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Title: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: thegreatdane on February 18, 2016, 09:42:04 AM
Is it possible to get an away season ticket?
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: frankmosswasmyuncle on February 18, 2016, 09:46:43 AM
You can sign up for the Away Scheme...guaranteed ticket for each away game.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: Ad@m on February 18, 2016, 12:18:25 PM
Is it possible to get an away season ticket?

How would that work?  Prices are set by the home club so the Villa wouldn't know what it's going to cost over the course of a season. 

As fmwmu has said, the closest you can get is the away scheme which allocates you a ticket for each away game as and when they go on sale.  Although I think you can only join the scheme if you have a home season ticket.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: tomd2103 on February 18, 2016, 01:19:16 PM
Should be some decent away trips next season if we are in the Championship, along with some not so great ones. 
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: LeeB on February 18, 2016, 03:09:53 PM
The CIA are considering adding it to their coercion portfolio.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: joe_c on February 18, 2016, 09:38:30 PM
Should be some decent away trips next season if we are in the Championship, along with some not so great ones. 

Goodbye to provincial backwaters like Liverpool and Manchester, hello to the fleshpots of Ipswich and Huddersfield.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: Legion on February 19, 2016, 03:17:43 PM
"We're all pissed up and we're going to Rotherham..."
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: Pete on February 19, 2016, 04:41:26 PM
Should be some decent away trips next season if we are in the Championship, along with some not so great ones. 

Goodbye to provincial backwaters like Liverpool and Manchester, hello to the fleshpots of Ipswich and Huddersfield.

Although if you're into real ale Huddersfield will probably be the best day out of the season.  (And I might well be looking for a spare ticket so I avoid having to keep my head down in the home end).
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: black pearl of inchicore on February 19, 2016, 06:37:25 PM
Are you fucking Mad....a home one is bad enough!
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: AlloLion on May 29, 2016, 05:29:55 PM
Just for a matter of interest; how many Villa Faithful sign up for the away scheme?

Anyone have an idea?

Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: Ads on May 29, 2016, 07:15:36 PM
It's usually around 600-700.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: AlloLion on May 29, 2016, 07:29:43 PM
It's usually around 600-700.

Thanks Ads :-)
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: wittonwarrior on May 29, 2016, 10:12:27 PM
Would love to be in a position to want  one, but playing every day of the week, at goodness knows what time puts the stops to that thought.  Surprised we don't have afternoon kick offs midweek in the league we are joining.

How I am going to hate Channel 5 next season
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: luke95 on July 09, 2016, 12:39:10 PM
Is the Away scheme only open to home season ticket holders or can anyone join ?
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Post by: Pete3206 on July 09, 2016, 12:57:05 PM
Is the Away scheme only open to home season ticket holders or can anyone join ?

Season ticket holders and the scheme is full according to the OS
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: Ads on July 11, 2016, 09:29:22 AM
That's good going, as it hadn't been taken up in full the past couple of seasons.

Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: Ad@m on July 11, 2016, 12:44:01 PM
Lots of new grounds to visit and potentially pathetic allocations.
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Post by: ADVILLAFAN on July 11, 2016, 01:06:05 PM
Lots of new grounds to visit and potentially pathetic allocations.

Think I worked out that Burton would give us an allocation of about 700, so if you're not in the away scheme you're unlikely to get a ticket to that one.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: AVH87 on July 11, 2016, 01:34:49 PM
Lots of new grounds to visit and potentially pathetic allocations.

Think I worked out that Burton would give us an allocation of about 700, so if you're not in the away scheme you're unlikely to get a ticket to that one.

It's more like 1400-1800 at Burton.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: ADVILLAFAN on July 11, 2016, 01:42:44 PM
Lots of new grounds to visit and potentially pathetic allocations.

Think I worked out that Burton would give us an allocation of about 700, so if you're not in the away scheme you're unlikely to get a ticket to that one.

It's more like 1400-1800 at Burton.

Not quite so bad then
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: lennythekad on July 11, 2016, 04:34:14 PM
Lowest allocation will probably be 1100 at Brentford, although the games midweek in Feb. Preston, Barnsley, Huddersfield, Wednesday and newly developed Bristol City should all be 4-5000. Blackburn won't be a problem either. 1800 for Forest will be one of the most sought after, I'd have thought. A lot will also depend on away games being moved to a weekday night for Sky.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: Ad@m on July 11, 2016, 05:42:41 PM
Lowest allocation will probably be 1100 at Brentford, although the games midweek in Feb. Preston, Barnsley, Huddersfield, Wednesday and newly developed Bristol City should all be 4-5000. Blackburn won't be a problem either. 1800 for Forest will be one of the most sought after, I'd have thought. A lot will also depend on away games being moved to a weekday night for Sky.

I've mostly had my head in the sand about the fact we got relegated but every now and again realisation dawns.

Are we seriously in the same division as Brentford?  I'd been kidding myself that it'd be like the 1st division in the late 80s, early 90s with Wednesday, Leeds, Newcastle, Forest, Derby, etc.  But Brentford?!
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Post by: lennythekad on July 11, 2016, 05:53:47 PM
First Lge game against Brentford since 59-60. That was also in the second tier.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: Ads on July 11, 2016, 07:01:48 PM
Only 1800 at Forrest?
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: lennythekad on July 11, 2016, 07:21:19 PM
They only give you just over half of the lower tier these days. Started off as a tit for tat with Derby a couple of years ago, and they've kept it going since.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: BlackCountryVilla on July 11, 2016, 07:35:12 PM
Lots of new grounds to visit and potentially pathetic allocations.

Think I worked out that Burton would give us an allocation of about 700, so if you're not in the away scheme you're unlikely to get a ticket to that one.

Glad I went to the pre season friendly a couple of years back. I never really pictured us having a league match against them !
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: BlackCountryVilla on July 11, 2016, 07:38:48 PM
Lowest allocation will probably be 1100 at Brentford, although the games midweek in Feb. Preston, Barnsley, Huddersfield, Wednesday and newly developed Bristol City should all be 4-5000. Blackburn won't be a problem either. 1800 for Forest will be one of the most sought after, I'd have thought. A lot will also depend on away games being moved to a weekday night for Sky.

Huddersfield is midweek too. We might struggle to shift 4-5000 on a Tuesday night in March....
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: dave.woodhall on July 11, 2016, 09:08:21 PM
The latest (unconfirmed) story is as low as 650 for Burton.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: lennythekad on July 11, 2016, 09:32:22 PM
Can't see it being less than the 1400, the away end holds. 400 seats are usually made available too.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: Ad@m on July 11, 2016, 10:38:44 PM
Incidentally, what the fuck are Wednesday playing at?  Less than four weeks til the game up there and they haven't even announced ticket prices yet.

Is this the level of professionalism we can expect from the Championship?  I bet Burton have got their tickets on sale for the first game of the season.
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Post by: wittonwarrior on July 11, 2016, 11:57:31 PM
Shudder to think what Wednesday want to charge us.  I think there is something hopefully going on in the background (e.g. an agreement between the clubs) to keep  the prices down, otherwise it is likely to be £40  plus. 
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: PeterWithesShin on July 12, 2016, 12:05:50 AM
Might also be allocation haggling going on as I assume they can let us use both tiers.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: lennythekad on July 12, 2016, 08:36:10 AM
Just looked on Wednesdays site. Nothing about individual games, but their dearest match day ticket is £52!. That's what they'd like to charge us, I bet. Their dearest ticket on their Kop is £45.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: Ads on July 12, 2016, 08:43:31 AM
£52 is outrageous.

I would imagine we're arguing the toss and offering reciprocal pricing. I feel like the club owe me anything above £30 this season, the useless oiks.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: wittonwarrior on July 12, 2016, 06:02:46 PM
They are in effect a wannabe Villa without a trophy history.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: cheltenhamlion on July 12, 2016, 06:11:49 PM
There is a bunch of reciprocal pricing haggling going on. The allocation at Burton will be shit and the away scheme is being capped at 550-600.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: ADVILLAFAN on July 13, 2016, 02:44:15 PM
Lots of new grounds to visit and potentially pathetic allocations.

Think I worked out that Burton would give us an allocation of about 700, so if you're not in the away scheme you're unlikely to get a ticket to that one.

Glad I went to the pre season friendly a couple of years back. I never really pictured us having a league match against them !

Yes, I went to that as well, so not too worried about going in the league. Mad to think that they're in the same division as us, but fair play to them.
Title: Re: Away Season Ticket?
Post by: UK Redsox on July 14, 2016, 09:25:12 AM
I was at that game as well. Never crossed my mind that I might go back there for a league game
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