Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Match Threads & Player Ratings => Topic started by: Louzie0 on September 21, 2025, 08:27:12 PM
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Welcome to GUESS THE CROWD Round 3; the first of our Europa Cup games this season! ASTON VILLA v Bologna at 8pm on Thursday, 25th September!! 🥧
We beat this lot 2-0 last season. It’s time for the Lions to roar again 🦁 on Thursday night!
It’s also time for Unai’s legendary vision, Europa Cup experience and expert preparation to inspire our lads to see off this lot. Please can we have our Emery - and Villa - back. 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, including Matty Cash!👍
The Brucie Bonus is wild this week until 8 pm on Thursday. A spot-on guess at the attendance at VP on Thursday night that is posted in here before KO gets a big Brucie Bonus point!
And…
Anybody can join Guess The Crowd by guessing the attendance at VILLA PARK on Thursday for the match v Bologna and posting your Guess in here, any time from now until KO!!!👍😃
Remember
Only your first guess counts, and
Please don’t edit your post. Thanks!
There’s a new figure for the capacity of VP since last season.
The FA Handbook for 2025/26 says it is 43,205. The link to this is in the OP of the GTC Divisions, rules, points and bonuses thread.
UTV!
Louzie0
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42024
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39898
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38,889
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41,805
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41874
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41982
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37655
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41,045
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41,427
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38,023
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37,636
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36,879
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41,118
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37,890
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38,555
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40,234
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39,628
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38,006
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37,569
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37858
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42372
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39674
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40,970
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41,875
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37656
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41402
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41,874
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39187
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38712
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39238
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38641
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35,200
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39175
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40,915
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37,595
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38,236
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No official figure is out there, yet, so points will be awarded as soon as there is one!
Meanwhile, GTC Round 4, VILLA v Fulham will be launched imminently for Sunday’s match!
Edit - it’s out there now, in Heroes Discussion 👍
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BBC are saying 30,909. That can’t be right surely? Looked like a good few thousand more to me. I was front row in the upper North and although I didn’t look behind me, everywhere else apart from the away section looked pretty full.
I’ve been there when there’s been 30k, looked nothing like that.
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Thanks Percy. Yes, I saw that figure as well and it looked rather more than that, on telly.
The independent Football Web stats page for Villa’s home attendance has the same figure, so it must be from the club. There’s nothing on the UEFA page, yet.
I looked through the post match comments and found that Crown Hill had a more believable figure, quoted during the second half by Matt Maher of the Express & Star.
Here’s the link to the source on X
https://x.com/mjmarr_star/status/1971313935736574398
I’m going to go with 35, 578. He must have got it from the club at the time, which was just after they announced the lower figure. (Goodness knows where they got the lower figure from.) I imagine he was verifying it and they corrected it at that point.
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Thanks Percy. Yes, I saw that figure as well and it looked rather more than that, on telly.
The independent Football Web stats page for Villa’s home attendance has the same figure, so it must be from the club. There’s nothing on the UEFA page, yet.
Matt Maher (E&S) said it was near 35600
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Thanks v much, Walsall, see above!
I’m going with MM’s figure. It’s probably the one that will be in the programme 3 games from now! 😄
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Results from GTC Round 3
Attendance: 35, 578
Emery’s Extras 1 = 2 points!
Points:
4 Chip Butty 111! 😎
2 Everyone else who entered this round. We’re all winners! 😃
What a result, Chip Butty 111 - congratulations, you’re the only team who guessed within 1000 of the attendance figure, either way🙌🌟🥂🎉
The rest of us all got 2 points thanks to the goal from our wonderful captain, SJM, which gave us our Emery’s Extras bonus.
Good start, VinnieChase84, keep guessing and look for the first Divisions coming up soon!
UTV!
Louzie0
Guess The Crowd round 4, Villa v Fulham is up and running in Heroes Discussion NOW for Sunday afternoon, so get yer guesses in! 👍