The first of many
Dave Woodhall look ahead to the first day of the season.
The Astonian Chronicles
Here we have an extract from a supporter publication of long ago. Perhaps.
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,…