Things we get right.

[pauliewalnuts]

I've thought this for a long time, despite the shit like Lower Grounds and Terrace View etc, more often than not, off the pitch we get things very right, way more than a lot of clubs. It's the sort of reasoning that saw us take Acorns as shirt sponsors, and across owners since, it seems to have survived.

See this this evening? Great example.

Kid pre-match has his (and I don't like these normally, but in this case, I'll go with it) 'can i have your shirt' sign taken off him by a wanker steward and actually thrown away.

https://x.com/KeslerSZN/status/1717570665606209855?s=20

Then, post match:

https://x.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1717614151483170827?s=20

Well done, Villa, little things like this make me proud.

[Rory]

I've thought this for a long time, despite the shit like Lower Grounds and Terrace View etc, more often than not, off the pitch we get things very right, way more than a lot of clubs. It's the sort of reasoning that saw us take Acorns as shirt sponsors, and across owners since, it seems to have survived.

See this this evening? Great example.

Kid pre-match has his (and I don't like these normally, but in this case, I'll go with it) 'can i have your shirt' sign taken off him by a wanker steward and actually thrown away.

https://x.com/KeslerSZN/status/1717570665606209855?s=20

Then, post match:

https://x.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1717614151483170827?s=20

Well done, Villa, little things like this make me proud.

Very sweet, thanks for posting, Paulie.

[dcdavecollett]

Totally unnecessary but a great outcome.

[purpletrousers]

Saw that it’s great isn’t it.

I also have mixed feelings about the whole gimme a shirt banners; I’ve been down by the tunnel at the end when it was just me and little AV and it’s cool being in almost touching distance, but you get sucked into the idea and she obviously likes the idea of getting a freebie.

Entirely unnecessary to throw all that hard work in the bin when it’s been put away, but it’s what’s got him what he wanted. I’m sure we’ll be seeing these clips stitched together and in compilations for years to come.

[Rory]

Yeah, those kind of signs do irritate me, and I do have some sympathy for the stewards who clearly don't want to be doing what they've been asked to do.

I know one thing can lead to another, but if it's kids trying to get their hero's shirt - as opposed to a grown man wrestling with women & kids to get the shirt of an Indian cricketer to stick on ebay - then that's okay with me.

[dave.woodhall]

Beggars. That's how they start. Transportation would sort them out - a spell in van Diemen's Land and they wouldn't do it again.

[JD]

Beggars. That's how they start. Transportation would sort them out - a spell in van Diemen's Land and they wouldn't do it again.

Brilliant, as long as they don't try and deport them over here.

Seriously though, we do get a lot right and overall the Club do care about the fans.

[Rotterdam]

I agree with not supporting the requests, but thanks for posting Paulie.

Expanding the theme...I'd like us to return to Acorns, but the money we'd lose is potentially huge.
And selfishly...the nostalgic bit in me would love to see massive AV floodlights on the new 'Saunders Stand'.