kick it off 1,948 Posted October 2, 2012 http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2935684,00.html?Villa offering 4 tickets for a combined £44. £11 per ticket. A saving of £28 a ticket on our prices.The fact all applicants for away tickets have been successful again is hardly a shocker. We no longer have the demand for balloted/priority away ticketing and it''s hardly surprising when we''re being milked by the home clubs who then offer 4 tickets to their fans for pittance more than the price of one ticket for us. Shame the days of us charging reasonable prices at home are long gone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kick it off 1,948 Posted October 2, 2012 I should add, they are charging £44 per FOUR tickets to VILLA fans, whilst the away fan price is £39. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brighton Yellow 0 Posted October 2, 2012 The ballot system is used to determine which allocation the club chooses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
......and Smith must score. 1,341 Posted October 2, 2012 The way we screw away fans at Carrow Rd we can hardly complain.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
In Dubious Battle 0 Posted October 4, 2012 [quote user="......and Smith must score."]The way we screw away fans at Carrow Rd we can hardly complain....[/quote]Thats a strange logic? Us fans don''t set ticket prices at Carrow Road so yeah we have every right to complain, its just if we are being consistent and non-hypocritical we should moan about our club ripping away fans of too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MC Fearfull 0 Posted October 4, 2012 We never have league attendance issues though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zemas tendon 0 Posted October 4, 2012 Why would anyone bother going to Villa Park is beyond me, i cant think of nothing worse than seeing Bent score 5 goals and Lambert with a grin like a cheshire cat!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
William Darby 0 Posted October 4, 2012 I thought there was rules stating that like for like seating for home and away seating had to be a similar price? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkchance1 0 Posted October 4, 2012 Someone should tweet Mcnally about this ticket deal, initially according to advertising boards last week it said family ticket for 4, now it just appears to be any 4 tickets. Is it not like Blackburn last year where they''ll have to make an equivalent offer to away fans.It would be nice to get a little victory over Villa however small. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
e10_yellow 0 Posted October 4, 2012 Villa had a very similar offer for the game last year. Newcastle were offering discounted tickets in one home section for last week''s game against us as well. The rules are that home and away ticket prices have to be the same for equivalent seating areas. That''s not the case here as the cheap Villa tickets are upper tier behind the goal, and the away section is along the side. We got a discount on the Blackburn game because that offer was for anywhere in the stadium i.e. including us.It stinks but they can get away with it. The Football Supporters'' Federation are a good body to approach with complaints of this type. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghost of Pongo Waring 0 Posted October 4, 2012 Villa fans sitting in the same stand are paying the same prices. £39 for the lower tier and £42 for the upper tier. The offer is for the North Stand upper which is part of the oldest stand in the ground and not comparable to the Witton Lane Stand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kick it off 1,948 Posted October 4, 2012 [quote user="Ghost of Pongo Waring"]Villa fans sitting in the same stand are paying the same prices. £39 for the lower tier and £42 for the upper tier. The offer is for the North Stand upper which is part of the oldest stand in the ground and not comparable to the Witton Lane Stand.[/quote]They''re all equally as $hit from the looks of them. Although to be fair, their level of dereliction is probably accentuated from never being more than half full. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkchance1 0 Posted October 4, 2012 To be fair it shouldn''t matter where the tickets are in relation to ours, just on a safety issue it seems flawed to me. Considering visiting fans are having to find the money to travel to the game as well in these tough economic times this sort of deal must be surely open to temptation of abuse. I doubt they would do this against Birmingham or Wolves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghost of Pongo Waring 0 Posted October 4, 2012 [quote user="norfolkchance1"]To be fair it shouldn''t matter where the tickets are in relation to ours, just on a safety issue it seems flawed to me. Considering visiting fans are having to find the money to travel to the game as well in these tough economic times this sort of deal must be surely open to temptation of abuse. I doubt they would do this against Birmingham or Wolves.[/quote]I presume that anyone taking up the offer would need to have a previous booking history, especially if the application came from Norfolk.Most, if not all clubs, have various offers during the season at the less high profile games. Obviously this wouldn''t be done at games against Blues, Wolves or Albion but then Norwich wouldn''t introduce ticket offers at a game against Ipswich.[quote user="kick it off"]They''re all equally as $hit from the looks of them. Although to be fair, their level of dereliction is probably accentuated from never being more than half full.[/quote]Is that the best you can do? Why make an attempt at trolling anyway to a post that was not in anyway insulting to your club or fans but just a reasoned reply to the thread? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Highland Canary 76 Posted October 5, 2012 Do we have a smaller allocation or is the interest just lower this season? Or have Villa re-configured the away seating - unlikely I suspect?Last year on the ballot form we had an option of Upper or Lower tier. I''ve just received my tickets - group 2 - in the lower tier and note that tickets are on general sale but only in theist tier.Does this indicate both a lower location with significantly reduced demand from City fans or is there an alternative explanation? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ghost of Pongo Waring 0 Posted October 5, 2012 [quote user="Highland Canary"]Do we have a smaller allocation or is the interest just lower this season? Or have Villa re-configured the away seating - unlikely I suspect?Last year on the ballot form we had an option of Upper or Lower tier. I''ve just received my tickets - group 2 - in the lower tier and note that tickets are on general sale but only in theist tier.Does this indicate both a lower location with significantly reduced demand from City fans or is there an alternative explanation?[/quote]Away fans seats are the same as last season. Sometimes the away club only takes up the minimum allocation and has only one tier but that doesn''t look the case, or seem likely, for this game. Both upper and lower tier are marked as unavailable for purchase on the Villa website. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
