Never to the dark side Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 Not played Villa in the league since 1979/80 and the cup since 1981/82 So get down the gate on Saturday, as many city fans won't have seen the City in action against the Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Necromancer Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 Might help if they opened the top tier, only about 140 seats for sale and most singles or right at the front! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 At last count 5 of us from our row in the WS will miss Saturday, holidays and all that. Now I've mentioned it up front and I have a note so no posts about empty seats after the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Dazzler Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 3 hours ago, cynic said: It probablywon't get close to the Newcastle attendance. Two games close together and the club slow in getting all the tickets on sale - seems like they are waiting till the Dolman and SS and all the front row seats are sold before releasing upper tier tickets. That guarantees a lower attendance than it should be as its a day of tickets sales wasted. It also shows the poor financial decision to house 1000 home supporters in what is now effectively the away end. There was not really a tangible effect at the Newcastle game as we sold out what we were allowed to sell under the capacity restrictions on the day. But Villa have sold their allocation and quite clearly could have sold the whole of the stand which I believe is around 4000. So assuming that the 1000 would be watching the game elsewhere, we would already be selling tickets in the Upper Lansdown. But you are certainly right about the poor marketing of this game regardless of the number of Villa fans. They should have as many tickets as possible under SAG ready for sale, if they did they could tell the hapless matchday announcer that we could be having "our best crowd for 7 days" on Saturday. There is also the distinct possibility that we might beat Scunny and land a top club (who knows maybe Chelsea or even The Gas) at home in the next round, and make a killing on fans who want tickets for that game (sorry, I mean maximise potential ticket revenue income) by selling vouchers for such a game on Saturday. Obviously we can rest assured that the sales team have got such a plan in place ready for that scenario................. But I'm not holding me breath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daored Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 1 minute ago, New Dazzler said: It also shows the poor financial decision to house 1000 home supporters in what is now effectively the away end. There was not really a tangible effect at the Newcastle game as we sold out what we were allowed to sell under the capacity restrictions on the day. But Villa have sold their allocation and quite clearly could have sold the whole of the stand which I believe is around 4000. So assuming that the 1000 would be watching the game elsewhere, we would already be selling tickets in the Upper Lansdown. But you are certainly right about the poor marketing of this game regardless of the number of Villa fans. They should have as many tickets as possible under SAG ready for sale, if they did they could tell the hapless matchday announcer that we could be having our best crowd for 7 days on Saturday. There is also the distinct possibility that we might beat Scunny and land a top club (who knows maybe Chelsea or even The Gas) at home in the next round, and make a killing on fans who want tickets for that game by selling vouchers for such a game on Saturday. Obviously the sales team have got such a plan in place ready for that scenario................. But I'm not holding me breath Agree there are a number of clubs whose away following would sell out the Ayeto. It's revenue for the club which is being lost, plus I think a big away following would improve the atmosphere as well. Leeds, Villa, Newcastle would sell that away end out. Wolves, Brighton, Birmingham Sheffield Wednesday would certainly come close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 5 minutes ago, daored said: Agree there are a number of clubs whose away following would sell out the Ayeto. It's revenue for the club which is being lost, plus I think a big away following would improve the atmosphere as well. Leeds, Villa, Newcastle would sell that away end out. Wolves, Brighton, Birmingham Sheffield Wednesday would certainly come close. Leeds is a night game so maybe not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 9 minutes ago, daored said: Agree there are a number of clubs whose away following would sell out the Ayeto. It's revenue for the club which is being lost, plus I think a big away following would improve the atmosphere as well. Leeds, Villa, Newcastle would sell that away end out. Wolves, Brighton, Birmingham Sheffield Wednesday would certainly come close. Derby too maybe and, dare I say if they were doing well, our Welsh friends? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 Was that the game Gary Shaw got a hatrick? If so I was there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashton_fan Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 4 hours ago, Never to the dark side said: Not played Villa in the league since 1979/80 and the cup since 1981/82 So get down the gate on Saturday, as many city fans won't have seen the City in action against the Villa. We played at Villa Park on August 25th that season and won 2-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WessexPest Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 3 hours ago, daored said: Leeds, Villa, Newcastle would sell that away end out. Wolves, Brighton, Birmingham Sheffield Wednesday would certainly come close. Not at all convinced re Birmingham - their support has fallen off a cliff since they got relegated out of the Prem. Did you see their attendance v Wolves, Saturday? It was piss poor. They'll turn out for the despised Villa but that's about it if they have another season of mid-table ignominy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibs Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 13 hours ago, cynic said: It probably won't get close to the Newcastle attendance. Two games close together and the club slow in getting all the tickets on sale - seems like they are waiting till the Dolman and SS and all the front row seats are sold before releasing upper tier tickets. That guarantees a lower attendance than it should be as its a day of tickets sales wasted. Agree, I know a small group of people who want to go (not City fans I might add, local living neutrals), but won't buy any of whats left available. Suspect there are a fair few more like that. People want to sit together with a decent view. They really need to look at the point at which they open up the top tier. Doesn't seem to have been much thought gone into it. The fact that the games are so close together obviously doesn't help and unfortunately the result against Newcastle (despite the performance being okay). Shame we couldn't give them a goal to cheer, after all, it's that feeling that gets people addicted and wanting more!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Necromancer Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 3 hours ago, cynic said: Around 100 tickets left according to the ticket site. IF that is true why is the top tier not on sale yet ? What I expect to see today is hundreds more tickets released in S24 and across the lower Lansdown. Update coming shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 15 hours ago, daored said: Agree there are a number of clubs whose away following would sell out the Ayeto. It's revenue for the club which is being lost, plus I think a big away following would improve the atmosphere as well. Leeds, Villa, Newcastle would sell that away end out. Wolves, Brighton, Birmingham Sheffield Wednesday would certainly come close. Sheffield Wednesday would sell their allocation on a Tuesday night, their support is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View from the Dolman Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Maybe this URL is a hidden message... (the story is actually about Adam Matthews!) http://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/upper-tier-open-for-villa-clash-3266502.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Necromancer Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 About 600 now on sale in W6 & 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webzcas Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 18 hours ago, Never to the dark side said: Not played Villa in the league since 1979/80 and the cup since 1981/82 So get down the gate on Saturday, as many city fans won't have seen the City in action against the Villa. First ever game I went to see City was in the Cup against Villa in the 81/82 season. I was seven years old. Whilst haven't got a season ticket this year due to family commitments on weekends etc, I have just purchased a ticket for the game on Saturday. First game at the Gate this season. Although have made the treks to Wycombe and Norwich. Looking very much forward to it. Hopefully, three points in the bag by 5pm Sat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BCFC Grim Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 7 minutes ago, cynic said: So why hasn't the club announced the upper is open on the official web site ? Or is it buried somewhere that isn't obvious ? Because the club don't seem that bothered. They were hardly pushing the Newcastle game and doing even less ( if possible) for this one. How many tickets are available? We never seem to know. If it wasn't for this site I wouldn't have a clue what's going on. Should be sick of hearing the club pushing tickets, but no, nothing. A pretty poor show......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 I remember in 1966-7 we had a run of 20 plus crowds from January to the penultimate home game! We were battling perennial relegation, BUT we had a big cup run with a couple of "voucher" games in with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 Seems some Villa fans buying tickets in the home end. No issue, as discussed on the other thread, if people doing this keep quiet - but there's no guarantee of that and if not, issues are inevitable. I know the club obviously want to fill the stadium, but surprised no extra measures have been taken preventing people with no buying history/obvious Birmingham postcodes buying tickets. Guess that's hard to do on their online ticketing system. For games like Newcastle/Villa this situation was inevitable.. @Mkelly, is the club aware of this sort of thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xerox6060 Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 I know three Villa fans with tickets in the south stand all live in Weston (surprise surprise) so easy to get tickets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screech Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 This is why it was such a mistake to not give the atyeo fully to away fans. The EE's should have been given their old spot in the corner of the SS and the family enclosure should be lower dolman or even better, the neutral upper Lansdown stand. They really need to sort this out. Why do we have to over complicate a simple thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogkev Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 1 hour ago, screech said: This is why it was such a mistake to not give the atyeo fully to away fans. The EE's should have been given their old spot in the corner of the SS and the family enclosure should be lower dolman or even better, the neutral upper Lansdown stand. They really need to sort this out. Why do we have to over complicate a simple thing. That would've made good sense, the corner of the SS could have been dubbed the EE, decked out with the flags and banners, and allowed to flourish and grow. I use this term too much, but really seems a no-brainer to make the Atyeo the away stand. We could've then changed the name of the South Stand to the New Atyeo, as really feel that our own fans should be sitting in the stand named after out greatest ever player (of bygone years). Still, everything in life can usually be improved, so perhaps in future the Atyeo will be just for away fans (with a different name, of course!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natchfever Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 On 22/08/2016 at 21:21, daored said: Agree there are a number of clubs whose away following would sell out the Ayeto. It's revenue for the club which is being lost, plus I think a big away following would improve the atmosphere as well. Leeds, Villa, Newcastle would sell that away end out. Wolves, Brighton, Birmingham Sheffield Wednesday would certainly come close. Lets put this shit to bed shall we ? check out percentage of home fans taken away last season. Then consider how far distant we are for the majority of clubs as opposed to a team in the midlands or northwest meaning less would travel to the likes of us and Norwich/Ipswich.The majority of grounds in that list are comparable in size or bigger than the new AG plus the generosity of sides like MK and Fulham in handing over home advantage to visitors. Despite all that only Leeds would have filled the current away allocation at our stadium on an average basis. http://the72.co.uk/54224/championship-average-attendance-2015-2016/2/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 On 22/08/2016 at 21:21, daored said: Agree there are a number of clubs whose away following would sell out the Ayeto. It's revenue for the club which is being lost, plus I think a big away following would improve the atmosphere as well. Leeds, Villa, Newcastle would sell that away end out. Wolves, Brighton, Birmingham Sheffield Wednesday would certainly come close. Over the whole season a hell of a lot of £££ going down the drain..someone else is welcome to do the maths,(cheers!)-its a 'no brainer..... And aside,surely the larger the attendance the better the atmosphere(usually).we want the gate buzzing as much as possible and strong away followings always add a spark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 20 hours ago, BCFC Grim said: Because the club don't seem that bothered. They were hardly pushing the Newcastle game and doing even less ( if possible) for this one. How many tickets are available? We never seem to know. If it wasn't for this site I wouldn't have a clue what's going on. Should be sick of hearing the club pushing tickets, but no, nothing. A pretty poor show......... Feels at times the club still run,dispite the rebuild like a lower league outfit with the mindset to suit..very blinkered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Dazzler Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 36 minutes ago, Robert the bruce said: Feels at times the club still run,dispite the rebuild like a lower league outfit with the mindset to suit..very blinkered Exactly, just took a look at the main page of the Club's Official website. There are 3 "featured" articles and another 5 "news" items. Not one of those relates to ticket sales... except for the one that states "Pay on the night at Scunthorpe". It all gives the impression of being amateurish. As stated above we should all be so fed up of the club banging on about tickets now being available in the Upper Lansdown, but they seem to be embarrassed about it! Add to that the little matter of recruiting a matchday announcer who knows nothing about the club or football culture and hanging him out to dry... it just seems so shoddy when it should be dynamic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjam!n Ultra Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 Different brand name same shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartcliffe red Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 5 hours ago, xerox6060 said: I know three Villa fans with tickets in the south stand all live in Weston (surprise surprise) so easy to get tickets. https://www.villatalk.com/topic/15306-ticket-info/ Few more buying tickets in home end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natchfever Posted August 24, 2016 Report Share Posted August 24, 2016 46 minutes ago, Robert the bruce said: Over the whole season a hell of a lot of £££ going down the drain..someone else is welcome to do the maths,(cheers!)-its a 'no brainer..... And aside,surely the larger the attendance the better the atmosphere(usually).we want the gate buzzing as much as possible and strong away followings always add a spark. Strong away followings usually drown us out at AG like we often do when we go away. Its because everyone is together in one part of the ground. Anyway see post 27 above if anyone is at all interested in facts rather than conjecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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