Villa away.

[happypig]

Might be all to play for, might be nothing to play for. Whichever way it pans out my boy fancies it (he has a lot of pals in Birmingham and wants to make a weekend of it).
We both have 1034 loyalty points so what do people reckon are our chances of getting a ticket for this one ?

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Doesn't it normally start off around 1,600 or something? Back in the pre child days I never had a problem. this year we have only managed 5 or 6 matches so I won't be there for certain!

 

[Joe Gatting's Dad]

Points required depends on allocation and demand. The club calculates how many tickets it is likely to sell and applies points limits appropriately.

 

[Eastbourne Stripes]

hotel already booked cant wait for this one!

 

[LamieRobertson]

Might be all to play for, might be nothing to play for. Whichever way it pans out my boy fancies it (he has a lot of pals in Birmingham and wants to make a weekend of it).
We both have 1034 loyalty points so what do people reckon are our chances of getting a ticket for this one ?

Join the Villa database ..way they are young there won't be many home supporters there

 

[Nixonator]

Aren't they obliged to give 3-4k if demand is there?

I'd make sure you have at least 1050 regardless.

 

[halbpro]

Aren't they obliged to give 3-4k if demand is there?

I'd make sure you have at least 1050 regardless.

Their maximum capacity is about 3,000 apparently.

 

[Giraffe]

Doesn't it normally start off around 1,600 or something? Back in the pre child days I never had a problem. this year we have only managed 5 or 6 matches so I won't be there for certain!

It won't be anywhere near that high. I have 1901 and have been to most away games and I only have 1383 points.

The Brentford cut off was about 1100 I think? So add a few away games to that before they start to sell Villa and maybe 1150 will be the cut off? I guess they could start it higher though.

QPR and Leeds ahead of this will also be loyalty point games I think.

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Doesn't it normally start off around 1,600 or something? Back in the pre child days I never had a problem. this year we have only managed 5 or 6 matches so I won't be there for certain!

More likely to start at around 1,200, 1,300 at the very highest, very few will have over 1,300..

 

[Notters]

Aren't they obliged to give 3-4k if demand is there?

I'd make sure you have at least 1050 regardless.

No-one is obliged to give more than 2,000 (3,000 in the prem).

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Given Villa are unlikely to have anything to play for, you would hope they would be generous on allocation. We could sell 6-7000 pretty easily if either we're already up, or (more likely obviously) we need a point to scrape into the play-offs

 

[Gazwag]

As Villa will almost certainly now have nothing to play for they will surely give us as many as we need

 

[Ernest]

They have a whole section of a stand they can't be bothered to open so surely they will grab our hands off if we want 10000 tickets, 30 quid a pop will be enough to pay McCormacks wages for a month in the close season

 

[Gazwag]

It won't be anywhere near that high. I have 1901 and have been to most away games and I only have 1383 points.

The Brentford cut off was about 1100 I think? So add a few away games to that before they start to sell Villa and maybe 1150 will be the cut off? I guess they could start it higher though.

QPR and Leeds ahead of this will also be loyalty point games I think.

Brentford was 1,150 then Lincoln 1,160 so I would guess it will slowly go up, QPR maybe 1,180, Wolves 1,190, Norwich & Villa 1,200

I don't know why the club cant announce how many people are in the top brackets. If there are 1,500 tickets available and only 1,000 are in the top bracket then fans in the next bracket will know they will be fighting over 500 tickets.

 

[Behind Enemy Lines]

Away allocation at Villa is usually around 3000.

 

[theboybilly]

hotel already booked cant wait for this one!

Same here

 

[nwgull]

For Middlesbrough last year there were still a couple of hundred left after they had gone on sale to STH below 1050 points. I was lucky enough to be online and buy one at 9.01am during my morning poo.

That was however for a game that, for most fans, required either an overnight stay or setting off at 4am, so demand for away tickets is likely to be much greater, particularly if we need a result from this game. On the other hand Villa are not going to threaten the play offs this season, which means that they're unlikely to sell out the home seats so may give a much larger allocation than their usual 3000. For comparison, I think that we got around 2700 from Middlesbrough, which was obviously a home sellout. This would depend on if they'd need to move STHs from their seats to do this. If they can't or won't give an additional allocation, then I can see away tickets selling out before 1050, probably more like 1100.

Edit: It seems that their Chairman has a history of being a bit of a knob about extra away tickets even with parts of the ground closed, so I wouldn't bank on an increased capacity. See link:

http://www.themag.co.uk/2016/09/comedy-gold-aston-villa-refuse-newcastle-tickets-keep-parts-stadium-shut-season-newcastle-united/

 

[Sussex Nomad]

For Middlesbrough last year there were still a couple of hundred left after they had gone on sale to STH below 1050 points. I was lucky enough to be online and buy one at 9.01am during my morning poo.

In the old days we just took the daily rag to the shitter.

 

[happypig]

So if 1050 is needed, how many do you get for an away game (might go to Wolves and/or Norwich) ?

 

[drew]

1034. I'm guessing you haven't been to many away games this season.