Villa Rivalry (13 Viewers)

[Leicesterfox]

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 ⚽️

 

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[SomersetSB]

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 mi duck?

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

You still here!

It's the only place he can get his bit of fun right now, who'd want to be on a Leicester forum.

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

For those of us with longer memories it would have been an opportunity to "renew acquaintance" with Wolves, but looks like that might not happen unless the next few months don't turn out as we hope...

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

Shocked you’re still here

Odd one if you want a legitimate answer. Never seen the two play and personally would say the bigger derby is with yourselves as much as you lot apparently don’t care.

However for my family it was always and still is Villa. Honestly don’t know is the answer, guess it depends on if we A go up and B stay up past the first year.

 

[play_in_skyblue_stripes]

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 ⚽️

Very long way to go yet and certainly not 'counting our chickens' at all.

Wolves and Villa (I know Villa only see it as a minor rivalry ) have been our 'rivals' over my lifetime. Leicester never have been, its not a rivalry as such as West and East Midlands generally have little to do with each other.

This might not make sense at first, but in my opinion the bad feeling isnt through a rivalry, its other things that have caused that. I dont want to inflame anything!

I used to dislike Wolves for a long time but that went away when they plummeted to level 4 in the 80's . Their fans were top class incidentally after we beat them in FA cup and wish them well.

I dont mind Villa at all despite their supporters desperately trying to relegate us in 91/92 and finally achieving that very, very sadly in 2000/01. Never played them since and every Coventry City fan is desperate to see us play them again. No doubt we would lose at the moment but we cant wait to get that opportunity be it Premier, Championship or in a cup game. We loved our rare wins over Villa and finally breaking the Villa Park winless record in 1998. That was a fabulous day!

Beating Villa or Wolves was always memorable.

 

[skybluelee]

The Villa rivalry is one of the most tinpot things about us, they have never given a shit about us.

 

[Covkid1968#]

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 you

 

[play_in_skyblue_stripes]

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

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.

 

[JSL]

My brother in law is a Villa fan and he actually follows us a second team

 

[alexccfc99]

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

 

[alexccfc99]

The Villa rivalry is one of the most tinpot things about us, they have never given a shit about us.

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 case

They also never fail to mention about 'How I was there that day we relegated you' - Even though we could have won that day and we'd have still been relegated

 

[JimmyHillsbeard]

The Villa rivalry is one of the most tinpot things about us, they have never given a shit about us.

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.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

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

Alex, you say you live in Tamworth, were you born there, if so what made you become a Sky Blues supporter?

 

[alexccfc99]

Alex, you say you live in Tamworth, were you born there, if so what made you become a Sky Blues supporter?

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 seperated

 

[shmmeee]

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.

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.

 

[Samo]

My brother in law is a Villa fan and he actually follows us a second team

Yeah I've know a few people who follow both and see no conflict about it.

 

[alexccfc99]

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

 

[torchomatic]

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 ⚽️

Thoughts and prayers with Luke Thomas.

 

[JimmyHillsbeard]

Yeah I've know a few people who follow both and see no conflict about it.

I bet there are very few of those that think of us as their first team though. There are plenty of Villa fans (like Ian Bell) who think it’s ok to like us too.

 

[jto123]

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 ⚽️

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.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

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

Personally if that was the cup final I'd rather watch Jackanory, in case you don't know Alex that was a children's program on the BBC back in the late 60s.

 

[theferret]

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.

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.

 

[play_in_skyblue_stripes]

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 genuinely 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.

 

[shmmeee]

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.

Just a little dig for our foxy friends on here. Yeah Walsall was a bit low. But a Derby or Wolves, not teams I saw as fellow PL teams. Even when they came up and did well I don’t recall us bothering with them too much but maybe that’s cos I was a kid and I didn’t know any Leicester fans.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

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.

You're not serious surely or never witnessed games against Leicester in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Give your head a wobble

 

[play_in_skyblue_stripes]

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.

Villa , 90's thing??!! What about the mid 70's onwards ??

You are right about the trouble though caused by Leicester.

 

[Shannerz]

You're not serious surely or never witnessed games against Leicester in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Give your head a wobble

I started supporting late 80s; first time I saw us play them was about 1997.

I had no idea there was supposed to be a rivalry (I found out after I left the ground and some of their fans were being particularly twatty).

 

[play_in_skyblue_stripes]

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.

 

[Shannerz]

The 4-2 game at home in the mid 90s was edgy af.

That was the one I mean.

I never looked forward to the fixture after that. Always looked forward to Villa.

 

[CC_Si]

I grew up in Barwell and Hinckley (parents moved there from Cov) in the 90s so I absolutely hated Leicester. Where you grew up definitely makes a difference.

Their Premier League win was hands down the worst football day ever.

Edit as I forgot the Villa point I was going to make: my wife and in-laws are Villa fans, and my father-in-law and I have been to both Cov and Villa games together. I want to see us play them again just for that factor, even if we will lose!

 

[Shannerz]

Also first time I went there, the stadium announcer had to tell their end to stop lobbing coins.

No doubt their fans will have had similar experiences from our knuckledraggers, but the malice has always seemed more from their side to me.

 

[clint van damme]

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.

 

[torchomatic]

Have to admit that rivalries have never bothered me, even in the 80s when I was at a age where it seemed to bother all my mates.

Had a glimpse of the Leicester forum and, wow, the bitterness on there is palpable. They really are an entitled bunch. I get that they have achieved tons in the last decade, certainly compared to us...FA Cup Win, PL Champs, Euro semis, top five finishes, etc but they are where they are. They cannot just keep bringing those up as a reason why they SHOULD be in the Premier League or why they SHOULD be beating teams like little old Cov. Football and the world doesn't work like that. Now is all that matters. Don't see many fans of The Wanderers bragging about winning the FA Cup five times from 1871.

 

[torchomatic]

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.

What year was the game at Christmas where Bobby Gould ran on the pitch. Remember being caged up in Filbert Street. Horrible ground.