Quote from: PeterWithe on September 12, 2015, 11:02:00 AMQuote from: charlie659 on September 12, 2015, 06:51:10 AMQuote from: class-of-82 on September 11, 2015, 08:34:21 PMThat game in 76 at the sty was one of the best away supports ever if not the best.Tilton road packed to the rafters villa fans on the roof and up the floodlights of the Tilton big crew by the scoreboard and railway end with villa to totally out sung em all game even when losing.My one eyed blue nose mate said to me the next day " I've never seen support like that "Bullshit, we've never taken more than 5k to The Sty according some bloke SHA. Meanwhile, back in the day, up to 20k of them would regularly descend on VP in one irresistible force claiming half of The Holte, half of The Witton Lane stand and the whole Witton End. Have a look at the YouTube footage of the 1987 game at the Sty, there was more than 5k in the first pen of the Tilton, we were crammed in like sardines across three pens whilst the few thousand noses there lolled about with no one near them.I was there PW, as I recall the crowd was around 27k and I reckon we had at least 10k in the Tilton.
Quote from: charlie659 on September 12, 2015, 06:51:10 AMQuote from: class-of-82 on September 11, 2015, 08:34:21 PMThat game in 76 at the sty was one of the best away supports ever if not the best.Tilton road packed to the rafters villa fans on the roof and up the floodlights of the Tilton big crew by the scoreboard and railway end with villa to totally out sung em all game even when losing.My one eyed blue nose mate said to me the next day " I've never seen support like that "Bullshit, we've never taken more than 5k to The Sty according some bloke SHA. Meanwhile, back in the day, up to 20k of them would regularly descend on VP in one irresistible force claiming half of The Holte, half of The Witton Lane stand and the whole Witton End. Have a look at the YouTube footage of the 1987 game at the Sty, there was more than 5k in the first pen of the Tilton, we were crammed in like sardines across three pens whilst the few thousand noses there lolled about with no one near them.
Quote from: class-of-82 on September 11, 2015, 08:34:21 PMThat game in 76 at the sty was one of the best away supports ever if not the best.Tilton road packed to the rafters villa fans on the roof and up the floodlights of the Tilton big crew by the scoreboard and railway end with villa to totally out sung em all game even when losing.My one eyed blue nose mate said to me the next day " I've never seen support like that "Bullshit, we've never taken more than 5k to The Sty according some bloke SHA. Meanwhile, back in the day, up to 20k of them would regularly descend on VP in one irresistible force claiming half of The Holte, half of The Witton Lane stand and the whole Witton End.
That game in 76 at the sty was one of the best away supports ever if not the best.Tilton road packed to the rafters villa fans on the roof and up the floodlights of the Tilton big crew by the scoreboard and railway end with villa to totally out sung em all game even when losing.My one eyed blue nose mate said to me the next day " I've never seen support like that "
Sorry Charlie 659 Just noticed you had reposted a post from a nose[/qucote]No problem sir!
Quote from: Pat McMahon on September 10, 2015, 09:27:59 PMQuote from: adrenachrome on September 10, 2015, 09:13:05 PMThey had 45,000 against us in Feb '68, but there were was a massive Villa contingent if memory serves. Cheers adrenachrome, glad to see I'm not yet ready for the glue factory.Never seen that 11v11 site before either. My ailing memory tells me they had around 46k in the 1975-76 season where we had the whole of the Tilton ( lost 3-2). There must have been 10-12k Villa there that day as we had fans in the Railway end too.Your memory seems to be functioning well, Pat Mac. Birmingham City v Aston Villa, 03 April 1976
Quote from: adrenachrome on September 10, 2015, 09:13:05 PMThey had 45,000 against us in Feb '68, but there were was a massive Villa contingent if memory serves. Cheers adrenachrome, glad to see I'm not yet ready for the glue factory.Never seen that 11v11 site before either. My ailing memory tells me they had around 46k in the 1975-76 season where we had the whole of the Tilton ( lost 3-2). There must have been 10-12k Villa there that day as we had fans in the Railway end too.
They had 45,000 against us in Feb '68, but there were was a massive Villa contingent if memory serves.
Quick question folks, is it season ticket holders only allowed in holte pub on match days
Quote from: class-of-82 on September 15, 2015, 07:45:29 PMQuick question folks, is it season ticket holders only allowed in holte pub on match daysYes and £4.00
I met an elderly nose whilst on my holidays....He was rather courteous towards the Villa and told me that he regularly went to Blues one week and then Villa the next.We had a good long chat about the state of Midlands football and I asked why he did not go to matches anymore....he said that at his age it was a bit of a trek from Solihull, so I asked what was the last game he went to...he took a good 5 mins to think about it and said 1956 FA Cup Final v Man City ( I think Bert Trautmann broke his neck in this game).....then he says sadly "the Blose lost" still he wished the Villa all the best.UTVThe Doc
Quote from: Dr Butler on September 16, 2015, 10:54:25 AMI met an elderly nose whilst on my holidays....He was rather courteous towards the Villa and told me that he regularly went to Blues one week and then Villa the next.We had a good long chat about the state of Midlands football and I asked why he did not go to matches anymore....he said that at his age it was a bit of a trek from Solihull, so I asked what was the last game he went to...he took a good 5 mins to think about it and said 1956 FA Cup Final v Man City ( I think Bert Trautmann broke his neck in this game).....then he says sadly "the Blose lost" still he wished the Villa all the best.UTVThe DocCan't be too many Blues fans left that went to the cup final. My Dad was a life long Villa fan and obtained a ticket for match but then couldn't get one for the our final the year later.
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