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Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: Lambert and Payne on August 27, 2010, 08:55:01 PM
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Just like to know whats your favourite ground to go to and what you always make the effort for? Mine personally is Wigan. 5k and all the pubs and no challenge from the home fans, oh and we always win!
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Fulham was nice when I went, though we lost 3-1, the sunshine was out and the Villa packed the away stand with non-stop singing.
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Goodison Park followed by Hillsborough both classic old grounds and we usualy win at both.
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Goodison for me, it has provided what is probably my greatest moment as an Aston Villa fan.
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I like us playing at West Brom. A proper derby atmosphere with healthy rivalry instead of vicious hatred. The games have a much longer history than anything with small heath. Ok you cant understand a word what their fans say if they are from the other side of the M5, but at least they arent a bunch of humourless knuckle dragging retards brought up in a bitter twisted atmopshere born out of a 100 years of winning f*** all. And it doesnt cost £48. And we nearly always win.
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I like us playing at West Brom. A proper derby atmosphere with healthy rivalry instead of vicious hatred. The games have a much longer history than anything with small heath. Ok you cant understand a word what their fans say if they are from the other side of the M5, but at least they arent a bunch of humourless knuckle dragging retards brought up in a bitter twisted atmopshere born out of a 100 years of winning f*** all. And it doesnt cost £48. And we nearly always win.
No.
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Fulham
Every single thing about it is perfect.
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Fulham
Every single thing about it is perfect.
Agreed. It has everything, a good boozer close by, great walk to the ground and a really old school stadium.
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got to be goodison park for me.
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Goodison, Highbury and Hillsborough for me.
The old Baseball ground as well, as it was one of the first 'away' games I ever went to.
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Craven Cottage by a country mile.
Nods in the direction of Goodison (for the memories the stand was shit), Loftus Rd, Ayresome Park, City Ground, White Hart Lane, and others that will come back to me.
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The Hawthorns- great memories of a couple of midweek league cup wins in the early eighties. I always loved Highbury too, I went there five times and we only lost once.(5-0 when Platt ended up in goal!)
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And it doesnt cost £48.
No, it's a snip this year at the Yawnthorns for a mere £40 !!
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I'm going Goodison Park as I've been twice and both times we've won in the last minute (Merson and Young) and Fulham although I've never seen us win there yet.
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Newcastle. Great stadium, great location. Not great this year though...
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Fulham - by far the best.
Great pubs around there, pleasant walk through the park from the station, lovely old fashioned, friendly ground.
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goodison park...... i went to every away game in season 75 76 never won one, had some great days thou, saw our first away win 76 77 august 76 everton and wot a great goal y brian little it was 2 nil aswell...... happy days
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Goodison Park for me - I've never been to Fulham, but am hoping to go this season.
Spurs was the worst, a terrible ground.
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Spurzzz away was always my favourite due to it being a local game for me and most of my family and friends being Spurzzz fans. Was good to beat them, especially the 5-2 result.
Fulham and Chelsea were always a pleasure, as I lived locally in Putney for a few years.
Worst away days always been Bluenoses, West Ham and Millwall (at The Den), all a living nightmare.
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I like us playing at West Brom. A proper derby atmosphere with healthy rivalry instead of vicious hatred. The games have a much longer history than anything with small heath. Ok you cant understand a word what their fans say if they are from the other side of the M5, but at least they arent a bunch of humourless knuckle dragging retards brought up in a bitter twisted atmopshere born out of a 100 years of winning f*** all. And it doesnt cost £48. And we nearly always win.
I think the atmosphere is every bit as nasty as the Blues derby, especially at the Yawnthorns.
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another vote for Fulham here as well, just a shame that it will fall on the anniversary of my Dad passing away last year.
I will be there though and although I usually as a strict rule never wear colours I am going to wear my Dads's 82 final shirt.
UTV
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Probably Fulham for me as well.
Big shout going out to the Dell though.
And The Valley was a decent day out ( always seemed to be an evening)
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Fulham is a big favourite with all clubs,
my Man utd friend showed me a thread about away days similar to this, and it was 90% Fulham as there favourite
i too love Fulham,
but if i could only go to one away game a season it would be Blues, no contest, i just love the friendly rivalry and the jolly banter on the way home
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Nowadays it's Ewood Park.
My closest PL ground, easy parking and a quick get away afterwards, decent away end, relatively cheap tickets, usually a good Villa turnout and - with one or two notable exceptions - we have a reasonable record there.
I used to really like Maine Road.
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The Shay, Halifax Town about October 1970 travelling up over the Pennines with 4 lads in my old mini (no motorway up there then) and stopping for a snowball fight on the way. Think we lost 1-2. Also going to Bournmouth the following season losing 3 - 0 but seeing a fantastic meteor shower on clear crisp night on the way back around Salisbury Plain.
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I always enjoy going to Ewood Park, Pride Park and recently the Walkers Stadium. Another ground i used to enjoy us playing at but hated the drive to and from was Portman Road.
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my Man utd friend showed me a thread about away days similar to this, and it was 90% Fulham as there favourite
Well most of those sad cockney fucks probably only get to see that one game a season! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR ;-)
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Everton and Fulham, Craven cottage feels like a home game!
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Easy, GT MK 1's last game in May 1990 - Everton 3 - the Villa 3.
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Big Ron's first match in charge at Hillsbourgh in Aug 1991 - Sheff Weds 2 - the Villa 3.
Great games, great atmosphere, great weather, great result and huge Villa support on both occasions.
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Blackburn away probably. 1st time going there just after my birthday in 2009 (won 2-0 - Milner & Gabby). 2nd time the outstanding league cup semi 1st leg... the drama of the 1st game being called off due to snow, then worrying the re-schedueled game would be called off, snow/ice, an awful lot of alcohol, non-stop singing, fantastic atmosphere, just amazing!
Probably 2nd might have to go to Emirates (purely for this seasons carnival atmosphere).
Honourable mentions - Goodison, WHL, Blackpool, Wembley
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De Kuip of course!
In this country I'd go for Leeds. I prefer an away day that up the M1 than one that involves the M6, and Leeds usually has a decent atmosphere. Another ground spoilt by the building of a big ugly stand unfortunately.
Hillsborough is a good old ground I've always loved going to as well.
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Maine Road for me
travelling there I loved the fact it was in a proper tough part of Manchester, where there could of been a Terry Duckworth or Jez Quigley in every street.
i always found manchester people to be quite friendly as well even when singing Big Fat Ron's Claret and Blue Army at closing time in a disco club in Middleton on one occasion
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Maine Road was horrible. When I went it didn't have a roof. Luckily they gave out free macs, but only for the home fans.
Monsoon-like conditions lasted all game then lots of idiots were fighting at the end. We got knocked out of the FA Cup by an offside goal too. Glad it's gone, and luckily we always win at their new ground...
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Fulham - great away day along with the Arsenal.
I always used to like Roker Park but always enjoy a trip to Sunderland. Funnily enough I've never been away to Newcastle.
Love both Sheffield away trips (rons return in 91, the stuff of legend)
Anfield and Goodison are usually always good days out.
Man citeh away is the worst, I live in Manchester, feel I need to go but just dread the whole experience, its usually just miserable.