FA Cup Final - Pre-Match Thread

[Pat McMahon]

I saw plenty of touts around 2pm, when I arrived at Wembley - strange when there were 5000 unsold seats.

PWS is spot on re Wembley - it is a definite upgrade on the old stadium (from my 3x experience in the top tier) but it has no aura. Also I can see the arch from my kitchen window whereas I saw nowt of the old stadium.

I know somebody who is a club Wembley member - semi final was quoted at £269 and club Wembley charge a 15% "handling fee" on top of that. Final will be ludicrously expensive, particularly with 40,000 Arsenal season ticket holders chasing their 25k tickets.

[PeterWithesShin]

I still think the face value prices for the final are a piss take. My seat was £53 for the semi, same seat is going to be £90 for the final. A £63 seat goes up to £120. I can understand them charging more, but that big an increase? Just shows how much the FA cares about ud fans, they know we'll pay it so fuck us.

[stuart445]

Sorry laughing policeman you can't take credit for the lambert sacking as that was me, I emailed Tom Fox asking for Lambert to be sacked and a matter of hours later Paul Lambert got the sack. So I demand to be the one to lead villa out in the final 😁

[Marlon From Bearwood]

One of our group bought a Club Wembley ticket off a tout for £150 about half hour before kickoff. He was very pleased with that.

[Pat McMahon]

My club Wembley contact has just sent me a text. Prices are £379 - £1499, but they are not yet up for sale

[Chico Hamilton III]

I know grass roots football survives pretty much because of the thankless work that many volunteers do but does that mean that tickets should be handed out to them?
I'm fucked right off that the majority of seats at the Cup Final will be taken by people who don't support either club. Well, in theory they will. Of course we all know that piles of these tickets will end up in the hands of genuine supporters who've had to pay through the nose via some twat of a tout to see their own club play one of the most important games in their history. Absolutely fucking-well stinks. If this were FIFA we'd all be calling for a change in policy. No doubt whoever is in next year's final will be saying the same. And the one after.   

[joe_c]

I saw a few touts at around 11-12 o'clock. They were saying "will buy any spare tickets" but that's because they're not allowed to state that they are selling them, I think.

So if anyone is shouting about buying tickets he (it's always a he) has some for sale.

And is almost certainly a Mancunian.

[lovejoy]

Sorry laughing policeman you can't take credit for the lambert sacking as that was me, I emailed Tom Fox asking for Lambert to be sacked and a matter of hours later Paul Lambert got the sack. So I demand to be the one to lead villa out in the final 😁

I did that to (seriously) 11 Feb 13:09.

[Richard E]

I saw a few touts at around 11-12 o'clock. They were saying "will buy any spare tickets" but that's because they're not allowed to state that they are selling them, I think.

So if anyone is shouting about buying tickets he (it's always a he) has some for sale.

And is almost certainly a Mancunian.

The guy I saw was! With that degree of psychic powers, can I have Saturday's lottery numbers please?

[Chris Jameson]

I know grass roots football survives pretty much because of the thankless work that many volunteers do but does that mean that tickets should be handed out to them?
   

It's our clubs end of season tournament in May, my other half has put a lot of hours in helping set everything up and working it in all weathers in the past with little or no thanks, she's being badgered to help again this year despite being snowed under with work and her having to spend a lot of time visiting her mum in hospital. I might offer to stand in if they can tell me what is happening to any tickets the club receives.

[freethinker]

My wife brought me a 40 year old bottle of Port for my 40th Birthday.

I said I would only open it to celebrate Villa getting to the FA Cup Final. That was neigh on 6 years ago.

As the clock strikes midnight on Friday 29th May 2015 my FA Cup Final experience will commence with the opening of the said bottle.

Never in a million years did I think I'd be saying that back in February.

 So so  Happy

I wish I had your willpower.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Apparently, the Frankie Gavin v Kell Brook fight is on the same night as the Final - at the O2 arena.  There will be a pretty big exodus from Birmingham that weekend.

[olaftab]

My club Wembley contact has just sent me a text. Prices are £379 - £1499, but they are not yet up for sale

How does that work than Paul?  What does being a member entitle you? Do these Club Wembley members have a seat to sell?

[hipkiss92]

I know grass roots football survives pretty much because of the thankless work that many volunteers do but does that mean that tickets should be handed out to them?
   

It's our clubs end of season tournament in May, my other half has put a lot of hours in helping set everything up and working it in all weathers in the past with little or no thanks, she's being badgered to help again this year despite being snowed under with work and her having to spend a lot of time visiting her mum in hospital. I might offer to stand in if they can tell me what is happening to any tickets the club receives.

And I thought philanthropy was dead

[spangley1812]

My club Wembley contact has just sent me a text. Prices are £379 - £1499, but they are not yet up for sale

How does that work than Paul?  What does being a member entitle you? Do these Club Wembley members have a seat to sell?

I am pretty sure that Club Members have bought a seat for every event @ Wembley i.e all the Footy games, NFL. Concerts, etc and then its up to them if they want to attend or resell their seat........