Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Off Topic => Sports Arena => Topic started by: UK Redsox on November 28, 2013, 09:29:21 AM
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Just the two games at Villa Park
Sat 26 Sep - South Africa v Samoa 5pm
Sun 27 Sep - Australia v TBC Noon
http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/rugby/villa-park-rugby-world-cup-6348885
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/rugby-world-cup/10477912/England-handed-8pm-kick-offs-for-Rugby-World-Cup-2015-pool-matches-as-ticket-prices-range-from-7-to-715.html
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Sun 27 Sep - Australia v TBC Noon
I'll be supporting TBC Noon whoever they are!
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£715 for the most expensive ticket for the final. Seems a tad excessive. What got me though was when someone to do with rugby was justifying the cost by saying a family of 4 can watch certain matches for as little as £130. Maybe it's just me but even allowing for it being the world cup that isn't exactly cheap and to hear her she made it sound like a fiver.
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Cheapest adult tickets £75 for matches at Villa Park - £15 for kids
Far too much just to watch men play with odd shaped balls
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Cheapest adult tickets £75 for matches at Villa Park - £15 for kids
Far too much just to watch men play with odd shaped balls
20 quid for cat D isn't it? I was hoping to bag a couple of them.
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I was on the Villa Park tour a couple of weeks ago and in one of the lounges at the back of the Trinity they were holding a taining session for the World cup "Rugby Ambassadors". Will Greenwood was there. I was going to challenge him to a straightener on the car park but looked quite handy.
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Whatisname Johnson was at a wedding function at my mates local. My mate couldn't believe just how massive the bloke is. The locals were in their element though as it's more rugby than football there.
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Whatisname Johnson was at a wedding function at my mates local. My mate couldn't believe just how massive the bloke is. The locals were in their element though as it's more rugby than football there.
I've met Johnno a few times as we used to regularly play the team where he played as a kid and has a lot of family ties to (I think it was Leicester Lions, it's been a few years though). As you say, he's a massive guy and more importantly he has a massive presence, he just dominates the room.
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I served Bill Beaumont (sp?)once, about 20 years ago and he was the most miserble, nasty, celebrity c**t I had come across.
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Whatisname Johnson was at a wedding function at my mates local. My mate couldn't believe just how massive the bloke is. The locals were in their element though as it's more rugby than football there.
I've met Johnno a few times as we used to regularly play the team where he played as a kid and has a lot of family ties to (I think it was Leicester Lions, it's been a few years though). As you say, he's a massive guy and more importantly he has a massive presence, he just dominates the room.
Rumour has it, that when he was named captain of the British Lions, the manager wanted a captain who "Would fill the door and look down on the opposition skipper"
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£715 for the most expensive ticket for the final. Seems a tad excessive. What got me though was when someone to do with rugby was justifying the cost by saying a family of 4 can watch certain matches for as little as £130. Maybe it's just me but even allowing for it being the world cup that isn't exactly cheap and to hear her she made it sound like a fiver.
Yes but Rugby Union fans are all Lords and can afford those sort of prices ;)
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£715 for the most expensive ticket for the final. Seems a tad excessive. What got me though was when someone to do with rugby was justifying the cost by saying a family of 4 can watch certain matches for as little as £130. Maybe it's just me but even allowing for it being the world cup that isn't exactly cheap and to hear her she made it sound like a fiver.
Yes but Rugby Union fans are all Lords and can afford those sort of prices ;)
Yep, I wonder why I lower myself to watch the Villa
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I went on a corporate freebie for a meal in a posh central London pub with World Cup winner Ben Kay as a speaker a while back
His talk consisted mainly of describing anybody he didn't like as a "gay-boy" and several tales where oppenents would stick fingers up each others' arseholes whilst engaged in a ruck.
Strange game played by even stranger people.
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Whatisname Johnson was at a wedding function at my mates local. My mate couldn't believe just how massive the bloke is. The locals were in their element though as it's more rugby than football there.
I've met Johnno a few times as we used to regularly play the team where he played as a kid and has a lot of family ties to (I think it was Leicester Lions, it's been a few years though). As you say, he's a massive guy and more importantly he has a massive presence, he just dominates the room.
when my mate worked in Market Harborough, Johnno was his Bank Manager for a while....just imagine that..."the manager would like to see you"
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Bumpity bump since the ticket ballots have now been held
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Complete farce. We applied for 16 tickets to the two minor games in Brighton and got 4/32 between us.
Bizarrely, I did manage to get a pair to England v Wales though. I now am short one upper and one lower appendage mind...
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Complete farce. We applied for 16 tickets to the two minor games in Brighton and got 4/32 between us.
Bizarrely, I did manage to get a pair to England v Wales though. I now am short one upper and one lower appendage mind...
Why is that a farce. I think there are hundreds of thousands wanting to go the Eng Wales. You are one of the lucky ones.
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Complete farce. We applied for 16 tickets to the two minor games in Brighton and got 4/32 between us.
Bizarrely, I did manage to get a pair to England v Wales though. I now am short one upper and one lower appendage mind...
Why is that a farce. I think there are hundreds of thousands wanting to go the Eng Wales. You are one of the lucky ones.
The farce is that within minutes of the ballots closing, tens of thousands of tickets appeared on Seatwave etc at 400%+ markup. The touts have captured the market.
Either prevent re-selling a la Olympics-style ID controls, or make it a full-on auction. This halfway house just invites gouging.
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Gouging=touting?
I bet you those tickets on seat wave aren't yet available and are subject to withdraw and refund. I agree that you should have your name on them and prove your identity if challenged.
When I SAW A Serie A game we had to take passports (for 6,000 at Siena)!
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I'm in the queue for General Sale tickets, not hopeful.