Why are Aston Villa so unpopular with neutrals?

[baddowvillans]

I have to say that I've been genuinely amazed by the disdain bordering on hate from supporters of other clubs following on from the events of Sunday.  Whilst I think most wanted Watford to go down its clear that a large number would have preferred if we had joined them.

To be honest, neither the BBC or Sky helped  by asking in the immediate aftermath of the games " was the Sheff Utd ghost goal what kept Villa up.  On the back of that fans from all over seem to believe that for the first game only of post Covid games the "golden goal" rule applied and had Sheff being awarded the goal there is no way Villa - despite being the best team to that point and the one who looked most like winning it at the end - could ever have got back in the game.

So it just that or do they think we believe are a  bigger club than many of theirs.  Yes maybe a bit but that's mainly because it's true. I'd be interested what others think or is it just me?

[Pat Mustard]

Because every other football club on earth is shit and they’re all jealous

[PeterWithesShin]

Because they all wish they were us.

[Legion]

Because every other football club on earth is shit and they’re all jealous

Correct answer.

[aldridgeboy]

Because they all wish they were us.

Pretty much this !!!

[hilts_coolerking]

You'll always get dickheads but go to any half decent forum or read posts on the Guardian and phrases you see a lot are 'grand old club', 'proper football club' and so on.  Obviously the also-rans in this region hate us but apart from them, and Newcastle, I can't understand why anyone would pay us much attention at all, let alone hate us.  It's why the Liverpool / Bristol City things are so baffling.

Mind you, I saw on one forum that a poster had said us, Spurs and Newcastle are the Axis of Entitlement.  That made me laugh.

[SaddVillan]

Jealously and the realisation that we are and always be a club supreme.

[kippaxvilla2]

There was a clamour for us to go down from the close neighbours and weird neighbours moreso because of the financial impact it would have.  I think a lot of the sky people like us.  And of course everyone is going to focus on lickle ickle Boringmouth being hard done by with our none goal.  Failing to even recognise that until the last couple of games they had been cataclysmically shit.  Fcuk them all I say.

[exiled on the wirral!]

I certainly will wear it as a badge of honour

Fuck em!!

[German James]

Perhaps it's because we dedicate whole threads on our best forum to what other clubs think about us.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'd prefer fans, managers and players of other clubs all hating us rather than getting all excited as people like Klopp says we've got a great fans and ground while he has 3 points in pocket. Goofy twat.

[cdbearsfan]

We're massive, they're shite.

[cdbearsfan]

To be fair, let's not get all Newcastle about it. I always thought our reactions against them were a backhanded compliment. We wouldn't have been taking the piss if some pointless team like Reading had gone down.

Everyone has heard of Villa and there is an element of schadenfreude in wanting to see us sent down.

That, obviously, doesn't excuse the local stalkers who generally care more about Villla than their own team.

[AsTallAsLions]

Despite having not won anything significant in 24 years, we still have more class, tradition, and a more engaged and loyal worldwide fanbase than any other club.

[Axl Rose]

Despite having not won anything significant in 24 years, we still have more class, tradition, and a more engaged and loyal worldwide fanbase than any other club.

Apart from Wolves, apparently. Haha.