Love Villa Park, proper old school. Still to see us win there, hence the challenge.
Rail £42.00 with a railcard from Worthing. Premier Inn, Birmingham City Centre £42, an 8 minute walk from the Wellington. Coach £51 so £30 extra for a more leisurely experience and avoiding a 4am arrival home.
Bad fan. Had a ticket for Public Service Broadcasting I could not sell. Thus bailed at 1-3, straight onto a train and got to see the second half of the show at the Dome.
Had Charlie Rowley not found that perfume bottle and removed Ii from the litter bin, as a gift for his girlfriend, that would have gone to waste disposal and probably incinerated. The consequences of that could have been horrendous for those workers on the day and the whole City. Salisbury came...
Yup Newport (IOW), who played Southampton in a well-advertised benefit match in the close season, which illustrates what I am heading into. Already managed to get one pub to switch over from a Man U game to an Albion match without complaint.
Watched it a few months ago on You Tube. Nightmare stuff. I do believe if it does kick off, all Russia has to do is switch off the grid and America will destroy itself. Far cleaner for the environment.
Moving to the Island next year, I think I am on Southampton territory. May watch a couple of games at Fratton when Albion aren't playing.
The old order was Saints in the First, Pompey in the second us in the Third.
Cross US Rail trip (Though in planning may settle for Chicago to Portland with a couple of oddball stops along the way.) Trip must tick Wrigley Field.
See the Himalayas
Visit the Great Mosques of the Silk Road. (Isfahan would be great but this may just have to be Samarkand)
Amazonia (been...
Steve Earl for a chat. Morgan Freedman stood in front of me at the Carlyle (NYC) but was working at the time so no chance to talk, highly unprofessional. Had to cut short a coffee and cake meet with the MD of a hotel in DC because President Erdogan was arriving.
Wore my Albion kit at Bradford Park Avenue and was invited into the board at half time for refreshments and the inevitable curry. Came out to find the legend who is Bradford Bill arguing with a local about Kevin Hector's second goal against us in 1964. It was getting animated.