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Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Louzie0 on September 26, 2024, 04:32:07 PM
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Welcome to GUESS THE CROWD Round 4; the second match of the eight League fixtures in Champions League 24/25! Hurrah!
ASTON VILLA host Bayern Munich in the first meeting of these two famous old clubs since the Final of the European Cup in 1982, when the Villa lifted the trophy. 😃
KO is at 8 pm on Wednesday, 2nd October at Villa Park! Wilkommen! 🥧
Wiki on Bayern
Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V., commonly known as Bayern Munich or FC Bayern is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are best known for their professional men's association football team, who play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system.
Bayern are the most successful club in German football history, having won a record 33 national titles, including eleven consecutive titles from 2013 to 2023, and a record 20 national cups, along with numerous European honours.
Bayern Munich was founded in 1900 by eleven players, led by Franz John. Although Bayern won its first national championship in 1932, the club was not selected for the Bundesliga during its inception in 1963. The club had its period of greatest success in the mid-1970s when, under the captaincy of Franz Beckenbauer, they won the European Cup three consecutive times (1974–1976).
Their luck ran out in May 1982 when they met ASTON VILLA 😃👍
Time for Unai’s vision, experience, expertise and legendary commitment to thorough preparation. We’ll need it!
Once again, we look forward to the Bonus known as...Emery’s Extras!... so let’s hope all our chaps have their scoring boots 🥾 on.
The Brucie Bonus is wild until KO on Wednesday evening. COYVB!!!👍
Remember,
Only your first guess counts, and
Please don’t edit your post. Thanks.
Anybody can join Guess The Crowd 🥧 by guessing the number of the total attendance (the crowd) at VP for the match v ‘Beckenbauer’s boys’ and posting your Guess in here, before KO!!!👍
We’ve beaten them before. Here’s hoping the Villa bring it! 😎🙏🏼🤞
UTV!
Louzie0
There’s a new figure for the capacity of VP since last summer; the current FA Handbook for 2024/25 has it as 42,918, which is up by about 270 odd from last year.
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42601
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42,356
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42,117
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42,075
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41,984
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42002
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42,333
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42 057
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41,950
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42024
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42,104
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41779
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41876
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41,874
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42,123
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42,228
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41,881
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41898
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42,161
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42,324
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41227
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42009
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42,224
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41982
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42,026
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42,055
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42,278
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41,982
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41918
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42165
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41986
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41502
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41,981
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41,967
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42000
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BBC: 38,991
I know! But it’s the BBC…
Points coming up soon, Round 5 on its way as well!
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BBC: 38,991
I know! But it’s the BBC…
Points coming up soon, Round 5 on its way as well!
Ministry of truth, lmao, thank you for your efforts Louzie0, UTV.
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BBC: 38,991
I know! But it’s the BBC…
Points coming up soon, Round 5 on its way as well!
Should be easier than usual. 1pt for everyone plus an Emery Extra. Heck has certainly made Guess the Crowd more interesting.
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Results from Round 4 (oh, …heck)
Attendance: 38,991
ASTON VILLA 1 ( Duran, 79) : Them 0
Emery’s Extras 1=2 points!
And, here’s the good news:
2: Everyone who entered this Round!
I know. How on earth…etc. Speculation is all covered elsewhere on H&V, especially in the Champions League from about reply 2758 for a couple of pages. It seems BM did take up their allowance, but that’s about 2.5k fewer supporters than VP typically offers for a regular Premier League fixture.
There were gaps in specific hospitality areas, apparently, which probably made up the rest.
The shortfall from a full house was 3,927.
Still, thanks to the Villa lads and SUE, we all got a bonus point. 🎉 I did think it would have been rather nice if Rotterdam or Rotterdam 82 had cracked this one!
Welcome to our newest Team, waynejames! 👍✨
And, The Mighty Villa rolled over Bayern again, on the way to a CL triumph 👍🌟🙌🔥😎
Hurrah!
UTV,
Louzie0
Don’t forget to guess in GTC Round 5, stickied in Heroes Discussion NOW for Sunday’s match v you know who!
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Thanks for your perspicacity, littleoldme, maidstonevillain; I have a feeling we’re all going to need a GSOH and the ability to suspend disbelief when confronted with attendance figures from VP, this season. As you say, maidstonevillain, it’s made it, er, more interesting!🧐
In other news, cracking performance from the VP ticketing and attendance team - the figure was out within an hour from the final whistle 👍🌟
Thanks!!!