Blue Nose Conundrum

[rutski]

you would look out of place chip! you would need a 1987 shell shuit and big sovs on with that shit badge on a plug chain round your neck!
found out in 5 minutes son!

[Chipsticks]

For anyone who's still interested, I rang him this morning and told him I'm not gonna go, but I owe him a pint.

I'd like to clarify one thing on this whole debate though. My loyalty doesn't end at Villa. While they are the only team I ever have or will support, and I will do so until the ends of the Earth, I love football. And one of the pleasures in life for me is going to a non-Villa game, whether it be Redditch United or indeed Blues,  and not having to worry about whether the Villa win. So as I've said, I've been to a few Blues games before, and had a decent time. Aslong as they're not playing the Villa, I generally don't care how they do.

This game is different though. I wouldn't be able to enjoy it by any means, as I am far too emotionally invested in wanting Blues to get turned over, and should they reach the play-off final; I will be very pissed off. It's probably worth adding that with this in mind, there's a chance it might be genuinely unsafe for me to be there when that final whistle goes.

[Percy McCarthy]

The only time I've nearly had any trouble watching Small Heath on TV was in the Catholic Club on Chelmsley when I watched the hilarious play-off defeat at Preston. The one when Francis threatened to take them off the pitch because they were taking the penalties at the wrong end. I'd challenge any Villa fan not to laugh at that. I couldn't keep it in and it was getting proppa nawty towards me. As I was with my bird I left, but had I been alone it would have worth a kicking to see those pens.

[danlanza]

Saying that you could not go to St. Andrews to watch a match with a Blues supporting mate tells me all I need to know really. Why not? I know the answer but for the audience, why not?

No sodding comment !

No, come on, could you do it? If not, why not?

I could not do it, even for any best mate. It goes against everything that is Villa! I have been to many other games when i have'nt gone to the Villa, Kiddy Harriers, Hednesford town and the odd game at Redditch United but i would not and could not go to that shitehole and watch a "game of football" no way. If there was no other club to watch i would rather watch Dancing on f..king ice! The place is a blot on the landscape and full of interbred arseholes who can barely string two sentences together without the word UGG being used! F..king cavemen the lot of them. Just my point of view.

[cdbearsfan]

I wouldn't go, purely because I wouldn't be able to conceal my mirth when Super Kev completes his hat-trick.

Out of interest, is your mate likely to be the sort who "thinks it's a bit of a laugh" to mention to everyone you're a Villa fan? If so, I wouldn't go. If you reckon you can trust yourself not to cheer or do anything daft then you should go. It's a free ticket to a vital play-off game. Should be interesting.

[Pete3206]

full of interbred arseholes who can barely string two sentences together without the word UGG being used! F..king cavemen the lot of them.

How often I've thought that, when I've been stood with Villa fans at away grounds.

[Clampy]

You've made the right decision mate. Like you suggested, a normal league game might have been bearable, but if they're singing 'Wembley' at the end, you'd just want to be anywhere else but there.

[cdbearsfan]

For anyone who's still interested, I rang him this morning and told him I'm not gonna go, but I owe him a pint.

I'd like to clarify one thing on this whole debate though. My loyalty doesn't end at Villa. While they are the only team I ever have or will support, and I will do so until the ends of the Earth, I love football. And one of the pleasures in life for me is going to a non-Villa game, whether it be Redditch United or indeed Blues,  and not having to worry about whether the Villa win. So as I've said, I've been to a few Blues games before, and had a decent time. Aslong as they're not playing the Villa, I generally don't care how they do.

This game is different though. I wouldn't be able to enjoy it by any means, as I am far too emotionally invested in wanting Blues to get turned over, and should they reach the play-off final; I will be very pissed off. It's probably worth adding that with this in mind, there's a chance it might be genuinely unsafe for me to be there when that final whistle goes.

Sorry I didn't read your response before posting. You can always make it up to him by going to a more low-key game next year.

Hopefully, in the Championship!

[Pete3206]

Chipsticks, on reflection, I think you've made the right decision. Laughing your bollocks off when Holloway starts dancing round the Sty's pitch in his big coat would probably land you in spot of bother.

[Chipsticks]

I wouldn't go, purely because I wouldn't be able to conceal my mirth when Super Kev completes his hat-trick.

Out of interest, is your mate likely to be the sort who "thinks it's a bit of a laugh" to mention to everyone you're a Villa fan? If so, I wouldn't go. If you reckon you can trust yourself not to cheer or do anything daft then you should go. It's a free ticket to a vital play-off game. Should be interesting.

haha, for the record, he is EXACTLY the type to do so. I took him to the Villa once shortly after the glorious 5-1 and in the concourse he said "I can't believe you beat us 5-1" and got a few funny looks.

[VillaBobby]

Go and have a good night out with your mate no matter what.
It's only football, surely your friendship is deeper than the puerile bollocks most of the posters on here seem to think it is?
Honestly, could none of you really put petty prejudices away and go and watch a match at Blues with a good mate?

I have mates who are Blues fans too, they are normal hard working people on none match days. They can turn into right Berks when they go to that place. There is a culture amongst them that seems to promote excessive testosterone.

As for the doctor being a blue nose, now that is just plain ridiculous Dave! :-)



Once again a pious self righteous response to being a football fan. Without rivalry and banter football in Birmingham is dead.

If that offends you, then I am happy to see you offended.

Go and ask the knuckle daggers to hold your hand at the next derby and let us know how you get on.

On the one hand banter is fine, but on the other all Blues supporters are knuckle-dragging animals who will attack every Villa supporter at will and disagreeing with you is 'pious.' Something doesn't quite comprehend there.

Go and have a good night out with your mate no matter what.
It's only football, surely your friendship is deeper than the puerile bollocks most of the posters on here seem to think it is?
Honestly, could none of you really put petty prejudices away and go and watch a match at Blues with a good mate?

Once again a pious self righteous response to being a football fan. Without rivalry and banter football in Birmingham is dead.

If that offends you, then I am happy to see you offended.

Go and ask the knuckle daggers to hold your hand at the next derby and let us know how you get on.

On the one hand banter is fine, but on the other all Blues supporters are knuckle-dragging animals who will attack every Villa supporter at will and disagreeing with you is 'pious.' Something doesn't quite comprehend there.

Banter is a rhetoric and a vitriolic manner that remains verbal.

Going to St Andrews has never been such an experience. Enlighten me to a differing experience as you are a man of a few years and will undoubtedly have witnessed the politeness of the knuckle dragging animals that club spawns?

I've known, and know, a good few Blues supporters, none of whom would dream of attacking anyone - much like the vast majority of football supporters. I appreciate that they have a higher than normal percentage of antisocial elements among their support but to say they are all the same is to draw the same conclusions as non-football people used to think about us all. If one of your family was taken seriously ill and a Blues-supporting doctor was on hand, what would your reaction be - that they were going to be attacked, or that their life would be saved?

[VillaBobby]

I have mates who are noses and in the main they are sane hardworking men during the week. When the weekend comes they become overwhelmed by testosterone and behave like Berks.

There is something about blues fans that promotes such behaviour.

As for the doctor being a nose, now that's taking it too far Dave! :-)

[AlwaysAVFC]

Think I've been to the sty about 4 times without watching Villa. The most recent being when I was 14 in 95, a mate had a soft spot for York City, so we went in the away end. Also before that my Bluenose Grandad (Step dad of step dad, so far from blood relation) took me to a couple of Kids for a quid game one being Tranmere, can't remember the other and went to a fireworks display there as well.

Got a few Milwall mates and was going to go to their game this season, but all the restrictions they had it just would have been a lot of hassle to meet up with them, it wouldn't have been easy to leave their escort after the game either, so probably best i missed it.

I go to a fair few matches with mates who support other teams, but I don't think nowadays I could go to the Sty unless it was in the away end. Probably doesn't say much about me but I can feel the hatred building up in me as i hear kro and it would just not be an experience I would enjoy, it would probably start to feel better if they were getting hammered though.

[Hoppo]

Being a Brummie ive got the odd Small Heath mate. Go  down the game with them? Get feckin real.

[Rico]

Set foot in the sty while the Villa are not playing? Never! If you were outed as Villa fan I seriously believe your personal safety would be at risk. A kicking is the least you should expect! I remember coming back from a pre season friendly at the sty on the 104 bus back to Erdington when 3 of their knuckledragging scum decided to kick off with me, my brother and my mate. There was no warning, just a knobhead standing in the isle shouting "come on Villa lets have it!" followed by their battle cry of Lulu! There was no provocation for this attack whatsoever. We were all sitting in separate seats as the bus was full, and there was no chanting or anything! Vile disgusting creatures! Enter the sty at your own peril!