thetrees Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 As 1968's post clearly states, there is lots of Villa support in Coventry heartland, so that's why they hate us. Rivalry? No, their local rivals are Leicester, and I am pleased that they can enjoy that derby nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.I.C.O. Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I have no animosity towards Coventry fans, much like I had little care for bluenoses before they were promoted. They are an irrelevance! Teams that are in the shadow of a bigger, more succesful regional rival will always have a jealousy complex, it is to be expected. I think the hatred is all one-way and rather sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-67 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 A "derby" against Coventry means no more to me than a "derby" against, er, Derby, or Leicester City. I think it means far more to them than it does to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAndLoyal Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 It's not. If we drew them away in a cup or something I'd class it as a cheaper away day. The same way that Stoke isn't one but media still call it one. In whos eyes yours? you look about 18??? the last time villa played Coventry id guess you was 9/10???? Coventry through 80's 90's was fierce......on and off the pitch...always a good derby is Coventry. This. Of course it's a derby - and a bigger one than Albion in my opinion, making it only second to Blues. It goes without saying that most Villa fans, myself included, have forgotton about them by now and it is true to say they really are a nothing club. But then what does that mean in the context of whether we have a local rivalry? Nothing. Blues are the biggest joke of a club since records began yet I'd say our derby game with them is one of the most fierce in the UK. It is naive, in my opinion, for people to dismiss this clash simply because we haven't played them for such a long time. As in all derby games, Blues included, when you don't play them for years the rivalry simmers untill the next meeting. Coventry was always a big derby game in the 80's/90's and when we relegated them in 2000 I remember the atmosphere was white hot - and not just from Coventry fans either. There was untold trouble before and after that game, also in VP. They obviously hate us FAR more than we even think about them - but the city is the same distance from Brum as Wolverhampton is and make no mistakes about it - it is a rivalry. Quite a fierce one too in my opinion. Villa Park to Wolves is 14.3 miles and to Coventry is 21.8 miles. In the 45 years I've supported Villa Coventry was always the lesser derby than SHA, Albion and Wolves. Note I said the city, not Villa Park. The reason being many Villa fans live in south Brum which is far closer to Coventry than Wolves. It's still the lesser deby of the 4. In your opinion it might be, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Hate the fact that crowd trouble is used as a way to positively highlight a rivalry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasley14 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Bit of a derby but nowhere near Sha and WBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 As for Coventry, they seem to hate us but I couldn't care less about them. How I see it too. The only proper derby for me is the SHA. I hate the likes of man city / liverpool more than the rest who I just dislike equally as I dislike all clubs bar Villa 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted April 12, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 12, 2011 I think it was Taylor that scores that early goal. I loved the day we sent them down, they where the first real rivals that I remembered. No mate I was there, trust me it was Dwight Yorke although your confusion is likely due to the fact Taylor was involved but he provided the cross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 When I first started watching Villa (1994), it was only Coventry, and it stayed like that till about the time we sent them packing! And around that time, Blues, WBA and Wolves were semi-regulars in the Premiership. I hate Coventry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted April 12, 2011 Moderator Share Posted April 12, 2011 I have to say I hate them as well purely for some of the actions of their fans in the late 80's/90's they were horrible, easily as bad as Small Heath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L6HolteEnder Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 A cov fan is my best mate and in his eyes its blues then villa as he was saying he would be playing us next year but not now my good friend fingers crossed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L6HolteEnder Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 And in my view i don't consider cov a derby. And i know both wolves and WBA fans and i also don't really count them as derbies. I just hate SHA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stato Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 I know this is off topic but why the hell do Norwich see Wolves as their second main rival according to that census? There must be history there... EDIT: I should have googled it and kept is off this thread but here is the answer if anyone is interested: There’s history since Kevin Muscat’s shocking tackle on Craig Bellamy in 1998 broke his leg. It turned into a bit of a free-for-all, with Muscat the main target. Then the play-off games escalated it. Molineux is one of those nasty places that no one likes to visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalsallVilla Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Coventry are like all the other Midlands clubs jealous of the Villa. We had some run ins with the Cov fans at the old ground but the stuards were the worst. You only had to look the wrong way and out you went. It means a lot more to them than it will ever do to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 13, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted April 13, 2011 My understanding is it's not as much of a derby as Coventry fans might like it to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Never heard of them.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted May 27, 2011 Author Share Posted May 27, 2011 I am actually jealous that Blues get to play Coventry again next year (not that I'd want to be in the Championship.) I really hope we draw them in the Cup. Villa-Cov is clearly bigger than Villa-Wolves, and probably on a par with Villa-Albion. When Blues do play Cov next season though, you can bet that SOTV will be the chant of choice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 I am actually jealous that Blues get to play Coventry again next year (not that I'd want to be in the Championship.) I really hope we draw them in the Cup. Villa-Cov is clearly bigger than Villa-Wolves, and probably on a par with Villa-Albion. When Blues do play Cov next season though, you can bet that SOTV will be the chant of choice... Did your daddy touch you in "secret" places ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAndLoyal Posted May 27, 2011 Share Posted May 27, 2011 He hasn't got a dad. That's why he turned out a bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted June 11, 2011 Author Share Posted June 11, 2011 Coventry City will be the Championship`s longest serving club next season following the relegation of Preston North End, the 2011/12 campaign being their 11th in a row in the second tier of English football. Pretty sure I heard a stat saying that Coventry were the only club in the Football League in recent years to have NOT finished in the top 6 or the bottom 6 of the league - the definition of mid-table obscurity. 10 years in the Championship and all because of us EDIT: Coventry's last 9 seasons in the Championship 2002/03 - 20th 2003/04 - 12th 2004/05 - 19th 2005/06 - 8th 2006/07 - 17th 2007/08 - 21st 2008/09 - 17th 2009/10 - 19th 2010/11 - 18th Stat must be they're the only club never to finish in the top 7 in recent seasons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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