F.A Cup 4th Round - away meltdown at Arsenal

[Stu]

booked my ticket the other day and really looking forward to my first away game EVER!

Awesome. I enjoy aways much more than home games, and our last trip to Arsenal was one of the best aways I've ever been to.

I've heard away games are brill and the support is fantastic.  Really cant wait.  Last season must have been brill at the emirates as we beat them and loads of people in fancy dress right?  Saw a video clip on youtube of all villa fans signing a song about the blues about them going down or something like that? Looked awesome

This?

Half a dozen of us, pissed up, bowing to Doug in his Rolls outside Finsbury Park tube was pretty funny as well.

[Rick_avfc]

Yep!  thats the one ....brilliant

[olaftab]

3 of us are booked on coach 37 today.  The ticket office at 4PM had one person on duty and whilst I was there only another couple of people turned up. I wa stold that Aresenal have specifuied no limit and we can sell as many as we want. The  chap couldn't yell me how mant tickets we have sold but he said the average number per coach was 50 so based on that we have about 2000 on coches so far and I guess about a 1000 or so making  their own way.

[Ads]

There are/were 95 left from the 5200 earlier today.

[richard moore]

You may have it relatively easy on the coaches as I am busy trying to navigate a way round the inevitable Sunday engineering works on Southern between Chichester and London Victoria..

[waynejames]

got mine coach 29! 

[VillaAlways]

I notice on the OS that we are being dropped and picked up at Finsbury Park 20 mins walk from the Emirates.Anyone know of any decent pubs around here ?

[luke25]

Wahay got 2, you'll all be pleased to know my mates coming and she's somewhat of a good luck icon, Reading away in the FA Cup, Utd at home 2-2, Newcastle home 1-0, Everton home 1-0, Sunderland away 0-2, Chelsea home 0-0, we've as good as got it in the bag!

[Rick_avfc]

is the VP car park going to be open for fans to leave their cars there for the day while we are away at the game?

[richard moore]

Wahay got 2, you'll all be pleased to know my mates coming and she's somewhat of a good luck icon, Reading away in the FA Cup, Utd at home 2-2, Newcastle home 1-0, Everton home 1-0, Sunderland away 0-2, Chelsea home 0-0, we've as good as got it in the bag!

My wife is coming and she has a similar pedigree. 2-2 in the Charity Shield Spurs, 2-0 home to Everton, 5-1 home to Bolton, 5-1 Birmingham.....and plenty of other examples. I think she may have seen us lose once back in the early 80s away at Spurs in the Cup when we stood - very quietly - on the Shelf at WHL

[Dave Clark Five]

is the VP car park going to be open for fans to leave their cars there for the day while we are away at the game?

It usually is. Get there early with that amount of people going as it will get full.

[Brian Taylor]

I notice on the OS that we are being dropped and picked up at Finsbury Park 20 mins walk from the Emirates.Anyone know of any decent pubs around here ?

The Auld Triangle, St Thomas Road N4 2QH, is usually lively. Good pint of Guinness at the right price. Irish music on Sunday evenings!
Otherwise The Wenlock Arms in N1/EC1 nr Old St tube. Villa supporters always welcome. Everybody is welcome! Great range of Real Ales.
www.wenlock-arms.co.uk

[SoccerHQ]

I notice on the OS that we are being dropped and picked up at Finsbury Park 20 mins walk from the Emirates.Anyone know of any decent pubs around here ?

Most of them around there and on Highnbury high street will be home only.

The usual away pub is Drayton Pub by the away end but it will be rammed no doubt.

Dunno what time the coaches get in but if it's reasonably early you can always get the train/tube into St Pancreas or Euston and find a decent boozer from there.

[PeterWithesShin]

Depends where in Finsbury Park, but the vast majority will be home only i'd have thought, especially Seven Sisters Road/Stroud Green Road area which is by the tube station.

[SoccerHQ]

Posted that before viewing what Kinghthin had posted two pages ago, the good pub guide for north London is there!