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Offline pauliewalnuts

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #720 on: July 25, 2019, 10:41:29 PM »
You can however be sat in traffic for 2 hours after a game before you even reach the motorway.

What? ???

The worst I’ve ever experinced was 15 minutes when we played Leeds 2 seasons ago and they held the traffic up to escort their coaches out.

Where the hell do you park and where the hell are you at 7 o’clock on a Saturday game or midnight for a midweek game?

I parked at the ground for the Leeds home game as I was in the 82 Lounge.  Gave it an hour after kick off hour before we left, and it still took an hour to get to the motorway, All of the roads immediately around VP were absolutely gridlocked.  The trouble is, a lot of the surrounding side streets are too small to comfortably get two cars passing down them, so they get blocked and that has a knock on effect everywhere.

The last season, we had a routine of boozing / lunching in town, then getting an uber to the game (a fiver) and then a cab back from Trinity Road after. Basically, as you say, there's nowhere near enough room to get two cars down most of those roads and certainly not to turn around in them, so there's no way I'd try it in my own car, but am happy to pay someone who is prepared to do it with theirs £8 to take me back to town.

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #721 on: July 25, 2019, 10:48:20 PM »
We're going to have to get used to the London idea of getting public transport for at least part of the journey.

Offline AV82EC

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #722 on: July 25, 2019, 11:07:59 PM »
We're going to have to get used to the London idea of getting public transport for at least part of the journey.

If they get public transport sorted then maybe. Isn’t that new Sprint Bus thing going down the Lichfield Road?

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #723 on: July 25, 2019, 11:16:19 PM »
We're going to have to get used to the London idea of getting public transport for at least part of the journey.
And maybe walking a bit.....controversial...

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #724 on: July 26, 2019, 12:15:25 AM »
To me part of the pre match routine is walking 10-15 minutes to the ground, approaching and seeing the Trinity coming into view or Holte pub if I'm coming from the station. Great on an evening of course with the floodlights shining in the distance.

Not the same if you just park in the back streets round by Witton station.


Offline Villafirst

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #725 on: July 26, 2019, 04:15:14 AM »
I wouldn't be able to get a ticket at the Neux Camp, I wasn't one of the 200,000 who watched them in the Fourth Division.

They didn't even sell out last night against the mighty Crusaders in their first European tie in 40 years! I found it amusing watching the pre-match Sky coverage outside the ground with lots of Noddy Holder lookalikes entering the Stadium.

Offline Flin5tone

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #726 on: July 26, 2019, 02:32:49 PM »
My Season Ticket arrived this morning. Gone are the days of a fancy welcome pack. Card stuck to a sheet of A4

Offline aldridgeboy

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #727 on: July 26, 2019, 02:41:37 PM »
I wouldn't be able to get a ticket at the Neux Camp, I wasn't one of the 200,000 who watched them in the Fourth Division.


Applause. 👏🏻👏🏻👍

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #728 on: July 26, 2019, 02:43:58 PM »
We're going to have to get used to the London idea of getting public transport for at least part of the journey.

Been doing it for years on the cross city line. The majority of the stations have decent car parks so you don’t need to live in close proximity. I’m fortunate in that I can walk to one but if I didn’t I would either drive or get a cab to Selly Oak, as it has the most space, and travel on from there. After the game there is a big rush for the first train but if you’re not in a hurry go for a pint or two and the subsequent trains are all fine.

Offline villabear

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #729 on: July 26, 2019, 06:46:04 PM »
Went online at 17.15 to get Everton tickets. Managed to get two tickets together upper Holte K7. Pretty much single tickets in Holte. Bit more choice in other stands but obviously more expensive.

Going to have to move sharpish in future if more than two of us want to go.

Offline villa `cross the mersey

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #730 on: July 26, 2019, 08:08:22 PM »
Claret Membership sorted this week plus tickets ordered for Bournemouth and Everton - looking forward to being back at Villa Park again but not relishing the journey there and back down the M57,M62 and M6
Maybe I should consider returning to Brum in my retirement :)

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #731 on: July 26, 2019, 08:11:51 PM »
It's a lot easier now the M6 from J19-16 is 4 lanes.

Offline villa `cross the mersey

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #732 on: July 26, 2019, 08:28:20 PM »
It's a lot easier now the M6 from J19-16 is 4 lanes.
Cheers for that - I don't get to travel that way much these days - jnr is off down that way tomorrow so will feed back
Out of interest what time would you be hitting the road for the Everton game at home or would you be on half a day?
Jnr could be working anywhere in the North West on that Friday and will be hoping for a handy finish/early dart

Offline mr underhill

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #733 on: July 26, 2019, 08:30:23 PM »
I'd probably leave on Thursday, just  to be sure. The M6 on a Friday is murder.

Offline villa `cross the mersey

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Re: Season Tickets 2019/20
« Reply #734 on: July 26, 2019, 08:37:24 PM »
I'd probably leave on Thursday, just  to be sure. The M6 on a Friday is murder.
:) Looks like a half day for jnr then

 


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