The 39th Game

[cdbearsfan]

I hate the idea most of us going to Thailand to play Man U and having the whole country get really excited... about Man U.

[bertlambshank]

If this comes off Atherstone Town's attendance will go up by 1.

[Legion]

Rushall Olympic +1.

[villajk]

Solihull Moors for me.

[olaftab]

This guy can f**king f**k the f**k off.

Exactly. Precisely put Monty!

[pelty]

Stupid idea.

[Rich6by7]

I'd only support Villa in cup competitions if it happened. At least the luck of the draw applies fairly in those.

[Dave Cooper please]

If this comes off Atherstone Town's attendance will go up by 1.

If this comes off Atherstone Town's attendance will go up by 1.

To two.

[Dante Lavelli]

I'll be watching Northampton Saints.

[usav]

So forget the 39th game for a minute, would there be as much uproar if one or maybe two games per season were played abroad - similar to how the NFL are doing now with the games at Wembley?   The 'home' team gets financially compensated for losing a game and the season ticket holders get a reduced price.  That way it affects a couple of teams a year rather than everyone.

[dave.woodhall]

So forget the 39th game for a minute, would there be as much uproar if one or maybe two games per season were played abroad - similar to how the NFL are doing now with the games at Wembley?   The 'home' team gets financially compensated for losing a game and the season ticket holders get a reduced price.  That way it affects a couple of teams a year rather than everyone.

I hope there would.

[TopDeck113]

There'd still be the uproar, USAV.  It is not any part of our football culture.

Imagine too the scenario when the one match is, say Man Utd v Fulham, in Tokyo.  Fulham get a deserved draw, but come the end of the season United are pipped to the title by Chelsea  by a single point.  We'd never hear the end of it from Fergie et al. The title was lost due to the two points dropped because of the long flight/unfamiliar pitch/climate/hotel/etc/etc/etc/ad nauseam that United were disadvantaged by.

[usav]

There'd still be the uproar, USAV.  It is not any part of our football culture.

Just to be clear I understand it's not part of the culture.  I am part of it as well, I've only been over here a few years!

Having said that, I can't decide if I would still be interested in exploring the idea if I was at home with my Villa season ticket, or if I've been diluted by being away from home.   

[cdbearsfan]

So forget the 39th game for a minute, would there be as much uproar if one or maybe two games per season were played abroad - similar to how the NFL are doing now with the games at Wembley?   The 'home' team gets financially compensated for losing a game and the season ticket holders get a reduced price.  That way it affects a couple of teams a year rather than everyone.

I hope there would.

I would hope that a club like Villa would refuse to lose a 'home' game to play abroad, in the same way that the most historical teams in the NFL haven't bothered with the Wembley experiment (Chicago, Green Bay, Dallas, Pittsburgh and others). I could get over Man U or Liverpool losing an Old Trafford / Anfield game to play us in America / Japan / wherever so long as we were given a week off afterwards to recover from the trip like always happens in the NFL.

[Salsa Party Animal]

As a football fan, I think the game is big enough and the oversea countries got their own football and international competition ie Champions League in Europe / Asia and why say Aston Villa play in Mexico for example the Mexicans got their team and league.

For NFL there is no other choice to watch American football and it is only one game a year outside USA worldwide (assuming this is correct) I like to watch it. British American Football is probably like comparing to Mansfield Town and co instead of Arsenal and Aston Villa.