Villa vs Birmingham Football Rivalries Show on Sky Sports

[cdbearsfan]

They'd love to attend St Andrews. It's just unfortunate that hey've all had overtime every Saturday at the Rover since the 1950s. Except for the times when Rover was shut, on an overtime ban, or on strike. Then they couldn't afford to go. Obviously no Villa fans work there because we are all from the shires.

[Neil Hawkes]

If we stop thinking about them, they may fade into dust and be a dim and distant memory, (copyright American Gods).

[rob_bridge]

Yes Blues are working class as they all drive out of the city back to Solihull, Dorridge and Knowle. Whoppers.

West Midlands Travel did a map showing the concentration of supporters and season ticket holders drawn for both clubs across the city. They really are a corridor the size of Blackburn on the A45 while we draw heavy support from all over the show.

That particular myth always makes me laugh.  I always like to ask if they spend much time in the North of the city and have been to places like Great Barr and Kingstanding.  Also, the conversations tend to end quite abruptly when it's pointed out that many of their fans are actually from Solihull.

Their historical 'strongholds' are in reality about 50:50 nowadays whereas our traditional weighted areas of support are still so.

[rim gk]

Yes Blues are working class as they all drive out of the city back to Solihull, Dorridge and Knowle. Whoppers.

West Midlands Travel did a map showing the concentration of supporters and season ticket holders drawn for both clubs across the city. They really are a corridor the size of Blackburn on the A45 while we draw heavy support from all over the show.

That particular myth always makes me laugh.  I always like to ask if they spend much time in the North of the city and have been to places like Great Barr and Kingstanding.  Also, the conversations tend to end quite abruptly when it's pointed out that many of their fans are actually from Solihull.

Their historical 'strongholds' are in reality about 50:50 nowadays whereas our traditional weighted areas of support are still so.

villas biggest areas to date do a poll, for me it's our of Erdington, great Barr, Perry common, kingstanding. Ks edges me, no favouritism Ive never lived there.

[The Edge]

In the league they were. FA Cup game was Forest. Last time they got 30K for a league game that wasn't against us was 1980.

But...but they keep telling us that everyone in Birmingham supports them.  Birmingham has a population of 1.1m people.

there's many people who don't follow football let alone support a team and then there's the man utd Liverpool brigade.

Yeah but Small Heath took 500,000 to Wembley

[Holte L2]

The myth about villa being the rich people's club I heard from a Spanish colleague whose partner watched a game at the Sty

I've a friend who moved to Australia about 15 years ago. She's not a great expert on the game, but most on here would identify her as a Brummie red. Small Heath are her second team.

On one return visit, she took her now-husband to a game at the sty.

He subsequently peddles the same bollocks whenever football comes up.

A Brummie Red whose second team is Small Heath, you say?
Who’d have thought it!

I went to school with a lad who was  brought up a Leeds fan. But he's bringing his lad up to be a Small Heath fan! WTF!

[Legion]

Details here

[Des Little]

In the league they were. FA Cup game was Forest. Last time they got 30K for a league game that wasn't against us was 1980.

Sad but true.  I was at the Forest cup game and the Boxing Day game with us.  Can i have my attendance from the Forest game removed by deed poll?

[Gerrin]

It was ok I suppose. Does anyone know what Gary Shaw does these days, is he still in football?

[class-of-82]

remember the classic cult film "the warriors"
when the leader swan says to his 2nd in command when they are going through enemy gang territory on there way back to coney island " who are these" he replies " they are nobodies they don't even register on the scale"
for me that's small heath

[villabear]

Thought it was a bit shit to be honest. Bit easy to concentrate on the Enkelman 'error' but hey it was in the Sky modern football era.

I will say Kevin Broadhurst came across as a bit of a cock with his "we chased em" comment about the 1983 game.

[villabear]

remember the classic cult film "the warriors"
when the leader swan says to his 2nd in command when they are going through enemy gang territory on there way back to coney island " who are these" he replies " they are nobodies they don't even register on the scale"
for me that's small heath

They're definitely The Orphans

[Marlon From Bearwood]

I thought it was a bit disappointing. No mention of Gabby's late winners, our league cup win or last seasons win. And a "blink and you'll miss it" shot of the Cahill goal.

[Tugby Villain]

Yeah but then we'd be like Reading. Derby games are fun.

Completely agree

[cdbearsfan]

I didn't think it was much good, and I expect I'd think the same if I was of the inbred Heathen persuasion.

Too much talking and not enough clips. I think they showed a grand total of two goals (admittedly, both Villa) to cover all the years up to 2002.

Even the Premier League Era was skimmed over. The names at the start were listed as if they were all going to get their moment to shine... only Shaw and a couple of others really got much coverage once it had actually started.

The whole thing had the feel of a hastily put together promo for Sunday's game, rather than an interesting analysis of the game's history.