smetrov Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 We always like to kick towards the holte in the 2nd half - but sometimes we would loose the toss and have to kick toward the holte in the first half.....but nowadays we always, always kick towards the holte in the 2nd half ?......why is this ? - have we gotten really good at tossing the the coin ? - or has there been some rule change ? A good christmas quiz question .......when was the last time we kicked towards the holte in the first half ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Swansea 2 years ago iirc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mammoth10 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Swansea last season..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Since we moved the away fans to the corner of the Witton Lane, I'm not sure it matters anymore. Traditionally we kick towards the Holte in the second half, so I guess if our captain wins the toss, they're told to pick kicking towards the North in the first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philwhitters Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 When you win the toss, you no longer choose between taking kick off or an end. You only have the choice of which end you start. I guess most teams coming to VP don't care which end they are. Do away teams automatically come out shooting towards the holte? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nath182 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I think it's more a case of the opponents not being absolute rocket polishers than winning the coin toss. Having to switch ends before kick off annoys everyone involved and as the away fans aren't behind a goal anymore it probably doesn't make any difference which end they start in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roonst83 Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Kicking to the Holte isn't the problem... ...scoring is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Isn't the pitch slanted uphill towards the north? That always seemed to influence the way my Sunday league captain chose to shoot towards in the first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 I think other teams kicked towards the Holte in the second half in the past because they knew it was what we would go for had we won the toss and it gave them an advantage because when we were pressing them (as once we did quite often in the 2nd half) we would not be doing so in front of the stand that contained most of our fans. We now have fans behind both goals (although still in bigger numbers in The Holte) but I think the crucial issue is that we spend the second half mostly in our own half and seldom press teams in the second half as once we did during most of our home games. Given that and the lack of home wins of late I doubt away teams worry about us kicking towards the Holte any more and choose to kick towards their own fans in the 2nd half as we have lost the fear factor we once had over teams at Villa Park. I think some local teams might still choose to kick to the Holte in the 2nd half to annoy us more than anything else but most of those teams do not play at Villa Park these days and those that do might not be using a two headed coin. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supernova26 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 (edited) I think the away team will automatically come out kicking against the Holte or were already out there kicking towards the North. The toss becomes irrelevant because even if the other teams win it changing around is just a big pain in the arse for everyone. Not sure what happened in the Swansea match maybe they were unaware of this unwritten rule and came out warming up towards the North. Edited December 21, 2014 by supernova26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 21, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted December 21, 2014 If the above is true, then the the coin toss is really only about kick-off. And 'winning the toss' is actually 'losing the toss'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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