Villa idiosyncrasies

[villabren]

I always thought Olof had a strange run

[pooligan]

Chico Hamilton long flowing hair .

[The Laughing Policeman]

There was also a small black lad in a crombie who used to run into the penalty area as the players came out and dance about a bit before diving back into the Holte.

"Mascot!" (clap clap clap!)

With abundant woolly hair. He too sometimes made it to the centre circle and exchanged pleasantries with the captains and the ref with little more than a finger-wagging from the rozzers.

He finally came unstuck up at Wrexham where he was pursued by a large policeman and frogmarched off in spite of protests from the the Villa captain - Rioch I think.

I think that may have been 'Shoff'. Sorry I can't remember his proper name. If it's the same lad I remember going to a midweek match on the train with him to Pompey in the old Div 2 days. I think the score was 4-1 to the Villa. Of course we hadn't bothered about train times to get us back home until we arrived in Pompey where we found out that there was no way to get back that night. So after the match we went round the three or four coaches trying to blag a lift back and in the end one group of fans intimidated the driver into allowing us on to their coach. Happy days.

[The Laughing Policeman]

The Fence down the middle of The Holte.......The Fence Must Go! The Fence Must Go!
John Gregory whistling at the players like a demented shepherd trying to get his dog to heel.
Sir Dennis's pirate beard.
Andy Lochead's uncanny ability to always seem to be running in slow motion.

[Pete3206]

The old Witton Lane stand - All wooden seats, apart from 100 or so blue plastic ones down the front.
Eamonn Deacy leaving Villa to run a green grocers in Ireland
Bernie Gallacher - surely the ultimate football anomaly.
Graham Taylor buying Lee Turnbull and selling him a week later.
Steve Hodge's back pass against Norwich
Andy Gray's (mark 2) miss against Ipswich in the League Cup
Outrage at the price of the Anderlecht programme in the European Cup Semi Final. It was 50p
A parachutist crashing into the Trinity, then crashing to the floor, suffering multiple injuries.
Dave Chance's bizarre rendition of 'You'll Never Walk Alone'.
Despite hardly ever playing, David Geddis and Terry Donavan always had a canny knack of scoring.
Not playing for months in early 1982, because of the weather.
Beating Blues at Villa Park on a quagmire pitch. The winning goal from Withe as he ran on to a ball that got stuck in the water, just before it reached the goalkeeper Tony Coton.
The bells are ringing fiasco
The actions of the board over the last week.

[usav]

The actions of the board over the last week.

Why?  I would say the only idiosyncratic behaviour has been our own supporters and certain aspects of the media.  Whether you like the appointment or not, our board have acted with the same professionalism as normal.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Being located beside a Jacobean mansion house with its grounds and gardens.
Actually that isnt idiosyncratic, just very classy.

[Brend'Watkins]

Being located beside a Jacobean mansion house with its grounds and gardens.
Actually that isnt idiosyncratic, just very classy.

Yes it is.  Unique too. 

There's no walk to ground view that compares with a walk towards the Holte in May.  Sun shining, Aston Hall to your left with the church on the right fronted by Cherry Blossom in full bloom.  The Holt Hotel straight ahead bringing the two together.  It's just wonderful.

[Pete3206]

The actions of the board over the last week.

Why?  I would say the only idiosyncratic behaviour has been our own supporters and certain aspects of the media.  Whether you like the appointment or not, our board have acted with the same professionalism as normal.

Point taken.

[VillaSpen]

Bosnich tapping the crossbar before each opposition corner was taken.

[Smithy]

David Platt thinking up new and ingenious ways to pass back to Nigel Spink.

That 'chest then volley' from the left-back position against Inter Milan is still probably the best pass back I've ever seen.

[Dave Clark Five]

The dreadful years when the Trinity Road 'Balcony' was covered with cheap advertising boards.
Almost every new signing being 'not match fit yet' or quickly sustaining a mysterious pelvic strain at Bodymoor Heath.
The dried up pies that used to be sold in the old Holte End.
The one ground that can be deathly silent throughout a match but, with the same amount of people inside it, can become a cacophony of noise.

[bertlambshank]

The 70's AV carpet in the North Stand.

[Flamingo Lane]

David Platt thinking up new and ingenious ways to pass back to Nigel Spink.

That 'chest then volley' from the left-back position against Inter Milan is still probably the best pass back I've ever seen.

I remember that!  At the Holte End, and from bang on the touchline, bent with the outside of his right boot straight into the keeper's arms above a crowd of players.

[pooligan]

The old scoreboards at the corner of the Holte end and Witton ends
The allyway at the back of the Holte end
The blue railings around the ground
The Villa Times
The rosette sellers outside the ground
The Lions Club
The AV floodlights
Getting a argus outside the ground about 5 45pm
Pirate programmes
Crash Barriers to lean on
Getting soaked if at the Witton End