SimonVilla Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Hi all, Haven't been to VP since pre Covid - I'm travelling for this game and will have a bag as I have a long train journey each way. Is having a bag going to cause an issue/is there anywhere I can safely leave it at the ground? Some mild googling suggests other grounds only let you bring in "an A4 sized bag" which isn't going to carry much. Apologies for the mundane question. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 You don't say in your post but If you're travelling by train i'm assuming you'll be going through New Street? If so you can leave luggage there. It will be a lot easier for you doing this. Drop your bags here, go to the match, collect bags after, get on the train. Happy days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 16 minutes ago, SimonVilla said: Hi all, Haven't been to VP since pre Covid - I'm travelling for this game and will have a bag as I have a long train journey each way. Is having a bag going to cause an issue/is there anywhere I can safely leave it at the ground? Depends if she lets you DHUTWU 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 19 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19 16 minutes ago, SimonVilla said: Hi all, Haven't been to VP since pre Covid - I'm travelling for this game and will have a bag as I have a long train journey each way. Is having a bag going to cause an issue/is there anywhere I can safely leave it at the ground? Some mild googling suggests other grounds only let you bring in "an A4 sized bag" which isn't going to carry much. Apologies for the mundane question. Cheers. Depends on the size. Assuming it's rucksack sized or smaller they'll give it a quick search and let you straight in. You'll have to keep it with you during the game so a big bag wouldn't be practical, but a smaller bag would be fine My sister used to join me at games straight from work so she'd always have a rucksack with her. Not massive but certainly bigger than A4. She was fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 1 minute ago, imavillan said: You don't say in your post but If you're travelling by train i'm assuming you'll be going through New Street? If so you can leave luggage there. It will be a lot easier for you doing this. Drop your bags here, go to the match, collect bags after, get on the train. Happy days. It's a bit of a rip off, but I'd probably do this especially if you've got a laptop, etc in there, the last thing you need is it getting a good kick during the celebrations of our 7th goal. You can take bags, and you won't be the first person to take a backpack with work stuff in. They will want a rummage inside to make sure it doesn't contain contraband such as explosives, flares, or unauthorised bottle caps. The key thing will be that the leg room is shite in most of the ground, and during the game you can kick it under your chair but it'll be a right pain getting up and letting people squeeze through, and depending on where you are sat, the concourses might be a nightmare as well. Not having a bulky bag will make it a bit easier to squeeze back onto the train as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonVilla Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 Thanks guys. 13 minutes ago, imavillan said: You don't say in your post but If you're travelling by train i'm assuming you'll be going through New Street? If so you can leave luggage there. It will be a lot easier for you doing this. Drop your bags here, go to the match, collect bags after, get on the train. Happy days. Yeah, coming thorough New Street, so I think I'll leave it at the station. What's £12.50 after a £120 train ticket? I'll have to remortgage so I can get a Balti Pie at half time too. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSw Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 I've been to a game with a rucksack and like others have said, it was just a quick search and in I went Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 20 hours ago, SimonVilla said: Thanks guys. Yeah, coming thorough New Street, so I think I'll leave it at the station. What's £12.50 after a £120 train ticket? I'll have to remortgage so I can get a Balti Pie at half time too. Erm, now for the real bad news. We don't do Balti pies anymore. It's vatly inferior Tandoori Pies 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted February 20 VT Supporter Share Posted February 20 21 hours ago, SimonVilla said: Thanks guys. Yeah, coming thorough New Street, so I think I'll leave it at the station. What's £12.50 after a £120 train ticket? I'll have to remortgage so I can get a Balti Pie at half time too. You'll have to get in the queue now if you want a pie at half time 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted February 20 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted February 20 I'm 38 years old and I've only just learned that "Left Luggage" isn't another name for lost property 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted February 21 VT Supporter Share Posted February 21 18 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I'm 38 years old and I've only just learned that "Left Luggage" isn't another name for lost property This is off at a tangent, but I’m also 38 years old and I had to explain about how airports also have lockers to a youngster I work with. She’s about 22. I then said, you know, like in the plot of Jackie Brown… the Tarantino film… and she had no idea what I was talking about. Sad day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 They will search the bag but it’s fine to bring them in. Some of the new stewards can be a bit overzealous, one woman and a bloke asked the experienced steward if I was okay to take my lighter and cigarettes in with me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Can you get a doctor's note saying it's for medicinal use? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 If you posted this question in half my WhatsApp groups you’d get a very, very different set of responses.. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreveryoung Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 17 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: If you posted this question in half my WhatsApp groups you’d get a very, very different set of responses.. Mine too, probably end up with talking about tea bagging. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted February 24 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24 On 19/02/2024 at 15:26, SimonVilla said: Thanks guys. Yeah, coming thorough New Street, so I think I'll leave it at the station. What's £12.50 after a £120 train ticket? I'll have to remortgage so I can get a Balti Pie at half time too. How was the pie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SimonVilla Posted February 24 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 24 No pie sadly, just a can of Villa branded beer at HT. It’s mad how good Villa are these days, its really quite a stark difference when you haven’t been to watch a match in a while. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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