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Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: andyaston on September 17, 2012, 09:35:12 PM
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What in your opinion is the worst present awayday? Also, what was your grimmest from the past?
Mine;
Past
Oldham Athletic, grim little shed of a stadium, horrible concrete block of an uncovered terrace behind the goal with no facilities what so ever. I went in the month of April and it felt like a Seberian winter, which was probably why in those days they had a plastic pitch. We lost 3-0 in a quarter final and i've hated the place since. Horrible town aswell.
Present
Has to be Old Trafford. Nowhere to drink around the ground for away fans. Totally sanitized football experience with a lot of their support being daytrippers from all parts of the globe (although they still have great local support). The away end is high up in a corner so you cant be seen by the TV camereas so, on MOTD the support from our lot is heard but not seen. We never get much there even if we play well they will score a late winner or the ref will help them out.
One thing I will say is I do feel a little sorry for their actual Manchester based loyal fans who have the gloryhunter bit to put up with. Its not their fault middle class twats from the home counties support them.
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Past:
I remember going to Grimsby a few years back, a shitty horrible away end that was bloody dangerous. The exits were nowhere near big enough. Of course they don't play in Grimsby either but Cleethorpes, which makes West Super Mare look like the Dominican Republic.
Present: I haven't been to many away games in recent years, can't really afford it, but the likes of Middlesbrough, Derby, and Bolton in their identikit stadiums and goal celebration music annoys the shit out of me. I agree about Man Utd, you can add Chelsea to that list as well just for their fucking ridiculous pricing.
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Past
Ayresome Park.Had the pleasure of doing it twice in 87-88.The 1st time in the cup with about 200 brave soul's.
Present
Ricoh Arena.
Good if you want to play a game of poker or do the weekly shop.Shit as a football ground.
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Past:
I remember going to Grimsby a few years back, a shitty horrible away end that was bloody dangerous. The exits were nowhere near big enough. Of course they don't play in Grimsby either but Cleethorpes, which makes West Super Mare look like the Dominican Republic.
Present: I haven't been to many away games in recent years, can't really afford it, but the likes of Middlesbrough, Derby, and Bolton in their identikit stadiums and goal celebration music annoys the shit out of me. I agree about Man Utd, you can add Chelsea to that list as well just for their fucking ridiculous pricing.
I remember going to Grimsby in the FA Cup, think it was the 1994/95 season. Their main end (pontoon end) ran on the pitch after the game towards us lot in the away area, thankfully the police stopped them, well dodgy after the game aswell. Great fish and chips though.
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Grimsby are never going to figure highly in the annals of hooliganism but I know a few who say it was no walk in the park.
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16.09.2002, vile night.
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Grimsby are never going to figure highly in the annals of hooliganism but I know a few who say it was no walk in the park.
It wasn't I can remember some young villa doing a bit of pavement dancing not thinking they would come,and they did.
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Past
Ayresome Park.Had the pleasure of doing it twice in 87-88.The 1st time in the cup with about 200 brave soul's.
Present
Ricoh Arena.
Good if you want to play a game of poker or do the weekly shop.Shit as a football ground.
Were you there at the televised league game? I always remember a union flag with 'Villa Revolution' written on it,and as a 9 year old being really impressed!
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Yep,Darlington train station at 3am was a laugh.The tramps smelt that bad the local plod took pity on us and opened the ticket office for us to sleep in.
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Yep,Darlington train station at 3am was a laugh.The tramps smelt that bad the local plod took pity on us and opened the ticket office for us to sleep in.
Blimey those tramps in the north east must be vile
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Yep,Darlington train station at 3am was a laugh.The tramps smelt that bad the local plod took pity on us and opened the ticket office for us to sleep in.
Blimey those tramps in the north east must be vile
I hadn't had a wash for 12 hours It could of been me.
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Past
The Sty, Highfield Road, Selhurst Park, Kenlworth Road.
Present
Fratton park
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God knows how many times I've been to Selhurst Park to see us play Charlton, Palace and Wimbledon. Crap to get to and crap when you get there. My first visit was the infamous Charlton game on Easter Monday '87. No further visit has been as bad as that but the only good day I ever had there was the day of Dalians umbrella goal. I only went to Kenilworth Road once and that was in the Big Ron days and one visit there is one too many. The old Manor Ground Oxford was pretty grim too, especially when you have just lost a semi final there.
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Highfield Road, Rain, Micky Quinn, 0-3
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Tranmere away in 1994. We were crap, the weather was crap, the away end was basically a slope of smoothed down cement and every time Tranmere scored (which was quite often) we were showered with coins by the Tranmere fans in the next enclosure.
But we had the last laugh. Hooray!
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That was a terrible morning Kingy.. We were drinking whiskey on Snappys coach at 8 in the morning.. Was that the one?
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Plough Lane.
FA Cup 3rd round replay 1991.
Soaked piss wet through and miserable.
Lost with a last minute Alan Cork goal.
Old Bill stopped me getting on the train.
Late home, soaked piss wet through and miserable.
Sigh. Those were the days.
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That was a terrible morning Kingy.. We were drinking whiskey on Snappys coach at 8 in the morning.. Was that the one?
Thats the one.
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Oxford away in the league cup in 1986. Terrible game, terrible team, terrible performance and a drive back to Brum through the fog being driven by a 'boy racer'.
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Plough Lane.
FA Cup 3rd round replay 1991.
Soaked piss wet through and miserable.
Lost with a last minute Alan Cork goal.
Old Bill stopped me getting on the train.
Late home, soaked piss wet through and miserable.
Sigh. Those were the days.
Wettest i've ever been at a football match, actually just wettest i've ever been.
Watched most of extra time stood on a loo in those horrible Port-a cabins they had having to continuously wipe the steams of piss filled steam from the windows to see - still better than being outside though it was that bad.
Coventry in the 'deathtrap' days of their away terracing - at least we always won.
Stamford bridge during the open end terracing and crappy cars around the pitch days - always freezing with no cover and loads of trouble - what a shithole Club they were then.
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Portsmouth away in FA Cup, absolutely poured down, was drenched and had my young nephews with me who moaned constantly throughout!
Think Simon Grayson got a late equalizer for a 2-2 final score.
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Oxford away in the league cup in 1986. Terrible game, terrible team, terrible performance and a drive back to Brum through the fog being driven by a 'boy racer'
we went to that game in my mate's mini - 6 of us.
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Been to some grim places at grim times but don't think any can compare to Small Heath in 2002. Vile, vile night. Especially for a ten year old.
As for the present, I don't enjoy United away. You not only get the plastics, but you get the plastics running their mouths at you at every opportunity. The same every year.
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Selhurst.
As for now, I tend to pick away grounds that I'll enjoy visiting so tend to steer clear from places such as Stoke or Old Trafford.
I have been to a few non-league grounds lately and Kidsgrove is no picnic I have to say.
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Though we won on both occasions in 08 / 09 I believe, the walk to and from the Styfrom the car was an unnerving experience to say the least. In particular, the first time when Gabby scored a glancing header late on, the walk from the ground was a right nause and no coppers in sight.
There is a lot of mention of the 02 game? Was this worse than the subsequent visits to Small Heath? The general consensus is that this night was like a war zone.
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Anyone recall Huddersfield away about 1987 when it started pouring down at 255pm and didn't stop ! It was their old ground which was a bit like stepping back into the 1930's (as was Huddersfield generally)
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The old Wembley and Spurs are both cack I think.
In terms of trouble the FA Cup against Chelsea a few seasons ago was bad, lots of people unconscious and covered in blood.
From a personal point of view, going to Charlton via seventeen different forms of transport, only to see us lose 3-0 was quite grim. No trouble though.
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The old Wembley and Spurs are both cack I think.
In terms of trouble the FA Cup against Chelsea a few seasons ago was bad, lots of people unconscious and covered in blood.
From a personal point of view, going to Charlton via seventeen different forms of transport, only to see us lose 3-0 was quite grim. No trouble though.
another Spurs vote here, it did not matter whether I was walking to the ground or having a pint I always seem to get "offered outside" or "come on Villa lets have it"when anywhere near the dump.
horrible place and horrible fans.
3-0 at Charlton was that the Scott Parker hat-trick (or he got at least two)match ? as I was there with my now wife, she wanted to know which uniform Aston Vanilla(hee hee.... - I wasn't fucking laughing) were in and also jumped up at every Charlton goal celebrating because we were in the stand to the left from the away end as she did not want any "bother"
I pointed out that the fella in front would probably get a slap before we did as he was wearing a Fulham coat....
UTV
The Doc
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The old Wembley and Spurs are both cack I think.
In terms of trouble the FA Cup against Chelsea a few seasons ago was bad, lots of people unconscious and covered in blood.
From a personal point of view, going to Charlton via seventeen different forms of transport, only to see us lose 3-0 was quite grim. No trouble though.
Chelsea Final ??
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Anyone recall Huddersfield away about 1987 when it started pouring down at 255pm and didn't stop ! It was their old ground which was a bit like stepping back into the 1930's (as was Huddersfield generally)
Yep, as wet as I can remember being at a game and when we got back to the coach I got my programme out to find it was just a lump of paper mache. Definately one of the top 'I was there' games for me when an alcohol fuelled loyal supporter discussion breaks out.
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The sty, the season Heskey scored for them. My wife was pregnant so it wasn't a great feeling outside the away end. Agree with Selhurst Park too, a bitch to get to. Travelled with my dad and brother to watch Fulham during the late 80's early 90's when ever the Villa were away and went to some proper dumps. Wigans old ground, Southend and Bristol Rovers who i think shared with Bath city were just a few.
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Portsmouth away in FA Cup, absolutely poured down, was drenched and had my young nephews with me who moaned constantly throughout!
Think Simon Grayson got a late equalizer for a 2-2 final score.
We had tickets in the stand with the Portsmouth fans and I remember seeing the rain go in sideways straight into the faces!
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The old Wembley and Spurs are both cack I think.
In terms of trouble the FA Cup against Chelsea a few seasons ago was bad, lots of people unconscious and covered in blood.
From a personal point of view, going to Charlton via seventeen different forms of transport, only to see us lose 3-0 was quite grim. No trouble though.
When and what went on with the Chelsea game?? Who was covered in blood? mainly us or them?
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The old Wembley and Spurs are both cack I think.
In terms of trouble the FA Cup against Chelsea a few seasons ago was bad, lots of people unconscious and covered in blood.
From a personal point of view, going to Charlton via seventeen different forms of transport, only to see us lose 3-0 was quite grim. No trouble though.
When and what went on with the Chelsea game?? Who was covered in blood? mainly us or them?
Chelsea was the Semi-Final (in 2010?). Not helped by all fans being shepherded towards the same exit. No idea if they were Villa or Chelsea unconscious, but it wasn't good and there was a definite feeling of menace through the day.
And that was the Charlton 3-0 yes, Parker tore us to pieces. Think useless ex-Charlton player Kinsella was playing for us, he was dreadful.
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plough lane went a few times, worst was when they cancelled a midweek game.
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The old Wembley and Spurs are both cack I think.
In terms of trouble the FA Cup against Chelsea a few seasons ago was bad, lots of people unconscious and covered in blood.
From a personal point of view, going to Charlton via seventeen different forms of transport, only to see us lose 3-0 was quite grim. No trouble though.
When and what went on with the Chelsea game?? Who was covered in blood? mainly us or them?
Chelsea was the Semi-Final (in 2010?). Not helped by all fans being shepherded towards the same exit. No idea if they were Villa or Chelsea unconscious, but it wasn't good and there was a definite feeling of menace through the day.
And that was the Charlton 3-0 yes, Parker tore us to pieces. Think useless ex-Charlton player Kinsella was playing for us, he was dreadful.
As regards the Chelsea semi, I don't recall any fights or direct violence, but I remember being in a huge line of coaches winding around the Wembley car park and the Chelski fans were all sitting by cars, burning Villa flags and giving it the big'un. I remember thinking 'why don't they fuck off home? They live in this fucking city.'
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My reading this i realise some real shitholes i have been to during my time watching villa
It makes me think about a comment i heard ion the radio the other day in relation to Hillsborough - in those days football fans were treated like animals, now to be fair a good few of them were and i am not proud of some of the things i did in my youth in the name of the villa. But the point being the times i had been to what is considered good grounds ie, Old Trafford / Everton / Anfield and was rammed in to the point that every goal meant you were 20 feet away from where you started from i am amazed that there were not more deaths
Worst
Liverpool for me back in the 80's - always had to take your pint in the bogs with you as the scallies would nick it - always asked "Got the time mate" in that horrible scouse drawl.
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The old Wembley and Spurs are both cack I think.
In terms of trouble the FA Cup against Chelsea a few seasons ago was bad, lots of people unconscious and covered in blood.
From a personal point of view, going to Charlton via seventeen different forms of transport, only to see us lose 3-0 was quite grim. No trouble though.
When and what went on with the Chelsea game?? Who was covered in blood? mainly us or them?
Chelsea was the Semi-Final (in 2010?). Not helped by all fans being shepherded towards the same exit. No idea if they were Villa or Chelsea unconscious, but it wasn't good and there was a definite feeling of menace through the day.
And that was the Charlton 3-0 yes, Parker tore us to pieces. Think useless ex-Charlton player Kinsella was playing for us, he was dreadful.
As regards the Chelsea semi, I don't recall any fights or direct violence, but I remember being in a huge line of coaches winding around the Wembley car park and the Chelski fans were all sitting by cars, burning Villa flags and giving it the big'un. I remember thinking 'why don't they fuck off home? They live in this fucking city.'
Chelsea and menace go together, I could not wait to get out of Wembley that day.
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The sty, the season Heskey scored for them. My wife was pregnant so it wasn't a great feeling outside the away end. Agree with Selhurst Park too, a bitch to get to. Travelled with my dad and brother to watch Fulham during the late 80's early 90's when ever the Villa were away and went to some proper dumps. Wigans old ground, Southend and Bristol Rovers who i think shared with Bath city were just a few.
I forgot about the Bath ground. Twerton Park wasn't it? Went there for Bristol Rovers in the cup in the BFR days when 'Big Mal' was giving it large it in the press (for a change) in the build up. At least we won.
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Anyone been to see us at Millwall? Also surprised Leeds hasn't been mentioned.
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Anyone been to see us at Millwall?
Went there in 1967 and again in 1975.
I guess it was worse because we won both times.
The Old Den looked such a welcoming place.
(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2010/4/1/1270135325812/the-den-001.jpg)
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Southampton 2012 would be up there!
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Oldham Athletic, grim little shed of a stadium, horrible concrete block of an uncovered terrace behind the goal with no facilities what so ever. I went in the month of April and it felt like a Seberian winter, which was probably why in those days they had a plastic pitch. We lost 3-0 in a quarter final and i've hated the place since. Horrible town aswell.
I've loved Oldham for 40 years. Wonderful little ground, friendly fans, superb facilities and great food, all round beautiful town, and I'm sure the sun always shines in Oldham.
1972...We won 6-0.
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Was in a Leeds pub before the first game of the season the year we won the league. [Think they scored after 5 minutes]. They were ok but did try to kick the shit out of us just outside the ground. In those days things like that were run of the mill. You expected it.
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Ipswich in the FA Cup when we lost 1-0 to a Mariner goal.
Took fooking ages to get there, we got lost and ended up in a village called Nasty (this is true!) which seemed to have been taken over by West Ham fans (not sure where they were going. Lost and had to come all the sodding way back...
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Having lost 4-1, the pubs in Southampton are crap
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Having lost 4-1, the pubs in Southampton are crap
I've said similar on another thread, very difficult find a decent (or indeed any) city centre pub there.
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Trying to find the Reebok during one of O'Learys season was a paint in the arse. Took the wrong turning, ended up in Bolton town centre lost, went in a few news agents asking for directions, when we started to head into the general direction of the stadium it came across on the radio that we had gone a goal down through Diouf. Finally got to the ground 40 minutes later just in time to see McCann shoulder an equaliser in and then we nicked it in the last minute through a Hitz rocket. Probably put this in the wrong thread as it was a great away day but just a bitch to find.
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Anyone been to see us at Millwall?
Went there in 1967 and again in 1975.
I guess it was worse because we won both times.
The Old Den looked such a welcoming place.
(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2010/4/1/1270135325812/the-den-001.jpg)
That picture actually makes it look better than it was. Went there in '87-'88 and '89-'90. In hindsight it was probably for the best that we lost both times.
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(http://blogs.examiner.co.uk/thasavinmeon/sept/3641178046_3a573ed74d_o.jpg)
(http://randomranger.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/polish_football_cage_1.jpg)
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(http://blogs.examiner.co.uk/thasavinmeon/sept/3641178046_3a573ed74d_o.jpg)
(http://randomranger.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/polish_football_cage_1.jpg)
I've seen that photo somewhere before. Bloody terrible and only Blues fans should be subjected to this type of thing while watching a dvd of our 1982 victory.
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Milwall in 89-90 was scary. En route we were held up by the Police at Tower Bridge while they cleared the locals who were already gathered ready to "throw stones at [us]" (sic.) In the ground there was only a thin chicken wire fence between us and the home supporters. The local Police seemed to be ejecting/arresting Villa fans at random and we were kept in the ground for so long after the game that by the time we came out Derek Mountfield was in his suit and boarding the team coach. To add insult to injury we were crap and they got away with a tackle on Kevin Gage which nearly amputated his leg it was so OTT.
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I used to work at London Bridge station on some Saturdays. I would always try to dodge dates when Millwall were playing as it would be quite scary. Even in the early morning. They really do have some rough fans.
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The New Den is still a shit hole.
Our local tip...erm..."recycling centre"....is next door to the ground and I went to take a look the other day when I was chucking some rubbish out. It's virtually next door to the old Den, just off the Ilderton Road.
Full of moody looking railway arches, scrap metal yards, tenement blocks and dodgy south london boozers. They've built a caged walkway which carries away fans back to South Bermondsey station .
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The New Den is still a shit hole.
Our local tip...erm..."recycling centre"....is next door to the ground and I went to take a look the other day when I was chucking some rubbish out. It's virtually next door to the old Den, just off the Ilderton Road.
Full of moody looking railway arches, scrap metal yards, tenement blocks and dodgy south london boozers. They've built a caged walkway which carries away fans back to South Bermondsey station .
like rats in a trap.
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Over my years of travelling, 69 to 79 I saw probably some of the most extreme issues at football games in the period.
In 69 we were relegated to Division 2
There was no such thing as crowd segregation,you pitched up bought your ticket and went into the ground.
In those days , "taking some ones end " was a target.
I lived in Coventry as a schoolboy and after,our relegation to division2 and their promotion to division 1, almost every team that went there, invaded the West End.
Without Knocking my good mates who contributed to the "Hoolie Book " some of my experiences, Milwall away 73, this one deserves a story in H.V, I will write it.
Liverpool, I went to the Youth Cup final in 72 ? +/-, it was 2 legged, we had I think 20,000 at Villa park for the first leg. I went to Anfield for the second leg,as a youngster, some scouser in his 40,s decided He needed to kick the shit out of me.
After going back when we were In the first Division in 76, wow, Anfield Road end stand packed with scousers, Villa fans coming through the turnstiles having to either run or hold their ground, was impressed by local cops who waded in with long Batons and eventually split fans in the Anfield Rd down the middle.
Forest was also a vibrant place to visit over a three year period.
United before the plastic mancs was a story on its own.
For me the Bloose have never been that scary, in 69 when we were relegated we drew 0-0 at Villa Park, that day they were on the holte end althrough the game and for the last time.
Back at the sty for the return fixture, as a 13 year old I was dodging bricks that were being hurled down at the Villa fans Queing to get into the Kop.
After the kick off a team of Vila fans set it off in the middle of the Tilton.
In later years I understood these to be my old mate (to young to have scared anyone)Coogan, and his older betters from the Glebe/Lea village.
My summary,Milwall by far the worst place I have been, Inccluding Fenabarche in 77, when they were burning flags and seats around us.
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Portsmouth and Hereford are proper dumps!
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Swindon Town, FA Cup 92, was only 20 at the time, just bought an XR3i and thought I was the dogs gonads so like a twat drove to Swindon. Stuck in traffic on the way out, scarves out the window giving it the big en because we won, got surrounded by a mob of about 20 of them, started banging the windows and trying to pull the scarves out to the point they bent my f'kin door open! didn't want to open the window, they were big lads!
Trying to get away hit the car in front of me and smashed the fog lights, cost me a fortune to get it fixed!! Bastards!!
The Sty too, detest the place shit hole of the highest order!
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Mine would be loosing 3 0 at Sha, went to that game 3 days after my 18th. My dad punched John Frains brother in a suite after the game. We were invited into a suite through a company my dad had dealings with.
I think he thought it would be safer for me to go in and have a drink rather than running the McDonald's Island gauntlet. John Frains brother was offering any Villa fan in their out. possibly thinking there wouldn't be any. My dad walked up to him and just stuck one on him. We left shortly after!
Amazingly we went back to the same suite when we beat them 1 0 - Phillips.
The defeat in the League Cup wasn't a great night either was it. Luckily we left in injury time.
Loosing 3 0 at Doncaster was awful too. I went dead excited as i thought we'd batter them. It was my first proper experience at terracing at an away day. I was 9 when most Prem grounds turned into all seatas.
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Charlton away 86/87 was a terrible day
0-3 loss at selhurst park and relegation was more or less confirmed
Was a long drive home
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Charlton away 86/87 was a terrible day
0-3 loss at selhurst park and relegation was more or less confirmed
Was a long drive home
But the pubs round there were open all day, which was a novelty in those days. It made the return journey bearable.
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Anyone else got stories of the 2002 game at the Sty? Interesting to hear peoples views on that night
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Charlton away 86/87 was a terrible day
0-3 loss at selhurst park and relegation was more or less confirmed
Was a long drive home
But the pubs round there were open all day, which was a novelty in those days. It made the return journey bearable.
With the benefit of hindsight we should have hit those pubs after the game, instead the designated driver on the day was keen for a swift getaway and said he knew a "short cut" back to Brum by crossing through Central London.
3 hours later we still hadn't even made the M1.
All in all a horrid day.
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There has never, not even by stagecoach, been a short cut through Central London.
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Anyone else got stories of the 2002 game at the Sty? Interesting to hear peoples views on that night
I vaguely remember after their 1st goal and pitch invasion that a group of our fans ran down the front to try and get onto the pitch and ended up fighting with stewards/police.. Thank god they did'nt get on the pitch or it would've been a disaster. To this day i'd still like to know who's idea it was to make that an 8pm kick off and then who thought that the game was a complete success so they'd make the 2nd game 8pm too.
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Anyone else got stories of the 2002 game at the Sty? Interesting to hear peoples views on that night
I vaguely remember after their 1st goal and pitch invasion that a group of our fans ran down the front to try and get onto the pitch and ended up fighting with stewards/police.. Thank god they did'nt get on the pitch or it would've been a disaster. To this day i'd still like to know who's idea it was to make that an 8pm kick off and then who thought that the game was a complete success so they'd make the 2nd game 8pm too.
Sky. Who else? I think that both games were so early in the season they were re-scheduled at the same time. Before the return their lot and ours were going in quite peacefully until a camera crew thought it might be a good idea to do one of their 'film the crowd' pieces. They seemed to believe it was a friendly, happy derby with lots of jovial banter. You can guess the rest.
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Anyone else got stories of the 2002 game at the Sty? Interesting to hear peoples views on that night
I vaguely remember Mr Woodhall appearing on the teatime news looking very confident ahead of one of the games (I think the first one), not really a story more of a recollection.
Highlight of the return game for me was walking past the away carpark and seeing a bluenose I know from work penned in, get hit on the bonce by an unopened coke can that had been thrown (I did check the following day and he wasn't hurt).
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Correct me if I'm wrong (I just have a ridiculously stupid memory for these things although not as good as that kid on Channel 4 last week) but I believe Sky originally were going to show both games on Sunday at 4pm but WMP requested them both to be moved to Monday night for some reason?
It was ridiculous after the first game anyway and all that went on the second game was put on at the same time, should never have happened.
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All the usual ones have been mentioned but the trips to either Bristol club could be dodgy. They had some right nutters down there. Forest was always a lively ground as well. Another where you were sure of trouble was Hull. Although there was a station at the ground, you had to go back to the main station to get the Special back. That short journey could be a nightmare. Surprisingly enough, Bolton was always a troublesome place to go at the old Burnden Park. In fact, nearly everywhere was. Sometimes other supporters turned up such as Leeds at Huddersfield. Came in with us to have a go at the Huddersfield then turned on us at the end. Millwall came into the away end at Fulham one night but a well orchestrated ambush saw a few Villa giving them a good hiding. Man City teamed up with Bury the week before the League Cup Final. They were waving bike chains at us.
The whole end at Carlisle was chased by two of our lot who shall remain nameless, with one clad in a yellow Harrington jacket. The tales are endless.
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Charlton away 86/87 was a terrible day
0-3 loss at selhurst park and relegation was more or less confirmed
Was a long drive home
But the pubs round there were open all day, which was a novelty in those days. It made the return journey bearable.
After that match I felt like the kidnapped girl being held in the well by the serial killer in the Silence of the Lambs. I just knew we were doomed.
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Charlton away 86/87 was a terrible day
0-3 loss at selhurst park and relegation was more or less confirmed
Was a long drive home
But the pubs round there were open all day, which was a novelty in those days. It made the return journey bearable.
After that match I felt like the kidnapped girl being held in the well by the serial killer in the Silence of the Lambs. I just knew we were doomed.
Good analogy ;D
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Another one scarred into my brain -
Monday 12 Sept 2005, 8pm Upton Park
West Ham 4-0 Villa Harewood 3, Benayoun
Awful awful night followed by a stay in the E-tap hotel on the North Circular. I felt like doing a Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now) in the "hotel" bedroom after that match.
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Another one scarred into my brain -
Monday 12 Sept 2005, 8pm Upton Park
West Ham 4-0 Villa Harewood 3, Benayoun
Awful awful night followed by a stay in the E-tap hotel on the North Circular. I felt like doing a Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now) in the "hotel" bedroom after that match.
An awful game, which sticks in my memory as I watched it in a bar in Ibiza with a group of gloating West Ham fans and no other Villa fans. Also, this game kicked off about 2 hours after England won the Ashes at The Oval.
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Another one scarred into my brain -
Monday 12 Sept 2005, 8pm Upton Park
West Ham 4-0 Villa Harewood 3, Benayoun
Awful awful night followed by a stay in the E-tap hotel on the North Circular. I felt like doing a Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now) in the "hotel" bedroom after that match.
An awful game, which sticks in my memory as I watched it in a bar in Ibiza with a group of gloating West Ham fans and no other Villa fans. Also, this game kicked off about 2 hours after England won the Ashes at The Oval.
yea, that really took the shine off a great moment in sport.
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Another one scarred into my brain -
Monday 12 Sept 2005, 8pm Upton Park
West Ham 4-0 Villa Harewood 3, Benayoun
Awful awful night followed by a stay in the E-tap hotel on the North Circular. I felt like doing a Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now) in the "hotel" bedroom after that match.
I watched that game in a bar in Kos, surrounded by Wet Spam fans. Needless to say, I did not have a pleasant evening!
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Plough Lane.
FA Cup 3rd round replay 1991.
Soaked piss wet through and miserable.
Lost with a last minute Alan Cork goal.
Old Bill stopped me getting on the train.
Late home, soaked piss wet through and miserable.
Sigh. Those were the days.
Remember it well. Stood on the away terrace when it started raining and my brother said 'fuck this, follow me', so we just walked out of the gate at the front (post Taylor report), casually round the pitch and into their 'main stand' and plonked ourselves in some seats right behind Peter Withe and Dr Jo on the Villa bench. Even had the cheek to go into their Directors Lounge (which was also a shocking disco room) at half time for tea and sarnies. Happy days.
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My worst away day was probably the Coca Cola cup game at the sty which we won 1-0 in 1993.
Couldn't stay in Tamworth overnight due to work the next morning so had to get the train back to Lahndun after the game.
Managed to avoid what appeared to the whole ground trying to suss out Villa fans afterwards for what I suspect wasn't a congratulatory handshake and got back to New street in one piece.
The train back to the smoke however seemed to be full of bollock chain sporting cavemen loudly proclaiming amongst themselves how it was lucky there were no Villa on the train as they would "kick the fuck out of them".
The train seemed to take ages going through the various stations before the last of them got off at Rugby. As the train pulled out, I tapped on the window and gave them a 1-0 signal. They actually started trying to chase the train up the platform as it sped off.
I was childishly still laughing about this when I arrived two hours later at Euston.
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Bradford City, Leeds United, Middlesbourgh(Ayresome Park), Millwall,Bolton Burden Park), Sunderland (Roker Park) and Cardiff City(Ninian Park) are grounds i have never enjoyed seeing Villa play at. Lots of aggro waiting for sure. Small Heath and Wolves not enjoyable either
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Anyone recall Huddersfield away about 1987 when it started pouring down at 255pm and didn't stop ! It was their old ground which was a bit like stepping back into the 1930's (as was Huddersfield generally)
I was there with some of my Cannock Villa mates.
We "Borrowed" an old morris marina, well nobody else was going to drive it, to get there.
We broke down on the motorway miles away from Huddersfield, left the car on the hard shoulder and climbed the embankement to find civilization.
We must have walked a couple of miles and found a bus stop. Feck me, the next bus had Huddersfield on it. On we got and got to the ground, what a shithole it was aswell.
The rain started,got worse and worse. It was quite funny to see all us Villa fans battling to get shelter under a six inch wide hot dog hut shelf!!
With no way of getting home we managed to sit in the isle of one supporters coach and got dropped at Lichfield. Another long wet walk to the town centre, onto a bus back to Cannock.
Fecking drenched is not a correct description really, it was worse.
Funny thing was we still made it back to our local pub in Hednesford before last orders.
Happy days they were,some dodgy situations but great memories.
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Small Heath and Wolves not enjoyable either
I've been to Wolves 3 times and we've won every time. Once 4-0, once 2-1 with a late Heskey winner and the 3-2 with a Robbie Keane brace. Love it there.
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Went to Moulineux last season, quite like the ground especially as it's pretty much bang in the city centre which is a rarity nowadays with all the new grounds.
Can't imagine the underpass was much fun in the old days?
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My worst away day was probably the Coca Cola cup game at the sty which we won 1-0 in 1993.
Couldn't stay in Tamworth overnight due to work the next morning so had to get the train back to Lahndun after the game.
Managed to avoid what appeared to the whole ground trying to suss out Villa fans afterwards for what I suspect wasn't a congratulatory handshake and got back to New street in one piece.
The train back to the smoke however seemed to be full of bollock chain sporting cavemen loudly proclaiming amongst themselves how it was lucky there were no Villa on the train as they would "kick the fuck out of them".
The train seemed to take ages going through the various stations before the last of them got off at Rugby. As the train pulled out, I tapped on the window and gave them a 1-0 signal. They actually started trying to chase the train up the platform as it sped off.
I was childishly still laughing about this when I arrived two hours later at Euston.
feckin brilliant
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Can't imagine the underpass was much fun in the old days?
Hence the term Subway Army
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Can't imagine the underpass was much fun in the old days?
Hence the term Subway Army
...and the Bridge Boys - if they didn't get you going under they got you going over - rabid bunch who attacked anyone.
I used to go up for a laugh against "interesting" opposition (Millwall, Manure, Cardiff etc) with a load of Stourbridge Wolves.
They could get into a scrap in a Buddhist temple!
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Can't imagine the underpass was much fun in the old days?
Hence the term Subway Army
...and the Bridge Boys - if they didn't get you going under they got you going over - rabid bunch who attacked anyone.
I used to go up for a laugh against "interesting" opposition (Millwall, Manure, Cardiff etc) with a load of Stourbridge Wolves.
They could get into a scrap in a Buddhist temple!
Whilst smoking joss sticks !!
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Oldham away for me . Fa cup game , plastic pitch . Im sure it was 3 0
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Oldham away for me . Fa cup game , plastic pitch . Im sure it was 3 0
Yep midweek, Replay, weren't we 3 down by HT? I remember leaving on 60 mins to find my car had been blocked in so tried to get back in & they wouldn't let us ! Ended up listening on the radio outside the ground in the car.
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Yeah i was at the Huddersfield away match in 1987 and remember it pretty well. It pissed down all day and we got soaked to the skin. If i remember correctly we won 1-0 with David Hunt scoring and there was a big punch up outside the ground after the game.
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Yes, I was at Huddersfield as well, - i think it was Steve Hunt that scored, I was soaked to the skin!!! yes there was a punch up outside, infact most away games that season ended up in a punch up....happy days, probably my favourite season for following Villa away!
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Yeah i was at the Huddersfield away match in 1987 and remember it pretty well. It pissed down all day and we got soaked to the skin. If i remember correctly we won 1-0 with David Hunt scoring and there was a big punch up outside the ground after the game.
Some bloke called Paddy was standing in the terrace with his top off all game.I can't remember if he made it back to the train or not.
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Charlton 2-1 Aston Villa, 30/12/06. We went down to London for Christmas/New year week and I went up to the ground to try and get a ticket. Me and my mate shelled out about £40 each for tickets in the Villa end from a bloke who knew a bloke, we went 1-0 up but Darren Bent got an equaliser for them and they nicked it in the 90th minute. Headed back to try and drown my sorrows only to realise I'd not been paid for the month and had about £6 to my name.
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The worst individual away games I can remember were Boxing Day '82, the Milk Cup semi at Oxford, Charlton '87 and the Oldham quarter final. Obviously Boxing Day at Coventry and the infamous 'Enckelman' game weren't a barrel of laughs and I remember games where our hopes of winning the title as good as died like Old Trafford in '90 and Blackburn in '93.
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The worst individual away games I can remember were Boxing Day '82, the Milk Cup semi at Oxford, Charlton '87 and the Oldham quarter final. Obviously Boxing Day at Coventry and the infamous 'Enckelman' game weren't a barrel of laughs and I remember games where our hopes of winning the title as good as died like Old Trafford in '90 and Blackburn in '93.
I was only a kid in 1982 and we couldn't get in the Tilton so our dad got us in the Kop. OMG its the worst experience ever, we lost 3-0 and they had over 43,000 in that shithole that day everyone of them celebrating like they'd won a war it was horrible. It was like I was a prince surrounded by Barbarians. My christmas ended at 5pm boxing day 1982.
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Blackburn in '93
half of the crowd at Ewood were Villa that night. We were sitting in the Walker Steel stand with about a 1000 other Villa fans. Our tickets all had Gordon Cowans' name on them
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Oldham away for me . Fa cup game , plastic pitch . Im sure it was 3 0
Yep midweek, Replay, weren't we 3 down by HT? I remember leaving on 60 mins to find my car had been blocked in so tried to get back in & they wouldn't let us ! Ended up listening on the radio outside the ground in the car.
FA Cup QF (first game, not a replay). It was my birthday so we were all set for a great night in what was turning into a great season. I think we were two down at half time and an early third in the second half prompted a mass exodus from the terrace, including, and this is the only thing that makes me smile about that night, my mate who had only got into the ground at half time because he couldn't get off work early enough. In fact he probably spent around 15 mintues in the ground in total.
Chris Price scored a catastrophic own goal and it was windy and cold. Horrible night.
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The worst individual away games I can remember were Boxing Day '82, the Milk Cup semi at Oxford, Charlton '87 and the Oldham quarter final. Obviously Boxing Day at Coventry and the infamous 'Enckelman' game weren't a barrel of laughs and I remember games where our hopes of winning the title as good as died like Old Trafford in '90 and Blackburn in '93.
Milk Cup at Oxford.
Me and my mate bunked the afternoon off school to go to that. My parents obviously had no idea but i did do the sensible thing and phoned them from a pay phone outside the ground to let them know where I was and that I was OK and that obviously I wouldn't be back home much before midnight.
Needless to say I got an almighty bollocking when I got home and was grounded for a month. That was nothing to the heartache I felled about the result.
Some years later my Dad did admit that although he was furious at me bunking school he was highly impressed at the effort I had gone to to follow the mighty lions
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My programme turned into paper mâché at Huddersfield it was that wet.
And yes it went off after the game. They also tried to storm the away end when we were locked in for the customary 15 mins after the full time whistle.
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The worst individual away games I can remember were Boxing Day '82, the Milk Cup semi at Oxford, Charlton '87 and the Oldham quarter final. Obviously Boxing Day at Coventry and the infamous 'Enckelman' game weren't a barrel of laughs and I remember games where our hopes of winning the title as good as died like Old Trafford in '90 and Blackburn in '93.
I was only a kid in 1982 and we couldn't get in the Tilton so our dad got us in the Kop. OMG its the worst experience ever, we lost 3-0 and they had over 43,000 in that shithole that day everyone of them celebrating like they'd won a war it was horrible. It was like I was a prince surrounded by Barbarians. My christmas ended at 5pm boxing day 1982.
Me, my uncle, bro and cousin were all sat upstairs in the Railway End for the 82 debacle...my first away game. Come the Enckleman night, it was just me and the same cousin - who I turned to before kick off and mentioned that our seats were the same as in 82, 'but at least we wouldn't lose 3-0 tonight'...which he reminded me about as we ran down the road to the car five minutes from time.
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Southampton in the League Cup 1986-87.
Mini bus starring a couple of local terrace legends. Two of our fellow travellers broke up the journey down there by having a fight en route, then another got detained for shoplifting at the services so we had to have a whip-round for the goods he'd pilfered. The rain got heavier, and heavier, and heavier. Luckily I'd got a ticket for the stand but still got soaked just running to the ground. We had two players sent off and a goal disallowed for only being a foot over the line. A couple of our number had stood behind the goal on the wettest night since records began so you can imagine what they were like when they got back. Stopped at a pub, where disharmony broke out with the locals, and a chippy where the curry sauce wasn't very nice. It was even less nice when it made a re-appearance a couple of hours later as we were passing through Stratford. Dropped off in town, night bus, home bedraggled and weary about 3 am.
Nobody has ever had a worse away trip, ever.
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The worst individual away games I can remember were Boxing Day '82, the Milk Cup semi at Oxford, Charlton '87 and the Oldham quarter final. Obviously Boxing Day at Coventry and the infamous 'Enckelman' game weren't a barrel of laughs and I remember games where our hopes of winning the title as good as died like Old Trafford in '90 and Blackburn in '93.
I was only a kid in 1982 and we couldn't get in the Tilton so our dad got us in the Kop. OMG its the worst experience ever, we lost 3-0 and they had over 43,000 in that shithole that day everyone of them celebrating like they'd won a war it was horrible. It was like I was a prince surrounded by Barbarians. My christmas ended at 5pm boxing day 1982.
I wish mine had ended at 5pm instead of having to endure a family party where I was one of only two Villa fans amongst all the noses. Being twelve I couldn't even get pissed, although I seem to remember cheering myself up by going into town the next day to get 'Jelly Monsters' with my Christmas money for my new Vic20. Even that was tainted by seeing the big picture in The Evening Mail of Blake giving us the V sign after his goal with the caption 'Reject's Revenge'.
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Looking back, 82/83 was one of the weirder Villa seasons. We lost the first 3, took a few pastings, dished out a few and still finished 6th. We also reached the FA Cup QF, the European Cup QF and won the Super Cup. And managed to lose 3 times to Notts County. Strange days indeed.
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Looking back, 82/83 was one of the weirder Villa seasons. We lost the first 3, took a few pastings, dished out a few and still finished 6th. We also reached the FA Cup QF, the European Cup QF and won the Super Cup. And managed to lose 3 times to Notts County. Strange days indeed.
Did we really lose 3 times to county ?
I remember the opening game parading the European cup around then getting outplayed by them at home 1-3 ? So villa
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Looking back, 82/83 was one of the weirder Villa seasons. We lost the first 3, took a few pastings, dished out a few and still finished 6th. We also reached the FA Cup QF, the European Cup QF and won the Super Cup. And managed to lose 3 times to Notts County. Strange days indeed.
Did we really lose 3 times to county ?
I remember the opening game parading the European cup around then getting outplayed by them at home 1-3 ? So villa
We lost 3-1 to Sunderland on the opening game of the season after the European Cup parade, and we lost both legs of the early round of the League Cup to Notts County along with a 4-1 defeat away in the League to make up the 3 defeats. Oddly enough, Notts did the double over us the previous season in the league but we beat them 6-0 away in the FA Cup, and in 83/84 they beat us 5-2 away. Very strange!
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Actually did we parade the div 1 title on the opening day then lose at home to Notts County ?
Seem to recall John Chidoze having a blinder for them?
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Actually did we parade the div 1 title on the opening day then lose at home to Notts County ?
Seem to recall John Chidoze having a blinder for them?
Yes.
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Looking back, 82/83 was one of the weirder Villa seasons. We lost the first 3, took a few pastings, dished out a few and still finished 6th. We also reached the FA Cup QF, the European Cup QF and won the Super Cup. And managed to lose 3 times to Notts County. Strange days indeed.
Did we really lose 3 times to county ?
I remember the opening game parading the European cup around then getting outplayed by them at home 1-3 ? So villa
We lost 3-1 to Sunderland on the opening game of the season after the European Cup parade, and we lost both legs of the early round of the League Cup to Notts County along with a 4-1 defeat away in the League to make up the 3 defeats. Oddly enough, Notts did the double over us the previous season in the league but we beat them 6-0 away in the FA Cup, and in 83/84 they beat us 5-2 away. Very strange!
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Beginning of a hoodoo that Howard Wilkinson developed over us and it seemed to go on for ages at Notts, Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds.
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Actually did we parade the div 1 title on the opening day then lose at home to Notts County ?
Seem to recall John Chidoze having a blinder for them?
A few of us transferred to Door D of the Trinity after many years on the Holte End, with this being our first match in there. 14 pint pre-match beer monsters took some acclimatisation in there, I can tell you.
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Ipswich away, our first game of our last relegation season.
Got the shite kicked out of me in Portman road by those tractor boy bastards.
Got inside the ground, only to be boiled to death by their very nice asbestos roof above the away end terrace.
Shove your tractors up your arse.Shithole.
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Ipswich fans were total tossers even long ago danlanza. My late brother says he has never seen Villa fans so mad as when they beat us in FA Cup in 1975, as they were singing songs about IRA after the Brum bombings a few months before. I went later on in the 70's and early 80's, absolute tossers
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Ipswich fans were total tossers even long ago danlanza. My late brother says he has never seen Villa fans so mad as when they beat us in FA Cup in 1975, as they were singing songs about IRA after the Brum bombings a few months before. I went later on in the 70's and early 80's, absolute tossers
From what i have been told they are no better now.
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Was lovely to beat them to the league in 80/81. Went to all three games (we lost in FA Cup there) and we deserved better in all the games. All the press loved them for some unknown reason. Sir Ron had the better of Robson in the end, even if he didnt win the PR contest
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Ipswich fans were total tossers even long ago danlanza. My late brother says he has never seen Villa fans so mad as when they beat us in FA Cup in 1975, as they were singing songs about IRA after the Brum bombings a few months before. I went later on in the 70's and early 80's, absolute tossers
From what i have been told they are no better now.
Yes but I remember it was something they must have regreted doing
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I prefer Norwich to their Suffolk rivals. I remember that last day game in 1995 when we stayed up, they were already doomed. Both sets of fans sung "Chase out" in tribute to their hated Chairman. Also, sang "Were meet again," all good fun.
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I prefer Norwich to their Suffolk rivals. I remember that last day game in 1995 when we stayed up, they were already doomed. Both sets of fans sung "Chase out" in tribute to their hated Chairman. Also, sang "Were meet again," all good fun.
Had a fantastic day out at Norwich a few years ago. Locals were very friendly and welcoming. Their fans sang non stop and there was some mutual clapping of each other afterwards. A good time at the football was had by all.
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Doncaster
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Ipswich fans were total tossers even long ago danlanza. My late brother says he has never seen Villa fans so mad as when they beat us in FA Cup in 1975, as they were singing songs about IRA after the Brum bombings a few months before. I went later on in the 70's and early 80's, absolute tossers
My mate at university back in the mid 70's was a massive Ipswich fan and I can confirm that they used to sing I R A Ipswich Republican Army before the pub bombings took place.
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Ipswich fans were total tossers even long ago danlanza. My late brother says he has never seen Villa fans so mad as when they beat us in FA Cup in 1975, as they were singing songs about IRA after the Brum bombings a few months before. I went later on in the 70's and early 80's, absolute tossers
My mate at university back in the mid 70's was a massive Ipswich fan and I can confirm that they used to sing I R A Ipswich Republican Army before the pub bombings took place.
Very likely. However, they should have stopped it out of respect, especially when they saw how disgusted we were by it.
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West Ham in the 6th Rnd has got to be the biggest organised mob that we have come across in a supposedly segregated end. This was aided and abetted by crooked turnstile operators and, dare I say, the OB?
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Ipswich fans were total tossers even long ago danlanza. My late brother says he has never seen Villa fans so mad as when they beat us in FA Cup in 1975, as they were singing songs about IRA after the Brum bombings a few months before. I went later on in the 70's and early 80's, absolute tossers
My mate at university back in the mid 70's was a massive Ipswich fan and I can confirm that they used to sing I R A Ipswich Republican Army before the pub bombings took place.
Very likely. However, they should have stopped it out of respect, especially when they saw how disgusted we were by it.
Can't argue with that.
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Some of their mob , who stood up at the back suffered a bit certainly in 79 and in 81 .
one serving squaddie had to be dragged off them .
they sang it once in the witton end during the 1-2 game which ended very ugly and probably accounts for their muted celebration at the 2nd goal .
I would say that the Witton was 60% Villa due to the crazy lines for the Holte , the end of the game was very lairy as everyone coming out were deemed fair targets.
Afterwards in the crown and cushion everyone was a little downbeat , till Ron said "do you want to be against us" the place exploded , afters and loads of singing the old songs .
I believed him then , it was such an uplift
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ipswich sung the i r a chant for many years after the pub bombings remember being at portman road a few times when they was hard as nails with the fence between us but no where to be seen outside just thick tractor drivers who didnt realise what they sung
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also guys anyone remember sheff utd away in about 76-77 they let you in easy enough they being no where to be seen but coming out we was directed to a massive traffic island then they come at us from all sides literally toe to toe over the railings it was like the five fingers in gangs of new york.
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Afterwards in the crown and cushion everyone was a little downbeat , till Ron said "do you want to be against us" the place exploded , afters and loads of singing the old songs .
I believed him then , it was such an uplift
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I was in the Crown & Cushion after the game too and the mood did turn more positive towards closing time. For some reason I remember that C Crew song to the tune of Young Ones by Cliff Richard being belted out. A few cockier C Crew boys were having a bit of banter with Jonny Haynes, which wasn't always a wise decision when he had taken drink.
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I was actually with JH , I knew him from the odd trip on the Sutton coach , there was bit of banter but most of us knew him well , he was not to be trifled with if he did not know you , and I think it was more about us giving the gaffer a bit of grief over afters .
good lad JH , could curdle milk with his sourpuss at times
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also guys anyone remember sheff utd away in about 76-77 they let you in easy enough they being no where to be seen but coming out we was directed to a massive traffic island then they come at us from all sides literally toe to toe over the railings it was like the five fingers in gangs of new york.
remember hanging on for grim death to my scarf whilst engaged in one hand , one foot fight with some bloke in his twenties , I was only blooming 15 , I was saved by a well known Steamer who gave the kid a right smack , the rest Is history
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I prefer Norwich to their Suffolk rivals. I remember that last day game in 1995 when we stayed up, they were already doomed. Both sets of fans sung "Chase out" in tribute to their hated Chairman. Also, sang "Were meet again," all good fun.
My brother says that during one game between us both sets of fans were singing "Chase Ellis Out". Before my time.
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Oxford away in the Milk Cup semi final second leg.
Every single thing about it was wrong. We were pathetically limp, just awful. The ground was horrendous and pretty much all we could see was the cage you were effectively in there, there was so much fencing..
People talk about that Stoke home match under MON a few years ago, or other limp defeats, but really, I find it hard to believe I'll ever have a more depressing football experience than that semi final.
We spent the journey back arguing with each other in my friend's mother's Maxi, and were unable to get a drink pretty much anywhere on the way back.
I had a feeling that day was going to go badly right from the off, when we artfully wrote ASTON VILLA across the middle section of a (really thin material) Union Jack we'd found somewhere, to take with us, only to lift it up and see that my mate's mom now had a lovely table with "ASTON VILLA" written on it in permanent marker pen, as it had gone through the flag.
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I had a feeling that day was going to go badly right from the off, when we artfully wrote ASTON VILLA across the middle section of a (really thin material) Union Jack we'd found somewhere, to take with us, only to lift it up and see that my mate's mom now had a lovely table with "ASTON VILLA" written on it in permanent marker pen, as it had gone through the flag.
That's the first time I've laughed about anything relating to that game. On here, Chico used to do my head in by annually starting a Memories thread about it. If ever there was a Villa game I want to forget more than any other, it was this one. It was utter, utter shite.
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I had a feeling that day was going to go badly right from the off, when we artfully wrote ASTON VILLA across the middle section of a (really thin material) Union Jack we'd found somewhere, to take with us, only to lift it up and see that my mate's mom now had a lovely table with "ASTON VILLA" written on it in permanent marker pen, as it had gone through the flag.
That's the first time I've laughed about anything relating to that game. On here, Chico used to do my head in by annually starting a Memories thread about it. If ever there was a Villa game I want to forget more than any other, it was this one. It was utter, utter shite.
I was 9, and I vividly remember crying in bed after my brother come in to tell me the result. He'd promised we'd go if we won.
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I was actually with JH , I knew him from the odd trip on the Sutton coach , there was bit of banter but most of us knew him well , he was not to be trifled with if he did not know you , and I think it was more about us giving the gaffer a bit of grief over afters .
good lad JH , could curdle milk with his sourpuss at times
You are right, Sunny Villa, it was all good natured - some of the C Crew boys were giving him grief about games he hadn't been to. He pointed out that he had never bottled out of trips to W Ham, Millwall, Chelsea etc, none of whom we had played for a couple of seasons.
We were on the Sutton coach to Anderlecht. Did you go with them on that one?
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I seem to remember that after the semi at Oxford we had to file out of the away end through a narrow alleyway a couple at a time which made it easy for the home fans to get a few digs in.
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I seem to remember that after the semi at Oxford we had to file out of the away end through a narrow alleyway a couple at a time which made it easy for the home fans to get a few digs in.
The only thing I remember about the area around the ground was that it looked quite posh.
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We were on the Sutton coach to Anderlecht. Did you go with them on that one?
yes , the nightclub incident with the belgian squaddies , never made it back to the hotel and slept in the stock exchange , some funny moments on the ferry , Dave the Punk , Mad Tony , all the Falcon Lodge lot , great trip , we were on the scum of brum side which was amusing .
Pricey had the patience of Jobe . have loads of pics from the ferry , stock exchange , and various other incidents .
going through London and the Sun had printed the cartoon over the Falklands ,
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Oxford was rubbish , we had a few drinks in town , run into a load JBC going to Leicester after coming out of the bookies , which ended with 4 of our number getting smacked and robbed , we dropped them of at Solihull Hospital and carried on , the game was shite , the atmosphere rubbish .
not happy punters we left , if i am honest looking for a row and could not even get that . ended up in Woodstock for grub which was lairy as everyone seemed to have the evils , ended up in a pub, Jim Smiths daughter was working behind the bar , you can imagine . she was a stunner so she got some light hearted banter as this bedraggled bunch thought they were suddenly in with a chance .
she was great , we got stopbacks and ended up in the gary owen and the khazi noor on the Cov road , after getting thrown out of the swingers club in Balsall common beforehand oh to be 24 again
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We were on the Sutton coach to Anderlecht. Did you go with them on that one?
yes , the nightclub incident with the belgian squaddies , never made it back to the hotel and slept in the stock exchange , some funny moments on the ferry , Dave the Punk , Mad Tony , all the Falcon Lodge lot , great trip , we were on the scum of brum side which was amusing .
Pricey had the patience of Jobe . have loads of pics from the ferry , stock exchange , and various other incidents .
going through London and the Sun had printed the cartoon over the Falklands ,
You sohuld start a thread and post the pics
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ipswich sung the i r a chant for many years after the pub bombings remember being at portman road a few times when they was hard as nails with the fence between us but no where to be seen outside just thick tractor drivers who didnt realise what they sung
Total scumbags. The only place I've been arrested (1981) when I got spat in the face by a scummy Ipswich fan so beat the crap out of him only to be arrested and spent the day in the cells. Had to go back their to go to court (and had to pay and take my mum on the train being a juvenile) which cost me nearly as much as my 100 pound fine. I hate Ipswich.
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Oxford was rubbish , we had a few drinks in town , run into a load JBC going to Leicester after coming out of the bookies , which ended with 4 of our number getting smacked and robbed , we dropped them of at Solihull Hospital and carried on , the game was shite , the atmosphere rubbish .
not happy punters we left , if i am honest looking for a row and could not even get that . ended up in Woodstock for grub which was lairy as everyone seemed to have the evils , ended up in a pub, Jim Smiths daughter was working behind the bar , you can imagine . she was a stunner so she got some light hearted banter as this bedraggled bunch thought they were suddenly in with a chance .
she was great , we got stopbacks and ended up in the gary owen and the khazi noor on the Cov road , after getting thrown out of the swingers club in Balsall common beforehand oh to be 24 again
That sounds like the script to a British version to those Hangover movies.
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Has to be Burden Park in 1994, when we lost 1-0 to Bolton. It was a grim Sunday as I had a horrible hang over from a really poor night out the night before. The wind was howling when we left Birmingham, and got steadily worse as the day progressed. My choice of a rather snazzy looking denim jacket and Villa top looked more and more ridiculous as the temperature dropped at the same rate that the wind increased.
Bumped in to a load of Man Yoo supporting locals on the way who wished us well. Had a definate feeling they would have preferred to give us a good kicking at first, but as they became outnumbered this didn't seem like a viable option for them. The beer was crap and made the hangover worse.
If you have never been to Burnden Park, you probably think the descriptions of the place are an exaggeration, something put forward by tedious old farts such as me to demonstrate that we were hardier souls than the modern day away day Johnny come latelys. You would of course be wrong! It is everything and much worse than you heard. Open ended, cold, no shelter, floodlight stuck I the middle with a sodding supermarket JUST RIGHT THERE!!!. Horrible place. Yes, it had good pies. No, this is no substitute for a roof! Truly the arse end of football. And it was so very windy and cold.
The match was dire as well. we had our chances but didn't take them. A lot of the supporters took the opportunity to slaughter Bosnich in the second half and blame him for the goal. We sung well, but we always do. We lost 1-0 and were taunted by thick locals as our coach drove slowly home.
Burden has now gone and thank fuck for that!
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Two years later we took the piss at Burden Park and it made up for that horrible trip in the FA Cup. 'What's your bargain of the week!'
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Worst Awaydays Past; Highfield Road ,Selhurst Park,The Baseball Ground,Kenilworth Road,The Den,Ninian Park,Ayresome Park,The Manor Ground,Blundell Park,Plough Lane,St James Park (Exeter) Anfield,Elland Road,Goodison Park,Valley Parade,Maine Road ,The Sty and Molineux All grounds that i have been to and endured (agrro ) Villa losing or both
Worst Awaydays in Europe; Antwerp Inter Milan and Deportivo La Coruna
Present The Sty,Old Trafford Goodison Park and Anfield
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Oldham away for me . Fa cup game , plastic pitch . Im sure it was 3 0
Awful. Was there on my own, no fecker would go with me!
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Oldham away for me . Fa cup game , plastic pitch . Im sure it was 3 0
Awful. Was there on my own, no fecker would go with me!
Another FA Cup Quarter Final when we got an away draw. When was the last time we got a home draw in the quarters?
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Oldham away for me . Fa cup game , plastic pitch . Im sure it was 3 0
Awful. Was there on my own, no fecker would go with me!
A few of us drove over from Leeds for that game. What a waste of time. It really is a very deep low coming away from bloody Oldham having been stuffed. Don't even think we managed to find a pub that day either. Certainly right up there as a game to forget.
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That Oldham game was the only time i have ever left a match before the end.We were so bad i just had to get out .It did me no good though as my car was blocked in the car park behind the ground and had to wait until the game had ended .Vast difference to the last time i had visited Oldham,we won 6-0 !
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That Oldham game was the only time i have ever left a match before the end.We were so bad i just had to get out .It did me no good though as my car was blocked in the car park behind the ground and had to wait until the game had ended .Vast difference to the last time i had visited Oldham,we won 6-0 !
When we took the 3rd Division by storm!
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Not in terms of the ground or anything but Fulham in 2008 was dire. It was Hodgson's first game in charge of them, and we were sooo! bad! Funny thing is we almost got away with it when one of our ex's put through his own net late on, only for us to concede a sloppy goal and let them back into within a minute, and then lost in the last minute to round it off. The weather was shite too.
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Not in terms of the ground or anything but Fulham in 2008 was dire. It was Hodgson's first game in charge of them, and we were sooo! bad! Funny thing is we almost got away with it when one of our ex's put through his own net late on, only for us to concede a sloppy goal and let them back into within a minute, and then lost in the last minute to round it off. The weather was shite too.
Almost as good as when JPA missed two penalties
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Not in terms of the ground or anything but Fulham in 2008 was dire. It was Hodgson's first game in charge of them, and we were sooo! bad! Funny thing is we almost got away with it when one of our ex's put through his own net late on, only for us to concede a sloppy goal and let them back into within a minute, and then lost in the last minute to round it off. The weather was shite too.
Almost as good as when JPA missed two penalties
That is one reason why I am glad those sods are down. No matter how bad they are we just seem to reserve some of our most dire performances for when we play them.
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Oldham away for me . Fa cup game , plastic pitch . Im sure it was 3 0
Awful. Was there on my own, no fecker would go with me!
A few of us drove over from Leeds for that game. What a waste of time. It really is a very deep low coming away from bloody Oldham having been stuffed. Don't even think we managed to find a pub that day either. Certainly right up there as a game to forget.
We got there just at kick off as the traffic was awful and all the way we were talking about how great our skillful players would be on the plastic pitch. Thought it would be a cricket score.
IIRC Bernie Gallagher played and I'm sure he hadn't been in the team for a while up to that point.
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Did anyone go to Cambridge for a league cup midweek game.think we lost 2-1. That was shit. Got jumped in an alley way after the game by some Cambridge ' firm'. Gave the fucker what for then got pulled by the old bill for defending ourselves.
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Charlton away 86/87 was a terrible day
0-3 loss at selhurst park and relegation was more or less confirmed
Was a long drive home
But the pubs round there were open all day, which was a novelty in those days. It made the return journey bearable.
To make it worse, I travelled down there but got the kick off time wrong and actually missed the game. Went to Southend for day out instead. Don't know which was worse.
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West Ham in the 6th Rnd has got to be the biggest organised mob that we have come across in a supposedly segregated end. This was aided and abetted by crooked turnstile operators and, dare I say, the OB?
Back to their old tricks last night I see.
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West Ham in the 6th Rnd has got to be the biggest organised mob that we have come across in a supposedly segregated end. This was aided and abetted by crooked turnstile operators and, dare I say, the OB?
Back to their old tricks last night I see.
Leopards and spots
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Grimsby away in the League Cup in 1991 (I think) was like the bloody Wild West. They were jumping out from every nook and cranny, the mackerel loving bastards
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Went to Grimsby f-kin horrible hovel of a place.
Any one remember Spurs 1976 only a small contingent of Villa fans but was on top. West Ham was always horrible - I could second guess it would not be a welcoming gaff for the quarter final.
Middlesborough not mentioned but was like running the gauntlet as was Leeds.
Away result wise would have had to have been that Blackburn game but there again a number of this season's aways have been as bad.