Other Games - 2017/18

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It was night and not a lot, I had responsible parents. A lot more than will happen in a few weeks. You got a problem?

[PeterWithesShin]

Well you seem to have one with anyone disagreeing. Just seems strange you insisting how tasty it was despite having not actually seen anything.

[four fornicholl]

December 87, was a fucking nightmare from 11 till 7, no glorifaction, it just was.

[wittonwarrior]

Football has actually won something back with USA being knocked out.  They are everything that I detest about the modern game,  corporate, franchised and nouvelle soccer supporters. 

[PeterWithesShin]

No one's denying it was dodgy at times in the 80s, first violence I really saw up close was Wembley '81 and some Spurs fans getting kicked around like rag dolls inside Wembley.

[olaftab]

I thought it was good to see them at world cup finals as it gave their public a glimpse of an actual "world series".

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I have no problem with people being wrong PWS, I do have a  problem with snides. This is known. Have the courage to be direct, don't dance around it.

I saw and heard enough. I didn't really get what was going on mind and wouldn't until years later.

Maybe I'm mistaken. Maybe football in the 80s and early 90s wasnt a lot tastier than it is now. Maybe I imagined trouble in the League Cup at the Sty or maybe everything in my post was factually correct. I was there after all and maybe you were too. I saw a lot of trouble in 2002 as well. I bet there's not any in a few weeks.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm not sure how asking what you saw is anything but direct, pretty hard to be any more direct than asking outright what violence you saw.

[adrenachrome]

They were singing we shit in the road. The third world mingers.

They won. They used irony. The phrasing, tone and melodic interpretation was excellent.

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I saw a gentlemen break a bottle over another gentlemen's head. Which coincidentally is the first time I saw somebody bottled. The second and last, was 9 years later. I'd love to say it was in the same spot, but truth be told, my geography as a 7 year old was limited to finding the fridge and my back garden. Needless to say I wasn't allowed to go to the Sty when the Albion played there (mixed family) 2 years later at night. My parents went to Sainsburys apparently... The Stripey Bastards beat the Noses from 3-2 down, Andy Hunt or Bob Taylor with the winner at the Agbonlahor End.

I also heard that roar sound of morons fighting that seems to be universal. I found it pretty scary, but then I was afraid of sleeping with my football duvet cover net side down as it looked too much like a spider's webs. Kids ah?!

What did you see and hear PWS?

[PeterWithesShin]

Not a fat lot, same as at most derby games, or any games back then. Then there'd be the odd times you'd be caught in the wrong place and have to fight like fuck to save your skin and your mates. Same as i'd imagine happened to most teens/20 year olds in the 80s. And no doubt the same applied back in the 70s.

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Cool story bro. Bet nobody has to "fight like fuck" in a few weeks. Wouldn't you agree?

[Pat McMahon]

Football has actually won something back with USA being knocked out.  They are everything that I detest about the modern game,  corporate, franchised and nouvelle soccer supporters. 

I can't comment on their fans but their team was a lot more entertaining than England in Brazil 3 years ago. They were limited but had a good go against Germany

[Damo70]

I reckon I have been to getting on for twenty derbies (a pretty even mix of home and away) against Small Heath from 1980 to last season and can't really think of anything that would be classed as a real 'war story'. Just plenty of moody and ominous atmospheres.

And wins.

[ColinMac]

Football was a hell of a lot tastier 24 years ago everywhere. In 1993 we went to the Sty and there was a battle on Garrison Lane. We will go in a few weeks time and nothing will happen.

The games moved on.

Was there? Cant say i remember that, and football was "a hell of a lot tastier?" i cant say i saw any major problems at all following Villa home and away in the late 80's early 90's.

There was. You ok Colin?

Im fine, went to the game on the number 8 bus, watched us win, got the number 8 bus home. Didnt see any violence, riots, fights.

Honestly, went to VP throughout the 80's and probably saw one instance of violence outside the ground, against Arsenal of all teams.

My one memory of any sort of trouble with opposing fans was a final day game against Chelsea when a few hundred little hard men came out of the Holte End at full time and decided to goad the few Chelsea fans there, will never forget the noise of stampeding feet on the VP pitch when the Chelsea fans decided to walk onto the pitch.. walked through Aston Park that day listening to a chorus of "Villa run from Chelsea"

I dont deny violence occured at many Villa games (as they did with football in general) throughout that period, but its no different from now.. generally if you keep your head down, are sensible about where you go and how you behave then you will be fine.

All this "football was tastier in the 80's" all sounds a bit patheitc and Danny Dyer, it just amuses me.