Really looking forward to the home curtain-raiser for the new Championship season against Villa.

The game last season was credited with an attendance of 21,391 and the atmosphere was t'rrific - the Villa fans were giving it ('til we scored) and we got stuck into Jack (Can't Be Arsed to Pull Me Sox Up) Grealish. John Terry is an added 'attraction' this season and Villa have asked for an allocation of 5,000 tickets. I see that the centre of the Ninian is virtually sold out already.

So, will we crack 25,000 for our first home game of a new season - with all that pent-up optimism looking for a release?