Pongo's Socks

I'd give a foot if I had one, will 2 inches do?

That walkway is the only route to get to the lower tier seats though isn't it? We sit front row B7 for most games, that's the disabled section right in front of us and the only route to the vomitory from the front 12 ish rows I believe

Bloody website/app is awful

Time for a wank

Bless you mate. I was lucky, my dad used to think I was his brother (who'd died years before), so I figure at least he was seeing a familiar face rather than thinking I was a total stranger in his house

I lost my dad to this horrible disease. My thoughts go out to him and his family and friends. And what a bloody player!

Same here, no way I can hang around for public transport after night games with my 2 lads. It's a bolt back to the car at Power League for a quick get away. If I had to get public transport back from this mythical city centre location I'd stop going I'm afraid.

There's a nice Big Ron interview on the Villa YouTube channel, focusing on the 94 League Cup. I hope I'm as sharp as him if I make it to his age.

Big Mo off EastEnders famous ammers fan

Let's hope the ref doesn't notice

Buzzing for a 3 o'clock Saturday home game. Really excited for this. Forest don't offend me, I hope they stay up, but obviously want us to give them a good hiding today. I think the key is us scoring early. You'd think they'll be looking to sit deep and hit us on the break, we struggle with breaking that low block, especially later on in games. If we score first they'll have to play on the front foot more, which will suit us I think. Don't want it to be 0-0 after an hour, and we definitely don't want to be chasing an equaliser, they have the pace to exploit us.

Same age as my lad was for his first game. Hope he has a brilliant day, fingers crossed the lads will put in the kind of performance to make him want to keep coming back!

If you'd booked in advance I don't think it'd be a problem, only thing is, tomorrow's game is no longer available on Villa ticket site, so the only way of paying is as you get on. Not sure if the driver would just let you pay for the return half of the journey

You could go A38, can snarl up a bit by Tyburn, and you get the inevitable match day traffic as you approach VP, but give it plenty of time and it's not too bad. AV1 bus runs from Corporation St Tamworth, picks up a couple of hours before KO, leaves half hour after final whistle. Timetables on Villas ticket page

Grew up in Tamworth, been going to Villa for 35 years. When I first started going we could park on my mates nan's drive just off Lichfield Rd by Aston Station. Traffic was busy, but not like it is today, and I'm sure I remember police directing traffic. Once old enough to go on my own with mates, it was 2 trains or 2 buses, always regular and not a problem getting back, but most KO times were 3pm Saturday. Once beer got involved, we'd always hung around an hour or 2, used the Social or the Ads. Now I take my kids. If its Saturday or Sunday there's the AV1 bus from Tamworth, drops under the flyover by the church, picks up just by the academy past brookvale, a pain getting out, but reliable (have to cover the kids ears on the top deck though). Doesn't run for cup games though. The main issue is evening games. No feasible option for me other than driving, and then we have to leave early else it's midnight the kids get to bed on a school night. No buses back after a certain time, to wait for a train would make it even later. Its the bit I dread about going. I put in another thread it should only take me 23 minutes to get there by car, it can take 2 hours if I wait for final whistle.