The combined Maccabi thread - now with are you going? poll

[Max Villan]

Can we play them every week…traffic was a delight, back in the shires by 10 to 11

I got back to Quinton by 10:45. what fucking petrol you using 

[olaftab]

The winners tonight……Aston Villa FC and the Villa fans, but of course that will get no coverage.

Impeccable behaviour from everyone in attendance, both inside and outside of the ground.

Mostly agree with you but there were some twats who had a go at Anti-Israel protesters for no reason other than colour of their skin.

[Brazilian Villain]

Can we play them every week…traffic was a delight, back in the shires by 10 to 11

I got back to Quinton by 10:45. what fucking petrol you using 

It's probably kerosene, as he heads back to the shires in his helicopter.

[Exeter 77]

The biggest problem tonight was the police stopping everyone coming out of the Holte End from turning right on Trinity Road and forcing the m to fo through Aston Park in the dark. I saw one bloke who had fallen and hurt himself because he couldn't see where he was going. Then on the other side if the park there were people who couldn't get their barings ro work out where they were. Not great if you have different people who travel together but sit in different areas of the ground.

[Max Villan]

The winners tonight……Aston Villa FC and the Villa fans, but of course that will get no coverage.

Impeccable behaviour from everyone in attendance, both inside and outside of the ground.

Mostly agree with you but there were some twats who had a go at Anti-Israel protesters for no reason other than colour of their skin.

All due respect, give it a rest. There were many missing Villa fans around me tonight due to the worries. Call me selfish, racist, a bigot whatever, but I care more for those people than anyone else.

[Des Little]

Lovely bit of overtime for the coppers, who had an easy night in the end. I reckon they outnumbered the protesters two to one.

[astonvillan]

Glad to see it was largely uneventful aside from the usual useful idiot left-wing “we’re on the same side…no we’re not” scruffs and Islamists making it reminiscent of the weekly hate marches in the capital.

No riot gear was an interesting choice by WMP. I wonder, if like Staffs, they told the locals to discard their weapons in the mosque ?

Again, it appears the fabled far-right were notable by their absence.

[Exeter 77]

I got there early tonight - around an hour before kick off - and it seemed that there were as many journalists as protesters at that point.

[144 Hard Boiled Eggs]

I didn't see any hint of trouble, other than about twenty odd police legging it down Trinity Road. Got talking to a couple of coppers who were happy with how it had gone. The protest in front of the Trinity was noisy more than anything.

Kicked off just before kick off when a few kids/youths ran down from the park onto Trinity Road but the police presence stopped it escalating.

[Somniloquism]

Glad to see it was largely uneventful aside from the usual useful idiot left-wing “we’re on the same side…no we’re not” scruffs and Islamists making it reminiscent of the weekly hate marches in the capital.

No riot gear was an interesting choice by WMP. I wonder, if like Staffs, they told the locals to discard their weapons in the mosque ?

Again, it appears the fabled far-right were notable by their absence.

You were obviously on the wrong side of the ground for your tastes then.

[andyh]

Glad to see it was largely uneventful aside from the usual useful idiot left-wing “we’re on the same side…no we’re not” scruffs and Islamists making it reminiscent of the weekly hate marches in the capital.

No riot gear was an interesting choice by WMP. I wonder, if like Staffs, they told the locals to discard their weapons in the mosque ?

Again, it appears the fabled far-right were notable by their absence.

What the actual fuck is this drivel ?
Or dribble even ?

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

A pleasantly uneventful night all round. Walking back to the station after a lot of fans were simply saying thank you to the police.
Would there have been more trouble without such a widely advertised police presence ? Possibly.
If Starmer, Badenoch etc had got their way and Maccabi fans had been there would there have been trouble at the ground, in the city centre before and after ? I think we know the answer.

[cdbearsfan]

Glad to see it was largely uneventful aside from the usual useful idiot left-wing “we’re on the same side…no we’re not” scruffs and Islamists making it reminiscent of the weekly hate marches in the capital.

No riot gear was an interesting choice by WMP. I wonder, if like Staffs, they told the locals to discard their weapons in the mosque ?

Again, it appears the fabled far-right were notable by their absence.

Sadly not from this thread.

[dave.woodhall]

Glad to see it was largely uneventful aside from the usual useful idiot left-wing “we’re on the same side…no we’re not” scruffs and Islamists making it reminiscent of the weekly hate marches in the capital.

No riot gear was an interesting choice by WMP. I wonder, if like Staffs, they told the locals to discard their weapons in the mosque ?

Again, it appears the fabled far-right were notable by their absence.

This is an Aston Villa forum. You haven't posted about football since April.

[AV82EC]

As I suspected a complete non event for the police and fans with only a small protest on Trinity Road. A lot of internet warriors getting far too much attention and that includes a fair few doom mongers on this forum as well.