jim Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 On 12/08/2022 at 10:23, villa4europe said: That's where I was too Usually it was a brilliant day out derailed by a football match That was us on a match day when I owned the Boldmere Oak. The lads would land at 10am for breakfast, few beers then off to the Aston Hotel. Post match back to the Aston Hotel then back to mine and into Sutton or town (mate). Every home game without fail for years, the game was an excuse to go on a bender. Then I got married and grew up. Very rarely have a drop these days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chine Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 On 12/08/2022 at 10:02, tomav84 said: well, no, if you're on an all dayer and want to go out after the game, then having 3 hour break (on the basis you leave the pub at 2.30 and aren't back in the pub till 5.30) really does kill the buzz. i never buy beer at the ground, home or away, and as a result there have been several times i've planned to go out when i got home and not bothered because i stopped drinking for a few hours What a thrill ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 8 hours ago, jim said: That was us on a match day when I owned the Boldmere Oak. The lads would land at 10am for breakfast, few beers then off to the Aston Hotel. Post match back to the Aston Hotel then back to mine and into Sutton or town (mate). Every home game without fail for years, the game was an excuse to go on a bender. Then I got married and grew up. Very rarely have a drop these days. I never did it for home games I was always able to keep it down to 2 or 3 beers and sensible but then like a mini stag do for 10 away games a season Then we got Bruce... We played Leeds in the championship at home on something like the 28th December evening kick off, I left my house at 8am to go for a breakfast and get the train up to brum, drank in town (mate), I'm on double rums by the time I get to the holte Hotel, get a message during the game from my brother cos he's out in kiddy that night... Get in at 4am 3 weeks later I do Brentford away on a Tuesday night, book 2 days off work, start at mid day, drank in the 3 corner pubs (1 was shut) I'm blind drunk, can't find people in the standing area, takes me until about the 30th minute to even start properly watching the game, turn my mate and say we look alright here he says what the **** you on about we're 2-0 down Walked away, gave my season ticket to a mate and didn't go again I was drinking, I wasn't watching football 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 10 minutes ago, villa4europe said: turn my mate and say we look alright here he says what the **** you on about we're 2-0 down Reminds me of a friend who went to the pub for the FA cup final, supports liverpool and they were playing in it. Absolute session ensued, woke up the next morning and had to get google out to see who won the cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 10 hours ago, jim said: That was us on a match day when I owned the Boldmere Oak. The lads would land at 10am for breakfast, few beers then off to the Aston Hotel. Post match back to the Aston Hotel then back to mine and into Sutton or town (mate). Every home game without fail for years, the game was an excuse to go on a bender. Then I got married and grew up. Very rarely have a drop these days. Plus the current price of match/season tickets and travel makes it an expensive day even before the refreshments. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 46 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Plus the current price of match/season tickets and travel makes it an expensive day even before the refreshments. I used to think an away game was £100 including travel but probably not including the cans for the travel but that depended on where it was are they still doing the £30 away ticket? £30 ticket, £20 coach, £40 booze, £10 food + more cans on top fortunately I was never one for the gear adding to that expense (hence the sleeping) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Yes away tickets are still only £30, which is cheaper than the average home match day tickets. However given the massive rise in fuel prices, travel will cost a lot more now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a-k Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Chelsea are about -150mil net spend and are trying to spend 50m+ on Anthony Gordon?? It's crazy, and how are they even allowed to spend that much??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Annual revenue of circa £450m How they've done it 2 or 3 times over the last 5 years is crazy, I know they got a CL out of it but to have spent circa £600m and still be that far off the top... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 On 13/08/2022 at 18:29, a m ole said: You can throw a phone at a player too, but they’re allowed in Only if you're a bloser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Mildly funny detail from an article listing all players not to make a PL bench so far this season: 'NOTTINGHAM FORESTHarry Arter: Earned a pay rise and another year on his contract when Forest were promoted to the Premier League while he was on loan in the National League.' from: https://www.football365.com/news/55-premier-league-players-bench-barkley-winks-bellerin 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 59 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Mildly funny detail from an article listing all players not to make a PL bench so far this season: 'NOTTINGHAM FORESTHarry Arter: Earned a pay rise and another year on his contract when Forest were promoted to the Premier League while he was on loan in the National League.' from: https://www.football365.com/news/55-premier-league-players-bench-barkley-winks-bellerin Was a rumour Kalinic and McCormack had similar clauses but we just paid McCormack up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May-Z Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Anyone experience the bunch of pubeless 12 year old weapons that travelled away from the match on the train with the Villa fans? As soon as they got off the train it was the old "bang-on-the-window-giving-rocket polisher-signs-and-offering-fights-out" routine. Probably a group of about 30-40, all with man-bags waiting for their voices to break. Embarrassing. I can only assume it is for the social media audiences so they can talk about beings legends to someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted August 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2022 13 minutes ago, May-Z said: Anyone experience the bunch of pubeless 12 year old weapons that travelled away from the match on the train with the Villa fans? As soon as they got off the train it was the old "bang-on-the-window-giving-rocket polisher-signs-and-offering-fights-out" routine. Probably a group of about 30-40, all with man-bags waiting for their voices to break. Embarrassing. I can only assume it is for the social media audiences so they can talk about beings legends to someone. Saw a video online along these lines recently where a couple of guys actually got off the train and the 40 or so teenagers all immediately legged it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 19 minutes ago, May-Z said: Anyone experience the bunch of pubeless 12 year old weapons that travelled away from the match on the train with the Villa fans? As soon as they got off the train it was the old "bang-on-the-window-giving-rocket polisher-signs-and-offering-fights-out" routine. Probably a group of about 30-40, all with man-bags waiting for their voices to break. Embarrassing. I can only assume it is for the social media audiences so they can talk about beings legends to someone. Can only imagine how many didn’t have tickets - let’s hope the BTP look into it. It disgusts me how these clout chasing muppets make everyone feel unsafe - be it on buses or trains, just don’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted August 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 24, 2022 Why are Man City playing Barcelona in a friendly tonight? I know it's for Charity, but given that City will spend half of the rest of the season moaning about the pressure on their players and given that the season started three weeks ago, do these two really need the publicity this much? It's very 'Super league'. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Watford have sold Hassane Kamara to Udinese for 15 million with an immediate loan back 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 32 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Why are Man City playing Barcelona in a friendly tonight? I know it's for Charity, but given that City will spend half of the rest of the season moaning about the pressure on their players and given that the season started three weeks ago, do these two really need the publicity this much? It's very 'Super league'. It isnt, Barcelona are playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom13 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Didn't know where else to post this, but loved it 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 New record of £1.5 Billion spent by Prem clubs this window so far and its not even finished yet with Utd & Chelsea still going crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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