I’d second that. Even on a normal day, getting a seat from Solihull to Marylebone is nigh on impossible. Worth it to take a train into Moor St from Solihull if you want a seat....
Last year on the train we were on hardly anyone was able to get on anywhere except Moor Street. The normal non Villa traveller took one look at some of the people in our coach who were already well on the way to being pissed and deciced trying to board wasnt worth the effort.
One hillarious moment at Moor Street when a dozen young women obviously going to work at a convention or something similar turned up expecting to see a fairly empty platform. They all had their hair in rollers and carrying vanity cases. They had to run the gauntlet of Villa fans with the usual ribald comments, only to get to the front of the queue waiting to load to be turned away and have to come all the way back again to even more comments.
As if the waiting wasnt bad enough along comes you to heap the pressure on and then to ramp it up some more. Really is turning into the longest week.
