Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage

[olaftab]

This I am afraid is normal stuff that some people have to endure whenever gangs of football fans are about mostly drunk but not always.

Some people have to endure when some small gangs are about, whether football fans or not. Let's not generalise or over-exaggerate.

No it's not generalised its specific to some gangs football fans.

[dave.woodhall]

This I am afraid is normal stuff that some people have to endure whenever gangs of football fans are about mostly drunk but not always.

Some people have to endure when some small gangs are about, whether football fans or not. Let's not generalise or over-exaggerate.

No it's not generalised its specific to some gangs football fans.

Are you saying that the only people who get drunk are football fans?

[kippaxvilla2]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-bookies-offering-odds-10606968

Just in case you needed to know.

[Percy McCarthy]

Anyway, I voted 12.

[Exeter 77]

Someone somewhere hasn't done their research properly. The photo accompanying this story is of Villa in 1887 not Smethwick in 1888. as tagged.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/west-brom-data-how-baggies-10705388

[London Villan]

Should let them know? :-)

[Villa in Denmark]

Someone somewhere hasn't done their research properly. The photo accompanying this story is of Villa in 1887 not Smethwick in 1888. as tagged.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/west-brom-data-how-baggies-10705388

Correct. The badge visible on some of the shirts is the Birmingham coat of arms that was only used in 1887-88 according to historicalfootballkits.com. The collar and neck don't match the Smethwick kit for the period either, but do match that shown for the 1887/88 Villa kit.

[The Laughing Policeman]

It's an old picture of some ancient footballers wearing stripes so it must be Smethwick.

[LTA]

Good to see Matt Kendrick condemn the "fans" at Wycombe today.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/vile-aston-villa-bus-rant-10710594

[newtonsballs]

Good to see Matt Kendrick condemn the "fans" at Wycombe today.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/vile-aston-villa-bus-rant-10710594

As long as people respond to it they will carry on doing it.

[glasses]

This I am afraid is normal stuff that some people have to endure whenever gangs of football fans are about mostly drunk but not always.

Some people have to endure when some small gangs are about, whether football fans or not. Let's not generalise or over-exaggerate.

No it's not generalised its specific to some gangs football fans.

Are you saying that the only people who get drunk are football fans?

I go to cheltenham races on gold cup day. It's not just football fans who chant nasty things and are racist dickheads when they're drunk. Some, not all obviously but you know what I mean.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-star-subjected-vile-10719319

So they're referring to Villa fans giving vile abuse to Bacuna's daughter (bang out of order if true) but offer not a shred of evidence of this. It's as though they can't wait to publish negative news about us. 

[aj2k77]

Someone said something about Bacunas daughter on the internet, the world carried on spinning. It's not like an angry mob confronted Bacuna at the gates of his mansion threatening to eat her. It's the internet and full of morons and keyboard warriors looking to shock and cause offence, it could be someone who has never been the Villa as far as anyone knows. Pathetic coverage from the mail again.

When will the club grow some balls and start defending itself in the media?

[tomd2103]

Someone somewhere hasn't done their research properly. The photo accompanying this story is of Villa in 1887 not Smethwick in 1888. as tagged.

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/west-brom-data-how-baggies-10705388

Correct. The badge visible on some of the shirts is the Birmingham coat of arms that was only used in 1887-88 according to historicalfootballkits.com. The collar and neck don't match the Smethwick kit for the period either, but do match that shown for the 1887/88 Villa kit.

Yep.  Looked at Albion's kit at that time and it was their traditional blue and white stripes.  Although the photo is in black and white, you can quite clearly see that those shirts are not that colour. 

[Chris Jameson]

This I am afraid is normal stuff that some people have to endure whenever gangs of football fans are about mostly drunk but not always.

Some people have to endure when some small gangs are about, whether football fans or not. Let's not generalise or over-exaggerate.

No it's not generalised its specific to some gangs football fans.

Are you saying that the only people who get drunk are football fans?

I go to cheltenham races on gold cup day. It's not just football fans who chant nasty things and are racist dickheads when they're drunk. Some, not all obviously but you know what I mean.

When my mum would travel to Hull games fairly often she always caught the train, she never had any problems with football supporters, it was mostly opposition supporters who always made sure she had a seat and would chat to her. Whenever there was a race meeting at York and she caught her connection that was when it always, without fail, became an unpleasant and uncomfortable journey. I know from growing up in a town that was a stop off point for coaches of racegoers and football supporters who were the worst behaved, even in the seventies/eighties.