Celebrity Fans: What's The Point?

[jon collett]

Enjoyable interview on Chris Woakes’ love for the Villa with Brian Halford of WCCC.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/reports-from-arbroath/id1802486205?i=1000704557255

[SaddVillan]

Enjoyable interview on Chris Woakes’ love for the Villa with Brian Halford of WCCC.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/reports-from-arbroath/id1802486205?i=1000704557255

A genuine fan. Lovely bloke, lovely interview.

[thick_mike]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned, but Amol Rajan (super cool presenter and journalist)mentioned on Radio 4 this morning how excited he was to get his first villa shirt (with AST on the front). When he was a kid

[Brazilian Villain]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned, but Amol Rajan (super cool presenter and journalist)mentioned on Radio 4 this morning how excited he was to get his first villa shirt (with AST on the front). When he was a kid

A bit of an odd one given he was born in India and raised in Tooting. Hope he is a Villa fan as I really rate him as an interviewer/presenter, and he's excellent on University Challenge.

[thick_mike]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned, but Amol Rajan (super cool presenter and journalist)mentioned on Radio 4 this morning how excited he was to get his first villa shirt (with AST on the front). When he was a kid

A bit of an odd one given he was born in India and raised in Tooting. Hope he is a Villa fan as I really rate him as an interviewer/presenter, and he's excellent on University Challenge.

2:54 into the Today programme this morning:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002dnj2?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

Plus bonus grudging mention of the Villa from Alistair Campbell later.

[aev]

The author of the book I think is a Villa fan too.

[Crown Hill]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned, but Amol Rajan (super cool presenter and journalist)mentioned on Radio 4 this morning how excited he was to get his first villa shirt (with AST on the front). When he was a kid

Interesting, I’ve played cricket with Amol but never thought for a moment to speak with him about the Villa!

[Russ aka Big Nose]

The author of the book I think is a Villa fan too.

Yep. Joey D'Urso has owned up/proudly stated he's a Villa fan: https://x.com/josephmdurso/status/1925461354594373907

Looks to be a really interesting book. UTV

[Louzie0]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned, but Amol Rajan (super cool presenter and journalist)mentioned on Radio 4 this morning how excited he was to get his first villa shirt (with AST on the front). When he was a kid

A bit of an odd one given he was born in India and raised in Tooting. Hope he is a Villa fan as I really rate him as an interviewer/presenter, and he's excellent on University Challenge.

Interesting, I’ve played cricket with Amol but never thought for a moment to speak with him about the Villa!

He’s the same age as a mad keen Villa fan of 11 years old who I met in Essex in the mid 90’s. No family connection with Birmingham or the Midlands, he really stood out among the Hammers, Gooners, Spurs and yep, Manc U and Liverpool fans around him. I was his form teacher at the time and we both wore our Villa shirts with pride on non- uniform days!  He was a Villa fan mainly because his hero was Mark Bosnich and he was a keen goalie.

I wonder if Amol was focused on a particular player or just liked the team; we won the League Cup in 94, which would have been around then.

[Brend'Watkins]

Brummie and Villa fan Dan Evans progresses in the Tennis. He even manages a bit of Emi shit housery too in the process.