The day the football died
Stacy Murphy writes about the ESL.
Was it all our fault?
Colin Brown on the topic of the week.
Cult heroes of Villa Park – Freddie Bouma
Dave Collett remembers another Villa talent ruined by injury.
The Villa Park Misfits – Jordan Bowery
Dave Collett remembers a Villa Park career best forgotten.
Don’t you just love football
It is not unknown for us to leave the field to a chorus of disapproval; I remember Big Ron after a particularly dire performance being asked by a journo if he had heard the booing at the end, to which he replied, “Yes, and I started it”. I must admit I enjoyed the Tottenham soundtrack knowing…
Euro 21
Having a total aversion to Subbuteo football (where the only player doing anything is the one with the ball) I choose not to bother with this television extravaganza other than to dip into it during the adverts on the other channel or other idle periods Hence I barely saw twenty minutes of Italy v Switzerland…
The Youth of Today – and Yesterday
It would have been fitting if Villa and Liverpool had delayed their Youth Cup final re-match by another twelve months, to make the gap between these two clubs contesting for the trophy a round fifty years. No matter, we got ourselves a good enough contest with a winning result, and the nature of the performances,…