David Gold's car attacked outside the King Edward.

[dave.woodhall]

Whilst not condoning what happened, Think Gold could have used more common sense. Not exactly bright rolling up in your roller as the ex chairman of our hated rivals with lots of pissed up Villa fans who had been on it all day outside the pub, was it? It is a fact of life that if I turned up in a Villa top outside the Garrison Tavern on a Blues home match day I would be likely to get a smack - I'm a nobody but would take sensible precautions not to do it. You would think Gold would have know better in his position.

How else do you get from Villa Park to the M6?

[Percy McCarthy]

Whilst not condoning what happened, Think Gold could have used more common sense. Not exactly bright rolling up in your roller as the ex chairman of our hated rivals with lots of pissed up Villa fans who had been on it all day outside the pub, was it? It is a fact of life that if I turned up in a Villa top outside the Garrison Tavern on a Blues home match day I would be likely to get a smack - I'm a nobody but would take sensible precautions not to do it. You would think Gold would have know better in his position.

How else do you get from Villa Park to the M6?

Helicopter?

[Perry Barr Pet]

Whilst not condoning what happened, Think Gold could have used more common sense. Not exactly bright rolling up in your roller as the ex chairman of our hated rivals with lots of pissed up Villa fans who had been on it all day outside the pub, was it? It is a fact of life that if I turned up in a Villa top outside the Garrison Tavern on a Blues home match day I would be likely to get a smack - I'm a nobody but would take sensible precautions not to do it. You would think Gold would have know better in his position.

How else do you get from Villa Park to the M6?

Helicopter?

Pig truck?

[BannedUserIAT]

What LeeB has said in regard to Gollivan's reasons for his previous tirades against the Villa is spot on. Birmingham City's raison d'ętre is to some way, any way, beat the Villa. There's even a KRO thread in which a knuckledragger said he'd gladly trade away all his wishes for Blues glory in exchange for us having Bob Bradley as a manager. This is the mentality we're dealing with. Gollivan simply milked that particularly stupid cow for all it was worth.

Have they said a great deal about Villa since the move to London? I suspect it's all anti-Spurs hype now.

To have a laugh at the clowns on an internet msg board is, indeed, great fun. To wind them up at the game on the back of a 3-0 defeat is great fun. To hear of some idiot(s) who feels it's ok throw a missile at a vehicle because it happens to be owned by a chairman of an opposition club is so far removed from who we should be as, not only Villa fans, but human beings.

When you see some Palestinian or Iraqi kid on TV launching a bottle or brick at military forces, you shake your head but can understand the where anger and frustration comes from and the events that brought about such actions. To have a someone do this in the middle of Birmingham (future City of Culture) because he doesn't like who the bloke used to work for is simply mind-blowingly stupid.

[Bernie Gallacher]

Perhaps his choice of vehicle and Personalised number plates could have been better?Not exactly trying to mingle, was he?

[sendô WHU]

Have to say I'm surprised at the number of people on here who think this funny. As much as I agree Gold is a bit of a cock I'm not sure this sort of thing should be considered humorous at all. No doubt had it been a couple of West Ham fans who did this sort of thing we'd all be denounced as mindless hooligans who should be banned from football, and ol' saggy chops would be mouthing off in the sun again about how we shouldn't be allowed to play against Villa again.

[DBTW]

It's nothing short of disgraceful. End of. It's made us look very small time when just to wave and maybe show a little initiative in having banter with Gold would have been the way to go. Launching bottles at someones car, anyones car is inexcusable.

[Simon Ward]

I agree it makes us look small time, hopefully sendo realises the majority of us deplore what happened.

[Mazrim]

Nobody can justify throwing a bottle at his car although the guy is such a complete tosser it's hard for me to feel any sympathy. I would have drawn the line at throwing my own shit at him though.

[Ger Regan]

Perhaps his choice of vehicle and Personalised number plates could have been better?Not exactly trying to mingle, was he?

Yeah, how dare he, ey? He's a grade A clown, but NOTHING justifies what happened, no matter how hard you try to find something.

[LeeS]

There are two things at play here. Firstly, the issue of whether it is ever acceptable to thow a bottle at someone's car. Emphatic answer - No.

Then there is the issue of whether he, being ex Blues chairman and chief mischief maker over the years, was being a bit dumb driving past a Villa pub in a clearly identifiable car (there are lots of ways to get from VP to the M6). Answer - Yes. Jut as someone else pointed out, I wouldn't dream of going into the Garrison in a Villa shirt after a blues game because I know what I'd get. Doesnt make it right.

The two can be debated separately. Although, I dont see much for debate on the first point.

[willywombat]

Sorry sendo, it wasnt the two Villa monsters throwing bottles at his motor I found funny, it was Mazrim's description of him as a ' Cack bearded phallus wrangler'. Just wanted to clear that up. Still makes me titter now

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Frankly when you come out the official car park at VP and your heading for the M6 south, the only obvious route is to come up Aston Hall Road. Thats the way any villa fan would go, thats the way any away fan would go, and its the way your Satnav, Garmin or whatever would send you.
Lets just look at alternatives, turn the other way and then be stuck by Witton island ? If an attack had been made on his car then, you would have all been saying how he should have took the most direct route away instead of faffing about.
Then of course theres the question of his car and appearing conspicuous. Theres been plenty of criticisms of Doug over the years, but I never heard anybody saying he was a fool to go round in a roller with an AV1 registration because it could be interpreted as being provocative and inviting trouble.
 But in any case, is anyone seriously suggesting anybody should have to pre-plan an alternative route away from Villa Park because they need to fear trouble ?

[TimTheVillain]

It's all a bit MIllwall this.

He should have waited another 30 minutes before leaving B6 though ..... it is a bit stupid leaving the ground in his Roller when the fans are.

He knows how much he is disliked by Villa fans, so, without vindicating what happened, he should have known better.

[SpenJC]

Really not arsed about his car getting a bottle thrown at it that's not to say i condone it because i don't. But i ask you this if Randy drove past the St Andrews Tavern and got stuck in traffic do you think the same would have happened because i know it would. It's life and unfortunately your gonna get this type of behaviour. I i did see his car parked in the players car park and it was a beauty of a machine and i'd say driving that to away football grounds on a matchday is quite frankly asking for trouble so Mr Gold get yourself a nice people carrier with blacked out windows and stop whinging like a girl you bearded freak.