Everton

[Pete3206]

The game sold out very quickly after it went on general sale which was a week ago. Most were already sent out to away scheme members, so the 'occasional fan' really didn't stand much of a chance unless they camped out at Villa Park waiting for away scheme members to return tickets.

[Pete3206]

Last minute plea for any spares if anyone can help.

[Tony Boucher]

Home end I reckon Pete

[Marlon From Bearwood]

Taking smaller allocations in recent years has made away games a right pain in the arse now though & I think the message is getting through to the occasional/non-regular away supporter that there's probably not much chance of getting a ticket unless you get in early, or if it's against Wigan/Blackburn.  A lot of people don't know if they can make it until a week or so before kick-off & there's almost no chance by that stage.

I do blame the home clubs for the most part - for example, Everton still have around 10,000 tickets available for the game against us.  To pass-up the sale of possibly another 1,000 away tickets beggars belief.  No wonder they're in the crap financially if that's an example of how they run the club.

Anyway, got any spares Dave?

You're missing the point Tony. It's taken over 4 weeks to sell 1,800 tickets. The chance for the occasional away fan to buy a ticket have been there for a while. It's no good leaving it until the week leading up to the game because there's a good chance a game will sell out, which it as.

By saying its sold out do you mean the Villa end only, not the whole ground? I think Tony's point (which I agree with) is Everton's stupidity in saying Villa have to pay for any unsold seats, meaning we take the reduced allocation. The end result is thousands of empty seats in the ground, and a few more Villa fans that would have liked to attend but can't.

[Clampy]

Taking smaller allocations in recent years has made away games a right pain in the arse now though & I think the message is getting through to the occasional/non-regular away supporter that there's probably not much chance of getting a ticket unless you get in early, or if it's against Wigan/Blackburn.  A lot of people don't know if they can make it until a week or so before kick-off & there's almost no chance by that stage.

I do blame the home clubs for the most part - for example, Everton still have around 10,000 tickets available for the game against us.  To pass-up the sale of possibly another 1,000 away tickets beggars belief.  No wonder they're in the crap financially if that's an example of how they run the club.

Anyway, got any spares Dave?

You're missing the point Tony. It's taken over 4 weeks to sell 1,800 tickets. The chance for the occasional away fan to buy a ticket have been there for a while. It's no good leaving it until the week leading up to the game because there's a good chance a game will sell out, which it as.

I think Tony's point (which I agree with) is Everton's stupidity in saying Villa have to pay for any unsold seats, meaning we take the reduced allocation.

It would'nt surprise me if this is common practice now.

[dave.woodhall]

Clubs tend to get a two-tier allocation. There's the first chunk, of which they can return any number, and then there's a second, optional, allocation which all have to be paid for, sold or unsold.

[BC54 VFC]

Taking smaller allocations in recent years has made away games a right pain in the arse now though & I think the message is getting through to the occasional/non-regular away supporter that there's probably not much chance of getting a ticket unless you get in early, or if it's against Wigan/Blackburn.  A lot of people don't know if they can make it until a week or so before kick-off & there's almost no chance by that stage.

I do blame the home clubs for the most part - for example, Everton still have around 10,000 tickets available for the game against us.  To pass-up the sale of possibly another 1,000 away tickets beggars belief.  No wonder they're in the crap financially if that's an example of how they run the club.

Anyway, got any spares Dave?

You're missing the point Tony. It's taken over 4 weeks to sell 1,800 tickets. The chance for the occasional away fan to buy a ticket have been there for a while. It's no good leaving it until the week leading up to the game because there's a good chance a game will sell out, which it as.

I think Tony's point (which I agree with) is Everton's stupidity in saying Villa have to pay for any unsold seats, meaning we take the reduced allocation.

It would'nt surprise me if this is common practice now.

For goodness sake, N'Clampy, please get your apostrophes in the right place, it's really starting to annoy me now; it wouldn't take much effort. 

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

Looked like the Upper Tier (which we didn't take) was empty.