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Villa return some of their 1700 allocation - on OS now
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Thats how confident they areM18CTID said:Somewhat surprisingly for a Saturday 3PM kick-off, Villa have returned block 113 of their allocation.
fathellensbellend
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short memories taking the piss out of villa's support, how many of you were amongst the 900 odd city fans that went to villa on a midweek night when we were shit under pearce.
instead of mocking villa's support we should be looking at the real reason they are bringing so few, COST.
instead of mocking villa's support we should be looking at the real reason they are bringing so few, COST.
Skashion
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Has the Villa game been moved to midweek?fathellensbellend said:short memories taking the piss out of villa's support, how many of you were amongst the 900 odd city fans that went to villa on a midweek night when we were shit under pearce.
instead of mocking villa's support we should be looking at the real reason they are bringing so few, COST.
cheddar404
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the old abbey said:Like i said big club my arse.av u got a soft spot for those dummie brummies.cheddar404 said:the old abbey said:Says it all about villa.big club my arse.
It's easy to criticise other clubs' support when ours is bolstered by having a fantastic and successful team.
Nope. Got no time for Villa to be honest. People are short on cash these days and football is too expensive. We took 900 there not so long ago. We can't even sell out Champions League home matches due to the same reason. I'm sure United and Arsenal fans might think "City are a big club, my arse".
The cost of football is the issue, not Villa's support.
Skashion
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It's easy to criticise Villa. Only Everton have spent more seasons in the top flight. They've won the European Cup, as they like to remind us. They have the benefit of being accessible from teams from the north and south. Easily the most successful team in their highly-populated region (unlike us). Yet, for all that, and all the accusations they throw at us of where were you when you were sit, guess which club has the higher all-time average attendance. Is it the wittle club with no history (i.e. us), or the huge club, Villa? Answers on a postcard.cheddar404 said:It's easy to criticise other clubs' support when ours is bolstered by having a fantastic and successful team.
It's a combination of things, but cost is there at the top
2,800 isn't much. How many teams are going to bring that this season:
Arsenal and Spurs have.
Everton, Newcastle, Chelsea, Man Utd, West Ham, Liverpool. That will be less than half of the League. Warning signs for clubs there which they are not going to heed. Less segregation, less aggro, less Police, less Stewards and more home fans. But a big complaint from home fans is atmosphere, and we'll all be the losers in the long run.
And of course there are City fans who go away. You'd have thought by now that Premiership Clubs could spot the trend a mile off and would be doing something about it i.e. a collective cap on ticket prices for visiting fans. Category A prices like we have seen at Arsenal at £70 approx are a joke. Londoners on big wages might be able to afford that but most City fans who regularly follow the club home and away can not.
Come on City. Do something about this. Even if you do it off your own back. Cap the prices for visiting fans. You'll get loads of PR for it, and others will be forced to follow
2,800 isn't much. How many teams are going to bring that this season:
Arsenal and Spurs have.
Everton, Newcastle, Chelsea, Man Utd, West Ham, Liverpool. That will be less than half of the League. Warning signs for clubs there which they are not going to heed. Less segregation, less aggro, less Police, less Stewards and more home fans. But a big complaint from home fans is atmosphere, and we'll all be the losers in the long run.
And of course there are City fans who go away. You'd have thought by now that Premiership Clubs could spot the trend a mile off and would be doing something about it i.e. a collective cap on ticket prices for visiting fans. Category A prices like we have seen at Arsenal at £70 approx are a joke. Londoners on big wages might be able to afford that but most City fans who regularly follow the club home and away can not.
Come on City. Do something about this. Even if you do it off your own back. Cap the prices for visiting fans. You'll get loads of PR for it, and others will be forced to follow
the old abbey said:Says it all about villa.big club my arse.
What would you say about ourselves in terms of 'bigness' when compared with Villa? Not a dig, just wondering how you see it.
Always thought of Villa as one of the so called 2nd tier of big clubs, along with Spurs, Everton and ourselves.
All about perspective I suppose but we are no bigger than Villa in my eyes, memories of midweek away matches there in the 70's are among my most often recalled, that Holte End was immense and took your breathe away when you first stepped onto the Witton Terrace, the ground crackled with atmosphere, big club atmosphere, just like Goodison, WHL & Maine Rd et al Getting goosebumps writing this and remembering the Middlesborough semi final in 76. Night games in the 70's were the best of times.
Anyway, sorry for the ramble, it's a shame villa can't sell a full allocation, there but for the grace of God/Allah go us.
cheddar404
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nw42 said:the old abbey said:Says it all about villa.big club my arse.
What would you say about ourselves in terms of 'bigness' when compared with Villa? Not a dig, just wondering how you see it.
Always thought of Villa as one of the so called 2nd tier of big clubs, along with Spurs, Everton and ourselves.
All about perspective I suppose but we are no bigger than Villa in my eyes, memories of midweek away matches there in the 70's are among my most often recalled, that Holte End was immense and took your breathe away when you first stepped onto the Witton Terrace, the ground crackled with atmosphere, big club atmosphere, just like Goodison, WHL & Maine Rd et al Getting goosebumps writing this and remembering the Middlesborough semi final in 76. Night games in the 70's were the best of times.
Anyway, sorry for the ramble, it's a shame villa can't sell a full allocation, there but for the grace of God/Allah go us.
It's all very raggish this calling Villa a small club.
oakiecokie
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Marvin said:So they are bringing 1100 max for a Sat KO at the Champions?M18CTID said:Somewhat surprisingly for a Saturday 3PM kick-off, Villa have returned block 113 of their allocation.
Message going out there to football clubs. You are killing off the travelling supporter which makes the atmosphere in football. I am sure football clubs can see this happening, but they probably think less away fans then less hassle
1101 Marv.
My future Villa son in law is coming with us and he`ll be in CB3 324.