Here's what the Villa faithful have been saying on social media.

[Hibernian Verse]

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That looks like a Wednesday night game for one of us then. Or both the Thursday but one of us kicking off at 17:00/18:00 and one at 19:45/20:00

Yep I reckon one of us will be Wednesday. No way it'll be the same night due to policing, that would be carnage.

[hibee-boys]

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That won't end well for them. Hibs made it absolutely clear to those who signed up to the scheme that it would be closely monitored and if it was discovered that members who have signed up for the scheme were only buying tickets for Hearts away or the OF away then they'd be removed from the scheme altogether. Thats part of the conditions of being a Hibs First member.

I thought you were issued with, and had to pay for, every away game ticket…..or was that the previous scheme?

[JimBHibees]

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The Villa games will not be moved. I hope KP doesn't mind me passing on this email;

"Morning,

Thanks for getting in touch, great question.

We have had assurances from UEFA that should we qualify for the next round, and Hearts manage the same, there is no need to reverse our home and away fixture - they’ve provided a few options to us which we will explore and communicate next week.

Have a great weekend.

Kieran"

Wonder if that means moving one game to Wednesday.

[babahibs]

I'd imagine we'll be in negotiations with Villa as soon as we get through re. ticket allocations, you give us 10% and we'll give you 10% sort of thing.
And there'll definitely be a sizeable segregation area, it'll be a Cat A PLUS game, huge police operation.

[hibee-boys]

I’m assuming that’s why Villa have started selling tickets for the tie at their ground then. One of the Edinburgh clubs will shift time or day.

[B.H.F.C]

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I'd imagine we'll be in negotiations with Villa as soon as we get through re. ticket allocations, you give us 10% and we'll give you 10% sort of thing.
And there'll definitely be a sizeable segregation area, it'll be a Cat A PLUS game, huge police operation.

Given what they are already selling, we’ll be getting no more than the standard away allocation down there. If we get there.

[Hermit Crab]

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I thought you were issued with, and had to pay for, every away game ticket…..or was that the previous scheme?

The previous AST scheme you had to buy a ticket for every game as the money was automatically debited from your chosen bank account, there were a few exceptions where you could opt out like being on holiday or ill but in general you had to take a ticket for every away game if clubs were providing them regardless if you could go or not.

The new scheme is different, members have to buy the tickets themselves, usually via a link provided by Hibs. At the launch night it was mentioned that if anyone who signed up wasn't buying tickets for the run of the mill away games and only goes to hearts away or any other big games then they'd be taken off the membership scheme due to non attendance as part of the deal of signing up is that you must be buying tickets for away games. Not necessarily every away game but what Hibs determine to be a reasonable amount of fixtures. I think thats fair. Its fully subscribed this season and you've no place being on it if you're only go to Tynecastle twice a season.

[PatHead]

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I’m assuming that’s why Villa have started selling tickets for the tie at their ground then. One of the Edinburgh clubs will shift time or day.

Can't have one of the teams from one of the "big" leagues be inconvenienced.

[babahibs]

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Given what they are already selling, we’ll be getting no more than the standard away allocation down there. If we get there.

Then i'd presume we'll give them the same percentage, off the top of my head, that's approx 7% of the capacity, roughly half the dunbar end

[McD]

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That looks like a Wednesday night game for one of us then. Or both the Thursday but one of us kicking off at 17:00/18:00 and one at 19:45/20:00

do we think the police will cope with 2 matches on the same night at offset times?

potential for clashes in town as one set of fans are leaving a match and the other getting tanked up for theirs?

[McD]

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Can't have one of the teams from one of the "big" leagues be inconvenienced.

it’s the Edinburgh clubs that have the clash, not villa

[Hermit Crab]

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do we think the police will cope with 2 matches on the same night at offset times?

potential for clashes in town as one set of fans are leaving a match and the other getting tanked up for theirs?

If Hearts get through and end up playing PAOK then apparently away fans are banned from travelling to both legs. That would certainly help.

[Billy Whizz]

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If Hearts get through and end up playing PAOK then apparently away fans are banned from travelling to both legs. That would certainly help.

Why is that

[NAE NOOKIE]

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A big ‘if’ we get through, I’m more worried about the ticket allocation for the away leg. Dependant on what they do with the Dunbar end there’ll be at least circa 16,500 seats available for Hibs fans, pretty much anyone who wants a ticket will get one. Remember not every season ticket holder will take up the option, it’s midweek, schools are back and they’ll not be selling tickets for £20 for that game I can assure you of that.

If Hibs are very confident of selling more than the 3 stands then fair enough but, for the reasons noted, I’d not be so would have no issue with giving Villa the stand. I wouldn’t be surprised if Hibs will be charging them £35 a ticket so they’d have to do the same in our end i would think. I’d be giving priority to season ticket holders first then, if possible, anyone who bought tickets for the Luzern game.

If experience has told us anything it's that if the game is attractive enough all that stuff all of a sudden strangely stops being anything like the factor it usually seems to be. If Hibs go mental and start getting insane with the ticket prices then yeh, I can see that being a factor. I highly doubt they will be daft enough to go any higher than £30 for a standard adult ticket though.

PS ... What makes you think Hibs wouldn't be confident of selling out the 3 home stands, and more. I could probably give you a list of about 10 folk I know personally right now who would happily travel up from the Borders to attend a game like this who aren't anything like Easter Road regulars.

[Hermit Crab]

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Why is that

Think its to do with the trouble at the game on Tuesday in Zagreb where a AEK fan was murdered by Zagreb hooligans. 100 hooligans were taken to court for that, every one of them were charged with various crimes including murder too. The Croats are not mucking about here. They've even set up roads blocks and border checks to try and catch more suspects. Also, Marseille fans who travelled to Panathinaikos were not given tickets either, some Marseille fans were lifted outside the stadium for carrying knives and flares.

I have a mate who was in Norway on Wednesday and he was told by a Rosenberg fan that if Rosenberg got through and end up playing the Greeks then no away fans would be permitted at either leg.

[PatHead]

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it’s the Edinburgh clubs that have the clash, not villa

I know that but the early notice allows them to plan.

[McD]

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I know that but the early notice allows them to plan.

their coefficient is higher than ours or hearts (which is why we’ve had to play earlier rounds), so they get the home leg as the second part of the tie. There’s no need for that to change, so that’s already set. If the clash had been villa and Birmingham both potentially playing on the same night in Europe, then they would be the 2 clubs needing to potentially rearrange a date.


in our case, hearts finished above us in the league, so we will most likely be the ones to get moved. That’s got nothing to do with villa being in a ‘bigger’ league, it’s the rules of the competition linked into the policing and crowd realities of being a 2 team city.

[RoYO!]

My 2p worth.. IF we get through I'm very confident that hibs will sell out the three home stands as well as half the south- if available.

Bar a cup final, this is as big as it gets for hibs fans. Add in the SJM factor and I reckon demand will be through the roof.

These are the types of games that get fans who are perhaps a bit disillusioned or on the periphery of the club to come back into the fold. Need to get as many hibs fans in the place as possible.

What a night it's going to be! (Potentially...)

[.Sean.]

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We were told at the AST holder relaunch night that block 7 would not be given priority over Hibs first members. I refuse to believe that though as they always get the same block at Tynecastle before everyone else get a chance to buy.

Will Block 7 get priority for Villa Park if we go through? Think that wood be a major disappointment for the majority of us

[.Sean.]

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With greatest of respect, I imagine many of block 7 will have been going to Hibs games for a lot less time than many ST holders so I don’t see how they should be given priority over others just because they sing/drum etc.

This has turned into probably the strangest discussion I’ve ever seen on here and that is saying something.

Completely agree with this. A lot of us will have held season tickets continually since before half of them were born

[hibee-boys]

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Will Block 7 get priority for Villa Park if we go through? Think that wood be a major disappointment for the majority of us

If it means a ticket for the Villa game I’ll look out my ‘stoney’ gear, bang a drum for 90 mins, I’ll even consider smuggling in a flare in the most uncomfortable way🙏😳

[Stairway 2 7]

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Think its to do with the trouble at the game on Tuesday in Zagreb where a AEK fan was murdered by Zagreb hooligans. 100 hooligans were taken to court for that, every one of them were charged with various crimes including murder too. The Croats are not mucking about here. They've even set up roads blocks and border checks to try and catch more suspects. Also, Marseille fans who travelled to Panathinaikos were not given tickets either, some Marseille fans were lifted outside the stadium for carrying knives and flares.

I have a mate who was in Norway on Wednesday and he was told by a Rosenberg fan that if Rosenberg got through and end up playing the Greeks then no away fans would be permitted at either leg.

Makes it more understandable why Scotland is the best supported league in Europe, bams can't just enjoy the football without violence

[Hermit Crab]

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Will Block 7 get priority for Villa Park if we go through? Think that wood be a major disappointment for the majority of us

We were specifically told Block 7 wouldn't get priority and nor should they. They should be in the same sales window as other ST holders unless of course they are Hibs first members. You can guarantee they will be seated together at Villa park though just like at Tynecastle - tell me thats not priority, thats why the new scheme doesn't really work.

[Trinity Hibee]

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I hope not, they should be in the same sales window as other ST holders unless of course they are Hibs first members. You can guarantee they will be seated together at Villa park though just like at Tynecastle - tell me thats not priority, thats why the new scheme doesn't really work.

Is it not the case they just congregate together? I can’t see how Hibs could get them all tickets together at away games

[Hermit Crab]

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Is it not the case they just congregate together? I can’t see how Hibs could get them all tickets together at away games

Thats wrong as well. They caused hassle last season by doing that forcing fans with tickets for seats where they piled in to move with some threats of violence mentioned as well. Ross County away I think it was. Coked up, boozed up young lads who think they're invincible. (Some of them, not all of them).

[Trinity Hibee]

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Thats wrong as well. They caused hassle last season by doing that forcing fans with tickets for seats where they piled in to move with some threats of violence mentioned as well. Ross County away I think it was. Coked up, boozed up young lads who think they're invincible. (Some of them, not all of them).

Aye obviously that’s not right either

[HITSB6]

Hate to burst the bubble of a few fans on here but we (Villa) won't give you guys more then the previously mentioned 2500 to 3000 unless required which it isn't in Non domestic cup games the demand for Villa fans is well over capacity currently.

In my opinion Hibs should limit the Villa allocation to half the stand as surely you'd want your fans instead of 2000 more away fans back to back the team.

A question is what is your ticket system like is it strict or not as I assume one way or the other lots of Villa fans will attempt to buy in the home end.

[Greencore]

I don't care about the villa, I don't care. Good for the villa fans, I don't care

*malonga inspiration.*

[DIXIHIBS]

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Hate to burst the bubble of a few fans on here but we (Villa) won't give you guys more then the previously mentioned 2500 to 3000 unless required which it isn't in Non domestic cup games the demand for Villa fans is well over capacity currently.

In my opinion Hibs should limit the Villa allocation to half the stand as surely you'd want your fans instead of 2000 more away fans back to back the team.

A question is what is your ticket system like is it strict or not as I assume one way or the other lots of Villa fans will attempt to buy in the home end.

Aye you're correct. Despite all the "discussions" on here thats exactly what will happen. To get tickets for hibs home end you have to be on our database. A few might slip through but i think its fairly strict.

[Bridge hibs]

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Hate to burst the bubble of a few fans on here but we (Villa) won't give you guys more then the previously mentioned 2500 to 3000 unless required which it isn't in Non domestic cup games the demand for Villa fans is well over capacity currently.

In my opinion Hibs should limit the Villa allocation to half the stand as surely you'd want your fans instead of 2000 more away fans back to back the team.

A question is what is your ticket system like is it strict or not as I assume one way or the other lots of Villa fans will attempt to buy in the home end.

To answer your question

Supporters need to have been registered on the clubs E-ticketing database for 12 months or more and have a previous purchase history. If you do not meet the criteria above then regrettably you would not be able to purchase match tickets for these fixtures, you can however purchase a hospitality package.