I've Got A Mate...

[stubbsyandy]

Monet? Eh? That should be moment.

Thats just the impression you gave..

[OzVilla]

Our highly rated CEO just left them to join us.

[dave.woodhall]

Record FA Cup wins by a single manager - George Ramsay with 6. Wenger 2nd with 5.

How many more times? George Ramsay was never manager.

Do you mean secretary. Aware me.

He was only ever secretary; this idea that he was manager is a new internet invention. Villa's first manager was James McMullan in May 1934.

[Smirker]

He was only ever secretary; this idea that he was manager is a new internet invention. Villa's first manager was James McMullan in May 1934.

Apologies & cheers. Didn't know this.

[Dr Butler]

Record FA Cup wins by a single manager - George Ramsay with 6. Wenger 2nd with 5.

How many more times? George Ramsay was never manager.

Do you mean secretary. Aware me.

He was only ever secretary; this idea that he was manager is a new internet invention. Villa's first manager was James McMullan in May 1934.

 I remember reading somewhere that a committee picked the playing side ? or have I just made that up ?

UTV
The Doc

[dave.woodhall]

Record FA Cup wins by a single manager - George Ramsay with 6. Wenger 2nd with 5.

How many more times? George Ramsay was never manager.

Do you mean secretary. Aware me.

He was only ever secretary; this idea that he was manager is a new internet invention. Villa's first manager was James McMullan in May 1934.

 I remember reading somewhere that a committee picked the playing side ? or have I just made that up ?

UTV
The Doc

The board and captain picked the team, the trainer and players decided what rudimentary tactics there were and Ramsay signed the players. The closest we had to a manager was trainer Joe Grierson, who was at Villa for 22 years during which time we won six titles and four FA Cups. There's not much know about him but I would love to find out more.

[Ron Manager]

Is there anything in Archie Hunter's book Dave? 

[dave.woodhall]

Is there anything in Archie Hunter's book Dave? 

Probably, but if you can decipher it feel free.

[Percy McCarthy]

Is there anything in Archie Hunter's book Dave? 

Probably, but if you can decipher it feel free.

I'm sure I've seen some old stuff wherein his title was given as Secretary/Manager.

[dave.woodhall]

Is there anything in Archie Hunter's book Dave? 

Probably, but if you can decipher it feel free.

I'm sure I've seen some old stuff wherein his title was given as Secretary/Manager.

Nothing I've ever seen and none of the historians/authors ever refer to him as such. In fact, when Billy Smith as appointed as his successor the club did advertise for a secretary/manager but Smith's eventual title was secretary. 

[Pat McMahon]

Villa had won both the League and the Cup 6 times before Arsenal won them for the first time.

Villa won the double 78 years before Arsenal.

That first stat depresses me. Despite our head start they lie ahead of us in both league and cup. Likewise Liverpool - I think they have also won the FA Cup 7 times, and their first was in 1965, 8 years after our last. In fact, our record in League and Cup for the last 100 years is atrocious.

Back on topic, Arsenal have never won the European Cup or Super Cup, and our club name has never been prefaced by Boring Boring....

We are called Aston Villa for a reason - we play in Aston. They are also called Arsenal for a reason - because they were ashamed of their roots and dropped the name Woolwich when they not only moved away from the area, they actually crossed the river. 12.9 miles according to the AA. That is further than Villa Park to the Bescot Stadium (10.4 miles). Or half the distance of the English Channel.

I need a drink now...

[ExclDawg]

Aston Villa is the combination of two words, Aston, meaning the area of Aston of Birmingham ... and Villa, meaning a large luxurious residence.

Arsenal can also be the combination of two words: arse and anal.

[Risso]

The board and captain picked the team, the trainer and players decided what rudimentary tactics there were and Ramsay signed the players. 

To be fair to Smirker, that doesn't sound completely unlike the O'Neill years!

[Exeter 77]

Isn't it rumoured that Arsenal got their kit from us, I mean the way that the arms are a different colour to the main top for colour?

I think when Herbert Chapman changed Arsenal's kit in the late 1920s he got shirts from Nottingham Forest.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Isn't it rumoured that Arsenal got their kit from us, I mean the way that the arms are a different colour to the main top for colour?

I think when Herbert Chapman changed Arsenal's kit in the late 1920s he got shirts from Nottingham Forest.

Did Forest know about it?
Or did he just nip in the laundry and nick 'em?