Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: PGW on October 05, 2016, 11:44:38 AM
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Just received Email from the club thanking me/us for our superb support away from home this season.
It does make impressive reading:
Wednesday 93miles 4465
Derby 41 miles 3061
Bristol City 96 miles 2551
IpswichTown151 miles 1882
Barnsley 101 miles 3670
Preston 109 miles 5650
Hopefully lot more to come...imagine if we win a few!!!
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We've taken more away from home than anybody else in the country so far.
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Superb support (as it always used to be in 1970s & 1980s when I would have been doing at least half the away games).
Well done to all concerned - we always hear you loud and clear :)
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Thats a goal every 10, 369 fans!
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Preston was only 3 miles for me! ;) ;D
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Preston was only 3 miles for me! ;) ;D
Bet it took you an hour to get there though. Stupid fucking traffic lights.
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superb
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Preston was only 3 miles for me! ;) ;D
Bet it took you an hour to get there though. Stupid fucking traffic lights.
No I walked from the centre of town!!
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Somebody on twitter mentioned that our two biggest allocations are yet to come. Anyone know where they are?
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Somebody on twitter mentioned that our two biggest allocations are yet to come. Anyone know where they are?
Blackburn has to be one? 7000?
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Wigan is usually a big allocation.
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Blackburn is one as Chico says at 7k. The other I guess is Wigan at 5400, so not wholly accurate.
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Blackburn is one as Chico says at 7k. The other I guess is Wigan at 5400, so not wholly accurate.
Have been to both of those, Wigan is a decent day out. All the pubs around the ground in Blackburn have shut, walked to Darwen to find an open one.
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Somebody on twitter mentioned that our two biggest allocations are yet to come. Anyone know where they are?
Think it's a Geordie talking about Newcastle away games rather than Villa .
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Apart from Barnsley they've all been sell-outs and at Bristol, Ipswich and Preston there were a fair few in the home sections too.
Luton in the cup also a sell-out.
My only criticism is that while the numbers have been great the support hasn't. Hillsborough it was, but from then on there's only been Ipswich when I'd say the support for the team was good when they've needed it most - when the game started going against us. I've found it surprising because last season the away support was fantastic however the games were going.
Throughout the summer talk was of getting a manager and players who knew about the Championship and being able to cope with it - I wasn't thinking it would be the fans who wouldn't have the bottle. Very noisy until it's not going our way. Silent after Bristol scored the second, and many walked out, similar Saturday - Derby it all went quite 2nd half when they took control of the game.
I'm as bad as the rest (although I do see the games out) and there is this feeling of "here we go again" that we all seem to get - but are we doing our bit just by turning up and drinking these places dry?
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De Kuip I guess it's the accumulation of defeats. We haven't won away for 14 months, I guess it's hard to keep positive and supportive when you never win. Not even every now and again.
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De Kuip, I think it's about expectations. Last season we were quickly battered down and I think iknew from Spurs away that we were doomed.
A lot of people will have felt that this season offered the chance to see more wins and have more fun against inferior opposition - a season to consolidate and regroup. That hasn't happened and tolerance is falling rapidly.
I said in the summer that all the talk of new grounds to visit and the joy of winning would quickly fade if we don't do well. An air of bitterness followed by apathy could easily ensue.
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Support dropped at the 3 I've been at with realisation that the team were not going to rouse themselves to win. Unsurprising, really.
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We've taken more away from home than anybody else in the country so far.
Leeds would have taken more....
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I thought we were really quiet at Barnsley but then it's down to the players giving us nothing to shout about.
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Somebody on twitter mentioned that our two biggest allocations are yet to come. Anyone know where they are?
Think it's a Geordie talking about Newcastle away games rather than Villa .
Oh, my bad. Thanks for replying anyway all. Still, Blackburn to come for us.
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Just received Email from the club thanking me/us for our superb support away from home this season.
It does make impressive reading:
Wednesday 93miles 4465
Derby 41 miles 3061
Bristol City 96 miles 2551
IpswichTown151 miles 1882
Barnsley 101 miles 3670
Preston 109 miles 5650
Hopefully lot more to come...imagine if we win a few!!!
Yes it was nice of the club to send that email.
Our support has been bang on and loyal despite the dross we are being served up. Going Reading and looking to go Brighton and Leeds. Blood of the club those that sacrifice themselves for Villa. It's a family.
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I'll be at those as well but I don't consider it a sacrifice. I enjoy watching football, days out and a drink - so really I'm being selfish rather than dying for the cause!
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We've taken more away from home than anybody else in the country so far.
Leeds would have taken more....
What makes you say that Jason?
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I'm not sure quite how I'll react when I witness our next away win. It probably won't register until the third pint.
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It's an online joke. Leeds fans are obsessed with how many they take away, so it's something of a meme to say Leeds would have taken more. Even when the discussion is Leeds away support.
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I'm not sure quite how I'll react when I witness our next away win. It probably won't register until the third pint.
It's weird how bad our away form has become. We were brilliant on the road under MON regularly posting 9-10 wins in a season and even under Lambert we had good away form in his first two seasons.
You take these things for granted don't you until it all comes crashing down.
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I'm not sure quite how I'll react when I witness our next away win. It probably won't register until the third pint.
It's weird how bad our away form has become. We were brilliant on the road under MON regularly posting 9-10 wins in a season and even under Lambert we had good away form in his first two seasons.
You take these things for granted don't you until it all comes crashing down.
Under MO'N we had the perfect counter attacking team.
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Who did the emails get sent out to ?
Just away scheme members ?
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Who did the emails get sent out to ?
Just away scheme members ?
Maybe season tickets holders as well because I had one, unless they sent it out to people with away history.
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Who did the emails get sent out to ?
Just away scheme members ?
No I got one and I'm not in the away scheme.
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I got one too. I'm a villa cash member.
I'm guessing the send out to those they know have bought away tickets?
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We've sold 3600 for Reading away on the Tuesday night, 600 left.
December will test our support, will we sell out 3000 at Leeds, 2500 at Norwich and 2600 at QPR when they're all on TV?
Fulham (3800 official, up to 7000 with neutral) and Blackburn (7000) are our last two away games. Could be fun if there's something riding on them.
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My Mom got one and she hasn't been to a Villa game since the 96 League Cup final. Caused that much excitement she's coming to the Reading game with us now, nice one Villa.
Leeds will sell out and whilst I think we've got more than enough to take for the allocation at QPR, it's a dump and many seats have a restricted view of the pitch. It is a Saturday away in London though so should still sell out. For me Norwich is the acid test, the long road to nowhere on a Tuesday night pre-Christmas.
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Norwich is the game that the fans group chose to have as the subsidised game, but it's still £30 on a Tuesday two weeks before Christmas. Maybe the club would have been better offering subsidised or free travel? I remember us taking 4000 there just before Christmas a few years back but that was a cup game. A lot will depend on how we're doing at that time, if we're winning games and marching up the league then obviously more fans will be inclined to go.