Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Drummond on November 15, 2018, 08:01:53 PM
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So last season We had the fifth highest number of arrests. 48 of which 33 per cent were at home.
Top of the table? One guess and no, you don't have to consider attendances, the shit were still way out in front with 95. Sheffield United were second on 62 closely followed by Sunderland 60 and Portsmouth 59.
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Is that from all top-flight leagues in England?
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They will love that. Horrible club and worse fans.
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https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/football-related-arrests-and-banning-orders-england-and-wales-season-2017-to-2018
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Does this tell us something about West Midland's finest?
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The Excel spreadsheet goes back the last 4 seasons.
Them
2014-2015 30
2015-2016 63
2016-2017 69
2017-2018 95
Us
2014-2015 48
2015-2016 41
2016-2017 49
2017-2018 48
I wonder what happened in the 2014-2015 Season that suddenly meant they had a crap load more arrests over the next few seasons and we pretty much stayed the same.
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All those extra cup finals, especially at the Sty, where you can while away a Sunday afternoon throwing things at the police.
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I think Small Heath set a record for football arrests in the early to mid eighties.
And that was just their players.
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It’s like a European cup win for them.
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How do they manage to top the arrest table when half of their fans are either still stuck in Brugge or trying to find Sherlock Street?
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How do they manage to top the arrest table when half of their fans are either still stuck in Brugge or trying to find Sherlock Street?
Whilst the rest have a shift on down the Jag.
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I bet the majority of theirs were at our game at the sty when they all stand on the Cov Road looking hard and throwing things.
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Will they put the pdf. in their trophy cabinet next to the ashtray from Barca and the 1983 Atari 6-aside Championship trophy?
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Don't be leyland daft.
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I got arrested at football once
at the old Baseball ground circa 76/77
I was standing at the front of the side stand
the terrace ended lower than the pitch so I was eye level with the playing surface with a concrete barrier in front
the Villa fans decided to go on the pitch so the choice was go with them or be crushed
I went on and got rounded up and thrown into a Black Maria
I was 15 and thought I was proper hard sitting with all the hooligans and being booked in at the station
this feeling only lasted until my mum and grandma turned up to take me home
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How do they manage to top the arrest table when half of their fans are either still stuck in Brugge or trying to find Sherlock Street?
Whilst the rest have a shift on down the Jag.
...or shoplifting in Touchwood on a Saturday afternoon
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I got arrested at football once
at the old Baseball ground circa 76/77
I was standing at the front of the side stand
the terrace ended lower than the pitch so I was eye level with the playing surface with a concrete barrier in front
the Villa fans decided to go on the pitch so the choice was go with them or be crushed
I went on and got rounded up and thrown into a Black Maria
I was 15 and thought I was proper hard sitting with all the hooligans and being booked in at the station
this feeling only lasted until my mum and grandma turned up to take me home
I've always had you down as a man of conviction, John.
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How do they manage to top the arrest table when half of their fans are either still stuck in Brugge or trying to find Sherlock Street?
Whilst the rest have a shift on down the Jag.
You mean Longbridge.
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I look forward to seeing all 95 on an open top bus through town.