[Albion] Going to be pretty empty for the Villa game

[Oh_aye]

We don't have a massive fan base.
Sometimes it is easy to forget that.
We ain't never won nuffink.

True but we've had plenty of night game sell outs over the last few seasons with less on the line.

 

[Simster]

Brilliant. Less crowded in west upper concourse at half time.
It was a health and safety nightmare at the Forest cup game.

Indeed. I'm not sure why the West Upper is by far the most cramped concourse in the stadium, but it puts me off going there regularly.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

And people go on about needing to expand the ground to increase capacity

Do they?

 

[Milano]

The demographic of our fan base is becoming more and more families and older fans. Which is fine but means mid-week games on a school night will see a lot of tickets being listed, especially in ESL.

Obviously the disgraceful train 'service' in this country doesn't help, but thats been done to death.

There are loads of new Albion lifers coming through now after the missed generation, the club absolutley must not price these fans out once they reach 18-21.

If there are 100s of tickets left on a match day then IMO they should consider heavily subsidising these for local colleges/the uni.

 

[jackalbion]

The demographic of our fan base is becoming more and more families and older fans. Which is fine but means mid-week games on a school night will see a lot of tickets being listed, especially in ESL.

Obviously the disgraceful train 'service' in this country doesn't help, but thats been done to death.

There are loads of new Albion lifers coming through now after the missed generation, the club absolutley must not price these fans out once they reach 18-21.

If there are 100s of tickets left on a match day then IMO they should consider heavily subsidising these for local colleges/the uni.

If it was easier to pass on tickets, the exchange numbers would be a lot less IMO.

 

[Milano]

If it was easier to pass on tickets, the exchange numbers would be a lot less IMO.

Completely agree. However in our nanny state that is never going back, it will only get worse, just wait for facial recognition on your ticket, because that's coming.

 

[Bozza]

Indeed. I'm not sure why the West Upper is by far the most cramped concourse in the stadium, but it puts me off going there regularly.

Without wishing to state the obvious, the higher up the stadium you go, the narrower the concourses get as the seats are further back, so there is less floor space to work with.

I think the WSU probably has the highest capacity too.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

If it was easier to pass on tickets, the exchange numbers would be a lot less IMO.

Spot on Jack.

 

[Simster]

Without wishing to state the obvious, the higher up the stadium you go, the narrower the concourses get as the seats are further back, so there is less floor space to work with.

I think the WSU probably has the highest capacity too.

I'm sure you're right but the difference in space is absolutely huge compared to all other areas of the stadium.

 

[casbom]

It's Villa innit, we never beat Villa.

 

[Driver 8]

Indeed. I'm not sure why the West Upper is by far the most cramped concourse in the stadium, but it puts me off going there regularly.

It’s positively spacious compared to pretty much every away stadium I’ve been to, which is most of the 92!

 

[chaileyjem]

It's Villa innit, we never beat Villa.

We beat Villa at home last season. Pedro "missed" a penalty which he never does. (headed the rebound)

 

[dazzer6666]

An enormous game which could see us make a massive stride towards European competition for only our second time. The team need our backing.

Yet, the most important thing is the queue for a cup of tea or the ability to make a swift exit?

This. Never even bother getting a drink at HT, it's pretty much undoable if you don't want to miss any of the match

 

[peterward]

Brilliant. Less crowded in west upper concourse at half time.
It was a health and safety nightmare at the Forest cup game.

Queues were so big you couldnt wash your hands after a piss?

 

[Bozza]

Queues were so big you couldnt wash your hands after a piss?

It doesn't need long queues to dissuade many of those in the WSU from washing their hands after a piss.

 

[Taybha]

To be fair a cloud may pass over the stadium at 20.12 so can't be too careful.

 

[PascalGroß Tips]

I may buy an extra ticket so I can have more space.

Two seats currently free next to mine … I could buy them and have a lay down at HT

 

[Doug-ees-evil]

We beat Villa at home last season. Pedro "missed" a penalty which he never does. (headed the rebound)

And came pretty close to beating them at Villa Park this Christmas. I actually left a bit disappointed with the draw. Great game though.

 

[jackalbion]

Completely agree. However in our nanny state that is never going back, it will only get worse, just wait for facial recognition on your ticket, because that's coming.

Ultimately in years gone by, people would have landed it to a family member probably for free. Seems such a waste of empty seats, people can’t make every game, that’s natural, some people cannot make midweek game, also natural. There just isn’t the demand to re-list tickets for midweeks, unless it’s something like a European Game. Surely the amnesty on tickets like with the one free game, could be extended to midweek. The club ultimately lose money here, as probably 3,000+ seats will be empty, and not spending money on pie/pint/£16 terrace burger.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Ultimately in years gone by, people would have landed it to a family member probably for free. Seems such a waste of empty seats, people can’t make every game, that’s natural, some people cannot make midweek game, also natural. There just isn’t the demand to re-list tickets for midweeks, unless it’s something like a European Game. Surely the amnesty on tickets like with the one free game, could be extended to midweek. The club ultimately lose money here, as probably 3,000+ seats will be empty, and not spending money on pie/pint/£16 terrace burger.

Yep. I may have to work late tomorrow. It's going to depend on the outcome of a meeting in the States that finishes about 9pm tonight. If I do have to work I'll then be listing my ticket with 3000 others and I'll have missed the 'naughty boy' cut off (which is arbitrary and ridiculous anyway).

Could instead give the ticket to one of the lad's mates and have two vocal youngsters and a potential new regular.

Oh well.