Villa Park Redevelopment

[Clampy]

You see, Paulie and Amfy have both put up informative responses but if you think it's going to stop Wilma seemingly  browsing the ticket sales and having a pop before every game that does not sell out, it won't. He's a bore, and you've just both wasted your time on him.

[LeeB]

It's all about opinions /s

[exigo]

Factor in the train strikes and it's hardly a surprise there are a few tickets left. Bunch of us coming up from London have had to work hard to figure out lifts and how to get back from an 8pm kick off, which will mean missing the last tube back from various drop-off points – that's put a fair few people off. Can easily imagine it'll be the same for anyone living further afield.

[LeeB]

To underline Pauliewalnuts point, my mate who sits with me is currently in Oz and has already missed more games than he's been to this season without the three coming up

[martyn ellis]

Maybe not the right thread (someone tell me where best to place it) but I have been a ST holder for many years, but this year has been ridiculous re my ability to get to games from London. A combination of Evening Kick Offs, the World Cup, disrupted train services and a host of other stuff, has limited my attendance to about 4 games this season. Selling my ticket on is not much of an option as you end up with a fraction of the ticket price and it's not worth the hassle. There must be others in my position as I see plenty of Villa shirts at Euston when there is a regular kick off time. I'm not currently thinking of giving up my ST, but it's certainly been on my mind recently. 7,000 empty seats for Wolves does not surprise me, as there are plenty of devoted fans who don't live on VP's doorstep.

[chrisw1]

Maybe not the right thread (someone tell me where best to place it) but I have been a ST holder for many years, but this year has been ridiculous re my ability to get to games from London. A combination of Evening Kick Offs, the World Cup, disrupted train services and a host of other stuff, has limited my attendance to about 4 games this season. Selling my ticket on is not much of an option as you end up with a fraction of the ticket price and it's not worth the hassle. There must be others in my position as I see plenty of Villa shirts at Euston when there is a regular kick off time. I'm not currently thinking of giving up my ST, but it's certainly been on my mind recently. 7,000 empty seats for Wolves does not surprise me, as there are plenty of devoted fans who don't live on VP's doorstep.

Selling your ticket on is a click of a button and well worth it.  Obviously it only applies to sold out or nearly sold out games, but I've never had any problem when I've sold a ticket back to the club, it couldn't be easier.

[Flin5tone]

I understand all of the above but it's no different to other big clubs in the league all seemed packed to the rafters last night.

If we can't sell out against Wolves when we are in form and a real feel good factor around then how will we do with a 50,000 seater stadium , that's all I'm saying .  We could often have 10,000 empty seats when the supply and demand weakens and there's no real need to be a season ticket holder or buy in advance.

We've got s very strong base but the support can't be taken for granted.

[Pat Mustard]

On top of everything else, it's worth remembering we'll be playing at home 3 times in the next 9 days - there will be close to 120k through the turnstiles in the next week or so which is pretty remarkable given the time of year, how much it all costs and and the amount of travel disruption.

Also there were plenty of empty seats on display at Arsenal last night if you looked closely, and they are top of the fucking league!

[Flin5tone]

With the travel disruption etc I doubt paying supporters would be annoyed if the club gave tickets out to those local schools,churches,mosques,support groups etc It would do no harm and give those in the local area who wouldn't normally go a chance to see what it's like and may well be gripped forever .

[luke95]

I understand all of the above but it's no different to other big clubs in the league all seemed packed to the rafters last night.

If we can't sell out against Wolves when we are in form and a real feel good factor around then how will we do with a 50,000 seater stadium , that's all I'm saying .  We could often have 10,000 empty seats when the supply and demand weakens and there's no real need to be a season ticket holder or buy in advance.

We've got s very strong base but the support can't be taken for granted.

think you're underestimating the effect the train strike has had on tonights game tbh, if trains were running or it were a Satday game it would've sold out.
It'll be a ball ache to get from one side of Brum to other tonight let alone those who travel from further afield.

[Risso]

I understand all of the above but it's no different to other big clubs in the league all seemed packed to the rafters last night.

If we can't sell out against Wolves when we are in form and a real feel good factor around then how will we do with a 50,000 seater stadium , that's all I'm saying .  We could often have 10,000 empty seats when the supply and demand weakens and there's no real need to be a season ticket holder or buy in advance.

We've got s very strong base but the support can't be taken for granted.

think you're underestimating the effect the train strike has had on tonights game tbh, if trains were running or it were a Satday game it would've sold out.
It'll be a ball ache to get from one side of Brum to other tonight let alone those who travel from further afield.

Also it's expensive, and January's a shit month for money for everybody. Plus all the schools have just gone back.

[AV82EC]

I’m one of those further afield fans and  the train strikes are impacting my decision to attend but I am driving down. However I have to do that for evening games as the last train back to Macclesfield is at 2201 and I’d have to miss probably the last 20 minutes to make that train. I still find it remarkable that the last train between the two biggest conurbations outside London is at 10pm. <eye roll emoji>

[martyn ellis]

Maybe not the right thread (someone tell me where best to place it) but I have been a ST holder for many years, but this year has been ridiculous re my ability to get to games from London. A combination of Evening Kick Offs, the World Cup, disrupted train services and a host of other stuff, has limited my attendance to about 4 games this season. Selling my ticket on is not much of an option as you end up with a fraction of the ticket price and it's not worth the hassle. There must be others in my position as I see plenty of Villa shirts at Euston when there is a regular kick off time. I'm not currently thinking of giving up my ST, but it's certainly been on my mind recently. 7,000 empty seats for Wolves does not surprise me, as there are plenty of devoted fans who don't live on VP's doorstep.

Selling your ticket on is a click of a button and well worth it.  Obviously it only applies to sold out or nearly sold out games, but I've never had any problem when I've sold a ticket back to the club, it couldn't be easier.

Agree Chris W; just loading up my moaning session with a bit extra. Not really a problem but my point is the difficulty of actually getting to and from games from a distance. Attending Villa park is still, after many years, one of my 'joys' and you can't beat being there. Tonight I can't even see the game on tv. But your point is well made.

[dave.woodhall]

We've given tickets away before, and it has no real effect on anything except complaints from supporters who've already bought tickets.

[Pat Mustard]

I understand all of the above but it's no different to other big clubs in the league all seemed packed to the rafters last night.

If we can't sell out against Wolves when we are in form and a real feel good factor around then how will we do with a 50,000 seater stadium , that's all I'm saying .  We could often have 10,000 empty seats when the supply and demand weakens and there's no real need to be a season ticket holder or buy in advance.

We've got s very strong base but the support can't be taken for granted.

think you're underestimating the effect the train strike has had on tonights game tbh, if trains were running or it were a Satday game it would've sold out.
It'll be a ball ache to get from one side of Brum to other tonight let alone those who travel from further afield.

Also it's expensive, and January's a shit month for money for everybody. Plus all the schools have just gone back.

The schools are another big one.  It's hard enough getting kids out of bed for the first couple of days back after Christmas at the best of times, never mind if they haven't gone to bed till nearly midnight which will be the case today.