India

[brian green]

Agree cig.  Screw the Northern Powerhouse.  Hello Asia.  Besides the Bears will love us even more if a few of our incomers also play the summer game.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

It's all about shirt sales really. We don't expect many Indian lads turning up here very soon. We may run a nursery club out there to maximise retail activity.

Doubt it. How many genuine shirt sales will you see in India? never mind that there is very little in terms of football shirts across the board but given the price the cheap knock-off alternatives will always appeal. This is just a link-up to try and tap into a market with potential 500m or so potential players coming through. I actually mentioned this to the General back in around 2006 that the sub-continent should be tapped into given the amount of people there and the lack of any English football club's footprint.

I gave away a few old Villa shirts to Sherpas in Nepal about ten years ago; I'd like to think that I was the driving force behind this foray into the sub continent.
I'm probably responsible for the boost in sales for Muller yoghurt in Kathmandu too.

[Dave Javu]

My mum told me about this. I said "If this comes off I'll eat 'my hat,  Ma' “

[LeeS]

I didn't believe this story when I read it. I thought it was Uttar rubbish

[Percy McCarthy]

My mum told me about this. I said "If this comes off I'll eat 'my hat,  Ma' “

Quality.

[brian green]

I tried to buy a new motor once in India.  I told them I wanted a shiny biege one but they showed me a tan dull car.

[Dave Javu]

If this catches on, in a few years we could have fixtures of New Delhi Villa v Buenos Aires Villa.

I reckon there'd be some right Argie Bhaji in that one.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

You can almost hear the kids out in India "Mum, buy me a Villa shirt".

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Incidentally, and nothing to do with this thread - do people still order curries 'on the bone'?
Always used to make me laugh.

[peter w]

You can almost hear the kids out in India "Mum, buy me a Villa shirt".

Ha ha ha. Very good (just in case).

[peter w]

Incidentally, and nothing to do with this thread - do people still order curries 'on the bone'?
Always used to make me laugh.

What? You mean like at 8 in the morning?


(Yes, I know)

[DB]

Well good luck I say if the club are going to tikka chance at the Indian market.

[cdbearsfan]

You can almost hear the kids out in India "Mum, buy me a Villa shirt".

Took me a while. Doesn't work as well using Brummie pronunciation.

[stuart r]

Incidentally, and nothing to do with this thread - do people still order curries 'on the bone'?
Always used to make me laugh.

1979, Dilshad, Sutton Coldfield, my first restaurant curry. My Dad orders chicken biryanis for me and my brothers and chicken dansak for him and Mom and then says loudly in his embarrassing Dad way "breast off the bone". Barking it across the whole restaurant... And he still says it now... and me and my brothers still cringe now.