The Independent - 'glorious, gleeful pettiness'

[Damo70]

I think the worst/moodiest atmospheres in the stands when I have been in the ground were Boxing Day 1982 at their place and the Enckelman game, also at the sty. The moodiest/worst regarding on the pitch was the October '83 'battle of Brum'. The March 2003 probably wins overall as it was equally moody in the stands and on the pitch. It was the night everyone in the ground seemed to lose the plot to some extent.

[KevinGage]

I was actually late into the 03/03/03 fiasco; at least 20 -25 minutes late.

Didn't actually see any snarling faces or moodiness on the way to the ground.

But I remember heading up to the second tier of the Trinity and sensing the malevolence in the air before I even made it through to the other side of the gate. 

Fetid, on and off the pitch.

That's what that rabble bring to the party. They do us no favours at all.

Give me the early 90s when we saw Yanited, Liverpool and actual football teams as our rivals any day of the week.

[Somniloquism]

The anger escaped onto here on that dreaded night. The infamous Cnut night IIRC.

[Legion]

I think that was the away game that season.

[Dave Cooper please]

No, it was definitely the home game because the main instigator of cnut night was slagging off the fans who had taken time out to put something (although I can't remember what) on all the home seats before the game.

[thick_mike]

The worst I remember was at the 2nd div game at the sty when we went down under McNeil. Garry Thomson scored and I think we won 2-0. Might have felt more moody because I was on the Kop, colours covered and celebrations very much muted!

[Des Little]

03/03/03 will never be matched in terms of sheer nastiness inside VP.  It just can't.

[andyaston]

The worst I remember was at the 2nd div game at the sty when we went down under McNeil. Garry Thomson scored and I think we won 2-0. Might have felt more moody because I was on the Kop, colours covered and celebrations very much muted!

We never played Blues under Mcneil

[rob_bridge]

The worst I remember was at the 2nd div game at the sty when we went down under McNeil. Garry Thomson scored and I think we won 2-0. Might have felt more moody because I was on the Kop, colours covered and celebrations very much muted!

We never played Blues under Mcneil

It was under Taylor and we won 2-1. It was freezing and the Sty was an utter dump. There was a procession of evictions throughout the game. Lots of trouble where Tilton and Kop met.
I queued up as a teenager to get a spot and got in about 1:45. Some lad was being kicked out as I entered.

[Mister E]

It was under Taylor and we won 2-1. It was freezing and the Sty was an utter dump. There was a procession of evictions throughout the game. Lots of trouble where Tilton and Kop met.
I queued up as a teenager to get a spot and got in about 1:45. Some lad was being kicked out as I entered.

What do you mean 'was'? 

[rob_bridge]

It was under Taylor and we won 2-1. It was freezing and the Sty was an utter dump. There was a procession of evictions throughout the game. Lots of trouble where Tilton and Kop met.
I queued up as a teenager to get a spot and got in about 1:45. Some lad was being kicked out as I entered.

What do you mean 'was'? 

Fair point. And well made.

[Percy McCarthy]

I was at the 97 bus stop heading to the Sty for the Garry Thompson game when a girl from an adjacent block of flats shouted from her window and waved a big spliff at me. I fancied her sister so that was the end of my interest in going to the game.

From what I heard later it could have been fate averting my early death as no doubt I’d have been running round with all the ‘characters’ had I gone.

[villa `cross the mersey]

I was at the 97 bus stop heading to the Sty for the Garry Thompson game when a girl from an adjacent block of flats shouted from her window and waved a big spliff at me. I fancied her sister so that was the end of my interest in going to the game.

From what I heard later it could have been fate averting my early death as no doubt I’d have been running round with all the ‘characters’ had I gone.

Good to see you've got your priorities right Steve - sex,drugs and football - in that order?

[Percy McCarthy]

I was at the 97 bus stop heading to the Sty for the Garry Thompson game when a girl from an adjacent block of flats shouted from her window and waved a big spliff at me. I fancied her sister so that was the end of my interest in going to the game.

From what I heard later it could have been fate averting my early death as no doubt I’d have been running round with all the ‘characters’ had I gone.

Good to see you've got your priorities right Steve - sex,drugs and football - in that order?

No. I’m finished with drugs. The others though, and music - well, what a question!

[Damo70]

I was actually late into the 03/03/03 fiasco; at least 20 -25 minutes late.

Didn't actually see any snarling faces or moodiness on the way to the ground.

But I remember heading up to the second tier of the Trinity and sensing the malevolence in the air before I even made it through to the other side of the gate. 

Fetid, on and off the pitch.

That's what that rabble bring to the party. They do us no favours at all.

Give me the early 90s when we saw Yanited, Liverpool and actual football teams as our rivals any day of the week.

Using your post about the game on the third of the third '03, take a wild guess what was the first Villa/Small heath derby I took my wife to.