Is celebrating an away goal among home fans ever acceptable?

[silhillvilla]

I go to Villa Park to sit with like-minded misery-arses and don't expect to have my day spoiled by people enjoying themselves!

Agree.

times 2!

Add everyone in the lower trinity .

[curiousorange]

I assume this will come down to personal choice, but I admit to being bemused by the notion of sitting in the opposition's end. How can you actually enjoy the game knowing the only positive reaction to a negative event can waste your time, money and carries the risk of harm? Unless it was, say, an FA Cup or European Cup Final, there is no game big enough where I wouldn't just say "screw it" and follow it at home if I couldn't get a ticket with Villa fans next to me. It just seems really pointless to me.

[saunders_heroes]

Bollocks to them. The dad knew he wasn't allowed to buy tickets in the Villa end for away fans yet he still went ahead with it. It's his fault and not Villa's.

[nigel]

My mate's a steward in the Trinity Rd Stand. He was saying that the club knew that there was a chance that there would be quite a few, so when they saw a Utd fan they were told to 'Hide their colours and don't celebrate if Utd score'
I can assume that this was all over the ground.
There were a few by me, you could guess who, as they were the ones filming on their phones, and in fairness were very good.

[saunders_heroes]

There was a group of irish lads near me in the North and it was obvious they were Man Utd fans. It's a sad fact of life I'm afraid. The world is infested with them.

[PeterWithesShin]

There was a group of irish lads near me in the North and it was obvious they were Man Utd fans. It's a sad fact of life I'm afraid. The world is infested with them.

Just like rats, you are never more than a few feet from one.

[Hampshire Villa]

The guy was surely in breach of contract. The T's and c's state quite clearly that the area he was sitting in is for home fans only. All grounds are very strict about this. This happens every time Villa play Utd.
 I have been in the away end a few times up at Bolton for the LC semi, at Chelsea twice,  at Wembley for the FA Cup semi final again V Bolton etc etc, I have always just kept my gob shut and watched the game, stood up when everyone else did and just didn't make it obvious. I have never had trouble. Saved the celebrations for the car trip home! ( rare celebrations)
Last year at Arsenal I was in with the Villa away fans and a guy sat by us with a kid in full Arsenal kit!, he was asked to leave by the Arsenal stewards. Expect the Daily mail will say what a cruel club we are and how we have chucked out  kids for their special Xmas treat.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Bollocks to them. The dad knew he wasn't allowed to buy tickets in the Villa end for away fans yet he still went ahead with it. It's his fault and not Villa's.

My point exactly.
He ignored the rules and then said it was somebody else's fault that his boys' day was spoilt.

What will he do on Christmas Day?
Look up the chimney accusingly?
Write a letter of complaint to the North Pole?
Shoot the reindeer?


Complete and utter twunt!

[LeeB]

They're jumping up and down in the Villa end and he cannot understand why he is being thrown out? The man is a twat.

CD has it right. Man United fans are such try hard look at me types, with their forced boisterous behaviour. "Oooh we all wear black! Yanited! Yanited".

It's like the entire club is built on small man syndrome.

[Smirker]

Many years ago when our season tickets were in the upper Holte, Man City scored and 2 blokes jumped up a few row in front of us and looked like they were celebrating, I was pissed so took it upon myself to make everyone aware around me that they were city fans, after about 60 people unleashed all forms of abuse on the blokes the stewards moved in to cart them out, much to the joy of my ever increasing army of followers.

Much to my embarresment the two blokes produced their season tickets and began waving them in our direction, they were angry at the defensive error that caused the goal........well didn't I just die.

haha ffs

[adrenachrome]

I am intrigued as to how this misguided chap got hold of the tickets in that section of the ground. I thought you had to have a Customer Number and a purchase history for this class of game.

[Smirker]

I'd like to hear this radio phone call to be honest.

Not available on podcast?

He came across to me as a whinging, middle class, outraged Mr Angry - complaining that his day out at VP - where he fully expected HIS team to win (see his comments) - was spoilt because his team didn't win (had he promised his kids they would?). Their ejection provided him with the perfect opportunity to express his feelings covertly about being totally caught out at being a "fun" parent but actually having no idea what he was doing. And, of course, when it went tits up, it was all someone else's fault

Didn't think to check.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/606

Got it on now, anyone know how far in it was?

[damon loves JT]

There were a few in front of us on Saturday. We made sure they celebrated when Benteke scored, and didn't celebrate the equaliser. Apart from that they just sat muttering to each other and eating a family bag of Skittles. So they might as well have been Villa fans, and I managed to keep my self- righteous indignation in check.

[Dave]

I am intrigued as to how this misguided chap got hold of the tickets in that section of the ground. I thought you had to have a Customer Number and a purchase history for this class of game.

You do indeed. A work-colleague of mine (ManYoo) asked me to use my booking history to get tickets for him and his son as he wasn't able to get them without a booking history.

[cdbearsfan]

Another reason why said Manure fan is a twat. It sounds like a Villa fan has done him a favour by lending him his booking reference, and he's abused that by getting himself chucked out. Could they ban the Villa fan for using his reference for a Man U fan?