Walsall v Aston Villa Humongous Thread

[silhillvilla]

Can anyone advise what the parkings like near the ground? What sort of overall attendance is likely tonight? 8k ?

[curiousorange]

Most people usually park on the retail estate next to the ground; there's always plenty of space but getting off at the end is a trial.

Was talking to the groundsman last night; he reckons the pitch has been mown that many times the markings have completely disappeared. The whole process of sorting it means he has to walk five miles in the piss rain today.

[dave.woodhall]

As it's their 125th anniversary game there's going to be some presentations and I believe that various Walsall legends will be on the pitch at half-time, including Ray Graydon and Chris Nicholl.

[Simon Ward]

A Graydon penalty and a Nicholl own goal should settle it then!

[PaulTheVillan]

Walsall 1-0 Villa.

Header from a corner

[Olneythelonely]

Will the Saddlers be ok to drink before hand? Anyone know what time it opens?

[HOLTENDER]

5pm in the King George V pub, Wallows Lane (opposite Morrisons) for a sharp pre-match drink anyone? Only a 5 minute walk to the ground then

Great pub full of Villa.

I'll avoid it.

I would probably avoid the town centre. Just been out to get my lunch and there are already two police vans parked by bus station and the civic square. They may prevent Villa fans from drinking around those spots?

[dave.woodhall]

5pm in the King George V pub, Wallows Lane (opposite Morrisons) for a sharp pre-match drink anyone? Only a 5 minute walk to the ground then

Great pub full of Villa.

I'll avoid it.

I would probably avoid the town centre. Just been out to get my lunch and there are already two police vans parked by bus station and the civic square. They may prevent Villa fans from drinking around those spots?

Surely that can't be because of the match.

[HOLTENDER]

5pm in the King George V pub, Wallows Lane (opposite Morrisons) for a sharp pre-match drink anyone? Only a 5 minute walk to the ground then

Great pub full of Villa.

I'll avoid it.

I would probably avoid the town centre. Just been out to get my lunch and there are already two police vans parked by bus station and the civic square. They may prevent Villa fans from drinking around those spots?

Surely that can't be because of the match.

Nothing else going on out there, so one can only assume.

[curiousorange]

Walsall is full of pissheads and anti-social behaviour. The police are there because of that, no because people are arriving from ten miles down the road for a pre-season friendly.

[pauliewalnuts]

Walsall is full of pissheads and anti-social behaviour.

Ha ha, that should be their town motto thing.

[rob_bridge]

I learned to read when Chris Nicholl was still a Villa player. For a few years after I thought Nicholl OG was his full surname.

[dave.woodhall]

I doubt more than a handful of our supporters will be promenading the boulevards of Walsall. It must be for something else.

[The Man With A Stick]

Does Walsall bus station still have the Black Diana statue?  I haven't been there for years.

[PeterWithesShin]

Walsall Football Club have advised us that, on police instruction, no further tickets can be made available to Villa fans this evening.

Tickets will only be made available to Saddlers fans with a past booking history.

Villa supporters without tickets are urged not to turn up tonight as they will not be able to gain admission to the stadium.

If you would like to see the game - and you're an AVTV subscriber - the match will be screened live tonight.

The match kicks-off at 7.30pm, with live pictures coming to us on AVTV from around 7.15pm.

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