We-ARE-Walsall wrote:Sound_out wrote:It's wonderful that Saddler's have such a great sense of humour. Who'd have thought supporters of a club who've managed 2 wins their last 18 games and AND only two weeks ago lost 5-1 at Coventry can find such humour in Villa losing heavily in their last two games. :lol:
I just can't imagine why we're the laughing stock of Midlands football can you? :roll:
Okay, there is one subtle difference between the two. I am sure you as most Walsall fans do, realise that we are rubbish, apart from the odd season here and there always have been always will be. It's just how it is. However, Villa on the other hand have this misconception that they are a big club, should be/will be competing with the big guns at the other end of the table. They have only been waiting 30 years.
Since when have we been the laughing stock of the midlands anyway? Speak for yourself, I am proud to be a Walsall fan.
OK the laughing stock comment may have been a little OTT.
How do you define a big club?
Courtesy of Wikipedia..
“They are one of the oldest and most successful football clubs in England, having won the First Division Championship seven times and the FA Cup seven times.[6] Villa also won the 1981–82 European Cup, and are thus one of five English clubs to win what is now the UEFA Champions League.[7] Aston Villa has the fourth highest total of major honours won by an English club.
As of the end of the 2010–11 season, Aston Villa have spent 100 seasons in the top tier of English football; the only club to have spent longer in the top flight is Everton, with 108 seasons,[59] making Aston Villa versus Everton the most-played fixture in English top-flight football. Aston Villa are one of an elite group of seven clubs that has played in every Premiership season, the other six being Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur. They are fifth in the All-time FA Premier League table, and have the fourth highest total of major honours won by an English club with 20 wins.[6]
Aston Villa currently hold the record number of league goals scored by any team in the English top flight; 128 goals were scored in the 1930–31 season, one more than Arsenal who won the league that season for the very first time, with Villa runners-up.[60] Villa legend Archie Hunter became the first player to score in every round of the FA Cup in Villa's victorious 1887 campaign. Villa's longest unbeaten home run in the FA Cup spanned 13 years and 19 games, from 1888 to 1901.[61]
Aston Villa are one of five English teams to have won the European Cup. They did so on 26 May 1982 in Rotterdam, beating Bayern Munich 1–0 thanks to Peter Withe's goal.”
Recent Premier League positions:
2007-2008 6th
2008-2009 6th
2009-2010 6th
2010-2011 9th
2011-2012 16th
The achievements speak for themselves. Like it or not Villa are a big club, one of the biggest in fact! So far this and last season have been the poor in relation so it’s understandable for Villa fans to expect more.
Villa would be my second team behind Walsall. I also hope all local teams are successful - it’s good for Midlands football.