Scandalous Attendance at Villa Park

[trublue55]

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?

with respect, you have totally missed the point of the original post, which was that 2 of my friends (who normally travel with us) could not get tickets for this match, because it (our allocation ) was sold out. On entering the ground it was barely half full, and plenty of adjoining block seats were vacant, and part of those could easily have been sold to City fans, (the demand was clearly there) without compromising segregation policies, and that frankly WAS SCANDALOUS

 

[Deleted member 58678]

with respect, you have totally missed the point of the original post, which was that 2 of my friends (who normally travel with us) could not get tickets for this match, because it (our allocation ) was sold out. On entering the ground it was barely half full, and plenty of adjoining block seats were vacant, and part of those could easily have been sold to City fans, (the demand was clearly there) without compromising segregation policies, and that frankly WAS SCANDALOUS

But we also don't take up full allocations at many grounds throughout every season because the demand isn't there. It's not a scandal, it's just a guess by City to know what to take up as an allocation going off past take-up on games.

I think we were originally offered 6100 at Everton and only took up 5400 or so.

These things have to be decided well in advance to know about Policing and stewarding and segregation etc.

 

[citizen_maine]

with respect, you have totally missed the point of the original post, which was that 2 of my friends (who normally travel with us) could not get tickets for this match, because it (our allocation ) was sold out. On entering the ground it was barely half full, and plenty of adjoining block seats were vacant, and part of those could easily have been sold to City fans, (the demand was clearly there) without compromising segregation policies, and that frankly WAS SCANDALOUS

Why would they give us more than our allocation? Wouldn't they want as few of us there as possible?

 

[sir baconface]

I read in one of the big papers today there were 26,000 there - 5,900 were travelling blues.

Someone should point this out to Collymore next time he's mouthing off about big clubs.

Doubt if the dogging enthusiast understands any number other than 69.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Why would they give us more than our allocation? Wouldn't they want as few of us there as possible?

They want the money, of course.

 

[trublue55]

But we also don't take up full allocations at many grounds throughout every season because the demand isn't there. It's not a scandal, it's just a guess by City to know what to take up as an allocation going off past take-up on games.

I think we were originally offered 6100 at Everton and only took up 5400 or so.

These things have to be decided well in advance to know about Policing and stewarding and segregation etc.

We took our full allocation, but considering it sold out on the Sunday, (and we had posted criteria for at least upto Tuesday) Why , given the usual away allocation was obviously available, why were more not requested / made available to City?
surely Villa could see from there own ticket sales (or lack of them) that their own fans were at best apathetic (pathetic), and they could safely sell more to us, and still keep us well away from their fans?

 

[baildon blue]

Wouldn't like to think what crowds they'll pull in next season in the Championship.

It will be very interesting
I suppose they might get a big crowd for Birmingham City and Wolves .

 

[philiph20]

Ironically after Newcastle it is Villa who spout the 'where were you when you were shit?' With the greatest frequency, bizarrely they were singing the same ditty on Saturday, surely they aren't that thick or are they?.

 

[BringBackSwales]

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?

Not sure that was ever the case when we were playing a top side who also brought 6k fans?

 

[custardpie]

with respect, you have totally missed the point of the original post, which was that 2 of my friends (who normally travel with us) could not get tickets for this match, because it (our allocation ) was sold out. On entering the ground it was barely half full, and plenty of adjoining block seats were vacant, and part of those could easily have been sold to City fans, (the demand was clearly there) without compromising segregation policies, and that frankly WAS SCANDALOUS

Most games this season have sold out at above 10000 points
Yet your two mates couldn't get tickets for a game that sold out at 7000, how odd