Recently a young Villa fan was killed in Birmingham. His friends are trying to get a lifelong dream of his “A minutes silence at Villa Park when my time is up” to become a reality. Could you all please post the following so that Twitter followers can make this thing happen. All his friends are asking is that at 9pm on the 22nd of December people tweet #minutesilenceforJody in some way. We as supporters are a team and it would be fantastic to think that we could make this happen for this young Villa fan. UTV and thank you.
Very very sad news however no. There are about 300000 people in this city who are Villa "fans" as in they dont all go to matches but like the club and possibly another 100000 round the world I suggest we don't open up the minute's silence based on popular demand.
It's a tragedy and I feel for his family but a Facebook campaign? It smacks of emotional blackmail and I can see the inevitable "Heartless club snubs fan" story unfolding.
It's a terrible tragedy and condolences to family and friends but a 'lifelong dream for a minutes silence' comes across as emotional blackmail. There would be a minutes silence before every single football match if clubs started doing it each time a supporter dies.