The play offs.

[footyskillz]

Quoted from the guardian article by Ben Fisher


“Last season, Huddersfield were promoted with a negative goal difference, while in 2007 Derby went up via the play-offs, despite winning only six of their final 15 games of the regular season."

“But since 1992, the inception of the play-off system in its current four-team format involving the teams between third and sixth, the third-placed team has the most favourable record. In those 26 seasons, the team that finished third has won promotion on nine occasions (35%), fourth, four times (15%), fifth, eight times (31%) and sixth, five times (19%). In the past 10 seasons, the third-placed side has won promotion on four occasions, most recently Norwich City in 2015.“

"Fulham finished third after blowing the chance to gain passage to the Premier League at Cardiff City’s expense but have the chance to redeem themselves when they travel to Derby County on Friday evening before the second leg at Craven Cottage on Monday. They are yet to win a play-off game in six attempts, two of which came last season against Reading."

[cumbriavilla]

My lucky Wembley end must be behind the goal to the right of the royal box where I was for the '94 final against United and the 2000 Bolton semi. If I am anywhere else it doesn't end well.

You might have to go and sit with our oppositions fans...

[Rudy65]

Apart from having to edit my ticket, it was pretty easy. Just need to sort the away one now.

Just got mine
Had a go at editing them but Champions League Final 17/18 across the top didn't work........

You must have accidentally clicked on the Wolves website....

I can live with £20 for the play off semi but will be intrigued to see the Wembley pricing when we get through. If it is at cup final levels that would be massively taking the piss.

A quick google search revealed last years prices as £98, £76, £64, £52 and £36.

Yep the whole Wembley "experience" will be in full swing.

I'm yet to have a good view at Wembley. I even spent £100 odd on the Cup Final ticket and still ended up in a corner.

I think the most annoying thing is that there seems to be no pattern to sales. Jane and I got ours for the 2015 Cup Final as Season Ticket holders who'd been to every round, yet ended up in the same block, only about 10 rows in front, of our husbands who'd scraped their tickets by buying for 3 games AFTER we got to the final! Even then - 2 of those were junior tickets as they couldn't actually get to the games but just bought tickets to get the 'stubs'.

In 2010 I got our tickets within 5 minutes of the lines opening, and ended up above the Royal Box - which sounds good but it's really high up, and if we'd won the cup we wouldn't have seen us collect it!

You would think there could be some option to get a better choice of tickets for those who meet higher qualifying criteria. Apparently, for the 2015 semi-final - tickets on the half way line were released after they'd been selling for about a week already! For that one we were right on the back wall of the bottom tier behind the goal with a post box view! - Although - banging like mad on that wall to make as much noise as possible was great fun!

Wembley is a lottery and it shouldn't be. Had great seats v Liverpool and less so v Arsenal. Terrible low seats v Man U when I was a STH

Problem was you could only pick a big section where you wanted to go, not the specific area or seat. Buying on line via VP is generally good, buying for Wembley will be the usual havoc, but as long as we go up.......

[Pat McMahon]

So a conservative approach on Saturday would be expected? If we get a 0-0 up there, then an early Boro goal on Tuesday would not be anywhere near as bad then if they did count.

All immaterial. Whip ‘em 3-0 Saturday and 2-0 up by half time Tuesday evening should do it.

I'd still be shitting myself at half time

[Ads]

If you're shitting it, it will be worse for Boro having to come into a cauldron of Villa Park, 40,000 home fans under lights, stadium bouncing, with opposition players in claret and blue who've played in many a night like this before.

[chrisw1]

Still quite a few tickets left (mostly single seats though) and now on general sale.

[Exeter 77]

I've just had a look at the seating map for K2 to see if those who sit around me had got their tickets and there are just 4 single seats left in the whole block.

[Risso]

Got my ticket, glory hunting twat that I am.

[QuintonVilla]

Do we think it will sell out? I reckon around 38k-39k with some empties in the Upper Trinity and Upper Witton.

[andyh]

I had a notification from the villa today that said over 30k tickets sold in 3 days.
Bloody hell, thats some going.

[leylandalbion]

I would be very surprised if it didn't sell out
  Why would a near enough dead rubber against derby sell out and not  semi final?

[AsTallAsLions]

Of course it'll sell out. Frankly I'd be embarrassed for us if it didn't.

[SoccerHQ]

Do we think it will sell out? I reckon around 38k-39k with some empties in the Upper Trinity and Upper Witton.

Don't understand why Derby would sell out and Boro wouldn't.

It will be 40k + no bother.

[eamonn]

I guess the high gate v Derby was due to it being a rare Saturday home game at 3pm against a decent rival and at the time a slight chance it might be our last home game of the seaaon when tickets were on sale.

[PeterWithe]

I’m trying to buy one online for my mate, I’ve already got min early uploaded to my ST. As it’s on general sale I should now be able to do this shouldn’t I?

I can only get as far as clicking on the part of the ground I want the ticket for and no further.

EDIT: Even on general sale you cant buy more tickets on your reference. All sorted now though with a couple of seldom used references