FA Cup Final - Pre-Match Thread

[charleeco7]

I have 3 Fa cup and 3 league games. One of the league games is Everton which is to be played. If I book the West Ham/burnley games (neither of which I can go to) will they be able to be used for the criteria on the 13th may?

[Billy Walker]

We stay in the west and in claret and blue!


From FA website…


The 2015 FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Aston Villa at Wembley Stadium will kick-off at 5.30pm on Saturday 30 May, with both clubs receiving allocations of 25,000 tickets.

It’s anticipated that a high percentage of Aston Villa supporters will be travelling into London via Wembley Stadium Station so the club will keep the West end of the stadium, their home for the 2-1 Semi-Final win over Liverpool last Sunday.

Arsenal fans will be situated in the East section of the stadium and their team will wear their away kit of yellow and blue, after Villa won the coin toss to wear their home colours of claret and blue.

Both BBC One and BT Sport 1 will broadcast The FA Cup Final live, while tickets across four different prices will be sold by both clubs - £50, £70, £90 and £120.

As well as the 50,000 ticket split between the two finalists, approximately 20,000 tickets will be distributed to volunteers through the football family which includes counties, leagues, local clubs and charities.

Football family tickets will also include the 92 Premier League and Football League clubs, plus another 134 Full Member clubs and all clubs that have reached the Third Round Proper of this season’s competition.

As The FA Cup Final is part of the Club Wembley membership package, 17,000 tickets will be used by Club Wembley members.

If we are the "home" team can anyone confirm whether this means the FA, media and everyone else have to officially refer to the game as "Aston Villa v Arsenal" as opposed to "Arsenal v Aston Villa".  (I don't like Villa being referred to second in anything...yes, yes, sad, I know.)

Arsenal v Aston Villa

Cheers. 

[AV82EC]

Looks like May 12th for me and AV82EC Junior! Was panicking we wouldn't get one but looks like we're ok.

[DBTW]

Staying with the 'same as the semi' theme, I have just booked the Premier Inn Euston again

[AV82EC]

I have 3 Fa cup and 3 league games. One of the league games is Everton which is to be played. If I book the West Ham/burnley games (neither of which I can go to) will they be able to be used for the criteria on the 13th may?

If you book West Ham you'll be eligible on the 13th.

[Gerrin]

Arsenal last lost a cup final in their yellow strip to a team wearing claret and blue in 1980.

[Goldie.7]

The ticket pricing is taking the piss. I'm sure they could sell the allocation 10 times over at the prices listed but that doesn't make it right. 

Unfortunately it's all about business these days.

[frank black]

What's the chance of the them selling out before the last days criteria, if those that can buy up the last home games in order the qualify. Have they factored this in I wonder.

[Pat McMahon]

Arsenal last lost a cup final in their yellow strip to a team wearing claret and blue in 1980.

I thought W Ham played in white that day?

[saunders_heroes]

Question about matches attended for the FA Cup final criteria - would the semi final vs Liverpool be classed as a game attended for your booking history?

[Richard E]

Arsenal last lost a cup final in their yellow strip to a team wearing claret and blue in 1980.

I thought W Ham played in white that day?

Shhh! Don't tell anyone that! You'll spoil the good omen!

The trim was claret and blue.

Can we get Trevor Brooking on loan for the game?

[DeKuip]

Question about matches attended for the FA Cup final criteria - would the semi final vs Liverpool be classed as a game attended for your booking history?

You wouldn't get many being sold on the first day if they didn't! (We've played 5 cup games including the semi).

[Chipsticks]

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[exigo]

Interesting that it doesn't say everybody who hits the published criteria will get a ticket, like it did for the semi.

[Toronto Villa]

I realize I'm not paying the ticket price but for a cup final those prices aren't bad. Superbowl tickets as a comparison I think had a face value of $900 or $1000 for example for a one off event. I paid $600 in 2005 to watch Pittsburgh vs Seattle. As a once in a lifetime event as it will be for some then it's kind of the going rate.