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Think there'll only be about 400 up there for that. Will definitely be lowest of the season. Quite like Boro nowadays some cracking micro-pubs but was a terrible away day experience for years up until recently. With the game Saturday I still think they might be a way to get more tickets for...

Yep the turnstiles thing is a red herring. When we go to Villa Park you end up queueing right by the home fans there's very little segregation by the actual turnstiles.

This isn't segregation. This is a new demilitarized zone

Never been a big fan of the Gil Merrick Stand. Added 4000 seats to the capacity and executive box facilities compared with the old Railway End but done fairly cheaply in comparison with the Kop and Tilton which was built 5 years earlier with the help of Football Trust money. Sully and Brady...

Was built in 1998. At the time Railtrack turned down proposal to build a stand that overhung the railway line or put the rail line through a tunnel so Blues had to have a design which shortened the pitch length (St Andrews used to be amongst the biggest pitches along with Highfield Road) and...

Blues still have 750-800 tickets to shift in the Main Stand. Their allocation equates roughly to their number if season ticket holders. 30'006 when the Gil Merrick was completed in 1998 but since reduced to 29'500. There were some ridiculously restricted view seats in the mid 1990's in the Kop...

Better off having them inside the ground than hundreds outside hankering after spares

Both clubs need to show a willingness to fill the ground once the existing 20k seats have sold open up more blocks. Outside will be potentially more tricky if there are loads of Blues regulars milling about unable to get in. How can St Andrews be deemed unsafe for 28'000? They got that vs...

Yep it's alright for kids or families with fans of both clubs so I can't see it being widely sold (scarves are steeply priced now too!!!). I remember Blues trying the clapper things for a game several years ago as they'd been quite popular at Watford or Palace or MK Don's or wherever but they...

Front two rows of the Tilton behind the goal are permanently covered up. Block 1 has about 250/300 seats that are technically restricted view (the view of the goal at the far end is impaired) they probably won't sell those so it's more like 15'000 if the Kop and Tilton is full

Kop 9'000 Tilton 7'000 Though it depends where you choose to draw a line between the two

With it being the FA Cup does anyone know if Cov are allowed to wear their 2Tone kit for this game? Would love that as Blues away kit is boring this year, so much so we've had to wear last years away kit three times

Love this idea. Just have the Under 23's of both clubs ready to play straight after the original tie.

It is really daft considering there's no real animosity between Blues and Cov, in fact quite the contrary now. Hopefully sense will prevail and a few extra blocks released if needs be. Be a shame to see 8'000 empty seats at a "sold out" game. Can you imagine?

Spot on mate. Lots of pubs in Digbeth and surrounds. Cov fans most welcome

I think so long as sensibly priced with good offers for kids and families and as long as they get them on sale quickly and allow some for pay on the day, it will be a sell out. Both sets of season ticket holders plus their mates and families plus quite a few neutrals in both ends there for the...

More likely 15 quid season ticket holders, 20 quid non ST holders and very cheap prices for kids (fiver or maybe a quid) Gil Merrick is 8'000 in total once they remove the segregation covers Old Main Stand is about 5'000 Kop and Tilton used to be 16'000 but they have taken two rows of seats out...

Should be a good friendly atmosphere I can't see WMP wanting it moved other than perhaps bringing the kick off forward to 2pm to avoid fans coming out of the ground in darkness. Cov in Kop and Tilton, Blues in Gil Merrick and Main Stand I'm hearing

Blues fan here. Quite looking forward to the potential novelty of sitting in the away stands for this. I hope when the clubs meet to discuss arrangements they don't spoil things by putting Cov fans in the Gil Merrick. A good compromise if it comes to pass would be to announce 10'000 tickets for...

Blues fan here hope several of you are enjoying the experience and well done for being up near the top I hope to get to a game at some point. I'd quite like the idea of Blues playing home games in Sheffield every other week for one season as I love the pubs up there but the pubs in Brum have...