Quote from: Dr Butler on November 21, 2014, 03:06:40 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on November 21, 2014, 01:44:52 PMIs there any point in saying that this 140th anniversary is a marketing fabrication with no basis in fact? taken from Wiki who claim it is March: Aston Villa Football Club were formed in March 1874, by four members of the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel (known as early as 1867 as Aston Villa Wesleyan Chapel)[1] in Handsworth. The four founders were Jack Hughes, Frederick Matthews, Walter Price and William ScattergoodUTVThe DocThe date is side issue. Certainly an emotional watch for me patricularly remembering friends no longer here who shared some if those times with me.It shows what the club was capable of and maybe ,just maybe, might achive again.It very likely wasn't then either.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on November 21, 2014, 01:44:52 PMIs there any point in saying that this 140th anniversary is a marketing fabrication with no basis in fact? taken from Wiki who claim it is March: Aston Villa Football Club were formed in March 1874, by four members of the Villa Cross Wesleyan Chapel (known as early as 1867 as Aston Villa Wesleyan Chapel)[1] in Handsworth. The four founders were Jack Hughes, Frederick Matthews, Walter Price and William ScattergoodUTVThe Doc
Is there any point in saying that this 140th anniversary is a marketing fabrication with no basis in fact?
And the winner of the best post for 2014 ...
Quote from: dave.woodhall on November 21, 2014, 01:44:52 PMIs there any point in saying that this 140th anniversary is a marketing fabrication with no basis in fact?*Spoiler Alert*It's a pretty safe bet that Jesus wasn't born on December 25th but we still celebrate Christmas, don't we? Dave, you do celebrate Christmas, right?
It's a pretty safe bet that Jesus wasn't born on December 25th but we still celebrate Christmas, don't we?
It really is mystifying that the same people can put together something as classy as this, then be so totally and regularly wrong-footed by the local media.
John Lerwill • an hour agoThis is NOT the club's birthday. It MIGHT have been the day of the first match, but the founding of the club was probably in October.
Emotional, it bought back some memories of loved ones no longer with us.UTV