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Someone somewhere must have Storer’s shirt too, I can’t remember but I doubt many of the players left the pitch fully clothed. I also wonder what happened to the match ball? I believe anyone owning up to having any of these should be safe from prosecution by now!!

All I got was a chunk of turf which I put in my parents’ back garden at the time, it took and survived to this day but now just looks like any other part of the lawn. I wish I’d got more, I’m sure the better organised than me managed to get more than that on the day and even crush barriers or...

I have nothing relevant to add about the player but just to say that I went briefly to both Paraguay and Uruguay when travelling in the region a few years back and they couldn’t have been more different. The place I went to in Uruguay was a UNESCO town called Colonia del Sacramento and it was...

Fair enough. I was just attempting to counter your original point that ‘…their (Villa’s) investment seems particularly wise.’ A record of their recent transfer dealings and charts showing that no club has lost more money than them in those years might suggest otherwise, especially when they...

:facepalm: There were roughly 15-20 signings there per season, for however many years you want to go back. About 20% of those, being generous, have worked, which I think is a fair counter argument to the original comment made about how wise their investments have been bearing in mind the eye...

I was merely providing some names off a long list, but that’s why I gave the link too so you can make your own mind up. Actually it’s been even worse over the last 3 years than prior to that! Anyway I have never heard the Brighton recruitment team sing and don’t know either of the songs you...

Whatever you say about Gerrard, his does have nice hair. That alone should be enough to allow him to shrug off any criticism!

Really? Here it is for you: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/aston-villa/alletransfers/verein/405 There are a handful of players who have been worth the money spent (Martinez, Watkins, McGinn, maybe Cash and Targett) but that is against an incredible turnover of players and an average spend of...

Their cup pedigree would be there for all to see, but unfortunately most of it was before we had moving pictures. Their last trophy of any sort was also before the Internet or widescreen TV and they’ve had many false dawns since. Hopefully this turns out to be another.

Not to worry, those Chelsea fans all became Brighton season ticket holders, allegedly ……:rolleyes:

Newton Road? :facepalm: That would have stuffed a few sat navs had they been around then!

There’ll be plenty in the home end if you don’t mind going in there incognito. Probably a lot better seats on offer too.

Didn’t they wear an orange and green kit with white shorts, or similar? That’s what I recall from the time. I was at the game, but only 7.

So are you happy for them or not, it’s not entirely clear? …..:D

That’s the bit where we disagree. You think that what Newcastle will now try and do is buy their way to the top, but despite the facts don’t see that Villa have been trying to do just that more than almost anyone for at least 10 years and spectacularly failed! For some reason they don’t get...

He may be annoying but that’s extremely harsh on Eddie Howe…..:rolleyes:

He’s never actually said that he was a Villa fan, as far as I know. Not that it matters now.

If by that you mean they were getting desperate because their wannabe fans think they are one of Europe’s top teams and playing Barnsley or Preston wasn’t acceptable then I agree with you.

It’s a fair point, but I think having 50k fans compared to 40k does add something to the size of the club for the long term and it’s only what others like Arsenal, Spurs, West Ham have said when upscaling their grounds. But does it in itself guarantee any of that? Absolutely not, as Sunderland...

That gap from the mid tier clubs to the top few is the hardest to bridge, it seems. Wolves owners Fosun, for example, have realised that it takes the sort of money they don’t have or want to spend. Villa’s spending, including funding a gamble on promotion, left them days away from...