Moral Victories. We Never Get Any Luck.

[Dave P]

Agree with lots of the original post from the Bluenose regarding the game but he seems to have conveniently forgot a few things :-

1. One of the three major players they were apparently missing was very kindly loaned to them by us, on the basis that he’s about our 8th choice in midfield as he’s nowhere near good enough for us. Despite this fact, they can’t do without him. Says it all.

2. We were missing McGinn. Probably our most influential midfielder this season who runs all day long and is in great form.

3. Chester had a mare as he clearly wasn’t 100% fit but had to play as he was our only option.

4. Their second goal was scored by a player who was signed against EFL rules.

Four amazing points there.

[LukeJames]

Daft bastards used up all their luck in the Enckleman derby.

[mike]

This shit about no Villa fans in Birmingham is bollocks. Their supporters generally come from  South Birmingham. Ours come from the North Districts amongst others. They have to pass through the city centre to get to Villa Park. Ours will quite often get to Villa Park without having to pass through the city. And what, none of them life anywhere else? I see posts by London blue, Redditch Blue amongst others. Utter utter bullshit.  And drinking in town in the evening? Who generally wears a football shirt to a pub in the evening? I go back into the city centre to get a bite to eat after home games and it's full of claret and blue shirts that's been to the game. No blue tops. I see more Arsenal or Chelsea tops in New Street than I do Blues. They can't beat us on the pitch so they have to try and best us off it.

It’s not even a north/south Birmingham thing. You’ll see more Villa shirts than Blues in Northfield and Kings Norton too. They really are nowhere near as big as Villa in Birmingham let alone in the West Midlands.

[Richard E]

My Dad is actually from Small Heath and even he doesn't support them.

[Fasth56]

Surprised that they haven't mentioned the period of play where we kept the ball for all the oles preventing them scoring. Loved that piss taking though.

[joe_c]

[PeterWithesShin]

Surprised that they haven't mentioned the period of play where we kept the ball for all the oles preventing them scoring. Loved that piss taking though.

Those olés* are still ringing in my ears. Sums up that club, no class.

If they'd have done it I have no doubt it would be added to the ashtray in their trophy cabinet and they'd have lived off it for decades.

[Des Little]

Their belly aching, self-pitying whinging and general saltiness the day after the derby is almost as enjoyable as the game itself. Do they really believe the utter shit they come out with? It’s like a cult for imbeciles over on that SHA teletext site. Love it.

[dave.woodhall]

I love the way they talk about 'class' as though a history built on boasting about football violence and having a succession of criminal owners is in  some way admirable. Lest we forget, this is a club who once held a civic reception the day after someone was killed in a riot at their ground.

[PeterWithesShin]

Running on the pitch and giving the wanker sign to Encks, Carr giving the wanker sign, an obsession with violence and so on equals legendary status for them. We "Olé" as we enjoy a victory and we have no class.

[astonvilla82]

It's always been a myth that Birmingham have more support in south Birmingham, I worked for the council, well turned, for 43 years and  they NEVER out numbered us.It was only when we moved to Stratford upon Avon

[tomd2103]

Their belly aching, self-pitying whinging and general saltiness the day after the derby is almost as enjoyable as the game itself. Do they really believe the utter shit they come out with? It’s like a cult for imbeciles over on that SHA teletext site. Love it.

Yep and it all so predictable.  In every post on social media or every call to a phone-in you can just feel the pain and upset behind the words.  What has become more apparent over the last few years though is just how much the "the city is ours" chant winds them up.  I wonder if we could crowd fund to get a billboard put up by the Bullring with it on?

[PeterWithesShin]

They've become a parody but are too thick to realise it. It's very funny and yet tragic at the same time.

[OzVilla]

It's always been a myth that Birmingham have more support in south Birmingham, I worked for the council, well turned, for 43 years and  they NEVER out numbered us.It was only when we moved to Stratford upon Avon

My family are all from South Birmingham where we grew up before moving to Redditch later.  At every school I attended we outnumbered them and by quite a lot too.  In my experience it's just a total myth that these areas are in any way nose strongholds.

[Three Spires Villa]

Born, grew up went to school Kings Heath / Kings Norton and there are loads of Villa. As I am a certain age, it got a bit rough around1985 on the number 50 and 35 buses, mostly it was lads who got into the Zulu thing and not Small Heath fans. Lots of Villa from Kings Heath and we had a reunion up at Wigan in the Wetherspoons a few years back. Pubs in Moseley always split between Villa and them. It’s total rubbish, total rubbish.