Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Archie on January 16, 2011, 12:18:52 AM
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PART ONE: LUCCA - ITALY
I thought it'd be interesting to open a thread where we can post some nice pics of us proudly wearing the Villa colours around the world.
I begin with this photo of me and my daughter Caterina Olivia in the Piazza Anfiteatro of Lucca, one of the most beautiful Italian medieval cities.
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Odd enough, in Lucca there is a street called Via del Calcio, that means Football street, it's a street where in the Middle Age people played with the ball, the ancestor of modern football. . .
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For other pics andd info about Lucca: http://www.comune.lucca.it/turismo/visitare_lucca
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I don't have any pics of me wearing claret and blue around the world, but one thing I will say is that you're right, Archie, Lucca really is a beautiful place.
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Facebook friends only, Darren.
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Great Pictures Archie. Lucca is a wonderful city - Giacomo Puccini's birthplace. How could it not be?
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Here is a picture of my and my mates in Villa colours at the races in Vancouver. We managed to find a group of young ladies who were very impressed...
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I have no idea how to post pictures. Is this right? Will it show on the thread like above??
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I can't see that Neanderthal Blues fan with the stained vest having that luck. Can you?
Did they respect you guys in the morning?
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Ok heres mine (http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/4384/bra67.jpg) - on an Amazon boat. Make that one more Villa fan in Brazil!
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Cycling through the Côte d'Or and the great Burgundy vineyards.
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I don't have any pics of me wearing claret and blue around the world, but one thing I will say is that you're right, Archie, Lucca really is a beautiful place.
I've been to Lucca several times had a few meals and beers at the cafe in your picture.
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2006 - great wall of China
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Saw Lucchese play Pisa in Lucca. Great derby.
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ASCOLI PICENO - ITALY
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This is Piazza del Popolo in Ascoli Piceno, one of my favourite Italian medieval cities.
The XIV Century is the golden century of Ascoli, whose center is built in a awhite marble called "travertino", and that boasts a lot of ancient towers (there were more than 200 in the Middle Age), churches, squares and mansions.
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CASTEL DEL MONTE - ITALY
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Castel del Monte, in the southern region of Apulia, is a site protected by Unesco as world heritage of the humanity.
Built by Roman Emperor Federico II in the 13th century, with its structure on an octagonal plan and its eight towers, one in each corner (http://www.lifeinitaly.com/tourism/puglia/castel-del-monte).
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I've got one of me at the Maracana somewhere.
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2006 - great wall of China
Classic .....
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Taken at the Adelaide Oval. I've also got one somewhere of me at the MCG on the day we retained the Ashes in my 1989/90 home shirt.
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2006 - great wall of China
Classic .....
Did you know my gut in that shirt can be seen from space!!!
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I've got one of me at the Maracana somewhere.
It's in Brazil Drummond.
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Can't remember where this was taken.
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Digbeth?
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I think I was entered in a free draw.
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Taken outside the Olympic Stadium in Sydney.
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This easily matches the exotic locations of Italy and China.
My son on the north bank of the river Tyne estuary looking towards South Shields.
He is a good lad and a good son.
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^^^^ You shouldn't let your mum buy your jeans
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Was in the shopping centre in Wollongong (about 75km south of Sydney) yesterday and saw someone walking around with the NTL shirt from the 2000/01 season (I think it's that one - I always remember Hadji and Kachloul wearing it).
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Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia 1996
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Outside the Belaggio in Las vegas
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PORTONOVO - ITALY
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Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia 1996
What on earth were you doing there at that time?
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It's pretty obvious if you think about it.
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Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia 1996
What on earth were you doing there at that time?
Earning medals.
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Nice one Dave.
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VILLA di Gargnano, Garda Lake, Italy.
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VILLA di Gargnano, Garda Lake Italy, again.
VILLA Square.
(Villa, the Obsession, where did I read it? ;)).
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Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia 1996
What on earth were you doing there at that time?
Earning medals.
Ha ha.
I'd have thought that a load of young British men could have been in Bosnia in the mid 90s for one reason and one reason only.
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The Canigou (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canigou) (near Perpignan) Pic taken outside the church in Eus (http://www.villagesdefrance.free.fr/page_eus.htm), the sunniest village in France.
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Milano Marittima (Italy).
Relaxed on the beach with my cappuccino, reading which are the previews for the incoming Villa season (the title of the article in the magazine is: there is no end for the mediocrity :( ).
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edit: fixed that for you Archie.
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OSIGO (ITALY)
This is my buen retiro on the hills when I need to relax.
You can't help but notice that the light blue of the bike (that I have painted as I didn't like, for obvious reasons, the original royal blue that you can see in the pic with Garry Thompson) is perfectly harmonized with the proper Villa claret of the shoes :) .
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VENICE - ITALY
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Memories of a fantastic day-out in the beautuiful and quite unique scenario of Venice and its canals, with Alan, the Lions Clubs Legend and a special friend for me, the former Villa player and top bloke Garry Thompson (two goals vs. the Blue Nose in the old 2nd. Division), and Frank, a longlife Villa-fan and another great friend of mine.
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Me in front of the Roman Gate in Cordoba at the end of September.
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VENICE (AGAIN)
My daughter Caterina Olivia in the most beautiful and unique place of the world.
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Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia 1996
What on earth were you doing there at that time?
Earning medals.
Not when that pic was being taken I bet!
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Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia 1996
What on earth were you doing there at that time?
Earning medals.
Not when that pic was being taken I bet!
I earned a medal just for being there, so yes, in theory, I was earning a medal when that picture was taken!
Actually that was taken on New Year's Eve 1995, being away from home and my then newly pregnant wife was pretty hard.
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Fair play.
Are you still in touch with the lads around you, they're very young. Were you the elder statesman?
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Still in touch with a few, we have a reunion every year.
I was coming to the end of my Army career by then, too many such tours were taking their toll, still managed to fit a stint in Kosovo in for good measure though, glad I got out before Afghanistan kicked off. There are two people in that picture older than me though, I guess I just had a hard paper round as a kid!
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VIAREGGIO (ITALY)
The famous Viraggeio beach in October, without the classic beach-umbrellas.
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Maharajas Palace, Mysore, India 2000.
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Patong Beach, Phuket, 1998
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Bondi Beach 1999
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Olympic Stadium, Barcelona 2005.
Espanyol v Real Madrid going on behind me.
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BRESSANONE - SOUTH TYROL (ITALY)
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Sunny Florida.
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Vienna 2009
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John o'Groats 2009, start of end-to-end bike ride
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Estadio da Lu, Lisbon, 15 November 2011. Portugal v Bosnia Euro 2012 play off.
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Estadio da Lu, Lisbon, 15 November 2011. Portugal v Bosnia Euro 2012 play off.
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Portuguese bloke on left "Why are you dancing the twist?"
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Haha, Irish bloke in villa top asking the same question now Bad 'Eck!
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Vienna 2009
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John o'Groats 2009, start of end-to-end bike ride
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Frank the legend!
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You need to change those socks Frank!!!!
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Yes the white socks are unwatchable, Frank! ;)
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2006 - great wall of China
"Impressive, isn't it? But once you've seen one wall, you've seen them all!" - John Trewick
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UDINE (ITALY)
Wearing the sacred colours before the kick off of Udinese Celtic. :D
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What a splendid way to start a match, Archie! Very civilised! But it's a shame that you eliminated those nice Celtic boys.
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I am quite a regular at Udine as there is always a great, not intimidating (I'd say a very "British") atmosphere at the stadium.
But Udinese is not my team, and, as the Villa's father foundators were Scottish I use to support the Scottish teams when thay play in Italy, so I supported the Bhoys, Frank.
Today I was a bit deluded, though.
Celtic fans are 99% Irish (a fact that tragically reminded me of Richard Dunne even in this occasion ;)) and only 1% Scottish.
Obviously, I have nothing against Ireland and the Irish, au contraire in 1990 I supported their National team in Italy and Paul Mc Grath is my hero.
But I remember then when I attended Bologna / Heart of Midlothian in 1990 there was a massive contingent of Hearts supporters with kilt and bagpipes, and the atmosphere in the city was very friendly and much more thrilling. 8)
I expected something like that, whereas the Bhoys at Udine made as their most original contribute the City's Lech Poznan dance. . . :-[
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I am quite a regular at Udine as there is always a great, not intimidating (I'd say a very "British") atmosphere at the stadium.
But Udinese is not my team, and, as the Villa's father foundators were Scottish I use to support the Scottish teams when thay play in Italy, so today I supported the Bhoys, Frank.
Today I was a bit deluded, though.
Celtic fans are 99% Irish (a fact that tragically reminded me of Richard Dunne even in this occasion ;)) and only 1% Scottish.
I have nothing against Ireland and the Irish, in 1990 I supported their National team in Italy and Paul Mc Grath is my hero.
But I remember then when I attended Bologna / Heart of Midlothian in 1990 there was a massive contingent of Hearts supporters with kilt and bagpipes, and the atmosphere in the city was very friendly and much more thrilling. 8)
I expected something like that, whereas the Bhoys at Udine made as their most original contribute the City's Lech Poznan dance. . . :-[
History lesson for pedants. Our founders weren't Scots - they were a mixture of locals and a couple of Welshmen. The Scots started with George Ramsay two years later.
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Thank you Dave. It' s a privilege the possibility that we have on this beautiful forum to exchange ideas with Villans from all over the world, and with people like you and John Lerwill that have written books about the club and his proud history!
So, I'll correct my sentence saying that I have a sympathy for the Scots due to the predominant role that the Scottish contingent of the club played in the early days, is it correct?
And as far as George Ramsay is concerned, I have read that he was noticed because he astonished with his skills the team that was practicing at Aston Park!
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At the Stadio Friuli for Udinese Celtic (the scarf has been chosen because has a reminiscence of the first historical Villa shirt).
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I am quite a regular at Udine as there is always a great, not intimidating (I'd say a very "British") atmosphere at the stadium.
But Udinese is not my team, and, as the Villa's father foundators were Scottish I use to support the Scottish teams when thay play in Italy, so I supported the Bhoys, Frank.
Today I was a bit deluded, though.
Celtic fans are 99% Irish (a fact that tragically reminded me of Richard Dunne even in this occasion ;)) and only 1% Scottish.
Obviously, I have nothing against Ireland and the Irish, au contraire in 1990 I supported their National team in Italy and Paul Mc Grath is my hero.
But I remember then when I attended Bologna / Heart of Midlothian in 1990 there was a massive contingent of Hearts supporters with kilt and bagpipes, and the atmosphere in the city was very friendly and much more thrilling. 8)
I expected something like that, whereas the Bhoys at Udine made as their most original contribute the City's Lech Poznan dance. . . :-[
Are you sure about that ?
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I don't mean that they are from Ireland, but that they have Irish roots.
Obviously I may be wrong.
It's the impression that I had seeing them alive, and comparing the Celtic fans with the Heart fans that I saw in Bologna.
But, please note that Celtic fans are very friendly, loyal and passionate. Gret fans. The only thing that i have noticed is that they don't seem Scots.
Even all their flags are Irish.
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ROME
Claret and blue greetings from Rome, one of the most magic and beautiful cities of the world.
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Fantastic spots there Archie, though they're making me fairly jealous!
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I hope to meet you in Rome soon or later, Monty!
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VENICE - ITALY
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Memories of a fantastic day-out in the beautuiful and quite unique scenario of Venice and its canals, with Alan, the Lions Clubs Legend and a special friend for me, the former Villa player and top bloke Garry Thompson (two goals vs. the Blue Nose in the old 2nd. Division), and Frank, a longlife Villa-fan and another great friend of mine.
What's Frank doing with his hand there?
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What's Frank doing with his hand there?
Holding my camera!
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What's Frank doing with his hand there?
Holding my camera!
It looks remarkably like the traditional salute from Villa fans to Noses. ;)
BTW Archie that bike in one of the pics, do you really ride that around Rome?
If so you are either very brave or you have a death wish!
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got a couple of photos to load up, but i'm too lazy to trawl through the thread to find out to upload them. Any suggestions please?
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Load them to http://photobucket.com/ and then you can stick them on here.
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Me and the littl'un, and friend, In Nigeria.
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Friendly atmosphere down there, I see. . .
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Cheers PWS
Totally is Archie. They just don't like Villa fans to be disturbed by anyone.
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Can't remember who we played that day but it was April and we drew 0-0.
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0-0? If it wasn't for you remembering it was April, that doesn't narrow it down much.
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Me and the littl'un, and friend, In Nigeria.
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Nigeria ? Looks like Smethwick to me.
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Do love that white shirt , I had hoped Macron would do something similar oh well in with the green
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Me and the littl'un, and friend, In Nigeria.
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Nigeria ? Looks like Smethwick to me.
That bloke on your left looks 9 feet tall !
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Can't remember who we played that day but it was April and we drew 0-0.
I assume he is there to keep your nipper in check??!
How do you like life there PWS?
A mate of mine was there for two year stint a decade ago and managed to clear his mortgage in that time, but he said that social life was limited because of the danger. He also had to contend with dozens of requests on a daily basis for "tea money"
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MILANO MARITTIMA (ITALY)
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La Esmerelda, deep in Peru, earlier this year
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and...
*on the road
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*pursuading the police to become Villains
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*at the mechanics
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*in the shirt on the pitch
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Amazing pics in Peru, mate, and the 1957 FA Cup final shirt, it goes without saying. . .
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I saw someone wearing the new shirt at Fiumicino airport near Rome on Sunday evening. Didn't take a photo, but I thought the shirt looked okay.
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Can't remember who we played that day but it was April and we drew 0-0.
I assume he is there to keep your nipper in check??!
How do you like life there PWS?
A mate of mine was there for two year stint a decade ago and managed to clear his mortgage in that time, but he said that social life was limited because of the danger. He also had to contend with dozens of requests on a daily basis for "tea money"
just seen this Pat. life here is good. Lagos is very hectic. Its not so much the danger because we live on the islands which are okay - it would take a good couple of hours to get to the mainland so sod that.
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Perhaps people should bear in mind that Peter was brought up in Newtown.
*wink* you know I love it.
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Perhaps people should bear in mind that Peter was brought up in Newtown.
*wink* you know I love it.
Which part? We lived by the Little Brown Jug for a while and went to St Chads before Great Barr beckoned
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Can't picture the Little Brown jug but not far from six ways - Alma Way to be exact. Which St Chads did you go to? I went to the infant and Jnr school.
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^my Mom used to live in Alma Way. Do you know the Brett family? Hard to miss as there were 10 kids.
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Doesn't ring a bell. I was there until 1980.
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Me at the Nou Camp, Barcelona in 2004
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Cheating a little, but whilst exploring Laos last year, I stumbled upon an old Villa shirt tied to a tree in Don Det...mad
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Can't picture the Little Brown jug but not far from six ways - Alma Way to be exact. Which St Chads did you go to? I went to the infant and Jnr school.
We went to said school for a while too, but only one school year in the juniors.
We lived in Rea Tower on Mossborough Crescent just off New John St West , so a five minute walk to school
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I know the area. What years did you go there, Pat?
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I know the area. What years did you go there, Pat?
Just 1973. Family upheaval, bla bla bla.
How about you?
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a little bit later. 75-81.
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Hope this works. A couple of pictures of us in Portland in July
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Really good photos Vancouver.
The weather looks shit though...
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Who's who from this parish?
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It was roasting!! The top one is mainly the California villa group, the leader posts on here under California Villa unsurprisingly. It was their party that we crashed. I'm second on the right of the bottom pic with other Vancouver villans. Don't think they post here though.
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Me and the nipper at Blizzard Beach, Florida
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German Villans, Cannock Lions and K&D Lions prior to the match at Bremen.
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Good to see some of the H and V clan in that photo Jon, thank you, glad you had good weather
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Good to see some of the H and V clan in that photo Jon, thank you, glad you had good weather
The pub, itself, was quite unusual. It had the atmosphere of being an exclusive club. The problem was that it was like being in a greenhouse up there, which was why we were glad to get outside. A great venue, close to the ground but not full of idiots.
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From left to right .......
Kurt Russell, David Tennant, Andy Gray, Usain Bolt, Simon Cowell & Rick Astley
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Bastard!!! Surely you can think of someone better than Simon Cowell!?
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Bastard!!! Surely you can think of someone better than Simon Cowell!?
I am truly sorry to say this but Steve Hodge is what first came into my mind...
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Bastard!!! Surely you can think of someone better than Simon Cowell!?
I am truly sorry to say this but Steve Hodge is what first came into my mind...
A hint of Jimmy Carr there for me.
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Bastard!!! Surely you can think of someone better than Simon Cowell!?
I am truly sorry to say this but Steve Hodge is what first came into my mind...
A hint of Jimmy Carr there for me.
Andy Sinton
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This is killing me
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Dan Aykroyd
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Dom Jolly
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I assume a younger, better looking version??
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Kurt Russell, David Tennant, Andy Gray, Usain Bolt, George Osborne & Rick Astley
Fixed.
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German Villans, Cannock Lions and K&D Lions prior to the match at Bremen.
I took that exact same picture for the Stafford Lions, you must have been stood next to me
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David Cameron...what!?
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German Villans, Cannock Lions and K&D Lions prior to the match at Bremen.
I took that exact same picture for the Stafford Lions, you must have been stood next to me
Impossible. I'm in the picture. It's one of those 'spot the difference' things.
We're you on one of Goughy's trips?
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No word of a lie, I had lunch with a potential client today and after two glasses of wine she said that I looked like Ewan McGregor. She did have a terrible morning and was a little drunk but still, I'll take it. The way the conversation was going I thought that I may have to post in the Conundrum thread
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German Villans, Cannock Lions and K&D Lions prior to the match at Bremen.
I took that exact same picture for the Stafford Lions, you must have been stood next to me
Impossible. I'm in the picture. It's one of those 'spot the difference' things.
We're you on one of Goughy's trips?
I was indeed
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Not quite what this thread was meant to be about but worth a 'spotted'
10 year old kid last night in the restaurant in Englewood, New Jersey I was in, wearing the Nike 32 Red top. I spoke to him & his father, they were NY Red Bull fans but both loved Villa & were very knowledgable about Villa because of the JP Angel connection & his family were all Browns fans so the Randy connection as well.
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No word of a lie, I had lunch with a potential client today and after two glasses of wine she said that I looked like Ewan McGregor. She did have a terrible morning and was a little drunk but still, I'll take it. The way the conversation was going I thought that I may have to post in the Conundrum thread
At least our efforts were pretty accurate, she must have been wearing beer googles, or was it the rohypno wearing off?
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Not sure if it was a bit of a pass. She mentioned that she has been single for 10 years as she is always working late etc.
Coworker said there is some resemblance if he had been on a 5 week bender.
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Has anyone pronounced "K AND D Lions "candy" yet?
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*shakes head*
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Just come back off holiday in Pefkos, Rhodes and in a cocktail bar called Rock Garden which also has apartments that you can stay in. If i go back i will try to stay there as these pictures prove is it has good taste there is something on the cocktail menu that is a must buy if/when you go there.
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and This is what it looks like :-D
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No word of a lie, I had lunch with a potential client today and after two glasses of wine she said that I looked like Ewan McGregor. She did have a terrible morning and was a little drunk but still, I'll take it.
I'd take it too if I looked like George Osborne.
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Talking about colours did you notice how white the Newcastle shirts were on Saturday. From my memory black used to be the dominate colour in their kit but they are turning white!
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Just come back off holiday in Pefkos, Rhodes and in a cocktail bar called Rock Garden which also has apartments that you can stay in. If i go back i will try to stay there as these pictures prove is it has good taste there is something on the cocktail menu that is a must buy if/when you go there.
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and This is what it looks like :-D
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Think my mate was there in June as I got sent a text with a similar picture
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I've had one of those. Paphos, I think.
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Has anyone pronounced "K AND D Lions "candy" yet?
No. But damn you, I'm sure the next time I say it that's how I'll pronounce it.
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Anyone spot the Villa shirt in the Lords crowd today? A Trott cut to third man, just the briefest glimpse but it was there, in all its glory. The new Macron home shirt!!
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David Cameron?
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Greetings from Viareggio in such a limpid day that from the sea you could see the snowy mountains (and not only).
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Great stuff, Archie! The scenery is very pretty indeed.
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I was in Colombia recently,and saw a handful of folk in old Villa shirts,must be the JPA factor. Though I must admit,I didn't count people in Utd shirts.UTV.
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Just come back off holiday in Pefkos, Rhodes and in a cocktail bar called Rock Garden which also has apartments that you can stay in. If i go back i will try to stay there as these pictures prove is it has good taste there is something on the cocktail menu that is a must buy if/when you go there.
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and This is what it looks like :-D
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The blue Is too dark and the Claret too orange, Who designed that ? Randy ?
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The claret and blue scarf stands out in the snow (Italian Dolomites). :P
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Help, the snow is burying us. . . ;)
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Keep up the good work archie.
Are there any claret and blue teams in Italy?
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Keep up the good work archie.
Are there any claret and blue teams in Italy?
No, mate. And this is one of the reasons why my mates and I did choose Villa as our team when we were kids. One is that "Villa" is an Italian name, so it sounded to us more familiar than the likes of Rovers, United or Wanderers. The other is that these beautiful colours, the colours of the wine and the sky, with the body different from the sleeves, in Italy don't exist, so that team looked to us so . . . how can I say?. . . "English" (even if it may sound strange to you), and excited our fantasy.
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No,no, that sounds sensible enough. I also prefer the image of William McGregor et al sitting around a table with various cuts of cloth saying after rejecting some inferior colour, "The other is that these beautiful colours, the colours of the wine and the sky, with the body different from the sleeves". Sounds great.
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A few weeks go, after one of the devastating home losses, I was at a 'fandango' minding my own business, when someone walked past me wearing a black AVFC coat, from about 3 years ago.
I couldn't actually believe it, but apparently the guy had studied in England and picked up the coat for next to nothing at an end of season sale, in Sussex or something.
So didn't actually meet a fan, but still the first Mexican-Villa appearance so far.
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Keep up the good work archie.
Are there any claret and blue teams in Italy?
No, mate. And this is one of the reasons why my mates and I did choose Villa as our team when we were kids. One is that "Villa" is an Italian name, so it sounded to us more familiar than the likes of Rovers, United or Wanderers. The other is that these beautiful colours, the colours of the wine and the sky, with the body different from the sleeves, in Italy don't exist, so that team looked to us so . . . how can I say?. . . "English" (even if it may sound strange to you), and excited our fantasy.
That's a lovely read Archie, particularly the bit about the colours. Thanks
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It's good to remind ourselves we're ace once in a while.
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For anybody going on holiday to Lanzarote this year (and perhaps Danlanza can back this up) , in airside departures on your return journey, right up the far end of the airport is a pub/bar called the Carling bar. Obviously aimed at striking a chord with British tourists and squeezing the last few Euros from their wallets, it isn't cheap but it does have something going for it.
While you might expect a Brit-themed bar to have the usual array of donated Man U / Liverpool / Celtic / Rangers shirts pinned up to the ceiling, in fact there are none.
There is however a solitary framed, signed, shirt on the wall to your left as you walk in.
And it's one of ours.
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I used to work for a company based just outside Monza.
On the day I left in 1997, I stuck this sticker up on the inside of one of the boss's PA's cupboards.
They company closed down last year, and the sticker was still there, having reminded my former colleagues of the claret and blue for the intervening 15 years.
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For anybody going on holiday to Lanzarote this year (and perhaps Danlanza can back this up) , in airside departures on your return journey, right up the far end of the airport is a pub/bar called the Carling bar. Obviously aimed at striking a chord with British tourists and squeezing the last few Euros from their wallets, it isn't cheap but it does have something going for it.
While you might expect a Brit-themed bar to have the usual array of donated Man U / Liverpool / Celtic / Rangers shirts pinned up to the ceiling, in fact there are none.
There is however a solitary framed, signed, shirt on the wall to your left as you walk in.
And it's one of ours.
Interesting. I went to Lanzarote for a week at the start of last year & am sure I remember reading something some connection between their Tourist Board & Villa shirt sponsorship??
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You could be right.
I assumed that because the shirt in question was from the Carling cup final, that would be the link.
Having said that, if you were going for the populist vote, wouldn't you stick up a Man Utd shirt? Like I said, there are no other footy tops on display in there, and after all, we didn't even win it.
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For anybody going on holiday to Lanzarote this year (and perhaps Danlanza can back this up) , in airside departures on your return journey, right up the far end of the airport is a pub/bar called the Carling bar. Obviously aimed at striking a chord with British tourists and squeezing the last few Euros from their wallets, it isn't cheap but it does have something going for it.
While you might expect a Brit-themed bar to have the usual array of donated Man U / Liverpool / Celtic / Rangers shirts pinned up to the ceiling, in fact there are none.
There is however a solitary framed, signed, shirt on the wall to your left as you walk in.
And it's one of ours.
Absolutely correct and i think Ian Taylor donated it. Don't quote me on that but i think it is the case. There is a photo, signed of Ian Taylor in my local, The Inn Place, so it could have been him. He has his arms around a couple of Kitstealers in the bar, wearing his Villa shirt.
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For anybody going on holiday to Lanzarote this year (and perhaps Danlanza can back this up) , in airside departures on your return journey, right up the far end of the airport is a pub/bar called the Carling bar. Obviously aimed at striking a chord with British tourists and squeezing the last few Euros from their wallets, it isn't cheap but it does have something going for it.
While you might expect a Brit-themed bar to have the usual array of donated Man U / Liverpool / Celtic / Rangers shirts pinned up to the ceiling, in fact there are none.
There is however a solitary framed, signed, shirt on the wall to your left as you walk in.
And it's one of ours.
Interesting. I went to Lanzarote for a week at the start of last year & am sure I remember reading something some connection between their Tourist Board & Villa shirt sponsorship??
That is correct. A bloke called Daniel Trigg, Head of the Lanzarote Buisness Association went to a convention designed to bring more awareness to Lanzarote from the English tourist industry. While he was there he had meetings with representatives at Villa about this possibility. As of yet we have heard very little about the outcome of these meetings, but we live in hope. One thing that has happened though is Cardiff City using Puerto Del Carmen's teams for scouting. They have also donated quite a large sum of cash for youth development for the younger teams.
Another encouraging thing is that two English brothers have become first team players for our main side on the island, UD Lanzarote, the first English lads to ever play for the team. Ryan Macphee aged 21 and his brother Jamie aged 24 are getting very good reviews in the local press and have had a number of bigger Spanish teams watching them closely. I know their Mom very well and she is very proud of them both. Good level headed lads they are aswell.
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Is that the new den? Maybe the worst place in the world for the old 'oh is that a West Ham shirt' line to pop up.
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Ascoli Piceno, Italy, the beautiful Piazza del Popolo in a rainy day.
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The Little One Faith's first kit, first "away day" , Zara's "been waiting for one of these" pink shirt and proud Grandad, outside the Baggies and like on a match day NO ONE THERE !!!!
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You're actually a lot smaller than I thought, Chico.
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That's not Chico, it's Mazrim.
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The shirt looks better without the latest fly-by-night betting outfit plastered across it.
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Peschici, Italy.
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Peschici, Italy.
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Now that is a beautful part of the world, that area of Puglia.
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The shirt looks better without the latest fly-by-night betting outfit plastered across it.
There was nothing even remotely fly-by-night about Genting.
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Lake Garda, Italy on our 6 month European trip.
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Me in Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Wonderland, Rotorua, NZ.
Had loads of bloody Kiwis coming up to me asking if I was a West Ham fan >:(
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Just come back off holiday in Pefkos, Rhodes and in a cocktail bar called Rock Garden which also has apartments that you can stay in. If i go back i will try to stay there as these pictures prove is it has good taste there is something on the cocktail menu that is a must buy if/when you go there.
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and This is what it looks like :-D
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I stayed in Pefkos in 1996, can't remember seeing that then (mind you I was 12/13). I do remember Southgate missing the penalty against Germany in the European Championships Semi-Finals whilst we were there though!
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Me in Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Wonderland, Rotorua, NZ.
Had loads of bloody Kiwis coming up to me asking if I was a West Ham fan >:(
Ha! Welcome to my world!
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@ Pauliewalnuts - You are a fine and rare connoisseur of Italy, I see!
Do you also know Portonovo, near Ancona? Beautiful sea and beach.
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Isolaverde, Chioggia (Italy).
Michele's marriage on the beach and, ca va sans dire, with the sacred colours.
On the beach my Lord, on the beach. . .
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Stadio Marassi, Genova, the most British style in Italy, during the derby Sampdoria / Genoa.
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Isn't that called the derby of the lamp, or something like that?
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Yes, because la Lanterna (that is a lighthouse) is the symbol of the city: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanterna_di_Genova
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Malta a few weeks ago.
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Bollocks, never worked.
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Try again.
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Well that worked, I don't know how so I'll have another go.
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I know this isn't original but it was there so I used it. The shirt has had its one and only airing and will now be put with the others in the collection.
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One last effort. Gozo.
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One last effort. Gozo.
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Is that in Victoria Dave?
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One last effort. Gozo.
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Placing the link inbetween [ img] and [/ img] (without the spaces) results in:
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One last effort. Gozo.
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Placing the link inbetween [ img] and [/ img] (without the spaces) results in:
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Nothing.
That's a link to a page which generates the image and the rest of the shit around it. It needs the direct link to the image itself.
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How do you put an image on here please paulie?
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As Legion said above.
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As Legion said above.
And that shows the photo or just a link to it?
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One last effort. Gozo.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/855/lmro.jpg/
Is that in Victoria Dave?
Yes Simon, a lovely experience. I'll try posting another later using Legion's instructions, I think I may have got my head around it now.
* he says hopefully*
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Me in Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Wonderland, Rotorua, NZ.
Had loads of bloody Kiwis coming up to me asking if I was a West Ham fan >:(
Not my Villa loving sister, Liz, who lives in Rotorua and is devoted to the mighty ones.
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As Legion said above.
And that shows the photo or just a link to it?
The photo
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Thanks paulie - always wondered how to post a pic on here .
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Sorry if this doesn't work Legion, it's not your fault. :)
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Los gigantes in Tenerife -
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One last effort. Gozo.
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Is that in Victoria Dave?
Yes Simon, a lovely experience. I'll try posting another later using Legion's instructions, I think I may have got my head around it now.
* he says hopefully*
At the top of The Citadel by any chance?
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Los gigantes in Tenerife -
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Good photo. Always good to put a face to a name. ;)
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One last effort. Gozo.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/855/lmro.jpg/
Is that in Victoria Dave?
Yes Simon, a lovely experience. I'll try posting another later using Legion's instructions, I think I may have got my head around it now.
* he says hopefully*
At the top of The Citadel by any chance?
Yes, quite spectacular isn't it? And it seems I haven't got my head around how to post the direct images. I'm fast losing my temper today. I can't sync my iPod, can't manage a simple posting process and now I've just found that the plug in socket on my mobile must be blocked as it won't accept the charger. Not my day!
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Thanx dan, your turn now :)
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Sorry, paulie. Most images are blocked at work. I could not tell if it worked or not.
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There is a 'How to...' thread in OT which shows how to do things like this.
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Los gigantes in Tenerife -
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Are you wearing a Coventry shirt there Eastie?
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Los gigantes in Tenerife -
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Are you wearing a Coventry shirt there Eastie?
Wash your mouth with soap - it's the diadora shirt from the villa shop and clearly the villa badge , you old rascal! :(
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I'll let you off then.
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For some reason I always imagined Eastie world have a shaved head. And I never knew he was a Coventry fan.
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For some reason I always imagined Eastie world have a shaved head. And I never knew he was a Coventry fan.
Actually I admit i do like the sky blue villa training tops , I have about 3 from down the years , i do now have a penchant for the purple training top now and when it comes to the actual away shirts have always preferred black.
Would be nice to see a few more put their pics on show so we can put a face to the names on here .
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I can't upload pictures on here
But no matter, Just imagine a young Gregory Peck and that's the spit of me
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I can't upload pictures on here
But no matter, Just imagine a young Gregory Peck and that's the spit of me
And me.............. I will get around to taking some photo's this week, then get my head around image shack, then get my head around posting them on here. Bloody hell, what a busy week. ;)
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I can't upload pictures on here
But no matter, Just imagine a young Gregory Peck and that's the spit of me
And me.............. I will get around to taking some photo's this week, then get my head around image shack, then get my head around posting them on here. Bloody hell, what a busy week. ;)
I didn't use imageshack , used overpic.net , you don't need to register with them and very easy.
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I can't upload pictures on here
But no matter, Just imagine a young Gregory Peck and that's the spit of me
And me.............. I will get around to taking some photo's this week, then get my head around image shack, then get my head around posting them on here. Bloody hell, what a busy week. ;)
I didn't use imageshack , used overpic.net , you don't need to register with them and very easy.
Cheers mate. Going to have a look at it now.
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I will try this picture posting lark next weekend.
Me and the nipper. In the hot tub. Villa tops for fashion. Marvellous!
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If anyone wants to upload a picture but is having problems, feel free to pm me. Worst case scenario you can email me and i'll post it up for you. For a small fee.
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If anyone wants to upload a picture but is having problems, feel free to pm me. Worst case scenario you can email me and i'll post it up for you. For a small fee.
I pay you 5 dollar and love you long time :o
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If anyone wants to upload a picture but is having problems, feel free to pm me. Worst case scenario you can email me and i'll post it up for you. For a small fee.
I pay you 5 dollar and love you long time :o
$5 on it's own I reckon he'd go for, if you're going to 'love him long time' I reckon he'll want a lot more money.
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If anyone wants to upload a picture but is having problems, feel free to pm me. Worst case scenario you can email me and i'll post it up for you. For a small fee.
I pay you 5 dollar and love you long time :o
$5 on it's own I reckon he'd go for, if you're going to 'love him long time' I reckon he'll want a lot more money.
He is only getting thirty seconds for that price mate.
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If anyone wants to upload a picture but is having problems, feel free to pm me. Worst case scenario you can email me and i'll post it up for you. For a small fee.
Had a problem as I didn't realise deleting from the image hosting site would delete from here too , but reloaded now.
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I think you'll need to repost it.
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I think you'll need to repost it.
Have modified and put it back on page 13 in original post.
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I think you'll need to repost it.
Have modified and put it back on page 13 in original post.
No need to refer to yourself as Los Gigantes, eastie: don't be so hard on yourself.
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I think you'll need to repost it.
Have modified and put it back on page 13 in original post.
No need to refer to yourself as Los Gigantes, eastie: don't be so hard on yourself.
The cliffs Mister E, the cliffs.
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Now Trabzonspor play in nice colours and beating Nazio 3-1 tonight.
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This is me on my last trip to VP. Can't believe it's over three years ago now (1-0 V Everton. Luke Young with the goal and Kevin Mac in charge). They had the trophies on display in the Academy hall so I wanted to take advantage. Getting a pic with the Intertoto on the Villa tour doesn't quite have the same effect.
Probably would have been smiling more if Mr Woodhall hadn't just sold me back-issues of H&V without me realising it.
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Looking good Eamonn. I think this was the match my son introduced his eldest lad to his first Villa game.
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Cracking pic eamonn - how i wish we could get our hands on the fa cup again - I got to hold it once with a security guard lurking nearby - back in 1987 when it was on display for a day at the coventry transport museum.
Had to pay well over the odds for a photo holding it though :(
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It was a great game to bring a new fan into the fold. Obviously we won the match but beforehand, alongside the trophies, they had lots of kids activities in the Academy hall and those big photo-boards where you stick your head in and get a pic alongside your heroes - the '81 team etc.
I think I've previously posted photos of yourself, Ger and I at the Eamonn Deacy testimonial in Galway last year.
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Cracking pic eamonn - how i wish we could get our hands on the fa cup again - I got to hold it once with a security guard lurking nearby - back in 1987 when it was on display for a day at the coventry transport museum.
Had to pay well over the odds for a photo holding it though :(
Yeah, there was strictly no touching the silverware above, either. I went on the Chelsea tour (under duress) earlier this year and I think they were charging Ł15 for a photo with the Champions League trophy and I don't think you were allowed to touch it.
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It was a great game to bring a new fan into the fold. Obviously we won the match but beforehand, alongside the trophies, they had lots of kids activities in the Academy hall and those big photo-boards where you stick your head in and get a pic alongside your heroes - the '81 team etc.
I think I've previously posted photos of yourself, Ger and I at the Eamonn Deacy testimonial in Galway last year.
I must have missed those Eamonn. I know I put some up. Sad as it was, it was an enjoyable day and night.
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Cracking pic eamonn - how i wish we could get our hands on the fa cup again - I got to hold it once with a security guard lurking nearby - back in 1987 when it was on display for a day at the coventry transport museum.
Had to pay well over the odds for a photo holding it though :(
Yeah, there was strictly no touching the silverware above, either. I went on the Chelsea tour (under duress) earlier this year and I think they were charging Ł15 for a photo with the Champions League trophy and I don't think you were allowed to touch it.
We were allowed to put both hands on the fa cup handles but not pick it up - still worth it though as its not often you get the chance to get your hands on the fa cup.
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Another go that I hope works. If it does it's down to the generosity of PeterWithesShin who did it for me after I took up his kind offer to help the aged!
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The How To... thread in OT might be useful.
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I followed it Lee but, still managed to make a bollocks of it. Sadly it seems I'm one of those people that need a practical demonstration.
You will understand exactly how difficult that has been for me to admit on a public forum. I'll keep trying though.
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Very good pic dave , wearing well for 64 my friend. :)
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Eastie, you old smoothie you.
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Eastie, you old smoothie you.
I should explain. eastie is a tadge dyslexic, he meant 46! ;) ;)
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I look better now than when I was 46! Ugly fecker doesn't cover half of it.
Where's your mugshots Dan? Don't be shy.
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How did you find Malta & Gozo Dave?
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I look better now than when I was 46! Ugly fecker doesn't cover half of it.
Where's your mugshots Dan? Don't be shy.
On the way when i get my camera back from the daughter mate. Early next week is likely.
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How did you find Malta & Gozo Dave?
284 km east of Tunisia and 333 km north of Libya. ;)
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Another go that I hope works. If it does it's down to the generosity of PeterWithesShin who did it for me after I took up his kind offer to help the aged!
(http://imageshack.us/a/img13/2018/0m99.jpg)
Nice pic Dave - carrying a bit of timber, I see (Who's the fella in the Villa shirt next to you?!) ;)
no offence intended.
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Another go that I hope works. If it does it's down to the generosity of PeterWithesShin who did it for me after I took up his kind offer to help the aged!
(http://imageshack.us/a/img13/2018/0m99.jpg)
Nice pic Dave - carrying a bit of timber, I see (Who's the fella in the Villa shirt next to you?!) ;)
no offence intended.
Mr E or mr Magoo ? :)
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Mr E or mr Magoo ? :)
Why do you think I haven't put my photo up?!
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Mr E or mr Magoo ? :)
Why do you think I haven't put my photo up?!
Be brave and Go for it mr E - I am adamant that ridicule is nothing to be scared of :)
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How did you find Malta & Gozo Dave?
Very enjoyable WV thanks, especially as I didn't particularly want to go there. It was Mrs S that wanted to go; and I'm glad she did. They have a great history, the people are very friendly, it isn't too expensive to eat out and the beer is reasonably priced. €3.20 a pint in the pub near to the hotel we were staying in.
The weather is great, between 30 and 33 degrees all the time we were there except the day we returned when it froze at 27! Mrs S loved it and wants to return only she says for ten days next time. The place has some stunning scenery. We did all the touristy things but if we do return I'd consider hiring a car for a day or two so that we could linger longer in some of the places we visited on the organised tours.
Gozo is a must too, a half hour ferry trip from the north end of Malta at a cost of €9.30 return per person. Much the same as Malta only smaller. You can see the Arab, Italian, British and Spanish influences in the architecture too. Malta is a place that I would recommend for a holiday if you have never been before.
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Another go that I hope works. If it does it's down to the generosity of PeterWithesShin who did it for me after I took up his kind offer to help the aged!
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Nice pic Dave - carrying a bit of timber, I see (Who's the fella in the Villa shirt next to you?!) ;)
Sure am carrying a bit of timber Mr E. Would you believe that when I was 19 I weighed in at 19 stone 8 lbs. I've been up and down ever since but never to the stage where I was carrying Epping Forest around with me like back then.
The one standing next to me is the wife! *runs for cover*
no offence intended.
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My Stevie Wonder/Mr Magoo impersonation is a pair of overglasses which are the best pair of sunglasses I've ever had, as clear as day. A great purchase for fifteen euro from the chemist's here in town.
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How did you find Malta & Gozo Dave?
Very enjoyable WV thanks, especially as I didn't particularly want to go there. It was Mrs S that wanted to go; and I'm glad she did. They have a great history, the people are very friendly, it isn't too expensive to eat out and the beer is reasonably priced. €3.20 a pint in the pub near to the hotel we were staying in.
The weather is great, between 30 and 33 degrees all the time we were there except the day we returned when it froze at 27! Mrs S loved it and wants to return only she says for ten days next time. The place has some stunning scenery. We did all the touristy things but if we do return I'd consider hiring a car for a day or two so that we could linger longer in some of the places we visited on the organised tours.
Gozo is a must too, a half hour ferry trip from the north end of Malta at a cost of €9.30 return per person. Much the same as Malta only smaller. You can see the Arab, Italian, British and Spanish influences in the architecture too. Malta is a place that I would recommend for a holiday if you have never been before.
Delighted you enjoyed it! I've just booked the flights for 2 weeks next August, can't wait to return!
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Here are the sacred colours on their way to the shops via the tourist-free route (at HT during the Hull "game"). The Albera Massif (beginning of the Pyrenees) in the distance is on the French-Spanish border. At just over 4100 feet the highest bit, Puig Neulós is almost Ben Nevis height. Those of you who have crossed into Spain just after Perpignan will have done so via Le Perthus or the motorway which is on the far right of the pic, just out of sight.
Rozzers, note. I pulled over to snap the scene. ;-)
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You pulled over at 45km/h!
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I was parked on the side of the road. That is my AVERAGE speed for the MONTH! (45 km/h).
It was also 26°C ;-)
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Just watched Citizen Khan on BBC 1, one of the assistants at the Sparkhill Mosque was in a Villa shirt. The new Mosque manager (Dave) follows our team & tells Mr Khan, "up the Villa..." .Well done the series script writer I say !! (Adil Ray AKA Citizen Khan). AVFC4Ever
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Here are the sacred colours on their way to the shops via the tourist-free route (at HT during the Hull "game"). The Albera Massif (beginning of the Pyrenees) in the distance is on the French-Spanish border. At just over 4100 feet the highest bit, Puig Neulós is almost Ben Nevis height. Those of you who have crossed into Spain just after Perpignan will have done so via Le Perthus or the motorway which is on the far right of the pic, just out of sight.
Rozzers, note. I pulled over to snap the scene. ;-)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img96/8256/osgo.jpg) (http://imageshack.com/i/2oosgoj)
Is that the bit by 'No-mans land'? I'm surprised that's stillthere if it is.
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Me outside Siena's tiny stadium last summer looking a bit worse for wear, wife & I had consumed a few bottles of red in the Piazza del Campo just prior.
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Who are those blokes approaching with the violin case?
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Me outside Siena's tiny stadium last summer looking a bit worse for wear, wife & I had consumed a few bottles of red in the Piazza del Campo just prior.
How do I upload the pic??
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Me outside Siena's tiny stadium last summer looking a bit worse for wear, wife & I had consumed a few bottles of red in the Piazza del Campo just prior.
How do I upload the pic??
See 'How to...' in OT for a talk-through.
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Me outside Siena's tiny stadium last summer looking a bit worse for wear, wife & I had consumed a few bottles of red in the Piazza del Campo just prior.
How do I upload the pic??
See 'How to...' in OT for a talk-through.
Thanks Leeg!
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How did you find Malta & Gozo Dave?
Very enjoyable WV thanks, especially as I didn't particularly want to go there. It was Mrs S that wanted to go; and I'm glad she did. They have a great history, the people are very friendly, it isn't too expensive to eat out and the beer is reasonably priced. €3.20 a pint in the pub near to the hotel we were staying in.
The weather is great, between 30 and 33 degrees all the time we were there except the day we returned when it froze at 27! Mrs S loved it and wants to return only she says for ten days next time. The place has some stunning scenery. We did all the touristy things but if we do return I'd consider hiring a car for a day or two so that we could linger longer in some of the places we visited on the organised tours.
Gozo is a must too, a half hour ferry trip from the north end of Malta at a cost of €9.30 return per person. Much the same as Malta only smaller. You can see the Arab, Italian, British and Spanish influences in the architecture too. Malta is a place that I would recommend for a holiday if you have never been before.
If you're happy to have a bit of a walk Comino is also a great place to visit, my parents live over in Malta (in Qawra/Bugibba/St. Pauls Bay - depending on who you ask) so I've been there quite a few times.
From my experience -
If you like fish visit marsaslokk (I think that's the spelling) there are a few really good restaurants along there.
For a beach go to Gnejna Bay (Golden Bay in English) - it's right up in the north not far from the Gozo ferry but it's easily the best beach.
For a view visit Mdina - that's the old capital, it's a fully walled city on the highest point on the island, the view to the north is fantastic.
For a night out with bars and clubs you have to go to Paceville, everywhere else is small and quiet by comparison (which is good if that's what you're after).
If you're in Qawra and walk past the Red Lion on a sunday night there will be lots of people outside singing folk songs, my parents are likely to be amongst them.
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My first try at posting a photo so it probably won't work.On Guernsey, saw this notice in the window of a house near a cliff top walk
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It did work!
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Catania, Sicily.
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Greetings from Bressanone/Brixen, in the region of Alto Adige / Sud Tirol, while our manager has deliberately chosen to come out from the FA cup.
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Greetings to you, too.
...although Lambert didn't choose to lose the game!
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Yesterday, for the first time I saw someone wearing a Villa shirt here in Dunedin, New Zealand.
I was so surprised I had to double back down the other side of the street to check my eyes weren't deceiving me.
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Villans in Rome. . .
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Rome, again.
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Crossing a river bed in Eastern Botswana, following Elephant, and felt the need to put the shirt on. No, I dunno why either.
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Oh well I tried.
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I've an old snap of me in the Maracana in the 'sacred colours' somewhere. During another match of course!
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Greetings from Rovigno, croatia, where we keep the flag always high.
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The sacred colours, as observed in Santa Maria la Scala below Acireale in Sicily.
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7305/13951502478_2fea36608e.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nfR6Cb)The Sacred Colours around the World (https://flic.kr/p/nfR6Cb)
While I was there I saw this too:
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Both boats are beauties. 'ow much?
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Our Italian supporters, the Latin Lions, have just won a competition for Italian supporters' clubs of English teams, held today in Milan. We beat Everton in the final. Archie is on the right in green. They have donated their prize money of €600 to Acorns.
(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/frpattison/LatinLions.jpg)
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Our Italian supporters, the Latin Lions, have just won a competition for Italian supporters' clubs of English teams, held today in Milan. We beat Everton in the final. Archie is on the right in green. They have donated their prize money of €600 to Acorns.
(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/frpattison/LatinLions.jpg)
Our Italian supporters, the Latin Lions, have just won a competition for Italian supporters' clubs of English teams, held today in Milan. We beat Everton in the final. Archie is on the right in green. They have donated their prize money of €600 to Acorns.
(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa87/frpattison/LatinLions.jpg)
I always like it when we get one over the old foe of Everton - congratulations lads!
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Brilliant stuff Frank and well done our Latin Lions.
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Thanks mates, we have been very proud to receive the award by the English counsel in Italy (that is a Spurs fan, by the way).
http://youtu.be/-liCD06cJoU
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Well done, good to see Villa re-acquiring the taste for silverware :-)
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Well done chaps. UTV
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Lovely gesture re prize money. Well done lads, class exudes in Bella Italia.
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Congratulations!
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Forza Latin lions !!!
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Well done.
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A fabulous gesture on the donation to Acorns.
Well done Latin Lions!
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http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~3873528,00.html
Pretty cool!
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Yes, well done done Latin Lions, fantastic.
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Great stuff Archie and the Latin Lions. Mind you, we must have a handy team with Pagliuca and Prandelli in the line-up ;)
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Two fantastic goals at minutes 6,30 and 8,50: 8)
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Two fantastic goals at minutes 6,30 and 8,50: 8)
Nicely taken, back of the net.
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Nearer to home a mere 100 miles from Villa Park the next village to ours organized a football game on the village green to mark the start of the World Cup. I drove past as I went down to my son's house in that London to watch the game with him. The game on the village green had all the players in their club shirts. The middle aged guy in the Villa shirt was awesome. He charged around like a wounded hippo. It made me even prouder to be a Villa fan.
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Greetings from la plage Rondinara, Corsica, l'ile de la beautč.
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Not overseas, but hats off to the geezer walking his dog in Islington today wearing a retro 1971 League Cup final shirt this lunchtime. Always nice to see when the whole area is Goonerville.
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There is a kid at my kids school here that wears a Villa Shirt,
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There is a kid at my kids school here that wears a Villa Shirt,
Fair enough, I wear Chicago Bears' shirts :-)
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Under a house with claret and blue windows in Mougins, Cote d'Azur.
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This pic popped up on my FB feed earlier.
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This pic popped up on my FB feed earlier.
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Shame it's on a chevy.
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Is it Toronto Villa's?
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Is it Toronto Villa's?
No I'll try and figure out how to post a pic of mine when I get back to Toronto.
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Toronto villa
Is the Aston villa hotel or b+b still in the Rockies or has it gone. I remember my grandfather telling me about it when he visited Toronto a lot as my auntie lived there and one day when they went travelling they found it.
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This one?
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Do you know him mates?
My sons with Walter Zenga, the great rival of our friend and villa fan Gianluca Pagliuca in the 90's.
He coaches Sampdoria now, even if he could be sacked in the morning....
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He used to have a right head of hair, cracking keeper as well. Was he in the sticks when Kent Neilson beat him from 30 yards?
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Pws
Yea that's the one got a old pic somewhere of my grandad out under the sign with his villa scarf on
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There used to be an Aston villa motel in Yamba, nsw, in 2002. I had a picture of it from 2002. we went back there on a rd trip a few years back and it wasn't there anymore. At least, I didn't see it.
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Just had an American FB friend check in here. https://www.facebook.com/OutbackSteakhouse.VillaPark
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Those Bloomin' Onions always seem a good idea at the time but just go on and on...
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The last proms highlights programme at the weekend had Nigel Kennedy on it, resplendent in his Villa shirt. A better class of fan.
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Just had an American FB friend check in here. https://www.facebook.com/OutbackSteakhouse.VillaPark
Going off at a slight tangent, but has anyone ever heard of this store before?
https://www.ruvilla.com/
Would the original Villa (I assume AVFC) have a right to claim ownership of the name? What makes me ask this is that I'm sure when Mick Hucknall tried to open a restaurant called "Barca" he was met with a legal challenge by the football club.
Nothing like a bit of law discussion to start the week.
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A Liverpudlian girl I know posted her son's birthday pictures up on Facebook yesterday. As you'd imagine, it was red strip, blue strip, red strip, blue strip....then right at the end a little chap kitted out in his new Villa strip. Fantastic to see.
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Just had an American FB friend check in here. https://www.facebook.com/OutbackSteakhouse.VillaPark
yes Villa Park is a suburb of Chicago, had a bit of a shock in train journey and looked out the window and saw the signVilla Park
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Just had an American FB friend check in here. https://www.facebook.com/OutbackSteakhouse.VillaPark
Going off at a slight tangent, but has anyone ever heard of this store before?
https://www.ruvilla.com/
Would the original Villa (I assume AVFC) have a right to claim ownership of the name? What makes me ask this is that I'm sure when Mick Hucknall tried to open a restaurant called "Barca" he was met with a legal challenge by the football club.
Nothing like a bit of law discussion to start the week.
I think the Romans beat us to it.
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Venice.
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We ought to make Frank the site's roving foreign ambassador...although I think he already fulfils that role with the German and Italian Villains
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Just had an American FB friend check in here. https://www.facebook.com/OutbackSteakhouse.VillaPark
Looks nice and healthy!!!
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Everard, look at the muck in here.
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Mougins, Provence - Cote d'Azur (France).
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Great stuff Archie, keep them coming.
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Cansiglio forest, Italy.
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It's taken me a while, but I finally get to post on this thread.
At one of Kyoto's many UNESCO World Heritage sites, Nishi Hongan-Ji, on a recent holiday:
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...sadly, the shirt didn't survive the wash after I got home (I'm in the market for a new one as it's my favourite away shirt if anyone has a large one they can do without). Shirts are temporary, but 400-year-old Buddhist temples are, if not permanent, then pretty damn close.
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Greetings from the Science Museum of Trento, Italy.
We are a little bit like dinosaurs, after all, we were very big in the past but then it comes a moment that we risk to extinguish.... :P
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Gargnano, Garda Lake, Italy.
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Just been to a country Market in small town in NSW called Jamberoo pop 912 in the only pub is a full of soccer memroblia including Villa acorns shirt will return and get photo
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Villa gnome belonging to a mate. He overlooks the vines of Montagny in southern Burgundy.
(https://image.ibb.co/mpZVdy/IMG_20180511_202810.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gSEkBJ)
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Villa gnome belonging to a mate. He overlooks the vines of Montagny in southern Burgundy.
(https://image.ibb.co/mpZVdy/IMG_20180511_202810.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gSEkBJ)
arhhh - that's made me gnome sick!
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been waiting a few years to say this but as it is feel good time why not.
i got married to a china girl a few years back in Shanghai - (Pat McMahon met her as well) and anyway in the official red photo for marriage book she adorned the 1996 AST away shirt. the white claret and blue one. It was one item i took to china on emigrating here. UTV in every sense.
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Photo or it didn't happen.
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Outside Graceland Memphis, USA
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(https://thumb.ibb.co/dW6hYy/IG_GRACELAND.jpg) (https://ibb.co/dW6hYy)
Thank you very much. :D
Outside Graceland Memphis, USA
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This is my Grandson Peter (17 months old). Today we have a day for ourselves out on a beautiful Autumn day in Christchurch.
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Cansiglio forest, Italy.
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Can’t see many trees in the forest archie
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been waiting a few years to say this but as it is feel good time why not.
i got married to a china girl a few years back in Shanghai - (Pat McMahon met her as well) and anyway in the official red photo for marriage book she adorned the 1996 AST away shirt. the white claret and blue one. It was one item i took to china on emigrating here. UTV in every sense.
That's great mate. I think I've got a photo of every girlfriend I've ever had decked out in Villa colours at some point. To be fair to them all, and now wife included, they've all become big fans of the Villa. Largely due to my fanaticism, but partly down to our beautiful colours!
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I bumped into a bloke wearing a pair of Villa shorts in Greenwich on Saturday morning while I was walking my dog (who was wearing his Villa collar and lead). We stopped and had a brief chat. He lives in the Isle of Dogs ( the Villa fan, not my hound), hardly the other side of the world but always nice to meet another Villan miles away from Villa Park. Wasn't anyone on here was it?
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I was at Norton Canes services on the M6 toll yesterday, and I parked up next to a car that had both an IOM number plate, and a Villa sticker in the back window. I had to check that it wasn't me, but then I remembered I don't drive a VW Golf.
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I bumped into a bloke wearing a pair of Villa shorts in Greenwich on Saturday morning while I was walking my dog (who was wearing his Villa collar and lead). We stopped and had a brief chat. He lives in the Isle of Dogs ( the Villa fan, not my hound), hardly the other side of the world but always nice to meet another Villan miles away from Villa Park. Wasn't anyone on here was it?
'Eastenders in the skoi!'
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I bumped into a bloke wearing a pair of Villa shorts in Greenwich on Saturday morning while I was walking my dog (who was wearing his Villa collar and lead). We stopped and had a brief chat. He lives in the Isle of Dogs ( the Villa fan, not my hound), hardly the other side of the world but always nice to meet another Villan miles away from Villa Park. Wasn't anyone on here was it?
wasnt sue’s fella was it- is he villa? I do miss the isle of dogs sometimes- the admiral Nelson.
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I bumped into a bloke wearing a pair of Villa shorts in Greenwich on Saturday morning while I was walking my dog (who was wearing his Villa collar and lead). We stopped and had a brief chat. He lives in the Isle of Dogs ( the Villa fan, not my hound), hardly the other side of the world but always nice to meet another Villan miles away from Villa Park. Wasn't anyone on here was it?
wasnt sue’s fella was it- is he villa? I do miss the isle of dogs sometimes- the admiral Nelson.
He's Ipswich mate. I went in the Nelson about 12 months ago with the kids and the dog. Gentrified now - the old Millwall fire station next door is a Turkish restaurant.
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Last weekend the Latin Lions gathered at a vineyard in the village of Cison di Valmarino in the province of Treviso. Stefano, the chairman (and Archie on H&V), is top left. In the centre at the back is Rob Bishop, co-author of "The Complete Record" and until last year the editor of the matchday programme.
(https://thumb.ibb.co/dbyByL/20181027-170314.jpg) (https://ibb.co/dbyByL)
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Who's the fella kneeling in the white shirt? I'd swear he used to sit in front of me in the UT.
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Chris Grey, chairman of the Shakespeare Lions
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From snippets of conversations, I'd always got the impression he had something to do with the Lions somewhere.
Cheers, frank.
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I bumped into a bloke wearing a pair of Villa shorts in Greenwich on Saturday morning while I was walking my dog (who was wearing his Villa collar and lead). We stopped and had a brief chat. He lives in the Isle of Dogs ( the Villa fan, not my hound), hardly the other side of the world but always nice to meet another Villan miles away from Villa Park. Wasn't anyone on here was it?
During the World Cup, we ended up watching the second half of the Sweden game in a pub in Liverpool. Near the end I noticed a guy sat in a pair of Villa shorts, so nipped over just to say it was good to see another Villa fan so far from home.
He seemed really pissed off I'd even spoken to him, and barely even mustered a reply!
Maybe they weren't his shorts.
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Chris Grey, chairman of the Shakespeare Lions
Shakespeare Lions you say?
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Chris Grey, chairman of the Shakespeare Lions
Shakespeare Lions you say?
That's right. They're based, as you might guess, in Stratford-upon-Avon
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Last weekend the Latin Lions gathered at a vineyard in the village of Cison di Valmarino in the province of Treviso. Stefano, the chairman (and Archie on H&V), is top left. In the centre at the back is Rob Bishop, co-author of "The Complete Record" and until last year the editor of the matchday programme.
(https://thumb.ibb.co/dbyByL/20181027-170314.jpg) (https://ibb.co/dbyByL)
Thank you for posting that photo, Frank. Great to see the Latin Lions looking well.
Fond memories of watching the Carling Cup final in 2010 with them at Archie's house in Padua. Despite the result!
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Chris Grey, chairman of the Shakespeare Lions
Shakespeare Lions you say?
That's right. They're based, as you might guess, in Stratford-upon-Avon
I was hoping that they were organizing some slightly more innovative chants.
Alas poor Yanick that was a shit cross.
We few we happy few we merry band of Villa.
Once more into the Holte dear friends once more.
The yam yams doth protest too much.
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Yorrick, Yannick - bravo!
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MacBruce, Act V, Scene V
He should have died hereafter.
There would have been a time for such a word.
There and thereabouts, and there and thereabouts
creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
the way to dusty death. Hoof, hoof, to Elmo!
Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor performance
that struts and frets its hour upon the pitch
That’s the Championship. It is a tale
told by a promotion specialist, full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing.
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Tuanzebe or not Tuanzebe, now that is a question.
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Last weekend the Latin Lions gathered at a vineyard in the village of Cison di Valmarino in the province of Treviso. Stefano, the chairman (and Archie on H&V), is top left. In the centre at the back is Rob Bishop, co-author of "The Complete Record" and until last year the editor of the matchday programme.
(https://thumb.ibb.co/dbyByL/20181027-170314.jpg) (https://ibb.co/dbyByL)
Thank you for posting that photo, Frank. Great to see the Latin Lions looking well.
Fond memories of watching the Carling Cup final in 2010 with them at Archie's house in Padua. Despite the result!
Hi Nik, in which part of the world are you now?
Japan, Malaysia or New Zealand?
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Many greetings from the Latin Lions meeting in the Marca Trevigiana to the best fans and posters (and Leicester) in the world.
(https://thumb.ibb.co/gSswL0/BC9-D2125-99-D4-476-B-A786-EDFB2-CC40-EF7.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gSswL0) (https://thumb.ibb.co/cBTstL/C3-BB1798-5314-459-D-AB4-C-F3-D56-FE64964.jpg) (https://ibb.co/cBTstL) (https://thumb.ibb.co/ifA5DL/CA3-BB4-D2-5-A7-C-4369-81-C6-AB51-ED5-BC03-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ifA5DL) (https://thumb.ibb.co/jqTgnf/59474-BF6-216-F-4586-B1-B1-FFF7643-D7-A97.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jqTgnf)
(https://thumb.ibb.co/eUtE7f/8-AC65-C1-A-5681-4-CE1-834-D-BEDEBD8-E08-E9.jpg) (https://ibb.co/eUtE7f)
A tribute for our legendary friend and guide, like Virgilio for Dante in the Divina Commedia.
(https://i.postimg.cc/t4LxrJJ6/DDF03542-A5-A9-46-EA-BDFD-B2065370-A89-D.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ifA5DL)
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Many greetings from the Latin Lions meeting in the Marca Trevigiana to the best fans and posters (and Leicester) in the world.
(https://thumb.ibb.co/gSswL0/BC9-D2125-99-D4-476-B-A786-EDFB2-CC40-EF7.jpg) (https://ibb.co/gSswL0) (https://thumb.ibb.co/cBTstL/C3-BB1798-5314-459-D-AB4-C-F3-D56-FE64964.jpg) (https://ibb.co/cBTstL) (https://thumb.ibb.co/ifA5DL/CA3-BB4-D2-5-A7-C-4369-81-C6-AB51-ED5-BC03-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ifA5DL) (https://thumb.ibb.co/jqTgnf/59474-BF6-216-F-4586-B1-B1-FFF7643-D7-A97.jpg) (https://ibb.co/jqTgnf)
A tribute for our legendary friend and guide, like Virgilio for Dante in the Divina Commedia.
(https://thumb.ibb.co/eUtE7f/8-AC65-C1-A-5681-4-CE1-834-D-BEDEBD8-E08-E9.jpg) (https://ibb.co/eUtE7f) (https://thumb.ibb.co/ifA5DL/CA3-BB4-D2-5-A7-C-4369-81-C6-AB51-ED5-BC03-B.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ifA5DL) (https://thumb.ibb.co/fuai00/6217-AAE3-6-D6-F-4412-91-C7-23035-AE64286.jpg) (https://ibb.co/fuai00)
You do realise people would kill for that incredibly rare H&V you have there?
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Unfortunately it’s only a copy of Frank’s limited (or unique) edition!
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They'd still kill you for it.
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(https://i.postimg.cc/pXc8Fqtq/9-D3693-CF-EB0-F-4634-A289-BFA193401297.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/MvRvk0HQ)
(https://i.postimg.cc/t4LxrJJ6/DDF03542-A5-A9-46-EA-BDFD-B2065370-A89-D.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/RWLhhMcC)
:P (https://postimages.org/it/)
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Now you've shown those photos you'll be looking over your shoulder for the rest of your life. Il omerta dell'archie
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Last weekend the Latin Lions gathered at a vineyard in the village of Cison di Valmarino in the province of Treviso. Stefano, the chairman (and Archie on H&V), is top left. In the centre at the back is Rob Bishop, co-author of "The Complete Record" and until last year the editor of the matchday programme.
(https://thumb.ibb.co/dbyByL/20181027-170314.jpg) (https://ibb.co/dbyByL)
Thank you for posting that photo, Frank. Great to see the Latin Lions looking well.
Fond memories of watching the Carling Cup final in 2010 with them at Archie's house in Padua. Despite the result!
Hi Nik, in which part of the world are you now?
Japan, Malaysia or New Zealand?
Hello mate, Japan for the past 5 years. Happily married and firmly under the thumb now. My wife has been fully converted to the Villa, and whether it's Tokyo, Padua or Villa Park, I look forward to our next reunion!!
I hope your family and friends are well, my friend. Up the Villa!
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Japan, I guessed! Good boy! Did I win anything? ;)
You must participate to the next meeting, then..... ;D
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Nice few posts there, I enjoyed reading them. Lovely photo's too. Thanks for posting Archie.
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A CB, a CB, my kingdom for a CB.
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‘Micah’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.’
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Ode to Taylor
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
No, for thou art fucking shite.
the end.
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And then the Latin Lions meeting finished in the Program.... :)
(https://i.postimg.cc/505Ldn10/DF76-F08-D-1-AD7-405-E-BAAE-D2147-F47-C878.png)
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And then the Latin Lions meeting finished in the Program.... :)
(https://i.postimg.cc/505Ldn10/DF76-F08-D-1-AD7-405-E-BAAE-D2147-F47-C878.png)
Nice photo mate!
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Japan, I guessed! Good boy! Did I win anything? ;)
You must participate to the next meeting, then..... ;D
You win a trip to a restaurant where you can eat sushi off a woman's body!
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I bumped into this hen do at Standon Calling while dressed as a wasp. Bride was unhappily dressed in a blues shirt.
(https://i.ibb.co/svNkkLQ/D2-B5-C0-A5-170-D-491-F-9-A9-F-328389-F2-A253.jpg) (https://ibb.co/svNkkLQ)
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The Ghana Lions. The flag and some of their shirts donated by one of our German fans
(https://i.ibb.co/MkJ3hp9/Ghana-Lions1.jpg)
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Thread resurrection!
Seen loads of Villa shirts in Cornwall the past few days, this morning a child riding stoker on a tandem with his Dad the pilot along the A394 near Rosudgeon.
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Came across this article from earlier in the year. Might be of interest if anyone's over in Dublin for a weekend when 'normal' returns.
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/english-soccer/aston-villa-s-irish-brigade-tangled-up-in-claret-and-blue-1.4187772
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Irish Lions are ace, as are the Latin Lions, I have been lucky family with the Irish Lions and spending time in Italy, to meet and talk with some of them.
UTV
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No idea why, but a sanitation station outside Villa Park appears on the opening credits of the latest episode of the brilliant ‘Staged’
(https://i.ibb.co/82X4n5J/F3-C4-FACE-545-B-4518-8951-23476220-D7-D0.jpg) (https://ibb.co/82X4n5J)
(https://i.ibb.co/pvmyD1R/F3-EE477-D-404-F-4-B66-8326-C5-E41-C4-D93-CB.jpg) (https://ibb.co/pvmyD1R)
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It's not a Bloser trolling us is it (disinfect yourself of the vile etc.)?
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Maxi from the Latin Lions explains why he supports Villa:
https://breakthroughfootball.weebly.com/european-villans-what-is-it-like-supporting-a-club-from-afar.html?fbclid=IwAR2xE7I_2-44Z7XZI4IgdpJ2C42RUD7pAnBtiTHyt_pSQcYRUWu1Na0RWRQ
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Not exactly the colours, but some random searching on OpenStreetMap found 2 streets in the USA called 'Aston Villa'
First in Rochester, NY: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/145640668
... and a second somewhere near Baltimore: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/142741761
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Always great to see Ghana Lions doing their bit.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1420324620431990785
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Brilliant
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Imagine if we bought a Ghanaian.
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Last year's shirt in Auchan Perpignan.
(https://i.ibb.co/WcJdrLX/btf.jpg)
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Maxi from the Latin Lions explains why he supports Villa:
https://breakthroughfootball.weebly.com/european-villans-what-is-it-like-supporting-a-club-from-afar.html?fbclid=IwAR2xE7I_2-44Z7XZI4IgdpJ2C42RUD7pAnBtiTHyt_pSQcYRUWu1Na0RWRQ
Great to read about Maxi and Kielstra
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My son reads a subReddit r/UrbanHell and he noticed something familiar in a photo of LUNÍK IX, Košice, Slovakia. The biggest slum in European Union apparently…
(https://i.ibb.co/WDKBxwK/98-D4617-E-43-FD-4-B9-F-87-D1-BFAFB77-E783-E.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WDKBxwK)
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My son reads a subReddit r/UrbanHell and he noticed something familiar in a photo of LUNÍK IX, Košice, Slovakia. The biggest slum in European Union apparently…
(https://i.ibb.co/WDKBxwK/98-D4617-E-43-FD-4-B9-F-87-D1-BFAFB77-E783-E.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WDKBxwK)
I thought that was Erdington :)
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Moved to South Devon in January 2021 and had a procession of builders and tradesmen in the house and garden since August.
Electrician - Villa fan.
3 different labourers - Villa fans
Glaziers - Villa fan (even had an AV reg on their van)
Pet Shop owner - Villa fan
Low points - metal fabricator was a Baggie and saw a small child in a Blues top a few weeks ago, reported to social services.
Quite honestly we're fucking massive.
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Where in South Devon Jon?
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My son reads a subReddit r/UrbanHell and he noticed something familiar in a photo of LUNÍK IX, Košice, Slovakia. The biggest slum in European Union apparently…
(https://i.ibb.co/WDKBxwK/98-D4617-E-43-FD-4-B9-F-87-D1-BFAFB77-E783-E.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WDKBxwK)
Northfield
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Where in South Devon Jon?
Holcombe Down.
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Lovely area and yes plenty of Villa fans..
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I've spoken to a friend tonight who has just come back from a holiday in Dubai where he encountered a waiter in his hotel who was from Kazahstan. The waiter was interested in Football and wanted to know which teams the British party he was serving followed. Before answering they asked who he supported. The Kazakh guy replied 'Aston Villa'. Our reach appears to be increasing.
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I've spoken to a friend tonight who has just come back from a holiday in Dubai where he encountered a waiter in his hotel who was from Kazahstan. The waiter was interested in Football and wanted to know which teams the British party he was serving followed. Before answering they asked who he supported. The Kazakh guy replied 'Aston Villa'. Our reach appears to be increasing.
OTOH you could see why we'd appeal to a supporter of Astana FC if he were looking for an English team to follow.
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It's far from impossible that that's the reason.
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(https://i.ibb.co/ypH5x8t/IMG-20220412-WA0023.jpg) (https://ibb.co/ypH5x8t)
In Lucca at Easter. Two out of four isn't bad.
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Met a fellow Villa family in Hourtin Plage in France a couple of weeks ago...
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Saw a bloke in a Villa t shirt at baggage claim in Palma airport on Saturday night/Sunday morning. I offered an "up the Villa" but he seemed preoccupied. No problem, it had been a stressful task getting through passport control.
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I just saw a Villa flag by the roadside at the Tour de France in Denmark.
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I just saw a Villa flag by the roadside at the Tour de France in Denmark.
Probably 'Villa in Denmark' from this parish.
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Maybe not, look out for another Villa flag later though.
In the town square sampling an IPA from our new micro brewery waiting for the Tour de France to come past.
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I just saw a Villa flag by the roadside at the Tour de France in Denmark.
I saw that too around 95 miles to go, awesome :)
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2 lads in Villa tops before the U19 Euro final last night.
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Not sure if this is the rigth place to post, but here goes:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1547098671388495875
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Not sure if this is the rigth place to post, but here goes:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1547098671388495875
Maybe the Celebrity fan thread if they make it big. :) Decent tune, thanks for sharing.
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Not sure if this is the rigth place to post, but here goes:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1547098671388495875
Maybe the Celebrity fan thread if they make it big. :) Decent tune, thanks for sharing.
Another one who wants to sound, dress and dance exactly like Liam Gallagher.
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Not sure if this is the rigth place to post, but here goes:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1547098671388495875
I like it.
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Not sure if this is the rigth place to post, but here goes:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1547098671388495875
Maybe the Celebrity fan thread if they make it big. :) Decent tune, thanks for sharing.
Another one who wants to sound, dress and dance exactly like Liam Gallagher.
And dance around like an ape. Nothing wrong with the song but it is a tired genre now.
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(https://i.ibb.co/TP4NHF3/IMG-20221225-124910-edit-1437293863362453.jpg)
If you look closely you can see the badge and name on my head. Taken on 25/12/2022 at the summit of Alto de Guajara (2718m) in Tenerife, opposite Pico del Teide (3715m), which is the highest point in Spain.
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(https://i.ibb.co/RgfCY9G/IMG-20221229-112905-edit-1667557166857005.jpg)
On the flank of Chinyero volcano in North Tenerife, about 1430m above sea-level. UTV!
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Cool, are you also going to see the massive cliffs?
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Los Gigantes? Would have been nice. We wanted to do the nearby Masca Gorge hike but there were no slots available. Next time...
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Not sure if this is the rigth place to post, but here goes:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1547098671388495875
Maybe the Celebrity fan thread if they make it big. :) Decent tune, thanks for sharing.
Another one who wants to sound, dress and dance exactly like Liam Gallagher.
… and a Baggie to boot.
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A mate living in Albany, Oz sent these photos last night from this pub:
https://theearl.net.au/
(https://i.ibb.co/QjD8kpp/1672370577519.jpg) (https://ibb.co/QjD8kpp)
(https://i.ibb.co/PQnBfz9/1672370550870.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PQnBfz9)
(https://i.ibb.co/7YnxbvC/1672370547280.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7YnxbvC)
(https://i.ibb.co/FDXvnd1/1672370542384.jpg) (https://ibb.co/FDXvnd1)
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Not the most cosmopolitan entry, and no pics as that would be a bit noncey, but judging by the gear worn by the kids at the two teams my son goes training at, Chelmsley Wood is now a Villa stronghold.
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I met a Bari fan last night. He wasn't arsed about Platt, but thought the world of Sid.
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Go on...
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I've gone on. That's the story.
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A few years back I climbed Carrauntoohil alongside a Villa fan and his family from Texas. The journey up and down was made all the more pleasant by swapping Villa stories. We’re everywhere!
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I am living on a little Greek Island since 2004. There was only one other Villa fan, sadly, he passed away last year.
Hence, I am now on H&V for the Villa banter.
RIP Andy.
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A few years back I climbed Carrauntoohil alongside a Villa fan and his family from Texas. The journey up and down was made all the more pleasant by swapping Villa stories. We’re everywhere!
There’s an Austin Villa supporter’s club in Texas mainly consisting of locals.
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I've gone on. That's the story.
Shame.
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Thread resurrection.
Today I drove past Dawlish United’s ground, there was Saturday training going on for the kids, 3 of the 4 adult coaches were wearing Villa tops.
We are massive.
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I am living on a little Greek Island since 2004. There was only one other Villa fan, sadly, he passed away last year.
Hence, I am now on H&V for the Villa banter.
RIP Andy.
I was the only one on Kos when I was living there from 2003-2004.
Apart from all the students I converted to the Villa cause that is!
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Does Scotland count? In the queue for coffee at the Landmark Centre nr Aviemore and encountered a family of Villans (cazoo top). Opening gambit - as always with me - is to sing "Every week we follow..." and see if they join in.
The Dad did, kids looked extremely embarrassed, as well they might.
Then from the kitchen behind the serveover came a strongly Scots accented "We've got McGinn".
Magic 👍
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Ha, class. The kids couldn't have resisted that one, surely. A bit of Sco'ish authority for ye wee laddies...
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Och aye! We saw each other a few times through the day thereafter.
Highlight was receiving a "Yippee Aye Ay" 😀
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Then from the kitchen behind the serveover came a strongly Scots accented "We've got McGinn".
Magic 👍
Nice one, Rodders.
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I recently travelled on holiday to Northern California and went to visit a friend who I converted to a Villa fan in 96' when living up on the Mendocino Coast. He lives in a tiny village called Comptche in the middle of nowhere about 45 mins inland from the coast. It had been about 10 years since I last visited and was trying to remember exactly which driveway was his when I looked up to see a huge Villa logo on the side of his garage at the entrance to his driveway. He still follows the Villa fanatically and was fully up to speed with all things pre-season, signings and even the inner workings of our youth team. He came to the door wearing a Paul MacGath t-shirt and we spent hours talking Villa sat in the Californian sun under the Redwoods trees that grow in his garden.
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I recently travelled on holiday to Northern California and went to visit a friend who I converted to a Villa fan in 96' when living up on the Mendocino Coast. He lives in a tiny village called Comptche in the middle of nowhere about 45 mins inland from the coast. It had been about 10 years since I last visited and was trying to remember exactly which driveway was his when I looked up to see a huge Villa logo on the side of his garage at the entrance to his driveway. He still follows the Villa fanatically and was fully up to speed with all things pre-season, signings and even the inner workings of our youth team. He came to the door wearing a Paul MacGath t-shirt and we spent hours talking Villa sat in the Californian sun under the Redwoods trees that grow in his garden.
Love it.
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I recently travelled on holiday to Northern California and went to visit a friend who I converted to a Villa fan in 96' when living up on the Mendocino Coast. He lives in a tiny village called Comptche in the middle of nowhere about 45 mins inland from the coast. It had been about 10 years since I last visited and was trying to remember exactly which driveway was his when I looked up to see a huge Villa logo on the side of his garage at the entrance to his driveway. He still follows the Villa fanatically and was fully up to speed with all things pre-season, signings and even the inner workings of our youth team. He came to the door wearing a Paul MacGath t-shirt and we spent hours talking Villa sat in the Californian sun under the Redwoods trees that grow in his garden.
This is like a classic short story; you could call it "A Good Villa Man is Hard to Find". Lovely!
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Also went to the bar in Monterey owned by a Villa fan. Lots of Villa shirts on display.
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Great stuff DV
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Positively Steinbeckian. Love it.
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There is - was - not sure - a sports bar/cafe in Santo Tomas in Menorca. As youngsters we loved the resort so much we went three years in a row 2002-04. Anyway this was a regular haunt for us all three years. They used to have football shirts round the tops of the walls that were donated by various visitors/patrons and there was a Villa LDV vans stripey top up there already. I donated one of my AST 96 shirts that first year and to my utter delight it was still up on the walls the next two years we went back. On the topic of Menorca there was a Villa owned cafe in either Mahon or Citudella - I can't remember which .
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Does Scotland count? In the queue for coffee at the Landmark Centre nr Aviemore and encountered a family of Villans (cazoo top). Opening gambit - as always with me - is to sing "Every week we follow..." and see if they join in.
The Dad did, kids looked extremely embarrassed, as well they might.
Then from the kitchen behind the serveover came a strongly Scots accented "We've got McGinn".
Magic 👍
Brilliant. I do quite a bit of work in south Derby and see loads to villa tops around, the most my UTV’s get is the occasional smile, don’t think I’d I have the courage for a full on “every week we follow”!
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Literally just bumped into a Villa fan in my town centre, a guy from Telford... bloody shires wink wink.
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Does Scotland count? In the queue for coffee at the Landmark Centre nr Aviemore and encountered a family of Villans (cazoo top). Opening gambit - as always with me - is to sing "Every week we follow..." and see if they join in.
The Dad did, kids looked extremely embarrassed, as well they might.
Then from the kitchen behind the serveover came a strongly Scots accented "We've got McGinn".
Magic 👍
Brilliant. I do quite a bit of work in south Derby and see loads to villa tops around, the most my UTV’s get is the occasional smile, don’t think I’d I have the courage for a full on “every week we follow”!
I start ever so gently and with raised eyebrows, like a chorister about to start singing the descant in Once In Royal David's City, then ramp up the volume when they join in. If they don't I just keep going and force them to out of sheer embarrassment (for me, obvs). By the time we get to the "Allez Allez" everyone's smiling.*
* Except for the genuinely miserable sods who don't. Few and far between though.
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Fair play Rodders, not sure how I would react to that! Sometimes UTV doesn't even get a response.
This was a few months back, day before the Arsenal game but a lad came over to me specifically to talk about Villa while I was stood outside the office in my Villa hat. Not many of us about in Leeds.
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Does Scotland count? In the queue for coffee at the Landmark Centre nr Aviemore and encountered a family of Villans (cazoo top). Opening gambit - as always with me - is to sing "Every week we follow..." and see if they join in.
The Dad did, kids looked extremely embarrassed, as well they might.
Then from the kitchen behind the serveover came a strongly Scots accented "We've got McGinn".
Magic 👍
Brilliant. I do quite a bit of work in south Derby and see loads to villa tops around, the most my UTV’s get is the occasional smile, don’t think I’d I have the courage for a full on “every week we follow”!
I start ever so gently and with raised eyebrows, like a chorister about to start singing the descant in Once In Royal David's City, then ramp up the volume when they join in. If they don't I just keep going and force them to out of sheer embarrassment (for me, obvs). By the time we get to the "Allez Allez" everyone's smiling.*
* Except for the genuinely miserable sods who don't. Few and far between though.
Ha ha, brilliant stuff. Keep up the good work!
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It's only a short step from there to My Old Man, which you can threateningly leave lingering in the air like a three day loaf after too many trips to the carvery. No-one wants to get to the second line of that outside the stadium, do they?
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It's only a short step from there to My Old Man, which you can threateningly leave lingering in the air like a three day loaf after too many trips to the carvery. No-one wants to get to the second line of that outside the stadium, do they?
I had it in my wedding vows.
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It's only a short step from there to My Old Man, which you can threateningly leave lingering in the air like a three day loaf after too many trips to the carvery. No-one wants to get to the second line of that outside the stadium, do they?
I had it in my wedding vows.
Vicar: "Paddy, I want you to say after me, "I said bollocks.""
Paddy: "I said bollocks"
Vicar: "Mrs Paddy, now say after me, "You're a c*nt.""
Mrs Paddy (turns to face Paddy): "You're a c*nt."
Exactly how it happened.
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It's only a short step from there to My Old Man, which you can threateningly leave lingering in the air like a three day loaf after too many trips to the carvery. No-one wants to get to the second line of that outside the stadium, do they?
I had it in my wedding vows.
Vicar: "Paddy, I want you to say after me, "I said bollocks.""
Paddy: "I said bollocks"
Vicar: "Mrs Paddy, now say after me, "You're a c*nt.""
Mrs Paddy (turns to face Paddy): "You're a c*nt."
Exactly how it happened.
This made me laugh…..a lot.
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I'm glad.
The credit must go to the comedic titan that is Paddy.
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Does Scotland count? In the queue for coffee at the Landmark Centre nr Aviemore and encountered a family of Villans (cazoo top). Opening gambit - as always with me - is to sing "Every week we follow..." and see if they join in.
The Dad did, kids looked extremely embarrassed, as well they might.
Then from the kitchen behind the serveover came a strongly Scots accented "We've got McGinn".
Magic 👍
Brilliant. I do quite a bit of work in south Derby and see loads to villa tops around, the most my UTV’s get is the occasional smile, don’t think I’d I have the courage for a full on “every week we follow”!
I start ever so gently and with raised eyebrows, like a chorister about to start singing the descant in Once In Royal David's City, then ramp up the volume when they join in. If they don't I just keep going and force them to out of sheer embarrassment (for me, obvs). By the time we get to the "Allez Allez" everyone's smiling.*
* Except for the genuinely miserable sods who don't. Few and far between though.
I'd leave you hanging like a plucked pheasant. No way I'm joining in a chant outside the stadium or a packed pub. You'll get a nod and a mumbled UTV from me and that's yer lot.
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Entirely fair Chris. But you haven't experienced my choirboy chops. You wouldn't be able to help yourself.
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Mentions of ATV on other threads. ^^
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Mentions of ATV on other threads. ^^
So Lee Hendrie WAS a Villa fan after all!
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Mentions of ATV on other threads. ^^
So Lee Hendrie WAS a Villa fan after all!
Not really related as it's all in jest, but I happened to be sat in the same train carriage as Lee about a year or so ago (until I was asked to leave).
He had a Villa pen & pad combo, which looked pretty worn, and a classic claret & blue striped scarf in his pocket.
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Duh, duh, duuuuuuh (opening bar to the John Nettle's TV series....)
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The Latin Lions recently organised a reunion for Italian and English Villa fans at, appropriately, the villa of one of their members not far from Padua
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The Latin Lions recently organised a reunion for Italian and English Villa fans at, appropriately, the villa of one of their members not far from Padua
Told you the Aston Villa support live in Stratford upon Avon
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I spy Frank.
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S06 E05 of The Crown. 'Willsmania'.
William's room at Eton.
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Eastern Pyrenees.
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Only Cardiff, but in one of his cuter moments!
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An Irish bar in Plovdiv (I didn’t bring it).
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Spotted in a beer garden of a Black Country pub.
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An Irish bar in Plovdiv (I didn’t bring it).
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I am surprised there’s an Irish bar in Plovdiv as I only know of one in Sofia
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An Irish bar in Plovdiv (I didn’t bring it).
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I am surprised there’s an Irish bar in Plovdiv as I only know of one in Sofia
There are at least three that I know of!
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Koh Rong Sanloem, Cambodia.
Had to be done.
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Aww, I like Plovdiv even more now, nice city.
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Koh Rong Sanloem, Cambodia.
Had to be done.
One of my daughters is out there atm. She is having a ball. She might have a Villa shirt on as well. Cazoo vintage
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Aww, I like Plovdiv even more now, nice city.
Lad next door to me was born there.
Nicest chap you could meet.
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An Irish bar in Plovdiv (I didn’t bring it).
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Westmeath GAA jersey there? Nice.
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Koh Rong Sanloem, Cambodia.
Had to be done.
Superb. Enjoy.
One of my daughters is out there atm. She is having a ball. She might have a Villa shirt on as well. Cazoo vintage
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Koh Rong Sanloem, Cambodia.
Had to be done.
Superb. Enjoy.
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An Irish bar in Plovdiv (I didn’t bring it).
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Westmeath GAA jersey there? Nice.
Yes, but it's not the Westmeath county jersey (or Galway or Worcester). It's from the Delvin GAA club in Westemeath.
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Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness, Highlands, Scotland.