many chances to show any talent he has.
If we can get an early goal we could be back at Wembley in a few weeks time.
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Letter on football 365
Stevie's Dream? Give It A Rest
'A dream finale for their Captain Marvel before he goes Stateside is very much on and surely even the most cold-hearted of football fans would not want to deny him that,' writes John Cross in the Mirror according to today's Mediawatch column, which seems to have developed into a bit of a theme in the press in recent weeks.
My guess is that there will be around 30,000 Villa fans at Wembley, not to mention half of Birmingham watching at home, a few thousand Evertonians and the whole of flipping Manchester willing Villa to victory on Sunday week and if the football press continue in this boring and predictable vain then there will be hell of a lot more of us heartless b*stards hoping Villa turn Stevie's Dream into Stevie's Nightmare.
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To clarify ONLY the winners of the FA cup would qualify for European football. Runners up do not get given European football if the winners had already qualified through the league position.
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Bit of info requested please. Brother going down to ticket office on Tues to try and get tickets for him, me and MVjunior. Can anyone confirm how many tickets he is allowed to purchase, and does he just need our names, addresses, and Client refs. Thanks.
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Bit of info requested please. Brother going down to ticket office on Tues to try and get tickets for him, me and MVjunior. Can anyone confirm how many tickets he is allowed to purchase, and does he just need our names, addresses, and Client refs. Thanks.
One per qualifying reference. Not sure about what he needs to take but I would imagine client ref, DOB, address should be enough.
Good luck, hope you get the tickets you need.
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Bit of info requested please. Brother going down to ticket office on Tues to try and get tickets for him, me and MVjunior. Can anyone confirm how many tickets he is allowed to purchase, and does he just need our names, addresses, and Client refs. Thanks.
One per qualifying reference. Not sure about what he needs to take but I would imagine client ref, DOB, address should be enough.
Good luck, hope you get the tickets you need.
Thanks for that.
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I'm cutting out the middle man and am now starting to wonder what team we will put out against Arsenal.
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I'm cutting out the middle man and am now starting to wonder what team we will put out against Arsenal.
You mean Reading.
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Many moons ago I mentioned on here that I'm not going to die until I've seen The Villa win the cup again.
Typical bloody Villa, there's a good chance I wont be making it to my 70th birthday. And here I was thinking I'd live forever.
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That's a joke right TLP? I sincerely hope you're enjoying rude health.
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Don't worry Dave, if the last three seasons haven't killed me nothing will. ;D
And I've made my self a new promise.
I'm not going to die until I've seen us crowned Champions Of Europe again. Considering it took us 108 years to win it first time round, I reckon I've got a few more years of hanging around to go.
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Glad to here it mate. Can I share your promise? Another 33 years will do me, just about see me out. Aint we lucky to have seen us win everything in our lifetime? I hope all the other fans have as much to remember as we do.
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The Laughing Policeman and Dave Shelley reminiscing
(http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090520002416/muppet/images/f/f1/StatlerWaldorf.JPG)
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I like that. One thing for sure, we could keep you young whippersnappers regaled for a good few hours with tales to tell. Only if you buy the beer of course.
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I'm worried about Coutinho/Sterling up against Richardson
I am worried about Keegan and Dalglish up against Richardson even at their age now!
I'd be happier if Kegin Richardson in that instance
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where you drinking before the match ?
walsall fans were allocated the green man last month
and apparently it was that popular you couldnt get near it
never mind in it
and brent council have made wembley the area a controlled drinking zone
meaning no drinking cans in public as police can take them off you or pour them down the drain
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would like to see plod take my can
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would like to see plod take my can
and mine
heres a tip ,,,,bring a plastic bag to carry the unopened cans
and just drink one at a time
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would like to see plod take my can
There's more of them than you.
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would like to see plod take my can
There's more of them than you.
With the law on their side.
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would like to see plod take my can
and mine
heres a tip ,,,,bring a plastic bag to carry the unopened cans
and just drink one at a time
Bring alcohol free beer like my brother did last time the clown.
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What I've not really thought of up until now is that we have 2 days rest over Liverpool.
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What I've not really thought of up until now is that we have 2 days rest over Liverpool.
Good point
Really hope Westwood can make it in place of sanchez
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where you drinking before the match ?
walsall fans were allocated the green man last month
and apparently it was that popular you couldnt get near it
never mind in it
and brent council have made wembley the area a controlled drinking zone
meaning no drinking cans in public as police can take them off you or pour them down the drain
Aren't the pubs near the stadium all closing and hour before the kick off? and before the semi against Chelsea, there were places right outside the ground ( literally, next to the turnstyles) selling beer. Will that not be the case at the weekend?
Not that we'll be drinking near the ground anyway. Plenty of decent places en route from central London to Wembley which will have fans in but won't be 10-deep at the bar
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What I've not really thought of up until now is that we have 2 days rest over Liverpool.
So we can drink more?
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At the start of last week I surprised my thirteen year old son son with tickets for Wembley. I'm not well enough to go but his mum is taking him. At the end of last week his nan and grandad surprised him and his sister with tickets for Disneyland Paris in August. It's his birthday next month. The way his luck is going he is probably expecting a car.
He actually started the year by inheriting a couple of grand off an old lady he used to visit with my dad when he was a little kid. I'd known her for forty years and used to visit her with my dad when I was a kid and got f**k all. I will have to give him a Father's Day gift list to rival one of his Christmas lists.
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I have had an insight into what being a Chelsea, Manchester United fan feels like. I work in Manchester and every single fan of all teams up here are telling me they will be supporting Villa come Sunday and if we win and play Arsenal in the final supporting Villa again
It seems "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is alive and well
Or maybe just about everyone hates Liverpool
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I have had an insight into what being a Chelsea, Manchester United fan feels like. I work in Manchester and every single fan of all teams up here are telling me they will be supporting Villa come Sunday and if we win and play Arsenal in the final supporting Villa again
It seems "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is alive and well
Or maybe just about everyone hates Liverpool
Shallow fuckers. Glory Hunters. Why aren't they supporting Reading?
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What I've not really thought of up until now is that we have 2 days rest over Liverpool.
We do, but it's not like they are playing on Wednesday or even Thursday. They have almost a week themselves.
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At the start of last week I surprised my thirteen year old son son with tickets for Wembley. I'm not well enough to go but his mum is taking him. At the end of last week his nan and grandad surprised him and his sister with tickets for Disneyland Paris in August. It's his birthday next month. The way his luck is going he is probably expecting a car.
He actually started the year by inheriting a couple of grand off an old lady he used to visit with my dad when he was a little kid. I'd known her for forty years and used to visit her with my dad when I was a kid and got f**k all. I will have to give him a Father's Day gift list to rival one of his Christmas lists.
This is fantastic. I was only thinking earlier how important it is we give the next generation of Villa fans something to cling onto like semi-final appearances so they don't all go off and support the classless chavs, Manure and the like. Otherwise, we are in danger of losing a whole generation of supporters who see us as some sort of mid to lower table, small team who just don't feature in anything of importance except the end of season scramble to avoid relegation. It was very telling that both my daughters, 16 and 21, were amazed when I told them we were at Wembley next weekend, as if Aston Villa never gets involved in anything like that. They just glaze over when you try to regale them with tales of 75, 77, 81, 94, 96 and the like...
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I sit by two plastic Liverpool fans at work (although one lad, up until a few seasons ago went to his fair share of home games each season, so can't knock him too much. His Dad was a scouser too, but he is a brummie. The other is a west country never been)
I proudly boasted I'd got a ticket and was looking forward to it, to be greeted with 'Ah well, we're so well supported we'd have to pay through the nose for a ticket'. Shame, Wankers. That's another insight to the world of a 'Glory Hunter'. When your team gets to a big match you won't ever have a chance of getting a ticket without open wallet surgery. Still, it's what you sold your soul for I guess.
Anyway, all season they have been taking the piss out of myself and my boss, along with the Albion fans. They got theirs a few weeks ago, and I sincerely hope it's the turn of the other two come Monday morning.
They aren't confident, either
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That isn't strictly true, for personal reasons I hardly went to any games in 2010 and went down to Wembley in the hope of buying a ticket for the final. Touts wanted twice as much, or more, for Villa tickets than they did Manure tickets as their fans didn't give much of a toss about it. I ended up watching the game in Danny's place.
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That isn't strictly true, for personal reasons I hardly went to any games in 2010 and went down to Wembley in the hope of buying a ticket for the final. Touts wanted twice as much, or more, for Villa tickets than they did Manure tickets as their fans didn't give much of a toss about it. I ended up watching the game in Danny's place.
with me
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That isn't strictly true, for personal reasons I hardly went to any games in 2010 and went down to Wembley in the hope of buying a ticket for the final. Touts wanted twice as much, or more, for Villa tickets than they did Manure tickets as their fans didn't give much of a toss about it. I ended up watching the game in Danny's place.
with me
And a good job you and your lad left when you did, we ended up locked in for a couple of hours. I'm still not sure it's legal for the police to refuse to let anyone leave for so long.
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I have had an insight into what being a Chelsea, Manchester United fan feels like. I work in Manchester and every single fan of all teams up here are telling me they will be supporting Villa come Sunday and if we win and play Arsenal in the final supporting Villa again
It seems "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is alive and well
Or maybe just about everyone hates Liverpool
I'd rather they wanted us to lose.
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That isn't strictly true, for personal reasons I hardly went to any games in 2010 and went down to Wembley in the hope of buying a ticket for the final. Touts wanted twice as much, or more, for Villa tickets than they did Manure tickets as their fans didn't give much of a toss about it. I ended up watching the game in Danny's place.
with me
And a good job you and your lad left when you did, we ended up locked in for a couple of hours. I'm still not sure it's legal for the police to refuse to let anyone leave for so long.
funny thing happened when we got out,
we were walking around the back of the end where all the utd fans were , and loads of them were coming out before they had even seen their team lifting the cup
I was a bit pished and completely lost it, I mean really lost it and started having a go at anybody and everyone that had left early, calling them all the wanking names under the son, bearing in mind I'm not that tall and was knocking on 50 at the time, it was a bit silly
anyway a bloke didn't take kindly to my shouting and came across the car park with 2 or 3 of his mates to argue his case, I thought here we go, my lad in his 20's was getting ready for the showdown
hilariously when he got to me he was another Villa fan, so we just carried on abusing the twats