Aston Villa v Manchester City pre-match thread

[spangley1812]

Villa v Man City
Emirates FA Cup fourth round
Villa Park
Saturday January 30
Kick-off: 3pm
Prices: Trinity Road & Doug Ellis - £20 [adults], £10 [U18s], Holte End - £15 [adults], £10 [U18s], Family Area - £10 [adults], £5 [U18s]
Wheelchair tickets: Available by calling the Consumer Sales Department on 0333 323 1874
Wednesday January 20: On sale to 2015/16 season ticket holders and Villa Cash members*
Friday January 22: On sale to supporters who attended the Emirates FA Cup third round match against Wycombe Wanderers (home or away)
Sunday January 24 (online only): On sale to supporters with an Aston Villa booking history
Monday January 25: On sale to supporters with an Aston Villa booking history
Season ticket holders have until 6pm on Thursday January 21 to claim their own seat
*Tickets for this match are sold strictly on a one ticket per client reference number basis subject to the above sales criteria. A maximum of six tickets can be purchased per transaction.
To buy tickets, contact 0333 323 1874, visit the Ticket Offices at Villa Park and New Street or BUY ONLINE.

[QuintonVilla]

No lower North Stand? Surely we haven't given it to Man City?

[cdbearsfan]

£15-£20 seems pretty reasonable. I doubt a Man City game away will have had such low prices all season.

[Chipsticks]

No lower North Stand? Surely we haven't given it to Man City?

If we have, I'd guess it's a response to Albion throwing chairs down there from the Upper North last season.

[spangley1812]

No lower North Stand? Surely we haven't given it to Man City?

We "may" have given them all of the Noorf stand rather than the upper Noorf and corner of the Witton Lane stand

[QuintonVilla]

That will kill the atmosphere down that end from us big time if they've got 7000 behind the goal.

[AVH87]

On the ticketing page the Trinity Upper, North Stand Upper and Lower, and usual away section in the Witton Upper and Lower are all showing as red and unavailable.

[cdbearsfan]

Maybe they haven't decided yet then: tickets don't seem be on sale on Man City's website.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

No lower North Stand? Surely we haven't given it to Man City?

We have

I had an email saying I couldn't have my ST seat for the game

[QuintonVilla]

No lower North Stand? Surely we haven't given it to Man City?

We have

I had an email saying I couldn't have my ST seat for the game

The normal away end is red on the seat plan aswell, we can't have given them 9-10k surely? Embarrassing if so.

[oswald funkletrumpet]

Up to 15% so around 6500 which I think will be all of the North stand

[DeKuip]

I expect City will have the usual away section and Upper Witton End as is always the case in the cup, and the Witton End lower will be kept empty as part of the punishment for the Albion game last season.

You know, the game where everything that happened was Villa's fault and our spineless club officials were in rush to plead guilty to, apologise for and happy to accept far more punishment than was deserved or would have been given to any club with the balls to stand up for itself.
The reaction of the people who run our our club and who are supposed to act in the interest of Villa fans above anything else, was more of an embarrassment that day than all the rubbish the media came out with.

[luke95]

No lower North Stand? Surely we haven't given it to Man City?

We have

I had an email saying I couldn't have my ST seat for the game

The normal away end is red on the seat plan aswell, we can't have given them 9-10k surely? Embarrassing if so.

If we have then that's purely a financial decision & to sell out the game .

[dave.woodhall]

I expect City will have the usual away section and Upper Witton End as is always the case in the cup, and the Witton End lower will be kept empty as part of the punishment for the Albion game last season.

You know, the game where everything that happened was Villa's fault and our spineless club officials were in rush to plead guilty to, apologise for and happy to accept far more punishment than was deserved or would have been given to any club with the balls to stand up for itself.
The reaction of the people who run our our club and who are supposed to act in the interest of Villa fans above anything else, was more of an embarrassment that day than all the rubbish the media came out with.

It wasn't a matter of being spineless, or embarrassing, or any other How Low Have We Sunk cliche. FA rules had clearly been broken and you can't get beyond that. Villa were guilty, they knew they were going to get punished and in the additional circumstances of media frenzy and hypocrisy trying to shift the blame would, if anything, have made the situation and potential punishment a lot worse.     

[QuintonVilla]

They've got all of the North Stand apparantly, 5900.