......because the ground was nearly full and there were City fans turning up on the night wanting tickets?
Scandalous Attendance at Villa Park
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......because the ground was nearly full and there were City fans turning up on the night wanting tickets?
blueyorkie
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I assume you weren't there, we did open tier 3!
HelloCity
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Rag.
I was which is why I said the blocks not the stand. Some blocks were shut
I accept Everton wanted more tickets, equally i accept there may well have been problems with segregation, but our attendance (record for COC semi) was over 50,000, yesterday Villa Park was little more than half full, and as you can see from the photos, vast swathes of seats were empty, right next to City's end. I can't think of one "valid" reason for not making part of that section available to City fans. I appreciate someone posted the Police were against this, however i stand by my assertion that there was no valid reason for this stance
Suede Jacket
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I can understand Villa not giving all of the empty seats to City. But surley all of the North stand and parts of Trinty Road stand could be given to City without to much hassle since there obviously was demand?
East Level 2
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23,636 announced at the game and on City's web site. Where did 26,000 come from?
Read it in one of the papers this morning.
23k is even more laughable. 1/4 of the crowd were away fans.
East Level 2
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I don't suppose you've bothered to check some of our FA Cup attendances over the past 20-odd years. 2000-01 for example.
What would you have accepted as OK for a team that is almost guaranteed to go down?
What would you have accepted as OK for a team that is almost guaranteed to go down?
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23000 isn't particularly bad.
We got 25000 as a rule for early round cup games pre-takeover.
We got 25000 as a rule for early round cup games pre-takeover.