Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Louzie0 on May 11, 2025, 11:09:35 PM
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Welcome to the final GUESS THE CROWD this season: Round 29, ASTON VILLA v Tottenham Hotspur FC at 7.30pm on Friday 16th May!! 🥧
The lads have pulled out the big one at VP this season and all our VILLA talents are unfailingly eager to impress, as we lay siege to finish in the top 5. It’s time for the Lions to roar again 🦁 on Friday night!!
It’s also time for Unai’s customary vision, expertise and preparation to inspire our lads to see off this lot. Please. COYVB!!
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 active until 7.30 pm on Wednesday evening. An early spot-on guess at the attendance gets a bonus.👍
Remember,
Only your first guess counts, and
Please don’t edit your post. Thanks.
Anybody can join Guess The Crowd 🥧 by guessing the crowd at VILLA PARK on Friday night for the match v Spurs and posting your Guess in here, before KO!!!👍😃
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. The link to this is in the OP of the Divisions thread.
UTV!
Louzie0
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42,243
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42369
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42,434
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42,568
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42,502
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42,447
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42,575
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42,323
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42,356
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42,578
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42024
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42,535
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41,874
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42,450
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42222
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42,448
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42,025
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42,234
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42320
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42639
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42,404
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42,305
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42372
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42,321
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42,501
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42,359
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42376
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42,211
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42,299
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42,386
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41982
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42538
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42500
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42178
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Attendance 42,239 according to BBC.
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Attendance 42,239 according to BBC.
Thanks JD, I just saw that.
Points up soon! 👍😀
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Attendance 42,239 according to BBC.
LOL. Hardy any Tottenham fans turned up...
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I did wonder!
Last home match of the season, going for CL, on a roll…
It fits if Spurs didn’t bring as many fans as they could have done.
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Results from Round 29
Attendance: 42,239 BBC
ASTON VILLA 2 (Konsa, Kamara) : Them 0
Emery’s Extras 2 = 4 points!
9 Nunkin1965, thick_mike!!😎😎
8 ironmaidenmania, Rotterdam! 😁
7 sid1964, Godfrey Brian, frank, dave shelley, beness, devilla! 😁
6 260475, AV82EC, simboy, edgysatsuma89, littleoldme, mjlions, not3bad! 😄
5 JD, ldavfc4eva, Legion, Towser, Skerra, darren woolley, VillaTim, RudyCan’tFail, maidstonevillain, eamonn, Louzie0! 😃
4 TelfordVilla, KNVillan, Villa Lew, simon ward 50, Fasth56! 😀
Very well played, Nunkin1965 (4 away) and thick_mike (5 away), you both guessed so close to the official attendance figure! 🥂👍👍🕺🕺💐💐
Nobody scored fewer than 4, which meant that Emery’s Extras bonus points weren’t needed in this, the final round of GUESS THE CROWD, this season.
And The Villa won! A fantastic season at home, well done Unai and the lads.
Keep your 👀 on ‘GTC Divisions etc’ in Match Threads & Player Ratings for the final Divisions update of 24/25, coming up very soon. Thanks for playing!
UTV!
Louzie0
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Now I wasn't at the game and forgot to put my guess in BUT that attendance figure does not appear to reflect how many were there. 2 different people told me that the Spurs section was half full and the Lower Trinity had a significant number of empty seats when I watched the game. I saw a site on Saturday morning showing the attendance as 37,000 + a few - Am I imagining that or was VP nearly full ?
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No idea, nordenvillain, I go with the figure the BBC has, which presumably comes from the Club.
I thought the Spurs away supporters might not take up their full allocation (Friday night 120 miles away, Euro Cup final beckoning this week, depressing PL away record, etc). I reckoned on a couple of thousand down, rather than twice that! There’s no breakdown for each part of the ground, so that’s a guess on my part. Perhaps there were gaps elsewhere. UTV!
Edited. I’m getting very confused, it comes with 2 competitions both starting, ‘Guess The’.
It was only a matter of time. Reset during the summer!
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It was probably just a lot of people who had bought tickets but didn't go due to the relatively late change of date.
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Ah yes, that makes sense thanks, edgysatsuma89.
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Ah yes, that makes sense thanks, edgysatsuma89.
No problem Louzie0, I mentioned it only because even with my limited eyesight after significant eye surgery 3 weeks ago (Reason that I couldn't attend), there appeared to be large numbers of seats not occupied. Thanks for all your good work again this season with GTC and GTG, look forward to next season !
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I got seven points for that match. No backsies. ;)
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Ah yes, that makes sense thanks, edgysatsuma89.
No problem Louzie0, I mentioned it only because even with my limited eyesight after significant eye surgery 3 weeks ago (Reason that I couldn't attend), there appeared to be large numbers of seats not occupied. Thanks for all your good work again this season with GTC and GTG, look forward to next season !
I hope you’re feeling a lot better and that your vision has improved since your surgery, nordenvillain.
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Thanks for the kind words, and your question/observation about a disparity between what we saw and the final figure released! It’s not the first time.
I’ve had to go with the first realistic figure, usually the BBC’s, because otherwise the game grinds to a halt. We had to wait weeks for the outcome of Round 8.
One sports website reported a figure several hundred over capacity. 😁
The Club has been much better at releasing the figure since about Christmas, so I think we have to live with whatever that is! UTV!
I’m so pleased you’re enjoying GTC&G and I hope you have a lovely summer break after the Villa clinch the CL on Sunday. 🍺🎉
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I got seven points for that match. No backsies. ;)
Excellent, Dave, glad the footballing/goal gods combined for your guess, this final round of the season!