Villa launch Tickets for Schools scheme

[AV82EC]

I want everyone in Birmingham to support Aston Villa.

Even Kenny Rubery Blue?

<shudders>

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

You don't see many Manchester United shirts being worn on the streets of Sheffield. Followers of Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are even harder to come by.

In the city where the world's first football club was formed, only two sides count for anything. You either watch Sheffield United or Sheffield Wednesday - there just isn't room for other teams.

The Steel City Showdown

This is my dream for Birmingham.

You want everyone in Birmingham to support Sheffield Wednesday or Sheffield United?

I want everyone in Birmingham to support Aston Villa or Birmingham City.

What about the bloke I know from Halifax? Who should he support?

I want everyone from Birmingham to support Aston Villa or Birmingham City.

Better?

[dave.woodhall]

You don't see many Manchester United shirts being worn on the streets of Sheffield. Followers of Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are even harder to come by.

In the city where the world's first football club was formed, only two sides count for anything. You either watch Sheffield United or Sheffield Wednesday - there just isn't room for other teams.

The Steel City Showdown

This is my dream for Birmingham.

You want everyone in Birmingham to support Sheffield Wednesday or Sheffield United?

I want everyone in Birmingham to support Aston Villa or Birmingham City.

What about the bloke I know from Halifax? Who should he support?

I want everyone from Birmingham to support Aston Villa or Birmingham City.

Better?

What about his son, who was born in Birmingham and has been taken from a young age to watch Halifax by his dad? Who should he support?

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

You don't see many Manchester United shirts being worn on the streets of Sheffield. Followers of Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are even harder to come by.

In the city where the world's first football club was formed, only two sides count for anything. You either watch Sheffield United or Sheffield Wednesday - there just isn't room for other teams.

The Steel City Showdown

This is my dream for Birmingham.

You want everyone in Birmingham to support Sheffield Wednesday or Sheffield United?

I want everyone in Birmingham to support Aston Villa or Birmingham City.

What about the bloke I know from Halifax? Who should he support?

I want everyone from Birmingham to support Aston Villa or Birmingham City.

Better?

What about his son, who was born in Birmingham and has been taken from a young age to watch Halifax by his dad? Who should he support?

Support your local team or your dad's team.

Anything else is unacceptable.

[pauliewalnuts]

Coventry is now, and has been for five years, my local team, and my dad is a nose.

Who should I support?

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

Coventry is now, and has been for five years, my local team, and my dad is a nose.

Who should I support?

Coventry haven't always been your local team though.

And Villa is not too far from Coventry so you are still supporting a local team.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I think people are misunderstanding this. All that happened yesterday was they had a PR event to launch the scheme. It doesn't mean one school has been given first go, I'm guessing they did it there as it was relatively close to training ground.

Encouraging kids from the Sutton Coldfield area is not a bad place to start.  They're more likely to receive pocket money to spend on merchandise than kids from inner city schools.  Bringing an instant return.

Indeed. Add to that with a game on Sunday it doesn't give the players long enough to recover from the malaria, cholera, diphtheria and yellow fever jabs they would have needed had they gone to a school in south Birmingham.

[Percy McCarthy]

My local team is Chelm$ley Town. Who should I support?

[dave.woodhall]

Support your local team or your dad's team.

Anything else is unacceptable.

What about my mate who was born in Belfast and moved to Stourbridge. Who shoud he support?

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

I think people are misunderstanding this. All that happened yesterday was they had a PR event to launch the scheme. It doesn't mean one school has been given first go, I'm guessing they did it there as it was relatively close to training ground.

Encouraging kids from the Sutton Coldfield area is not a bad place to start.  They're more likely to receive pocket money to spend on merchandise than kids from inner city schools.  Bringing an instant return.

Indeed. Add to that with a game on Sunday it doesn't give the players long enough to recover from the malaria, cholera, diphtheria and yellow fever jabs they would have needed had they gone to a school in south Birmingham.

North Birmingham FTW 

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

Support your local team or your dad's team.

Anything else is unacceptable.

What about my mate who was born in Belfast and moved to Stourbridge. Who shoud he support?

A local side to Belfast or a local side to Stourbridge.

Up to him.

I'm mostly not thinking of people who move around though so let's keep this nice and simple.

[dave.woodhall]

Support your local team or your dad's team.

Anything else is unacceptable.

What about my mate who was born in Belfast and moved to Stourbridge. Who shoud he support?

A local side to Belfast or a local side to Stourbridge.

Up to him.

I'm mostly not thinking of people who move around though so let's keep this nice and simple.

What about someone who lives in Birmingham and whose dad supports Manchester United even though he wouldn't recognise Manchester on a map?

[PeterWithesShin]

Someone who is currently 8 years and is born, raised and still lives in Oxford. All his family are from Oxford and still live there and none of them like football or have ever been to Birmingham but he has realised he likes football and chooses to support Villa, is that allowed or is he a glory hunter as he didn't choose Oxford Utd?

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

Support your local team or your dad's team.

Anything else is unacceptable.

What about my mate who was born in Belfast and moved to Stourbridge. Who shoud he support?

A local side to Belfast or a local side to Stourbridge.

Up to him.

I'm mostly not thinking of people who move around though so let's keep this nice and simple.

What about someone who lives in Birmingham and whose dad supports Manchester United even though he wouldn't recognise Manchester on a map?

You'd hope they'd support a local team but if they supported Man U you can't really blame them - it's their dad's fault.

[dave.woodhall]

Support your local team or your dad's team.

Anything else is unacceptable.

What about my mate who was born in Belfast and moved to Stourbridge. Who shoud he support?

A local side to Belfast or a local side to Stourbridge.

Up to him.

I'm mostly not thinking of people who move around though so let's keep this nice and simple.

What about someone who lives in Birmingham and whose dad supports Manchester United even though he wouldn't recognise Manchester on a map?

You'd hope they'd support a local team but if they supported Man U you can't really blame them - it's their dad's fault.

What if their mum supports someone else?