Are Man City "fans" at Eastlands the worst around?

[The Man With A Stick]

As I said yesterday, been to Eastlands a few times and never had an issue.  Had a great time that day Maloney scored and all the fans we met were sound.

[Villa'Zawg]

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albeit i can't be held accountable for what might happen to that bieber lookalike by the away fans who, in his brandspanking new citeh shirt, the past three away games there has goaded the villa fans for ninety minutes from a distance (he stands at the front of the second block away from the away end by the corner flag but was today about 7 rows back to usual) for what seems to be absolutely no reason. blows kisses and rubs his hair and everything. if you were to ask me 'who do you hate most in football?', it'd be him..

For some reason that is one of the funniest things I've ever read on here. I think it's the " blows kisses and rubs his hair and everything". I've never in my life seen him but I'm willing to hate him to.

[WA Villan]

Nothing can come close to Millwall. Lunatics.

[WikiVilla]

Leeds used to be bad

[MonsXI]

I remember being among hundreds of Villa fans  who had to be evacuated onto the pitch at Maine Road by stewards when their fans invaded the Villa end and started merry hell after an FA Cup game - 1995 I think.

That was after Villa fans had invaded the pitch and ran towards the Man City fans.

To answer the question at the top of the thread, no. They're not even close to being the worst around. Maine Road could get a bit moody, but dosent really compare to some of the really nasty places we've all been to with Villa.

And - I'm not sure which thread to post this on so I'll do it here - Fuck off Houlllier, you fucking chicken 

Yeah it was our "fans" that ran onto the side of the pitch, I think they scored a pen in a 1-0 win.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Yeah it was our "fans" that ran onto the side of the pitch, I think they scored a pen in a 1-0 win.

Yep - and Tony Coton played the game of his life just to rub our noses in it

[MonsXI]

Yeah it was our "fans" that ran onto the side of the pitch, I think they scored a pen in a 1-0 win.

Yep - and Tony Coton played the game of his life just to rub our noses in it

I bought a ticket of a tout outside the ground and found myself in the stand our so called fans tried to attack, I made a sharp exit as I was already paranoid I'd been rumbled by my lack of celebration by those around me.

[Phil from the upper holte]

It definately wasn't a pen

[MonsXI]

It definately wasn't a pen

You might be right, I'm sure the was a pen in the game though.

[Chico Hamilton III]

The Observer

January 29, 1995, Sunday

WALSH PUTS CITY IN DREAMLAND

BYLINE: Will Buckley At Maine Road

SECTION: THE OBSERVER SPORTS PAGE; Pg. 21

LENGTH: 894 words

Manchester City1
Walsh 7

Aston Villa0

Att: 21,177

IT HAS been an above-average week for Manchester City fans. They have enjoyed a cheerful three days chuckling at the discomfiture of their local rivals and now they're in the last 16 of the Cup.

It's time to start dreaming. A nice little home draw against a moderate First Division side in the fifth round, the same again in the sixth round and wallop, they're at Wembley for the semi-final.



No such luxuries for the disconsolate Villa fans who are left contemplating, at best, a season of mid-table complacency.
Disillusioned, they overflowed on to the pitch at the end and for a moment it looked as though we might witness the old-fashioned sight of fan hitting fan. But before that could happen, the stewards quickly brought the situation under control.
The goal which won the game came very early on. Ian Brightwell had as much time as he needed to tee up and then chip a precise ball over Teale which Walsh latched on to and lashed past Bosnich.

The game immediately went quiet with the players not helped by a cloggy, energy -sapping pitch. On this surface, what was required were passes to be overhit rather than stroked around.

City, who haven't won in the League since early December, seemed surprised by how readily and easily they had taken the lead. They became nervy and fretful but Villa just couldn't manage to bully their way back into the game.

Fashanu was at the centre of most of their attacks but, surprisingly perhaps, he was actually guilty of being too unselfish, dummying and laying off when he might have shot.

After the break, Villa continued to press forward, forcing corner after corner. The majority of these were directed at centre-backs McGrath and Ehiogu but although confusion was created in the box, chances did not arise.

City at last began to believe in themselves and Gaudino, having played a wide -angled one-two with Flitcroft, shot fiercely only for Bosnich to block the ball away at the near post.

End-to-end entertainment ensued. Saunders played the ball low and hard into Fashanu, who fell over, taking a defender with him. Coton saved bravely at the feet of Taylor. Then, the impressive Gaudino and Walsh created an opportunity for Beagrie but he couldn't squeeze the ball in.

They continued to trade chances with Townsend firing just over and a snapshot from Summerbee being tipped over by Bosnich.

As a last card, Little brought on Johnson, Tommy not Ulrika, to combine with Fashanu up front. And it was he who set up Taylor only for his last-minute shot to be clawed away by Coton. Staunton rammed the rebound against the post. It was that close but City just deserved it.

[bertlambshank]

Ayresome Park was the worst for me.

[pauliewalnuts]

Ayresome Park was the worst for me.

Yup. That was a horrible, intimidating place to go to. Compare and contrast with the Riverside now, which is about as intimidating as a slightly busier than usual Saturday afternoon at Waitrose.

[TimTheVillain]

Had hot Bovril chucked in my face at Ayresome Park - nasty bastards they were.

Stoke is always interesting as is Forest in days gone by.

Man Citeh were a rough lot in the 80's but just your typical chav following now , just like most teams.

Back in the day, West Ham was a nasty place to go,

[The Left Side]

They used to be decent fans but all the Arabian money has made them very arrogant.

[atomicjam]

Going to the Den in the late 1980s was just horrible. I went with some friends who were Brighton fans for a play off game. The Millwall fans had so many idiots that just wanted to get at away fans. They today have a worryingly large minority of their support that thinks the EDL is a good thing and that the 1980s are still ongoing as they create regular disorder. Millwall is alot worse to go to for a football match compared to Man City. So is Cardiff.