Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Lastfootstamper on May 26, 2019, 07:21:47 PM
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Seeing how it went last year, are people doing things differently this time around? Same pre-match routine, or will you be mixing it up a bit, just to be on the safe side?
My reason for asking is, I can't decide what to wear. I don't normally wear a Villa shirt to a game, the last time I did was the final last year. But I've got the new shirt, fkn love it, and I really want to wear it. Last year, I wore my 89/90 shirt, so it wasn't current. Would wearing a contemporary one, as opposed to classic, alleviate any possible curse?
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Shirt doesn't matter. Vital thing is to swap seats at half time if we are losing. Think I forgot to do this last year. It's all my fault.
Plus avoid saying anything that could tempt fate and definitely don't start a thread on here called "Promotion", FFS.
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Instead of my usual Villa track top , I wore a blue woolly sweater to the first game of our winning streak. I said after I'd wear it till we lost. I'm not counting Norwich, because there was nothing on that, and Albion away we won the tie, and it got us through the pens. For the latter I had to fully invoke its power by pulling it over my head and watching the pens in a blurry way through the material.
However hot it is tomorrow , I'll be the one in the blue wooly jumper.
Oh and we have curry and chips before the game. Already been on the web to make sure I've sourced a suitable chippy .
And we don't buy a programme.
And we go through the second turnstile from the left.
And I shake the stewards hand on the way to my seat - obviously this may cause a surprise at Wembley but I'm going to do it anyway.
And when the teams come out I clap three times for the opposition , done this since I was 9 and my dad said you have to be sporting. But only three !!
Shit , I think ~I'm turning into Tommy Elphick !
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A Blose fan gave me a brand new pair of socks on Wednesday as he refuses to wear them because they are claret with blue spots. Not sure whether to wear them or not 🤔
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My superstition is that whenever I see us score more goals than the opposition we win. Gonna try it tomorrow.
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So far in the play off's, the club who has finished higher in that division has won the game. Can we beat Derby for a third time this season? Fuck, I'm shitting it!
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I am thinking of rolling up my sleeves and putting my boots on instead of putting my boots on and rolling up my sleeves.
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I've changed my route (getting train at Rugby instead of driving down to Stanmore), and my shirt (1982 claret and blue as opposed to Acorns last year) and will play "Heroes" non-stop on the journey to the station. This tactical switch could be a master stroke.
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I am deliberating whether to wear the same shirt as last year (1980 home shirt).
To break the hoodoo I will take 2 wallets , one for the Wembley tickets and my normal one for all the usual gubbins. I remember checking my wallet loads of times last year to make sure the tickets were still in there !
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Ditching my claret hoody and Fred Perry polo that I’ve worn on last two Wembley visits, and my 1980 home Umbro that I bought a few months ago will be getting its debut. Just removed the tags ready for its first ever outing...it’s been waiting for this day so hope it brings us luck! 😊👍
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I remember checking my wallet loads of times last year to make sure the tickets were still in there !
Transporting these Wembley tickets securely to the game is a logistical nightmare! 😱
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Ditching my claret hoody and Fred Perry polo that I’ve worn on last two Wembley visits, and my 1980 home Umbro that I bought a few months ago will be getting its debut. Just removed the tags ready for its first ever outing...it’s been waiting for this day so hope it brings us luck! 😊👍
funny you say that. I got the white umbro away one for Christmas. Never worn it yet. Thinking of busting it out tonight!! I am sure it will be lucky.
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Do I go for my Spinksy, Birchy & Alan McInally T shirt which I wore last year (I love it but bought no luck last year) or my new Claret Lyle & Scott polo shirt?
Does it matter what I wear? Cmon someone decide for me please?
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I have been wearing exactly the same clothes (washed) since we beat Derby at Villa Park, and started the run that brought us here. I made sure straight away that I noted everything - this goes right to underwear, belt, jewellery & socks (especially socks!).
I watched the Rotherham game at home with the whole outfit on but at half time I realised I wasn’t wearing the right socks - I went and changed them and within 5 minutes we were winning!
The top I wore to the Derby game is now too warm, but I wear it tied around my waist so that it is ‘present’ & that has been enough so far. I will put it on if I need to no matter how hot it is! Even my woolly hat is in my bag - it needs to be here even if it doesn’t get worn.
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I have been wearing exactly the same clothes (washed) since we beat Derby at Villa Park, and started the run that brought us here. I made sure straight away that I noted everything - this goes right to underwear, belt, jewellery & socks (especially socks!).
I watched the Rotherham game at home with the whole outfit on but at half time I realised I wasn’t wearing the right socks - I went and changed them and within 5 minutes we were winning!
The top I wore to the Derby game is now too warm, but I wear it tied around my waist so that it is ‘present’ & that has been enough so far. I will put it on if I need to no matter how hot it is! Even my woolly hat is in my bag - it needs to be here even if it doesn’t get worn.
Blimey Amfy, you're as bad as me
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I think I am wearing exactly the same outfit as the Albion game. Plus I got a Villa mug for Xmas which I consciously stopped using on match day at the start of the 10 game run.
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Do I go for my Spinksy, Birchy & Alan McInally T shirt which I wore last year (I love it but bought no luck last year) or my new Claret Lyle & Scott polo shirt?
Does it matter what I wear? Cmon someone decide for me please?
No one answered so it’s the new polo. Hopefully good luck. 🤞
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You made the right decision villabear! 👍
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You made the right decision villabear! 👍
Cheers KRS 👍
🤞🤞🤞🤞
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I have been wearing exactly the same clothes (washed) since we beat Derby at Villa Park, and started the run that brought us here. I made sure straight away that I noted everything - this goes right to underwear, belt, jewellery & socks (especially socks!).
I watched the Rotherham game at home with the whole outfit on but at half time I realised I wasn’t wearing the right socks - I went and changed them and within 5 minutes we were winning!
The top I wore to the Derby game is now too warm, but I wear it tied around my waist so that it is ‘present’ & that has been enough so far. I will put it on if I need to no matter how hot it is! Even my woolly hat is in my bag - it needs to be here even if it doesn’t get worn.
This is like Top Cat used to be when we had season tickets. It also used to extend to our half time chocolate. Once we lost we had to change what we ate. We used to spend more time in the chocolate aisle at Tesco than doing the whole of the rest of the shop.
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I posted this picture of our Villa supporting Acer tree on Facebook before we got through against Albion. So here it is again:
(https://i.ibb.co/dfwzcJm/576-F7739-7-D1-C-49-F3-AD09-EFB14585-AA14.jpg) (https://ibb.co/dfwzcJm)
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I have been wearing exactly the same clothes (washed) since we beat Derby at Villa Park, and started the run that brought us here. I made sure straight away that I noted everything - this goes right to underwear, belt, jewellery & socks (especially socks!).
I watched the Rotherham game at home with the whole outfit on but at half time I realised I wasn’t wearing the right socks - I went and changed them and within 5 minutes we were winning!
The top I wore to the Derby game is now too warm, but I wear it tied around my waist so that it is ‘present’ & that has been enough so far. I will put it on if I need to no matter how hot it is! Even my woolly hat is in my bag - it needs to be here even if it doesn’t get worn.
Good work Amfy!
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I'm not going. This means we'll win, because I've been to Wembley four times with Villa and Walsall, and I've yet to see either of those sides even score a goal in said games. The fact that I couldn't get a ticket is incidental - had I fit the criteria I'm still not that sure I could have coped with the possibility I might jinx us.
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Oh, when me and the missus got married on Easter Saturday, she bought me a pair of Villa socks to wear as a sop to the fact I didn't wear a claret or blue cravat. So I wore them for the home Baggies game, and then as extra time wore on at the Yawnthorns I pulled them on over the socks I had been wearing all day. Presto, we win on penalties.
If we win today, I'm putting those socks at the back of the wardrobe and only pulling them out on very desperate occasions, for their power may be beyond control.
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Do I go for my Spinksy, Birchy & Alan McInally T shirt which I wore last year (I love it but bought no luck last year) or my new Claret Lyle & Scott polo shirt?
Does it matter what I wear? Cmon someone decide for me please?
No one answered so it’s the new polo. Hopefully good luck. 🤞
It's not that no-one wanted to answer, more that we're not prepared to accept responsibility.
I've taken no chances. Shirt had tag removed, socks and pants fresh out of packets, trainers have never been this far south. Unsure about the jeans...
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Wearing the same green button down collar shirt I wore to Wembley when we beat ManU in the League Cup.
Not sure if it will help, but who said following the World's Greatest Football Club was a logical pastime.
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I wore my Villa top with God’s name on the back. I’ve wore that for every game since we started that winning run. I also had my double decker at half time. Worked a treat up the villa.
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I like to dress up as Stevie Wonder whilst driving.
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Whatever we all did...it worked. Well done everyone! :)
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Seems it isn't just fans who have silly superstitions. Did you see the state of the boots Grealish was wearing? 😂
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My superstition is that whenever I see us score more goals than the opposition we win. Gonna try it tomorrow.
Have to say that worked a treat!
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I’m ashamed to say, as a normally non superstitious person, I got caught up in all this. Same routine for the home games on the marvellous run, careful choice of replica shirt (daren’t wear one from Fulham game). Absolutely avoided predictions since March. Trouble is, it all was obviously necessary and it worked.
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Yesterday my pre/in-game routine looked like this:
On a campsite in Brittany since Friday- checked phone reception OBSESSIVELY from arrival, to monitor signal to make sure I could stream the game: unbroken 4G every time.
Game day - went and got snacks and beers way too early and found myself with 2 hours till KO and waves of nervous tension hitting me.
Went for a beach run to burn off some stress. However, got lost on the way back and overshot the path back to the site by some 3km. Blind panic immediately set in. Got the Mrs to share her live location on WhatsApp. Clock is ticking. Realised after 10 mins or so of laboured running, legs now burning, that the Mrs has mistakenly sent me the location of a nearby village and while I’d assumed I was heading back in a straight line cross-country I was actually moving parallel to our caravan.
Eventually arrived back, a sweaty dishevelled mess, with cramp in both calves, but about 10 mins to KO. However phone had 1% battery due to GPS overuse.
Plugged phone into mains - no power. Neighbours all have power and it later emerges that our caravan is the only one on the row on a different circuit, which had tripped.
In an upturn in my fortunes, the maintenance guy actually sorts the electricity very quickly. Phone on, hotspot broadcasting, game’s only just started. Result. Sky Go buffers for ages. Check phone and signal fluctuates between 1 bar of 3G and Edge. Can only watch game in nightmarish pixelated 20 second bursts. Sprint to reception to buy WiFi token. They apologise, WiFi is broken.
(Today, site WiFi is working and I have perfect 4G back).
Just before the first goal I give in and fall back on talkshite (fucking Holloway), match thread and WhatsApp messages from my mate who is in Crete but who has found a bar showing it.
I don’t know which bit sealed the deal and not confident I’ll be able to recapture that chain of events ahead of our next big game at Wembley, but I certainly feel it will by my duty to try.
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My superstition is that whenever I see us score more goals than the opposition we win. Gonna try it tomorrow.
Have to say that worked a treat!
It was touch and go whether I was going to see us score more than them when the lady next to me sent my glasses flying when El Ghazi scored.