Villa Park Redevelopment

[Pat McMahon]

Looking at the seat selector this evening, I noticed for the first time that a lot of the rows at the back of the Holte are now marked as "this is a future rail seat".

How long has that been there?

Paulie, I think I saw it for the Everton game in August. Left side upper Holte was my home since the late 70s and I tried to book it for the above game. There were notices saying future rail seat and also when clicking on available seats there was a lovely message saying “fuck off, these are reserved for Terrace View members, please look elsewhere.” I think it is impossible to book upper Holte seats for league games.

Or I’m shit at using the Villa tickets site…..

[Nev]

The two spare seats next to me are always occupied by TV punters for League Games, and so far all have been genuine Villa fans but it will interesting to see what happens when we play the likes of Newton Heath and Liverpool. Particularly when you consider the more, ahem, vocal supporters in that part of the ground.

[Scratchins]

From the OS
*Please note, our home fixtures against Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers will not go on general sale and will only be available to fans who have attended one or more home league games since the 2016/17 season

[Nev]

From the OS
*Please note, our home fixtures against Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers will not go on general sale and will only be available to fans who have attended one or more home league games since the 2016/17 season

The cynic in me says that that will go out of the window in order to sell TV and LG spaces.

[Bad English]

Could work as "Stechford Baths".

[Percy McCarthy]

From the OS
*Please note, our home fixtures against Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers will not go on general sale and will only be available to fans who have attended one or more home league games since the 2016/17 season

The cynic in me says that that will go out of the window in order to sell TV and LG spaces.

There’s a Polish guy at work who wants to take his 11 year-old son to the Legia game. He’s not a Legia fan - he’s been here a few years and his son is a Villa fan. He was knocked back at every turn on the club website as they have no booking history. Another guy at work is a season ticket holder and thought he could help him but he’s only allowed to buy one extra ticket. As a last resort he clicked on ‘Premium Experience’.

Website response? “Come into my parlour” said the spider to the fly.

£130 for two (adult + child) tickets. I got all three games for me and two of my kids for about that (£127 I think).

[rjp]

I'm in K7 and we got emails telling us that is was going to be rail seating pre-season.  Nothing since.  I'm pretty sure it was all a ploy to try and make room for the TV.  There's a set of 3 seats across from us that had 2 blokes in last game.  One was so hammered after half time they didn't see very much of the 2nd half.

[Des Little]

The cynic in me is expecting some aggro at the Legia game. By all accounts they’re bringing way more over than we’ll allow in the away end, so TV and LG may be their only way in, and they’re not known for their subtlety…

[astonvilla82]

I'm in K7 and we got emails telling us that is was going to be rail seating pre-season.  Nothing since.  I'm pretty sure it was all a ploy to try and make room for the TV.  There's a set of 3 seats across from us that had 2 blokes in last game.  One was so hammered after half time they didn't see very much of the 2nd half.

They said because I would have to move to make room for the disabled seating, they gave me a choice of a rail seat in the upper Holte, luckily I didn't have to move

[pauliewalnuts]

The cynic in me is expecting some aggro at the Legia game. By all accounts they’re bringing way more over than we’ll allow in the away end, so TV and LG may be their only way in, and they’re not known for their subtlety…

The sales criteria for those are the same as everywhere else in the ground, though.

[Percy McCarthy]

The cynic in me is expecting some aggro at the Legia game. By all accounts they’re bringing way more over than we’ll allow in the away end, so TV and LG may be their only way in, and they’re not known for their subtlety…

The sales criteria for those are the same as everywhere else in the ground, though.

See my post above paulie re my mate at work.

Normal seats - no booking history, no ticket.

Premium experience - no booking history, no problem.

And whether one thinks this is relevant or not, that’s for a father and son with Polish names.

[Pat McMahon]

The cynic in me is expecting some aggro at the Legia game. By all accounts they’re bringing way more over than we’ll allow in the away end, so TV and LG may be their only way in, and they’re not known for their subtlety…

The sales criteria for those are the same as everywhere else in the ground, though.

See my post above paulie re my mate at work.

Normal seats - no booking history, no ticket.

Premium experience - no booking history, no problem.

And whether one thinks this is relevant or not, that’s for a father and son with Polish names.

A mate in Poland got me tickets for Legia away. He tried and failed to get tickets for my mate who came out and ended up getting him a hospitality ticket for about €180. I think every club I know of is seeing this phenomenon where money trumps all normal rules.

Like Paulie, I think Legia will see this game as a chance to make a statement.

[Ads]

I assume getting the horses up from Gloucester was a trial for Legia.

If they act up, something tells me they'll come unstuck at the expense of WMP...

[pauliewalnuts]

The cynic in me is expecting some aggro at the Legia game. By all accounts they’re bringing way more over than we’ll allow in the away end, so TV and LG may be their only way in, and they’re not known for their subtlety…

The sales criteria for those are the same as everywhere else in the ground, though.

See my post above paulie re my mate at work.

Normal seats - no booking history, no ticket.

Premium experience - no booking history, no problem.

And whether one thinks this is relevant or not, that’s for a father and son with Polish names.

Ah apologies, didn't spot that inference, good point. That's surely asking for trouble.

[Brend'Watkins]

The cynic in me is expecting some aggro at the Legia game. By all accounts they’re bringing way more over than we’ll allow in the away end, so TV and LG may be their only way in, and they’re not known for their subtlety…

The sales criteria for those are the same as everywhere else in the ground, though.

See my post above paulie re my mate at work.

Normal seats - no booking history, no ticket.

Premium experience - no booking history, no problem.

And whether one thinks this is relevant or not, that’s for a father and son with Polish names.

Ah apologies, didn't spot that inference, good point. That's surely asking for trouble.

They should call it Vintage Terrace View....All the luxury and trimmings with added violence just like in the old days.