We're a very important part of the history of the English game, and the history of the English game is the history of world football.Chelsea may have huge amounts of money, millions of new fans in Asia, and more recent silverware, but they will never have what we have.I also like the fact that, increasingly, though there is a lot more to do still, when I go to matches, I see more of a reflection of the city - more people who are not white blokes. Loads of ground to be made up, and I know this sounds wishy washy, but when I see groups of Asian lads at our matches, it makes me happy that maybe we're one of the clubs who are starting to show a proper representation of what makes this city, and this country, great - the fact we're a gigantic melting pot of cultures and races.What I'd really like is if one day, you could go, say, the bull ring, stand outside and spend half an hour watching and listening to the people who walk past, all sorts of nationalities, skin colours, languages, and then go to Villa Park and see something really close to the same mix.
- the fact we're a gigantic melting pot of cultures and races.
As a non Brummie and someone with no family ties to the area and absolutely no reason to support the Villa I quite often find myself thinking why Villa? It's simple, Villa Park and the Holte End. I'd been to loads of football grounds before a friend invited me to VP for a game against Coventry in September 1990. Highbury, white hart lane, loftus road, vicarage road, London road, the abbey stadium, blundell park and sincil bank had all passed me by in various trips with family and friends but the first time I stepped onto the Holte End it was different. To paraphrase I can't remember who the history the tradition and most of all the feeling that this was a special place seemed to crackle around the whole ground. For someone who could previously have been construed as a teenage armchair Liverpool fan it flicked something in me that I just can't explain and whilst my attendance every other week at Villa Park has never been guaranteed this club, the ground and its history will always be a part of me, and now for my son. There are others clubs with history and tradition which interest me and I respect but none of them come close to Aston Villa.
I also like the fact that, increasingly, though there is a lot more to do still, when I go to matches, I see more of a reflection of the city - more people who are not white blokes. Loads of ground to be made up, and I know this sounds wishy washy, but when I see groups of Asian lads at our matches, it makes me happy that maybe we're one of the clubs who are starting to show a proper representation of what makes this city, and this country, great - the fact we're a gigantic melting pot of cultures and races.What I'd really like is if one day, you could go, say, the bull ring, stand outside and spend half an hour watching and listening to the people who walk past, all sorts of nationalities, skin colours, languages, and then go to Villa Park and see something really close to the same mix.
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