FA Cup 6th round - home to Olbiyun

[Chipsticks]

It would sell out if they let people buy the tickets.

Are they not?

[Legion]

Only if you have a varied booking history.

[itbrvilla]

How is it looking now? Was hoping to get a few tickets today.

[shirley_villan]

How is it looking now? Was hoping to get a few tickets today.

Loads left in Trinity Upper, a fair few in Witton Lane Upper and a few in Witton Lower corner near the Holte.

[silhillvilla]

I tried to get a villa mate 2 yesterday . Absolutely no chance. Only 1 per ST ref.

[joe_c]

Does anyone with any familiarity with the upper tier of the Trinity Road stand know if there are elevators? I am toying with relocating as I think the Holte may be a bit too lively for my dad.

[silhillvilla]

Does anyone with any familiarity with the upper tier of the Trinity Road stand know if there are elevators? I am toying with relocating as I think the Holte may be a bit too lively for my dad.

There is a lift mate yes .

[leylandalbion]

Not good all those green seats....even with the restrictions on purhcases, you would think we could fill 36k seats...

[DeKuip]

Not good all those green seats....even with the restrictions on purhcases, you would think we could fill 36k seats...

Why? We only sold about 22,000 in the last round so why should this round be that different, home sales have gone up about 500 a round so far as both Bournemouth and Leicester both brought the maximum 6,500, as will Albion.
The noticeable thing about the FA Cup these days is that it seems to be more attractive to away fans. West Ham had over a quarter of the crowd at the Hawthorns last round with Albion struggling to shift about 14,500 tickets.
Cheaper than the other night of course but the £30 I had to pay for the Trinity Road was a bit over the top for a cup game live on TV. It's not as if the opposition are any kind of attraction.

[leylandalbion]

Not good all those green seats....even with the restrictions on purhcases, you would think we could fill 36k seats...

Why? We only sold about 22,000 in the last round so why should this round be that different, home sales have gone up about 500 a round so far as both Bournemouth and Leicester both brought the maximum 6,500, as will Albion.
The noticeable thing about the FA Cup these days is that it seems to be more attractive to away fans. West Ham had over a quarter of the crowd at the Hawthorns last round with Albion struggling to shift about 14,500 tickets.
Cheaper than the other night of course but the £30 I had to pay for the Trinity Road was a bit over the top for a cup game live on TV. It's not as if the opposition are any kind of attraction.

Its an FA Cup Quarter final - one of only 2 chances of silverware we have any hope of winning each year.  A Trophy we haven't won since 1957. The 1st QF at home since year dot, and we are playing a local rival.  Why should we sell out for an annual beating against Liverpool / Utd and not fill our ground for what could be a season all villa fans could remember for ever (for good reasons!).  I would not have missed this for anything - nor the Semi or the Final if we make it.  Nor would my boys.  I would have thought amongst the huge city of birmingham there were 36k people (who had previously registered to watch a game!) who were of similar mindset of me!

[Holte L2]

Not good all those green seats....even with the restrictions on purhcases, you would think we could fill 36k seats...

Why? We only sold about 22,000 in the last round so why should this round be that different, home sales have gone up about 500 a round so far as both Bournemouth and Leicester both brought the maximum 6,500, as will Albion.
The noticeable thing about the FA Cup these days is that it seems to be more attractive to away fans. West Ham had over a quarter of the crowd at the Hawthorns last round with Albion struggling to shift about 14,500 tickets.
Cheaper than the other night of course but the £30 I had to pay for the Trinity Road was a bit over the top for a cup game live on TV. It's not as if the opposition are any kind of attraction.

Its an FA Cup Quarter final - one of only 2 chances of silverware we have any hope of winning each year.  A Trophy we haven't won since 1957. The 1st QF at home since year dot, and we are playing a local rival.  Why should we sell out for an annual beating against Liverpool / Utd and not fill our ground for what could be a season all villa fans could remember for ever (for good reasons!).  I would not have missed this for anything - nor the Semi or the Final if we make it.  Nor would my boys.  I would have thought amongst the huge city of birmingham there were 36k people (who had previously registered to watch a game!) who were of similar mindset of me!

I do think they should have opened it up on Monday for us ST holders to purchase additional seats.

[AVH87]

I also thought they would allow ST holders to buy extra seats this week. Can only imagine they feared some STs buying them and then selling them on to Albion fans for a profit.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Didn't Pulis hint at resting some players for this game?

Sure I heard him saying  something about the league being the top priority, unless it was a dream.

[Dr Butler]

I'm not going sadly if anyone needs a Client ref...

PM me if you need one..

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[Chico Hamilton III]

Not good all those green seats....even with the restrictions on purhcases, you would think we could fill 36k seats...

. It's not as if the opposition are any kind of attraction.

The opposition is a massive attraction tomorrow. Do you reckon there'd be this level if interest if were playing, say, Southampton? The FA Cup history between us and Albion pre-dates the founding of any of the "big" Premier League clubs. If this was 2 Manchester clubs playing there'd be hysteria

And I want revenge for the 3 nil humping they dished out to us at the Oval in 1892