Season Tickets - 2022/23

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I don't come across many people who say they've been priced out now. Maybe it's an age thing but down the match I see lots of children with parents, lots of the sort of shires inhabitants we're all supposed to be and the same people I've always seen. The yoof are supposedly being priced out but at what age is that happening?

The youth seem to be there every away game on the concourse at 14:45, chucking £6 bottles or beer about too.

[RamboandBruno]

I don't come across many people who say they've been priced out now. Maybe it's an age thing but down the match I see lots of children with parents, lots of the sort of shires inhabitants we're all supposed to be and the same people I've always seen. The yoof are supposedly being priced out but at what age is that happening?

I grew up in Hockley and used to go with a group of kids from Hockley/Ladywood and there were loads of other kids from those areas that went in the 80s It would be interesting to know how many kids from still deprived areas such as those are going. I genuinely don’t know the answer to that, so am not challenging what your saying.

I wonder if it was more a community thing - you went down the match with your mates because that was where your mates were going.

I think there is a lot of truth in this Dave and also what Mike says below about snap decisions to go to a match. I got my first season ticket in 86-87 aged 12 as did a lot of my mates, something prophetic in the amount of rubbish ive seen, another story. But i didnt  have a season ticket every year, as i didnt need to, because as Mike says, you could just decide to go a few hours before k/o.
My mum only moved from her council house in Hockley 7 years ago to one of those retirement villages, there was still some community left there then, but it was a lot different, quieter even. I think more transient families.
I think the point about people with stable jobs being ‘encouraged’ to move away from social housing is an important one as well, Thatcher encouraged those estates to be to a certain extent occupied by those left behind, and its doubtful spending limited money at a football match is on the priority list.

[Dogtanian]

Just to say I've been priced out,along with my lad. It is what it is,as they say

Genuinely sorry to hear that.

[colin69]

I was declined for the interest free credit option (which I knew I would be) but thankfully my son earns a decent wage and bought mine and his in one go. I will pay him back at the same rate as it would have been with the finance. It’s a bit embarrassing that as a 53 year old I have to rely on my son paying up front but that’s my fault for years of poor money management. I personally don’t think our season ticket prices are that bad compared to everyone else.

[dave.woodhall]

Just to say I've been priced out,along with my lad. It is what it is,as they say

Genuinely sorry to hear that.

Me too. I'm sure there are plenty who have been priced out, but I daresay it's something that you might not want to make public.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Just to say I've been priced out,along with my lad. It is what it is,as they say

Genuinely sorry to hear that.

When we end up in a situation like this - when genuine long term loyal fans can no longer afford to go to games, then I begin to really worry about the direction we’re moving in as a club. Alex Alex Cropley has forgotten more about Villa than I could ever learn.

[RamboandBruno]

Just to say I've been priced out,along with my lad. It is what it is,as they say

Genuinely sorry to hear that.

When we end up in a situation like this - when genuine long term loyal fans can no longer afford to go to games, then I begin to really worry about the direction we’re moving in as a club. Alex Alex Cropley has forgotten more about Villa than I could ever learn.

That is the problem, they rely on our loyalty ss supporters, some decades and decades long, a lifetime, but ultimately they treat everyone of us a customer/consumer. I don’t know what the answer is as ultimately everyone football club is a business, but football clubs have that loyalty and life long support more that other forms of consumerism where we catch switch from Tesco to Aldi or Virgin to Now TV. Im sure there are ways to make millions with a social conscious if the will across clubs was there, something for lower income supporters, rewarding loyalty for the likes of Alex Alex Cropley.

[mike]

I don't come across many people who say they've been priced out now. Maybe it's an age thing but down the match I see lots of children with parents, lots of the sort of shires inhabitants we're all supposed to be and the same people I've always seen. The yoof are supposedly being priced out but at what age is that happening?

I grew up in Hockley and used to go with a group of kids from Hockley/Ladywood and there were loads of other kids from those areas that went in the 80s It would be interesting to know how many kids from still deprived areas such as those are going. I genuinely don’t know the answer to that, so am not challenging what your saying.

I wonder if it was more a community thing - you went down the match with your mates because that was where your mates were going.

I think there is a lot of truth in this Dave and also what Mike says below about snap decisions to go to a match. I got my first season ticket in 86-87 aged 12 as did a lot of my mates, something prophetic in the amount of rubbish ive seen, another story. But i didnt  have a season ticket every year, as i didnt need to, because as Mike says, you could just decide to go a few hours before k/o.
My mum only moved from her council house in Hockley 7 years ago to one of those retirement villages, there was still some community left there then, but it was a lot different, quieter even. I think more transient families.
I think the point about people with stable jobs being ‘encouraged’ to move away from social housing is an important one as well, Thatcher encouraged those estates to be to a certain extent occupied by those left behind, and its doubtful spending limited money at a football match is on the priority list.

I went back to my estate after about ten years away, as a police officer. I could not believe the difference between the well maintained, if poor, houses and gardens I remembered and the shit, graffiti and general detritus that was everywhere. I had never, having grown up on that estate witnessed anything like it. Most people had never worked and had no intention of ever working, not because they were genetically lazy, selfish ne'er do wells but because they were the collateral damage of Thatcher's policies. That is the legacy of Thatcher and how anyone votes for her scum descendants is beyond me. Anyway, I'll stop now because this is nowt to do with season tickets and that only socialist in the world sickbeggar will be on here telling me I'm a Blairite or something.

[The Edge]

There's a twitter article doing the rounds claiming that we have sold 32,200 season tickets and 93.7% of those do not have a "B" postcode. My blue nose nephew sent it to me. It was originally posted by someone with the twitter name "SolihullBlues" Oh the irony.

[AV82EC]

There's a twitter article doing the rounds claiming that we have sold 32,200 season tickets and 93.7% of those do not have a "B" postcode. My blue nose nephew sent it to me. It was originally posted by someone with the twitter name "SolihullBlues" Oh the irony.

It’s bullshit, file under Bluenose seeking attention on the internet.

[astonvilla82]

There's a twitter article doing the rounds claiming that we have sold 32,200 season tickets and 93.7% of those do not have a "B" postcode. My blue nose nephew sent it to me. It was originally posted by someone with the twitter name "SolihullBlues" Oh the irony.

It’s bullshit, file under Bluenose seeking attention on the internet.

he may be correct,I normally reside in Stratford, but occasionally use my holiday home in Northfield on match days

[AV82EC]

There's a twitter article doing the rounds claiming that we have sold 32,200 season tickets and 93.7% of those do not have a "B" postcode. My blue nose nephew sent it to me. It was originally posted by someone with the twitter name "SolihullBlues" Oh the irony.

It’s bullshit, file under Bluenose seeking attention on the internet.

he may be correct,I normally reside in Stratford, but occasionally use my holiday home in Northfield on match days

You posh bastard.

[olaftab]

Looking at the ticket cost for Everton game I am very annoyed that the club are charging normal ordinary  prices. This will let in regular working class riff-raff destroying the ambiance. Just NOT acceptable.

[astonvilla82]

There's a twitter article doing the rounds claiming that we have sold 32,200 season tickets and 93.7% of those do not have a "B" postcode. My blue nose nephew sent it to me. It was originally posted by someone with the twitter name "SolihullBlues" Oh the irony.

It’s bullshit, file under Bluenose seeking attention on the internet.

he may be correct,I normally reside in Stratford, but occasionally use my holiday home in Northfield on match days

You posh bastard.

and have a drink in the Black Horse with the orc's, helps me to blend in when down at Villa Park

[sid1964]

Read elsewhere that you have until noon today to make sure that your home address details are correct on your Villa account as they are going to be sending out season tickets shortly.