lapal_fan Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 I'm taking my 7 year old to his first game this year. I've really built up the anticipation, and he's bubbling to go. I've driven him to and around VP on a few occasions, taking him into the store, building up the mythos of it. He's desperate now, and I'm desperate to take him 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 11, 2022 Author VT Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2022 I think my daughter was 7 or 8 when I first took her to VP. North Stand - but it wasn't very long before she was demanding we switch to the Holte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 I made the mistake of a season of local football first. They were utterly underwhelmed by travelling for 3 hours to get to a game where you had to sit in one place and absolutely nobody had brought a drum, a trumpet, or a loudhailer for them to have a go on. Rookie error on my part. When I have my next family I’ll have learnt from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 I took the boy to his first game back in 2012 when he was 8 he's never been back ... some say it was the crap performance we served up ..some say it was because he met @rjw63 & @Brumerican at the back of the Holte before kick off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 53 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: I'm taking my 7 year old to his first game this year. I've really built up the anticipation, and he's bubbling to go. I've driven him to and around VP on a few occasions, taking him into the store, building up the mythos of it. He's desperate now, and I'm desperate to take him I'd say pick a home banker to increase the chance of him enjoying it but unfortunately there's no such thing as one when you're Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: I'd say pick a home banker to increase the chance of him enjoying it but unfortunately there's no such thing as one when you're Villa. Yea, that's my thinking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 11, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 11, 2022 57 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: I'm taking my 7 year old to his first game this year. I've really built up the anticipation, and he's bubbling to go. I've driven him to and around VP on a few occasions, taking him into the store, building up the mythos of it. He's desperate now, and I'm desperate to take him I have a feeling this may be classed as child abuse this season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: Yea, that's my thinking! I went to 4 games at VP last season. We won 3-0, 2-0, 4-0 and 2-0 Happy to tag along if you pay for my ticket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 1 minute ago, Stevo985 said: I went to 4 games at VP last season. We won 3-0, 2-0, 4-0 and 2-0 Happy to tag along if you pay for my ticket I don't want my children to grow up in a world where it's normalised not to wear socks, sorry xoxo 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2022 2 minutes ago, lapal_fan said: I don't want my children to grow up in a world where it's normalised not to wear socks, sorry xoxo Your funeral 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 5 hours ago, AVFC_Hitz said: When is a good age to take your kid to his first game? Mine's 4 and I'm thinking of taking him over Christmas. Obviously not in the Holte, but still. Took my now seven year old boy to his first game (Norwegian league) when he was six. He’s been to one game since, and he’s not really in any hurry to go again soon. For him, sitting 2x45 mins in a seat watching a game he doesn’t really appreciate the finer details of, was just too long. First 30 mins is fine, then he gets bored and restless. And I totally get and accept that, and won’t put any pressure on him just yet. It was different when I first started going to football. Sparsely populated terraces were ideal for running around, hiding and learning naughty words from the chants. It took a couple of years before I started paying much attention to what happened on the pitch. Modern all-seater stadiums don’t really work that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 37 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: I took the boy to his first game back in 2012 when he was 8 he's never been back ... some say it was the crap performance we served up ..some say it was because he met @rjw63 & @Brumerican at the back of the Holte before kick off Pretty sure that was the last game Rob and I attended too . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 I wonder if a cat from Spain can be understood by a cat from Germany,or if a cat from England can converse with a cat from France ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted August 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2022 20 minutes ago, PussEKatt said: I wonder if a cat from Spain can be understood by a cat from Germany,or if a cat from England can converse with a cat from France ? Ah. Finally something for which I have some experience. MY OH has a cat she rescued in China (obvious jokes are obvious) and one she had in the US. They use a complex system of semaphore to communicate. When they can't be bothered they just meow at each other. They both seem to understand what the other is saying as their coordinated attacks on my toes are too frequent to be coincidence. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 7 minutes ago, choffer said: They both seem to understand what the other is saying as their coordinated attacks on my toes are too frequent to be coincidence. There could be more truth in that statement than you think.Here is a true story ( the wife and I saw it with our owne eyes ) We had 2 cats and one day the dog next door was barking and going mad at our cat who was just sitting on our side of the fence and staring at the dog. Our other cat meanwhile casually walked right to the end of the fence,went through a hole in the fence,did a wide circle and attacked the dog from behind. Now that was definately a coordinated attack and if I had not seen it with my owne eyes I would not believe it. This IS a true story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 4 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I went to 4 games at VP last season. We won 3-0, 2-0, 4-0 and 2-0 Happy to tag along if you pay for my ticket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Xela said: That picture is spooky. No matter which direction you look at it from, that moustache looks absurd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 11, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2022 Just how much denial will there be if this summer is declared hotter than 1976? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 11, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 11, 2022 7 minutes ago, sidcow said: Just how much denial will there be if this summer is declared hotter than 1976? It's already been hotter than 1976 If it manages to beat the sustained period of no rain and way above average temperatures, then it might be the first Halloween where Brits flock to the beach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted August 11, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 11, 2022 11 hours ago, bickster said: If it manages to beat the sustained period of no rain and way above average temperatures Down south maybe, but…actually….yeah, must be about 6 days without rain where I am, in’t north. It’s nice and warm now, too, but tbh I’d guess that this summer hasn’t been anything to write about for the Fylde coast. Pretty cold and cloudy for a lot of it, but with, now, two short hot spells. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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