November 1996

[Rory]

Rory what a good looking lad you were… ok probably still are😊

Thanks Aftab, but the past tense is definitely appropriate!

My youngest brother is an acting school at the moment, and he's the one currently occupying whatever looks are in the family:





(But he's only ever been to four Villa games, so fuck him.)

[Sexual Ealing]

I'd like to speak to the parent that kept taking you despite you being an obvious Jonah. Do you realise what you've put us through? And here I am, keeping Rory hours (my wife's in the spare room in case she catches me fiddling with myself).

[Rory]

I'd like to speak to the parent that kept taking you despite you being an obvious Jonah. Do you realise what you've put us through? And here I am, keeping Rory hours (my wife's in the spare room in case she catches me fiddling with myself).

My last loss was Watford, November 2015, so I'm making up for it! I went to about 20 games in the Championship and we didn't lose once.

Just don't fiddle with yourself over any of my photos, you sick bastard.

[Sexual Ealing]

I'd like to speak to the parent that kept taking you despite you being an obvious Jonah. Do you realise what you've put us through? And here I am, keeping Rory hours (my wife's in the spare room in case she catches me fiddling with myself).

My last loss was Watford, November 2015, so I'm making up for it! I went to about 20 games in the Championship and we didn't lose once.

Just don't fiddle with yourself over any of my photos, you sick bastard.

We've all seen wins in the Championship mate. Your brother might justify a fiddle, but you've got a long way to go.

[Rory]

I'd like to speak to the parent that kept taking you despite you being an obvious Jonah. Do you realise what you've put us through? And here I am, keeping Rory hours (my wife's in the spare room in case she catches me fiddling with myself).

My last loss was Watford, November 2015, so I'm making up for it! I went to about 20 games in the Championship and we didn't lose once.

Just don't fiddle with yourself over any of my photos, you sick bastard.

We've all seen wins in the Championship mate. Your brother might justify a fiddle, but you've got a long way to go.

Tough talk. I know you want a piece of this ass.

[Meanwood Villa]

A true Villa fan, then! Not someone who gets put off by the odd half-dozen stuffings.

I might need to double check this, but I don't think my missus has ever seen us lose. Blatant gloryhunter. She's a fairly infrequent visitor, but I've a feeling she's seen us beat man citeh a couple of times.

My ex went to less than 10 games but saw the Small Heath 5-1 and Blackburn 6-4, two best matches of the 00s probably.

Nice pics. I've always wished I knew what my first game was. I don't even know for sure what year, closest I know is it would have been 74 or 75 when I was 4 or 5.

Yeah, I don't remember much of the day and I was 7. Aged 4 or 5 must be impossible.

My first match was v Reading in 1987. I do have a vague memory of being there but apparently Mark Lillis, of all people, scored a screamer and I have no recollection of it at all. Attendance of 13k! You tell that to the kids of today...

[Villan For Life]

Great pics, Rory. I’ve never seen a pic inside the old tunnel before and I’ve often wondered what it was like.

[Dave P]

Great pics.  My first away game was this month, the 2-1 win at Coventry.

[SoccerHQ]

Was it the 3-1 defeat against Leicester?

Wasn't that the game Oakes collected the ball, Heskey shoulder-barged into him and the ref (from pretty much near the halfway line) decided to give a penalty?

Leicester were a nightmare to play against in those days and we went 5 years without beating them home or away.

We probably should've just appointed O'Neill instead of Gregory in March 1998.

[SoccerHQ]

Also first game was in 96/97, a 0-0 draw with West Ham I have completely no recollection of!

One thing I did though years later was go down Villa Village and purchase a folder containing all the programmes from that season which I still have in the loft.

It's a real moment in time flicking through all 19 games and reading about club defending putting prices up for one game to over £20! And SBL's programme notes for the game about Middlesborough and how people coming would be "excited to see all their foreign players."

How times change.

[LeeB]

Nice, didn't get any of that pitchside malarkey for my first game, just a bag of chips after the game.

[Risso]

I missed that Leicester game because a group of us were driving up to Newcastle for a mate’s 21st birthday. I remember the score updates coming through on the car radio and getting increasingly pissed off. I did cop off with a Geordie slapper in Tuxedo Royale though, so not a complete write off of a weekend.

[Rory]

Nice, didn't get any of that pitchside malarkey for my first game, just a bag of chips after the game.

Oh it was only because my Dad won it. We didn't pay for it, and I haven't been near the pitch since - apart from the 6-4 LC SF.

[Rory]

Great pics, Rory. I’ve never seen a pic inside the old tunnel before and I’ve often wondered what it was like.

Yeah the tunnel and changing rooms make me laugh. Players would probably expect better than that at the Sty these days, let alone VP.

[Axl Rose]

I missed that Leicester game because a group of us were driving up to Newcastle for a mate’s 21st birthday. I remember the score updates coming through on the car radio and getting increasingly pissed off. I did cop off with a Geordie slapper in Tuxedo Royale though, so not a complete write off of a weekend.

😂

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaate