Season Tickets

[levico]

Fkn shambles. The fact that I expected it is no consolation. Queued for 50 minutes and missed the first 20 mins. CL but still two bob at heart.

[London Villan]

It didn't look great outside at 5:20pm - hundreds stuck in big queues trying to get into the Lower Trinity.

[Risso]

You could see that the Holte was nowhere near full at kick off, despite them delaying the kick off.

[London Villan]

Oh and nice to see the dozens of empty seats in the lower witton, where they turfed out all the season ticket holders.

[Risso]

I thought the atmoshpere was practically non-existent today, a bit weird for the first home game against a big team like Arsenal. It didn't help that the ground was a third empty 10 minutes before kick off I guess.

[DeKuip]

Oh and nice to see the dozens of empty seats in the lower witton, where they turfed out all the season ticket holders.

That really annoyed me too, mainly thinking of those turfed out - but also for all those who couldn’t get or afford a ticket today. At least the cushioned blue seats won’t have got damaged.

[Villan82]

Oh and nice to see the dozens of empty seats in the lower witton, where they turfed out all the season ticket holders.

That really annoyed me too, mainly thinking of those turfed out - but also for all those who couldn’t get or afford a ticket today. At least the cushioned blue seats won’t have got damaged.

Wonderful team
World class manager
Best average attendances in decades
Impossible to get tickets

And our strategy is to scrap redevelopment in favour of chasing after prawn sandwhich eaters who don't even bother to occupy the seats thousands would dearly love.

This is the problem with Heck. It is so absolutely out of kilter with the  DNA of this club.

[AlexAlexCropley]

So Risso and son have to travel from Leicester in the hope that someone will let them in, but none of this is in any way anything to do with AVFC.

Dramatic or what

Err no - just a statement of fact.

Stressed out and pissed off fans are going to be arriving at B6 6HE today wondering how they're going to get into the ground.

It's all very well "hoping" that they'll be able to do so and the club has some contingencies in place.

Perhaps you'll  be able to get there good and early and help them, in the same way you did for the blokecwith the iPhone?

I'm sure they'd all appreciate your assistance

Watch those pearls don’t strangle you.
Anyway…. I’m parked off up and off to the ground. hopefully I’ll be able to get in.
I wonder how many horror stories we will read later of the 1000’’s locked out.
Keep us posted

Did you get in on time?

[AV82EC]

Got to our usual entrance for the upper trinity at about 5pm, shorter queues than usual through the turnstiles no problem and at my seat for about 5:15 after watching the TVs for about 5 mins. Was there a problem elsewhere? 

[Gareth]

Shocking outside, was in the queue outside Witton Lower P Block at 4.15…got in 5 mins after kick off, absolutely no organisation, queues were free for all with lots of pushing and the potential for trouble when idiots were pushing in.  Felt dangerous and unsafe but absolutely no communication to the crowds.  If no one was hurt it was a fluke….

As much as I mock the incompetent service in that stand they lost a good deal of revenue.,,.I know it’s only inconvenienced the GA plebs but serious questions should be asked of the lack of organisation, lack of communication and lack of failure planning for the ticketing shambles

[dalians umbrella]

Oh and nice to see the dozens of empty seats in the lower witton, where they turfed out all the season ticket holders.

I sit in the central upper DE.

Today I was bemused as to why so many of what I initially thought were idiots were sitting in the wrong seats for a sell-put game, getting turfed out when the actual seat owners arrived (late,  because of the queues outside), moving to the wrong seats again and getting turfed out again.

Anyway, when 3 of these people ended up behind me I asked them what was going on.

When they were turfed out of their season ticket seats in the lower DE to make way for the 150 Club, they decided to move season ticket seats to the DE Upper.  These new seats are in row AA. Slight problem - you can't sit in row AA because that's where the cameras are so they've bought seats that don't exist. The stewards told them to just sit anywhere.

Good work Villa!

[Paul.S]

Got to my seat in the Lower Holte 15 minutes late after queuing for half an hour.
The stewards said they didn’t know what was going on and there were hundreds behind me.

[aldridgeboy]

Oh and nice to see the dozens of empty seats in the lower witton, where they turfed out all the season ticket holders.

I sit in the central upper DE.

Today I was bemused as to why so many of what I initially thought were idiots were sitting in the wrong seats for a sell-put game, getting turfed out when the actual seat owners arrived (late,  because of the queues outside), moving to the wrong seats again and getting turfed out again.

Anyway, when 3 of these people ended up behind me I asked them what was going on.

When they were turfed out of their season ticket seats in the lower DE to make way for the 150 Club, they decided to move season ticket seats to the DE Upper.  These new seats are in row AA. Slight problem - you can't sit in row AA because that's where the cameras are so they've bought seats that don't exist. The stewards told them to just sit anywhere.

Good work Villa!

Wow ! That’s ridiculous

[VillaTim]

My digital card arrived at 09:11 hours this morning . Talk about cutting it fine . Didn't matter though as I have the physical ST too.

[levico]

Oh, and when I eventually got to my seat, there was someone sitting in it. He moved without protest but he and his mates said that the seats shown on their tickets didn’t  exist anymore.

Outside I spoke to one of the stewards with a K badge. He said that his company usually organises the turnstile operations but this season Villa had decided to do things themselves - or at least attempt to.

Let’s hope this is sorted out for future matches.