Modern football. Grrr.

[dave.woodhall]

https://heroesandvillains.info/2024/06/05/modern-football-grr/

Another one.

[robleflaneur]

It's the shit years that make the good years so memorable.
Third division to European champions in just over 10 years and relegation less than 6 years later.The nadir of 2016 and now.
It's better than the 'fans' of Yanited complaining about how miserable the post Ferguson years have been or Arsenal fans wanting Wenger out even when they won the cup several times.Winning the Cup we'd go ballistic and the manager would become a legend.
File Derby,Newcastle,Forest ,Leeds and others in the eager to embrace some of the glory of yore .

[adrenachrome]

It's the shit years that make the good years so memorable.
Third division to European champions in just over 10 years and relegation less than 6 years later.The nadir of 2016 and now.
It's better than the 'fans' of Yanited complaining about how miserable the post Ferguson years have been or Arsenal fans wanting Wenger out even when they won the cup several times.Winning the Cup we'd go ballistic and the manager would become a legend.
File Derby,Newcastle,Forest ,Leeds and others in the eager to embrace some of the glory of yore .

Yep.
In my formative supporting years, we were heading for Division 3.
I remember singing:
Division 2
Welcomes you
Aston Villa

It's been a bumpy ride for we elderly Villa fans.

Make the most of every moment.

[RamboandBruno]

I don’t go back as far as the drop to Div 3, I was born in 74. But i started being brought down to VP irregularly from late 82 and started going independently from around 85, things were different back then for kids. My first season ticket was 86-87 and we know what happened then.
So it has been a bumpy ride but one i wouldnt of missed. My teenage kids (17 and 14) have been coming with me for 9 or 10 years so have also had a similar bumpy ride.
Its a crest of a wave with Emery and this team now, but sadly things off the pitch leave a bad taste. We found out with a days notice before the resale day our season ticket seats in the lower holte are being moved. The prices now, are equivalent to a big monthly bill, approaching the levels of my council tax bill.
I will renew even though money is tight, because i love it and so do my kids, its in the blood, but if the current trajectory continues, decisions will have to be made in the relatively near future.
Good article.

[simon ward 50]

A great read as others have said.

[Kevin Dawson]

Really enjoyed the read Lee old friend. Hoping you're well.
I've renewed my season ticket, but am REALLY disappointed to have moved from the end of a row to the middle of a row. I've emailed the club and they've just come back with the usual stock bollocks answer. As others have said, how can we get things so wrong off the pitch, but so right on it? Being on the end meant that I could run down the steps celebrating (VAR permitting). I don't like being hemmed in. I'll see if I can have a look at my new seat at Foo Fighters in a couple of weeks or so - the club have said that I won't notice the difference, although it looks like about 10 yards to the right to me.....

[Legion]

Done. Nice one, Lee.

[pablo_picasso]

Agreed.

[VillaTim]

One of my favourite seasons home and away for Div 2 under Sir Graham. Football isn't about buying success .

[Lucky Eddie]

Really enjoyed the read Lee old friend. Hoping you're well.
I've renewed my season ticket, but am REALLY disappointed to have moved from the end of a row to the middle of a row. I've emailed the club and they've just come back with the usual stock bollocks answer. As others have said, how can we get things so wrong off the pitch, but so right on it? Being on the end meant that I could run down the steps celebrating (VAR permitting). I don't like being hemmed in. I'll see if I can have a look at my new seat at Foo Fighters in a couple of weeks or so - the club have said that I won't notice the difference, although it looks like about 10 yards to the right to me.....

How much was your Foo Fighters ticket? Modern footballs no different from live music, theme parks or cinema in its spiralling cost

[amfy]

Really enjoyed the read Lee old friend. Hoping you're well.
I've renewed my season ticket, but am REALLY disappointed to have moved from the end of a row to the middle of a row. I've emailed the club and they've just come back with the usual stock bollocks answer. As others have said, how can we get things so wrong off the pitch, but so right on it? Being on the end meant that I could run down the steps celebrating (VAR permitting). I don't like being hemmed in. I'll see if I can have a look at my new seat at Foo Fighters in a couple of weeks or so - the club have said that I won't notice the difference, although it looks like about 10 yards to the right to me.....

How much was your Foo Fighters ticket? Modern footballs no different from live music, theme parks or cinema in its spiralling cost

You don’t have the same expectation to do all of those things nearly every week, even when it’s shite.

[VillaTim]

Really enjoyed the read Lee old friend. Hoping you're well.
I've renewed my season ticket, but am REALLY disappointed to have moved from the end of a row to the middle of a row. I've emailed the club and they've just come back with the usual stock bollocks answer. As others have said, how can we get things so wrong off the pitch, but so right on it? Being on the end meant that I could run down the steps celebrating (VAR permitting). I don't like being hemmed in. I'll see if I can have a look at my new seat at Foo Fighters in a couple of weeks or so - the club have said that I won't notice the difference, although it looks like about 10 yards to the right to me.....

How much was your Foo Fighters ticket? Modern footballs no different from live music, theme parks or cinema in its spiralling cost

Not quite the same but i've seen this sort of answer a few times.

[Paul.S]

100% agree with everything written here.
It’s nothing a lot of us weren’t saying in 92 when Sky invented football. Football is now eating itself, money is king and the loyal fan is being overlooked.
Please never let us move from our glorious home into a soulless bowl.

[PeterWithesShin]

Difference is nost people will see the Foo Fighters, or Springsteen, or whoever, maybe a few times in their lives. You can't really compare it to going to the Villa every other week.

[Lucky Eddie]

Difference is nost people will see the Foo Fighters, or Springsteen, or whoever, maybe a few times in their lives. You can't really compare it to going to the Villa every other week.

Maybe not to you or I but that's where footballs gone as a form of entertainment. Even non league.