Big Sam's press conference

[soulman101]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hry6rZQQrMU

[DaveP67 is back!]

Interesting whilst a Wo1ve5 supporter as a youth he used to come and watch us, hopefully some of the true DNA of the club will have sunk in to the extent that the football we play is positive, time will tell.

[Yarmbaggie]

Interesting whilst a Wo1ve5 supporter as a youth he used to come and watch us, hopefully some of the true DNA of the club will have sunk in to the extent that the football we play is positive, time will tell.

That’s the way it was ‘in the old days’ before saturation of football on tv. We used to go to the match at The Hawthorns every Saturday and most midweeks.

When we weren’t playing at home on a Saturday (no car) we went to Villa Park to watch the match there as we could get there direct by train. That said we never went to Molineaux as a neutral as would never have considered doing so!

We attended so many Villa games we went to every semi final at Villa Park in the mid to late 60s as we qualified to do so based upon the number of vouchers we saved from their match day programmes.

I used to quite enjoy the games at Villa Park as a neutral because you were not bothered either way who won and you appreciated the game more. I think that is why (born 1951) I have no hatred of Villa to this day.

[Q165]

This sort of thing cannot have been unusual. I remember Dad telling me that he when he was young he would watch Albion one week and Villa the next. At some point he decided to make his allegiance solely to Albion. I could not really understand this as I my feelings ran very strongly about the Villa.

[Johnny on the spot 1]

This sort of thing cannot have been unusual. I remember Dad telling me that he when he was young he would watch Albion one week and Villa the next. At some point he decided to make his allegiance solely to Albion. I could not really understand this as I my feelings ran very strongly about the Villa.

I always found that puzzling but I to did used to got to wolves & Albion as a kid as I live in Wolverhampton, But one day I stopped going to wolves & been an Albion fan ever since strange ,

[Joy_Division]

That’s the way it was ‘in the old days’ before saturation of football on tv. We used to go to the match at The Hawthorns every Saturday and most midweeks.

When we weren’t playing at home on a Saturday (no car) we went to Villa Park to watch the match there as we could get there direct by train. That said we never went to Molineaux as a neutral as would never have considered doing so!

We attended so many Villa games we went to every semi final at Villa Park in the mid to late 60s as we qualified to do so based upon the number of vouchers we saved from their match day programmes.

I used to quite enjoy the games at Villa Park as a neutral because you were not bothered either way who won and you appreciated the game more. I think that is why (born 1951) I have no hatred of Villa to this day.

As a kid I could not follow Albion away very often as pocket money would not run to it but me and my mates would sometimes go down Villa Park if Albion were away but we always stood with the away supporters and desperately wanted whoever it was to win. I have stood and cheered with Blues fans, Tottenham, Millwall, Bolton to name a few. Hence there are only three things I can say I actually hate and as a Christian I should not hate at all. But, we are all fallible so I absolutely hate and detest anything to do with the Vile so much that it borders on a psychological disorder. The other things I hate are bullies and cruelty involving animals.

[WBA1955]

Most of my mates were Wolves, they still are. If the Albion were away and i wasn't going i used to go down the Molineux with them. I have been to Villa, Blues and Walsall on such day's and even went to Coventry the once. I loved going to a game on Saturday, sadly my enthusiasm for the game is not what it was, technology and playing not to lose instead of playing to win has taken away the thrill. It used to be about wingers and centre forwards, now it's about cancelling out each others midfield.
I can't understand the small mindedness of some fan's regarding who a player or manager supports.
If I had been lucky enough to be a pro footballer and Wolves had taken me on, I would have given 100% every game including against the Albion, maybe even more against them, even though Albion were my boyhood team.
It's called being a professional.

[holmleighchris]

Up until age eleven when we left the area I would watch Albion one week and Albion reserves the following week.
Played for the local school in the morning. (Grove Lane)

[WBA1955]

I always found that puzzling but I to did used to got to wolves & Albion as a kid as I live in Wolverhampton, But one day I stopped going to wolves & been an Albion fan ever since strange ,

I was working in Heath Town Park one day in the nineties with my Albion scarf on, and this older bloke came past walking his dog.
He said your team isn't doing very well is it?
We started talking about your dad and how he was discovered by Albion playing on the park. He pointed out the house he lived in.
He said what a good player Johnny Nicholls was and how he played for England.
As he walked away he said, not good enough to play for the Wolves though.
That's the sort of banter and pride that makes the rivalry so special.
Strangely enough the fifties were the only decade when both Albion and Wolves had two top teams at the same time. It's always been one or the other who has turns at being top dogs.
But the 90's were the only decade Albion didn't grace the top flight, and the only one where we played lower than the second tier.
The rebirth and rise of the club with no financial backing is nothing short of miraculous.
This season is our 14th in the top flight against all the odds, what a club. I don't know how many would manage that with no funds.

[Titchfieldbaggie]

Back in the day, when Albion played away, me and my mates would choose the most interesting game between Blues, Villa, Wolves and even once or twice Walsall. It was about the football, then, as there were some right C@ckwombles who used to follow Albion on the road.