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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2013, 06:46:04 PM »
Good article again Dave.
Another gentle reminder, if we needed it, that we have a long way to go to compete with the big money clubs.
amfy told me about the Alan Green reaction - what a twunt!
Great that some of the press guys took a fair bit of interest - a young reporter from the Daily Mail(!!!) was really keen and completed a survey form.
John Darch of the FSF Safe Standing Roadshow, who brought the mock up safe standing, was brilliant, and very, very complimentary about the Villa and their support for the safe standing initiative.

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2013, 07:20:14 PM »

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Re: Press-ing on
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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #18 on: October 21, 2013, 07:29:45 PM »
Good article again Dave.

John Darch of the FSF Safe Standing Roadshow, who brought the mock up safe standing, was brilliant, and very, very complimentary about the Villa and their support for the safe standing initiative.

Good to meet you FMWMU. I had a good chat with John Darch and was impressed with his knowledge about the 'project'.

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #19 on: October 21, 2013, 08:54:45 PM »
Good article again Dave.

John Darch of the FSF Safe Standing Roadshow, who brought the mock up safe standing, was brilliant, and very, very complimentary about the Villa and their support for the safe standing initiative.

Good to meet you FMWMU. I had a good chat with John Darch and was impressed with his knowledge about the 'project'.
Good to meet you too DC5!
Mr Darch certainly knows his stuff and is a great friend of AVFC.
Good enough for me!

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #20 on: October 22, 2013, 01:12:01 PM »
Good write up Dave.

I'll take a punt on most played fixture. Both World Wars started just after football season commence, I think.  Did Villa play Everton just prior to the breakout in 1914 or 1939?

Go to the top of the class. It was 1939.

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #21 on: October 22, 2013, 06:32:04 PM »
Just to add to the above trivia: Everton were reigning league champions at the outbreak of both World Wars.

For all I know it might be a well-known pub quiz question, but I only heard it fairly recently!

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Re: Press-ing on
« Reply #22 on: October 22, 2013, 08:14:43 PM »
They also won the league just as we got banned from Europe.

 


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