Sandwell Town vs Aston Villa: Pre-Match Thread

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Aston Villa are winless in eight away league matches played on Friday (D6 L2) since a 2-0 win at Wrexham in March 1972. (BBC)

Oh dear.

A Good Friday game and we then played on the saturday and monday as well. I checked the attendance 16,846, Wrexhams average that season was 5,835. One of a number of away games that season turned into home matches by our following.

[john e]

I actually like Darren Moore if he wasn’t at WBA I would wish him more success

[olaftab]

Cheers for the Moore article, PWS, a nice read. He comes across well as does God (obvs).

So Moore used to watch Villa and Albion. But he doesn't explain why he chose to idolise Paul McGrath instead of Paul Raven and Daryl Burgess.

That requires no explaining. Good lad Darren Moore. It's a shame he is their Manager but it's a job I guess.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Only 20k there last night, you can add 5-6k on to that on Friday. They've got 200 tickets remaining. Come to see the Villa.

Attendance trivia stat. Average attendances at Villa Park are above 30k for the 23rd season in a row. The last time the Hawthorns averaged above 30k was in 1958/59.

[Drummond]

Villa win and Both Teams To Score  9/2 on SkyBet

[Risso]

After they sack Moore when they don't go up, we'll have him in some capacity.  Be nice to have another Villa fan on the books.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Never fails..

[LeeB]

Fuck the Albion! Up the Villa!

Going to miss the lot as I'm watching a Bowie tribute at the town hall, but I'm confident we will fuck the fuckers in my absence.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Never fails..

Oh I do like to walk along the prom, prom, prom...etc 

UTV!

[chrisw1]

ASTON VILLA TEAM NEWS

Starting XI: Nyland, Hutton, Tuanzebe, Chester, Taylor, Hourihane, McGinn, Grealish, El Ghazi, Bolasie, Abraham

Subs: Bunn, Revan, Whelan, O'Hare, Elmohamady, Kodjia, Hogan