Why Aston? I thought that Witton was generally accepted to be the station
for Villa Park.

For `opposing` fans perhaps?


Aston is as good as Witton if your seat is in the Holte end so it's
probably to keep oposing fans apart.

But as another poster pointed out ManU fans could arrive from anywhere.

"allan tracy" wrote in message
oups.com...

Why Aston? I thought that Witton was generally accepted to be the
station
for Villa Park.

For `opposing` fans perhaps?


Aston is as good as Witton if your seat is in the Holte end so it's
probably to keep oposing fans apart.

But as another poster pointed out ManU fans could arrive from anywhere.


Everywhere 'except' from the Manchester direction (allegedly)...

Paul

Paul Scott wrote:
"allan tracy" wrote in message
oups.com...

But as another poster pointed out ManU fans could arrive from anywhere.

Everywhere 'except' from the Manchester direction (allegedly)...

Allegedly and wrongly. Some of my chums have done a bit of work recently
on transport arrangements for games at Old Trafford. The bulk of home
support comes from the Manchester area, and an elephant lot of them walk
to the ground. It's the sheer scale of MU support that makes it look as
though the M6 is full of fans on a match day.
--
Joyce Whitchurch, Stalybridge, UK
=================================

ManU fans could arrive from anywhere

They will all be coming from London

"allan tracy" wrote in message
oups.com...
Aston is as good as Witton if your seat is in the Holte end so it's
probably to keep oposing fans apart.


Aston Station's nearly twice the distance, even if you're at the Holte End.
So I suppose it must be your second suggestion i.e crowd segregation.

I note the comment "To ensure everyone gets home, in the event of extra time
and penalties
we will be holding the trains to depart after the game." AFAIK there aren't
sidings at Aston to hold trains without blocking the line. Where is the
closest suitable holding location - Bescot?

--
David

On 12 Apr, 22:38, "David Morgan"
wrote:
"allan tracy" wrote in message

oups.com...

Aston is as good as Witton if your seat is in the Holte end so it's
probably to keep oposing fans apart.

Aston Station's nearly twice the distance, even if you're at the Holte End.
So I suppose it must be your second suggestion i.e crowd segregation.

I note the comment "To ensure everyone gets home, in the event of extra time
and penalties
we will be holding the trains to depart after the game." AFAIK there aren't
sidings at Aston to hold trains without blocking the line. Where is the
closest suitable holding location - Bescot?

--
David

I'd have thought that with a few amendments there would be capacity
for them to stable in two of the platforms at Walsall, or they could
go to Soho- although I'm not sure how full the latter gets at weekends
now, not having been that way in about 14 years.