Fortress Villa Park

[Smirker]

That win makes it 10 wins in a row at VP.

Teams should fear coming to B6.

[lovejoy]

Did we do 13 under SGT in 89?

[Smirker]

Don't think I was born then.

[Chris Harte]

Did we do 13 under SGT in 89?

My memory may be off but I'm sure we went thirteen unbeaten away under SGT. Or was that in 88 in the second tier.

[RamboandBruno]

Did we do 13 under SGT in 89?

My memory may be off but I'm sure we went thirteen unbeaten away under SGT. Or was that in 88 in the second tier.

I think we won 13 away overall in the championship the 87-88 promotion year.

[Meanwood Villa]

I get 11 in a row in 89/90. Not sure if that is overall record.

[Meanwood Villa]

That's all competitions. 9 in a row in league (which is what we're on now)

[Jon Crofts]

I can change Smirker to Jonah if you like?

[Charlie8182]

9 league consecutive home wins in 1989/90, and 13 across 1982/83  and 83/84 ending with losing 6-2 to Arsenal.

[Smirker]

I posted this thread over a month ago and we're still unbeaten in the league.

11 wins in a row.

Unreal.

[SoccerHQ]

Have to say Unai's embraced Villa Park from day one.

Those little early decisions like changing ends and attacking the Holte first half against Man. United, Leeds etc and getting early goals were a masterstroke.

Palace win early this season also huge for the mentality as in other seasons at best we'd have scrambled a 1-1.

Too easy for managers to just moan Villa Park is a hard place to play for the home team. If some of our ex players say it in interviews they do after leaving us you can bet the managers at the time were saying it at the time behind closed doors and that creates negativity on the pitch.

So refreshing having a manager who embraces home games and showed he could think outside the box a little to get us on the front foot quicker in games rather than just bowing to tradition.

[Footy-Vill]

Brilliant thread ! 6 remaining home matches in 2023.
Luton, Fulham, Man City, Arsenal, Sheff Utd, Burnley

[OCD]

Palace win early this season also huge for the mentality as in other seasons at best we'd have scrambled a 1-1.

If that. I think we would have lost 1-0 in those kind of games. Even before yesterday's game I thought West Ham might set themselves up to be really difficult to break down and then try and score on the counter. They did that well at Brighton.

Of those 6 fixtures, we should win the first and last two. The middle two will be good tests and we'll have to see how we get on.

[darren woolley]

And long may it continue.

[Footy-Vill]

17 goals scored and 3 conceded in 4 home games this season against West Ham, Brighton, Crystal Palace and Everton.