briny_ear Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Wonder why Man U pulled out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted May 2, 2013 Author Share Posted May 2, 2013 Hopefully they will give season tickets first chance to buy a ticket.. Would be nice to go and see a game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 It's SA vs Samoa and Australia vs (qualifier), so not bad at all. Yep. On Sat 26th and Sun 27th Sept respectively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 It's SA vs Samoa and Australia vs (qualifier), so not bad at all. Yep. On Sat 26th and Sun 27th Sept respectively. Brilliant. Off work, in the sun(?) watching international rugby at the home of football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiezels Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Apparently not. Good enough for Manchester United but not good enough for Aston Villa... Once-in-a-lifetime event (the Olympics) comes to our country and Birmingham, the UK's Second City, was not involved because we turned it down http://www.villatalk.com/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/mellow.png Unbelievable really. I couldn't give a toss that the Olympics didn't come to Birmingham. Villa should be the priority and if the club thinks it's better off without, I can live with that. The Jamaican team stayed in Brum iirc, when Usain won his 100m gold he even name checked Brum saying how good it was and the people were legends. We probably made more money by not entering ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingsombrero Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Not happy about this, not happy about this at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Its a fantastic honour for Villa Park to be hosting World Cup Rugby. It is a fantastic honour for the city of Birmingham to have it as well. I mean the city hasnt been great geeting events has it? Olympics, No. World cup 2018, no. European and Uk city of Culture, no. Lets sell the club and the area and build on it. The club will have 2 years to prepare for a few matches of rugby on the pitch, I am sure it will be fine. Embrace it, I mean it will be years if ever if England host the football world cup and the euros might not have a host nation again. Rugby isnt really 'my' sport but the whole point of a world cup is to showcase it to other people, and everyone to have a good time! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1Avfc Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I always thought rugby pitches were bigger than football pitches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I always thought rugby pitches were bigger than football pitches? Rugby pitch = 100m (plus no more than 22m behind posts) x no more than 70m. I don't know if there is a tolerance on the length. Villa Park pitch = 104m x 69m. They won't need to change the side lines and they can use the grass area behind the goal lines for the try areas (okay not massive but they must have thought about it already!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Great news Australia and South Africa at Villa Park I will be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 think the good news about teams like Australia and South Africa playing is im sure they will prefer running games instead of scrums so might protect the surface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted May 3, 2013 Author Share Posted May 3, 2013 I'm guessing tickets not on sale for a while yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan_007 Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Apparently not. Good enough for Manchester United but not good enough for Aston Villa... Once-in-a-lifetime event (the Olympics) comes to our country and Birmingham, the UK's Second City, was not involved because we turned it down http://www.villatalk.com/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/mellow.png Unbelievable really. I couldn't give a toss that the Olympics didn't come to Birmingham. Villa should be the priority and if the club thinks it's better off without, I can live with that. The Jamaican team stayed in Brum iirc, when Usain won his 100m gold he even name checked Brum saying how good it was and the people were legends. We probably made more money by not entering ourselves. I'm pretty sure another reason we turned it down is that the company who would use Villa Park were entitled to all the money made, they would bring their own food , merchandise and all that. So essentialy we would have made **** all out of it, and the place would have been thrashed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 yeah im not sure how the rugby world cup works but the olympics sold their soul to pretty much every sponsor going so the chances of us making any money out of it was gone id be surprised if there wasnt an official beer sponsor that we'd have to use but things such as the food could be sold and you'd guess villa make a great margin on the food going to try and talk some lads in to watching it in the sky lounge if the prices are good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folski Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 From the beeb, said I'd put it here as opposed to opening a new tab. 1720: FOOTBALL What if the near-impossible actually happened and Arsenal and Chelsea had carbon-copy finishes to their seasons? If Chelsea draw 0-0 on the final day of the season and Arsenal win 2-1, they will be level on points, goal difference and goals scored. The Premier League has confirmed that a potential play-off for third place between Arsenal and Chelsea, would take place at Villa Park on 26 May. The play-off winner would automatically reach the Champions League group stage. Would you fancy an extra day of Premier League action? Let us know via#bbcsportsday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliffy Biro Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 inb4 stoke jokes (if they havent been made already) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Anyone bid tickets for this? Find out on Saturday if mine have come through! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 23, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted October 23, 2014 I think my mom has bought tickets to one of the Villa Park games (she's rugby mad) South Africa vs Argentina maybe? That rings a bell So I might go with her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NulliSecundus Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 It's SA v Samoa and Australia v Uruguay at Villa Park. I've applied for tickets for the latter. Find out on Saturday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 How's the fixtures work for this given it's happening while the premier league is one? Obviously we'll be away on the weekends but will we have a run of away games while the pitch recovers, does the stadium have to be handed over for a few weeks like when Uefa have finals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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