Villa idiosyncrasies

[eamonn]

I give you the winner Eamonn Deacey!

What about him?

[luke25]

I used to always see a bloke at away games a few years back who wore a Coventry top under his Villa top as he supported both teams and would tell anybody unfortunate enough to be with-in a few yards of him that he supported both teams, sat next to him at Albion when Dion missed a penalty and the steward recognised him from a previous visit with Coventry

[peter w]

Winning games. Ah, winning games. Life was so innocent back then.

[charlie659]

Because of the proximity of the road, the angle of the old Holte End on the Trinity rd side meaning the floodlight pylon was positioned on the terrace, whereas the Witton lane side it was alongside the terrace.

Hurricane Smith - Theme from an unmade silent movie.

During the 80's, noses in the Witton Lane stand (amongst all the pensioners) thinking they were hard.

[The Left Side]

Peter Withe used to throw his wristbands into the Holte after every game I think?

Running up the steps into the light in the old Holte hoping to get your usual spot at 2:55.

Terry Weir running around the pitch at half time towards the Holte.

The half time penalty kicks for the kids.

I could go on and on...

[Villan For Life]

Applauding the opposition goalkeeper as he ran to the Holte with an immediate change as soon as he set foot in the penalty area

Tiswas/Swap Shop

Hanging around at the end of a game to hear the results from other games then rushing back to whichever car you'd come in to listen to the radio 2 sports report at 5pm

No grass down the middle of the pitch from late October until the end of the season

[*shellac*]

Mark Delaney's sideburns.

[Irish villain]

The double row of executive boxes in the North Stand (since copied by Spurs).

The old Trinity Road Stand.

The way the divisions between each tier on every stand at Villa Park are claret and blue!

[E I Adio]

More of a memory than an idiosyncrasy I expect, but in the '70's & 80's I used to sit just behind the press box (although enclosure would be a better description) in the old Trinity. There was an old guy who sat in the front row of the press box who rested two pads with the numbers one to ten each on separate pages on the balustrade in a position where all the journalists could see it. It was his job to flip the number every minute, so if the journo's were writing about an interesting piece of play, or maybe a goal, they would know what minute it occurred.

Strange really, because I'm almost certain clocks had been invented by then.

[mikeb1982]

Mark Draper being incapable of passing the ball forwards

[Bernie Gallacher]

Nigel Spink running out and having a 'shot' at the Holte end goal and the resulting cheer if it went in or ooooh's if it went wide before Spink applauded the fans with hands above his head.

[badluckeric(gates)]

Tiny Alan Wright receiving a ball 2feet high wide on the touchline by dropping to his knees, chesting it down and springing back up.

[The Left Side]

Nigel Spink running out and having a 'shot' at the Holte end goal and the resulting cheer if it went in or ooooh's if it went wide before Spink applauded the fans with hands above his head.

My old man would tell me that if Spink missed we weren't going to have a good day, you would hear the Holte groan on the odd occasion he missed.

[ez]

Jimmy Rimmer always running out last.

[Grande Pablo]

Gary Charles' inexplicably tight shorts

Steve Watson warming up in a flimsy tee-shirt, no matter what the temperature or weather

Ivo Stas' inability to play