I agree with Ads. I couldn't care less what people are writing about us on Facebook. Few of the many things wrong with modern football annoy me more than these posts along the lines of 'what are {insert name of team here} for?!' As if, just because a team isn't on Sky continuously, they are of no importance. Never mind the history and community related to the club, the people whose lives are wrapped up in it, rain or shine.People who understand football, understand the importance of Aston Villa F.C. That'll do for me.
Quote from: Cliftonville Villain on February 01, 2015, 11:30:22 PMA cert 3 points for whoever plays us...Christ Almighty how did it come to this? Have been a supporter for 40 years and have never felt so low...even in the third division we were still The Villa and relegation in 86 brought SGT to save us but this? Lack of funds,a clueless manager completely out of his depth, an absent owner and the best fans in the country bored senseless into apathy by a squad not fit for purpose. We're in freefall towards the Championship and no-one on high seems to give a shit. These are the darkest of days, with our great club now being reduced to joke status among other fans, but I STILL have the hope that someone, somewhere will want to own the marquee name of historical football clubs. Sorry for the rant guys but four years of Villa taking hammerings says that enough is enough. Do I know you? Seeing as I went to Cliftonville school and BRA around the same time as your timeline above. There were not many Villa fans around then. Nah, St Malachy's College, Neil...and you're right, Villa fans were a rarity in this part of the world. Childhood spent growing up in a sea of Celtic and met with puzzlement and curiosity by all. They'll never get it.
A cert 3 points for whoever plays us...Christ Almighty how did it come to this? Have been a supporter for 40 years and have never felt so low...even in the third division we were still The Villa and relegation in 86 brought SGT to save us but this? Lack of funds,a clueless manager completely out of his depth, an absent owner and the best fans in the country bored senseless into apathy by a squad not fit for purpose. We're in freefall towards the Championship and no-one on high seems to give a shit. These are the darkest of days, with our great club now being reduced to joke status among other fans, but I STILL have the hope that someone, somewhere will want to own the marquee name of historical football clubs. Sorry for the rant guys but four years of Villa taking hammerings says that enough is enough. Do I know you? Seeing as I went to Cliftonville school and BRA around the same time as your timeline above. There were not many Villa fans around then. Nah, St Malachy's College, Neil...and you're right, Villa fans were a rarity in this part of the world. Childhood spent growing up in a sea of Celtic and met with puzzlement and curiosity by all. They'll never get it.
Quote from: Neil Hawkes on February 02, 2015, 01:40:55 PMQuote from: Cliftonville Villain on February 01, 2015, 11:30:22 PMA cert 3 points for whoever plays us...Christ Almighty how did it come to this? Have been a supporter for 40 years and have never felt so low...even in the third division we were still The Villa and relegation in 86 brought SGT to save us but this? Lack of funds,a clueless manager completely out of his depth, an absent owner and the best fans in the country bored senseless into apathy by a squad not fit for purpose. We're in freefall towards the Championship and no-one on high seems to give a shit. These are the darkest of days, with our great club now being reduced to joke status among other fans, but I STILL have the hope that someone, somewhere will want to own the marquee name of historical football clubs. Sorry for the rant guys but four years of Villa taking hammerings says that enough is enough. Do I know you? Seeing as I went to Cliftonville school and BRA around the same time as your timeline above. There were not many Villa fans around then. Nah, St Malachy's College, Neil...and you're right, Villa fans were a rarity in this part of the world. Childhood spent growing up in a sea of Celtic and met with puzzlement and curiosity by all. They'll never get it.
Famous old stadium. Won The European Cup you say? They never did? Did they? I'm surprised about that.
Its famous and its old.The fact three of the stands are 20 years or less is neither here nor there. Its what seperates us from Goodison which instead of being a "famous old stadium" s a "famous old shit stadium".
I like Goodison until I am in it and need to, for example, buy a beer, take a leak or watch the Villa. Normally its difficult to watch us, but at Goodison, they make it literally difficult to see. It makes me realise that the new Trinity or the new Holte End are a million times the rag-taggle of corrugated iron, wooden seats and pillars that makes up the bulk of Goodison.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on February 02, 2015, 01:45:00 PMI have to say that is excellent, made me smile