A trip to Smethwick

[auntiesledd]

Love the Rant DW.

Yeah great rant, did anyone notice the drum?

The swamp-dwellers have a drum?! Frankly, I'm surprised any of 'em would know what to do with it.

ps Top rant there Dave. Once a Noddy outfit: always a Noddy outfit - immediately springs to mind. At least the stripey filth have always played attractive, attacking football no? Marvellous.

[Brassneck]

Excellent description by Dave (& Ads).  I've never really got these muppets or their obsessive hatred of us.  Blues I can understand but Albion?  Every now and again, when I go to a game with them, it reminds me that I dislike them immensely.  Last night was one of those games.  Next week, they will return to being absolutely nothing to me.

[dave.woodhall]

Excellent description by Dave (& Ads).  I've never really got these muppets or their obsessive hatred of us.  Blues I can understand but Albion?  Every now and again, when I go to a game with them, it reminds me that I dislike them immensely.  Last night was one of those games.  Next week, they will return to being absolutely nothing to me.

It's the oldest hatred in football. Us and them have been at it since the 1880s. We've grown up a bit.

[Brassneck]

Excellent description by Dave (& Ads).  I've never really got these muppets or their obsessive hatred of us.  Blues I can understand but Albion?  Every now and again, when I go to a game with them, it reminds me that I dislike them immensely.  Last night was one of those games.  Next week, they will return to being absolutely nothing to me.

It's the oldest hatred in football. Us and them have been at it since the 1880s. We've grown up a bit.

I understand the term "rivalry" but hatred is something I don't get.  What have we ever done to them other than get bigger crowds and win more trophies?  Most Villa fans I know (our age) don't hate Albion.  They hate Blues admittedly but not Albion.

I don't see Albion as a rival or a competitor.  I see them as a glorified Walsall.

[dave.woodhall]

Excellent description by Dave (& Ads).  I've never really got these muppets or their obsessive hatred of us.  Blues I can understand but Albion?  Every now and again, when I go to a game with them, it reminds me that I dislike them immensely.  Last night was one of those games.  Next week, they will return to being absolutely nothing to me.

It's the oldest hatred in football. Us and them have been at it since the 1880s. We've grown up a bit.

I understand the term "rivalry" but hatred is something I don't get.  What have we ever done to them other than get bigger crowds and win more trophies?  Most Villa fans I know (our age) don't hate Albion.  They hate Blues admittedly but not Albion.

I don't see Albion as a rival or a competitor.  I see them as a glorified Walsall.

You've just answered your own question.

[clash city rocker]

Small minds.small crowds.small ground.small trophy cabinet.....do you reckon they have small cocks as well ?

[Ads]

Small minds.small crowds.small ground.small trophy cabinet.....do you reckon they have small cocks as well ?

No idea. Ask their sisters.

[saunders_heroes]

I think we can console ourselves with the fact that we played them off the park in their own backyard.
I love the look of this Villa team.

[thick_mike]

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

That’s bloody awful, a heartfelt tribute to a legend of the game that played for both sides and recently died. Are their fans aware of their club’s decision? That is incredibly narrow minded. Do you think they would refuse Hayes or Coventry fans a banner paying tribute to their hero?

I’m fuming about this.

[Nev]

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

That’s bloody awful, a heartfelt tribute to a legend of the game that played for both sides and recently died. Are their fans aware of their club’s decision? That is incredibly narrow minded. Do you think they would refuse Hayes or Coventry fans a banner paying tribute to their hero?

I’m fuming about this.

Apparently banners are only allowed in with prior permission, and have to be checked for fire safety etc. Although it is frustrating, if B6 didn't contact the club in advance there is not much that can be done. Let's face it, when they take the bottle tops off bottles belonging to junior school children trying to take a banner in is tantamount to carrying a shotgun for the stewards.

There is always the return fixture.

[thick_mike]

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

That’s bloody awful, a heartfelt tribute to a legend of the game that played for both sides and recently died. Are their fans aware of their club’s decision? That is incredibly narrow minded. Do you think they would refuse Hayes or Coventry fans a banner paying tribute to their hero?

I’m fuming about this.

Apparently banners are only allowed in with prior permission, and have to be checked for fire safety etc. Although it is frustrating, if B6 didn't contact the club in advance there is not much that can be done. Let's face it, when they take the bottle tops off bottles belonging to junior school children trying to take a banner in is tantamount to carrying a shotgun for the stewards.

There is always the return fixture.

Gah! How annoying

[pooligan]

I was only four at the time so do not remember it but my late father always hated them and told me many times why .In the 1959 -60 season we were fighting to stay up and were playing at the Hawthorns With time almost up a certain Ronnie Allen scored and more or less relegated us. It was'nt that he scored but the way he and their supporters celebrated it .

[Brassneck]

I was only four at the time so do not remember it but my late father always hated them and told me many times why .In the 1959 -60 season we were fighting to stay up and were playing at the Hawthorns With time almost up a certain Ronnie Allen scored and more or less relegated us. It was'nt that he scored but the way he and their supporters celebrated it .

My Dad used to tell me the same story.  He hated Albion because of that game and the way that Ronnie Allen celebrated.

To be fair, we do the same when we score goals like that against Blues.

[dave.woodhall]

The 1887 cup final route home set the standard they have maintained ever since.

[Des Little]

What pissed me off was the fact that, the police manage to fuck us over by holding us up outside a train station with separate entrance and platforms, ideal for a swift and easy getaway. The same police that get Blues out of Witton quicker than a rocket seem incapable (or unwilling) to offer us the same courtesy. Obviously fans who are already pissed off with a late unlawful equaliser are going to get angry, and surprise surprise we did.