Aston Villa vs Birmingham City Pre-Match Thread

[in exile]

Can it even go to a replay ? ET then pens ??

Whoooosh

[Stirchley Villain]

It's written in such a serious manner that it's comical.

[LeeB]

I think the latest thread asking if anyone's got any songs they can sing about Petrov - and the glee in which it's been contributed to - just about sums them up.

So desperate to be noticed for something, it's there one chance.
And like a man who's captained his country, played for clubs the size of Celtic and Villa, and overcome a life-threatening disease is going to care a toss what a few bedraggled gollums from Bordesley think.

[LukeJames]

I like the fact their planning an applause for Zigic in the 19th minute,  him milking 50/60k a week off them when they were financially fucked is a big factor too why they're playing the likes of Bolton and MK Dons in front of 12k, if anything we should be encouraging the applause.

[PeterWithe]

I like the fact their planning an applause for Zigic in the 19th minute,  him milking 50/60k a week off them when they were financially fucked is a big factor too why they're playing the likes of Bolton and MK Dons in front of 12k, if anything we should be encouraging the applause.

I'll join in.

[villa `cross the mersey]

We went on Holiday to Zante in September 2013.  Went to the Welcome meeting and the Holiday Rep was a guy in his 50s, no hair, very few teeth and from Birmingham.
Villa played Newcastle on the Saturday or maybe the Sunday and it was on the TV at the Sports Bar.  Got there half hour before Kick Off and there was the rep at the bar getting pissed wearing his Blues Top.
There were various TV's so I picked one as far away from him as possible.  I could still hear him shouting "Villa Scum" when the Teams came out and celebrating Wildly when Newcastle scored.

Obviously he was there on his own.

Was he a Thomson rep? Was his name Mick/Mike?

Could be the same rep we had in Rhodes three years ago and again this August

Yes he is a bit of a divvy but I kind of felt sorry for him - the way in which he mentioned he was a blue nose in virtually every conversation he held with a client or at the "welcome party"

He was so easy to put down and he often belittled himself without realising he was doing it.

Everytime I saw him I referred to him as a "Heathen" - he hadn`t got a clue why I was calling him that which all added to his "charm"

I missed the quiz night he organised but was told by a Spurs fan I met at the hotel that he managed to get a Small Heath Alliance related question in the quiz and yes you guessed it ...... he wore his Blose shirt whilst acting as quiz master.

The strangest place I have ever seen a Heathen in a Blose shirt was Oswiecim (Auschwitz) - he was working as a car park attendent at the former concentration camp  - amazingly this was "outdone" by the sight of a Polish "entrepreneur" selling hot dogs outside the former concentration camp - struck me as somewhat insensitive   

[cheltenhamlion]

Anyone know anywhere in Fuerteventura that may be showing the game? Me and the wife will be missing it unfortunately, we don't talk about each others teams much except on derby day.

Fuerteventura? Villa Pizza will have it on if they are still going.

[silhillvilla]

Anyone know anywhere in Fuerteventura that may be showing the game? Me and the wife will be missing it unfortunately, we don't talk about each others teams much except on derby day.

Fuerteventura? Villa Pizza will have it on if they are still going.

There's definitely a sports bar in Jandia if you're that end of the island. If not then corralejo will have bars showing the game.

[alwaysvilla1]

Going on past trends of this fixture in all seater stadiums since 2002/03 large amounts of standing is expected, so we should fist think of the sitters, so this is being posted to avoid standers and sitters clashing.

Holte End Lower - all standing

Holte End upper - a third from the back

North stand lower - all standing

The inbred section - all blues standing

There been patterns for this fixture for the Doug Ellis upper and corner of the Doug Ellis lower where it meets the holte to stand, but these trends are not as consistent as the ones in the list  above.

For sitters

All North Stand Upper

All the Trinity

Majority of the Doug Ellis.

[Legion]

Hello again.

[PeterWithesShin]

Say hello. Wave goodbye.

[hipkiss92]

Going on past trends of this fixture in all seater stadiums since 2002/03 large amounts of standing is expected, so we should fist think of the sitters, so this is being posted to avoid standers and sitters clashing.

Holte End Lower - all standing

Holte End upper - a third from the back

North stand lower - all standing

The inbred section - all blues standing

There been patterns for this fixture for the Doug Ellis upper and corner of the Doug Ellis lower where it meets the holte to stand, but these trends are not as consistent as the ones in the list  above.

For sitters

All North Stand Upper

All the Trinity

Majority of the Doug Ellis.

Deja vu. Is the FA Cup Final coming up?

[Goldie.7]

The return of standerguy was brief.

[Legion]

I'd love to know if he was just totally clueless or 12 years old.

[Rudy65]

Say hello. Wave goodbye.

Soft Cell 1982