Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: UK Redsox on May 03, 2017, 05:50:32 PM
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https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2017/05/03/enjoy-drink-at-brighton-game
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Villa host Brighton in our final match of the 2016/17 season and we want to thank our season ticket holders for their amazing support this season.
You have been a massive part of re-building Aston Villa Football Club and the atmosphere at Villa Park has been fantastic.
To thank you for your support, we would like you to enjoy a drink on us at the final home game on Sunday.
As you enter the stadium, please be sure to show your season card to the turnstile operator who will give you a voucher.
We expect it to be another busy matchday at Villa Park, so please arrive within plenty of time to collect your voucher before 11.15am.
If you arrive after this time you’ll be unable to redeem for your free drink.
You can redeem this voucher inside the stadium for a free drink between 10.30am and 11.15am only.
Please note the free drink will either be a bottle of soft drink or a bottle of Heineken – one per person/voucher.
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Not that good a deal if you have to be in the ground an hour before kick off.
As ever Villa, good idea ruined in the execution.
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Villa promoting booze being drunk before noon! Holy God!
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If High Nick Can is booze then I am Bender Jizzcaster of seminal rock band Spiggy and the Towpaths.
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I'll start queuing now
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Very rare for me to turn down a free drink but on this occasion I will pass. I can't remember the last time I was in the ground an hour before kick off!
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Get in the ground for 11am for 1 free plastic tub of piss water and encouraged to buy more expensive piss water and shite food.
Um...no
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The Cynic in me agrees with ad@m. Seems like ploy to get people in early so they buy drinks in the ground as opposed to the local pubs. With all the shit Villa fans have endured this season, they should be putting on a free bar pre-match and half time!
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Are they thinking:
1) There will be thousands coming early for a free drink and then spending more which is good
2) Not many will turn up early so we won't have to give many away but it's a gesture that will be appreciated
Either way they've got it wrong.
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"enjoy" and "Heineken".
Not seen those two words in the same sentence before.
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Has everybody received an email invitation from the club?
A new season brings new hope
A fresh start and the promise of brighter times ahead. While Steve Bruce plans our promotion challenge, off the pitch things look better than ever.
Come see for yourself
On Wednesday 17th May, you are invited to a drinks reception at The 1874 Restaurant for the official unveiling of the new hospitality offer at Villa Park.
(http://enews.avfc.co.uk/FS/1396/ImportedImages/cf285417-543c-413c-ba13-5c1b50439fd9/images/AVFC-Email-V2_01.jpg)
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Can't believe they're giving away a free drink and it's my first day working at Villa Park. Just my luck.
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Should be a bottle of brandy to get over the shock of this season
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Should be allowed the free drink in the holte suite
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Should be a bottle of brandy to get over the shock of this season
Should be a baggy of heroin if you ask me.
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Due to my long held beliefs I am more than happy to give my drinks token away.
I truly believe that Heineken is K9P.
I will however, drink a toast with some proper stuff to all H&Vers who have, in an otherwise depressing season, been a source of wonderful entertainment. God Bless every one of you.
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A lovely gesture but there's no way I'm getting into VP an hour before kick off, especially to drink that piss.
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A decent gesture but not so appealing for a Sunday midday kick off.
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Good gesture on the face of it but ruined by timed window. A not so good offer after all.
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I enjoyed my two bottles of Fanta Orange as I wont drink and drive.
Spent nothing today and enjoyed it :)
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I enjoyed my two bottles of Fanta Orange as I wont drink and drive.
Spent nothing today and enjoyed it :)
Good for you.
You are a beacon of enlightenment to we lesser mortals who prefer to be pissed or stoned or preferably both.
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It was a free drink. Yet still people moan.
Without a time window, and with a shit kick off time, if they'd not put it in pace everyone would have rocked up 15 minutes before kick off and moaned they had to queue.
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It was a free drink. Yet still people moan.
Without a time window, and with a shit kick off time, if they'd not put it in pace everyone would have rocked up 15 minutes before kick off and moaned they had to queue.
Possibly, but the time restriction did seem a little excessive. I was in the ground half hour before KO but that was still too late so had to pay for my beer. They could've also used half time to spread the demand.
Anyway, on that subject, and I don't like to moan but the service on the kiosks is absolutely appalling. It takes two people to serve every customer, one takes your money then stares into space for two minutes whilst the colleague slowly wanders around getting your order, all the time a big, frustrated queue is forming. It's laughably poor.
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We went through the turnstiles a couple of minutes after the 11.15 cut off and was told they'd come and taken all vouchers off the turnstile operators bang on time. Tight gits.
Didn't buy anything, rarely do, which is why they probably whipped the vouchers away when they saw me coming to be fair.
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I got in at around 11:30 and they gave me and my dad a free drink. Must have noticed the stress on my face villa have given me this season and took pity on me lol
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and it was only bottles of Heineken not cider or pints just Heineken and soft drinks ffs
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Apologies if the answer to this has been posted elsewhere but does anybody know how many supporters actually claimed a drink.
A nice gesture by the club but from a personal point of view I would never be looking to get in the ground that long before kick off but appreciate it is an important part of the day for some folks.
Not a fan of Heineken I have to say.
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and it was only bottles of Heineken not cider or pints just Heineken and soft drinks ffs
The bastards. Fancy giving stuff away.
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They could have given out scarves with a message on , Bright WHAT!!
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well dw we been giving enough points away so why not drinks
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Maybe that could have been a chant on Sunday 'Points not Pints'
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Maybe that could have been a chant on Sunday 'Points not Pints'
In a Brummie accent they'd have no idea which way round it was.