Blues - Our favourite neighbour?

[stripes39]

Growing up there was always a very intense rivalry with the Villa. It was the big game and we just had to win it. (Some of my best mates were Villa fans). Never the case with the Blues, maybe because there were not so many fans amongst us. There was a branch of my family who were Blues fans and they used to wind me up but it still didn't matter that much. In my ****s I went 'steady' with a girl from a staunch Blues family and it was never an issue except for the 1968 semi final.

The first away ground I ever went to was St Andrews. I thought it was dark and depressing place.

I remember the Villa match in the 70's was always our biggest game in terms of rivalry. A few on the Villa board dismissed this taking the view that it was down to us being a small club and them being the European giants etc etc. I think the Wolves rivalry gathered pace when both them and us fell from grace and ended up playing each other with little else to play for apart from local bragging rights.

Never had a problem with Blues as their fans seem to retain a sense of perspective unlike Villa and Wolves who constantly believed they were on a par with Barcelona or Bayern Munich. Seems a bit daft to me getting rid of Arry as even if his best days are behind him I'd have thought getting Cotteril back and having Arry advisinbg him behind the scenes with a view to next season would have been the best option considering they'll have to pay Arry a reported £1.75M severence in any case but what do I know eh?

[Londonbaggie1968]

Never had an issue with the Blues, albeit always wanted to beat them.

Absolutely despise the Vile and it always feels very intense playing the Wo1Ve5, despite having bossed them for years. It would be great having all four of us in the top flight again for the pure angst of local derbies and the only one I wouldnt want there is the Vile, because of their previous contempt and billy big b*llocks mentality. However, in a perverse way I'm glad its just us right now.

[albion68]

Or is it because we never see Walsall and blues as a threat.

[WBA1955]

Or is it because we never see Walsall and blues as a threat.

Like.
We have played both Blues and Villa in Cup finals and semi finals, but never Wolves. Yet we have beaten Wolves about eight times in Cup ties and they have beaten us just the once. We are also way ahead of Wolves in league wins and seasons in the top flight.
Villa are and always have been our main rivals, historically, geographically and competitively, and yet despite them being tha bigger and more successful club than us, i have never had the dislike for them that i have for Wolves.

[albion68]

Like.
We have played both Blues and Villa in Cup finals and semi finals, but never Wolves. Yet we have beaten Wolves about eight times in Cup ties and they have beaten us just the once. We are also way ahead of Wolves in league wins and seasons in the top flight.
Villa are and always have been our main rivals, historically, geographically and competitively, and yet despite them being tha bigger and more successful club than us, i have never had the dislike for them that i have for Wolves.

When we were kids and that was a long time ago I might add,we regularly went to the old fellows park,to watch Walsall,when the baggies were away never even thought to go to villa or wolves.