Spawny Vile bastards

[kippaxvilla2]

I always refer back to the summer of 2018. Stoney Broke Tony Bloke was taking them to oblivion and it was simply delicious. Not paying wages, flogging off car parks to pay the leccy bills, a massive FFP hit around the corner, and a dodgy Chinese owner who would only ever sell to another dodgy Chinese owner, because that's what we'd been told to expect. They were on a perfect trajectory to "do a Pompey" and with any luck, eff off down into the non-leagues.

So what happened? There was no selling to any other dodgy Chinese owners. Instead, out of nowhere came two knights in shining armour and within a year they were in the promised land. Even that process fell kindly for them. Albion were a better side than them but lost all their strikers when they met in the playoffs. Of course, vile won the penalty shootout, I'd have expected nothing less. But it was ok, Leeds were an even better side who would muller them in the final after winning at perennial bottlers Derby. Who'd have thought Leeds would press the self destruct button in that second leg, thereby effectively handing vile a bye to the premier league?

And now of course, we had the Sheffield United non-goal.

I'd say that's a pretty lucky two years. Any chance we might escape our 10 year predicament in such a manner? I somehow have my doubts, because you just don't get luck like that do you?

I will never tire of this post.  It’s up there with getting lost on Sherlock Street.

[N'ZMAV]

I'm a DVB. So are you.

[john2710]

Don't forget they got relegated from the PL on 42 points.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

One of their own Grealish only went and scored against us after one of our own Paul Mitchell decked him on the pitch that time.

Great thread this!

[N'ZMAV]

Don't forget they got relegated from the PL on 42 points.

my heart bleeds.

[kippaxvilla2]

One of their own Grealish only went and scored against us after one of our own Paul Mitchell decked him on the pitch that time.

Great thread this!

He could’ve had a knife you know.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

One of their own Grealish only went and scored against us after one of our own Paul Mitchell decked him on the pitch that time.

Great thread this!

He could’ve had a knife you know.

Oh don't. Horrible thought.

[kippaxvilla2]

That was them taking the piss out of us afterwards.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

That was them taking the piss out of us afterwards.

Sums them up! In fairness, the family Noses were horrified at what happened.

What about Alan Hutton that time? He only went and scored against us after our entire defence stood still on the pitch in front of the Hole Tend!

[Legion]

I'm changing my name by deed poll to Barry.

[cdbearsfan]

Don't get me started on Barry. Some young wunderkind stolen from Plucky Albion by Vile's fellow Establishment Club Barcelona purely so the pink and baby blues don't have to pay a fair fee. Another way of avoiding getting their penalty for breaking FFP rules! 😡😡😡

[Villafirst]

"Saved by a world wide pandemic that nearly relegated us, you couldn't make it up"

That's hilarious!

[cdbearsfan]

Don't Witton have links to China? Bet they started the Coronavirus on purpose. Coronavileus, more like.

[AsTallAsLions]

I'm changing my name by deed poll to Barry.

Louis Gareth Barry

[gpbarr]

We only founded the league because someone else didn’t before us - lucky bastards!!