You still here mi duck?Now you’re going to go up, are you going to
not focus on us anymore, and see Villa as the local rivalry now?
Just asking for a friend as I shall miss the humour and the love⚽️
You still here!
Very long way to go yet and certainly not 'counting our chickens' at all.Now you’re going to go up, are you going to
not focus on us anymore, and see Villa as the local rivalry now?
Just asking for a friend as I shall miss the humour and the love⚽️
No...its always Leicester. ask anyone who was at it in the mid eighties. If you lot hadn't been so shite we could have carried it on but you disappeared and we were left with Villa to try and irritate. They are European Champions FFS....what we needed was and is an average outfit who are a similar size to us that we can take the piss out of....and here you are. Thank youNow you’re going to go up, are you going to
not focus on us anymore, and see Villa as the local rivalry now?
Just asking for a friend as I shall miss the humour and the love⚽️
I have to disagree completely and no idea where this has come from. I have no real memory of ever feeling much after beating Leicester. Villa totally was our rival and accept the same wasn't felt by Villa fans to anywhere near the same extent.No...its always Leicester. ask anyone who was at it in the mid eighties. If you lot hadn't been so shite we could have carried it on but you disappeared and we were left with Villa to try and irritate. They are European Champions FFS....what we needed was and is an average outfit who are a similar size to us that we can take the piss out of....and here you are. Thank you
In fairness, a few of their older lot recognise that at it's peak Villa v Coventry was the only Midlands Derby that was almost exclusively played in the top flight for a long time - Blues, WBA and Wolves spent a lot of our time in the top flight on their arses and people forget that was the caseThe Villa rivalry is one of the most tinpot things about us, they have never given a shit about us.
The Villa rivalry is one of the most tinpot things about us, they have never given a shit about us.
It would actually be the game I would look forward to least if we went up, I live in Tamworth so surrounded by a lot of Villa fans (barely any of whom actually go) and I know those people would soon chirp up if they beat us
That aside, I am 26 years old and never seen us play them, I also accept they are big club and currently in a completely different stratosphere to us football wise - As I result I can't really work myself up to hate them as much as the older lot
Dad from Cov, Mom from Tamworth they separated at an early age and I just followed my father when it come to football as most young lads do, but always stayed in Tamworth with mom when they seperatedAlex, you say you live in Tamworth, were you born there, if so what made you become a Sky Blues supporter?
The final part of this sentence is true but growing up in Warwickshire the only people I knew who went to football watched us or them. If then weren’t actually going to games they supported Liverpool, Man United, Leeds or whoever. I don’t think I met a Leicester fan until I went to university in the mid 1980s. Doubtless it would be different if I grew up in Cov itself or Nuneaton or Hinckley or Ansty.
Yeah I've know a few people who follow both and see no conflict about it.My brother in law is a Villa fan and he actually follows us a second team
Now you’re going to go up, are you going to
not focus on us anymore, and see Villa as the local rivalry now?
Just asking for a friend as I shall miss the humour and the love⚽️
Yeah I've know a few people who follow both and see no conflict about it.
Was explaining to my girlfriend about this yesterday. Growing up Villa was who I considered our biggest rivals. I have been itching to play them since they sent us down 25 years ago. Considering everything we have been through since then it would be incredible to finally take them on. Not counting my chickens because I very much feel we could not get promoted, but goodness it would be sweet to play them after a quarter of a century waiting.Now you’re going to go up, are you going to
not focus on us anymore, and see Villa as the local rivalry now?
Just asking for a friend as I shall miss the humour and the love⚽️
In the instance of an FA Cup final between Villa and Blues, I would want Villa to win and wouldn't even think twice about feeling that way either
Dunno about anyone else
I have to disagree completely and no idea where this has come from. I have no real memory of ever feeling much after beating Leicester. Villa totally was our rival and accept the same wasn't felt by Villa fans to anywhere near the same extent.
I think tiny lower league team like Walsall is a bit harsh. They were mostly a yo-yo club between level 1 and 2 club that during my formative years between 68 to early 90's. Just checked were in level 1 thirteen years and eleven in level 2. It was only in early 90's that they became regularly in the same league as Coventry.I grew up in Cov and never met a Leicester fan. They were a tiny lower league team like Birmingham or Walsall or Wolves. I don’t recall us giving a fuck about them when Martin O’Neill was there just another club like Derby or Forest. Maybe cos i grew up on the Brum side of Cov but I only ever knew Villa fans.
I think tiny lower league team like Walsall is a bit harsh. They were mostly a yo-yo club between level 1 and 2 club that during my formative years between 68 to early 90's. Just checked were in level 1 thirteen years and eleven in level 2. It was only in early 90's that they became regularly in the same league as Coventry.
Dont think which side of Coventry has anything to do with it. I genuinlely cant recall anyone either who supported them either, certainly they were the the odd Villa fans and quite a few Liverpool and Man Utd fans.
You're not serious surely or never witnessed games against Leicester in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Give your head a wobbleI have to disagree completely and no idea where this has come from. I have no real memory of ever feeling much after beating Leicester. Villa totally was our rival and accept the same wasn't felt by Villa fans to anywhere near the same extent.
Villa , 90's thing??!! What about the mid 70's onwards ??He's right, it was always Leicester, but maybe it depends on age. 80s games had far more edge. Villa was a 90s thing, simply because midlands teams were generally shite for that period. When Leicester started to make an appearance later that decade, were some great days. That FA Cup win at their place is up there in the top 5 days watching this club. The 4-2 game at home in the mid 90s was edgy af.
The game has often attracted crowd trouble, not saying that is a good thing at all, but the fixture has a lot more malice to it, that's absolutely clear.
I started supporting late 80s; first time I saw us play them was about 1997.You're not serious surely or never witnessed games against Leicester in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Give your head a wobble
Of course I have but it was never had a memorable feeling about winning apart from getting 2/ 3 points in the same way as someone like Stoke or Southampton . Ok maybe a bit more than those two.You're not serious surely or never witnessed games against Leicester in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Give your head a wobble
That was the one I mean.The 4-2 game at home in the mid 90s was edgy af.
He's right, it was always Leicester, but maybe it depends on age. 80s games had far more edge. Villa was a 90s thing, simply because midlands teams were generally shite for that period. When Leicester started to make an appearance later that decade, were some great days. That FA Cup win at their place is up there in the top 5 days watching this club. The 4-2 game at home in the mid 90s was edgy af.
The game has often attracted crowd trouble, not saying that is a good thing at all, but the fixture has a lot more malice to it, that's absolutely clear.
Everyone goes on about the 84/85 game at HR and the fighting on the pitch, but the return game at Filbert St was fucking wild.
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