Villa Home Semi final on sale from 6pm

[Livid]

2 hours ago, worth_the_wait said:

As at 4.30pm, there were 9743 tickets left.

 

What better way to make New Years Eve go faster, than counting up unsold seats!

   

 

(I still think Wigan sales might hit Villa numbers, although obviously happy to be wrong.  There are only about 900 tickets left for Wigan, with J3, K, and L (and possibly P) the only home blocks still to be opened).

I know it’s just after Christmas and it’s three home games in a week etc but we haven’t  been in a Semi Final for nearly 20 years.

 

Sometimes I feel we’re a little too critical of our fan base particularly away from home but with the season we’ve been having I’m amazed that after STH and Members nearly 10k are hitting general sale. 

[Stephen Hughes]

Hopefully get a couple when the clock strikes midnight 

[worth_the_wait]

23 minutes ago, Stephen Hughes said:

Hopefully get a couple when the clock strikes midnight 

You'll be lucky!   Tickets don't go on sale (online) until 08.00

[Stephen Hughes]

7 hours ago, worth_the_wait said:

You'll be lucky!   Tickets don't go on sale (online) until 08.00

👎🏼😂

[E.Rose]

Anyone else having trouble with buying a ticket for this? I’ve waited for general sale so I could get my mum a seat next to me.

If I log in on my membership it won’t let me assign the second ticket to a non member, and if I try and buy without being logged in it says Anonymous client exceeds limitations 😤

 

The part where you select the owner comes up as blank all the time?

 

Alternatively I would buy one logged in under my membership then one not logged in but then it flags for leaving an empty seat 🤦🏻‍♀️

[isaidno]

11 minutes ago, E.Rose said:

Anyone else having trouble with buying a ticket for this? I’ve waited for general sale so I could get my mum a seat next to me.

If I log in on my membership it won’t let me assign the second ticket to a non member, and if I try and buy without being logged in it says Anonymous client exceeds limitations 😤

 

The part where you select the owner comes up as blank all the time?

 

Alternatively I would buy one logged in under my membership then one not logged in but then it flags for leaving an empty seat 🤦🏻‍♀️

I'm having the same issue. Trying to get a ticket for my dad, and won't let me assign a seat. Saying I've exceeded my ticket allocation 

[E.Rose]

3 minutes ago, isaidno said:

I'm having the same issue. Trying to get a ticket for my dad, and won't let me assign a seat. Saying I've exceeded my ticket allocation 

I’ve sorted it, such a long winded way, I created a new account then selected that I didn’t have a supporter number when the page prompts you asking for it.

I then went into Personal Details then scrolled down to friends and family, there I put in my membership number.

 

After that you can then go back and select the tickets then assign the second ticket to your season/membership number.

 

It’s worked but my word, that’s taken me the best part of 35 minutes?! 

 

 

[Sean2000]

52 minutes ago, E.Rose said:

Anyone else having trouble with buying a ticket for this? I’ve waited for general sale so I could get my mum a seat next to me.

If I log in on my membership it won’t let me assign the second ticket to a non member, and if I try and buy without being logged in it says Anonymous client exceeds limitations 😤

 

The part where you select the owner comes up as blank all the time?

 

Alternatively I would buy one logged in under my membership then one not logged in but then it flags for leaving an empty seat 🤦🏻‍♀️

You have to assign each ticket to a different supporter as even though it's on general sale it's one ticket per person. To do that you need their supporter number or their name and either dob or postcode. 

 

If they are not registered supporters you'll need to get them registered first. You can do that online. It's one at a time though I'm afraid.

[Sean2000]

22 hours ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

Just after Christmas and the tickets aren't exactly cheap (not that they should be for a semi-final).

I thought the pricing (about half the cost of a Premier League game) was very reasonable, but clearly others have a different view. 

 

What price do folks think the club should have set for this?

[Livid]

11 minutes ago, Sean2000 said:

I thought the pricing (about half the cost of a Premier League game) was very reasonable, but clearly others have a different view. 

 

What price do folks think the club should have set for this?

For a Semi Final game I thought it was just right. 

[Bayfox]

43 minutes ago, Sean2000 said:

I thought the pricing (about half the cost of a Premier League game) was very reasonable, but clearly others have a different view. 

 

What price do folks think the club should have set for this?

As a season ticket holder 21 quid is about spot on considering it's a semi final.

 

Shocked more people haven't brought their seats, unless they have missed the communications.

[Stuntman_Mike]

If this doesn't sell out we should scrap all plans to extend the stadium and focus on enforcing the ticket exchange scheme for league games.

Edited 1 January 2020 by Stuntman_Mike

[E.Rose]

3 hours ago, Sean2000 said:

You have to assign each ticket to a different supporter as even though it's on general sale it's one ticket per person. To do that you need their supporter number or their name and either dob or postcode. 

 

If they are not registered supporters you'll need to get them registered first. You can do that online. It's one at a time though I'm afraid.

Cheers, I got there in the end 👍🏼

[BWRL]

Really thought this would be a quick seller - surely will sell out for a SF!

[worth_the_wait]

It doesn't matter where you are in the League, 1st leg matches for semi finals often don't sell out.

 

The reason is simple ... you could win (or lose) 3-0, but the tie isn't over.   Nothing gets decided on the night.  

(Unless, of course, you're Man City who put 9 past Burton Albion)

 

It's the 2nd leg that is effectively "the decider".   When the whistle blows at the end, you know whether you are going to Wembley or not.   Cue scarf waving "que sera sera ... we're going to Wembley" or trudging miserably home in silence.

 

This is as true for League Cup semi finals, as it is for playoff semi finals.

 

For example, in the last 4 years, here are some 1st leg League Cup Semi Final crowds:

2015-16  Everton v Man City  34027

2016-17  Man Utd v Hull City  65798

2017-18  Man City v Bristol City  43426

2018-19  Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea  44371

 

All of the above, were well under capacity.    You can go back years before that ... there is a similar pattern.

 

In our own case, we had about 9700 tickets available for general sale.  We've sold 4300 in 2 days, and there are approx 5400 left.

We've still got 6 days left, so no need to panic yet.   Still plenty of time, but I still wouldn't be surprised if we didn't quite sell out.

 

As per my earlier reasons, it's early New Year when money is really tight for most people ... and it's sandwiched between the Wigan and Southampton Saturday games. 

 

I wouldn't read anything into it, if we don't quite sell out for the 1st leg.    And certainly nothing like "we don't need a bigger ground".

[lestajigs]

Got a adult and and a under 10s family stand £25

[Sol thewall Bamba]

We'll sell this out or there will be a few hundred seats left max. Always happens, people leave it late and then moan someone has taken "their" seat  

 

Unsurprisingly Villa sold their end very quickly. 

[Russell sprout]

23 hours ago, BWRL said:

Really thought this would be a quick seller - surely will sell out for a SF!

It’s madness when you think that the quarter final games the previous 2 seasons against Man City have practically sold out and I think it was £25 an adult,

yet a semi final against a weak villa team the the prospect of Wembley,

plus excellent pricing and most don’t seem that interested if current sales are anything to go by🤷🏻‍♂️

[Sol thewall Bamba]

2 minutes ago, Russell sprout said:

It’s madness when you think that the quarter final games the previous 2 seasons against Man City have practically sold out and I think it was £25 an adult,

yet a semi final against a weak villa team the the prospect of Wembley,

plus excellent pricing and most don’t seem that interested if current sales are anything to go by🤷🏻‍♂️

Without making excuses it's the wrong side of Xmas and a lot of people will have also bought up for Wigan. So that's £25 minimum in cup tickets on top of whatever your direct debit is for you ST at a traditionally lean time of year. 

[Russell sprout]

Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Without making excuses it's the wrong side of Xmas and a lot of people will have also bought up for Wigan. So that's £25 minimum in cup tickets on top of whatever your direct debit is for you ST at a traditionally lean time of year. 

£20-£25 isn’t a lot of money for a semi final nowadays,

kids are even a fiver so I don’t think people can complain about the cost after Xmas,

these will be the same people racing to buy the away tickets which go on sale on Monday,again just after Xmas,

I couldn’t not go and even if it was £35 a ticket would find the money to go simply because it’s the semi final of the cup

[KrefelderFox666]

9 minutes ago, Russell sprout said:

It’s madness when you think that the quarter final games the previous 2 seasons against Man City have practically sold out and I think it was £25 an adult,

yet a semi final against a weak villa team the the prospect of Wembley,

plus excellent pricing and most don’t seem that interested if current sales are anything to go by🤷🏻‍♂️

The Man City games also only sold out very late, just like this Villa one will. So it's actually a non-issue. All league cup games over the past couple of years have followed a similar trend. I am sure the Villa game is actually selling quickest of the last couple of years of league cup games.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

3 minutes ago, Russell sprout said:

£20-£25 isn’t a lot of money for a semi final nowadays,

kids are even a fiver so I don’t think people can complain about the cost after Xmas,

these will be the same people racing to buy the away tickets which go on sale on Monday,again just after Xmas,

I couldn’t not go and even if it was £35 a ticket would find the money to go simply because it’s the semi final of the cup

I didn't say it was, but I did say that coupled with your Wigan ticket AND your ST, it quickly adds up. It's quite likely that a lot of people will be paying upwards of £80 this month on tickets, and that's just for one person, let alone if you have a couple or take kids with you. And at a time where a lot of people go 5/6 weeks on one pay packet. 

 

Like I say I'm not making excuses but I can see why sales are sluggish. 

[worth_the_wait]

48 minutes ago, Russell sprout said:

It’s madness when you think that the quarter final games the previous 2 seasons against Man City have practically sold out and I think it was £25 an adult,

 

The 2017-18 Quarter Final v Man City was effectively a sell-out (31562), but the following season was down by 7000 and was only attended by 24644.

 

I think this was less to do with price, and more to do with "we're gonna play another weakened team, so what's the f***ing point"

[Bayfox]

5 hours ago, Russell sprout said:

£20-£25 isn’t a lot of money for a semi final nowadays,

kids are even a fiver so I don’t think people can complain about the cost after Xmas,

these will be the same people racing to buy the away tickets which go on sale on Monday,again just after Xmas,

I couldn’t not go and even if it was £35 a ticket would find the money to go simply because it’s the semi final of the cup

Depends how you look at it. 21x 3 plus my lads. Theres 70 quid. Coupled with having paid nearly 40 for wigan. On top of 3 x41.50 plus 9 quid for my lads season tickets.

 

Now I'm going to all the games and will be all over tickets to villa park as well.

 

But that's not necessarily the same for everyone at especially at Christmas.

 

The club have been more than fair with the pricing. But you are talking the thick end of 250 before you buy for the away semi, plus the club put, Burnley, west ham and Newcastle all on sale pre Christmas. I for 1 don't have bottomless pit and only managed west ham over Christmas and new year.

[Zaid]

After 3 together for this