All us Villa Fans, miles away from home.

[Singapore Villa]

Cracking post ACVilla.  Will someone pass me the Kleenex!!

[ROBBO]

At the golf club saturday raffle all my tickets are in the name of Aston Villa, it's strange how even the most disinterested Aussie has managed to get a bit of fun at my expense over the last two weeks, oh well at least they know who Aston Villa are now.

[supertom]

I was internetless last week staying out in Llorente in the Philippines, which is very small rural village. So imagine my surprise on finally getting to civilisation to check the scores, optmistically, for the Chelsea and Tottenham games. I actually had to check several sights to make sure someone hadn't faked a match report page for the Chelsea game. I couldn't believe it.

Other than that, I've been in Asia now 4 months and managed to catch every game. I've stayed up until ridiculous hours. I've sat in internet cafes at 3 in the morning while others around me wearily look at porn, and mostly it's been a big let down.

One month left in Asia before I return to blighty, and will I continue catching the games? Yes. It's a disease.

[old man villa fan]

ACVilla you have expressed everything I feel about the Villa. I fell in love when we were relegated to the old third division so nothing will tear me apart from B6.

It was almost like having a vaccination against anything non-Villa. We may moan about our club but we only do it because we care. There are those who saw us in the 30s and 40s still around but, quite often, even they say their best times were when we went into the Third Division.

I think the reason why so many people think that the Third Division days were the best was because they saw us at rock bottom, wiping the slate clean and starting again.

I have the same feeling now as I had then.

Build right, have faith in the manager and the club and I believe it will see us stronger as a club with a far better future than the house of cards that MON built.

I understand that it is difficult for the younger fans that have only come along since we were promoted back into the First Division but all I can say is have patience and believe.

[dave shelley]

I miss it. I go everytime I am back in England which is always a treat. I find it a lot easier to take a loss being at Villa park than watching it on TV.

My sentiments too.  I'm much better able to handle defeat and shit performances when I've been there to witness it.  Some of you may find this strange but, I have great difficulty watching the Villa when shown live on TV.  In fact  I very rarely follow the match threads, don't wish to jinx anything.  Not doing a very good job am I?

[Stu]

I understand that it is difficult for the younger fans that have only come along since we were promoted back into the First Division but all I can say is have patience and believe.

I understand where you're coming from, but football has changed. Gone are the days when your team could realistically put a decent team together and challenge for the title, even if the club weren't able to carry on the level of investment the opportunity was there. Now it costs about £300m, so that's the title gone forever. Then there's the fact that there's a generation of Villa fans who are adults that haven't seen us win anything.

For Villa fans under the age of about 26, it's been shit mainly. They're a great set of fans that keep turning up to see Villa not win anything and be, in the main, average.

[old man villa fan]

I understand that it is difficult for the younger fans that have only come along since we were promoted back into the First Division but all I can say is have patience and believe.

I understand where you're coming from, but football has changed. Gone are the days when your team could realistically put a decent team together and challenge for the title, even if the club weren't able to carry on the level of investment the opportunity was there. Now it costs about £300m, so that's the title gone forever. Then there's the fact that there's a generation of Villa fans who are adults that haven't seen us win anything.

For Villa fans under the age of about 26, it's been shit mainly. They're a great set of fans that keep turning up to see Villa not win anything and be, in the main, average.

I was not saying that we can again climb to the very top but at least put us comfortably on the fringes and entertaining the supporters who go to the matches.

We will only have a chance of reaching the top if a mega-rich buyer comes along, which is very unlikely or 'the have nots' force a change in the way football has been going for a number of years.

[The Left Side]

I moved away 5 years ago and miss the Villa as much as my family, whenever I come home I have to go to B6 and soak up the memories!

[Villa in Denmark]

Moved away almost 5 years ago, and the Villa is one of the things I truly miss, even if I hadn't been to B6 much in the last few years after the kids arrived at least it was still possible.  It's amazing how results can still affect a weekend even from almost 1000 miles away.

[NiiLamptey]

I watch all the games live for 6GBP a month and the coverage is great...

However I have noticed you dont get any championship coverage so not looking forward to next year!

[Dave Clark Five]

If you want to imagine that you are back home, take a saucepan, put about half a pint of HP Sauce in it, topped up with an equal amount of beer, slowly stir in about a quarter of a pint of vinegar and bring to the boil. Leave to simmer for at least an hour. Leave the room, with all windows closed, then come back with a blindfold on and take several deep breaths. You will be instantly transported to Villa Park (Aston Cross anyway) in the 1970s.

[Chris Smith]

I moved away 5 years ago and miss the Villa as much as my family

I just don't get that. For different reasons I was away from home for much of last year and although I missed being able to go to the match it didn't come close to how much I missed my nearest and dearest.

[Vancouver]

Depends on your family! I don't miss them at all but I miss the Villa. My happiest memories was going with my dad on the train to Birmingham for a game. Going to the pub and seeing where we end up crashing that night. The Villa is probably the only good thing that came out of my dad!!

[paul_e]

With playing Rugby on a saturday afternoon I was never a season ticket holder anyway but used to go to 5-6 games a year but moving to Norway in the summer means I won't be there again any time soon.

The positive is that football fans in Norway have no idea who the baggies or the blues are so we're viewed as the only decent club in the midlands (the older guys know Forest, but generally we're the only club between Manchester and London they have any feelings towards.

I think we need a norwegian or 2 to get them really onside though.

That said I have my office convinced that Benteke is a beast, most of them only start paying attention to me talking about him before the liverpool game so they all saw him in that and can't understand how our front pair aren't both in double figures.

[Risso]

I got to about half a dozen games last season, which cost me an arm and a leg when you added in the travel.  I'd have tried to go to a few this season as well, but a new baby daughter has mostly put paid to that.  Blackburn and Bolton going down didn't help my NW attendance either.