So close, but never felt so far....

[VillaSpen]

Wonderful post

[Chap]

I’m 62 this year and share the same sentiments as others on this thread. It’s very sad.

[Holte132]

I'm 70 and sadly have to agree with the post too. At least I can say that we've won the FA Cup in my lifetime!

[Legion]

I can't. I'm 55 now and that is the only one I've never experienced. Sticking it on my revised bucket list.

[Holte132]

I wish I could remember it though!!

[Drummond]

I can't. I'm 55 now and that is the only one I've never experienced. Sticking it on my revised bucket list.

Please don't! 😉

[Brend'Watkins]

I don’t know. I get the sentiment of the thread. I’m
52 now and I understand the corruption of football via the money now involved, no point in repeating everything that’s already been said.

And yes its a rip off as well, I pay for me and my sons lower holte season tickets as well as the euro games on my credit card and by the time its paid off, it’ll be time to go again, unless they price me out.

I understand I’m being ripped off and I understand the monetisation of football is creating a seemingly impossible cartel to break into….and even if Villa did, then what.

But despite all of that, recent years have been some of my most enjoyable ever in over 40 years of going down. I loved when Dean became our manager and the 10 game run to the play off final was exhilarating. I loved regularly taking apart the so called better teams under Emery and some of the European nights have been incredible. Maybe its because I’ve shared those moments with firstly both my kids as they’ve grown up, now just my son as my daughter has moved away to uni and stopped going. Maybe if and when my lad wants to go with his mates rather than his dad, or in a couple of years he decides to move away to uni, I may feel differently, I can’t imagine going without him.


I think age and personal circumstances play a part and if you really have had enough, maybe its time for you, it’ll come to us all at some point.

Same here Andy, these topics always appear when our fortunes on the field tail off. It’s always been the same. We’re not a London club, we’re not a Manchester Utd, we’re not a media club, no one likes Birmingham and a host of other excuses/unfairness/and whatever. Since the PL and before the PL it has been the way. It will remain that way until we disrupt the “favoured”. We’re fairly close at the moment and need to keep our nerve.

[algy]

I agree, Brend. Keep our heads, we’re nearly there and once we get over that barrier we’ll be just as hard to displace.

We’ll be fine