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Friendly on 21st July.

Details to follow re tickets.

inb4 Matchworn Shirts.

Frankly, who cares about friendlies?

Other people.

Villa can't even drum up much excitement from their own fans so I can't see how ours will

Mind you a pre season friendly is a pre season friendly :shrug:

I like friendlies, especially if they're against an unusual opposition and as will be the case this year, we've a stack of new players to cast the eye over.

After a decent break, a nice relaxing way to spend usually a warm summer evening before a few beers.

Just made the mistake of reading the comments on this on the official FB. Christ on a bloody bike some people are miserable. The only redeeming feature is Tails trolling them.

Hoping we can get a Sporting Gijon or someone at the County Ground again.

Get Napoli, Roma, Juventus or one of those other sides we stuffed in the old Anglo Italian Cup, and I might turn up

I'm away on a fishing trip..

Was looking forward to coughing up £20 to sit in the TE and get the buzz back.

Just have to make do with FGR and Supermarine.

still maintain the best friendlies are in the arse end of nowhere. calne, that sort of thing.

 though as reg said there will probably more interest then normal in new players.

Some years back, I remember when Real Oviedo, then a La Liga club, were staying at the Marriot, and nipped into the Croft, for a spot of training.....however I'd booked the pitch, so had to tell them to fuck off  :)

They were playing Rovers and Port Vale, so obvious why they wouldn't have wanted to stay there.

Best pre season has to be the tournament in Nieuwdorp,when beat the mighty Fc Arnhem.
Steve White nicked my beer.
Think it it was 92 ish.

Last summer I enjoyed listening to two Yate Town subs talking about Mass and the World Cup.

Sub #1 "He didn't play though."
Sub #2 "Who cares?"
Sub #1 "Fair point."

Conversation gold.

Hampton and Richmond (twice) and last season Bromley generated more anecdotes amongst the London lot, than all of the other pre season matches ever (since 2000 anyway) have ever done.

Haha my favourite comment is "hello are we selling yasser kassim to Norwich City answer please" I've purposely left out the capitals to make it more authentic even though it hurt my head

About 20 years ago I got fined £1,200 for an incident at Villa Park.

Can anyone beat that ?

No, well done

Not quite, but they did lead me to getting a free orange juice and lemonade from my GCSE English/PSE teacher.

Never been to Villa Park,got ejected from Vicarage rd though.
Walk of shame through the allotments.

I wet myself  whilst sleeping on the A4 at Newbury after having my drinks spiked when I was a teen, the attempting arresting  officer was delighted until he saw the result of said spikes. £0 fine, and not even a lift home the bastard. So a no from me also, as that's about as hard core as I've been.

Friend of mine accidentally threw a hot dog on to the pitch that day, but got away with it.  But his luck ran out at Loftus Road a few years later when he repeated the move and got ejected.

What did you do to get fined £1,200?

Old age, and memory etc. I did throw a hot dog sausage on the pitch at orient in a cup game in the late 80's Fraser slipped on it when taking a goal kick. It got mentioned in certain circles last week again...

It's a long story, most of it was a fine, some of it was compensation.
Bit of a confrontation, got grabbed from behind spun round with an elbow - it was a copper(didn't realise) - broken nose - then, as you did in those days, I felt the full force of the law.

Was this before or after we got humped 5-0?

Not a great day, then.

I got arrested and charged for swearing at the referee there in our only premier season (or was it div 1 then). Got a bindover to keep the peace at the subsequent comedy trial.

I saw Calne spank Brizzle City 2-1, many moons ago. City had about 7 first teamers on at one point  :)

Didn't Power say the friendlies will be Villa, Liverpool & Everton and it will be their first teams playing not reserves - hopefully decent ticket prices as well as all money goes to stfc and the day trippers will come out in force for 'pool - hopefully something like £15 a game or £40 for all 3 games.

Still a lot for fans to spend on friendlies though but with the quality of opposition should get bums on seats and plenty of day trippers.

Only been to see Calne FC once that was a friendly in 82 when we beat them 5-0 when we officially opened the clubhouse or changing rooms or stand, can't remember what it was now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbuQrY9X-8o

Appears to have been the clubhouse, from this video.

Good find, my mate had just passed his driving test so drove his Mini Clubman there on its first short run. There were a few hundred Town fans there but all stood on the same side as te camera! I remember Charlie Henry scoring a cracker and we invaded the pitch at the end for some unremembered reason.

Wasn't there a huge punch up at the Kassam when the yellow fuckers played Villa in a friendly.

Sure there's some youtube footage somewhere

Yeah there was

My goodness. I'd forgotten all about this, but I was there that day too! Cracking day. Wasn't Junior Bent playing that day? I remember seeing him play v Calne in one of the friendlies, he had an impressive turn of speed...

I think Villa kicked in the doors in the concourse area, and charged in ?

Nicky Morgan era. Quite a few local town fans at that, not many city fans there.

Oh my god that videos amazing - I grew up literally a 5 min walk from the Calne ground
It looks so different now - not the ground itself but with the huge housing estate behind it?!
Ahhhhhhhh nostalgia!!  :D

Ha, it's changed since then. Good big club house, lots of new homes nearby too.

Me too! Had some happy days in Calne and following Calne Town. Remember the North Star club?
A couple of mates and I used to watch Calne on days when Swindon were away. Haven't been back in some years now though my brother still lives near Calne FC ground.

Yeah, there's a vid on youtube with a massive villa lad running through the door.  He looks about 7ft!  Was that just a freindly game? 

This video is on YouTube. Poxford fans break the door but don't come through. Villa respond by breaking down both doors and storming through.

Link ??

Cup i think

Ignore the ridiculous music...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2w2tMWWSkw

Haha cheers

That door took some punishment  :)

There is a video from the other side that shows that when he gets through he gets pummelled by the Pox. That explains why he looks a bit dazed on his way back and people are directing him away. Think they thought that it was little old Poxford but he bumped into some lads on the other side, who stood their ground.

Any ideas where vid is, can't locate it?

Scroll up through the thread.

Think you may need to re-read Jay  :)

Ah.  :bye:

15 quid a ticket. Fucking hell a bit steep forma friendly.

£1 kids though.

But im not a kid!

Debatable  ;)

I read today that in a survey 1 in 4 kids think playing virtual games, is a form of exercise.....what say you tans?

Good for the thumbs.

Masturbation is better exercise mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2w2tMWWSkw

Think that is it ............

That's the one from the Villa side
I think farmer was looking for the one from the pox side which shows the villa getting a kicking
Allegedly

Hmm one lasts for hours, and the other....

I was at that Villa game with my brother in law, who's from Brum. Didn't know that happened! We did get chased back to the car, milk bottles raining down around the Villa fans.