Liverpool protest ?

[Percy McCarthy]

The Vietnam game would have been my last at the Sty had a rather nice girl I knew not leaned out of her tower block window and invited me in for a spliff while I was waiting for the bus to the ground.

By the time we played them again I had decided that They would never get another penny of my money, unless it was in the form of thrown coins.

So my last game there was either the League game in 85/86, when I sat in the main stand with my zulu mates, or the Birmingham Senior Cup Final around that time, when we chased my zulu mates round town before the game, in a rather unexpected 'result'.

Whichever out of those came last.

[Lky]

I remember the 82 game as quite fun. Stood by the net as I remember but can't honestly remembers seeing any trouble. We got there early and was rammed. I do remember 2 villa fans fighting in front of us and a packet of fags falling out and picking them up. Funny how you remember stupid things as a 12 year old. Certainly didn't feel scared.
Another fact maybe - Didn't they do a load of local derbys that day Liverpool v Everton; Spurs v Arsenal maybe others; I thought what a good idea; the police probably didn't and it probably hasn't happened since

Was the 87 game the old second division game; 2 nil; Thommo scored a header just early second half ? Cant remember the other.
Again didn't see any trouble !
We probably didn't get to the ground until 2.45 but we queued outside and got crushed; I do remember we didn't get in until half time; again only from memory absolutely rammed at the top of the stand where you went in but we managed to go down and it was comfortable.... ish.

[Percy McCarthy]

One of the bedsheets had "Baldwin is a Goose" scrawled on it. I never found out what that meant.
We were in the first section of the Tilton but went home through Bordesley 'cos we were from that side of town and therefore missed the chaos outside afterwards. But inside under the slate grey skies, teeming rain and vicious atmosphere the scenes on the kop corner were something to behold for a 16 year old.

That was some geezers from Chelmsley winding up my mate Tony Baldwin, also from Chelmsley, who we had then recently nick-named 'the goose'. He didn't like it.

[silhillvilla]

Which was the year of the game we won 2-1 at the sty when the SHA player shot wide and the ref gave a goal ? 87 I think . Plenty of Agro that day.

[dave.woodhall]

Which was the year of the game we won 2-1 at the sty when the SHA player shot wide and the ref gave a goal ? 87 I think . Plenty of Agro that day.

You're thinking of our goal which went into the net and out through the side netting. That was 1987.

[Witton Warrior]

I gather we just sit back and do fuck all then?
Enjoying the reminiscence for sure - the good old days - all we've got now really

[silhillvilla]

Protests are probably easier at away games . The fans are more vocal and bullish when on the road.
At home it would feel a bit like taking a piss in the middle of your living room with the family watching (not that I know what that feels like).

[Ad@m]

Protests are probably easier at away games . The fans are more vocal and bullish when on the road.
At home it would feel a bit like taking a piss in the middle of your living room with the family watching (not that I know what that feels like).

Come again?!

Protests are generally aimed at the people in charge at the club and/or to get publicity.  Why would anyone take notice of a protest miles away from the club itself and performed by a tiny minority of the crowd?!

[kippaxvilla2]

Which was the year of the game we won 2-1 at the sty when the SHA player shot wide and the ref gave a goal ? 87 I think . Plenty of Agro that day.

You're thinking of our goal which went into the net and out through the side netting. That was 1987.

If memory serves it was their equaliser that went through the net and out - Andy Kennedy.  Villa fans had broken in and daubed graffiti and damaged the goals the night before.

[dave.woodhall]

Which was the year of the game we won 2-1 at the sty when the SHA player shot wide and the ref gave a goal ? 87 I think . Plenty of Agro that day.

You're thinking of our goal which went into the net and out through the side netting. That was 1987.

If memory serves it was their equaliser that went through the net and out - Andy Kennedy.  Villa fans had broken in and daubed graffiti and damaged the goals the night before.

That's it - my mistake.

[kippaxvilla2]

Fancy them not even checking the nets out before the game.  They were really tawdry and still are.  That game was pretty tasty trying to get back to Dale End afterwards was anyway.

[silhillvilla]

That game was mental outside there were villa fans still getting into the game at HT I recall

[ChicagoLion]

Protests are probably easier at away games . The fans are more vocal and bullish when on the road.
At home it would feel a bit like taking a piss in the middle of your living room with the family watching (not that I know what that feels like).

Come again?!

Protests are generally aimed at the people in charge at the club and/or to get publicity.  Why would anyone take notice of a protest miles away from the club itself and performed by a tiny minority of the crowd?!

we need a Bolton moment.

[silhillvilla]

We do need a Bolton moment .
Sorry my point was it seems much harder to get the majority of villa Park onside for a protest. I think people who moan on forums such as this about lambert and Lerner etc are in the minority by a distance .
Or most villa fans are too polite or apathetic to bother protesting or similar .

[Witton Warrior]

We do need a Bolton moment .
Sorry my point was it seems much harder to get the majority of villa Park onside for a protest. I think people who moan on forums such as this about lambert and Lerner etc are in the minority by a distance .
Or most villa fans are too polite or apathetic to bother protesting or similar .

The trouble is we are talking about trying to co-ordinate a large number of individuals  - I used to travel up to VP with 8 others, these days it is 1 or just me to meet 2 others. Having to sit in numbered seats like sheep and not able to mix freely as in the terrace days stops this as well. The practicalities are problematic.

Yesterday was a poor choice as there were so  many tourists and occasional attenders (nothing against you brothers and sisters) - note it was the Blackpool match when Lambert started to cop it - likewise I would target the Bournemouth match.

I don't care if he isn't going I'm going to continue telling the useless manager he's fooking useless as long as we do not perform well on the pitch like the last two and a half seasons have shown.