Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: andyaston on May 16, 2011, 04:48:15 PM
-
As shown yesterday at the Emirates and on many occassions before we have a great away support numbers and singing wise.
Who do you think other than ourselves have a good away support?
Myself, without wanting to upset some, would say Spurs. Over the years even when they are doing crap they always bring numbers and make a noise.
-
Gateshead - small in number but feckin' yampy.
Barrow - there's something about these northern clubs!
Grimsby - don't want to support a non-league club ut seen determined to enjoy it all the same.
-
I think ManUre are quite vocal when they go away.
-
The Yeltz made some noise this season...
-
Rapid Vienna
-
Rapid Vienna
They were loud but it all felt a bit staged IMO.
-
Newcastle.
Heard some stories about them on my work experience at Villa.
-
Arsenal - always very polite and stick to the old adage of being seen and not heard.
-
Manure are great away fans. Wankers and they never have very far to travel but very loud.
-
Both the Fulham fans that usually attend Villa Park are throroughly nice chaps.
-
Man Utd, Liverpool, Sunderland, Spurs and ourselves are consitantly among the five best in my opinion.
Considering Club size Everton are among the worst.
-
For numbers and atmosphere combined, Everton have always been lousy. Just doesn't tally with the numbers they bring.
For away support I'd put us second only to United.
-
Stoke seem to make an insane amount of noise. Noticed a few empty seats in the away end this season though.
-
Rapid Vienna
-
Ajax
-
At Vp? Athletic Bilbao. They were amazing in and out of the ground. They went up about 15 minutes into the first half for a reason unconnected to the play and didnt stop for a second after that.
Non League - The Black and Gold Machine - Leamington at Colchester for the FA Cup 1st round. They took 6,000. I was there. It was mad. All day.
Away from VP we are up there. Been to some amazing aways. QPR was always tops, as was the Wednesday the few times we played there. But we are loud and do it in the right way generally.
-
I rate Tottenham, Man Yoo are good, if there winning before the 30 minute mark, silent until they score - Liverpool fit that too. When i used to sit next to away fans it was be Newcastle, Sunderland, Everton and Tottenham. Overrated - Portsmouth, Man Yoo, Spammers and Chelsea
-
Sunderland.
-
Much as it pains me, I think Man Yoo's away support is tremendous. I put this down to the fact that the stewards at Old Trafford are wankers and stop them having any fun - I think they're only allowed to let in people from Surrey who know the tune to 'Sloop John B'.
-
Panathinaikos. Horto Magiko (which Fluminense also use) is great for atmosphere.
-
Tottenham for me. Always travel in big numbers, even when shit and make a decent racket without the cockney arrogance of the likes of Chelsea, who are awful by the way.
-
They've all got shit support (me lord).
-
Leeds - the only game they haven't sold out this season was Palace on Easter Monday, but still took 5,500.
Although our own away support can be noisy - the numbers have been down this season, probably more because of rising costs than poor results.
-
Agree with Leeds and they have massive latent support too.
Spurs are loud and come in numbers , Stoke can be very loud.
We're up there with the top 6.
-
Newcastle.
Heard some stories about them on my work experience at Villa.
Do tell...?
-
At Vp? Athletic Bilbao. They were amazing in and out of the ground. They went up about 15 minutes into the first half for a reason unconnected to the play and didnt stop for a second after that.
Ditto to that. I remember that game so well,they didn't stop signing and jumping for the whole of the second half,i was so impressed that i went over there for a game a few years later,great ground and atmosphere,though i think they're moving to a new stadium soon.
-
man u- hate them but they have it down to a tee away from home.
-
I have to agree with some guys on here about Bilbao, the were a great bunch and came in the biggest numbers i've seen for a European match.
-
Rapid Vienna
They were loud but it all felt a bit staged IMO.
How did you come to that conclusion?
-
If I recall correctly Zilnia, or whatever they were called, made a lot of noise as well.
-
Rapid Vienna
They were loud but it all felt a bit staged IMO.
How did you come to that conclusion?
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.
If not, then it might have had something to do with the banner they brought with them, singing the same songs as the previous year and the fact they resembled a pride march in their attempt to look all 'keeerrrraaazzzy'.
And at the game in Vienna, the scummers abused one of their own, while injured on a stretcher.
So for me, they're a bunch of ******.
-
They also had two of their supporters arrested and locked up overnight for assaulting stewards.
-
They also had two of their supporters arrested and locked up overnight for assaulting stewards.
Obviously nobody can condone that but when it comes to noise and color they were fantastic imo.
Stu I'm not being sarcastic. Their banner was funny and when it comes to sing the same songs at least they bloody sang! I don't our song list actually differs very much year by year.
-
Those Austrians are right characters.
-
Wasn't there a similar discussion a while back and someone posted a link to a Youtube video of a Lech Poznan under 13's game or something where there was a packed out stand singing andjumping up and down constantly throughout the match, lighting flares and the like?
-
Wasn't there a similar discussion a while back and someone posted a link to a Youtube video of a Lech Poznan under 13's game or something where there was a packed out stand singing andjumping up and down constantly throughout the match, lighting flares and the like?
Yeah, they were playing Spurs. Quite amazing.
-
Rapid were the best i've ever seen at VP, only about 1200 of them but made more noise than 3000 English away fans ever have at our ground.
In this country Man Utd are the best in the Premier League imo. Because of their support they obviously sell out every away game and their songbook is very extended. Saying that though i've always said it's easy to support a team that wins nearly every game and almost never loses, i've noticed when they've drew at VP the last couple of years they haven't been nearly as good as when they used to win here every year, also on tv if they aren't winning they don't sing much. Just goes to show if they were crap they may not be so vocal.
If it was based on numbers i wouldn't have us anywhere near the top 5, for a club our size and where we are in the country we should sell out every away game but this season only 1400 to Liverpool, 2000 to Stoke, 1400 to Man Utd, 1700 to Spurs etc, poor numbers really. However i'd take our support over the likes of Arsenal and Everton who sell out every game any day of the week, Everton bring 3000 here every year and then all sit there in silence. Imo i'd put us just behind Man Utd if it was based vocal-wise.
-
They also had two of their supporters arrested and locked up overnight for assaulting stewards.
Obviously nobody can condone that but when it comes to noise and color they were fantastic imo.
Stu I'm not being sarcastic. Their banner was funny and when it comes to sing the same songs at least they bloody sang! I don't our song list actually differs very much year by year.
The fact that the two who were arrested then had their flights home paid by the club would indicate a greater level of, er, co-operation than we get.
-
The Arsenal fan at work said Villa were the best away fans he'd seen that season. Which was nice.
-
They also had two of their supporters arrested and locked up overnight for assaulting stewards.
Obviously nobody can condone that but when it comes to noise and color they were fantastic imo.
Stu I'm not being sarcastic. Their banner was funny and when it comes to sing the same songs at least they bloody sang! I don't our song list actually differs very much year by year.
The fact that the two who were arrested then had their flights home paid by the club would indicate a greater level of, er, co-operation than we get.
Well a lot of mainland European clubs have Ultras groups these are part and parcel of the club, I know for a fact that Ultras Rapid have a lot of say at Rapid Vienna so the arrested boys get the tickets home paid for is no surprise at all.
-
Stoke have done well. And i like "Delilah"
-
Stoke have done well. And i like "Delilah"
They were only getting 14,000 in the Championship which is why it makes me laugh when the media make them out to be the world's most loyal and greatest fans.
-
Stoke have done well. And i like "Delilah"
They were only getting 14,000 in the Championship which is why it makes me laugh when the media make them out to be the world's most loyal and greatest fans.
That, and they brought little more than a thousand to Villa park on a sunny Saturday at 3pm. Not too far to come.