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Offline Handsworth Wood Villa

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Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« on: December 28, 2011, 12:04:46 AM »
Which areas of Birmingham would you class as Villa areas?

And which areas of Birmingham would you class as Blues areas?

Do you think that this map accurately reflects the support of the two clubs within the City?



Claret = Villa areas
Blue = Blues areas
Yellow = Mixed areas

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/9053/villauk.jpg

Is it as simple as a North-South divide? (North Brum being Villa and South Brum being Blues?)

Also do you think there is any truth in the claim that Blues are the real Brummie club? (like how Man City say they are the real Mancunian club) - with Villa being a more general Midlands club?

And finally, do you think there is any truth in there being a class divide? (with Villa fans being more middle-class and Blues fans being more working class?)

Offline The Man With A Stick

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Re: Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2011, 12:08:53 AM »
I definitely wouldn't describe Erdington as mixed, unless you're talking about gloryhunting pricks.  Can't remember the last time I saw a Blues shirt around there.

And the whole "real Brummie club" thing is a laughable myth.  I'd only ever met three 'noses by the time I left school in 1994.

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Re: Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2011, 12:09:14 AM »
No.

Offline Greg N'Ash

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Re: Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2011, 12:13:10 AM »
my experience is its pretty equal outside the immediate vacinity of the clubs. Certainly i wouldn't call yardley a blose stronghold. Anyway it probably should be all red from all the midland plastic mancs and bindippers

Offline ozzjim

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Re: Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2011, 12:34:11 AM »
I would say Sutton is certainly Villa, there are a few noses but generally they have been imported in through marriage and the such like from the heathen states.

Offline jb91

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Re: Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2011, 12:40:00 AM »
tao, stop posting things like this

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Re: Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2011, 12:43:15 AM »
tao, stop posting things like this

I agree.

Offline Summers

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Re: Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2011, 01:11:26 AM »
I definitely wouldn't describe Erdington as mixed, unless you're talking about gloryhunting pricks.  Can't remember the last time I saw a Blues shirt around there.

This is true.

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Re: Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2011, 07:00:05 AM »

Also do you think there is any truth in the claim that Blues are the real Brummie club? (like how Man City say they are the real Mancunian club) - with Villa being a more general Midlands club?


Is this a late contender for `Most stupid question of the year on H & V` award ?

Provocative f#*ker !

Offline Percy McCarthy

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Re: Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2011, 07:15:17 AM »
There's a theory on another forum he posts on that the TRS in his username stands for Tilton Road Stand. He'll be alright on here though - our moderators can't even work out who Lichfield Loon supports, even though he only posts about how hard b-lose fans are, and his ip address being in Yardley.

Anyway, in answer to the question, b-lose have no strongholds anymore. Kingshurst is mainly Villa and Chelmsley is about 50/50. They were the last bastions of knuckledragging.

One of the more realistic posters on SHA reckons they draw their support almost exclusively from an area the size of Blackburn in the bottom right-hand corner of Brum, which, he says, explains why they get crowds similar to t'Rovers.
« Last Edit: December 28, 2011, 07:58:08 AM by PercyN'thehood »

Offline Mellin

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Re: Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2011, 08:30:13 AM »
I'm from Northfield and although there are more blues round here than elsewhere in Birmingham, there's still an equal amount of Villa.

Offline Chris Smith

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Re: Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2011, 09:22:02 AM »
My house is Villa but next door is Blues, hope this helps.

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Re: Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2011, 09:23:42 AM »
My house is Villa but next door is Blues, hope this helps.

You live in a Villa but next door is the Home of the Blues, yes?

Offline Percy McCarthy

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Re: Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2011, 09:27:16 AM »
My missus grew up and went to school in Edgbaston and Handsworth, and had never knowingly met a b-loser until I took her up the Prince Hal when she was seventeen.

Of course, this does not rule out the possibility that she met some who were too embarrassed to admit it.
« Last Edit: December 28, 2011, 10:12:59 AM by PercyN'thehood »

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Re: Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2011, 09:29:16 AM »
They haven't got an area of support, they've got a corridor along the A45 and that's about it.

 


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