Man United v Villa as it was tweeted...

At least Dick Turpin wore a mask: FORTY FIVE QUID for Man U

Manchester United v Villa
Barclays Premier League
Monday April 22 - KO 8pm

Old Trafford
Ticket Allocation: 1,900
Prices: £45 [adults], £35.50 [U21s], £26 [over-65s], £26 [U17s], £17 [U16s]
Wheelchair tickets: £17 to £45 for disabled supporters. Available by calling the Consumer Sales Department on 0800 612 0970.
Friday March 8: On sale to season card holders who have attended at least three Premier League away fixtures in 2012-13*
Wednesday March 13: On sale to season card holders who have attended at least one Premier League away fixture in 2012-13*
Monday March 18: On sale to season card holders for 2012-13*
Tuesday April 2: On sale to supporters who have away booking history in 2012-13*
Wednesday April 10: On sale to supporters who have booking history *
Buy info: hotline 0800 612 0970, in person at Villa Village or New Street or from online box office.

Villa fans hope for United win...

Reading take on Manchester United tonight at Old Trafford and while most "neutrals" would be hoping for a shock exit for the runaway Premier League leaders, many Villa fans are hoping that our relegations rivals crash out of the competition.

The reason?

Well, should The Royals stun the football world tonight and qualify for the quarter finals, those games will be played on the weekend of 9th/10th March and the Premier League clash with Aston Villa will need to be rescheduled.

This could be particularly bad news for the travelling claret & blue faithful.  Villa fans quickly snapped up all 2,300 tickets available and many will have taken advantage of cheap advance (but none-refundable) train tickets.
Any rearranged game is likely to be a midweek night game.

However, if the bookies are correct, then our Saturday date at the Majedski looks safe with a Reading win available at odds of 11/1.

Meanwhile the initial allocation for the away clash at Stoke is a paltry 1,240.

Man U match moved as Sky bugger up another Saturday 3 o'clocker

Rupert Murdoch

Those lovely people at Sky Sports have selected Villa's away clash with Manchester United for TV coverage.

The decision means that game, initially scheduled for Saturday 20th April will now take place on the much less sociable Monday 22nd April at 8pm.

However, don't cancel those advance train tickets and hotel bookings just yet. In the event that United squeak into the Champions League Semi-Finals, the game will be bounced back to the Saturday with an early doors 12.45pm start time.

Villa v Man United as it was tweeted...