sha v Aston Villa Pre Match thread

[robbo1874]

Was it in the 80s about 84 2-0 to us Gary Thompson cracking header to put us 1-0 up
I wS in the railway end upper loads of villa up there

That was 2-1 in 1987.

i don't remember Mark Walters returning to Villa. Which club did we sign him from?

[pbavfckuwait]

Beat them dont care how, those inbred, six fingered mongrel B.......ds

[martin o`who??]

The piss pouring down the terraces was actually at a friendly in 95 under Little to commemorate the opening of the new Kop and Tilton. Absolutely flooding through the ceiling of one of the exits under the upper Railway.

Absolute dog hole of a ground.

" They say that St Andrew is a wonderful place " etc etc......

[WarszaVillan]

Was it in the 80s about 84 2-0 to us Gary Thompson cracking header to put us 1-0 up
I wS in the railway end upper loads of villa up there

That was 2-1 in 1987.

i don't remember Mark Walters returning to Villa. Which club did we sign him from?

We didn't (unfortunately). We sold him to Rangers later in the year.

[l_mckay]

I will say 1-1. I can't see us winning 3 on the trot.

[jeowje]

With all the misery and let downs we have had to endure for the last few years, very occasional false hopes soon to be dashed, it's hard to confidently predict that a positive run will continue- but that is precisely what i think will happen. We have good vibes about us, it feels like we have a bit of luck with us at the moment, and we haven't even started to play well yet! I'm going for 3-1 Villa- the day we arrive and show we are serious, and this might not just be a new manager honeymoon type thing.

Mind you that's how it felt with Sherwood for a while there 😬

[auntiesledd]

We are going to win 2-1 (or 1-2 for the pedantics)

Pedants.

Nice work Dave. Pedantics indeed! 

ps Actually, the original pedant-fail is the sort of thing that Stuart 'Psycho' Pearce might come out with: i.e. "I tell ya what fella, there's certainly more glamourable cup ties today - but that might be one for the pedantics, if ya like..."

[DaveK]

I don't post often, but when I do I like to be irritating

[auntiesledd]

I don't post often, but when I do I like to be irritating

But with an impeccable sense of irony and comedic timing (judging by your last effort). Do keep up the good work!

[Risso]

The piss pouring down the terraces was actually at a friendly in 95 under Little to commemorate the opening of the new Kop and Tilton. Absolutely flooding through the ceiling of one of the exits under the upper Railway.

Absolute dog hole of a ground.

I went to one pre-season around then when we'd just bought Simon Grayson. Think it was a drab 0-0.

[Exeter 77]

The piss pouring down the terraces was actually at a friendly in 95 under Little to commemorate the opening of the new Kop and Tilton. Absolutely flooding through the ceiling of one of the exits under the upper Railway.

Absolute dog hole of a ground.

I went to one pre-season around then when we'd just bought Simon Grayson. Think it was a drab 0-0.

I took my dad to that and remember having to dodge flying bottles as we came out.

[achilles]

Hate, hate the place, many years ago got spat at and coins thrown at us, vowed never to go back after that, utter shit hole!

All reason out the window just f**king WIN!

[robbo1874]

Was it in the 80s about 84 2-0 to us Gary Thompson cracking header to put us 1-0 up
I wS in the railway end upper loads of villa up there

That was 2-1 in 1987.

i don't remember Mark Walters returning to Villa. Which club did we sign him from?

We didn't (unfortunately). We sold him to Rangers later in the year.

i thought he went way before that

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Was it in the 80s about 84 2-0 to us Gary Thompson cracking header to put us 1-0 up
I wS in the railway end upper loads of villa up there

I was one of thousands trying to get into the Tilton Road End. Got in the ground just before half time. Pandemonium broke out. From memory I think that was Thompsons header. Wasn't that the day someone painted AVFC onto the grass in creosote the night before?

I'm sure that was the time when there was only about two turnstiles open for us to get in. Bloody scary. I can remember feeling like all the air was being sucked out of my body in the crush with police on horses forcing us forward.

I finally got into the ground and rounded on a steward next to those bloody awful open air toilets telling him they needed to tell someone to do something as someone was going to get really hurt. Luckily my mate pulled me off him as I was so irate I would have got nicked, something I'm not very proud of but couldn't help after what I'd just seen.

I still can't believe there were no injuries that day. Such poor policing and non existing stewarding. Every time I see a reference to Hillborough I think of that day.

I can remember the win but that day is tainted by what could have been.

Exactly as I remember it, Villabear.

[ASHTONVILLA]

Simod Cup was at VP. That was the 13-0 season. 2-0 at the Sty and 5-0 at VP in the LC as well as the Simod Cup game.

Must have got it muddled up with the other game, I would have been at both but wasn't as old or fuzzy headed as I am now. Still think we might get a nice big win though.