that seems exactly what was published in the meaning evil rim gk
You are not seriously suggesting that you want their number to come up more. Be grateful for small mercies.
One thing that always surprises me is that I think we've only played them in the FA Cup twice and wasn't the last time about 1924? Come on you stattos - help me out!
When I was a teenager my best mate was a Blues fan, so we always went to a game every week, alternating between them and the Villa. I don't think that I've been to St. Andrews apart from the odd occasion over the years since the mid '60's when my mate suddenly discovered that his girlfriend was pregnant and "had to" get married rather swiftly and moved away. Maybe it's hard to believe these days, but what I do recall was the piss taking from the regular Blues fans because I was a Villa fan. The difference is that it was always in good humour and I never felt unsafe. It just seemed that we were all football fans who loved football wherever it was played. As others have said, the ground itself was pitiful, especially if it was raining and you were standing on a patch of terracing that was fairly empty, since you could be sure that it was one of several places where the roof had large holes in it.
Quote from: E I Adio on December 11, 2017, 11:01:10 PMWhen I was a teenager my best mate was a Blues fan, so we always went to a game every week, alternating between them and the Villa. I don't think that I've been to St. Andrews apart from the odd occasion over the years since the mid '60's when my mate suddenly discovered that his girlfriend was pregnant and "had to" get married rather swiftly and moved away. Maybe it's hard to believe these days, but what I do recall was the piss taking from the regular Blues fans because I was a Villa fan. The difference is that it was always in good humour and I never felt unsafe. It just seemed that we were all football fans who loved football wherever it was played. As others have said, the ground itself was pitiful, especially if it was raining and you were standing on a patch of terracing that was fairly empty, since you could be sure that it was one of several places where the roof had large holes in it.Pretty much how it was for me EIA. Growing up in Sheldon there were a few Noses there. I had one particular mate that was a Nose and I used to go a lot with him and you are right, it was perfectly safe. The word banter has now achieved cliche status; but that's exactly what it was, banter and everyone there was there for the football.My last visit to the sty was a third round FA Cup tie when they played non-league Wigan in 1978. I'd got two tickets for their main stand for me and the old man but he wasn't feeling too well so football-hating Mrs S came with me. My old man died a few days later.
Memories of being held in the Sty for a long time...Behind the scenes on Birmingham derby day with football fans and police – videohttps://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2017/dec/18/football-fans-and-the-police-birmingham-city-aston-villa-video