Aston Villa protest update emerges ahead of Everton kick off
Aston Villa's protest march in the build up to this evening's fixture with Everton at Villa Park has been shelved as priorities are placed in ensuring that the in-game protest, involving the displaying of red and black cards for the opening moments of the game, runs as according to plan.
Villa supporters are encouraged to partake in the collective show of anger towards the club's pricing of tickets for the club's forthcoming Champions League games, for which adult fans who aren't season ticket holders can pay almost £100 for a single ticket. Villa have confirmed that their opening home game, against Bayern Munich has sold out.
X account @academyavfc has arranged for cards to be produced and distributed from various checkpoints in the Villa Park vicinity in the hours before kick off this Saturday, as part of the Stop Exploiting Loyalty campaign, but the planned march leading up to kick off (5:30pm) on the Trinity Road has been canned.
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They posted: "We have decided to focus pre-game efforts entirely on distribution of cards so there will be no planned march on Trinity Road. Please collect cards from any of the below locations and show fan exploitation the red card for the first 97 seconds of today’s match."
These cards are to be distributed to home fans at the bottom of Holte End steps, the new North Stand Fan Zone, the Lower North entrance (for away fans too, if they wished), the entrance to the Witton Arms pub and accompanying garden and the Sacred Heart. The Villa Academy, on social media, are also encouraging fans to boycott food and drink outlets within Villa Park on all forthcoming Champions League nights.
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