Aston Villa announced on Wednesday afternoon that their ticket allocation for the club’s first pre-season friendly with Walsall has sold out.
And a number of Villa supporters have been reacting to the news on social media.
Villa begin their preparations for the new season next Wednesday, taking on the League Two side across the Midlands at the Banks’s Stadium in a 7:30 pm kick-off.
Walsall, Dean Smith’s former club, gave Villa 3,425 tickets for the friendly next week, which went on sale to season ticket holders at lunchtime on Wednesday.
The club posted the details on Twitter, and in less than four hours, posted again to say tickets were sold out.
After the meeting with Walsall, Villa still have friendlies with Stoke City, Nottingham Forest, Bristol City and Sevilla ahead of the new campaign.
Villa fans react
This is what these Villa supporters had to say after learning tickets for the meeting with The Saddlers was sold out...