Season Tickets

[VillaTim]

I think that's the new disabled area and the glass facade behind is the front of Terrace View

[RamboandBruno]

I do miss the away days with a group of friends whether it just a day or making a weekend of it, the last championship year was the last time I was able to do that, Sheff Wed probs last one I made it to that was the whole big day out at a league game.
However, as much as the odd one like that would be fun, it would be more difficult now personally as my sons at an age when he really wants to experience the whole away day thing and i want to with him, as before I know it, he’ll probably be going with his mates.
On this, I don’t think anything disproportionate because of a few playing the system so to speak, is necessary. There has to be loyalty to the hardcore who have been going for years. There just also has to be a way in for the newer generation (in terms of age) of supporters, cheesy as it sounds my teenager and the thousands like him are the ones potentially still going in 40 years when I’m either dust, or a miracle of modern day science.

[astonvilla82]

I agree, the overwhelming majority of the 1000 or so of us with full cards, go everywhere and have done for years in times when it wasn't hard to get an away ticket. Trying to stop a small minority passing tickets on at the expense of changing a system that would adversely discriminate those that go is disproportionate.

I think the only fair way with European aways is to go off away loyalty. A lot of the 1000 or so won't be able to go for financial/work reasons, so more would be available. I can't see it going back to either Vienna game or beyond (although it would suit if they did!) as it's just too long ago.

how do you become loyal for away games if you can't get any tickets in the first place

[Ads]

Start supporting us before 2019. As my little man is finding much to his cost in respect of away games.

[amfy]

I went to quite a few away games in the Championship, and in the seasons before that when we were awful, but I’ve never gone to more than about half of the away games because that’s my level.
Since being back in The Premier League I think it’s got impossible because we got bigger allocations in The Championship and we ended up with more people with a full set of games. Also, the 23 awys in those seasons, gave us more people with close to 19.
So far from ‘where were you when we were in The Championship’, it’s actually that was when the numbers swelled, and the ‘hardcore’ that went to all the games got bigger.
It feels like it’s gone ‘all or nothing’. I don’t want to build up an away history of 19 games a season, I’d just like to go to half a dozen or so with my mates like I used to, regardless of ‘when we were shit’.
It’s no good saying you start with ‘Newcastle on a Tuesday night’ when there is no way of ever getting beyond that.

[pauliewalnuts]

The photos circulating on Twitter of the Terrace View adjustment to the Holte are pretty grim.

[Risso]

According to my contact, they’ve stopped selling the Terrace View season tickets now, and are now going to sell them on a match by match basis.

[Gareth]

The photos circulating on Twitter of the Terrace View adjustment to the Holte are pretty grim.

Very grim….look ugly, like something off Cowboy builders - they seem intent on making it look as bad as the facilities and services on the concourses….we have some absolute planks making decisions at our club at the moment.  The disparity in ability betw those making football decisions and those making what should be easy decisions around ticketing etc is stark

[Des Little]

Someone on twitter has pointed out that the mock ups for the new North, together with the revamped Trinity, both have what looks like a large glass fronted areas inbetween top and bottom tiers, rather like the current gas lamp in the North, therefore it appears that the Terrace may be the forerunner of this form of executive seating/lounges in all stands. I’m not sure that the Holte is the place for this though.

[CT]

I saw that photo last night, and have to admit it just made me pretty sad.

It looks shit and it shouldn’t be there.

[Flin5tone]

Looks terrible
I wonder if they will change the seats in the area where they have destroyed the lettering or that won't matter and like the badge it'll be a half job and it won't matter anyway as it's just for the scum

[London Villan]

The same was done with the AV lettering in the North Stand. That was butchered and never fixed properly.

[john e]

https://twitter.com/mckeown_ryan/status/1688621686029942784?s=46&t=KX85xbLNg41h2N4y-FzW2Q

What have they done?!

You have to say that is absolutely scandalous

[Paul.S]

I went to quite a few away games in the Championship, and in the seasons before that when we were awful, but I’ve never gone to more than about half of the away games because that’s my level.
Since being back in The Premier League I think it’s got impossible because we got bigger allocations in The Championship and we ended up with more people with a full set of games. Also, the 23 awys in those seasons, gave us more people with close to 19.
So far from ‘where were you when we were in The Championship’, it’s actually that was when the numbers swelled, and the ‘hardcore’ that went to all the games got bigger.
It feels like it’s gone ‘all or nothing’. I don’t want to build up an away history of 19 games a season, I’d just like to go to half a dozen or so with my mates like I used to, regardless of ‘when we were shit’.
It’s no good saying you start with ‘Newcastle on a Tuesday night’ when there is no way of ever getting beyond that.

There has to be some reward for loyalty but also a chance for others to get onboard.
I missed very few away games between 1980 and 2000 and would’ve been a bit peeved if during the decent seasons I’d been cast aside. A ballot of between 10/15% for each game seems the only fair way in my opinion. I’ve entered every ballot there’s been and never got a ticket but have managed to get some from elsewhere. This is also an issue,
people building their history and not going. Is there a way of stopping this because I can’t think of one?
People used to just stop going but now they keep buying the tickets so they can get to the games they want. It’s being abused by some but what can you do?
10/15% or a couple of hundred per away game on a ballot seems a good way. If you win a ticket this way you sit out the next one.

[chrisw1]

There's a lot of people moaning about this on Twitter.  I'm sure this is actually the new wheelchair area and not just the Terrace View.  However, the areas are clearly connected and it doesn't take much imagination to guess what a longer-term plan would be.  (ooh, look at this lovely wheelchair area we've created in the North Stand / corner, now what shall we do with this very convenient area in front of the Terrace View?....)  I always suspected there would be padded seats coming to the Holte, but it now makes more sense that these would be in the lower not the upper, although the current standing would make it a problem.

You would hope that they will move the letting down a few rows to replace the 'T' before the first game, but they have got a lot of work to do based on the video that's going round.