The A S T O N V I L L A clockAnsells Bittermen & Goliath across the top of the Witton LaneThe smell of cigar in the air in the Trinity Road stand on night gamesProgrammes in A4 size
When the electronic scoreboards used to read "ALF TIME SCORES"
Anybody remember the Ansells poster from the seventies of a packed Holte End with Ansells Bitter Men You Can't Beat Them underneath?I always called it Aston Villa Men You Can't Beat Them.
Getting thrown out of the Holte by the cops for swearing, running down the alley at the back of the Holte and paying in again at the other side, happy days
In the early 80s whenever we scored (which happened a lot), a kind of loud ding dong always came from the PA system (see 4.02 after Gary Shaw's goal below).The 'we know what you're doing' whistle in the Holte End.was this the same as the "just because you're losing" ? whistle, which I remember when the Holte was just starting to fill up - especially on night games
Quote from: Charlie8182 on January 01, 2016, 09:33:57 AMIn the early 80s whenever we scored (which happened a lot), a kind of loud ding dong always came from the PA system (see 4.02 after Gary Shaw's goal below).The 'we know what you're doing' whistle in the Holte End.was this the same as the "just because you're losing" ? whistle, which I remember when the Holte was just starting to fill up - especially on night games
Quote from: castlefields_villan on January 02, 2016, 01:13:57 AMQuote from: Charlie8182 on January 01, 2016, 09:33:57 AMIn the early 80s whenever we scored (which happened a lot), a kind of loud ding dong always came from the PA system (see 4.02 after Gary Shaw's goal below).The 'we know what you're doing' whistle in the Holte End.was this the same as the "just because you're losing" ? whistle, which I remember when the Holte was just starting to fill up - especially on night gamesYes it was the same tune. "Back to school on Monday" to away fans.