Aston Villa vs Birmingham City Pre-Match Thread

[Hookeysmith]

I do apologise for my horrific use of the English language. But calling me a nose is ridiculous.

Stating my disappointment at not selling out and suggesting we should do something regarding the upper stands.

Seems if we criticise, were now deemed a nose 

Nose   
Only way to find out    off to the ducking pond. If he is scared of water he is a nose

[Tony Erdington]

I do apologise for my horrific use of the English language. But calling me a nose is ridiculous.

Stating my disappointment at not selling out and suggesting we should do something regarding the upper stands.

Seems if we criticise, were now deemed a nose 

Nose   
Only way to find out    off to the ducking pond. If he is scared of water he is a nose




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[PeterWithesShin]

It's very unlikely Andy is one of them, so lets knock that on the head please.

[Andy1874]

i'm not, be in the tavern from 12 if anyone fancies a pint

[Stu]

He's yet to post any gifs in lieu of using words, so I'm pretty sure he's alright.

[SoccerHQ]

The pricing for the Witton and Trinity Upper for league games is ridiculous, 40 quid for most games.

Obviously a price cut for the cup but still the priciest parts of the ground so that's the reason there. People will baulk paying to sit up there due to it being a cup game.

[Andy1874]

It is ridiculous pricing, something needs to be done.

Surely villa notice this

[Dmaund86]

Anyone got an update on ticket sales? I suspect it will be about 37-38k on the night

[Lastfootstamper]

Blanket pricing with concessions all around the ground. That's what I'd do, anyway.

[saunders_heroes]

The reason we don't sell out these days is because of how shite we've been over the last 5 years. We're improving as a team, and as ever the fans will come back as the team gets better.
As for the Small Heath game I expect around 37k which is a bloody good attendance considering it's only the League Cup, live on telly, midweek and against a club whose fans behave like they've just escaped from a zoo.

[LeeB]

The reason we don't sell out these days is because of how shite we've been over the last 5 years. We're improving as a team, and as ever the fans will come back as the team gets better.
As for the Small Heath game I expect around 37k which is a bloody good attendance considering it's only the League Cup, live on telly, midweek and against a club whose fans behave like they've just escaped from a zoo.

And it's been ridiculously hard to obtain a ticket, I've given up as I couldn't get through

[PeterWithesShin]

The reason we don't sell out these days is because of how shite we've been over the last 5 years. We're improving as a team, and as ever the fans will come back as the team gets better.
As for the Small Heath game I expect around 37k which is a bloody good attendance considering it's only the League Cup, live on telly, midweek and against a club whose fans behave like they've just escaped from a zoo.

And it's been ridiculously hard to obtain a ticket, I've given up as I couldn't get through

Can't you order online? I did it for the first time for this game, as I usually go into the shop in town to buy my tickets, and it was very easy and painless with the added bonus of no booking fees for this game.

[Smirker]

The reason we don't sell out these days is because of how shite we've been over the last 5 years. We're improving as a team, and as ever the fans will come back as the team gets better.
As for the Small Heath game I expect around 37k which is a bloody good attendance considering it's only the League Cup, live on telly, midweek and against a club whose fans behave like they've just escaped from a zoo.

And it's been ridiculously hard to obtain a ticket, I've given up as I couldn't get through

Buy online?

[cdbearsfan]

The reason we don't sell out these days is because of how shite we've been over the last 5 years. We're improving as a team, and as ever the fans will come back as the team gets better.
As for the Small Heath game I expect around 37k which is a bloody good attendance considering it's only the League Cup, live on telly, midweek and against a club whose fans behave like they've just escaped from a zoo.

And it's been ridiculously hard to obtain a ticket, I've given up as I couldn't get through

I think this is a major factor. Not sure whether it was our fault that the tickets went on sale so late but would've been much better if we could've put them on sale earlier and spread relevant criteria over a number of days and make the demand more manageable.

Should also be easier to buy online. Plenty of people will have a booking history but won't necessarily know their Client Ref Number. It should be possible to obtain this by emailing name, address, phone number, etc.

[LeeB]

The reason we don't sell out these days is because of how shite we've been over the last 5 years. We're improving as a team, and as ever the fans will come back as the team gets better.
As for the Small Heath game I expect around 37k which is a bloody good attendance considering it's only the League Cup, live on telly, midweek and against a club whose fans behave like they've just escaped from a zoo.

And it's been ridiculously hard to obtain a ticket, I've given up as I couldn't get through

Can't you order online? I did it for the first time for this game, as I usually go into the shop in town to buy my tickets, and it was very easy and painless with the added bonus of no booking fees for this game.

I haven't got a booking history over the last two seasons, I've been going on freebies, or my brother has ordered my tickets so I sit next to him.

Which means online it just refuses to let me purchase for this match.