Amusing moments at Villa Park

[Damo70]

I threw this one into a chants thread a while back but I'm 99.9% certain we played Arsenal at Villa Park in the first game after Tony Adams got sent to prison.
The chants of 'Wheres Your Donkey Gone'? were long and loud.

Together with "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to see your donkey put away"

Twas indeed shortly before Christmas. I think 'What a waste of carrots' got an airing too.

[E I Adio]

Was it Rodney Marsh or Stan Bowles who bared their arse in front of the Holte end in the 70's

Yes, it was Rodney Marsh and to the best of memory, it was near the touchline, mid Trinity and was just passed off as a bit of amusing eccentricity.

Made me laugh anyway.

[D.boy]

I threw this one into a chants thread a while back but I'm 99.9% certain we played Arsenal at Villa Park in the first game after Tony Adams got sent to prison.
The chants of 'Wheres Your Donkey Gone'? were long and loud.

Together with "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to see your donkey put away"

Twas indeed shortly before Christmas. I think 'What a waste of carrots' got an airing too.

It was indeed and the most boring 0-0 ever.

[D.boy]

Anyone remember the 3-1 v Boro towards the end of the 80-81 season. I was sat in the lower Trinity and one of the Boro players ripped his shorts so came over to the bench and changed them in front of us. My mom thought it was hilarious.

A couple of seasons ago we were playing a particularly boring game against Blackburn and a couple of pidgeons were wandering around on the pitch near the corner of the Trinity/Holte. They were there for about 10-15 mins undisturbed (which says a lot about the game). The commentator summing up on the radio during the journey home mentioned it as the highlight of the second half.

ManU at Villa on a Wednesday night in a cup game. We won 1-0 thanks to Deano scoring in front of the Holte. The old Witton lane stand was full of ManU tossers giving it the big one. We played them in the league the following Saturday and beat them again 1-0 with Dalian getting the winner.

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

Bannan attempting to win a header against Zigic at VP last season was very funny too.

I remember everyone starting laughing when that happened.

[eamonn]

ManU at Villa on a Wednesday night in a cup game. We won 1-0 thanks to Deano scoring in front of the Holte. The old Witton lane stand was full of ManU tossers giving it the big one. We played them in the league the following Saturday and beat them again 1-0 with Dalian getting the winner.

And still lost the league to them .
Still, I suppose Ipswich probably say the same about us.

[Witton Warrior]

One more, Blackburn at home last season in the FA Cup, bloke behind me in the Holte was slaughtering Robert Pires and announcing how crap he was. Cue a Pires goal. Virtually everyone around us in the vicinity turned round to needle him causing him a lot of embarrassment and humble grins.

I did the same (slate Pires) but had the sense to announce that I knew he would score if I gave him pelters - he played like a fooking traffic cone... 

[dave.woodhall]

Someone I know once roundly abused three players during a game, all of whom then scored. No names, but he shares something with Messrs Faulkner and McLeish.

[AV82EC]

Was it Ipswich in the League Cup in 92-93 (2-2 draw I think, fucking Micky Stockwell) when two of their players had airshots straight after one another.  The Holte collectively pissed itself laughing.

[Deano's Mullet]

Does anyone here remember an incident in 1995 vs QPR at home -  Bosnich and Teale pushing each other around over who was going to take a free-kick. Bosnich's kicking wasnt the best so thankfully Teale took it and the resulting set-piece led to a goal for John Fashanu.

[Dave Clark Five]

The sending off of Dennis Smith, the Stoke centre half.
All of us on the Holte knew that he was going off as the referee was hiding the red card behind his back as he approached Smith.

[PeterWithesShin]

The Holte End singing "Merry Christmas Vinnie Jones" when we were 5-1 up.

[Deano's Mullet]

Yes i remember that. And Merry Xmas to Everton too on Boxing Day 2005.

[PeterWithesShin]

Or was it 5-0 and i'm getting mixed up with the 7-1?

[eric woolban woolban]

The Holte End chanting to Ian Wright - 'Wrighty's staying home' - at the end of the 98 season. In lieu of Wrighty not picked for the forthcoming World Cup.

He was shrugging his shoulders like he didn't care, but you could tell he was hurt by the chant.