Funny or Strange Happenings You Have Witnessed As a Villa Fan

[andyaston]

There was one paper aeroplane that seemed to go on forever having been launched in the Upper Holte and eventually landed in the six yard box I think.

Biggest (only) cheer of the night.

That game deserved to be a 0-0 draw on a Monday night.

[Damo70]

There was a midweek 0-0 draw at Meadow Lane in the BFR years that was very, very, very, very cold. Also a ZDS cup game against Forest at Villa Park which was freezing. Must be something to do with Nottingham clubs.

[andyaston]

There was a midweek 0-0 draw at Meadow Lane in the BFR years that was very, very, very, very cold. Also a ZDS cup game against Forest at Villa Park which was freezing. Must be something to do with Nottingham clubs.

Yes, in December on a Friday night, less then 6,000 there.

[Damo70]

There was a midweek 0-0 draw at Meadow Lane in the BFR years that was very, very, very, very cold. Also a ZDS cup game against Forest at Villa Park which was freezing. Must be something to do with Nottingham clubs.

Yes, in December on a Friday night, less then 6,000 there.

I think we played Forest twice at Villa Park in that competition. Once under SGT a couple of days before Christmas 89/90 and once under BFR.

[andyaston]

There was a midweek 0-0 draw at Meadow Lane in the BFR years that was very, very, very, very cold. Also a ZDS cup game against Forest at Villa Park which was freezing. Must be something to do with Nottingham clubs.

Yes, in December on a Friday night, less then 6,000 there.

I think we played Forest twice at Villa Park in that competition. Once under SGT a couple of days before Christmas 89/90 and once under BFR.

Yea we beat them under SGT 2-1 but lost under BFR. I remember the first one because it was a few days before Christmas and I was scouring that shed of a clubshop for gifts and bumped into Nigel Callaghan.

[Godfrey Brian]

That Villa fans v Bayern fans kick about game on the Feyenoord training pitches before the 82 European Cup Final. Up to 60 Villa Fans (at least four keepers) versus around 10 Bayern supporters and a desparing groundsman on the sidelines. We won!

[Gareth]

Last day of the Holte - the souvenir looting at the end of the game on the concourse and seeing a guy take the till (empty btw!) from the Ladbrokes booth - he made it about 100yards down Witton Lane before getting a tap on the shoulder

Arsenal away at the Emirates, the 'Barry penalty' game - pub outside the away end before the game and some bright spark brings cabbages & leeks in and starts chucking them around, hilarity at first until some berk started aiming veg at the optics....cue the police emptying the pub rapidly except for about 6 of us who were just stood with our beer and said copper says 'carry on lads, finish your drinks' - think he just wanted someone to talk to....

[Five Villa Tattoos]

Cadbury's parrot being chased by coppers and stewards as he tried to make it towards the player's tunnel at the dell in 1994 during the mass pitch invasion at the end of a 4-1 hiding.  Burglars, nuns, vicars, clowns and assorted oddballs cheering him on. Practically the whole away end was on the pitch.

[Godfrey Brian]

Often thought of Gordan Cowan's testimonial match in 1993 when Stoke sent on their kit man to play for a while. Never knew why and assumed he was retiring or something. However the BBC are broadcasting a Drama on Thursday night called 'Marvellous' about Neil Baldwin a remarkable guy from Stoke who has become alocal hero-he's a Stoke fan.

Part of Guardian article on him: "Macari, like Clarke, grew to love him. He and Baldwin were often seen together in Stoke, walking Macari's dog. And one day in 1993, during a friendly against Aston Villa at Villa Park, Baldwin's old friends among the Stoke supporters saw him, in full Stoke kit, warming up on the touchline. With five minutes to go in the match, Macari actually sent this rather overweight man of nearly 50 on to the pitch. The players on both sides and the referee must have been in on the plan, because Macari then had 12 players on the pitch – and the players passed the ball to Baldwin, who almost got a shot at goal."

Mystery solved!

[ez]

I remember going to spurs during the 1990s and the pre match entertainment was Bucks Fizz singing from a makeshift stage at the edge of the pitch.

[UK Redsox]

The lion wedding at half time was pretty bizarre.

[PeterWithesShin]

Watching a Villa DVD and had completely forgotten Neil Cox flicking the V at the Stretford End when he scored in a 3-1 defeat there in '93.

[Stinkin_Thinkin]

I remember Juan Pablo Angel attempting to take a corner, missing the ball, kicking the flag and then somehow the ball rolling out for a goal kick. Possibly in his last game for us?
After a night game in about 1994 (against Man City?) there was an epic snowball fight at Aston station.
Another match a few seasons ago at home against West Ham where we played in our away kit for some reason. I remember some guy storming off shouting I came to watch a team in claret and blue not white!

[IAmTheOneIanOlney]

Does anyone else remember a father and son who used to stand at the bottom of the right side of the Holte in the mid '80s? They used to get really wound up and end up hitting each other most games. Dad was short, wore a flat cap, son was tall and kind of skinny and unshaven.

Remember my brother lifting me on to one of the barriers so I could get a better look at my then-favourite Stainrod warming up. He promptly booted a shot over the bar, over the fences and straight into my face, knocking me off the barrier and causing my brother and his mates to piss themselves laughing.

[Dave Cooper please]

You have to be the only person I have ever known who had Simon Stainrod as their favourite player.