spreading the Villa message around the world

[Chico Hamilton III]

It was a long time ago when I was there- fascinating place. Met some great people. Glad to get home at the end though. I can't imagine what it would've been like trying to 'take' it back off the Argentinians though. They probably thought once they had invaded, it was theirs for keeps. Would've been a logistical nightmare for the British forces, given the distance and the terrain and weather conditions there. Always wondered why all the effort went into it, until I learned of the potentially huge oil reserves in the region...

There was a load of Stourbridge Villa fans - you know a few of them, Robbo - that got work pipe-fitting on the Ascension Islands several years ago. They lasted a couple of weeks before they all got deported for "high jinx" and general playing up ( think Bez and Shaun Ryder in Barbados, recording Yes Please) - they were flown home in a military plane and while they were on the tarmac waiting to come home a local copper thanked them for all the overtime they had provided him with. 

[Pat McMahon]

It was a long time ago when I was there- fascinating place. Met some great people. Glad to get home at the end though. I can't imagine what it would've been like trying to 'take' it back off the Argentinians though. They probably thought once they had invaded, it was theirs for keeps. Would've been a logistical nightmare for the British forces, given the distance and the terrain and weather conditions there. Always wondered why all the effort went into it, until I learned of the potentially huge oil reserves in the region...

There was a load of Stourbridge Villa fans - you know a few of them, Robbo - that got work pipe-fitting on the Ascension Islands several years ago. They lasted a couple of weeks before they all got deported for "high jinx" and general playing up ( think Bez and Shaun Ryder in Barbados, recording Yes Please) - they were flown home in a military plane and while they were on the tarmac waiting to come home a local copper thanked them for all the overtime they had provided him with. 

Was Mr L among them?

[Chico Hamilton III]

It was a long time ago when I was there- fascinating place. Met some great people. Glad to get home at the end though. I can't imagine what it would've been like trying to 'take' it back off the Argentinians though. They probably thought once they had invaded, it was theirs for keeps. Would've been a logistical nightmare for the British forces, given the distance and the terrain and weather conditions there. Always wondered why all the effort went into it, until I learned of the potentially huge oil reserves in the region...

There was a load of Stourbridge Villa fans - you know a few of them, Robbo - that got work pipe-fitting on the Ascension Islands several years ago. They lasted a couple of weeks before they all got deported for "high jinx" and general playing up ( think Bez and Shaun Ryder in Barbados, recording Yes Please) - they were flown home in a military plane and while they were on the tarmac waiting to come home a local copper thanked them for all the overtime they had provided him with. 

Was Mr L among them?

Of course. He's coming to Reading and Brighton with us

[Pat McMahon]

It was a long time ago when I was there- fascinating place. Met some great people. Glad to get home at the end though. I can't imagine what it would've been like trying to 'take' it back off the Argentinians though. They probably thought once they had invaded, it was theirs for keeps. Would've been a logistical nightmare for the British forces, given the distance and the terrain and weather conditions there. Always wondered why all the effort went into it, until I learned of the potentially huge oil reserves in the region...

There was a load of Stourbridge Villa fans - you know a few of them, Robbo - that got work pipe-fitting on the Ascension Islands several years ago. They lasted a couple of weeks before they all got deported for "high jinx" and general playing up ( think Bez and Shaun Ryder in Barbados, recording Yes Please) - they were flown home in a military plane and while they were on the tarmac waiting to come home a local copper thanked them for all the overtime they had provided him with. 

Was Mr L among them?

Of course. He's coming to Reading and Brighton with us

Pass on my respects. I shall be at an official function in China with Dr Tony for Reading.

[brian green]

Yes he did DCP.  He carried a fridge freezer on his back.  ITV said he had to look as though it had almost killed him so he sent a private video link to his mother saying it was really easy peasey and he was fine.  Knowing him he probably ended the Yomp swimming in the South Atlantic with the Elephant Seals.

[dcdavecollett]

I would have thought winning an election war after sinking the Belgrano was a possible factor, too.

[Chris Jameson]

Listening to The Goats on the walk to work this morning reminded me that I gave four of the band (Maxx, Sean, Swayzak and Mark, this will only mean anything to paulie) old Villa shirts which they then all wore at a gig in their home city of Philadelphia. Maxx knew of Villa as his cousin played in an indoor match at the NIA against Villa, I found out we had signed Milosevic through Maxx as he had seen it on a news channel when we were somewhere in Germany!

[willenhall villa]

Me and the mrs went to Berlin last weekend. Had a lovely but cold run round the city on Saturday morning in my Villa top.
Met a couple of villa lads from Dudley on the evening watching the game in a Irish pub.