Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 That was nothing to be proud of. As I have posted elsewhere on here, that match : 'was the first meeting between Aston Villa and Rangers for 97 years. What should have been a great day was ruined by the knuckledraggers that invaded the pitch. I was in the Witton Stand that day and all Fans there, from both teams, were outraged by the actions of those drunken idiots.The upshot of this fiasco was a boost for Celtic's reputation in Birmingham. When the Dummies (Birmingham City) played Celtic with no problems from the Celtic Fans, Rangers' reputation sank even further by comparison.'When in 1976 that friendly was announced, I was delighted and hoped that the game would be the first of many friendlies between Aston Villa and Rangers, at Villa Park and at Ibrox. Fat chance of that happening after the events of that day. The Clubs have not met since and people were saying at the time (not me, btw) that they hoped the Clubs would not meet again for at least another 97 years, if at all.Nothing would please me more to see friendlies between Aston Villa and Rangers, but I doubt if it will ever happen now.Nobody can deny Rangers' History, 54 Titles and the rest, but there is more competition in England than in Scotland.This is the record of Aston Villa : AVFC - Aston Villa Club Honours & HistoryNote. The Charity Shield was shared in 1981, between Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur.I lived in Birmingham 73/74 and went to watch the Blues after seeing villa v PNE...sure the game was Bobby Charltons first as manager for PNE and decided not to go back with all the ira shit and tricolours being sung and flown.............so my fellow bluenose, what you say is keech...............if you cast your mind back, they had never had such numbers as an away support and the irish flags that went on display in their end and the chanting caused the invasion to register our disgust also think back to the bombing of the Tavern in the Town and you get these cunts doing this.So please give it a rest and quite frankly they are the only ones who would benefit from having a game against us............look at the empty seats on their stadium and taken in context CG hit the nail on the head ........the do suck money of the back of the Man Us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Lightyear 7 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Always hated Aston Villa going right back to the days they were managed by Ron Atkinson.Charles Green has no need to apologise has everything he has stated is the truth. I wonder if put in our position how well these EPL teams would cope. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Artist 143 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Aston Villa? Who? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlBear. 8,499 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Aston Villa? Who?They play in the bottom half of the English Premier league. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Negri's Beard 1,423 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Lambo's bawbags Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry-AV 51 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Aston Villa has Supporters who are Fans of Rangers and others who are Fans of Celtic.What is true for AVFC is also true of other Clubs in England.Within Rangers' Supporters there are some people who are Fans of and/or Support Clubs in England.Other folks (probably most) just support Rangers, which is fair enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 In fairness they've got a european cup in their trophy room. We shouldn't be attacking clubs with history, it just makes us look arrogant when ultimately they've won the biggest trophy in european football, and we havn'tHmmm...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OLE SUPER WILBERT 2,475 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Shite club with shite fans Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Charles Green can't keep having digs at other clubs and expect no response.What he said was right, but surely you don't expect Villa to just sit back and take it?He apologised, unless it's something really dreadful is there a need for a comeback after that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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