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Coventry City have so far sold in the region of 21,000 tickets for the regional final against Crewe on February 5th, and, should* they progress to the final itself, will be allocated 41,000 tickets at Wembley - more than enough for every band-wagon jumper** to hop on board.

Tickets are a mere £5 each (SISU's first mistake in a while, as they should have linked it to buying a league ticket!) - an absolute gift at the price.

*Note the word 'should'. There is no Aston Villa-esque, 'buy a half-season ticket, be guaranteed a cup final ticket arrogance'.

The Sun also printed this story, just after Villa were beaten by Bradford, and just before they lost to Millwall:

"ASTON VILLA were so confident of beating Bradford  they rejected a deal to  split any Wembley profits with the League Two side.

Bradford made an informal approach before Tuesday’s Capital One Cup  semi-final  second leg, asking Villa if they wanted to go 50-50 on the money  either side  would make from the final.

Getting to Wembley is worth £1million in ticket sales, TV rights and prize  money.

But even though Bradford were 3-1 up after the first leg, they recognised  they  could still go out.

So they suggested the two clubs should agree to £500,000 each irrespective of  the outcome of the semi.

Some members of the Villa board were said to be up for the deal but boss Paul  Lambert was not interested."

It's been a good week for the Villa....

**I have no problem with band-wagon jumpers, as we need all the supporters we can get, and the players currently deserve bigger crowds too.