0% villa -Coventry city on the brink?

[PeterWithe]

I haven't been to the new ground for football but even in the 80s they always gave it the 'we hate Villa' bit without the trip being the least bit intimidating.

[WikiVilla]

They don't seem to hold the same disdain for SHA though do they ?

[dave.woodhall]

Southampton home was in the October 16,211.
Lowest league crowds at VP that season were 12,304 against Norwich and 12,484 against Wimbledon.
That was in the days when you would count the Wimbledon away following and have a debate with your mates whether they had brought 43 or 44.
Season average was 18,171.

 Sorry andy i was thinking of 85-86
coventry home was 12,198 and southampton home was 8,456 , and both games were dreadful draws.
The crowd at highfield road was 10000, a 3-3 drawand i remember withey in goal i think?

That was a night match a couple of years earlier. 85-86 we were 3-1 down and got back to 3-3.

[JUAN PABLO]

Don't Cov have a little rivalry with Leicester?

Would anyone notice if they went out of business?

yes they hate us both.

strange really as Leicester seem to hate Forest and we hate Blose.   Maybe Cov hate every one , I know with my past experience , they really hate us ...   

[Chris Smith]

They don't seem to hold the same disdain for SHA though do they ?

No, even Coventry see the as an irrelevance.

I went to see Weller at the NEC a few months ago. Waiting at International afterwards both platforms were packed and a bunch of fat blokes waiting for the Cov train started singing sotv. Didn't seem to occur to them that we might not all be Villa fans.

[cdbearsfan]

I worked in Coventry and don't believe they hate us as much as some think. They know, in their heart of hearts, that it is a 'fake' rivalry. Teams feel obliged to have a local rival and they picked us seeing as they were in the top division with us for some many years. Now they've been out of our division for a decade some have moved on to hating Leicester more than us. They know we couldn't give a toss about them. I don't want any club to go bust, Coventry included.

Mind you, I might be partially responsible for their demise. When I worked in Coventry I answered the phones in our office and our phone number was only a number or so different from the Coventry City Ticket Office number. I would regularly get people phoning and saying things like "can I buy two tickets for the Burnley game?". "Sorry mate, sold out" I would reply.

[JUAN PABLO]

well my Leicester mates call me Villa   and my cov mates call me Villa scum.    That sums it up...

[eastie]

CD - you think they aren't that bad and hate Leicester now- how totally and completely wrong you are.

[cdbearsfan]

I didn't say they all hate Leicester more. Some do though.

[eastie]

There was a huge dust up between cov and Leicester fans in earlsdon a couple of years ago about 5 miles from the ricoh- pub smashed , shops , cars etc and loads of arrests with shoppers caught in the midst- pre arranged apparently 4 hrs before the game.

Point acknowledged cd.

[damon loves JT]

'sold out' indeed. If you're going to tell a lie, tell a big one

[Chris Smith]

There was a huge dust up between cov and Leicester fan in earlsdon a couple of years ago about 5 miles from the ricoh- pub smashed , shops , cars etc and loads of arrests with shoppers caught in the midst- pre arranged apparently 4 hrs before the game.

Point acknowledged cd.

Outside the City Arms. I know somebody who worked there, said it looked nasty but not much really happened and the police had it under control.

[eastie]

Yes chris, caught them unawares and was very nasty under police vans arrived on the scene,a friend of my wife was shopping and had to cower behind a car as they fought on the street.
according to reports as many as 100 involved.


http://cv5.coventrytelegraph.net/2008/08/football-hooligans-locked-up-a.html
http://cv5.coventrytelegraph.net/2009/04/how-earlsdon-erupted-in-violen.html

[Des Little]

Fuck 'em.
They hate us with a passion.

And please don't give me any more of this H & V 'we're all fans together' idealistic bullshit.

Ditto.  Apologies to those with more compassion than me, but I just can't abide them one bit.

[Bad English]

Waiting at International afterwards both platforms were packed and a bunch of fat blokes waiting for the Cov train started singing sotv.

Always good to see the folks of the good old UK are still as chirpy and outgoing as ever.