Earliest i have left is just after the hour when we got stuffed 4-0 at West Ham midweek in 2005.
ATAL / Clampy / AdsI am not trying to wind people up, I just react to football in a different way. As mentioned before on this thread, my Villa fandom is probably different to most of you. Not only didn't I grow up as a Villa fan, I had virtually no interest in football. I was all rugby and cricket.I had a vague interest in Liverpool in the mid-70s but that was only because I knew relatives of 'Supersub'.I was 27 before I saw a professional football match in person. Luckily that game was at Villa park and 22 years later, I'm still going.I fully recognise that Villa and football in general doesn't mean as much to me as to the rest of you and that I don't have the emotional attachment.However, I really enjoy going to Villa games and am grateful for the way that such an outsider has been made welcome both in the real world and on this forum.
Quote from: UK Redsox on October 23, 2019, 09:25:22 AMATAL / Clampy / AdsI am not trying to wind people up, I just react to football in a different way. As mentioned before on this thread, my Villa fandom is probably different to most of you. Not only didn't I grow up as a Villa fan, I had virtually no interest in football. I was all rugby and cricket.I had a vague interest in Liverpool in the mid-70s but that was only because I knew relatives of 'Supersub'.I was 27 before I saw a professional football match in person. Luckily that game was at Villa park and 22 years later, I'm still going.I fully recognise that Villa and football in general doesn't mean as much to me as to the rest of you and that I don't have the emotional attachment.However, I really enjoy going to Villa games and am grateful for the way that such an outsider has been made welcome both in the real world and on this forum.It's still a little bit odd! If you're emotionally involved enough to travel to games, why wouldn't you then spend an extra 15 minutes watching the celebrations and joining in with the other fans there? The half an hour at Wembley after we'd won the play offs is one of my favourite ever football moments. Unlike you I'm not a big fan of baseball, but when we were in Boston this time last year, I still went to see the World Series victory parade, as it's an occasion that you're not going to see very often. That was brilliant by the way.
The earliest I've left is QPR away last season (maybe the season before). We conceded on around eight minutes. I was surrounded by total fucking Herberts who were pissed/coked up and it was raining. Loftus Road is a 20 minute bus ride from home and I thought 'fuck this'. We won 2-1 in the end but I didn't regret it.
Quote from: Sexual Ealing on October 23, 2019, 11:36:57 PMThe earliest I've left is QPR away last season (maybe the season before). We conceded on around eight minutes. I was surrounded by total fucking Herberts who were pissed/coked up and it was raining. Loftus Road is a 20 minute bus ride from home and I thought 'fuck this'. We won 2-1 in the end but I didn't regret it.I've never known anyone as unlucky as you - You seem to be "surrounded by total fuckin herberts" every game.
I spent almost the entire five and a half hours of extra time at the Play Off final clinging on to Sexual Ealing's cousin for emotional support.
I kind of get Redsox’s point in the same way that I kind of get thhat there are blokes out there who like having their ballbags nailed to a table. Each their own and all that.
If we ever get to a situation where Jack is lifting the FA Cup for Aston Villa, they will have to peel me out of Wembley stadium.