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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: PeterWithesShin on February 15, 2015, 03:44:52 PM
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Bradford home, time for some payback. Or Reading or Blackburn. Will we get the mythical home draw in the 6th round? Assuming we ignore we'd have been at home if we'd beaten Citeh in a replay in 2006.
Teams currently through
Aston Villa
Reading
Blackburn
Albion
Liverpool
Bradford/Sunderland
Arsenal/Boro
Preston/Man Utd
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Away at Blackburn, Reading or Bradford.
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Definitely Bradford at home.
Hopefully Arsenal/Liverpool/ManU (and West Brom) all get drawn against each other.
Our year for the cup!
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Blackburn or Reading at home please.
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Bradford. Payback time!
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Don't care who we get, we have to beat whoever to win the cup
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Yep, Bradford at home please; we owe them a right shoeing.
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Blackburn at home please, FA ball jigglers....
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What weekend is played over?
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What weekend is played over?
7th/8th March I think.
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We'll probably get away to Liverpool or Man Utd.
Home or away to Bradford would be a nice chance to exorcise that particular ghost.
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When is the draw?
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Dream scenario :
Liverpool v Arsenal
Bitters v Man Utd
Bradford v Reading
Us v Blackburn
We win get winners of Bradford tie and smash Bitters or 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' in the final - happy days
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Teams currently through
Aston Villa
Reading
Blackburn
Albion
Liverpool
Bradford
Arsenal/Boro
Preston/Man Utd
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QF Villa 3 Bradford 2; Benteke 3
SF Arsenal 0 Villa 5; Gil, Sinclair, Vlaar, Grealish, Bent
F Villa 1 Man Utd 0; Benteke pen 5 mins, Jones sent off 4th minute, referee Phil Dowd.
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When is the draw?
7.35 pm, BBC1, Monday before Preston v Yoonited.
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Teams currently through
Aston Villa
Reading
Blackburn
Albion
Liverpool
Bradford
Arsenal/Boro
Preston/Man Utd
I think we can probably say it's Arsenal going through now :(
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Bradford or Albion at home please.
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Reading, Bradford or Blackburn at home with a Sunday KO. If it ain't broke..............
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Reading, Bradford or Blackburn at home with a Sunday KO. If I ain't broke..............
You can give me some money?
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Bradford at home for a bit of revenge.
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Reading, Bradford or Blackburn at home with a Sunday KO. If I ain't broke..............
You can give me some money?
My interest rates are pretty high though, how much you need?
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Give!! A billion should do it. Then you can say you helped me buy the Villa.
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Praying for a Preston win now and a solid QF draw
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Bradford at home, please.
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Dunno if I want Bradford. The thought of losing to them again is horrible.
We haven't knocked Blackburn out of a cup for a few years...
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Liverpool v WBA
Man Utd v Arsenal
Blackburn v Reading
Bradford v Aston Villa
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What weekend is played over?
7th/8th March I think.
Thanks PWS
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Home is a must v Blackburn Reading or Bradford.
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Thought it was an FA rule that we must play away from home in the FA Cup qtr Finals.
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So which is more likely, a fourth consecutive home draw in this season's FA Cup or a tenth consecutive sixth round away fixture? (Nicked from Joe_c)
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Liverpool v WBA
Man Utd v Arsenal
Blackburn v Reading
Bradford v Aston Villa
I'd swap the away teams with the home teams - that would be the perfect draw.
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So which is more likely, a fourth consecutive home draw in this season's FA Cup or a tenth consecutive sixth round away fixture? (Nicked from Joe_c)
We were at home in 2006, but lost the 5th round replay. Shoddy stats!
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QF Villa 3 Bradford 2; Benteke 3
SF Arsenal 0 Villa 5; Gil, Sinclair, Vlaar, Grealish, Bent
F Villa 1 Man Utd 0; Benteke pen 5 mins, Jones sent off 4th minute, referee Phil Dowd.
Can you imagine how we'd react if Dowd got given a Villa-Utd final again.....
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We'll get a home draw, but it'll be one of Man Utd, Liverpool or Arsenal, and it'll end how you'd expect.
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Reading at home please.
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Teams currently through
Aston Villa
Reading
Blackburn
Albion
Liverpool
Bradford
Arsenal
Preston/Man Utd
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Avoiding Arse/Pool/ManU would be nice. As would a couple of them drawing each other.
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I couldn't care less who we get, home, away, whatever...if our name is on that Cup we will win.
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Which away tie would we get the most tickets. I feel a little trip and some scoops the order of the day.
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Aston Villa v Reading
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Liverpool v WBA
Man Utd v Arsenal
Blackburn v Reading
Bradford v Aston Villa
That would be marvellous.
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So which is more likely, a fourth consecutive home draw in this season's FA Cup or a tenth consecutive sixth round away fixture? (Nicked from Joe_c)
Or an 8th consecutive home draw in all cups.
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Which away tie would we get the most tickets. I feel a little trip and some scoops the order of the day.
Blackburn or Man U I would've thought.
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What would be amusing is Preston or Man U away drawn then Preston knock them out.
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Which away tie would we get the most tickets. I feel a little trip and some scoops the order of the day.
Blackburn or Man U I would've thought.
Arsenal would be c9000?
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Do they have to give us that many?
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Cup history against these in the past.
Reading..... Not much, think we beat them at their place about a decade ago in the cup.
Blackburn....Played them nearly every season for a while and boring, then did them 6-4 in LC.
Albion..... Some cup finals a long time ago when we ruled football.
Liverpool....Devastated by Q/F knockout up there a few years back when I was convinced our name was on the cup.
Bradford....We owe them.
Arsenal....Six foot two ! Eyes are Blue ! Sammy Morgans after you !
Preston....Surprisingly not much even when us and them ruled football.
Man Utd....Sims Lynn Aldis Crowther Dugdale Saward Smith Sewell Myerscough Dixon McParland
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Reading at home. That's it
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Get Frank down to make the draw.
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I think 15% of the capacity has to be offered(?)
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Do they have to give us that many?
We're Aston Villa and we sit where we want.....
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I think a massive Villa invasion of Anfield, Arsenal or Old Trafford and getting a result would be a great way to start the new managers reign. Alternatively I would take a rematch with Bradford - their fans have been baiting the hell out of Lineker on twitter for the bbc choosing our game over theirs.Time to set the record straight - Frank will sort it.
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Cup history against these in the past.
Reading..... Not much, think we beat them at their place about a decade ago in the cup.
Blackburn....Played them nearly every season for a while and boring, then did them 6-4 in LC.
Albion..... Some cup finals a long time ago when we ruled football.
Liverpool....Devastated by Q/F knockout up there a few years back when I was convinced our name was on the cup.
Bradford....We owe them.
Arsenal....Six foot two ! Eyes are Blue ! Sammy Morgans after you !
Preston....Surprisingly not much even when us and them ruled football.
Man Utd....Sims Lynn Aldis Crowther Dugdale Saward Smith Sewell Myerscough Dixon McParland
Didn't we win at Reading on the way to the semi five years ago? Liverpool Q/F under BFR we were unlucky and it is right up there amongst my biggest disappointments. We would have had second division Portsmouth and Sunderland to win the cup.
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Whoever. Wherever. Let's win the fucker.
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I think 15% of the capacity has to be offered(?)
Unless the police restrict it. http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/280143.html
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I think the max manu give is 8000 and Arsenal 6000.
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Cup history against these in the past.
Reading..... Not much, think we beat them at their place about a decade ago in the cup.
Blackburn....Played them nearly every season for a while and boring, then did them 6-4 in LC.
Albion..... Some cup finals a long time ago when we ruled football.
Liverpool....Devastated by Q/F knockout up there a few years back when I was convinced our name was on the cup.
Bradford....We owe them.
Arsenal....Six foot two ! Eyes are Blue ! Sammy Morgans after you !
Preston....Surprisingly not much even when us and them ruled football.
Man Utd....Sims Lynn Aldis Crowther Dugdale Saward Smith Sewell Myerscough Dixon McParland
Didn't we win at Reading on the way to the semi five years ago? Liverpool Q/F under BFR we were unlucky and it is right up there amongst my biggest disappointments. We would have had second division Portsmouth and Sunderland to win the cup.
Two nil down at half time and I was sat in the home end with all my Reading supporting mates. They were royally (get it) taking the piss. We scored three second half goals and all I did was sit there quietly but smugly smiling. Being in the home end I was not going to start taking the piss, I have more class than those Mancs who sit in our home end, but I really didn't need to. My mates knew exactly how I was feeling.
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Dunno how anyone can forget the Reading cup game a few years ago. We scored 4 in the second half to come back from 2-0 down. Great game.
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Dunno how anyone can forget the Reading cup game a few years ago. We scored 4 in the second half to come back from 2-0 down. Great game.
I forgot we got four in the end.
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We're on a cup run, get on, it does feel good to be involved!
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I think the max manu give is 8000 and Arsenal 6000.
I really hope we don't have to worry about either of those allocations
flipin eck we could be one decent draw away from a Wembley visit
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FA Cup quarter-final ball numbers
1 Liverpool
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 West Bromwich Albion
5 Bradford City
6 Blackburn Rovers
7 Reading
8 Preston North End or Manchester United
7.35pm, BBC1, tomorrow.
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"will play number 5 or 6 or 7"
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Whilst I'd love to be in a travelling villa legion I'd happily prefer a home tie v Preston or Bradford or Blackburn or reading.
This cup run is lovely but we must focus on PL survival aswell.
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FA Cup quarter-final ball numbers
1 Liverpool
2 Arsenal
3 Aston Villa
4 West Bromwich Albion
5 Bradford City
6 Blackburn Rovers
7 Reading
8 Preston North End or Manchester United
7.35pm, BBC1, tomorrow.
D'ya know, I wouldn't be upset if they came out in that order.
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We owe Liverpool a couple. Remember one at VP mid late 80s when they took a free kick way too quickly to score and then a few years later at Anfield when some hit me with a pie, mind you I was in thier end.
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Bradford at home please, show them we aint so shite now. Baggies at home and show those tossers that Timmy is the man, not the Welsh bloke
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We owe Liverpool a couple. Remember one at VP mid late 80s when they took a free kick way too quickly to score and then a few years later at Anfield when some hit me with a pie, mind you I was in thier end.
Was that the midweek game when Andy Comyn made his debut?
Or was it the FA cup game?
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Bradford in the QF
Reading in the SF
Blackburn in the F
Job done
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Blackburn away would be good.
Then the Baggies in the semis.
Followed by Reading in the final.
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We owe Liverpool a couple. Remember one at VP mid late 80s when they took a free kick way too quickly to score and then a few years later at Anfield when some hit me with a pie, mind you I was in thier end.
IIRC I heard a stat around the time we played them in the cup under BIg Ron saying we had played them a handful of times in the FA cup since 1900 and had failed to score a single goal, never mind win.
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Bradford in the QF
Reading in the SF
Blackburn in the F
Job done
QF - Beat Manure with less than 10% possession to drive Van Gaaaaaal crazy.
SF - Steviepool. Give him his Wembley swansong one game early and he an make a start on his packing.
Final - Albion. Last minute Gardner own goal.
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Bradford in the QF
Reading in the SF
Blackburn in the F
Job done
Do you have any previous as a Villa fan??!
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Yep Blackburn away for selfish reasons....plus its always been a good away day. It's only 3 weeks away...plsjust 9 points in interim ;)
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This run reminds me of 1992 when there a fair bit of dross left but we still drew Liverpool away in the quarter final. They beat us 1-0 and then two 2nd division teams to lift the cup.
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Reading at home obvs.
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After the years of dross and boredom surely we deserve a bit of luck... please...
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Needs two of Man U, Arsenal and Liverpool to be paired up (assuming PNE don't pull off a miracle)
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I fancy a west midlands derby
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got a real feeling it's gonna be Blackburn at home, we love beating them
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A Villa/Albion final would either be one of the greatest Villa days ever or the absolute worst.
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Bradford in the QF
Reading in the SF
Blackburn in the F
Job done
Do you have any previous as a Villa fan??!
You can tell he has. He didn't predict a home tie in the QF.
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Tim Sherwood, manages 13 league games and three and a half cup games. Keeps Villa in the premier league and wins the holy grail. Instant legend !!!!!
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I fancy a west midlands derby
I can see us playing them twice in a week, hopefully both a Villa Park.
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90 minutes away from going back to Wembley. I'm daring to dream.
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Reading at home please.
This for me but we'll get Arsenal away!
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Sky News just said "Tim Sherwood Aston Villa Manager is 1 game away from Wembley after his side defeated Leicester". Mr Lambert must be kicking the cat!
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Sky News just said "Tim Sherwood Aston Villa Manager is 1 game away from Wembley after his side defeated Leicester". Mr Lambert must be kicking the cat!
He'd miss...
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got a real feeling it's gonna be Blackburn at home, we love beating them
Big Sherwood connection there.
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Sky News just said "Tim Sherwood Aston Villa Manager is 1 game away from Wembley after his side defeated Leicester". Mr Lambert must be kicking the cat!
He'd miss...
Yes, but then he would go again.
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I fancy a west midlands derby
I don't
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Villa v Reading
Bradford v Blackburn
Arsenal v Man U
Albion v Liverpool
Villa to beat Albion or Steviepool in semi
Villa v Bradford or Blackburn in final
Simples
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Hot balls
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Hot balls
Rod Stewart B-side that didn't get quite so much radio play as Hot Legs.
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One game from Wembley-
Whoever it is, home or away there will be a huge noisy villa crowd there.
We've got to believe.
I'm looking into flights....
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We owe Liverpool a couple. Remember one at VP mid late 80s when they took a free kick way too quickly to score and then a few years later at Anfield when some hit me with a pie, mind you I was in thier end.
Was that the midweek game when Andy Comyn made his debut?
Or was it the FA cup game?
The FA Qf c91 or 92 We had the whole of the Anfield Road end but got a ticket in the main stand near the Kop and stood up and sang 'Villaaa'. Hence pie.
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Prefer to avoid the stripy filth or any of Arse/'The Mighty Reds YNWA'/ManUre, so payback against Bradford or Sherwood to face Blackburn as Villa manager will do for me. Hopefully a couple of all PL team ties will knock out one of the favourites.
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Bradford. Its payback time.
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In my ideal world, Liverpool in the quarters, Bradford in the semis, Albion in the final and Villa on the Council House balcony with the Cup after an open top bus ride that starts just on the other side of Coventry, through the centre*, up the A45 past the sty and looping round the city centre to Sandwell before travelling back to the city via Aston. And while we're at it, when we secure Premiership survival, take an open top bus ride through Newcastle just to piss off those bitter Jardies.
*I realise this is a near impossibility because of the ring road and one-way system but where there's a will...
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Anyone at home please
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We owe Liverpool a couple. Remember one at VP mid late 80s when they took a free kick way too quickly to score and then a few years later at Anfield when some hit me with a pie, mind you I was in thier end.
Was that the midweek game when Andy Comyn made his debut?
Or was it the FA cup game?
The FA Qf c91 or 92 We had the whole of the Anfield Road end but got a ticket in the main stand near the Kop and stood up and sang 'Villaaa'. Hence pie.
I hope you were, like my good self, were wearing our special edition yellow away shirt at Anfield that day. Possibly the only time the team ever wore it I think. I remember us in traffic near the ground in my mates Escort cabriolet with the roof down and repeatedly playing Tempole Tudor's Sword Of A Thousand Men at full blast. I think that might have been the only away game in five years where I got to play my compilation cassette in the car. We must have had DJ Nev bound and gagged in the boot.
Although my original 'what game' question was about the free kick and not the pie! ;D
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Home draw against a non Premier League team please.
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That's ideal JD but failing that just a home draw. I think it'll be Arsenal away and I think we'd beat them.
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If we get Arse/Liverpool we'd be better away than at home, wouldn't we? Arguably the same if it's Man U.
Anyway. I'm not too bothered about whether we're drawn home or away. Just a non-Premier League team please.
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There's various good and bad draws on paper
But if we can just avoid Liverpool, arsenal and Man U that would be splendid
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I we get a first Quarter-Final home draw since 1960 and avoid Manure, Liverpool and Arsenal then I'll be happy.
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I think the max manu give is 8000 and Arsenal 6000.
west ham took 10k there a few years back I think. All kinds of creatures crawling out from underneath their stones to go to it, by a few accounts.
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So which is more likely, a fourth consecutive home draw in this season's FA Cup or a tenth consecutive sixth round away fixture? (Nicked from Joe_c)
We were at home in 2006, but lost the 5th round replay. Shoddy stats!
Nah, it was the 5th Round when we lost to Man City after a replay. Just checked online. The only thing I can remember about the home game is Micah Richards scoring from a corner right at the end.
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I don't think you can really take much satisfaction from being drawn at home in the 2011 Quarter-Finals given that we would've had to have beaten one of the best sides in Europe just to get there, and our manager had given up before kick-off.
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Edit: hang on just realised I'm on about a different Man City tie.
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So which is more likely, a fourth consecutive home draw in this season's FA Cup or a tenth consecutive sixth round away fixture? (Nicked from Joe_c)
We were at home in 2006, but lost the 5th round replay. Shoddy stats!
Nah, it was the 5th Round when we lost to Man City after a replay. Just checked online. The only thing I can remember about the home game is Micah Richards scoring from a corner right at the end.
I meant if we'd won the replay we'd have been at home to West Ham in the QF.
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We should be favourites for this now imo.
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Got a feeling its Man U at home - we haven't drawn them for a few years
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As long as we're at home, I don't fear anybody, in fact I would prefer Arsenal, Liverpool or The Plastics now rather than at Wembley.
A win against injury hit Stoke at the weekend, a point at Newcastle away followed by a win against the Baggies will see a Villa Park like we haven't seen in ages. The place will be rocking. A perfect time for an FA Cup quarter final against whoever we get.
Bring it on!
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We want to avoid numbers 1, 2 and 8 (unless Preston win). Numbers 5,6 and 7 would be great.
Number 4 is West Brom.
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I'm just over the moon to be in the hat for the FA Cup quarter final draw, considering the season we've had for the most part. Also feels like ages since we had an FA Cup run (although it hasn't actually been that long), the game that a couple of people above have mentioned that sticks in the memory from the last run was the 4-2 away win at Reading, when John Carew came on at HT to score a hat-trick, pandemonium in the away end. Then we got done by the Chelsea rentboys and the ref at Wembley in the Semi-Final, some joke decisions that day.
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If your name's on it...
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I would like a home game against Reading or Blackburn that would do me.
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Home draw in an FA Cup quarter-final LOL!!!! ;D
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If your name's on it...
This
Doesnt matter who you draw if it is your year. Dare we dream?
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As we're playing them on the Tuesday before the weekend of the 6th round, odds are we're going to draw Albion.
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As long as we're at home, I don't fear anybody, in fact I would prefer Arsenal, Liverpool or The Plastics now rather than at Wembley.
Playing one of them in the Quarter-Finals doesn't guarantee we wouldn't then have to play one or both of the others at Wembley if we win the cup though.
Realistically, we'll probably have to beat at least one of them which would be unlikely, but not impossible. If we have to play two the odds go from unlikely to extremely slim and if we have to play all three our chances of winning the cup are virtually zero.
So... avoid them for as long as possible in the hope we don't have to play all three.
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... Then we got done by the Chelsea rentboys and the ref at Wembley in the Semi-Final, some joke decisions that day.
You mean like this cheeky little tap from Terry?
(http://www.7amkickoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/terry.gif)
Yella card innit all day facking long.
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... Then we got done by the Chelsea rentboys and the ref at Wembley in the Semi-Final, some joke decisions that day.
You mean like this cheeky little tap from Terry?
(http://www.7amkickoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/terry.gif)
Yella card innit all day facking long.
That was so late it's not in time for this year's semi-final.
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Hodgson will draw Blackburn, Boggies and Redcouse at home - guaranteed
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If your name's on it...
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Doesnt matter who you draw if it is your year. Dare we dream?
Nah, that's superstitious nonsense. If we draw Arsenal or Man U away, we are 90% likely to get knocked out of the Cup; and maybe 80% if we draw them at home. Away draws against Liverpool and West Brom on current form wouldn't favour us either.
Our best chance is to draw one of the lower league teams in the quarters and another in the semis, then take our chances in the final against presumably Arsenal, Man U or Liverpool.
As a one-off, we might rise to the occasion and knock out one of the "Big 3"; but there's very little chance that we'd be able to beat them one after the other and take the trophy, as great as that would be.
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I would like a home game against Reading or Blackburn that would do me.
Me too mate. I've got a feeling we're not that lucky.
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Another home draw will do for me. If thats the outcome, I don't care who we're drawn against .
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As long as we're at home, I don't fear anybody, in fact I would prefer Arsenal, Liverpool or The Plastics now rather than at Wembley.
Playing one of them in the Quarter-Finals doesn't guarantee we wouldn't then have to play one or both of the others at Wembley if we win the cup though.
Realistically, we'll probably have to beat at least one of them which would be unlikely, but not impossible. If we have to play two the odds go from unlikely to extremely slim and if we have to play all three our chances of winning the cup are virtually zero.
So... avoid them for as long as possible in the hope we don't have to play all three.
Point taken, Mr Logic. ;)
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... Then we got done by the Chelsea rentboys and the ref at Wembley in the Semi-Final, some joke decisions that day.
You mean like this cheeky little tap from Terry?
(http://www.7amkickoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/terry.gif)
Yella card innit all day facking long.
Still makes me think how the f**k he didn't do Milner really serious damage.
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We're due some luck in the cups. Sinclair's goal was a bit lucky, the way the keeper insisted it go in the net. Some more of that, please. Still, it will take a helluva lotta luck to win the cup itself. The media have already decided it's Stevie G's cup, and I wouldn't go trusting any ref if we came up against them in the semi or final. Best get any of the big guns out the way asap.
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That really is quite a nasty challenge.
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I'd forgotten how bad that was... was he even booked?
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That is a shocking tackle (term used very loosely).
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That really is quite a nasty challenge.
That really is quite an understatement.
It's f%¤king atrocious.
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I'd forgotten that it was only 1-0 at the time of that challenge.
We should have had a penalty in the first 10 minutes as well.
Still, the non-sending off of Vidic in the League Cup Final annoyed me more, we'd have won the Cup but for that.
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I think Deepdale is the only ground I haven't been to out of the remaining teams.
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I'd forgotten how bad that was... was he even booked?
Yeah he got booked for it, no doubt the ref apologised "Sorry, Big JT. only 3 more bad tackles and I might have to send you off, mate."
MON said something like " Milner was lucky to escape that challenge with his career" He's damn right too.
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Does not work when adding it to our FB page. Clicking on the link just gives a blank screen.
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The league match at Villa Park vs the Baggies is the weekend before the quarter finals are due to be played, and it always seems some teams meet in the league and cup around the same time. I think we'll get the Baggies, go out to them and hear about it non stop for the next hundred and fifty years. They won't need to win the trophy, as long as they beat us.
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It would be a Tuesday night in the league and the cup game on the weekend.
Oh and we'll beat them in both.
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I'd forgotten how bad that was... was he even booked?
Should have been a straight red,
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It was Coward Webb don't forget. He probably went to confession next day to get absolution for giving the yellow. Bastard.
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Draw on soon.
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Draw on soon.
Any idea where I can listen? Stuck at Uni and can get hold of radio easiest, will it be on talksport?
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Radio five live, I've got it on now.
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Can't let Arsenal win it
According to da beeb.
"Arsene Wenger has won 5 FA Cups, just one less than George Ramsey's record with Villa."
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5 Live Sport
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Anyone else getting a bit nervous?
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It will be Sandwell at home.
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Bloody BBC fannying around. Can they please just get on with the sodding draw?
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Need to get this draw done while my Blues scum mate is outside smoking or we're in trouble.
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Anyone else getting a bit nervous?
Haven't been this nervous since I thought my ex was pregnant.
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3 minutes ago ir was "moments away"
"Quarter-finals draw
Posted at 19:34
The draw for the last eight is moments away then. Who do you want? Who do you want to avoid"
What the chuff are they doing?
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Pissing everyone off.
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Anyone else getting a bit nervous?
Haven't been this nervous since I thought my ex was pregnant.
Hopefully the result will give a similar sense of relief?
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Here we go
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It's Tim Sherwood's Aston Villa!
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We're "Tim Sherwood's Aston Villa" now.
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Pissing everyone off.
At least it's not my licence fee any more :)
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Need to get this draw done while my Blues scum mate is outside smoking or we're in trouble.
Bugger. He's back.
But he's gone for a piss!
Hurry up with the draw!
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"Tim Sherwood's Aston Villa are no.3"...........
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Anyone else getting a bit nervous?
Haven't been this nervous since I thought my ex was pregnant.
For some reason yes
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We're "Tim Sherwood's Aston Villa" now.
Better than being "the Irish weasels Aston Villa"
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Just draw the balls you twats.
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I fucking hate Liverpool.
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Albion at home!
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F i WEst Brom
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Wow.
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Get in.
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Albion at home. Come on then!
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H V the Boggies!
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thank fuck we avoided Bradford away
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Told ya.
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There is a nice semi for some one.
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Get the fuck in!!!!!!!!!!
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Aston Villa vs West Brom
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Well well!
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Happy with that!
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Good draw!
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Bring em on.
One of Man U or Arse out. Stuff the Olbiyun please.
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Well at least one out of Arsenal and Man Utd will go out :)
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Irony, oh irony!
The bitters have their cup final early.
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Bollocks.
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Man U or Arsenal will be out.
So beat Albion, get Bradford/Reading in the semis.
Then beat Liverpool/Arsenal/Man U in the Final.
C'mon Tim!
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Ha! Fantastic. In the last 4 balls with MU and Arsenal and avoided them both. At home, too. Do the Baggies & go to Wembley.
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Can't
Fucking
Wait
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Get in!
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No problem.
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Win this, get Reading or Bradford in the semi, we can dream!
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Would rather avoided playing that lot.
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Could have been a lot worse. We can beat those twelve-fingered pigeon-food chobblers.
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We play them the Tuesday before?
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Fun derby that! Looking forward to it!
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I hope this talk of turning Villa Park into a fortress happens right away.
Good draw that.
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No problem.
Bet you can't wait to buy a half and half scarf for this one Dave!
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By then we'll be on fu**ing fire and hammer the twats!
UTV!
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I turned the telly over for the draw and thought, Christ! Tom Finney had come back from the dead! His son is the living image of him.
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I wonder when the last time was that we got home draws every round?
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Like it I think it's the best we could have had other than Reading at home.
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Great draw! Home, dodged the games we are most likely to get robbed by dodgy refs, those piss pots at home, get in.
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Pleased with that. We should definitely be up for this one, no excuses!
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Does Dowd ever referee anyone other than Yanited?
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I turned the telly over for the draw and thought, Christ! Tom Finney had come back from the dead! His son is the living image of him.
Ha ha. Thought the same. No need for any paternity test
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I wonder when the last time was that we got home draws every round?
You. Me. Freddy. Lower Holte.
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I will even give them the League game in return for a cup victory!
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Does Dowd ever referee anyone other than Yanited?
Staffordshire Reds.
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The thought of beating you twice in one week makes me shiver :D
Hopefully it will be an enjoyable occasion. How many tickets are we likely to have?
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Like it I think it's the best we could have had other than Reading at home.
Agreed
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Will all 4 QFs be on TV? Plenty of room on BBC and BT.
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Fuck the Albion!
Fuck the Albion!
Fuck the Albion,
Fuck the Albion,
Fuck the Albion!
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Good draw, I'm pleased with that
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Pulis, you cap wearing scrotum...
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Will all 4 QFs be in TV? Plenty of room on BBC and BT.
I would think so
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I wonder when the last time was that we got home draws every round?
Don't Arsenal have some sort of similar record - they won the FA Cup without playing a match outside London or something.
Mind you, my Dad told me that and he swears blind they're the jammiest club in all of creation so perhaps his memory is playing tricks on him.
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I will even give them the League game in return for a cup victory!
I wouldn't give them the steam off my piss. I want to beat them twice.
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When will this game be played?
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As we're playing them on the Tuesday before the weekend of the 6th round, odds are we're going to draw Albion.
Told you lot it would be Albion.
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I will even give them the League game in return for a cup victory!
I wouldn't. 3 points and a semi-final match, please.
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We have got to fill the ground for this. Coz them cnuts will bring 7k.
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Does Dowd ever referee anyone other than Yanited?
Yes manure reserves for training purposes!
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Win this, get Reading or Bradford in the semi, we can dream!
The last time we got to a semi I remember a lot of our fans breathing a sigh of relief and thinking we were into the final because we pulled the minnow - Bradford - out the hat. At this stage it doesn't matter who you get, when you get them or where you get them. If your name's on the Cup, you win. If we get past our next opponents I couldn't care less who we get because we'll beat them if we want that trophy enough.
Come on Villa, give it the 110%!
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They reckon we're there for the taking. To "Shut us up for good", in fact.
No quarter given, chaps.
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I told you. It's written in the stars.
Smashing them twice in a week will be more than fun.
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Will all 4 QFs be in TV? Plenty of room on BBC and BT.
I would think so
Yes spread over 6 days!
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Great to have something to look forward to! It has felt like the snow starting to melt in Narnia being a Villa fan this last week.
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I wonder when the last time was that we got home draws every round?
Don't Arsenal have some sort of similar record - they won the FA Cup without playing a match outside London or something.
Mind you, my Dad told me that and he swears blind they're the jammiest club in all of creation so perhaps his memory is playing tricks on him.
My old man always said the same Stu.
Arsenal = lucky bastards!
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Very pleased with that.
The best we could have hoped for if we couldn't have Bradford, reading or Blackburn.
The atmosphere will be absolutely brilliant for this.
BRING IT ON!!!
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I bet they wish we still had Lambert.
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The thought of beating you twice in one week makes me shiver :D
Hopefully it will be an enjoyable occasion. How many tickets are we likely to have?
6,500 the same as Bournemouth and Leicester had.
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I will even give them the League game in return for a cup victory!
I wouldn't give them the steam off my piss. I want to beat them twice.
This.
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Pulis you chav cap, tracky wearing, football asbo boring twat you better bring all your towels with you for the throws in because you are going to need them.
He'll want Peter Crouch on emergency loan for this one.
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Pride of the Midlands at stake here...
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PLEASE Mr.Sherwood ..Make sure we beat these black country chancers.
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Will all 4 QFs be in TV? Plenty of room on BBC and BT.
I would think so
Yes they will. 2 matches for each channel.
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We have got to fill the ground for this. Coz them cnuts will bring 7k.
They'd have to club together with fellow half wits the noses to bring a 7k following.
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The last time villa and Smethwick were in the FA cup quarter finals together was in 1957. Just sayin like.
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I will even give them the League game in return for a cup victory!
I wouldn't give them the steam off my piss. I want to beat them twice.
This.
Agreed. I was just kidding. Beat them on Tuesday to go well above them in the league and than spam them fuckin hard at the weekend!
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The thought of beating you twice in one week makes me shiver :D
Hopefully it will be an enjoyable occasion. How many tickets are we likely to have?
6,500 the same as Bournemouth and Leicester had.
20 for each one they took to Everton the other week.
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What is this strange feeling? It can't be excitement can it?
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The last time villa and Smethwick were in the FA cup quarter finals together was in 1957. Just sayin like.
Manure still in cup you say?
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PLEASE Mr.Sherwood ..Make sure we beat smash these black country chancers. into the middle of next year
FIXED :)
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What a difference a week makes. The hope and passion is back.
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The thought of beating you twice in one week makes me shiver :D
Hopefully it will be an enjoyable occasion. How many tickets are we likely to have?
6,500 the same as Bournemouth and Leicester had.
20 for each one they took to Everton the other week.
They'll be allocated one for each brain cell in the fan base, that'll be 10 then.
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Can I just say now I already feel physically sick
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Pride of the Midlands at stake here...
It most certainly is not.
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The last time villa and Smethwick were in the FA cup quarter finals together was in 1957. Just sayin like.
Yeah and we went on to beat them in the semis. after a replay.
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I bet they wish we still had Lambert.
And we wish they had Irvine
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I bet they wish we still had Lambert.
Probably, because they'd now be planning a trip to the Cheese & Onion stadium.
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Pride of the Midlands at stake here...
Not until another Midlands team beats 7 Titles, 7 FA Cups, 5 League Cups, and 1 European Cup.
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Can I just say now I already feel physically sick
Me too
Its just the thought of playing them twice in a week and having to deal with two big Albion fans at work afterward. My Prayer mat will be out
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Pride of the Midlands at stake here...
Not until another Midlands team beats 7 Titles, 7 FA Cups, 5 League Cups, and 1 European Cup.
I think our former number 7 might be taking the piss.
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So we have an fa cup quarter final at villa park. We don't say that too often.
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Pride of the Midlands at stake here...
Not until another Midlands team beats 7 Titles, 7 FA Cups, 5 League Cups, and 1 European Cup.
...and gives league football to the world.
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The thought of beating you twice in one week makes me shiver :D
Hopefully it will be an enjoyable occasion. How many tickets are we likely to have?
I doubt it will be enjoyable as the tension will be unbelievable, with Lambert in charge we would have lost the league game and the quarter final but we now have a chance, as for tickets no idea.
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Great draw, was the one I was hoping for earlier.
Will be a filthy game I expect with a cracking atmosphere. Could do with Benteke getting a couple of goals before it.
Good that Arsenal have been paired with Man United too. Thats one likely winner gone and should be a cracking game.
Bradford would be the ideal semis draw, payback for last year. Think they will get past Reading too.
Stevie G's final is looking very likely, would be a great one to shit all over and beat them.
Blackburn's front two bullied Stoke at the weekend so they will give Liverpool a decent game.
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Pride of the Midlands at stake here...
Not until another Midlands team beats 7 Titles, 7 FA Cups, 5 League Cups, and 1 European Cup.
I think our former number 7 might be taking the piss.
Second time in a week I've had to explain a joke. They're obviously not funny
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Pride of the Midlands at stake here...
Not until another Midlands team beats 7 Titles, 7 FA Cups, 5 League Cups, and 1 European Cup.
I think our former number 7 might be taking the piss.
Number 10 (as I call them) wasn't he?
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Pride of the Midlands at stake here...
Not until another Midlands team beats 7 Titles, 7 FA Cups, 5 League Cups, and 1 European Cup.
...and gives league football to the world.
Love it
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Considering our size and history the fact that this is our first 6th round home tie since 1960, has got to be one of the amazing stats in F A Cup history. Also the fact that we have only won the cup once since 1920, has to be one of the most embarrassing.
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Happy enough to play them at home rather than away, hopefully we can win some league games between now and then to build some momentum.
Wouldn't shock me if it goes to a replay though.
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Glad it's at home, although I reckon it'll go to a replay as well.
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It's a cracking draw also because if they get through Man U will play Arsenal. And if Arsenal don't get to travel to Old Trafford, well then that's great news too! Liverpool will be happiest I imagine, though Blackburn won't make it easy.
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The thought of beating you twice in one week makes me shiver :D
Hopefully it will be an enjoyable occasion. How many tickets are we likely to have?
Good luck Liam! Should be a cracking game.
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The last time villa and Smethwick were in the FA cup quarter finals together was in 1957. Just sayin like.
Impressive research. I salute you.
It's Our Year!
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I reckon it will be a 12.30 KO on the Sunday. 5.30 on the Saturday would be ace.
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The last time villa and Smethwick were in the FA cup quarter finals together was in 1957. Just sayin like.
And Blues were in the other semi, pretty impressive all around.
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As long as it's not Friday night or Monday night.
Saturday lunchtime would suit me best!
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The thought of beating you twice in one week makes me shiver :D
Hopefully it will be an enjoyable occasion. How many tickets are we likely to have?
Good luck Liam! Should be a cracking game.
Good luck? Seriously? I like Liam but there is no way in a million years I would wish him and his lot good luck for either game. I hope you lose both games, Liam. We both stay up and we progress in the cup.
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I reckon it will be a 12.30 KO on the Sunday. 5.30 on the Saturday would be ace.
More likely to be an early KO.
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Interesting, the Gardner greasing his knob on Twitter already
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Interesting, the Gardner greasing his knob on Twitter already
He really is a tit.
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Newton Heath, "Lucky" Arsenal and Steviepool all play on the Weds with us on Tuesday so I reckon we may be the early KO on the Sat. depending on the Rozzbags although they seem happy with 3pm so.....
Sat Lunchtime - Brad V Read
Sat PM - Us
Sun Lunchtime - Liverpool V Blackburn
Sun PM - Preston/NH V Arse
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The thought of beating you twice in one week makes me shiver :D
Hopefully it will be an enjoyable occasion. How many tickets are we likely to have?
Good luck Liam! Should be a cracking game.
Good luck? Seriously? I like Liam but there is no way in a million years I would wish him and his lot good luck for either game. I hope you lose both games, Liam. We both stay up and we progress in the cup.
I agree with that, save I also hope they go down. This sort of ambivalence (and, at worst, niceness) to Albion amongst a sizeable proportion of Villa supporters makes me fume.
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Interesting, the Gardner greasing his knob on Twitter already
Stick anything he says on the dressing room notice board, lads.
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Who gets first pick for the quarter final games, BT or BBC? I assume they get 2 each.
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The thought of beating you twice in one week makes me shiver :D
Hopefully it will be an enjoyable occasion. How many tickets are we likely to have?
Good luck Liam! Should be a cracking game.
Good luck? Seriously? I like Liam but there is no way in a million years I would wish him and his lot good luck for either game. I hope you lose both games, Liam. We both stay up and we progress in the cup.
I agree with that, save I also hope they go down. This sort of ambivalence (and, at worst, niceness) to Albion amongst a sizeable proportion of Villa supporters makes me fume.
I just said good luck. Bloody hell, I didnt expect some kind of spanish inquisition.
;D
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Good luck when they are playing our relegation rivals, definitely.
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The Bitters haven't played an FA Cup game outside of Birmingham either.
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I hope Blackburn knock Liverpool out, otherwise the media's desperation for a Stevie G cup final will be sickening. Can't bear the thought of that fucker refereeing another cup final, especially if we're there.
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I hope Blackburn knock Liverpool out, otherwise the media's desperation for a Stevie G cup final will be sickening. Can't bear the thought of that fucker refereeing another cup final, especially if we're there.
You honestly can't see an Englishman losing a penalty shootout at Wembley?
I'm convinced that's how it will pan out. (semi finals)
and it will be hilarious.
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Interesting, the Gardner greasing his knob on Twitter already
Stick anything he says on the dressing room notice board, lads.
Exactly, I'd be embarrassed if our players said Shit like that
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Newton Heath, "Lucky" Arsenal and Steviepool all play on the Weds with us on Tuesday so I reckon we may be the early KO on the Sat. depending on the Rozzbags although they seem happy with 3pm so.....
Sat Lunchtime - Brad V Read
Sat PM - Us
Sun Lunchtime - Liverpool V Blackburn
Sun PM - Preston/NH V Arse
Police will insist our game is an early kickoff.
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Hilarious reading the Stripey message boards about tickets. One of the tatters reckon they should get 10k because if they don't, their will be 5k in the home ends.
This from a club who took 500 to Goodison and a 1000 to Turf Moor. Mickey Mouse twats.
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Its another good draw. Considering how dire our home record has been at home the last year it is good that we are getting a run of fixtures there in the Cup. It gives us a good chance of getting to the semi's at least and the fact that one if not both of Utd and Arsenal will be gone by then opens it up even more for us.
A little concerned that Bradford have such a good draw though ::)
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Hilarious reading the Stripey message boards about tickets. One of the tatters reckon they should get 10k because if they don't, their will be 5k in the home ends.
This from a club who took 500 to Goodison and a 1000 to Turf Moor. Mickey Mouse twats.
No doubt all 5,000 will be in the Holte, too.
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I want to beat these ****** into oblivion.
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Can't believe I am actually looking forward to a Villa game.
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How many were at the Hawthorns for the West Ham match?
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How many were at the Hawthorns for the West Ham match?
20,000; around 3-4000 West Ham, I'd imagine.
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They'll come crawling out don't you worry.
Be interesting to see if we mix it up for a local cup game, maybe give them the whole of the North stand and then have three sides Villa rather than slipping the aways into the two stands.
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Interesting, the Gardner greasing his knob on Twitter already
He really is a tit.
Have to say, I'm really embarrassed by his behavior. He quite clearly has an axe to grind because he never made it at Villa, the biggest club he has played for, quite simply because he wasn't good enough. Show some respect for your brother who's still trying to make a go of it at Villa.
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Nah, they'll get the upper and the normal. You won't get away fans behind the goal in the lower again, plus why on earth would we give the Bitters an extra 1000 tickets.
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How many were at the Hawthorns for the West Ham match?
20,000; around 3-4000 West Ham, I'd imagine.
They had the whole of the end behind the goal, over 5,000. Not even 15,000 baggies in the ground.
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Can't believe I am actually looking forward to a Villa game.
Ha ha ha, that's excellent.
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Anyone else getting a bit nervous?
Haven't been this nervous since I thought my ex was pregnant.
I was exactly the same.
I was hoping if she was that it would turn out to be yours. ;)
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If playing us in the league is their cup final, what does that make this match?
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Oh for fucks sake!
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If playing us in the league is their cup final, what does that make this match?
World Cup final.
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I don't hate WBA, because I don't really see them as a threat - they're small time wankers. Totally irrelevant. We fulfil their needs with their inferior complex to us as a big football club, like little-man-syndrome. We'll fucking do them.
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Told ya.
Who have we got in the semis?
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Told ya.
Who have we got in the semis?
Bradford
:-(((((((((((
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No problem.
Getting a half and half scarf for this one Dave? ;)
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Well the noses have all come out wishing their Black Country brothers luck against us, it's great being Villa and not small time wankers
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If playing us in the league is their cup final, what does that make this match?
A good few of them are saying it's their biggest game for many, many years.
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Don't give a fuck about these twats. We're Aston Villa. They're just the new Coventry... a club with ideas above their station. We should be aiming to beat our record score of 13-0, coincidentally also achieved against a bunch of Yam Yams.
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How many were at the Hawthorns for the West Ham match?
20,000; around 3-4000 West Ham, I'd imagine.
They had the whole of the end behind the goal, over 5,000. Not even 15,000 baggies in the ground.
But I thought Albion were bringing 25,000 to sit all over Villa Park?
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If playing us in the league is their cup final, what does that make this match?
A good few of them are saying it's their biggest game for many, many years.
I'm starting to think of horrible parallels to the last time we played a local rival in a cup quarter final.
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Hilarious reading the Stripey message boards about tickets. One of the tatters reckon they should get 10k because if they don't, their will be 5k in the home ends.
This from a club who took 500 to Goodison and a 1000 to Turf Moor. Mickey Mouse twats.
No doubt all 5,000 will be in the Holte, too.
its going to be Coventry city all over again
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Hilarious reading the Stripey message boards about tickets. One of the tatters reckon they should get 10k because if they don't, their will be 5k in the home ends.
This from a club who took 500 to Goodison and a 1000 to Turf Moor. Mickey Mouse twats.
No doubt all 5,000 will be in the Holte, too.
its going to be Coventry city all over again
A couple of knobs sitting in the centre circle in protest when they go one nil down after a couple of minutes?
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Slack jawed pikey on westbrom.com
Would love to get to Wembley now one game away, the easiest possible draw
Took 5 minutes away from playing the banjo to spout some nonsense.
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Think of all the scrap metal they will miss out on tatting by actually taking an away following.
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Slack jawed pikey on westbrom.com
Would love to get to Wembley now one game away, the easiest possible draw
Took 5 minutes away from playing the banjo to spout some nonsense.
Three lower division teams still in the hat but an away draw against a fellow Premier League team they've beaten 3 times in the last million years is the easiest draw possible. Why is his carer letting him on the Internet?
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Hilarious reading the Stripey message boards about tickets. One of the tatters reckon they should get 10k because if they don't, their will be 5k in the home ends.
This from a club who took 500 to Goodison and a 1000 to Turf Moor. Mickey Mouse twats.
No doubt all 5,000 will be in the Holte, too.
its going to be Coventry city all over again
The only time I've ever seen local rivals' fans in the Villa end was at 03/03/03 against the Blues. It was an evil night and they didn't try any of that shit again. As ever, its all talk.
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Cant really win playing West Brom, Coventry or Walsall.
If they win 'the balance of power is shifting' or some other guff, when we win its all 'you were expected to, you've got more fans, a bigger ground, more money etc' or 'at least we outsung you'
Lets just gub the bitter twats and move on.
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If playing us in the league is their cup final, what does that make this match?
A good few of them are saying it's their biggest game for many, many years.
I'm starting to think of horrible parallels to the last time we played a local rival in a cup quarter final.
My thoughts exactly. Worst nightmare. Mind you then did get relegated so not all bad
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Hilarious reading the Stripey message boards about tickets. One of the tatters reckon they should get 10k because if they don't, their will be 5k in the home ends.
This from a club who took 500 to Goodison and a 1000 to Turf Moor. Mickey Mouse twats.
No doubt all 5,000 will be in the Holte, too.
its going to be Coventry city all over again
The only time I've ever seen local rivals' fans in the Villa end was at 03/03/03 against the Blues. It was an evil night and they didn't try any of that shit again. As ever, its all talk.
no mate, there was at least 10,000 Cov fans in the home stands, everyone knows that
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Hilarious reading the Stripey message boards about tickets. One of the tatters reckon they should get 10k because if they don't, their will be 5k in the home ends.
This from a club who took 500 to Goodison and a 1000 to Turf Moor. Mickey Mouse twats.
No doubt all 5,000 will be in the Holte, too.
its going to be Coventry city all over again
The only time I've ever seen local rivals' fans in the Villa end was at 03/03/03 against the Blues. It was an evil night and they didn't try any of that shit again. As ever, its all talk.
no mate, there was at least 10,000 Cov fans in the home stands, everyone knows that
And they ran Birmingham for a week after.
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What did Gardner say? I'm not a twitterer.
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Well the noses have all come out wishing their Black Country brothers luck against us, it's great being Villa and not small time wankers
Had to laugh at that.
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What did Gardner say? I'm not a twitterer.
"I've played villa in a cup before in the quarter finals same result will do #boingboing #facup #wembley"
I'm sure he's trying to reinvent himself as a Robbie Savage-esque wind-up merchant, but he comes across as a little bitter.
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What did Gardner say? I'm not a twitterer.
' Ug Ug drool SOTV KRO Ug Ug .'
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Maybe they could bring the 10,000 they had at both home games in the league cup earlier this season. But then they'd have to bring the away followings from Hull and Oxford with them.
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The bookies can't separate us. Villa 8/5, Albion 8/5, draw 11/5. Both Villa and Albion 14/1 to win the cup. Liverpool 2/1, United and Arsenal 10/3, Bradford and Reading 33/1, Blackburn 66/1.
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Gardner is just a bit of a dunce really isn't he?
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How many were at the Hawthorns for the West Ham match?
20,000; around 3-4000 West Ham, I'd imagine.
5,500 West Ham. small time twats couldn't even pull in 15K home fans.
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I'm sure gardners comments won't be wasted on sherwood.
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They really are obsessed small-time twats.
Craig Gardner retweeted
David Howes @DavidHowes68 · 2h 2 hours ago
@CraigGards8 great draw, every Blues fan will be supporting the other blue & white team. #KRO
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Let's hope they spirit up the John Wile bloodied semi final spirit of '78. And lose again.
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They really are obsessed small-time twats.
Craig Gardner retweeted
David Howes @DavidHowes68 · 2h 2 hours ago
@CraigGards8 great draw, every Blues fan will be supporting the other blue & white team. #KRO
Small Heath and Smethwick in mutual hatred of Villa shock. We get it and we are actually quite flattered and think it's rather sweet in it's own way. Nice to know your always thinking of us.
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Gardner is just a bit of a dunce really isn't he?
An ugly one as well....
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I'm chuffed with the draw, one step from Wembley.
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What did Gardner say? I'm not a twitterer.
"I've played villa in a cup before in the quarter finals same result will do #boingboing #facup #wembley"
I'm sure he's trying to reinvent himself as a Robbie Savage-esque wind-up merchant, but he comes across as a little bitter.
Lifelong fan and loyal West Brom footballer Craig Gardner shows his pride at scoring for his boyhood team.
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Remember years ago being at Ashton Gate and Joe royle giving us the v's. When they came to villa park he was given grief from the word go. Eventually he lost the plot and got sent off. Perhaps a similar fate should await gardner.
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What did Gardner say? I'm not a twitterer.
"I've played villa in a cup before in the quarter finals same result will do #boingboing #facup #wembley"
I'm sure he's trying to reinvent himself as a Robbie Savage-esque wind-up merchant, but he comes across as a little bitter.
Lifelong fan and loyal West Brom footballer Gary Gardner shows his pride at scoring for his boyhood team.
(https://birminghamcityfansforum.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/craig-gardner-birmingham-city-fans-forum.png?w=500)
*cough*
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Gardner is just a bit of a dunce really isn't he?
A complete c**t.
If it was in the Tamworth Sunday League I'd have him in A&E by 11.15am (ko: 10.45...10.30 for cup games)
I appreciate this doesn't make me any better than him but it's how I feel.
We need to win this (these).
Come on you Villa boys!
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What did Gardner say? I'm not a twitterer.
"I've played villa in a cup before in the quarter finals same result will do #boingboing #facup #wembley"
I'm sure he's trying to reinvent himself as a Robbie Savage-esque wind-up merchant, but he comes across as a little bitter.
Lifelong fan and loyal West Brom footballer Gary Gardner shows his pride at scoring for his boyhood team.
(https://birminghamcityfansforum.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/craig-gardner-birmingham-city-fans-forum.png?w=500)
*cough*
Duly noted ;) sorry Gary. It's your tosser bro I was talking about
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We have got to fill the ground for this. Coz them cnuts will bring 7k.
Do we have to give them a certain percentage, or could we only give them league allocation. As I'm sure this will be a sell out?
If it's as earlier rounds I think maximum will be 6,000.
Personally, I'd just give them the Witton Lane corner.
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What did Gardner say? I'm not a twitterer.
"I've played villa in a cup before in the quarter finals same result will do #boingboing #facup #wembley"
I'm sure he's trying to reinvent himself as a Robbie Savage-esque wind-up merchant, but he comes across as a little bitter.
Lifelong fan and loyal West Brom footballer Craig Gardner shows his pride at scoring for his boyhood team.
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How long was it exactly after he scored on the last day at Spurs the day they got relegated to him wanting to leave 'his boyhood club'? Basically however long between that goal and the final whistle that relegated them. That is devotion and loyalty for you. And those bluenose muppets will be cheering him on against us.
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They really are obsessed small-time twats.
Craig Gardner retweeted
David Howes @DavidHowes68 · 2h 2 hours ago
@CraigGards8 great draw, every Blues fan will be supporting the other blue & white team. #KRO
You would think he would show a little bit of respect to one of his former teams. No class or brains.
'Every' Blose fan? Really?
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I liked Gardner when he was he but what a bellend he is now. Under TS I actually feel more confident we might attack and maybe even beat teams and WBA definitely one of them. Perfect game for the draw, as BFR once said it gives us the feel of the competition
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F**k him. He probably won't be in the team anyway.
Only room for one complete twat in the dressing room and Pulis does like to consider himself one of the "team".
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Do people have to keep repeating that bloody picture, this is a Villa forum. It's worse than having porn on your screen when someone walks in the room.
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Back on topic
Let's do this
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Does anyone know who Craig grew up supporting this year? I've lost track.
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Does anyone know who Craig grew up supporting this year? I've lost track.
I think it's Wolves this year.
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There was a great piece in When Saturday Comes years back regarding Frank McAvennie moving from West Ham to Celtic due to homesickness for Glasgow and his love of the club then moving back to West Ham due to homesickness for London and his love of the club then moving back to Celtic due to homesickness for Glasgow and his love of the club.
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The bitter birds and the knuckledraggers. Two sides of the same worthless coin, a ha'penny piece, no longer in commission. United in hatred of their superior neighbour, they are little more than sad obsessives. Gardner was so obsessed with Villa, he chose to play for us - until we chose to dismiss him. Ours is the first result they look for. They would rather see us lose than win themselves. Their bitterness will eat away at them until there's nothing left. By smashing one, we smash the other, so with the league match and the FA Cup game coming up, we can kill two bitter birds with one stone - twice.
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I've been on one of their forums and they're making out like they're going to take the stadium over, "they'll have to give us 10k" and the like. Wankers.
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It'll be interesting to see if players are rested for the league meeting a few days earlier. Both managers will have done their jobs if they avoid relegation, so you'd expect the strongest line-ups for the league match, but I'd be holding a few back.
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I've been on one of their forums and they're making out like they're going to take the stadium over, "they'll have to give us 10k" and the like. Wankers.
The rule is 15% for FA Cup games so by my rough calculations that's about 6,500.
10,000 my arse....
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Playing a team managed by Pulis twice a season is usually an ordeal for us.Twice in a week doesn't bear thinking about.
I suspect we will learn the wisdom or otherwise of our latest managerial appointment during that period.
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I remember when most Small Heath fans used to have a soft spot for Liverpool or Man U.
Now their "big team" is West Brom! How the shitey have fallen.
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It'll be interesting to see if players are rested for the league meeting a few days earlier. Both managers will have done their jobs if they avoid relegation, so you'd expect the strongest line-ups for the league match, but I'd be holding a few back.
It's only a few games away DeKuip...relegation will still be there big time for both clubs.
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Oh please win this. Not just because of who we're playing but the semi-final!!!! I can bring me lad.
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I've been on one of their forums and they're making out like they're going to take the stadium over, "they'll have to give us 10k" and the like. Wankers.
The rule is 15% for FA Cup games so by my rough calculations that's about 6,500.
10,000 my arse....
Going on previous away followings over the last few years they'd struggle to shift 650.
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Playing a team managed by Pulis twice a season is usually an ordeal for us.Twice in a week doesn't bear thinking about.
I suspect we will learn the wisdom or otherwise of our latest managerial appointment during that period.
You sound like you want us to lose. Just to say I told you so.
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It's very funny how many of them are bleating about how hard it will be to get a ticket. Maybe if you went to games more fucking often you'd get one a lot easier. Wankers.
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Will all four be on telly? Will one be Monday?
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They really are obsessed small-time twats.
Craig Gardner retweeted
David Howes @DavidHowes68 · 2h 2 hours ago
@CraigGards8 great draw, every Blues fan will be supporting the other blue & white team. #KRO
I love the idea of a bloke who walked out on one of his twelve boyhood teams the second they got relegated urging people earning a fiftieth of his annual wage to "Keep Right On".
Small Heath legend, IMO.
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Will all four be on telly? Will one be Monday?
All live yes, so it won't be 3pm Saturday. Last season one was on the Saturday and three on Sunday.
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Beeb have already snapped up Manure v Arsenal, well that's what Jug ears said earlier.
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Excellent. it should probably be coming out of the pigeon's mouth in a speech bubble or something.
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It's very funny how many of them are bleating about how hard it will be to get a ticket. Maybe if you went to games more fucking often you'd get one a lot easier. Wankers.
It's always the same when a team reaches a cup final.
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A 6th round cup tie at home, can't believe it,only been waiting 50 odd years!!!
As for that twat gardener ,there is a good chance he will be suspended for the cup game with all the mouthing he is doing
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Excellent. it should probably be coming out of the pigeon's mouth in a speech bubble or something.
Pigeon? That, bird-lovers, is an example of turdus philomelos.
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Bitter pideon's at home, that will do nicely.
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Anyone know when tickets go on sale? Assume they will get the normal away area + north upper ?
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I've been on one of their forums and they're making out like they're going to take the stadium over, "they'll have to give us 10k" and the like. Wankers.
They cant even take over West Brom from what i`ve seen.
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They really are obsessed small-time twats.
Craig Gardner retweeted
David Howes @DavidHowes68 · 2h 2 hours ago
@CraigGards8 great draw, every Blues fan will be supporting the other blue & white team. #KRO
I bet his brother is REALLY pleased he`s giving it all this the knob, just goes to show Ugly+runs like a third year spud sac+Brainless = Craig Gardener.
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Will all four be on telly? Will one be Monday?
if they make that a Monday night game they`re asking for trouble - and they`ll get it.
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Will all four be on telly? Will one be Monday?
if they make that a Monday night game they`re asking for trouble - and they`ll get it.
Why? We play the Tuesday before too. We played them on a week night twice last season. Armageddon was avoided on each occasion.
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Woke up, still buzzin my head off about this match
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Will all four be on telly? Will one be Monday?
if they make that a Monday night game they`re asking for trouble - and they`ll get it.
Why? We play the Tuesday before too. We played them on a week night twice last season. Armageddon was avoided on each occasion.
Villa's match makes the most sense for Monday night because most fans won't have far to travel.
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From my experience of these games it's the least 'derby-like' derby imaginable. Any time I've been to one it's as if we're playing the likes of Bolton or Wigan, such is the apathy the majority of villa fans appear to have when it comes to them. I suspect that this pisses them off all the more, which is nice.
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I love the thought of bluenoses on the outside looking in, noses pressed against the window while the rest of the city is raging.
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Monday wouldn't suit in the sense we probably have an important league game 4 days later ?!
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It's very funny how many of them are bleating about how hard it will be to get a ticket. Maybe if you went to games more fucking often you'd get one a lot easier. Wankers.
They're a joke. I work with a Villa hating bitter who spent all morning trying to get a ticket for Small Heath away and moaning how hard it was. They don't have an away loyalty scheme like us as there's no need for one. So for games like this it's a free for all.
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When there were 4 balls left it was us against Manure, Arsenal or the Baggies, so I'll take playing them at home.
Shame Pulis has made them so much better, still we have a 50-50 chance of getting to the Semi-Final.
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I love the thought of bluenoses on the outside looking in, noses pressed against the window while the rest of the city is raging.
From their own forum :-
It's embarrassing. Fecking embarrassing.
A thread about who we want our cross city rivals to get in a cup competition that we are no longer in.
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I love the thought of bluenoses on the outside looking in, noses pressed against the window while the rest of the city is raging.
Noses pressed or tongues licking?
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Still remember Grayson's goal in 98...
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From my experience of these games it's the least 'derby-like' derby imaginable. Any time I've been to one it's as if we're playing the likes of Bolton or Wigan, such is the apathy the majority of villa fans appear to have when it comes to them. I suspect that this pisses them off all the more, which is nice.
When you are surrounded by the inbreds like I am, this means a million times more than playing Bolton or Wigan, trust me.
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Will all four be on telly? Will one be Monday?
if they make that a Monday night game they`re asking for trouble - and they`ll get it.
Predominantly from me in a coarsely worded email with regards to why we're not playing on a Sunday, as recent tradition clearly dictates we should.
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Still remember Grayson's goal in 98...
And the rendition of "Can we play you every week?" when it was 4-0. That would do nicely.
Mind you, if it goes to a replay we will be singing "Do we play you every week?"
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Those WBA goals are in the memories thread I posted last night if anyone wants to see them.
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Bloke at work just said "I've had a text off my Albion supporting mate. He says that he hasn't been this excited since he married his sister".
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Bloke at work just said "I've had a text off my Albion supporting mate. He says that he hasn't been this excited since he married his sister".
Stolen
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Bloke at work just said "I've had a text off my Albion supporting mate. He says that he hasn't been this excited since he married his sister".
Stolen
And me ;D
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From my experience of these games it's the least 'derby-like' derby imaginable. Any time I've been to one it's as if we're playing the likes of Bolton or Wigan, such is the apathy the majority of villa fans appear to have when it comes to them. I suspect that this pisses them off all the more, which is nice.
I know what you mean but with Wembley at stake I think the atmosphere will be ramped up.
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Play it on the Tuesday and have a winner-takes-all League & FA Cup combo
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Woke up, still buzzin my head off about this match
Same.
Also, it'd better not be on the fucking Monday night because I've just booked the day off work In case it gets shifted to the Sunday.
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Play it on the Tuesday and have a winner-takes-all League & FA Cup combo
Unless we lose the League game, in which case, let's not...
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Bloke at work just said "I've had a text off my Albion supporting mate. He says that he hasn't been this excited since he married his sister".
;D
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From a Cletus forum
did i hear there was a demand of 18k for the Blues game, this would kind of double that
You'd have to dig up every Boggie who's ever been to an away game in their history to find 18k of them willing to go away. Full of shit like the one who reckons useless Ideye Brown only cost £2.5m instead of the £9m because he's crap.
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From a Cletus forum
did i hear there was a demand of 18k for the Blues game, this would kind of double that
You'd have to dig up every Boggie who's ever been to an away game in their history to find 18k of them willing to go away. Full of shit like the one who reckons useless Ideye Brown only cost £2.5m instead of the £9m because he's crap.
So they think they could take double as many as usually turn up for their home games?
Yeah, we know what they are. The Black Country version of Gateshead or Blythe Spartans.
Fickle doesn't even come close.
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Pride of the Midlands at stake here...
Not until another Midlands team beats 7 Titles, 7 FA Cups, 5 League Cups, and 1 European Cup.
I think our former number 7 might be taking the piss.
Number 10 (as I call them) wasn't he?
Number 7 Chico, Number 8 McMahon, Number 9 Lochhead, Number 10 Vowden, Number 11 Anderson.
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From a Cletus forum
did i hear there was a demand of 18k for the Blues game, this would kind of double that
You'd have to dig up every Boggie who's ever been to an away game in their history to find 18k of them willing to go away. Full of shit like the one who reckons useless Ideye Brown only cost £2.5m instead of the £9m because he's crap.
So more of them wanted tickets for small heath away than bothered turning up for West Ham at home. Well i'm convinced. It's not like they take 500 to Everton or anything like that.
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My guess at prices for this. £20 Lower North. £25 Holte and £30 Witton and Trinity.
I'd also charge those that went to the first 3 games less. But that will never happen.
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From my experience of these games it's the least 'derby-like' derby imaginable. Any time I've been to one it's as if we're playing the likes of Bolton or Wigan, such is the apathy the majority of villa fans appear to have when it comes to them. I suspect that this pisses them off all the more, which is nice.
You obviously werent there the night Withey chipped Tony Godden.
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There is a rather amusing comparison on Aston Villa Away on Facebook with our following to Everton compared to there 500.
There was a good one from last season too when we took double what they did to Southampton on a Wednesday night, than what the Bitters managed on a Saturday.
Where all these bandwagon jumpers are coming from I don't know.
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When is this likely to be up for sale?
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Play it on the Tuesday and have a winner-takes-all League & FA Cup combo
I can't remember which country it happened in or even which sport it was but due to fixture and time constraints something like that happened fairly recently. I think it may have been America. That would suit their sense of drama and lack of patience.
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When is this likely to be up for sale?
Been up for sale a while mate, think it's about £150mill though.
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From my experience of these games it's the least 'derby-like' derby imaginable. Any time I've been to one it's as if we're playing the likes of Bolton or Wigan, such is the apathy the majority of villa fans appear to have when it comes to them. I suspect that this pisses them off all the more, which is nice.
You obviously werent there the night Withey chipped Tony Godden.
1981 47998 were there if memory serves me well?
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According to West Broms twitter page, they have 6,500 tickets. Safe to assume the inbreds will be above is in the North Stand upper and Doug Ellis
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Witton Lane.
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From my experience of these games it's the least 'derby-like' derby imaginable. Any time I've been to one it's as if we're playing the likes of Bolton or Wigan, such is the apathy the majority of villa fans appear to have when it comes to them. I suspect that this pisses them off all the more, which is nice.
You obviously werent there the night Withey chipped Tony Godden.
1981 47998 were there if memory serves me well?
And the roads around Aston were clogged with broken-down cars containing "me and me mate " who were going but never got there.
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When is this likely to be up for sale?
Friday @ earliest probably
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If the last round is anything to go by they'll announce the prices on Thursday and start selling Friday.
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I'll get ours on Saturday, then.
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I'll get ours on Saturday, then.
May not be able to due to priority.
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It's very funny how many of them are bleating about how hard it will be to get a ticket. Maybe if you went to games more fucking often you'd get one a lot easier. Wankers.
You would think the club operate a loyalty points scheme or something but we don't. We left our tickets for the Blues game in one big free for all where the 6,000 or whatever it was went within two days. Then we had problems as the system has been altered and only allowed you to make one transaction per ticket. Basically, it was a real mess and hopefully the club have rectified it.
We tend to have our larger followings in the cup matches - there is no doubts that this will sell out.
I am slightly worried that I won't be able to get a ticket. I'm usually at work when they're being sold and our place is quite strict on our internet policy. I'll be pissed off if I don't get a ticket considering I've only missed two games all season and many of those who got tickets for Blues did so because they were cheap and the game was only round the corner. Funny that we haven't seen many of them since..
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How hard can it be to do what we do? Stagger sales using a priority system based on booking history. That's shit to just sell them as a first come first served, meaning someone going to their first game in a decade has as much chance as someone who never misses a game.
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From my experience of these games it's the least 'derby-like' derby imaginable. Any time I've been to one it's as if we're playing the likes of Bolton or Wigan, such is the apathy the majority of villa fans appear to have when it comes to them. I suspect that this pisses them off all the more, which is nice.
You obviously werent there the night Withey chipped Tony Godden.
Or any of those days in the 70s when no matter how viciously they tried to kick us off the park, we just kept beating them.
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It's very funny how many of them are bleating about how hard it will be to get a ticket. Maybe if you went to games more fucking often you'd get one a lot easier. Wankers.
You would think the club operate a loyalty points scheme or something but we don't. We left our tickets for the Blues game in one big free for all where the 6,000 or whatever it was went within two days. Then we had problems as the system has been altered and only allowed you to make one transaction per ticket. Basically, it was a real mess and hopefully the club have rectified it.
We tend to have our larger followings in the cup matches - there is no doubts that this will sell out.
I am slightly worried that I won't be able to get a ticket. I'm usually at work when they're being sold and our place is quite strict on our internet policy. I'll be pissed off if I don't get a ticket considering I've only missed two games all season and many of those who got tickets for Blues did so because they were cheap and the game was only round the corner. Funny that we haven't seen many of them since..
Get a mate to get one for you Liam, using your ref number or whatever your lot uses.
Coloured beads?
Sorry.
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Do they even have computers in Yamville?
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It's very funny how many of them are bleating about how hard it will be to get a ticket. Maybe if you went to games more fucking often you'd get one a lot easier. Wankers.
You would think the club operate a loyalty points scheme or something but we don't. We left our tickets for the Blues game in one big free for all where the 6,000 or whatever it was went within two days. Then we had problems as the system has been altered and only allowed you to make one transaction per ticket. Basically, it was a real mess and hopefully the club have rectified it.
We tend to have our larger followings in the cup matches - there is no doubts that this will sell out.
I am slightly worried that I won't be able to get a ticket. I'm usually at work when they're being sold and our place is quite strict on our internet policy. I'll be pissed off if I don't get a ticket considering I've only missed two games all season and many of those who got tickets for Blues did so because they were cheap and the game was only round the corner. Funny that we haven't seen many of them since..
Can you get someone to phone for you, with your ST details? I've done that before for a game when I know I'll miss out on tickets if I don't phone before 9.30 in the morning and I have to work.
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How hard can it be to do what we do? Stagger sales using a priority system based on booking history. That's shit to just sell them as a first come first served, meaning someone going to their first game in a decade has as much chance as someone who never misses a game.
Hear, hear.
Get a mate to get one for you Liam, using your ref number or whatever your lot uses.
That is what we normally do however the club operated a one per transaction and one per season ticket meaning you couldn't buy tickets for your family or friends.
I would bloody hope that the club have ditched that system.
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That's a stupid system. If you and your mates have to phone up separately, how do you guarantee you'll be sitting next to each other?
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That's a stupid system. If you and your mates have to phone up separately, how do you guarantee you'll be sitting next to each other?
In fairness, the odds are very high that they'll always be sat next to someone they are related to.
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How hard can it be to do what we do? Stagger sales using a priority system based on booking history. That's shit to just sell them as a first come first served, meaning someone going to their first game in a decade has as much chance as someone who never misses a game.
Hear, hear.
Get a mate to get one for you Liam, using your ref number or whatever your lot uses.
That is what we normally do however the club operated a one per transaction and one per season ticket meaning you couldn't buy tickets for your family or friends.
I would bloody hope that the club have ditched that system.
Get a mate to phone twice then, pretending to be you. He could wear a false moustache, shades and put on a silly voice.
Cunning!
They'd never know mate!
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I don't think putting on a silly voice is going to catch out anyone who works in West Bromwich.
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That's a stupid system. If you and your mates have to phone up separately, how do you guarantee you'll be sitting next to each other?
You couldn't.
You had to speak to the club and ask for certain stile-cards to be allocated together.
They made a complete and utter cock up.
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That's a stupid system. If you and your mates have to phone up separately, how do you guarantee you'll be sitting next to each other?
You couldn't.
You had to speak to the club and ask for certain stile-cards to be allocated together.
They made a complete and utter cock up.
Perhaps it was meant to be some kind of bonding exercise thing.
Back in the day I often made my students change their usual seats so they extended their experience and relationships in the classroom...sit next to a girl for a change or someone from a different ethnic group. Usually worked pretty well.
I blame Michael Gove.
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Liam, will the Baggies fans be arriving by their usual form of transport to Villa Park?
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BBC have selected Villa match for live broadcast. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/17/bbc-snub-bradford-again-fa-cup-reading-tv?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it
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Liam, will the Baggies fans be arriving by their usual form of transport to Villa Park?
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Liam, will the Baggies fans be arriving by their usual form of transport to Villa Park?
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I keed, I keed.
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Pride of the Midlands at stake here...
Not until another Midlands team beats 7 Titles, 7 FA Cups, 5 League Cups, and 1 European Cup.
I think our former number 7 might be taking the piss.
Number 10 (as I call them) wasn't he?
Number 7 Chico, Number 8 McMahon, Number 9 Lochhead, Number 10 Vowden, Number 11 Anderson.
Til we bought Ray Graydon.
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Liam, will the Baggies fans be arriving by their usual form of transport to Villa Park?
Sunshine Coach?
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Liam, will the Baggies fans be arriving by their usual form of transport to Villa Park?
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They've got buses now for official trips to Villa Park
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Liam, will the Baggies fans be arriving by their usual form of transport to Villa Park?
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Fu**ing Hell! That little kid on the left looks like me!
As a kid I mean.
Not now obviously.
Look more like the horse these days!
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BBC have selected Villa match for live broadcast. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/feb/17/bbc-snub-bradford-again-fa-cup-reading-tv?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it
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I think Reading will do Bradford.
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I think Reading will do Bradford.
I hope so.
Getting very pi**ed with their "the whole nation wants to watch us 'cos we're small/cute/underdogs"
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Any date decided yet?
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Do they even have computers in Yamville?
Still struggling with the concept of electric lighting on Broad Street.
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Hope it's the 8th.
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I think Reading will do Bradford.
I hope so.
Getting very pi**ed with their "the whole nation wants to watch us 'cos we're small/cute/underdogs"
Yep, the sense of entitlement is puke inducing. Just shut the f*ck up and get on with it. Believe it or not some us actually don't want to watch you.
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Liam, will the Baggies fans be arriving by their usual form of transport to Villa Park?
(http://www.1900s.org.uk/1940s-images/rag-and-bone-cart.jpg)
Fu**ing Hell! That little kid on the left looks like me!
As a kid I mean.
Not now obviously.
Look more like the horse these days!
There appears to be a small toy Verne Troyer sat atop the horse.
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I think Reading will do Bradford.
I hope so.
Getting very pi**ed with their "the whole nation wants to watch us 'cos we're small/cute/underdogs"
Yep, the sense of entitlement is puke inducing. Just shut the f*ck up and get on with it. Believe it or not some us actually don't want to watch you.
Their owner looks like Elmo from Brush Strokes.
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Liam, will the Baggies fans be arriving by their usual form of transport to Villa Park?
Dreams?
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Liam, will the Baggies fans be arriving by their usual form of transport to Villa Park?
(http://www.1900s.org.uk/1940s-images/rag-and-bone-cart.jpg)
It would be quite the thing if we could have the tatters run out to 'Old Ned', the theme from Steptoe & Son.
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I think Reading will do Bradford.
I hope so.
Getting very pi**ed with their "the whole nation wants to watch us 'cos we're small/cute/underdogs"
Yep, the sense of entitlement is puke inducing. Just shut the f*ck up and get on with it. Believe it or not some us actually don't want to watch you.
To be fair would have preferred watching their game v Sunderland than Man U again, think every cup game of Man U has been televised since the 90s.
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So BT had 2nd pick and chose Lpool v Blackburn over Villa v Albion.
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So BT had 2nd pick and chose Lpool v Blackburn over Villa v Albion.
Where are you seeing this ?
I'm still seeing all games listed for 3pm on Sat
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It's on the Guardian link on the previous page and also this mornings Metro. Dates and times to be confirmed today.
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So BT had 2nd pick and chose Lpool v Blackburn over Villa v Albion.
I don't think that's a huge surprise. They're a commercial operation, they're going to go for whatever will pull in the most viewers and what they can sell the most advertising space for.
Any game with Liverpool involved is going to be picked over Villa/WBA. Had the BBC picked Liverpool/Blackburn over our match then there would be reason to complain because that's not supposed to be their remit (and why Bradford could feel understandably aggrieved last round).
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Liverpool v Blackburn doesn't sound too appealing to me to be honest and I'm not too sure it's hugely appealing to neutrals in general. If Liverpool were the away side it would be a slightly different story.
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So the only televised games I can watch are the one I'm going to anyway, and the one I don't care about? Boooooooo!
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I think Reading will do Bradford.
I hope so.
Getting very pi**ed with their "the whole nation wants to watch us 'cos we're small/cute/underdogs"
Yep, the sense of entitlement is puke inducing. Just shut the f*ck up and get on with it. Believe it or not some us actually don't want to watch you.
It's the team they probably wanted, too.
Reading will go into the game as underdogs, so the pressure of expecting to win falls on Bradford's shoulders.
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I,d rather tred in dog shit than watch albion!
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I think Reading will do Bradford.
I hope so.
Getting very pi**ed with their "the whole nation wants to watch us 'cos we're small/cute/underdogs"
Yep, the sense of entitlement is puke inducing. Just shut the f*ck up and get on with it. Believe it or not some us actually don't want to watch you.
To be fair would have preferred watching their game v Sunderland than Man U again, think every cup game of Man U has been televised since the 90s.
I read it was something like only 5 of their cup ties in the last 15 years hand not been televised, something like that any way, ridiculous having those ****** funded even more by the TV companies.
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The relationship between the media and M. United is, in a sporting ethics sense, completely unjustifiable. BT Sport and Sky must have it in their business plans to keep MU and, to a certain extent, Liverpool constantly on the box. The problem is this creates a vicious circle of more plastic fans being accumulated by both clubs, which in turn means both will remain on the box, which in turn means both can charge top dollar for sponsorships... It's financial doping in another form.
Why other clubs allow this to happen without a protest or whimper is beyond me. The media should be doing everything in their power to ensure they don't harm the sporting integrity of the game not acting as cheerleaders and golden teets for chosen clubs. For me, it seems a rotten state of affairs.
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The relationship between the media and M. United is, in a sporting ethics sense, completely unjustifiable. BT Sport and Sky must have it in their business plans to keep MU and, to a certain extent, Liverpool constantly on the box. The problem is this creates a vicious circle of more plastic fans being accumulated by both clubs, which in turn means both will remain on the box, which in turn means both can charge top dollar for sponsorships... It's financial doping in another form.
Why other clubs allow this to happen without a protest or whimper is beyond me. The media should be doing everything in their power to ensure they don't harm the sporting integrity of the game not acting as cheerleaders and golden teets for chosen clubs. For me, it seems a rotten state of affairs.
I can understand Sky liking Manure, but why do the BBC and ITV love them so much when they helped Sky to become dominant?
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Saturday 7th at 5:30pm
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Confirmed on OS too. Police must want some overtime!
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17:30 4 Aston Villa VS West Bromwich Albion
Live on BBC1
Live on BBC1
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17:30 4 Aston Villa VS West Bromwich Albion
Live on BBC1
Live on BBC1
just great...just fecking great :(
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The Doc
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Town's going to be nice...
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I can see PC Plod liking that KO time. A local derby with fans that have been drinking for most of the afternoon. Something will happen.
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Especially as Blues have Derby away at 3pm so they'll all be back in town when our game finishes. Wolves at home too. New Street will be fun :(
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Especially as Blues have Derby away at 3pm so they'll all be back in town when our game finishes. Wolves at home too. New Street will be fun :(
I didn't realise that. Do the Police have powers to change the schedule?
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Every time we have the slightest variation in kick-off times Armaggedon is predicted and it never happens.
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Remember that ridiculous monday night kick off v blues, atmosphere for this game will be equally toxic. I'll have a fiver on some lunatic running on the pitch in an anti villa t-shirt.
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Perfect for me. Travelling up that day to take son to visit Cov. University. We finish at 3.00pm. Game, then balti 8.00/9.00. Couldn't have planned it better myself.
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Remember that ridiculous monday night kick off v blues, atmosphere for this game will be equally toxic. I'll have a fiver on some lunatic running on the pitch in an anti villa t-shirt.
Ideally making their entrance from the Upper North Stand
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Fucking great.Now gotta change my son's 21St party, which was 5 o'clock.
Cunty time.
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This is also the best outcome for me as well. Getting down for a 12:30 kick off is a massive ball ache.
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Remember that ridiculous monday night kick off v blues, atmosphere for this game will be equally toxic. I'll have a fiver on some lunatic running on the pitch in an anti villa t-shirt.
Ideally making their entrance from the Upper North Stand
They'll still get that lower section of Doug Ellis by the North Stand that always brings out the best in away supporters.
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From my experience of these games it's the least 'derby-like' derby imaginable. Any time I've been to one it's as if we're playing the likes of Bolton or Wigan, such is the apathy the majority of villa fans appear to have when it comes to them. I suspect that this pisses them off all the more, which is nice.
You obviously werent there the night Withey chipped Tony Godden.
1981 47998 were there if memory serves me well?
And still the maddest reaction to a goal i`ve ever seen to this day.
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Witton Lane.
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Predictable price hike.
Pricks.
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Prices are: North Stand Lower/Family Stand £20 [adults] £15 [Over 65s] and £10 [U18s], Holte End £25 [adults] £20 [Over 65s] and £15 [U18s] and Trinity Road/Doug Ellis £30 [adults] £25 [Over 65s] and £10 [U18s].
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Excellent. Hopefully the regulars all turn up for this one so I won't have to endure the "stand up if you love Villa" nonsense that only ever happens in cup games
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£20-30 for FA Cup q-final seems reasonable to me
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Prices are: North Stand Lower/Family Stand £20 [adults] £15 [Over 65s] and £10 [U18s], Holte End £25 [adults] £20 [Over 65s] and £15 [U18s] and Trinity Road/Doug Ellis £30 [adults] £25 [Over 65s] and £10 [U18s].
Witton Lane.
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First FA Cup QF at home in my lifetime and I am going to miss it because of a work related trip to South Korea. In fact I miss both games.
As H&V is global does anyone know of good sports bars in Seoul that stay open into the early hours as 5.30 KO here is 2.30AM there and the League match will KO 5.45AM (not too bad)?
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Prices are: North Stand Lower/Family Stand £20 [adults] £15 [Over 65s] and £10 [U18s], Holte End £25 [adults] £20 [Over 65s] and £15 [U18s] and Trinity Road/Doug Ellis £30 [adults] £25 [Over 65s] and £10 [U18s].
Boom!!
My guess at prices for this. £20 Lower North. £25 Holte and £30 Witton and Trinity.
I'd also charge those that went to the first 3 games less. But that will never happen.
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£20-30 for FA Cup q-final seems reasonable to me
Especially when you compare that to my Man Utd supporting mate who had to pay £37.00 for Cambridge at home.
If he didn't go, then his season ticket was going to be blocked for the following game. Absolutely sickening.
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Prices are: North Stand Lower/Family Stand £20 [adults] £15 [Over 65s] and £10 [U18s], Holte End £25 [adults] £20 [Over 65s] and £15 [U18s] and Trinity Road/Doug Ellis £30 [adults] £25 [Over 65s] and £10 [U18s].
Witton Lane.
Ha! Touche. That'll teach me to copy and paste from Pravda without reading it carefully first.
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Excellent. Hopefully the regulars all turn up for this one so I won't have to endure the "stand up if you love Villa" nonsense that only ever happens in cup games
Gosh you sound like fun!
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"Sit down, so I can watch the game..."
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Pravda
Our FA Cup quarter-final match with West Brom has been selected for TV.
All the games are on TV, so the Villa one has not been selected.
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Excellent. Hopefully the regulars all turn up for this one so I won't have to endure the "stand up if you love Villa" nonsense that only ever happens in cup games
Gosh you sound like fun!
I'm with Bully on this one
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Yeah me too. Its a wank song for Championship clubs.
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Pravda
Our FA Cup quarter-final match with West Brom has been selected for TV.
All the games are on TV, so the Villa one has not been selected.
But it has been especially selected by Gary Lineker!
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It's far from my favourite song but hopefully those that were there for the first few games will be there for this one. Can't help but think it's hard to call folks regulars when they weren't bothered with the first 3 rounds.
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It's far from my favourite song but hopefully those that were there for the first few games will be there for this one. Can't help but think it's hard to call folks regulars when they weren't bothered with the first 3 rounds.
What about if you are a ST holder but became so disillusioned under Lambert you didn't buy tickets to additional Cup games?
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Remember that ridiculous monday night kick off v blues, atmosphere for this game will be equally toxic. I'll have a fiver on some lunatic running on the pitch in an anti villa t-shirt.
The atmosphere will be nowhere near that bad. We played Sandwell at that time, at 3pm and 7.45 recently with little issue. While there is hatred on both sides it's not as widespread with this game particularly with the opposition in mind.
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It's far from my favourite song but hopefully those that were there for the first few games will be there for this one. Can't help but think it's hard to call folks regulars when they weren't bothered with the first 3 rounds.
What about if you are a ST holder but became so disillusioned under Lambert you didn't buy tickets to additional Cup games?
What about Leicester?
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BBC Sport refers to us as "Tim Sherwood's Aston Villa". Not something I ever thought I'd read but I'm just grateful we've moved on.
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It's far from my favourite song but hopefully those that were there for the first few games will be there for this one. Can't help but think it's hard to call folks regulars when they weren't bothered with the first 3 rounds.
What about if you are a ST holder but became so disillusioned under Lambert you didn't buy tickets to additional Cup games?
What about Leicester?
See your point, but still had a Lambert feel about it to me with his coaches in charge.
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Pravda
Our FA Cup quarter-final match with West Brom has been selected for TV.
All the games are on TV, so the Villa one has not been selected.
but surely it has still been selected even if it was always going to be selected? God I'm bored.
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Excellent. Hopefully the regulars all turn up for this one so I won't have to endure the "stand up if you love Villa" nonsense that only ever happens in cup games
Gosh you sound like fun!
I'm with Bully on this one
And me.
*stares wistfully at empty seat in A4*
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Excellent. Hopefully the regulars all turn up for this one so I won't have to endure the "stand up if you love Villa" nonsense that only ever happens in cup games
Gosh you sound like fun!
I Excellent. Hopefully the regulars all turn up for this one so I won't have to endure the "stand up if you love Villa" nonsense that only ever happens in cup games
Gosh you sound like fun!
I'm with Bully on this one
Me too I have to say after Sunday. My dad and I were in our usual seats when at the start of the second half a lad of between 18 and 20 stood in the spot directly in front of us. I asked him to sit down which he refused to do suggesting I stand up and sing instead. After a few more requests he eventually offered to swap which was an acceptable compromise in the end but the whole "we'll do what we want" attitude is pretty crappy really. I got the impression that he'd been asked to do the same wherever he had been in the first half but by someone less polite than me.
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I attended all three cup games but my mate never assigned the ticket to my reference for the Leicester game. Does anyone know if it is possible to reassign the ticket after the game has been played?
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I attended all three cup games but my mate never assigned the ticket to my reference for the Leicester game. Does anyone know if it is possible to reassign the ticket after the game has been played?
No it isn't. I had the same thing with a certain someone not putting my Leicester ticket on my reference. They called today to see if it could be put on mine and they said no.
Love ya Leeg x
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Pravda
Supporters are reminded to assign tickets to other attending supporters in order to build up booking history.
This should be completed at the point of purchase as tickets CANNOT be re-assigned once the match has been played.
Shouty capitals are in the original
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I'm in a dilemma really as I have not been to Blackpool, Bournemouth or Leicester and as it happens can't make the Stripey Filth either....if I can... should I go to the Semi-Final when we make it ?
The Villa seem to be doing well in the FA Cup without me :(
UTV
The Doc
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Pravda
Supporters are reminded to assign tickets to other attending supporters in order to build up booking history.
This should be completed at the point of purchase as tickets CANNOT be re-assigned once the match has been played.
Shouty capitals are in the original
Imagine how guilty Leeg will feel if we reach the final and i'm one game short for getting a ticket!
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It'll be less easy for Brigada to move to a block booking for this game I imagine, but those stand up moments across the lower holte weren't particularly sustained in the way that away standing is (20-30 seconds?) - still, if you did find that impaired your enjoyment that is your view & it is what it is.
I must admit tho, I (strangely now I read back) thought that you were talking about singing rather than standing. It read straight off to me a bit like you objected to the singing rather than the impaired view & my post was an off the cuff reaction to that rather than particularly meant as pro-standing.
That said - standing for the entire second half was pretty routine in The Holte until fairly recently (it's only since it got sooo dull that this has stopped) & certainly standing is pretty commonplace for derby matches in my experience, when the atmosphere can really take off.
I'm honestly saying this to be helpful rather than objectionable, but if you don't want to stand during this game, you may prefer to locate in another stand. I know that sounds all wrong in print, but I just think that even 'the regulars' will be out of their seats for this match whether they are exhorted to 'stand up if you love Villa' or not - so you may simply enjoy the match more from a stand where this won't happen.
I completely appreciate that a 'why should I move?' response is justified - its just that the reality is that if you really don't want to be amongst people who stand up, for an important derby game, The Holte might not provide the best place for you to enjoy the game from. I think standing for this game is likely to be at a level beyond what stewards will be able to tackle.
(I should also stay that I am pro-safe standing so that people have a choice, not so that everyone should have to stand - in the meantime we are stuck with those who want to sit being stuck behind those who are out of their seats at every opportunity - it doesn'the really help anyone)
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Can you believe the tesco bags are fuckin questioning whether we can sell out for the cup game! This from a tinpot club that sold 14k against the hammers oh yes and be carefull in the holte as there will be thousands of em......apparently. and they wonder why we call them small time.
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Can you believe the tesco bags are fuckin questioning whether we can sell out for the cup game! This from a tinpot club that sold 14k against the hammers oh yes and be carefull in the holte as there will be thousands of em......apparently. and they wonder why we call them small time.
this won't be a sellout I wouldn't think
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Maybe not but who the fuck are they to suggest we cant!!
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I expect it to sell out.
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I don't but can't say I'm particularly bothered. It's live on the box for a start which will take 5k off it straight away.
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Can you believe the tesco bags are fuckin questioning whether we can sell out for the cup game! This from a tinpot club that sold 14k against the hammers oh yes and be carefull in the holte as there will be thousands of em......apparently. and they wonder why we call them small time.
The unit of measurement has not yet been invented which describes how little I give a toss about what West Bromwich Albion supporters think of us.
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Our first home QF for over 50 years, against Albion. It will near as damn it be a sellout.
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Pravda
Supporters are reminded to assign tickets to other attending supporters in order to build up booking history.
This should be completed at the point of purchase as tickets CANNOT be re-assigned once the match has been played.
Shouty capitals are in the original
Imagine how guilty Leeg will feel if we reach the final and i'm one game short for getting a ticket!
I'll text you with live updates and pics.
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Can you believe the tesco bags are fuckin questioning whether we can sell out for the cup game! This from a tinpot club that sold 14k against the hammers oh yes and be carefull in the holte as there will be thousands of em......apparently. and they wonder why we call them small time.
The unit of measurement has not yet been invented which describes how little I give a toss about what West Bromwich Albion supporters think of us.
A nano-fuck?
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Nothing amuses me more than small clubs like Albion talking about our attendances. The last time they averaged over 30K was before our last home FA Cup QF.
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Can you believe the tesco bags are fuckin questioning whether we can sell out for the cup game! This from a tinpot club that sold 14k against the hammers oh yes and be carefull in the holte as there will be thousands of em......apparently. and they wonder why we call them small time.
The unit of measurement has not yet been invented which describes how little I give a toss about what West Bromwich Albion supporters think of us.
A nano-fuck?
I like it!
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Nothing amuses me more than small clubs like Albion talking about our attendances. The last time they averaged over 30K was before our last home FA Cup QF.
They don't sell out when they play us at their tip, and they have a much smaller ground.
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"pico-fuck"
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Maybe not but who the fuck are they to suggest we cant!!
Perhaps they are anxious because they fear that they will not be sufficiently attractive opposition to entice a decent home crowd.
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It'll be less easy for Brigada to move to a block booking for this game I imagine, but those stand up moments across the lower holte weren't particularly sustained in the way that away standing is (20-30 seconds?) - still, if you did find that impaired your enjoyment that is your view & it is what it is.
I must admit tho, I (strangely now I read back) thought that you were talking about singing rather than standing. It read straight off to me a bit like you objected to the singing rather than the impaired view & my post was an off the cuff reaction to that rather than particularly meant as pro-standing.
That said - standing for the entire second half was pretty routine in The Holte until fairly recently (it's only since it got sooo dull that this has stopped) & certainly standing is pretty commonplace for derby matches in my experience, when the atmosphere can really take off.
I'm honestly saying this to be helpful rather than objectionable, but if you don't want to stand during this game, you may prefer to locate in another stand. I know that sounds all wrong in print, but I just think that even 'the regulars' will be out of their seats for this match whether they are exhorted to 'stand up if you love Villa' or not - so you may simply enjoy the match more from a stand where this won't happen.
I completely appreciate that a 'why should I move?' response is justified - its just that the reality is that if you really don't want to be amongst people who stand up, for an important derby game, The Holte might not provide the best place for you to enjoy the game from. I think standing for this game is likely to be at a level beyond what stewards will be able to tackle.
(I should also stay that I am pro-safe standing so that people have a choice, not so that everyone should have to stand - in the meantime we are stuck with those who want to sit being stuck behind those who are out of their seats at every opportunity - it doesn'the really help anyone)
It's the song I hate, not the idea of standing up. I've sat in the Holte for ten years so standing and singing is great. I just detest that song and it has only come out this season on FA Cup days
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'Higgs-Boson fuck'
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Liam, will the Baggies fans be arriving by their usual form of transport to Villa Park?
What is the usual?
No doubt many of our older supporters will come along on the coaches but I expect many to come along on the train.
I usually get the train from Tame Bridge into Witton and head into the pub on the corner just down from the ground. I'll be pissed by then anyhow ;D
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Liam, will the Baggies fans be arriving by their usual form of transport to Villa Park?
What is the usual?
No doubt many of our older supporters will come along on the coaches but I expect many to come along on the train.
I usually get the train from Tame Bridge into Witton and head into the pub on the corner just down from the ground. I'll be pissed by then anyhow ;D
Tsk, you little scamp.
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Predictable price hike.
Pricks.
The most expensive ticket for an FA CUP QUARTER FINAL is £30, it's a good price, are you mad?
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Nothing amuses me more than small clubs like Albion talking about our attendances. The last time they averaged over 30K was before our last home FA Cup QF.
They also never sold out last time they got to Wembley when they played Portsmouth. I think it will sell out, for the record.
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Regardless of opposition and kick-off time, if we can't sell out our first FA Cup quarter final at home for 55 years it's a damned poor show.
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Tsk, you little scamp.
Well when you beat us I thankfully won't remember much of it the following day ;D
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Predictable price hike.
Pricks.
The most expensive ticket for an FA CUP QUARTER FINAL is £30, it's a good price, are you mad?
It's a relatively good price considering the extortionate cost of Premier League tickets.
It's still a massive rip off for 90 minutes of football.
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Predictable price hike.
Pricks.
The most expensive ticket for an FA CUP QUARTER FINAL is £30, it's a good price, are you mad?
Seeing as how we aren't due another home 6th round draw until 2070 after this one the used ticket itself will be worth more than £30 before long.
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Cant believe people are moaning about these prices
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Cant believe people ar moaning about these prices
Dead give away, that.
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A mate asked me last week to get him a couple of tickets for the league game. For £30 a pop, he's got a cracking view of the corner flag.
And that's how much my seat's gonna be for a quarter-final?
No complaints from me.
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I think the prices are fair.
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Prices seem fair to me. If we were playing the Noses, hen the kick off time might be a worry for the the police, but no the Bitters.
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We played them at Half 5 two seasons back in the league.
There never seems to be hatred in the air walking up Witton league pre kick off unlike when SHA visit.
In fairness attendances against them in the last few seasons have been about 35k I think but yeah given it's a cup quarter final it will be 40k + no problem.
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We played them at Half 5 two seasons back in the league.
There never seems to be hatred in the air walking up Witton league pre kick off unlike when SHA visit.
In fairness attendances against them in the last few seasons have been about 35k I think but yeah given it's a cup quarter final it will be 40k + no problem.
Looking at a couple of their forums some of them think there will be stripeys in the Villa end, en masse. They don't appear to have sussed out that tickets in the home end are not for general sale, at all. To get a ticket in the Villa end you must have, at least, a 'varied' booking history. Unless a Villa fan is willing to give up their reference - seems highly unlikely for this match - it just isn't happening.
What is depressing for me is that for a long time I held Albion fans in higher regard than the dogshitters. It turns out they're just as full of the same old bollocks:
- Hundreds of albion/blues in the Villa ends going mental? Check.
- Fickle supporters can't sell out their ground (blindness to their own attendances included)? Check.
- Villa fans as middle class flag-waving tossers? Check.
It's all there and it's all the same bitter nonsense.
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in fairness the plastic flags are a bit embaressing
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Stu has been living in the Black Country for a while now. Reality bites. The fucking shit heads.
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Its funny how WBA suddenly become a hated rival of ours the moment we get them in a big cup game ;)
Think I will try and get a ticket for this one with it being a 5.30 kick-off.
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Feelings towards Albion in comparison with Small Heath vary depending on where you grew up and possibly to a lesser extent where you currently live/work/drink.
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Our first home QF for over 50 years, against Albion. It will near as damn it be a sellout.
plus if you go, surely you'll have a better chance of final tickets if it comes to that? I'd expect it will sell out
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Its funny how WBA suddenly become a hated rival of ours the moment we get them in a big cup game ;)
Think I will try and get a ticket for this one with it being a 5.30 kick-off.
not suddenly my friend...not suddenly for some of us...:)
UTV
The Doc
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We played them at Half 5 two seasons back in the league.
There never seems to be hatred in the air walking up Witton league pre kick off unlike when SHA visit.
In fairness attendances against them in the last few seasons have been about 35k I think but yeah given it's a cup quarter final it will be 40k + no problem.
Looking at a couple of their forums some of them think there will be stripeys in the Villa end, en masse. They don't appear to have sussed out that tickets in the home end are not for general sale, at all. To get a ticket in the Villa end you must have, at least, a 'varied' booking history. Unless a Villa fan is willing to give up their reference - seems highly unlikely for this match - it just isn't happening.
Unless you spend the £10 on villa cash membership which appears to give you the opportunity to buy tickets without a booking history and prior to none season ticket holders.
That cant be right can it?
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We played them at Half 5 two seasons back in the league.
There never seems to be hatred in the air walking up Witton league pre kick off unlike when SHA visit.
In fairness attendances against them in the last few seasons have been about 35k I think but yeah given it's a cup quarter final it will be 40k + no problem.
Looking at a couple of their forums some of them think there will be stripeys in the Villa end, en masse. They don't appear to have sussed out that tickets in the home end are not for general sale, at all. To get a ticket in the Villa end you must have, at least, a 'varied' booking history. Unless a Villa fan is willing to give up their reference - seems highly unlikely for this match - it just isn't happening.
Unless you spend the £10 on villa cash membership which appears to give you the opportunity to buy tickets without a booking history and prior to none season ticket holders.
That cant be right can it?
It can't be. That shouldn't be possible.
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I think it is:
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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That's what it says. Surely it should be VillaCash PLUS any/varied history.
Anyways, been on the ticket website, trying to book my own seat, and there's an awful lot of red blocks. Including mine. Wtf is going on??
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Anyone else getting a little worried about comments such as "When we are in semi or final"
Neither teams are particulary good atm so i do not see the game as being the foregone conclusion some seem to think it will be.
Lets just take the game as it comes
And smash the f*ck out of them
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Hmmm...
Your account has been locked out. Please contact the Consumer Sales Department on 0800 612 0970
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Hmmm...
Your account has been locked out. Please contact the Consumer Sales Department on 0800 612 0970
They're wise to you, Lee. It's for the good of the team.
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PWS strikes?
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That's what it says. Surely it should be VillaCash PLUS any/varied history.
Anyways, been on the ticket website, trying to book my own seat, and there's an awful lot of red blocks. Including mine. Wtf is going on??
It's because ST holders still have a few days to claim their seats before they are available to others.
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Hmmm...
Your account has been locked out. Please contact the Consumer Sales Department on 0800 612 0970
Anonymous were bound to get round to hacking you at some point; you're just after the CIA on their list of threats
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That's what it says. Surely it should be VillaCash PLUS any/varied history.
Anyways, been on the ticket website, trying to book my own seat, and there's an awful lot of red blocks. Including mine. Wtf is going on??
It's because ST holders still have a few days to claim their seats before they are available to others.
I've got one, I'm in A4. Surely the UT is gonna be open for this? It's letting me move elsewhere no trouble. I hate phoning, got no landline in the house, it's bad enough with the transaction fee these days without my sodding mobile charge on top too.
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I'm in a dilemma really as I have not been to Blackpool, Bournemouth or Leicester and as it happens can't make the Stripey Filth either....if I can... should I go to the Semi-Final when we make it ?
The Villa seem to be doing well in the FA Cup without me :(
UTV
The Doc
Can I pay you to stay away please?
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We played them at Half 5 two seasons back in the league.
There never seems to be hatred in the air walking up Witton league pre kick off unlike when SHA visit.
In fairness attendances against them in the last few seasons have been about 35k I think but yeah given it's a cup quarter final it will be 40k + no problem.
Looking at a couple of their forums some of them think there will be stripeys in the Villa end, en masse. They don't appear to have sussed out that tickets in the home end are not for general sale, at all. To get a ticket in the Villa end you must have, at least, a 'varied' booking history. Unless a Villa fan is willing to give up their reference - seems highly unlikely for this match - it just isn't happening.
Unless you spend the £10 on villa cash membership which appears to give you the opportunity to buy tickets without a booking history and prior to none season ticket holders.
That cant be right can it?
It can't be. That shouldn't be possible.
Technically it is, however according to this on the OS, villa cash memberships are no longer on sale for this season:
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/villacash/members/
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That's what it says. Surely it should be VillaCash PLUS any/varied history.
Anyways, been on the ticket website, trying to book my own seat, and there's an awful lot of red blocks. Including mine. Wtf is going on??
It's because ST holders still have a few days to claim their seats before they are available to others.
I've got one, I'm in A4. Surely the UT is gonna be open for this? It's letting me move elsewhere no trouble. I hate phoning, got no landline in the house, it's bad enough with the transaction fee these days without my sodding mobile charge on top too.
I'd be 99.9% the UT will be open for this. Surely a 40k+ crowd expected, with a good chance of a sellout.
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Feelings towards Albion in comparison with Small Heath vary depending on where you grew up and possibly to a lesser extent where you currently live/work/drink.
I find rags fan to just be bitter, hate and jealous filled inadequates who cant handle that their shit pan club is a complete non entity and unfortunately in the same city as a giant.
Bitter birds fans though.... deluded. Rags are based around hate and bile, boggies seem to have had part of their brain removed at birth which doesn't allow them to talk sensibly about football. I remember having a heated debate with a Cletus about Peter Odemwingie a few years ago, he was adamant the bloke was top class and going to destroy Villa. I'm pretty sure a few months later he ended up outside Loftus Rd's sheds begging to be let in and barely scored a goal since.
Overall, twats the lot of them. 2 half wit peas from the same scrotum.
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Feelings towards Albion in comparison with Small Heath vary depending on where you grew up and possibly to a lesser extent where you currently live/work/drink.
I find rags fan to just be bitter, hate and jealous filled inadequates who cant handle that their shit pan club is a complete non entity and unfortunately in the same city as a giant.
Bitter birds fans though.... deluded. Rags are based around hate and bile, boggies seem to have had part of their brain removed at birth which doesn't allow them to talk sensibly about football. I remember having a heated debate with a Cletus about Peter Odemwingie a few years ago, he was adamant the bloke was top class and going to destroy Villa. I'm pretty sure a few months later he ended up outside Loftus Rd's sheds begging to be let in and barely scored a goal since.
Overall, twats the lot of them. 2 half wit peas from the same scrotum.
Lol, I don't see any of the fuckers anymore living in Oz but from my experience of 40 yrs living in Birmingham I have to agree with your post 100%.
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Booked my ticket this morning. Come on you Lions!
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£20-30 for FA Cup q-final seems reasonable to me
Especially when you compare that to my Man Utd supporting mate who had to pay £37.00 for Cambridge at home.
If he didn't go, then his season ticket was going to be blocked for the following game. Absolutely sickening.
Can they do that?? if so, that is fucking outrageous.
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Anyway, from the MEN
Around 9,000 United season ticket holders have been threatened with a one-game suspension if they fail to pay for next week's FA Cup clash with Cambridge.
Under the beleaguered Automatic Cup Scheme (ACS), season ticket holders are obliged to pay for any home cup draws, although there is an option to opt out of Capital One Cup games, as there is for under 16s in FA Cup ties.
Failure to pay for the Cambridge game by 8pm on Wednesday night will result in a ban for the visit of Sunderland on February 28.
In a letter sent to season ticket holders, United wrote: "The deadline to buy your seat for Cambridge United is 8pm tonight. Please note that not buying this ticket will result in your Season Ticket being suspended for the Sunderland game."
One supporter, who wished to remain anonymous, told MEN Sport: "I shouldn't be surprised because the club have got a reputation for this kind of stuff but the concept of a ban left me gobsmacked.
"I wasn't really aware that supporters who pay for a season ticket could actually be banned from the ground. Stadium bans are associated with people who misbehave and this isn't even in the same ballpark.
"Sometimes you take the hit on not going to the game but an actual ban as well is ludicrous."
The ACS was introduced ahead of the 2007-08 season to nationwide scorn, as the Glazer family owners were accused of guaranteeing extra income against less attractive opponents.
United said in a statement: "We notify fans that failure to pay for a game in the cup scheme would mean a suspension from the next game.
"The terms and conditions are clear: 'In respect of each home cup match for which the Ticket Holder fails to provide valid payment card details or for which the Ticket Holder’s card or payment is declined, the Ticket Holder’s Season Ticket may be suspended for one home league match.'
"This measure was introduced at the start of the season before last. If we successfully sell the ticket the fan has failed to pay for, they can apply for a refund of the Sunderland ticket at the end of the season."
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Blimey. And there was me moaning about having to pay £5 more for the Leicester game than the person opposite me
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£20-30 for FA Cup q-final seems reasonable to me
Especially when you compare that to my Man Utd supporting mate who had to pay £37.00 for Cambridge at home.
If he didn't go, then his season ticket was going to be blocked for the following game. Absolutely sickening.
Can they do that?? if so, that is fucking outrageous.
Yeah. It's in the Terms and Conditions when they sign the Direct Debt Agreement. They also have the money debited directly out of their account. My pal, was trying to defend it, and said they know what they're signing up for. Which is fair enough. But indeed, it's absolutely outrageous.
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I'm in a dilemma really as I have not been to Blackpool, Bournemouth or Leicester and as it happens can't make the Stripey Filth either....if I can... should I go to the Semi-Final when we make it ?
The Villa seem to be doing well in the FA Cup without me :(
UTV
The Doc
Can I pay you to stay away please?
cheers...:) the things I do for the Villa....
UTV
The Doc
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£20-30 for FA Cup q-final seems reasonable to me
Especially when you compare that to my Man Utd supporting mate who had to pay £37.00 for Cambridge at home.
If he didn't go, then his season ticket was going to be blocked for the following game. Absolutely sickening.
Can they do that?? if so, that is fucking outrageous.
Yeah. It's in the Terms and Conditions when they sign the Direct Debt Agreement. They also have the money debited directly out of their account. My pal, was trying to defend it, and said they know what they're signing up for. Which is fair enough. But indeed, it's absolutely outrageous.
Wow. I feel a lot better about our club after reading that.
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"We do what we want,
We do what we waaaaant,
We're Man Utd, we do what we......oh!"
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£20-30 for FA Cup q-final seems reasonable to me
Especially when you compare that to my Man Utd supporting mate who had to pay £37.00 for Cambridge at home.
If he didn't go, then his season ticket was going to be blocked for the following game. Absolutely sickening.
Can they do that?? if so, that is fucking outrageous.
Yeah. It's in the Terms and Conditions when they sign the Direct Debt Agreement. They also have the money debited directly out of their account. My pal, was trying to defend it, and said they know what they're signing up for. Which is fair enough. But indeed, it's absolutely outrageous.
Wow. I feel a lot better about our club after reading that.
We were on about this on here a few weeks back. I think it's incredible that a club can treat it's paying customers like that. They really should be ashamed.
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£20-30 for FA Cup q-final seems reasonable to me
Especially when you compare that to my Man Utd supporting mate who had to pay £37.00 for Cambridge at home.
If he didn't go, then his season ticket was going to be blocked for the following game. Absolutely sickening.
Can they do that?? if so, that is fucking outrageous.
That is mind blowingly bad !! I always knew they were a wankhouse of a club but that is off the scale !!
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The Glazer's ability to squeeze every last penny out of fans knows no bounds.
As an aside, I noticed that in amongst the reports of problems with transport back to London after the Arsenal cup game, some of the reports were just as concerned about "the thousands of United supporters based in the south west" as Arsenal's fans.
How crap is public transport when the last train between one of the major UK conurbations and London is just after 9pm?
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The Glazer's ability to squeeze every last penny out of fans knows no bounds.
As an aside, I noticed that in amongst the reports of problems with transport back to London after the Arsenal cup game, some of the reports were just as concerned about "the thousands of United supporters based in the south west" as Arsenal's fans.
How crap is public transport when the last train between one of the major UK conurbations and London is just after 9pm?
Tell me about it. I've been caught short on a number of occasions when I've done our midweek London aways!
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Hope you had spare underwear.
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Popped into the club shop in town after 5pm to get my ticket. The shop was still open but the ticket counter upstairs was shut, which I thought was a bit pointless.
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micro revival AHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHA
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micro revival AHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHHA
Very clever. Now answer this. Why is it that there's only one club whose supporters regularly come on here and act like ten year olds? One club. Yours.
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Bless. It's taken him hours to think that one up.
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Wow, we've managed a 39 page thread about a club we claim are obsessed with us! Not only that, despite having won 2 games in 22 league fixtures, having scored 13 goals all season, lost to them under Alan Irvine, and not won a game by more than a single goal, we are going to hammer them twice!!!!
No wonder fans of other clubs take the piss - perhaps when we haven't got 10000 empty seats most games we can stop ribbing Baggies fans for offering to fill them for us, as they seem to every other season!??
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Wow, we've managed a 39 page thread about a club we claim are obsessed with us! Not only that, despite having won 2 games in 22 league fixtures, having scored 13 goals all season, lost to them under Alan Irvine, and not won a game by more than a single goal, we are going to hammer them twice!!!!
No wonder fans of other clubs take the piss - perhaps when we haven't got 10000 empty seats most games we can stop ribbing Baggies fans for offering to fill them for us, as they seem to every other season!??
You seem to have spelled WBA incorrectly in your user name. If you weren't trolling you'd know most of the 39 pages were speculating about who we'd get in the draw.
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I'd be more concerned about what the thread has to say about residents from Central Sandwell if I was you.
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I'd be more concerned about what the thread has to say about residents from Central Sandwell if I was you.
Seeing as I agree with most of it, no.
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Wow, we've managed a 39 page thread about a club we claim are obsessed with us! Not only that, despite having won 2 games in 22 league fixtures, having scored 13 goals all season, lost to them under Alan Irvine, and not won a game by more than a single goal, we are going to hammer them twice!!!!
No wonder fans of other clubs take the piss - perhaps when we haven't got 10000 empty seats most games we can stop ribbing Baggies fans for offering to fill them for us, as they seem to every other season!??
Perhaps you could answer the question I asked earlier.
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This thread is an embarrassment Dave, for the reasons illustrated above. Perhaps you could answer those?
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Wow, we've managed a 39 page thread about a club we claim are obsessed with us! Not only that, despite having won 2 games in 22 league fixtures, having scored 13 goals all season, lost to them under Alan Irvine, and not won a game by more than a single goal, we are going to hammer them twice!!!!
No wonder fans of other clubs take the piss - perhaps when we haven't got 10000 empty seats most games we can stop ribbing Baggies fans for offering to fill them for us, as they seem to every other season!??
12 pages were before the draw was made. A number of pages will be taken up by talking about tickets. The Leicester thread in the previous round went to 22 pages. This is a thread about our first home QF in over 50 years, what did you expect, 1 page?
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This thread is an embarrassment Dave, for the reasons illustrated above. Perhaps you could answer those?
If you're finding this thread that much of an embarrassment go and post on your own club's forums.
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This thread is an embarrassment Dave, for the reasons illustrated above. Perhaps you could answer those?
Were the threads for the previous rounds an embarrassment as well? Did the 31 page Bournemouth/4th round thread bother you?
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This thread is an embarrassment Dave, for the reasons illustrated above. Perhaps you could answer those?
It's about the FA Cup sixth round; before, during and after the draw was made, as you would know if you'd followed it. So I ask again - why is it that of all the clubs in the country, the only one whose supporters ever come on here and act like a bunch of children are yours?
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Wow, we've managed a 39 page thread about a club we claim are obsessed with us! Not only that, despite having won 2 games in 22 league fixtures, having scored 13 goals all season, lost to them under Alan Irvine, and not won a game by more than a single goal, we are going to hammer them twice!!!!
No wonder fans of other clubs take the piss - perhaps when we haven't got 10000 empty seats most games we can stop ribbing Baggies fans for offering to fill them for us, as they seem to every other season!??
80% of your posts are about Sandwell Town. Now you're either a Villa fan more obsessed with them than anyone else on this site, or you're a bitter who is so sad and has such an empty life that you sign up for a Villa page, with a Villa username and spend your Saturday night on it.
Neither of the 2 options covers you in glory.
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Love the Villa I do, just find it embarrassing that there are so many deluded people amongst our supporters who can't see things for what they are. 1982 has gone people. We are deep in the shit and just because we used to be bigger and better doesn't mean we are any more. It's exactly the delusional poison that has seen this ten year spiral of rot fester and even when it is as bad as it is now, we have fans posting the kind of toss we see on this extensive thread.
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9 of 11 posts about the Albion.
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And it's just a coincidence that you're only ever on here talking about or when we're playing that lot, slagging our fans and praising theirs.
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11 posts, 9 about the Albion, all slagging Villa and Villa fans. Very strange BlackCountryBoy.
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Stripey alert!
It's always fun when this happens.
What next? Why did we support Stan after we'd burned effigies of him for years before?
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Bye Kev.
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Love the Villa I do, just find it embarrassing that there are so many deluded people amongst our supporters who can't see things for what they are. 1982 has gone people. We are deep in the shit and just because we used to be bigger and better doesn't mean we are any more. It's exactly the delusional poison that has seen this ten year spiral of rot fester and even when it is as bad as it is now, we have fans posting the kind of toss we see on this extensive thread.
I can see things for what they are... One massive inferiority complex, but as complexes go it is a well founded one.I have never felt the need to pretend to support someone else then Knock one off whilst posting on another clubs site.
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ahahahahahaahh - Id worry more about the table #saddeludedfisheatingchampionshipcunts
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ahahahahahaahh - Id worry more about the table #saddeludedfisheatingchampionshipcunts
I take it that you can't come up with an answer either.
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And another tosser
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Not you Dave, but slow on the keyboard
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Not even small heath act this obsessed and small time.
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Yes, we're all 'seals.' Effing hilarious.
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The stripey need to be disliked is a psychological problem that should be researched.
But no one cares about them.
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Not convinced that's a name to post, let alone to cheer, tbh.
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Not convinced that's a name to post, let alone to cheer, tbh.
We I changed it to amuse ourselves myself.
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Not convinced that's a name to post, let alone to cheer, tbh.
We I changed it to amuse ourselves myself.
In which case, well done PWS.
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The stripey need to be disliked is a psychological problem that should be researched.
But no one cares about them.
No no no no no. They have an overwhelming desire to be loved, patronised and be friends with every club in the world except two, but when it comes to us and Wolves all bets are off and you can see the result.
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ahahahahahaahh - Id worry more about the table #saddeludedfisheatingchampionshipcunts
Yawn. At least Coventry have a ring road, Smethwick just have their unrequited hate.
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I think what really bites is when they probably had their best ever team, they won fuck all and we absolutely cleaned up.
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Not even small heath act this obsessed and small time.
It hurts to say anything positive about the noses but you are right. Even they don't come on here and make twats out of themselves as much before games. And they don't get the honour of playing us twice a season.
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I think what really bites is when they probably had their best ever team, they won fuck all and we absolutely cleaned up.
They were 'the moral champions' a couple of years before though. They would have walked the league apparently.
Shame it was a bit too chilly for them.
Len Cantello. Don't know why, but as footballers names go I always found that one quite amusing.
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To be fair, that may be down to the noses not having the requisite levels of literacy.
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To be fair, that may be down to the noses not having the requisite levels of literacy.
I like the way you threw the words requisite and literacy in there to stop any of them being able to understand your post. Sort of a Villa secret code.
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I honestly and truly can't get my head around why a fan of another team would take the time to join up just to have a go? It's so very childish. He must be about 13, or totally and utterly obsessed.
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£20-30 for FA Cup q-final seems reasonable to me
Especially when you compare that to my Man Utd supporting mate who had to pay £37.00 for Cambridge at home.
If he didn't go, then his season ticket was going to be blocked for the following game. Absolutely sickening.
Can they do that?? if so, that is fucking outrageous.
That is mind blowingly bad !! I always knew they were a wankhouse of a club but that is off the scale !!
surely a season ticket is a fucking season ticket? What a disgrace if true.
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£20-30 for FA Cup q-final seems reasonable to me
Especially when you compare that to my Man Utd supporting mate who had to pay £37.00 for Cambridge at home.
If he didn't go, then his season ticket was going to be blocked for the following game. Absolutely sickening.
Can they do that?? if so, that is fucking outrageous.
That is mind blowingly bad !! I always knew they were a wankhouse of a club but that is off the scale !!
surely a season ticket is a fucking season ticket? What a disgrace if true.
I think it is true. It was reported in The Mail a month or two back. It's just appalling.
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And what if you're ill and can't get up from Cornwall? Do you have to supply a doctor's note?
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If you've paid up front for 19 games, you should get to see 19 games regardless of what cup games you miss. It's as simple as that really.
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Presumably it's made clear in the terms and conditions when you buy, what the score is.
Often wondered with the number of members /ST holders they have how cup final tickets are issued. Must be a ballot or something.
Much as we hate them, I do feel a grain of sympathy for a supporter of any club that buys a season ticket then has to miss a league game if they miss an FA cup match. That really does suck.
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I honestly and truly can't get my head around why a fan of another team would take the time to join up just to have a go? It's so very childish. He must be about 13, or totally and utterly obsessed.
I think you are close without quite hitting the nail on the head. Try IQ of 13 and totally and utterly obsessed.
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On the subject of tickets
Last thursday we could buy our own seats providing you've attended all the previous FA cup games and i persume other seats too? If not whats the point in restricting the first day's sale's when as season ticket holders we have until tuesday to claim our seats anyway, regardless if you've been to the cup games or not?
I only ask because i was passing near the ground on thursday afternoon and went to buy my season ticket seat (and only my seat) but told i can't because i'd only attended two cup games.
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On the subject of tickets
Last thursday we could buy our own seats providing you've attended all the previous FA cup games and i persume other seats too? If not whats the point in restricting the first day's sale's when as season ticket holders we have until tuesday to claim our seats anyway, regardless if you've been to the cup games or not?
I only ask because i was passing near the ground on thursday afternoon and went to buy my season ticket seat (and only my seat) but told i can't because i'd only attended two cup games.
Not occurred to me before, that is a little bit mental. It achieves nothing. Maybe just to spread out the queue, as it were.
And no, you can't buy other tickets. Strictly one per qualifying reference number. I've tried.
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I assume it's just to stagger sales to make it easier to deal with everyone. If we have, say, 20K ST holders, it's a lot easier to deal with them over a week than potentially have them all booking online or calling on the same day.
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I assume it's just to stagger sales to make it easier to deal with everyone. If we have, say, 20K ST holders, it's a lot easier to deal with them over a week than potentially have them all booking online or calling on the same day.
Thats what i kinda thought, i just assumed if you'd been to all the the cup games you had first dips for other tickets which seamed fair enough. Still mental i coundn't buy my seat because the piece of paper says no ???
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With the ticket office phones not working on Saturday morning and the online booking site being about as much use as a chocolate teapot I ended up going into the ticket office to sort my tickets for this one.
Brigada 1874 will be having a section again, we've had to move from the usual cup spot at the back of L7 though as ST holders in that area will probably reserve their seats for this one. Instead we'll be at the front of L7 if anyone wants to get involved.
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Anyone know how many tickets we've sold for this yet?
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Anyone know how many tickets we've sold for this yet?
Twelvety
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Anyone know how many tickets we've sold for this yet?
Twelvety
Lines and lines and lines
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Baggies fans proving again they are inadequates who live in a place resembling the 80's.
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Eighties in which century?
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Looking on select a seat, I'll politely say there's plenty of availability. Got mine though....
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Hope the club haven't cocked up by not letting season ticket holders get extra tickets - my son wants to come with me but does not have a varied booking history so that rules him out
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Trying to book a ticket on-line for my daughter who can fits the correct critriea today. Won't let me, even after a 11 minute wait to speak to the ticket office, they cant understand why either!!!!
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Trying to book a ticket on-line for my daughter who can fits the correct critriea today. Won't let me, even after a 11 minute wait to speak to the ticket office, they cant understand why either!!!!
It's a joke. Booked tickets online last week and immeduately realised that it had my old house address. Rang up put on hold for 10 mins and then spoke to someone who fished them out of post and changed address. Tickets didn't arrive on sat so called office but engaged tone all day. Went round to old house and they'd been delivered there
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Trying to book a ticket on-line for my daughter who can fits the correct critriea today. Won't let me, even after a 11 minute wait to speak to the ticket office, they cant understand why either!!!!
Same happened to me seems to be a glitch. When I rang up to book them they didn't charge the booking fee as I was going to book online. fair play.....
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Looking at select a seat, is anyone going to the cup game? Or even next Tuesday? Green everywhere.
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Trying to book a ticket on-line for my daughter who can fits the correct critriea today. Won't let me, even after a 11 minute wait to speak to the ticket office, they cant understand why either!!!!
Same happened to me seems to be a glitch. When I rang up to book them they didn't charge the booking fee as I was going to book online. fair play.....
Had a similar issue. My booking ref was fine, but the mate I go with had games that hadn't been allocated to him properly. When I tried yesterday, they said he'd definitely meet the criteria today, rang again this morning and his reference number had lost another home game. Took quite a few attempts to persuade them before they realised their system wasn't working properly.
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Looking at select a seat, is anyone going to the cup game? Or even next Tuesday? Green everywhere.
There's probably a lot waiting for buying together. Me, Leeg and Freddy for example would already have bought but having to wait until we can get 3 together. There's probably a lot in the same boat.
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Looking at select a seat, is anyone going to the cup game? Or even next Tuesday? Green everywhere.
I think I have a block to myself upper trinity for the league game.
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Looking at select a seat, is anyone going to the cup game? Or even next Tuesday? Green everywhere.
There's probably a lot waiting for buying together. Me, Leeg and Freddy for example would already have bought but having to wait until we can get 3 together. There's probably a lot in the same boat.
I purchased mine online on Tuesday, and at that time there were only a handful of seats left in P6. I checked again yesterday and there were plenty of seats available presumably indicating that a lot of season ticket holders aren't up for t'cup.
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Looking at select a seat, is anyone going to the cup game? Or even next Tuesday? Green everywhere.
There's probably a lot waiting for buying together. Me, Leeg and Freddy for example would already have bought but having to wait until we can get 3 together. There's probably a lot in the same boat.
Me and my mate are after 7 tickets between us but only us two met the criteria the other day
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Albion fan I know suggests we are giving them a further 1,500. Embarrassing if we can't sell this out.
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Albion fan I know suggests we are giving them a further 1,500. Embarrassing if we can't sell this out.
We aren't.
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As I understand it, the 27th Feb starts at midnight. Unfortunately, despite now having the correct booking privileges, and waiting up, the on line site will still not let me purchase tickets . I haven't time tomorrow to mess around. The club really are doing their best to further alienate the dwindling support.
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Got mine the other day but just tried to get more on line for friends just with correct privileges and it wont let me, bloody joke.
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Hope the club haven't cocked up by not letting season ticket holders get extra tickets - my son wants to come with me but does not have a varied booking history so that rules him out
I tried to get tickets for my daughter and myself online yesterday. I wasn't able to buy hers because I wasn't able to assign a reference to her. I phoned the ticket office who set up an account for her while I was on the phone and I was able to buy them over the phone. They said as they could see I had bought tickets for the Bournemouth and Leicester games they were able to do this. Fair play to them for this but there does seem to have been a glitch in the online booking.
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Just purchased tickets. Plenty still available. Most of the seat plan is still green.
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I think you have to wait until after 9am even when buying online so that you don't get an advantage over people buying in person.
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What an ordeal....I have 4 ST and have on many occasions bought for my dad / brother / partner to join us (without using any other ref number). Need to get 7 for QF (also bought 7 for bournmouth). It has took me 4 transactions to do this 1 for STs, 1 over phone, and 2 online this morning (this morning 1st transaction it didnt let me link to 1 ref number I created....an hour later it did!)
Phone line constantly engaged and online was place in queue that took an hour! Good news though all relatively close together and will be near Brigada bunch ;D
Looking at the seats sold todate - there must have been better criteria....they might be selling on the door again!
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I'm not convinced we'll beat the attendance from our last home Quarter-Final at this rate.
69,732
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I had a glitch with the Online booking yesterday when booking Man Utd away tickets. They went on sale to those with 9 or more aways. I have 9. It read that I didn't have the correct privileges. Didn't have time to ring the ticket office. Attempted today and booked.
I also had an issue with my West Brom tickets. It allowed me to purchase a seat. But not my own! I had to ring up and purchase.
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I'm not convinced we'll beat the attendance from our last home Quarter-Final at this rate.
69,732
Surely the mighty bog-eyes will bring more than that alone?
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I was in the club shop in town earlier it was packed
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Daft twats. They'll never get a refund on their season tickets this far in.
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Hope the club haven't cocked up by not letting season ticket holders get extra tickets - my son wants to come with me but does not have a varied booking history so that rules him out
I tried to get tickets for my daughter and myself online yesterday. I wasn't able to buy hers because I wasn't able to assign a reference to her. I phoned the ticket office who set up an account for her while I was on the phone and I was able to buy them over the phone. They said as they could see I had bought tickets for the Bournemouth and Leicester games they were able to do this. Fair play to them for this but there does seem to have been a glitch in the online booking.
I've had this issue aswell. Could get mine and PWS but it would not let me assign one to Freddy even though he has been to every Cup game. Even today I could not assign one to him and he has also been to every home game apart from Hull City, the poor little sod. I had to use another reference instead so have got 3 seats but the near-perfect ones I previously tried to book on Wednesday and Thursday had gone. Still we've finally got our tickets.
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Hope the club haven't cocked up by not letting season ticket holders get extra tickets - my son wants to come with me but does not have a varied booking history so that rules him out
I tried to get tickets for my daughter and myself online yesterday. I wasn't able to buy hers because I wasn't able to assign a reference to her. I phoned the ticket office who set up an account for her while I was on the phone and I was able to buy them over the phone. They said as they could see I had bought tickets for the Bournemouth and Leicester games they were able to do this. Fair play to them for this but there does seem to have been a glitch in the online booking.
I've had this issue aswell. Could get mine and PWS but it would not let me assign one to Freddy even though he has been to every Cup game. Even today I could not assign one to him and he has also been to every home game apart from Hull City, the poor little sod. I had to use another reference instead so have got 3 seats but the near-perfect ones I previously tried to book on Wednesday and Thursday had gone. Still we've finally got our tickets.
And yet I had no trouble getting one on my little un's reference, and he's only been to two games ever. I got three Parma tickets primarily under his number, and reassigned two from there, so they got posted to him. I wonder if that made a difference?
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Total joke I rang 124 times to get my kids tickets today from my mobile to keep getting "line busy" bleep. My wife was in a online queue from 9am she gave up at 11-30.
I always buy 3 tickets for all home games we go to which is about 10-12. Season yet can't for this one.
Wife finally got through at 3-30 and got 2 tickets in Holte upper for them close to me.
Thank god we haven't been a regular top four club in the champions league if this is what we have to put with.
10-12 home games for me 4,000 miles
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And yet I had no trouble getting one on my little un's reference, and he's only been to two games ever. I got three Parma tickets primarily under his number, and reassigned two from there, so they got posted to him. I wonder if that made a difference?
Aha.... a clue at last. We now know that the attendance for the Parma game was at least three.
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A hell of a lot of tickets have been sold today.
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Total joke I rang 124 times to get my kids tickets today from my mobile to keep getting "line busy" bleep. My wife was in a online queue from 9am she gave up at 11-30.
I always buy 3 tickets for all home games we go to which is about 10-12. Season yet can't for this one.
Wife finally got through at 3-30 and got 2 tickets in Holte upper for them close to me.
Thank god we haven't been a regular top four club in the champions league if this is what we have to put with.
10-12 home games for me 4,000 miles
I spoke to Mo in the ticket office today and he said that people were queuing from 5am and it's been chocka all day.
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Total joke I rang 124 times to get my kids tickets today from my mobile to keep getting "line busy" bleep. My wife was in a online queue from 9am she gave up at 11-30.
I always buy 3 tickets for all home games we go to which is about 10-12. Season yet can't for this one.
Wife finally got through at 3-30 and got 2 tickets in Holte upper for them close to me.
Thank god we haven't been a regular top four club in the champions league if this is what we have to put with.
10-12 home games for me 4,000 miles
I spoke to Mo in the ticket office today and he said that people were queuing from 5am and it's been chocka all day.
Mo is just the best, he's got me reading my long card number before I've realised what tickets I've asked for.
....... In fact I suggest that instead of a player of the season we should have a ticket office operative of the season.
Go team Mo, Yeah
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Agreed Mo is the best one there
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I've always been very impressed with the TO staff whenever I have been in, they really are one of the best assets the club has.
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Sheila is always a delight.
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Got two tickets this mining but I need three,you are only allowed one per reference and I have an ST,how do you get another ticket and sit next to them ?
The girl (Liz) told me they are not going on general sale so I'm fucked !
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Surely they go on general sale next week !!??
What I find infuriating with the TO is the robotic opening exchange on a call re bloody mobile ending *** and email address is ****** .
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*faces brick wall*
THEY'RE NOT GOING ON GENERAL SALE
apparently
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North Lower - VERY limited availability
Holte End Upper - VERY limited availability
Holte End Lower - VERY limited availability
Doug Ellis Upper Wings - Good availability
Doug Ellis Lower - Good availability
Trinity Rd Upper - Good availability
Trinity Rd Middle Wings and Family Section - Good availability
Trinity Rd Lower Wings - Good availability
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Got two tickets this mining but I need three,you are only allowed one per reference and I have an ST,how do you get another ticket and sit next to them ?
The girl (Liz) told me they are not going on general sale so I'm fucked !#
Isn't the point that they're only going on sale to those with a booking history? Which isn't quite general sale, but if you've bought tickets for any other Villa game then you'll be able to get what you like.
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But still the case that you can only buy one ticket per ticket ref?
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What I find infuriating with the TO is the robotic opening exchange on a call re bloody mobile ending *** and email address is ****** .
The TO are very helpful but them having to go through that bit of spiel is really annoying. I wonder how many times someone has actually said "oh, thanks for checking, my new number is....."
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But still the case that you can only buy one ticket per ticket ref?
Actually yes - you're right.
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Whenever I phone the ticket office I've got to say they are always superb, yesterday it was Helen. Did take bloody ages to get through but that's not their fault.
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This ages to get through thing is annoying but a tiny glimpse of what things could be like with a bit of success. Us Villa fans don't need much to get the motor going. We do have great support.
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My vote goes to Paul who sat me in seat 95 leaving 94 and 96 free for when I rang up on fri morning my post wasn't slagging off the staff by the wY never had a problem with them one bit.
Maybe the staff should pull the shirts on and stick a few of the squad on the phone lines
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An Albion fan has text me to say that this week will either be the best week of his life or the worst. How incredibly sad and pathetic.
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In six months, this week will be a footnote. Baggies beat one of the worst Villa teams in history? Big deal. Win an FA Cup quarter final? Call us when you win the pot, chaps.
I want to win both, because they're important games. But if we were playing York City twice in a week, I'd want to win both. The fact it's against the Tescos couldn't be lower down the list of priorities.
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I'm the same but with the exception that some of my mates are Baggies fans so it would shut them up and remind them of their place.
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I have Boggies mates too. Funny how you see the crests going up as Facebook profile pics after they scrape a win.
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Apparently Berahino and Ideye are doubtful so we may have a chance if they are out injured...but still means we need to score a few goals which is the hard bit if we manage not to give away any more sloppy goals.
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Knowing us, we'll make Victor Anichebe look like Pele.
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I would like us to win. A few weeks ago I wanted us out of the cup so we could focus on the relegation scrap but now as we appear doomed anyway we may as well go for a nice day at Wembley.
A day to forget where we are as a club and enjoy a derby game for the cup!
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This is the week we turn it around. We'll win Tuesday and send them packing at the weekend. I feel it.
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I was feeling it too until I realised you always get it wrong. ;)
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I was feeling it too until I realised you always get it wrong. ;)
Until you get everything right in your assessment of how things are go bother someone else. I can't be arsed with your supposed wit right now.
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North Lower - VERY limited availability
Holte End Upper - VERY limited availability
Holte End Lower - VERY limited availability
Doug Ellis Upper Wings - Good availability
Doug Ellis Lower - Good availability
Trinity Rd Upper - Good availability
Trinity Rd Middle Wings and Family Section - Good availability
Trinity Rd Lower Wings - Good availability
So it looks like Saturday isn't going to sell out. Yet looking at some of the comments on the club's Facebook posts lately it appears many Villa fans who want a ticket can't get one due to the overly strict sales criteria.
How ridiculous. Surely we need every fan we can possibly get on our side, not to mention the embarrassment of not selling out.
I totally understand the need to ensure no away fans get home tickets, however I disagree with ST holders not being allowed to buy extra seats. If I'm not mistaken ST can do this for league games regardless of the opposition?
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There is still a week to go. Most people will have been paid Friday/today so their best chance of getting a ticket is Monday, the holte and North stand is nearly sold out and we will have people who decide near the end of the week to go at the last minute. Thoroughly expect 40k there
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An Albion fan has text me to say that this week will either be the best week of his life or the worst. How incredibly sad and pathetic.
Ask him what's happening this week.
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It's not an embarrassment if it's not a sell out though is it. It's not our cup final, we aren't that bothered by them, it's a changed kick off time and it's on the telly.
I expect the crowd to be more for this than the league game.
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So I was thinking of taking the wife to this - she's been up a couple of times with me in the last twelve years.
Obviously I've never assigned tickets to a profile that she's got no reason to bother having. So presumably there is no way that the club will sell her a ticket (even if I'm buying it with a booking history going back nearly two decades), and by consequence no chance that I'll be going either?
What a sensible ticket policy.
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If you have an Albion friend, now is the time for that friendship to end.
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The club cant win which either way they sell tickets for these sort of games.
In this instance theyve done it the fairest way possible in my opinion.
Season ticket holders get priority & then the more often you go the better your chances
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It's the correct process.
When we get to the semis, it's important the process is as robust.
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It's the correct process.
When we get to the semis, it's important the process is as robust.
And the Final, and the Community Shield.
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It's the correct process.
When we get to the semis, it's important the process is as robust.
And the Final, and the Community Shield.
And of course next season's league opener against MK Dons
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It's something of a slightly special/different game for us - FA Cup/quarter final/at home.
For the Bitters it's their cup final - their biggest game for years - which is why we had the moans about them not being able to get enough tickets even before the tickets went on sale! Have they done this for any other away game this season?
This game? They don't take many to away games, they've only got to catch the train/metro 1 or 2 stops, they have the chance to be part of a big moment in their history...so obviously they all think it's their special right and they deserve to be there.
It's the Bradford factor..."we should have more tickets because we're small/cuddly/everybody loves us...we should be on TV 'cos we're the underdog/a comeback story/we've got a manager who's a character/everybody loves us" etc......
Because "cup fever" has invaded their town they think the whole world thinks the same.
Deluded.
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The club cant win which either way they sell tickets for these sort of games.
In this instance theyve done it the fairest way possible in my opinion.
Season ticket holders get priority & then the more often you go the better your chances
Expect the game won't sell out, as they have set the policy so that quite a lot of fans cannot (or will not) go.
Chances don't come into it.
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The club cant win which either way they sell tickets for these sort of games.
In this instance theyve done it the fairest way possible in my opinion.
Season ticket holders get priority & then the more often you go the better your chances
Expect the game won't sell out, as they have set the policy so that quite a lot of fans cannot (or will not) go.
Chances don't come into it.
if it doesnt sell out, people who wanted tickets but didnt get one obviously didnt try hard enough sorry
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Presumably Albion are still bringing their 10,000 fans they said they would.
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Isn't it on general sale now? I'm sure we'll sell it out - there's 6 days until the game - everyone who wants a ticket has plenty of time surely?
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The club cant win which either way they sell tickets for these sort of games.
In this instance theyve done it the fairest way possible in my opinion.
Season ticket holders get priority & then the more often you go the better your chances
Expect the game won't sell out, as they have set the policy so that quite a lot of fans cannot (or will not) go.
Chances don't come into it.
if it doesnt sell out, people who wanted tickets but didnt get one obviously didnt try hard enough sorry
I refer you to my post above at 10.15pm. I'd like to go and take my wife. The club won't sell her a ticket (despite her having been in the past).
I can't be bothered to go on my own, so now neither of us are going. I could buy a ticket for myself right now.
If you'd like to explain how I should be trying harder to buy two tickets then I'm all ears.
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Presumably Albion are still bringing their 10,000 fans they said they would.
That's just them on the coaches. Some of them started walking straight after yesterday's game
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The club cant win which either way they sell tickets for these sort of games.
In this instance theyve done it the fairest way possible in my opinion.
Season ticket holders get priority & then the more often you go the better your chances
Expect the game won't sell out, as they have set the policy so that quite a lot of fans cannot (or will not) go.
Chances don't come into it.
if it doesnt sell out, people who wanted tickets but didnt get one obviously didnt try hard enough sorry
I refer you to my post above at 10.15pm. I'd like to go and take my wife. The club won't sell her a ticket (despite her having been in the past).
I can't be bothered to go on my own, so now neither of us are going.
If you'd like to explain how I should be trying harder to buy two tickets then I'm all ears.
if shes gone in past im guessing she has a client ref, as far as im awear tickets are now sale to anyone with a booking history.
Take your ticket back & get 2 together.
Cant see the problem .
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From the clubs point of view they always bang on about giving a 'client' reference. You have history you can buy a ticket.
Maybe if tickets are still available during the week. season ticket holders may be allowed to purchase extra tickets. They not going to buy for the unwashed are they?
I have a spare reference if you need it.
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Think we should have a graham norton big red chair process .
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Presumably Albion are still bringing their 10,000 fans they said they would.
That's just them on the coaches. Some of them started walking straight after yesterday's game
There's already a considerable encampment of Stripeys in Aston Park.
Singing round the campfire with stories of how Jeff ruled the world and Ally tamed the Gifted Devil Cropley...by means fair or foul.
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if shes gone in past im guessing she has a client ref, as far as im awear tickets are now sale to anyone with a booking history.
Take your ticket back & get 2 together.
Cant see the problem .
She went to the Charlton game in 2006 and the Bolton game in 2008. I bought two tickets, from my account each time.
Why would she have a reference?
Who is the club thinking I would be buying a second ticket for that shouldn't be attending the match on Saturday?
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The club have made it plain for yonks that people have their own individual client references. Pretty much every page of the OS that is about booking tickets says about using individual refs to build up booking history. And now folks know why.
Unless it's for a nipper, i'm not fussed at all that someone who has gone so rarely that they don't have a client reference will miss that game.
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if shes gone in past im guessing she has a client ref, as far as im awear tickets are now sale to anyone with a booking history.
Take your ticket back & get 2 together.
Cant see the problem .
She went to the Charlton game in 2006 and the Bolton game in 2008. I bought two tickets, from my account each time.
Why would she have a reference?
Who is the club thinking I would be buying a second ticket for that shouldn't be attending the match on Saturday?
Dave, I'm a ST holder of several years.
I've obviously already got my own ticket.
if I can help out PM me.
UTV!
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if shes gone in past im guessing she has a client ref, as far as im awear tickets are now sale to anyone with a booking history.
Take your ticket back & get 2 together.
Cant see the problem .
She went to the Charlton game in 2006 and the Bolton game in 2008. I bought two tickets, from my account each time.
Why would she have a reference?
Who is the club thinking I would be buying a second ticket for that shouldn't be attending the match on Saturday?
If theres 100s/1000s of tickets left come Friday afternoon I would go as far to say you would definitly be sold 2 over the counter as long as youve a client ref .
If you really want to go youll get a ticket if its not sold out
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This is what is on pretty much every ticket page, if not every page. *i'm too lazy to look at more than a couple!
It is a maximum of six seats per booking - and remember to supply one client reference per seat to build up your booking history.
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if shes gone in past im guessing she has a client ref, as far as im awear tickets are now sale to anyone with a booking history.
Take your ticket back & get 2 together.
Cant see the problem .
She went to the Charlton game in 2006 and the Bolton game in 2008. I bought two tickets, from my account each time.
Why would she have a reference?
Who is the club thinking I would be buying a second ticket for that shouldn't be attending the match on Saturday?
If theres 100s/1000s of tickets left come Friday afternoon I would go as far to say you would definitly be sold 2 over the counter as long as youve a client ref .
If you really want to go youll get a ticket if its not sold out
Dave - have you tried phoning the ticket office? I did and they set up a reference for my daughter who's going with me while I was on the phone because she's been with me to the Bournemouth and Leicester games.
It looks like no tickets are going on general sale which I think is a mistake because it doesn't look like it will sell out using booking history as a criteria.
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Even if he set up a reference, they specifically require a 'varied booking history' to obtain a ticket.
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By my reckoning were at about 37500 at the moment looking at select a seat so I reckon with steady sales this week we'll get to 39k.
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Club are expecting 40K+ plus for the cup. But we are currently only on for low 30s tomorrow.
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Think a few will buy before or after tomorrow's game so will be amazed if it does not hit 40k......unless we get hammered of course !
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The Holte is pretty much sold out for Saturday, but still whole blocks with nary a seat sold in the Witton.
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An open letter of invitation to ALL Villa fans from BRIGADA 1874
"As with the previous FA Cup games against Blackpool, Bournemouth and Leicester in the FA Cup, Brigada 1874 will be in L7 of the Holte End for the FA Cup 6th round match against West Brom.
While a bit more difficult to buy a block of tickets due to the demand of the derby game in the Holte, it yet again gives the group a chance to stand together as a block and also for other supporters to come over and get involved. It was great to see an ever increasing number of fans come and join us for the previous rounds and create a solid atmosphere throughout.
There are a few single tickets littered around L7 of the Holte for anybody who still wants to join in. We’re on the left side towards the front of L7, around rows F – H, seats 200 – 210.
As with previous matches in the FA Cup run we’ll have a display planned for the game and hope to have the section making a racket throughout the game.
It’s great to see how these sections have grown throughout the cup run and it’s a really positive indication of what influence a permanent group section would have at games. It also makes going to the game more much more enjoyable regardless of what is happening on the pitch.
Next season we hope to have a permanent section of the size we’ve seen at the FA Cup games, this would lead to a massive improvement in the atmosphere at Villa Park and give the group the platform from which to grow and plan larger displays in the Holte End.
UTV
- Brigada 1874"
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An open letter of invitation to ALL Villa fans from BRIGADA 1874
"As with the previous FA Cup games against Blackpool, Bournemouth and Leicester in the FA Cup, Brigada 1874 will be in L7 of the Holte End for the FA Cup 6th round match against West Brom.
While a bit more difficult to buy a block of tickets due to the demand of the derby game in the Holte, it yet again gives the group a chance to stand together as a block and also for other supporters to come over and get involved. It was great to see an ever increasing number of fans come and join us for the previous rounds and create a solid atmosphere throughout.
There are a few single tickets littered around L7 of the Holte for anybody who still wants to join in. We’re on the left side towards the front of L7, around rows F – H, seats 200 – 210.
As with previous matches in the FA Cup run we’ll have a display planned for the game and hope to have the section making a racket throughout the game.
It’s great to see how these sections have grown throughout the cup run and it’s a really positive indication of what influence a permanent group section would have at games. It also makes going to the game more much more enjoyable regardless of what is happening on the pitch.
Next season we hope to have a permanent section of the size we’ve seen at the FA Cup games, this would lead to a massive improvement in the atmosphere at Villa Park and give the group the platform from which to grow and plan larger displays in the Holte End.
UTV
- Brigada 1874"
Well done, keep up the good work.
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An open letter of invitation to ALL Villa fans from BRIGADA 1874
"As with the previous FA Cup games against Blackpool, Bournemouth and Leicester in the FA Cup, Brigada 1874 will be in L7 of the Holte End for the FA Cup 6th round match against West Brom.
While a bit more difficult to buy a block of tickets due to the demand of the derby game in the Holte, it yet again gives the group a chance to stand together as a block and also for other supporters to come over and get involved. It was great to see an ever increasing number of fans come and join us for the previous rounds and create a solid atmosphere throughout.
There are a few single tickets littered around L7 of the Holte for anybody who still wants to join in. We’re on the left side towards the front of L7, around rows F – H, seats 200 – 210.
As with previous matches in the FA Cup run we’ll have a display planned for the game and hope to have the section making a racket throughout the game.
It’s great to see how these sections have grown throughout the cup run and it’s a really positive indication of what influence a permanent group section would have at games. It also makes going to the game more much more enjoyable regardless of what is happening on the pitch.
Next season we hope to have a permanent section of the size we’ve seen at the FA Cup games, this would lead to a massive improvement in the atmosphere at Villa Park and give the group the platform from which to grow and plan larger displays in the Holte End.
UTV
- Brigada 1874"
Love it, they have indeed been excellent during the cup games. This sort of organised support is exactly what we need at Villa, long may it continue.
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My friend told me his boss rang Villa today and there has been 40k sold ahead of Saturday, 31k ahead of tonight
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They haven't sold 40k yet, that's anticipated.
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Tonight should get a few bums off the couch. Lets get VP filled!
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Agreed, I think this will now sell out.
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Agreed, I think this will now sell out.
Hopefully. Just booked mine should be a great atmosphere lets up its not a anti-climax.
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http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/560348/Bedroom-Kingstanding-Aston-Villa-West-Bromwich-Albion
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http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/560348/Bedroom-Kingstanding-Aston-Villa-West-Bromwich-Albion
"My side of the room is better because it's Villa!" Such logic.
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North Stand has sold out, and there are just 4 tickets remaining in the Holte End, should make for a very good atmosphere
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Atmosphere will be electric with full Holte and North stands. However, the Upper Trinity is all green apart from one block, making me think it's still doubtful we'll see a full house despite last night's result. People just don't seem to want to sit up there, will probably mean a 40k crowd.
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It would sell out if they let people buy the tickets.
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I saw my Albion supporting mate for the first time since the game this morning. He's gone really sheepish, avoiding me, barely able to even look in my direction. I'm not the type to wind people up either so I'm finding it very funny. He had said previously this will either be the best or worst week of his life. It's looking like the worst week.
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I saw my Albion supporting mate for the first time since the game this morning. He's gone really sheepish, avoiding me, barely able to even look in my direction. I'm not the type to wind people up either so I'm finding it very funny. He had said previously this will either be the best or worst week of his life. It's looking like the worst week.
To paraphrase Pulp Fiction "let's not suck each other's dicks just yet", there's still a Cup game to play on Saturday.
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I'm not doing anything different to what I would normally do and I wouldn't if we didn't have Saturday. Beating them means a lot less to me than them beating us would mean to him. I just found it funny how he's acting.
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It would sell out if they let people buy the tickets.
I understand why they're doing it though. You don't want Albion fans in the home end.
We never seem to win when we have a full house anyway.
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39k sold so far.
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It would sell out if they let people buy the tickets.
Are they not?
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Only if you have a varied booking history.
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How is it looking now? Was hoping to get a few tickets today.
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How is it looking now? Was hoping to get a few tickets today.
Loads left in Trinity Upper, a fair few in Witton Lane Upper and a few in Witton Lower corner near the Holte.
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I tried to get a villa mate 2 yesterday . Absolutely no chance. Only 1 per ST ref.
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Does anyone with any familiarity with the upper tier of the Trinity Road stand know if there are elevators? I am toying with relocating as I think the Holte may be a bit too lively for my dad.
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Does anyone with any familiarity with the upper tier of the Trinity Road stand know if there are elevators? I am toying with relocating as I think the Holte may be a bit too lively for my dad.
There is a lift mate yes .
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Not good all those green seats....even with the restrictions on purhcases, you would think we could fill 36k seats...
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Not good all those green seats....even with the restrictions on purhcases, you would think we could fill 36k seats...
Why? We only sold about 22,000 in the last round so why should this round be that different, home sales have gone up about 500 a round so far as both Bournemouth and Leicester both brought the maximum 6,500, as will Albion.
The noticeable thing about the FA Cup these days is that it seems to be more attractive to away fans. West Ham had over a quarter of the crowd at the Hawthorns last round with Albion struggling to shift about 14,500 tickets.
Cheaper than the other night of course but the £30 I had to pay for the Trinity Road was a bit over the top for a cup game live on TV. It's not as if the opposition are any kind of attraction.
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Not good all those green seats....even with the restrictions on purhcases, you would think we could fill 36k seats...
Why? We only sold about 22,000 in the last round so why should this round be that different, home sales have gone up about 500 a round so far as both Bournemouth and Leicester both brought the maximum 6,500, as will Albion.
The noticeable thing about the FA Cup these days is that it seems to be more attractive to away fans. West Ham had over a quarter of the crowd at the Hawthorns last round with Albion struggling to shift about 14,500 tickets.
Cheaper than the other night of course but the £30 I had to pay for the Trinity Road was a bit over the top for a cup game live on TV. It's not as if the opposition are any kind of attraction.
Its an FA Cup Quarter final - one of only 2 chances of silverware we have any hope of winning each year. A Trophy we haven't won since 1957. The 1st QF at home since year dot, and we are playing a local rival. Why should we sell out for an annual beating against Liverpool / Utd and not fill our ground for what could be a season all villa fans could remember for ever (for good reasons!). I would not have missed this for anything - nor the Semi or the Final if we make it. Nor would my boys. I would have thought amongst the huge city of birmingham there were 36k people (who had previously registered to watch a game!) who were of similar mindset of me!
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Not good all those green seats....even with the restrictions on purhcases, you would think we could fill 36k seats...
Why? We only sold about 22,000 in the last round so why should this round be that different, home sales have gone up about 500 a round so far as both Bournemouth and Leicester both brought the maximum 6,500, as will Albion.
The noticeable thing about the FA Cup these days is that it seems to be more attractive to away fans. West Ham had over a quarter of the crowd at the Hawthorns last round with Albion struggling to shift about 14,500 tickets.
Cheaper than the other night of course but the £30 I had to pay for the Trinity Road was a bit over the top for a cup game live on TV. It's not as if the opposition are any kind of attraction.
Its an FA Cup Quarter final - one of only 2 chances of silverware we have any hope of winning each year. A Trophy we haven't won since 1957. The 1st QF at home since year dot, and we are playing a local rival. Why should we sell out for an annual beating against Liverpool / Utd and not fill our ground for what could be a season all villa fans could remember for ever (for good reasons!). I would not have missed this for anything - nor the Semi or the Final if we make it. Nor would my boys. I would have thought amongst the huge city of birmingham there were 36k people (who had previously registered to watch a game!) who were of similar mindset of me!
I do think they should have opened it up on Monday for us ST holders to purchase additional seats.
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I also thought they would allow ST holders to buy extra seats this week. Can only imagine they feared some STs buying them and then selling them on to Albion fans for a profit.
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Didn't Pulis hint at resting some players for this game?
Sure I heard him saying something about the league being the top priority, unless it was a dream.
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I'm not going sadly if anyone needs a Client ref...
PM me if you need one..
UTV
The Doc
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Not good all those green seats....even with the restrictions on purhcases, you would think we could fill 36k seats...
. It's not as if the opposition are any kind of attraction.
The opposition is a massive attraction tomorrow. Do you reckon there'd be this level if interest if were playing, say, Southampton? The FA Cup history between us and Albion pre-dates the founding of any of the "big" Premier League clubs. If this was 2 Manchester clubs playing there'd be hysteria
And I want revenge for the 3 nil humping they dished out to us at the Oval in 1892
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The FA Cup isn't that important to the nouvelle supporter. A midweek Premier League game against Burnley takes preference over the latest instalment of the oldest rivalry in world football.
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The FA Cup isn't that important to the nouvelle supporter. A midweek Premier League game against Burnley takes preference over the latest instalment of the oldest rivalry in world football.
Like your use of the feminine nouvelle there
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Somebody on VT has counted the empty seats. Holte and North sold out and every where else is virtually sold out, bar the upper Witton, which has 750 left and the upper Trinity which has 2000 left.
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That's me fecked in Guess The Crowd then!
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Somebody on VT has counted the empty seats. Holte and North sold out and every where else is virtually sold out, bar the upper Witton, which has 750 left and the upper Trinity which has 2000 left. far too much time on their hands
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VILLA v WBA: Club call on fans to join Jeff Astle applause.
West Brom are showing a photo of Jeff on big screens nine minutes into each match – as supporters honour the Justice for Jeff campaign. We will do the same this weekend.
Villa v WBA is a big rivalry - and never more so than this weekend as we battle for a place in the semi-finals of the FA Cup at Wembley.
It is an exciting moment for the region and one where supporters will be urging on their respective teams with unbelievable passion.
But some matters transcend football.
Jeff Astle was one of the greatest Albion strikers of all-time but tragically his life was cut short due to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a brain condition normally linked to boxing.
The coroner at the footballer's inquest ruled Astle's brain had been damaged by heading heavy leather footballs in the 1960s and 1970s.
At every home game this season, West Brom are showing a photo of Jeff on big screens nine minutes into each match as Jeff wore the No.9 shirt.
This coincides with the minute-long applause supporters have been honouring since the Justice for Jeff campaign was launched.
The Baggies supporters consider Astle royalty - his nickname was The King - so it is little surprise that they continue to remember his contribution.
We will also be displaying a photo of Jeff on the big screens this weekend and call on supporters of claret and blue persuasion to cast aside club loyalties and join together with Baggies fans to remember a player who did so much for football in the region.
Let's make Saturday a proud occasion for the West Midlands.
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What does "Justice for Jeff" actually want ?
If the coroner has already ruled that all the heading contributed to his illness/death, doesn't that mean that the justice has been seen to be done ?
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What does "Justice for Jeff" actually want ?
If the coroner has already ruled that all the heading contributed to his illness/death, doesn't that mean that the justice has been seen to be done ?
Must admit, I always thought it was a strange name for the campaign. It's a sad story, but I don't see what possible 'justice' could now be served at this stage, when the coroner's ruling has already happened.
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Not good all those green seats....even with the restrictions on purhcases, you would think we could fill 36k seats...
Why? We only sold about 22,000 in the last round so why should this round be that different, home sales have gone up about 500 a round so far as both Bournemouth and Leicester both brought the maximum 6,500, as will Albion.
The noticeable thing about the FA Cup these days is that it seems to be more attractive to away fans. West Ham had over a quarter of the crowd at the Hawthorns last round with Albion struggling to shift about 14,500 tickets.
Cheaper than the other night of course but the £30 I had to pay for the Trinity Road was a bit over the top for a cup game live on TV. It's not as if the opposition are any kind of attraction.
Its an FA Cup Quarter final - one of only 2 chances of silverware we have any hope of winning each year. A Trophy we haven't won since 1957. The 1st QF at home since year dot, and we are playing a local rival. Why should we sell out for an annual beating against Liverpool / Utd and not fill our ground for what could be a season all villa fans could remember for ever (for good reasons!). I would not have missed this for anything - nor the Semi or the Final if we make it. Nor would my boys. I would have thought amongst the huge city of birmingham there were 36k people (who had previously registered to watch a game!) who were of similar mindset of me!
I wasn't saying that's how I feel by the way - I was judging the modern football fan. I made it clear on one of the threads on this site the other day that if we could win one of the two games I'd choose the cup one. But I'm in my mid-50s and have seen us win everything bar the FA Cup. It matters to me.
One thing I will add though that has nothing to do with this game or debate, is that although I'm desperate to see us win the FA Cup I actually prefer the League Cup, and always have done. Not just down to the fact we've enjoyed so much success in "Hardaker's Folly" either. The FA Cup is great in the early rounds because of the non-league clubs and giantkilling stories but it leads to a semi-final and final that are usually boring and are 100% about the FA ripping off the fans. The League Cup final is a better (and more fan friendly) occasion with the Football League in charge.
The best way of summing up the two cups for me is that the FA Cup starts well but gets worse as it goes on whereas the League Cup builds and gets better as it develops with all the games being played under floodlights, the drama of the two-legged semis on home and away grounds, and is usually a more entertaining final too.
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What does "Justice for Jeff" actually want ?
If the coroner has already ruled that all the heading contributed to his illness/death, doesn't that mean that the justice has been seen to be done ?
Must admit, I always thought it was a strange name for the campaign. It's a sad story, but I don't see what possible 'justice' could now be served at this stage, when the coroner's ruling has already happened.
I think the 'justice' part is directed at the football authorities who promised to carry out research into the links between heading the ball and brain injuries as a result of the coroner's ruling. They didn't do it. Possibly afraid of the repercussions.
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What does "Justice for Jeff" actually want ?
If the coroner has already ruled that all the heading contributed to his illness/death, doesn't that mean that the justice has been seen to be done ?
Must admit, I always thought it was a strange name for the campaign. It's a sad story, but I don't see what possible 'justice' could now be served at this stage, when the coroner's ruling has already happened.
I think the 'justice' part is directed at the football authorities who promised to carry out research into the links between heading the ball and brain injuries as a result of the coroner's ruling. They didn't do it. Possibly afraid of the repercussions.
That's pretty much spot on stuart...I think it's the name of the campaign, as hoyle says, that is misleading and suggests that Jeff Astle has been done some...injustice, obviously.
When I realised what they were doing - about 30 seconds in - I joined in the applause. I don't think many Villa fans around me noticed until it was nearly over.
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What does "Justice for Jeff" actually want ?
If the coroner has already ruled that all the heading contributed to his illness/death, doesn't that mean that the justice has been seen to be done ?
Must admit, I always thought it was a strange name for the campaign. It's a sad story, but I don't see what possible 'justice' could now be served at this stage, when the coroner's ruling has already happened.
I think the 'justice' part is directed at the football authorities who promised to carry out research into the links between heading the ball and brain injuries as a result of the coroner's ruling. They didn't do it. Possibly afraid of the repercussions.
That's pretty much spot on stuart...I think it's the name of the campaign, as hoyle says, that is misleading and suggests that Jeff Astle has been done some...injustice, obviously.
When I realised what they were doing - about 30 seconds in - I joined in the applause. I don't think many Villa fans around me noticed until it was nearly over.
I joined in after asking my brother what they were clapping for. Show that we're better than them when they went out of their way not to clap for Petrov. The one time I have been really annoyed with West Brom.
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I have to say, with the Petrov applause, I thought it was a bit cheeky to expect other fans to applaud along with us. I felt that if they wanted to they could do - and fair play to them for it, but to hold it against them for not doing so seems a bit over the top to me.
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I think the club dropped a bollock by not having something on the screen for the minute or making it clear that it would happen. The Villa fans were into the occasion and what was happening on the pitch and didn't realise, prompting Albion fans to think we were being disrespectful. Presumably the club is now trying to make amends.
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I have to say, with the Petrov applause, I thought it was a bit cheeky to expect other fans to applaud along with us. I felt that if they wanted to they could do - and fair play to them for it, but to hold it against them for not doing so seems a bit over the top to me.
It was the way they were all crossing their arms and smiling smugly that really annoyed me about it. The only other fans that didn't join in were Man Utd.
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If it goes to a replay it won't be played until April 7th. Which gives whoever wins, 10 days to sell 35,000 tickets. That isn't a recipe for chaos!
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If it goes to a replay it won't be played until April 7th. Which gives whoever wins, 10 days to sell 35,000 tickets. That isn't a recipe for chaos!
Let's make sure we win at the first attempt then.
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I don't think we expected other fans to do anything, although a handful of our morons did end up using it as a way of baiting the opposition. Albion, on the other hand, yet again believe the world should spin exactly as quickly as they want it to.