FA Cup Final - Pre-Match Thread

[cdbearsfan]

5pm kick off is midnight in Beijing
Would have thought 3pm would suit them better ??

I don't think foreign people care too much about the FA Cup, it's all about the Premier League. The 5pm start is considered better for domestic TV viewers.

[greenwichvilla]

Anyone got any ideas how much a club wembley ticket for the final will cost? Also any guesstimates on how much the standard tickets will be going for on the black market? I'm not going to qualify for a ticket so guess I need to start saving... Well done Villa brilliant day yesterday.

£280 is the cheapest I've found considering you'd pay £250 for Club Wembley where you could be surrounded by Arsenal twats that's not too bad.

I'm considering doing this rather than paying a tout. Any idea what you get for £280?

Depends on the package. I've had one that was a paid bar and free tea and coffee before with sandwiches/pies after. I've also had one that was a three course meal before with as much booze as you can get down your neck. The seats are good, lower tier behind the benches.

I was in the Royal Box yesterday. I'm worried I've become 'that guy'.

[SoccerHQ]

Wasn't the 5pm thing just an ITV invention to make it some sort of evening entertainment bonanza with Britan's got Talent following after.

Maybe now it's back on BBC it will go back to 3pm with less need for prime time, I'd prefer it back in the traditional time.

[silhillvilla]

5pm kick off is midnight in Beijing
Would have thought 3pm would suit them better ??

I don't think foreign people care too much about the FA Cup, it's all about the Premier League. The 5pm start is considered better for domestic TV viewers.

Ahh got you, squeezed in before X Factors Got Talent ?

[dave.woodhall]

Anyone got any ideas how much a club wembley ticket for the final will cost? Also any guesstimates on how much the standard tickets will be going for on the black market? I'm not going to qualify for a ticket so guess I need to start saving... Well done Villa brilliant day yesterday.

£280 is the cheapest I've found considering you'd pay £250 for Club Wembley where you could be surrounded by Arsenal twats that's not too bad.

I'm considering doing this rather than paying a tout. Any idea what you get for £280?

Depends on the package. I've had one that was a paid bar and free tea and coffee before with sandwiches/pies after. I've also had one that was a three course meal before with as much booze as you can get down your neck. The seats are good, lower tier behind the benches.

I was in the Royal Box yesterday. I'm worried I've become 'that guy'.

Where can you get Club Wembley for £250?

[silhillvilla]

Club wembley will be £450 upwards per seat

[Dave]

Wasn't the 5pm thing just an ITV invention to make it some sort of evening entertainment bonanza with Britan's got Talent following after.

It was first at 5.15pm in 2012 because there were league fixtures on the same day and they didn't want the clash. There were much higher viewing figures than the previous year, so they've kept it later ever since.

The bright sparks assumed that it was the time that meant more people watched it, rather than the fact that Liverpool vs Chelsea is likely to get higher viewing figures than Man City vs Stoke even if you put it on at 2am.

[PeterWithesShin]

£250 for Club Wembley for the final? Be lucky to get any change from £500.

[pauliewalnuts]

£250 for Club Wembley for the final? Be lucky to get any change from £500.

Absolutely.

The bottom, cheapest CW seats are 180 quid, and that's on the basis that you agree to pay for 12 of them over the season, in one chunk. There are three levels above that - silver, gold, Bobby Moore club.

I think you'll be starting at 500 quid for the final, and that's if you're lucky.

[greenwichvilla]

Anyone got any ideas how much a club wembley ticket for the final will cost? Also any guesstimates on how much the standard tickets will be going for on the black market? I'm not going to qualify for a ticket so guess I need to start saving... Well done Villa brilliant day yesterday.

£280 is the cheapest I've found considering you'd pay £250 for Club Wembley where you could be surrounded by Arsenal twats that's not too bad.

I'm considering doing this rather than paying a tout. Any idea what you get for £280?

Depends on the package. I've had one that was a paid bar and free tea and coffee before with sandwiches/pies after. I've also had one that was a three course meal before with as much booze as you can get down your neck. The seats are good, lower tier behind the benches.

I was in the Royal Box yesterday. I'm worried I've become 'that guy'.

Where can you get Club Wembley for £250?

Don't know... I get them for free.

Their Twitter was saying "start your membership with the FA Cup final" Don't know if that's a help?

[brontebilly]

Is it just Baker and Kozak who are definitely unavailable? Is Clark definitely out?

Whatever about the cup final really need our players to press on for the rest of the league games. Really need to avoid getting dragged back into the relegation dogfight.

Sinclair, Gabby, Sanchez and Hutton all to come back in. I don't rate Cissokho at all and reckon Sherwood doesn't either. Weimann and Gil looked to have dropped down the peck in order at the moment.

[PeterWithesShin]

People are ignoring the most important thing in all this worry about tickets, winning a trophy etc

And that is, who will record our cup final song?

[PeterWithesShin]

Is it just Baker and Kozak who are definitely unavailable? Is Clark definitely out?

Whatever about the cup final really need our players to press on for the rest of the league games. Really need to avoid getting dragged back into the relegation dogfight.

Sinclair, Gabby, Sanchez and Hutton all to come back in. I don't rate Cissokho at all and reckon Sherwood doesn't either. Weimann and Gil looked to have dropped down the peck in order at the moment.

Clark supposedly done for the season.

And we have no way of knowing what Sherwood thinks of Aly as he's been injured since Stoke which was Sherwood's first game.

[thick_mike]

People are ignoring the most important thing in all this worry about tickets, winning a trophy etc

And that is, who will record our cup final song?

Black Sabbath

[eamonn]

ELO, Jamelia and Darren Byfield.