article_snippet: The national lead officer for football policing, Mark Roberts, questioned the 5.30pm kick-off time and The national lead officer for football policing, Mark Roberts view has been backed by supporters of both clubs.
article_snippet: The police, FA and BBC pass the buck over who's to blame for shameful scenes following Aston Villa FA Cup win... it was DANGEROUS AND IRRESPONSIBLE for this to be a 5.30pm kick-off .
article_snippet: Aston Villa fan Matt Turvey, editor of astonvillalife.com, watched the game from the Upper Holte End and insisted: 'The timing was pretty stupid. '
article_snippet: I'm not overly sure about the rationale but 12.30pm would have been ideal.
article_snippet: You're getting people drinking from 9.30am and turning up at Villa Park at 5.30pm - it's a pretty obvious result. '
article_snippet: If it was down to TV then it just illustrates that everything is pushed aside for money.'
article_snippet: I spoke to the police four weeks ago and told the police it was going to happen. '
article_snippet: The answer to this one was to kick off at 12pm on Saturday, or even 11am - the real fans would have been there at that time.
article_snippet: The game should never have kicked off at that timeThe game .'
highlights_snippet: Aston Villa and West Brom supporters have questioned the kick-off time .