Aston Villa vs Birmingham City Pre-Match Thread

[Smirker]

Forest & County.

[castlefields_villan]

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Meanwhile the greatest team in small heath's history finished 6th (their only ever top 6 finish) and lost the FA Cup final.

That's the equivalent of our 1999/2000 side being the greatest and most succesful Villa side in our history.

Stop sniggering at the back.
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and that says it all - nice one PWS

[castlefields_villan]

Forest & County.

Do Notts County supporters profess theirs is a bigger club than a team that's been English Champions and twice European Champions ?

[AV82EC]

Meanwhile the greatest team in small heath's history finished 6th (their only ever top 6 finish) and lost the FA Cup final.

That's the equivalent of our 1999/2000 side being the greatest and most succesful Villa side in our history.

Stop sniggering at the back.

That is a great stat. (Shelves for future quoting)

[PeterWithesShin]

League Champions from 1892, Sunderland, Sunderland, Villa, Sunderland, Villa, Villa, Sheff Utd, Villa, Villa, Liverpool, Sunderland.

Pointless but I like it.

[PeterWithesShin]

Meanwhile the greatest team in small heath's history finished 6th (their only ever top 6 finish) and lost the FA Cup final.

That's the equivalent of our 1999/2000 side being the greatest and most succesful Villa side in our history.

Stop sniggering at the back.

That is a great stat. (Shelves for future quoting)

It was their 1956 side, for added statting.

[castlefields_villan]

Just out of interest - where did we finish in 1956 ?

[PeterWithesShin]

20th.

[PeterWithesShin]

As i'm dishing out the saddo stats, that's the only time in our history we've finished 20th. We've also only ever finished 3rd twice, and also 14th twice.

[castlefields_villan]

20th.

Oh !

But in a division of 22 and only 21st and 22nd went down ?

[PeterWithesShin]

20th.

Oh !

But in a division of 22 and only 21st and 22nd went down ?

Yep. Was mid 70s when 3 up 3 down came in.

[castlefields_villan]

20th.

Oh !

But in a division of 22 and only 21st and 22nd went down ?

Yep. Was mid 70s when 3 up 3 down came in.

Yes, of course in 1972-3 we finished 3rd (well behind Burnley and QPR and I think that was the year before it became 3 up/ 3 down ?

[Percy McCarthy]

BBC website saying 22nd. Any news from anywhere else?

Booked off the next day as the gaffer said it's definitely the 23rd.

[PeterWithesShin]

BBC website saying 22nd. Any news from anywhere else?

Booked off the next day as the gaffer said it's definitely the 23rd.

Nothing announced from either club yet. I reckon 22nd just because Walsall/Chelsea is the 23rd.

[tomd2103]

Forest & County.

I think many Forest fans would view Derby and not Notts County as their main rivals.  I was talking to someone at work about it earlier and I think unlike many other major rivalaries, we haven't played each other that often.  I think that fact makes the build up to the games more intense.