Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Toronto Villa on May 13, 2024, 06:00:46 PM
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Congratulations to the outstanding staff of Aston Villa. The team headed by Karl Prescott have been awarded Grounds Team of the Season by the Premier League.
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"You'll never sing that. You'll never sing thaaaaat. Premier League Grounds Team of the Season, you'll never..."
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That's fantastic - well deserved!
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Considering VP used to have an abysmal pitch up until fairly recent times it's a fair old achievement.
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Doug's green-sand in the early 90's seems a far cry from the manicured turf our players take for granted today.
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Considering VP used to have an abysmal pitch up until fairly recent times it's a fair old achievement.
And didn’t we also win something like this in the past and we lost our Head groundsman to PSG (I think)
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Maybe some deal could be done in exchange for Mbappe?
'Tis a lovely pitch. Well done team. Like I've said elsewhere I'll take winning anything.
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Mbappe is a walking ego and his mom is his manager.
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Mbappe is a walking ego and his mom is his manager.
That’s a pretty shit mom joke.
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Considering VP used to have an abysmal pitch up until fairly recent times it's a fair old achievement.
And didn’t we also win something like this in the past and we lost our Head groundsman to PSG (I think)
That’s right.
I think the Head Groundsman now was the other guys number two, so he’s carrying on where the other guy left
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Percy Thrower, he's one of our own...
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Considering VP used to have an abysmal pitch up until fairly recent times it's a fair old achievement.
it was a fucking billiard table compared to some of them.
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This must be a hard thing to judge as all pitches look like bloody bowling greens these days.
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Do you remember that Chelsea v Charlton game about 20 years ago, when the Chelsea pitch was basically one big sand pit.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/2720609.stm
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Commented last night that as the players were on parade that Torres made a beeline for the grounds staff at the corner of the Holte/Witton to shake all their hands
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Villa Park 1996, FAC semi
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pPMSlUmZ5h4/sddefault.jpg)