Gary Thomas Posted March 15, 2016 Author Share Posted March 15, 2016 This links Banners out on 74. Will fans sat in the Doug Ellis and Trinity to get behind the protest? I sit in the Doug Ellis sometimes with my lad and it is like an unwritten rule that fans do not sing in there. No idea why, and I don't really get it, but it is what it is and if you try to sing you’ll often be on your own. Do people think fans in those parts of the ground will wake from their slumber to support/get behind the protest plans by joining in with chants, banners, whatever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Thomas Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 (edited) Probably more about away support, but nice to read...... Quote Aston Villa fans give 'nice lesson' on 'descent into hell' Aston Villa were relegated to the Championship after their defeat to Manchester United at the weekend, and it has caught the attention of the foreign media. On Wednesday, Catalan based newspaper Mundo Deportivo have joined in to praise the Aston Villa fans for their support. Mundo Deportivo say they're impressed to see the Aston Villa fans support their team even in the 'descent into hell', and they believe it was a 'nice lesson' for other supporters to learn. The Catalan based newspaper also talk about Adama Traore, who signed from Barcelona, at the start of the season, but repeated injuries have never allowed him to settle in England, and he's managed just 186 minutes of league football this season. The praise from Mundo Deportivo comes just days after another Spanish newspaper, AS, also took time out to explain how good they think Villa fans are. Aston Villa are one of the most decorated clubs in England, and have been relegated for the first time in the Premier League era, and the praise the Villa fans are getting can be a small consolation. Edited April 20, 2016 by blandy link added 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gary Thomas Posted May 2, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 2, 2016 This article is about the away support but wanted to share because made me smile (proud) to be Villa. Take a look at the video. As they say, superb!! http://www.empireofthekop.com/2016/05/02/video-aston-villa-fans-brilliantly-lost-the-plot-when-they-won-a-corner-at-the-weekend/ Quote (Video) Aston Villa fans brilliantly lost the plot when they won a corner at the weekend… OK, this isn’t a Liverpool story – but we decided to cover it because it shows why English football fans are just the best in the world. You go to Spain or Italy and watch matches in silence, with players whistled, jeered and booed for various reasons. Barcelona supporters offer a light round of applause when they score goals, Real Madrid’s crowd holds up white handkerchiefs to get managers sacked following individual defeats…But against Watford, Aston Villa fans celebrated a corner like they’d won the Champions League, in one of the funniest, most ironic moments of the season! Villa have been incredibly bad during 2015/16, and are arguably the weakest, limpest team to have played out a Premier League season. They lost 3-2 to Watford, our opponents next week, but won the hearts of many with this celebration after the referee awarded a set-piece. Superb! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 been up there with the best away support in the land this season. vocally considering our situation probably the best, numbers have also been good with no help from our ticket office. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roonst83 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) 5 hours ago, Gary Thomas said: This article is about the away support but wanted to share because made me smile (proud) to be Villa. Take a look at the video. As they say, superb!! http://www.empireofthekop.com/2016/05/02/video-aston-villa-fans-brilliantly-lost-the-plot-when-they-won-a-corner-at-the-weekend/ There's no way that that video is from us celebrating winning a corner - the cheers are obviously from the goal we scored from the corner. Can anyone who went to the game on Saturday confirm? But I agree that our away support has been nothing short of fantastic this season, both in numbers and voice. Hope we keep it up next season. Edited May 2, 2016 by roonst83 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Fun Factory Posted May 3, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2016 I think we all know that if the Villa gave something, anything, of a glimmer of hope in the home games the fans would get right behind them. To have total crap served up for five years and still have thousands who will keep turning up in the belief that things might get better speaks volumes for the Villa Park faithful. I will still say that a packed Villa Park in a big evening game is still one of the best, and most atmospheric, sights in English football. Ajax, Blackburn, Albion. Fantastic. And not a clapper in sight. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 villa park on its day is second to none. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 46 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: villa park on its day is second to none. I just love it on those occasions when the Holte is in full throttle and gets the other stands going, with the noise just keeps rolling from the back. Good times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 im sure next season we will have the odd game where its like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 2 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: im sure next season we will have the odd game where its like that. I hope so.It would be great wouldn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Rugeley Villa said: villa park on its day is second to none. But yet another failing of the Club is the awful positioning of the TV mikes/gantry etc so you get home after singing your head off and hear nothing at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 On 5/2/2016 at 12:31, Gary Thomas said: This article is about the away support but wanted to share because made me smile (proud) to be Villa. Take a look at the video. As they say, superb!! http://www.empireofthekop.com/2016/05/02/video-aston-villa-fans-brilliantly-lost-the-plot-when-they-won-a-corner-at-the-weekend/ That was after Clark's goal. Someone made the same comment on Twitter, I love how people just repeat social media bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 On 14/03/2016 at 18:13, Gary Thomas said: This links Banners out on 74. Will fans sat in the Doug Ellis and Trinity to get behind the protest? I sit in the Doug Ellis sometimes with my lad and it is like an unwritten rule that fans do not sing in there. No idea why, and I don't really get it, but it is what it is and if you try to sing you’ll often be on your own. Do people think fans in those parts of the ground will wake from their slumber to support/get behind the protest plans by joining in with chants, banners, whatever? Okay, I've always wondered this. Why sit in the Doug Ellis then ? (Not a criticism BTW, just very curious). Once, just once, I went in the Trinity with my kid and the missus. (A while ago, the MON years) It was like being on the naughty step for 90 minutes. The only thing that appeared to be allowed was complaining about our players. Even got told to sit down celebrating a goal. Awful. Utterly awful. Before then, and ever after then I went up the Holte, as a lad with my Dad, and then with my Lad - he used to love it, (as I always have until this year) (That's why we will never compete with some others at their best, because we have dead areas.) (And over zealous stewards). (And a Birmingham Council Environmental Health Department that excessively and unfairly clamps down on our Club - never understood why they are allowed to get away with that either !) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 If we manage to sort the team out and start well, winning some games, we will hopefully see a lot of stay away fans return to VP. A full Villa Park, rocking with noise, is an awesome sight. Makes the hairs stand up on my neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I hope you are right. I fear many have gone for good, I know of several life long fans/mates who are never going back. I know my son, who watched them for 10 years from his 8th birthday, couldn't care less about them, and I know I've gone from every game home and away to not even bothering to watch the last game on 'media'. The dead weight of Lerner has done far more than just the short term damage of relegation.....I hope you are right however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Regarding the Doug Ellis stand, I've only ever sat there once. I'd got a family ticket against Fulham so took both kids and the missus. It was quiet but people were still singing, nearly everyone joined in with a rendition of John Carew's song but there wasn't much else in the way of sustained chanting. I'd hoped for a lot more since we were sat fairly near the lower north, and it's usually good for a bit of noise in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Rugeley Villa said: im sure next season we will have the odd game where its like that. Blues, basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 20 minutes ago, terrytini said: I hope you are right. I fear many have gone for good, I know of several life long fans/mates who are never going back. I know my son, who watched them for 10 years from his 8th birthday, couldn't care less about them, and I know I've gone from every game home and away to not even bothering to watch the last game on 'media'. The dead weight of Lerner has done far more than just the short term damage of relegation.....I hope you are right however. This may sound really cold but if people have left because of the last few years then I hope they don't come back if things get good again. Can't stand fairweather fans. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrytini Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 20 minutes ago, Mantis said: This may sound really cold but if people have left because of the last few years then I hope they don't come back if things get good again. Can't stand fairweather fans. Nice to hear from you, again.... I've been going to Villa every year since 1971. Just because I had enough last year doesn't make me a 'fairweather' fan. Same will go for many others. As direct abuse isn't allowed I would like you to just guess what I'm muttering right now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackbauer24 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 14 minutes ago, Mantis said: This may sound really cold but if people have left because of the last few years then I hope they don't come back if things get good again. Can't stand fairweather fans. After a break due to personal circumstances, I've had my season ticket for the last five years and will get another one next year. I'm the epitomy of a cr*pweather fan. If and when things get good again, I'm outta here... In all seriousness, when money is tight I can understand people diverting cash elsewhere. It's not been fun, sometimes it's been downright depressing. Those who stay away probably don't expect glory, but when we've lacked any quality, effort or even hope, I fully understand their right to withhold their support until the product improves a little. At the moment going to Villa Park is a chore but I have nnothing better to spend my time or money on. Well done to those who do and I look forward to seeing you all again when things improve... but I'll get first choice at the next Wembley appearance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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