Aston Villa vs Arsenal Post-Match Thread

[Witton Warrior]

There were about 4 arsenal supporters sat in L2 near us on Saturday. I've no problem with that at all, but it is a bit idiotic to sit in the home end all wearing an Arsenal shirt and scarf. And why isn't anything said at the turnstile or by the stewards?

This is only going to become more common and away fans more motivated to try it as the availability and difference in cost of tickets becomes greater and greater between villa and certain other clubs.

I'm sure the signs above the turnstiles at the Holte that say Home/Villa fans only...so why were they not stopped by the stewards or were they too busy checking handbags...

They only seem to bother when it is Liverpool or Manure, I think Arsenal are seen as a bit soft really.
I got searched at lasy year's Manure game as I was buttonned up following the torrential rain - didn't mind at all if it keeps the feckers out

[Breezeblock]

There were about 4 arsenal supporters sat in L2 near us on Saturday. I've no problem with that at all, but it is a bit idiotic to sit in the home end all wearing an Arsenal shirt and scarf. And why isn't anything said at the turnstile or by the stewards?

This is only going to become more common and away fans more motivated to try it as the availability and difference in cost of tickets becomes greater and greater between villa and certain other clubs.

I'm sure the signs above the turnstiles at the Holte that say Home/Villa fans only...so why were they not stopped by the stewards or were they too busy checking handbags...

No stewards on the home turnstiles.  There was a young girl operating our usual turnstile in P8 instead of the Asian lad who's normally there.  She had a copy of the Daily Mirror open in front of her and was only interested in whether the light went green when you shoved your ticket in.  What gets me is that the chief steward accommodated them like they were visiting VIPs and that he managed to get three Villa fans to lend them coats instead of fucking them off out of the ground. 

Dont get me wrong I have sat in the home end myself on a couple of occasions and last year had a Scouse lad sitting next to me who made the schoolboy error of having a big fuck-off pic of Steevie Gee as his phone wallpaper.  I made a crack about it and advised him to change it and we had a good natter with a bit of harmless banter. He was very well behaved and I wouldn't have dreamed of giving him up to the stewards.  But to rock up wearing colours in the home stand is arrogance of  Darwin Award winning stupidity.

[Dave]

Half and half scarves are the sort of thing Ned Flanders would invent. Utterly pathetic creation that must be stopped.

I think they have their place. If you want a commemorative souvenir of the match itself - a cup final or big European tie. Like keeping a programme from a specific match.

Clearly a random league game against Arsenal very much isn't the place though.

[not3bad]

I thought we were pretty good for the first 30 minutes or so then had a shambolic spell of madness where we fell apart badly in such a short period of time. I think containment was the approach in the second half.

As it happens I missed the first 30 minutes due to transport problems.

I am a virus. :-(