Today we had to pop over to Whaddon Road first thing to grab some tickets for the Doncaster FA Cup game. The day's game with Millwall had been called off the night before due to freezing conditions and we got there just before the ticket office opened.
We took a couple of photo's as this was Daniel's first proper visit to a football ground as he was fast asleep when we were outside Villa Park a few months back!
After noticing an open gate we asked if we could nip in and show Daniel the inside and were told that was fine. To be fair there was no-one outside the ground except us anyway! The pitch was covered in frost and a third of it was covered by a huge black cover - we told Daniel where his Grampy normally sits and then went back out to get the tickets sorted.
I was slightly surprised you had to be a "fan member" to buy tickets in advance although it does save a few quid on buying them on the day of the game. Anyway, the form only took 2 minutes and that was sorted. I initially wondered if they were worried about Villa fans coming down as purchasing a ticket for the Donny game gives you a reasonable chance of getting one for the Villa game if Town win.
Anyway, local postcode so no problems - I'm desperate for Town to win this one as it would be a dream tie for a lot of Villa fans down here who obviously have connections with The Robins too. I never thought I'd see Town play the likes of Leeds & Leicester in League games but playing Aston Villa at Whaddon Road would just be something else.
Daniel seemed to enjoy seeing a football ground and I can't wait till he's old enough to go to a game with me!
