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Villa fan here. Bennett has had a hard time with us. He is not great defensively but gets forward very well and has a decent cross on him. It is worth remembering that he was mostly playing in a truly hopeless defence, frequently with Baker and Clark (two of the worst centre halves I have seen...

The North Stand was built in the late 1970s, and the facilities are now well, well out of date. I've sat upstairs there once, and woiuldnt do it again (I am 6'2 so it is a challenge in terms of legroom). The club have worked with HOK architects on a new stand design, and it is expected to be...

That's because you've never experienced premier league football. 75,000 people at Old Trafford every other week and it's flat as anything. The lower down the leagues you get, the noisier and more passionate it gets. Years of 40 quid tickets have brought us to a point where every single home...

What did you expect, though? Boca v River Plate? Incidentally, "piss poor home support" when we had 34,000 Villa supporters coming to watch us play a lower league side. That seems a bit of a misconception there.

Welcome to the world of Premier League football - that is what it is like at pretty much every ground in the top flight. Games like today are never going to have a great home atmosphere. Wednesday night was like watching a different sport. Still, you lot seem to have been appreciated. Heroes...

Yes, it is a town with a few more people than Coventry. That's exactly what it is, rather than a city at the centre of a conurbation with a population of over three million people. I'm judging by your slightly exasperated posting style and trouble with managing to find vowel keys that you're...

You've clearly never been out on the piss in Birmingham. Not my cup of tea, but somewhere like Broad Street is pubs / clubs / lapdance / restaurants central.

The Briar Rose is a Wetherspoons - I shall say no more. THe Hill next door is better. The Yard of Ale is a little basement pub on New Street. The only reason to possibly want to go there is that it was one of the pubs blown up in the pub bombings, and when you see the low ceilings and the lack...

That may be the case, but it isn't the same as being moved to the Upper Trinity. I guess it depends who you get when you call the ticket office.

I'm a Villa ST holder and, on reading this thread thought I'd chip in. 1. We have been sent paper tickets for this match (our STs are swipe cards which are normally credited when we buy tickets for extra matches, just not on this occasion). The paper tickets are not stuck into a reader, they...

Please accept my apologies for the casual homophobia of my fellow supporter.

Another shout for the Old Joint Stock, lovely boozer in an old Victorian bank. They can be a bit sniffy about football colours, mind.

This always happens after home matches. The away coaches get police escorted out of the area, whilst we all sit in our cars waiting for you to leave. Grrr.

Villa fan here (quelle surprise, given my login). I don't know why any of you would want to drink anywhere in Aston, the pubs are a bit rank, and the Cap and Gown (away pub) is a dump. Drink in the city centre and then go out to Aston after. ALternatively, try The Bartons Arms. 20 minute walk...