A trip to Smethwick

[dave.woodhall]

Excuse me, but it's time I vented about these bastards again.

I get on the train, and it's full of Villa supporters singing. Some clown sitting opposite takes his coat off to show his Stripey tattoo, then puts it back on again. He finishes a bottle of some foreign fizzy shite then holds it by the neck saying to his mate that if anybody says anything to him they'll get it over their head. None of our songs are "original" apparently, unlike The Lord's My Shepherd, because an Albion supporter obviously wrote the fucking Bible. Then it's "embarrassing" to sing about winning trophies. Fair play to his mate, he looked like he's rather be anywhere else than with Mr Eightiesman.

We get off the train and go on a route march because it's written into Case Law that when Villa play away anywhere local we have to be put to the maximum possible inconvenience while for the return, visitors to Villa Park get a  red carpet reception and garlands of flowers at the turnstiles. 

Speaking of which, there has to be a delay at some gates for a ticket check and to let congestion at the turnstiles go down because in the forty years since I first visited this hovel they have never once been able to deal with a proper crowd. get in, and there's one toilet with one entrance/exit. Into the stand and they've got a drum.

We sing about our players, they sing about us. We sing about trophies we've won, they sing about us. We sing about us, they sing about us. And they've got a drum.

They've got one scoreboard full of adverts for scrap dealers and charity shops. They don't say who scored our goals or how much stoppage time is being played.

They spawn a late equaliser and their supporters run on the pitch. No Dark Ages there, oh no. The Pride of the Midlands celebrate a draw at home like they've won their first trophy for fifty years. With a drum.

Finally out, and miss the extra train put on because Usain Bolt would have struggled to get back in time for it. Towards the metro and West Midlands' Finest have let their supporters queue within ten yards of ours. Oh, the hilarity.
 

[Ads]

I was seat 70, next to the twats in the Smethwick who celebrated like they'd won a cup. Earning a point. One point.
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Fair play for beating us 2-2 though. And for only singing one song second half, until we scored, which was about us and cabbages avec a fucking drum.

And fair play for the Small Heath impression launching bottles when we scored.

Getting out was a scrum. I've lost count about the number of brave tatters offering me out from the safety of two ranks of police, stewards and some mesh. Fucking tin pot twats.

There's always a queue to get in and there's always a maul to get back on the train.

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

I don't get the taunts about the cabbage. Don't they realise the cabbage might turn out to be the most important player in our recent history? Without it we might still have Bruce and they'd probably have won tonight. If they brought along a cabbage every time they wanted a manager out they'd have enough to make the world's biggest coleslaw. Bloody thickos.

[PeterWithe]

And the cabbage song was ours to start with.

[Richard E]

Look on the bright side. At least it’s the last time we’ll ever have to go there.

[Pete3206]

Imagine a play off final with these gimps.

[Hookeysmith]

Excellent rant Dave

[robbo1874]

Not happy they equalised late on, but I called the draw. Sounds like they are more small time than blues, from some of the comments here. That would take some doing.

[Scratchins]

Taken from Project B6 on Twitter. WBA didn't allow this banner to be taken into the ground last night.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Taken from Project B6 on Twitter. WBA didn't allow this banner to be taken into the ground last night.

That's a great football banner and a lot of effort has gone into that. I don't think anybody on either side could be anything other than happy with that.

[QuintonVilla]

Their support was piss poor for their cup final. As said in the OP they sang about four times, all about us. Don't get the cabbage song as it did us a favour and made us stronger?

Thought our support was the best it's been for a local away game for a few years. Our support hasn't been great at Blues for example the past couple of years.

Great to hear lots of other songs rather than HEITS on repeat. Plenty of new songs aswell and good that we now have players worth making songs about again.

Allez Allez Allez

[ChicagoLion]

Love the Rant DW.

[West Derby Villan]

Love the Rant DW.

Yeah great rant, did anyone notice the drum?

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Love the Rant DW.

Yeah great rant, did anyone notice the drum?

I thought the part time racist/countryside alliance apologist Clapton was a guitarist.

[pauliewalnuts]

Such a weird club. In a very large, modern city but at the same time its like going to that black country living museum place.