Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Tuscans on September 04, 2025, 12:53:22 PM
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Aston Villa is pleased to announce the signing of Fletcher Boyd from Aberdeen.
The Scotland youth international made his Dons debut aged 16 in May 2024, becoming the club’s youngest-ever goalscorer.
Academy Manager Mark Harrison said: “We’re delighted Fletcher has joined us, he is a player our recruitment department have been monitoring for a while.
“He has good technical attributes and can play in a variety of attacking positions as well as in midfield.
“He also has experience of playing in Aberdeen’s first team, which is invaluable as a young player.
“We look forward to seeing how Fletcher develops over the coming seasons.”
Welcome, Fletcher! 🏴
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Aston Villa is pleased to announce the signing of Fletcher Boyd from Aberdeen.
The Scotland youth international made his Dons debut aged 16 in May 2024, becoming the club’s youngest-ever goalscorer.
Academy Manager Mark Harrison said: “We’re delighted Fletcher has joined us, he is a player our recruitment department have been monitoring for a while.
“He has good technical attributes and can play in a variety of attacking positions as well as in midfield.
“He also has experience of playing in Aberdeen’s first team, which is invaluable as a young player.
“We look forward to seeing how Fletcher develops over the coming seasons.”
Welcome, Fletcher! 🏴
Welcome Fletcher!!! ( Mr Makay )
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“Is pleased” surely it’s “Are pleased”?
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Good to see we're planning ahead to maintain Villa's traditional links with Scotland. Every great Villa team has had a Scot or two.
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Welcome, Fletcher. He must be good if we aren't loaning him out again.
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“Is pleased” surely it’s “Are pleased”?
Nope, it's a club, singular.
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No, it's a collective. Bren is correct. "We" not "he".
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I think in this case it's wee.
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Probably Heck converted everyones grammar settings to US and they forgot to change it back.
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Welcome, Fletcher. He must be good if we aren't loaning him out again.
Wait until January.
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Welcome young man!
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I will look forward to him being loaned out / playing his way into the first team and then being the subject of intense rumour and speculation about a move to SpursManUtdChelseaArsenalLiverpool.
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Good to see we're planning ahead to maintain Villa's traditional links with Scotland. Every great Villa team has had a Scot or two.
Just like every great Villa forum.
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Back to Aberdeen in January.
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I don't think he's particularly popular there. Anyway we need to keep him in England for two years before his twenty-first birthday so he counts as "home grown".
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They don't sound happy about having to let him go. Can only be a good sign.
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If he scores as many as dad, Kris, he'll prove to be a good acquisition.
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Gone to Ipswich on loan, with an option to buy.
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Gone to Ipswich on loan, with an option to buy.
And a buy back clause
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Gone to Ipswich on loan, with an option to buy.
You can't lead with your cleavage like that, you absolute spreadsheet tease. I've got a team of quite intimidating obese teenagers here and I need sell-ons, buy-backs, obligations, Austin Montegos. Give me some percentages man or it's going to kick right fucking off.
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Gone to Ipswich on loan, with an option to buy.
You can't lead with your cleavage like that, you absolute spreadsheet tease. I've got a team of quite intimidating obese teenagers here and I need sell-ons, buy-backs, obligations, Austin Montegos. Give me some percentages man or it's going to kick right fucking off.
I once maxed my Dads Austin Montego on the A38 Lichfield Bypass if that helps.
Carry on, as you were.
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I once had a Montego Sport while my MK III Ford Escort was in for repair. I had it for 2 whole days. It felt like I’d made it as my work colleagues looked on in awe.
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I once had a Montego Sport while my MK III Ford Escort was in for repair. I had it for 2 whole days. It felt like I’d made it as my work colleagues looked on in awe.
Wasnt that the first talking car ?
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I once had a Montego Sport while my MK III Ford Escort was in for repair. I had it for 2 whole days. It felt like I’d made it as my work colleagues looked on in awe.
I thought you were going to say ‘It felt like I’d made it myself’.
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Back in the 80s your standard Montego had a less than favourable opinion by ambitious reps. Stick MG 2L and Sport on them and it was a completely different ball game.
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“Not my words Lynn, the words of Top Gear Magazine.”
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I had a Montego many years ago, couldn't keep door handles on it and amongst other things it had odd sized wheels that you couldn't buy wheel trims to fit. I went to the scrap yard and got four Metro wheels and they fit like a dream.
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I think the Villa players had them as club cars in the first Graham Taylor era. I saw Tony Daley in one (I think).
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We had a beige Montego in the 80s. I still remember the reg no.
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He can't play just yet though as he has bad feet
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Gone to Ipswich on loan, with an option to buy.
You can't lead with your cleavage like that, you absolute spreadsheet tease. I've got a team of quite intimidating obese teenagers here and I need sell-ons, buy-backs, obligations, Austin Montegos. Give me some percentages man or it's going to kick right fucking off.
I once maxed my Dads Austin Montego on the A38 Lichfield Bypass if that helps.
Carry on, as you were.
Ah I used to absolutely twat the Sutton by pass bit of the A38 when I werra a young lad behind the wheel. Got up to 96 in me mam's J (original J, 1970) Escort. Can't do it anymore because of the bloody stupid M6 toll roundabouts (which also sliced lovely Fox Hill Road in half) [get back on topic - Ed.]
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I think the Villa players had them as club cars in the first Graham Taylor era. I saw Tony Daley in one (I think).
Dalian Atkinson drives Montego...
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In all seriousness, as he signed after the window closed, I presume he wouldn't be eligible for the first team until the January window opens?
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Welcome Fletcher, hopefully one day, you and Rory Wilson, will turn out to be the best two strikers in the country!
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Is it not the case that we did all the paperwork before the deadline but were waiting for FIFA approval? In which case he should be fine, I think?
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Welcome Fletcher, hopefully one day, you and Rory Wilson, will turn out to be the best two strikers in the country!
If that country is Scotland, it's a low bar.
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I had a Montego many years ago, couldn't keep door handles on it and amongst other things it had odd sized wheels that you couldn't buy wheel trims to fit. I went to the scrap yard and got four Metro wheels and they fit like a dream.
One of the early episodes of Pimp My Ride.
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Is it not the case that we did all the paperwork before the deadline but were waiting for FIFA approval? In which case he should be fine, I think?
I think so, he wouldn't be eligible for us at any level if that wasn't the case.
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I think the Villa players had them as club cars in the first Graham Taylor era. I saw Tony Daley in one (I think).
We had the partnership with the local Rover dealership which meant they could drive a Metro, Maestro and Montegro slowly around the side of the pitch at half time.
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I think the Villa players had them as club cars in the first Graham Taylor era. I saw Tony Daley in one (I think).
I saw Tony Daley park up and get out of a Red MG Montego on Newhall Street one Sunday evening back in 90/91 when I was out with the lads.
I also saw Andy Comyn getting into a Montego in the players car park but he obviously wasn’t deemed worthy of the MG one, just your bog standard Austin.