Which areas are Villa? Which areas are Blues?

[levico]

Growing up in Selly Oak in the 1950/60s, there were as many Wolves fans around as any other club.

[Damo70]

Living, drinking and spending a fair chunk of work time in what has been deemed the epicentre of bluenosedom I can confirm I  know loads of noses. A total of five of them have season tickets. Another three have season tickets when they are in the top flight but do not go at all when this is not the case. As far as the rest of them go I would seriously need to look up the exact definition of 'occasional' before I decided they were worthy of that description.

[steamer]

I can say that South Africa is split, 70% Red scum, 20 % Liverpool.
Then the rest of us.
We had a villa fan club in the 90,s it could still be going ?
I have only met three noses in Thirty Years, Two of them were not bad guys and we became mates, that was many years ago.
They went back to the U.K
Reccently I heard a Nasal drone in my Local commenting on my sons European cup Winners shirt.
I introduced my self and gave him a potted History of our relative fortunes.
I also tossed in a few anecdotes of my memories of conflicts in the late 70,s . He is now my Pet Bluenose.

[Percy McCarthy]

My mate at work is an old Blues thug, me and him regale the young uns with memories of conflicts in the late seventies/eighties. Of course, neither of us ever ran, nosireebob.

[Zakk Fatt]

I think the split is pretty acurate, I also think that we are more likely to attend a match as Villa supporters (see gates), even when the team are doing shite.  All the noses I know - Never go to a match (unless they are in Europe - once every fifty years or so).

I think there is a hard core of noses that share a taxi to the Sty regularly whilst the rest just stay at home and see how we are doing. Their existence appears to be solely designed around despising the Villa in order to gloat when we lose and stay silent when we don't whilst not really supporting thier own team unless they are playing us.

I really hope we are not playing in the same league as them next season as they will be the only two games they will be up for and there is nothing remotely friendly in banter with a nose. Nothing at all.

I have friends that are noses but we never discuss football. Ever.

[PeterWithe]

Incidentally, I have done the same exercise for Blues (season ticket holders only)… their 'epicentre' is Chelmsley Wood/Olton/Solihull. Perhaps I should superimpose the two and create a 'where it's most likely to kick off' map…..

Whaaat? You mean none of their three stongholds are actually in Birmingham?

[pauliewalnuts]

Fantastic user name, Gage Against The Machine, excellent stuff.

I think the most telling thing about Blues is to walk around Touchwood while they're playing at home, and see how many Blues shirts you spot.

[tomd2103]

I was brought up in Handsworth Wood,which was a split between us and the Albion,but that was through the 70`s.
Great Barr now,by the Horns,which has a fair few noses around.There`s a mixture of us,noses and Albion in most of the boozers around here.
There will always be more of us than any of them,but that`s just because it`s the way it is.
Bigger clubs always have more fans !

Really?  I work in that area and the only shirts I ever see around there are Villa shirts.  It's actually quite reassuring to see so many of the youngsters round there wearing Villa shirts and not the obligatory Man Utd / Chelsea / Barcelona you see in other areas.  I can't recall seeing too many Albion or Blues shirts though.   

[Number-7]

Out in the streets you will see far more Villa kids than fans of any other teams,but go into the pubs and although no one likes to admit it,there are quite a few noses around .We`re not talking competition here.Simply more than people would have you believe.
The Cat n Fiddle has a mix of Villa /Blues.The Leap does,The Horns does.The Drum doesn`t.It`s predominantly Villa.
The Queslett has Villa and Albion.The Foley seems to be a mixture of all 3,although the gaffa`s fella and his mates are all Albion.
This is just my impression in the 20 odd years I`ve lived and drunk round here.
If you checked out all the car stickers round this neck of the woods,obviously you`d think it was pure Villa,but there are undoubtedly noses around.Mind you they are quite easily recognised by their webbed hands that drag along the floor behind them and the sirens sounding in the distance.

[dicedlam]

I was born and raised in Kingstanding and went to most of the pubs around that area after they tore the Charlie down. I can honestly say I never knew one nose who drank in any of them (not one that would let it be known anyway). Plenty of stripey's, but not a nose.

Noses drinking in the Fiddle? ... My how times change.

[martin o`who??]

Growing up in Selly Oak in the 1950/60s, there were as many Wolves fans around as any other club.

Selly oak is now just a ghost town, full of Students in rented housing, i`m prepared to bet theres more Man u "Fans" than any local club around there, just look in the local pubs when theyre on telly - rammed.

[Ads]

I would have thought that Yardley is the only real Nose stronghold in Brum. I've never met a Villa fan from Yardley. Its like being a pilgrim in an unholy land.

[Stu]

Well... I'm a cartographer/designer who has put together a map for the Green Bus Company showing the spread of Villa fans (season ticket holders and 'frequent attendees'). Seems like the epicentre of support is Kingstanding/Erdington/Walmley, unsurprising to anyone from those areas….

Incidentally, I have done the same exercise for Blues (season ticket holders only)… their 'epicentre' is Chelmsley Wood/Olton/Solihull. Perhaps I should superimpose the two and create a 'where it's most likely to kick off' map…..

Which makes the suggestion that the Blues are the team of the working class in Birmingham all the more ridiculous.

[Stu]

I would have thought that Yardley is the only real Nose stronghold in Brum. I've never met a Villa fan from Yardley. Its like being a pilgrim in an unholy land.

*bing bong* CDVilla to the thread, please.

My Dad's family were all from Yardley and all Villa as well. Speaking to my mate who's from Yardley, he reckons there's as many Villa as Blues there, and he's a dogshitter.

[cdbearsfan]

I would have thought that Yardley is the only real Nose stronghold in Brum. I've never met a Villa fan from Yardley. Its like being a pilgrim in an unholy land.

There's a few Villa here. The Noses are all of the take the piss when Villa lose but hadn't realised Small Heath were playing this weekend variety.

They used to show Villa games on a dodgy stream in the Yew Tree pub.