FA Cup 3rd Round draw.

[Chris Smith]

there's only one reason why they've chosen to put it live on telly.

And it's not because the schedulers expect Villa to win

Yep, i'm pretty sure they're expecting an upset that day

Hoping rather than expecting.

You'd hope that a side that has drawn at Everton, QPR and Fulham are capable of not losing at Bristol Rovers.

[UK Redsox]

From TicketPravda

Sale Dates
Your attendance at previous rounds of the FA Cup will have a bearing on your eligibility for tickets in the latter stages of the competition. Half Season Card Holders are not eligible to purchase tickets for this fixture until Tuesday December 20th

Friday December 9th: On sale to Away Scheme Members and/or Season Card Holders who have attended 5 Premier League Away fixtures in the 2011/2012 season*


Monday December 12th (9am to 2pm): On sale to Season Card Holders who have attended 4 Premier League Away fixtures in the 2011/2012 season*

Monday December 12th (2pm to 6pm): On sale to Season Card Holders who have attended 3 Premier League Away fixtures in the 2011/2012 season*

Tuesday December 13th: On sale to Season Card Holders who have attended 2 Premier League Away fixtures in the 2011/2012 season*

Wednesday December 14th: On sale to Season Card Holders who have attended 1 Premier League Away fixtures in the 2011/2012 season*

Thursday December 15th: On sale to Season Card Holders who have attended BOTH Carling Cup fixtures at Villa Park in the 2011/2012 season*

Friday December 16th: On sale to Season Card Holders who have attended ONE Carling Cup fixtures at Villa Park in the 2011/2012 season*

Monday December 19th: On sale to Season Card Holders for the 2011/2012 season*

Tuesday December 20th: On sale to HALF Season Card Holders for the 2011/2012 season*

[TaxDodger]

From TicketPravda

Sale Dates
Your attendance at previous rounds of the FA Cup will have a bearing on your eligibility for tickets in the latter stages of the competition. Half Season Card Holders are not eligible to purchase tickets for this fixture until Tuesday December 20th

That's a bit optimistic.

[supertommykN'iba]

Personally think the Criteria is pretty poor for this game. Yes, Season Ticket Holders should obviously get priority, but I have mates who either can't afford an ST, or are at Uni, who wanted to go to this game. Couple of them have missed just 2 or 3 aways so far, yet they have to wait 11 days into selling of 1400 tickets?

[Clampy]

Personally think the Criteria is pretty poor for this game. Yes, Season Ticket Holders should obviously get priority, but I have mates who either can't afford an ST, or are at Uni, who wanted to go to this game. Couple of them have missed just 2 or 3 aways so far, yet they have to wait 11 days into selling of 1400 tickets?

You can't just give tickets out to people who have just been to a few away games. I'm a season ticket holder, Bolton will be my 5th away but i can't get my ticket until Monday. They've made it as fair as they can although i think the Bolton game should count as one of the aways.

[myf]

No dates for general sale?

[BC54 VFC]

Allocation seems perfectly fair to me; why shouldn't people who've been to every game, H&A, get first bite of the cherry?

[ADVILLAFAN]

I agree, although it means I'm hoping to get tickets on Tuesday 

Most of the aways I want to get to are still to come; Wigan, Blackburn and Norwich. Might try and go to Arsenal too.

[pauliewalnuts]

there's only one reason why they've chosen to put it live on telly.

And it's not because the schedulers expect Villa to win

Yep, i'm pretty sure they're expecting an upset that day

Hoping rather than expecting.

You'd hope that a side that has drawn at Everton, QPR and Fulham are capable of not losing at Bristol Rovers.

A point at Loftus Road and Craven Cottage?

Hardly the stuff of legends. It's pretty easy to see why people might see us as a cup upset waiting to happen.

[Somniloquism]

Maybe ESPN have a bet on how many people they can get snoozing at 6pm Saturday January the 7th.

[UK Redsox]

I went to watch Rovers v Swindon yesterday.

If we lose to the Gas, it'll be the biggest upset in Villa history. They're a poor League 2 side, very small at the back and with a centre forward (Matt Harrold) who lacks any mobility.

Secondary striker Chris Zebroski looks OK but nothing special.

They do have two decent wingers in Joe Anyinsah and Mustapha Carayol.

Keeper Scott Bevan is big (6' 6") and has long kick that'll need to be watched out for.

I can't say that the central midfielders did anything that made them stand out for me.

The result was 1-1. The Swindon goal came from a midfielder running from his own half, through the midfield and defence before finishing with a scuffed shot. Very shabby defending.

The Gas did manage a late equaliser from a decent header.

[bones.]

I went to watch Rovers v Swindon yesterday.

If we lose to the Gas, it'll be the biggest upset in Villa history. They're a poor League 2 side, very small at the back and with a centre forward (Matt Harrold) who lacks any mobility.

Secondary striker Chris Zebroski looks OK but nothing special.

They do have two decent wingers in Joe Anyinsah and Mustapha Carayol.

Keeper Scott Bevan is big (6' 6") and has long kick that'll need to be watched out for.

I can't say that the central midfielders did anything that made them stand out for me.

The result was 1-1. The Swindon goal came from a midfielder running from his own half, through the midfield and defence before finishing with a scuffed shot. Very shabby defending.

The Gas did manage a late equaliser from a decent header.

You picked up a voucher for the cup match then, crossed my mind to do the same but I couldnt have got there by the time I finished work. Dont suppose you managed a handfull?

[UK Redsox]

You picked up a voucher for the cup match then, crossed my mind to do the same but I couldnt have got there by the time I finished work. Dont suppose you managed a handfull?

Yes, I did get a voucher but I had to ask for it. the Turnstile bloke was a bit reluctant to hand them out. He said, only half jokingly, that he was hoping to keep some for himself.

[UK Redsox]

Has anyone spoken to the Ticket Office today and got an estimate of how far down the priority system them expect tickets to go ?

[UK Redsox]

Ticket Office say that less than 350 tickets are left