Chris Heck - President of Business Operations

[DeKuip]

I bet there’s not a single moment within a game when everyone is at their seat.
Or any game where everyone with a ticket is even in the ground. This time of year especially with a lot of illness around and it being so much hassle to even pass on re-sell your season ticket now.

[pauliewalnuts]

Of course there isn’t.

I also can’t believe we still have to have the “attendance quoted includes people who buy a ticket but don’t come” discussion.

It must be right there as one of the most clarified things on here.

[VillaTim]

I bet there’s not a single moment within a game when everyone is at their seat.
Or any game where everyone with a ticket is even in the ground. This time of year especially with a lot of illness around and it being so much hassle to even pass on re-sell your season ticket now.

I know it's pretty much all season tickets only in that middle section of the lower trinity but there were empty seats dotted about it so my take was people had been put off by the arctic conditions or were on holiday / doing other stuff etc .

[DB]

Empty seats in the lower Trinity were just before half time when a lot of fans leave their seats early. A lot of nitpicking from some fans desperate to put a negative slant on all things Villa. I’ve been going to the Villa since the late ‘70s and this is the biggest consistent support we’ve had in all that time.

Exactly. I was in the lower Trinity. The odd 1 around me but certainly not loads. Some people just want to kick the club.

[kippaxvilla2]

For clarity I don’t.  I’m just telling you what I saw.  I cannot put any more context on it than that.  It looked like a pocket by the tunnel.  Maybe they all are fans of bovril and no one else around that area is. Maybe they all needed to empty their bowels at exactly the same time.  I simply don’t know.

[john e]

There was an empty seat next to me
Because it was my daughters who couldn’t go yesterday, tried to get rid of the ticket but no takers

The ground look pretty full to me yesterday to be honest

But that’s fuck all to do with Chris heck he’s an absolute twat who will have done more harm than good by the time he leaves
all you guys and gals wearing the ‘he’s just doing his job’ T-shirt can fuck right off he’s a dangerous man destroying parts of the fan base

[VillaTim]

For clarity I don’t.  I’m just telling you what I saw.  I cannot put any more context on it than that.  It looked like a pocket by the tunnel.  Maybe they all are fans of bovril and no one else around that area is. Maybe they all needed to empty their bowels at exactly the same time.  I simply don’t know.

Just watched the 3 min official premier league highlights reel . On 5 seconds in there's a good view of the lower trinity the block right of the dugout and there's a smattering of empty seats . Then either side of the tunnel there are large pockets of empties , perhaps these are Hecks GA + seats

[AV82EC]

There was an empty seat next to me
Because it was my daughters who couldn’t go yesterday, tried to get rid of the ticket but no takers

The ground look pretty full to me yesterday to be honest

But that’s fuck all to do with Chris heck he’s an absolute twat who will have done more harm than good by the time he leaves
all you guys and gals wearing the ‘he’s just doing his job’ T-shirt can fuck right off he’s a dangerous man destroying parts of the fan base

I don’t think anyone is denying he’s a twat John and what he’s doing to the fan base it’s just that it gets very tiring explaining to people that NOT every empty seat is down to a decision he’s made. I’ve left my seat empty once this season as I forgot to put it back on sale and my son couldn’t go but that’s hardly Heck’s fault.

[Clampy]

There was an empty seat next to me
Because it was my daughters who couldn’t go yesterday, tried to get rid of the ticket but no takers

The ground look pretty full to me yesterday to be honest

But that’s fuck all to do with Chris heck he’s an absolute twat who will have done more harm than good by the time he leaves
all you guys and gals wearing the ‘he’s just doing his job’ T-shirt can fuck right off he’s a dangerous man destroying parts of the fan base

How many Champions League games have you been to John out of interest?

[rob_bridge]

Empty seats in the lower Trinity were just before half time when a lot of fans leave their seats early. A lot of nitpicking from some fans desperate to put a negative slant on all things Villa. I’ve been going to the Villa since the late ‘70s and this is the biggest consistent support we’ve had in all that time.

Correct - what did we top out at under O'Neil about 38-39k.

Even at the inception of Prem League when we were a bigger draw than most high 20k was norm.

[john e]

There was an empty seat next to me
Because it was my daughters who couldn’t go yesterday, tried to get rid of the ticket but no takers

The ground look pretty full to me yesterday to be honest

But that’s fuck all to do with Chris heck he’s an absolute twat who will have done more harm than good by the time he leaves
all you guys and gals wearing the ‘he’s just doing his job’ T-shirt can fuck right off he’s a dangerous man destroying parts of the fan base

How many Champions League games have you been to John out of interest?

All the home ones so far

[Louzie0]

I’m not suggesting there is any shenanigans on your part Lou’. There clearly wasn’t that many at VP today but the club must give those figures.

Not a problem, Brend’W; there’ve been some surprising figures provided by VP now and then, as I know!

[Clampy]

There was an empty seat next to me
Because it was my daughters who couldn’t go yesterday, tried to get rid of the ticket but no takers

The ground look pretty full to me yesterday to be honest

But that’s fuck all to do with Chris heck he’s an absolute twat who will have done more harm than good by the time he leaves
all you guys and gals wearing the ‘he’s just doing his job’ T-shirt can fuck right off he’s a dangerous man destroying parts of the fan base

How many Champions League games have you been to John out of interest?

All the home ones so far

You see, telling people they can 'fuck right off' with their alternative view of what Heck is doing  then handing over £80 for a match smacks of hypocrisy.

[ChicagoLion]

There was an empty seat next to me
Because it was my daughters who couldn’t go yesterday, tried to get rid of the ticket but no takers

The ground look pretty full to me yesterday to be honest

But that’s fuck all to do with Chris heck he’s an absolute twat who will have done more harm than good by the time he leaves
all you guys and gals wearing the ‘he’s just doing his job’ T-shirt can fuck right off he’s a dangerous man destroying parts of the fan base

How many Champions League games have you been to John out of interest?

All the home ones so far

You see, telling people they can 'fuck right off' with their alternative view of what Heck is doing  then handing over £80 for a match smacks of hypocrisy.

I think it’s a case of him supporting the Villa and not supporting Heck, I don’t see the hypocracy.

[Clampy]

There was an empty seat next to me
Because it was my daughters who couldn’t go yesterday, tried to get rid of the ticket but no takers

The ground look pretty full to me yesterday to be honest

But that’s fuck all to do with Chris heck he’s an absolute twat who will have done more harm than good by the time he leaves
all you guys and gals wearing the ‘he’s just doing his job’ T-shirt can fuck right off he’s a dangerous man destroying parts of the fan base

How many Champions League games have you been to John out of interest?

All the home ones so far

You see, telling people they can 'fuck right off' with their alternative view of what Heck is doing  then handing over £80 for a match smacks of hypocrisy.

I think it’s a case of him supporting the Villa and not supporting Heck, I don’t see the hypocracy.

That's absolutely fine but don't get uppity with fans who don't agree with you because at the end of the day, he is just doing his job.