Blues match police crowd management

[dave.woodhall]

They could walk us to Bordesley station and have us away on trains no bother. It's a lot further to Duddeston.

There's nowhere you can go from Bordesley except on the Solihull line.

[Bungle]

Another potential problem with using the Bordesley station is that if I remember correctly it only has one normal service train a week.  So that would mean that special trains would have to be provided, not cheap. And also where would they go to?

Aston or Witton? - Well as many folks would be going back to town, so would get another train to New Street. Which would be a nightmare to police, since the re-modelling of New Street, there is no longer an isolated exit as there used to be off platform 12.

[Toronto Villa]

Game is sold out

[spangley1812]

From PRAVADA

Villa v Blues is on the horizon and - working with the police and having taken their advice - we have put some special measures in place to ensure this derby encounter takes place as smoothly as possible.
The Second City game, on Sunday April 23 with a 12noon kick-off, is always a big occasion with passion and fervour at the absolute maximum.
To that end, please check all our pre and post match details below.
Please be aware that your travel to and from the game will be different to a normal matchday.
So please have a look below to make sure you plan your journey beforehand.

Supporter information pre-match

Parking
Holte End parking
Supporters must be parked before 10.45am via Trinity Road.

North Stand parking (Villa Village)
Access available on Witton Lane until 10am.
After this time please use Witton Road entrance which will be open until 11.30am.

Yew Tree School parking
Supporters who usually park at Yew Tree School are asked to park on Trinity Road via one way system entering from Nelson Road which will open at 11am. (Invited Permit Holder Only)

Supporter entrances

Holte, Trinity & Doug Ellis Home Stand
Supporters are asked to access the stand via Witton Lane from St.Peter & St.Pauls Church direction.

Doug Ellis Box Holders who have Villa Village passes will be required to enter via the North Stand Reception.

North Stand “T” Block supporters
All North Stand “T” Block supporters will need to enter via Trinity Road and then around the Players Car Park.

“R” Block supporters
R Block supporters will need to enter via Witton Lane / Witton Square.

Away supporters
Access will be via Manor Road and Station Road ONLY.

Traffic & Pedestrian disruption
From 10.45am-12noon

Supporter information post-match

Vehicle exit routes

Holte End parking
Supporters will be held until all pedestrians have left.

North Stand parking (Villa Village)
Supporters will be held until all pedestrians have left, exiting via Witton Road.

Yew Tree School alternative parking
Supporters will be held until all pedestrians have left exiting towards Aston Expressway flyover.

Supporter exit routes

Holte, Trinity & Doug Ellis home stand
Supporters are asked to exit the stand and leave via either Trinity Road or Witton Lane towards the Aston Expressway flyover.

North Stand “T” & “R” Block supporters
All North Stand supporters will need to exit via Villa Village Car Park via Trinity Road or the rear entrance onto Witton Road.

Away supporters
The exit route will be via Manor Road and Station Road ONLY.

Traffic & Pedestrian disruption
From 1.45am-2.45pm

Local Residents matchday notice

Saturday April 22
10pm: Parking unavailable on Manor Road and part of Station Road

Sunday April 23
10am: Road block installed. No access through Witton Lane
10.45am: Additional Road blocks installed. Access to Witton Lane & Trinity Road closed
Temporary access available through Serpentine Road, Village Road & Manor Road available until 10.45am and between 12.15pm and 1.30pm.
Full access will re-open from 3pm

Traffic & Pedestrian disruption

From 10.45am-12noon
From 1.45pm-2.45pm

There are some maps to show the above...........No idea how you insert those I am afraid

[four fornicholl]

Fk me, that's tantamount to military planning.

[dave.woodhall]

Fk me, that's tantamount to military planning.

Better that than some half-baked ideas that nobody  knows about.

[wittonwarrior]

Just in case for all blues fans and a good few too many Villa bods will the police allow a lap of honour for the gallant winners at the end.    Give me Fulham away any day.

[four fornicholl]

Fk me, that's tantamount to military planning.

Better that than some half-baked ideas that nobody  knows about.

True, but there's only 2 thousand of them, and from what I can gather, they're coming by coach.
And I do hope it all goes peacefully, for my mum and sister for starters.

[in exile]

I'm sure I read somewhere that it's only 17 or 18 coach loads.
Think it was WMPVilla on Twitter

[UK Redsox]

I park at Broadway School off Aston Lane.

Any ideas how I get to/from the Trinity Road Stand from there ?

I was planning to walk along The Broadway, over Witton Road, up Bevington Road and then hang a left onto Trinity Road.

Reading the above, it appears that I wouldn't be allowed to walk back that way after the game

[UK Redsox]

[amfy]

It's only Witton Lane from Witton Road that you can't get into.

After the game they may shut Witton Road by the Island for a short period, but you can just take a left a bit further up to cut onto Aston Lane if that happens. The Witton Road closure may not happen anyway, and if it does, it'll be brief. That was only at the suggestion of the fans consulted anyway, it wasn't a police idea.

I don't think the route from Trinity to Aston Lane is affected by the plans at present.

In terms of Blues travel - they have 18 coaches bringing 900 and there are trains laid on which will carry 500 each. There's no requirement for that number to be on the trains, but it does seem most Blues fans will be taking a very direct route to and from the ground with the transport provision as it is.

[UK Redsox]

Thanks Amfy.


This is the bit that concerned me

Supporter exit routes

Holte, Trinity & Doug Ellis home stand
Supporters are asked to exit the stand and leave via either Trinity Road or Witton Lane towards the Aston Expressway flyover.

That's the opposite direction that I need to head.

I'll wander down the route I'd planned and if I'm stopped by WMP I'll just 'yokel' up my accent even more and plead ignorance of your big-city ways

[UK Redsox]

Following Amfy's response, I'm now thinking that the "towards the Aston Expressway flyover" applies only to the Witton Lane part of the sentence

[PeterWithesShin]

I'll just 'yokel' up my accent even more

I don't think that's possible Mr Sox.