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Offline Broughty-Villian

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #15 on: July 08, 2013, 10:20:31 PM »
I always bracket us with Everton as being a "proper" football club, and stats help back that up, longest time in top flight, most matches played and most internationals provided to england. Two proper stadiums, though VP is more modern, and I think similar fans, I always seem to get on better with Toffee fans than from any other club.

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #16 on: July 08, 2013, 10:49:02 PM »
I always bracket us with Everton as being a "proper" football club, and stats help back that up, longest time in top flight, most matches played and most internationals provided to england. Two proper stadiums, though VP is more modern, and I think similar fans, I always seem to get on better with Toffee fans than from any other club.

As we've said on here before, we seem to have respect for them, they for some reason can't stand us. Maybe it's because we are the one club who know our 'istory as well as they do.

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #17 on: July 08, 2013, 11:23:09 PM »
Ferguson always respected our history and tradition etc and I think that's why his teams always performed well. Others enjoyed the day out whereas he made his teams thinks it was a big match.

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #18 on: July 08, 2013, 11:46:06 PM »
I heard a Bolton player - Keith Andrew I think - on 5 Live last season summarising one of our home games. He said that players loved coming to play at Villa Park, partly because it was a great ground but also because it was not intimidating

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #19 on: July 09, 2013, 12:11:53 AM »
I heard a Bolton player - Keith Andrew I think - on 5 Live last season summarising one of our home games. He said that players loved coming to play at Villa Park, partly because it was a great ground but also because it was not intimidating

Isn't he ex-Blues? Sounds like a pathetic dig to me.

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #20 on: July 09, 2013, 12:40:06 AM »
I heard a Bolton player - Keith Andrew I think - on 5 Live last season summarising one of our home games. He said that players loved coming to play at Villa Park, partly because it was a great ground but also because it was not intimidating

Isn't he ex-Blues? Sounds like a pathetic dig to me.

Sounds spot on to me.

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #21 on: July 09, 2013, 12:45:00 AM »
I heard a Bolton player - Keith Andrew I think - on 5 Live last season summarising one of our home games. He said that players loved coming to play at Villa Park, partly because it was a great ground but also because it was not intimidating

Isn't he ex-Blues? Sounds like a pathetic dig to me.

Sounds spot on to me.

The great ground bit, yeah.

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #22 on: July 09, 2013, 12:46:03 AM »
I heard a Bolton player - Keith Andrew I think - on 5 Live last season summarising one of our home games. He said that players loved coming to play at Villa Park, partly because it was a great ground but also because it was not intimidating

Isn't he ex-Blues? Sounds like a pathetic dig to me.

Sounds spot on to me.

The great ground bit, yeah.

It isn't intimidating. It never has been.

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #23 on: July 09, 2013, 12:46:50 AM »
I heard a Bolton player - Keith Andrew I think - on 5 Live last season summarising one of our home games. He said that players loved coming to play at Villa Park, partly because it was a great ground but also because it was not intimidating

Isn't he ex-Blues? Sounds like a pathetic dig to me.

Sounds spot on to me.

The great ground bit, yeah.

It isn't intimidating. It never has been.
I have to agree.

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #24 on: July 09, 2013, 12:48:36 AM »
I heard a Bolton player - Keith Andrew I think - on 5 Live last season summarising one of our home games. He said that players loved coming to play at Villa Park, partly because it was a great ground but also because it was not intimidating

Isn't he ex-Blues? Sounds like a pathetic dig to me.

Sounds spot on to me.

The great ground bit, yeah.

It isn't intimidating. It never has been.
I have to agree.

Fair enough.

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #25 on: July 09, 2013, 12:52:16 AM »
When we get going there's few grounds that can match it for atmosphere but in terms of putting the opposition off, no chance.

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #26 on: July 09, 2013, 12:52:28 AM »
It is sometimes, but not often enough. Then again, how many grounds are these days?

Offline Broughty-Villian

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #27 on: July 09, 2013, 03:09:50 AM »
er Millwall and Bradford?

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #28 on: July 09, 2013, 03:55:56 AM »
The most memorable time that I can recall when we put the opposition off their game was when we beat Chelsea and saw Mourinho off. I can't really remember another one, but that night their players just seemed to be fazed by the noise and hostility.

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Re: Traditional Villa
« Reply #29 on: July 09, 2013, 04:00:16 AM »
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