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[brian green]

Clever piece.  Love the perfect pitch word play.  Like even more the distain for David Platt.  The great player we had but never did have.  Just like Danny Blanchflower.  All the claret and blue airbrushed by the London media.

[frank]

I agree with what you say about Nigel Sims and the pitch.
Nigel was the best Villa goalkeeper I've seen, perhaps less capable of the spectacular save than Mark Bosnich but also more dependable.
As for the pitch, it really is cutting up badly. Jonathan Calderwood was head-hunted by PSG, but that was a few years ago and in fact we won the Championship pitch of the year award last season. Strange that it's deteriorated so badly this season, or more specifically since Christmas.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Great article again Dave...you ain't too bad at this writing thing are you?

Agree with what others have said about Nigel Sims and Alan Deakin...when I was a babby my big brother had two heroes....Nigel and Gerry Hitchens...a few years later Alan Deakin became one of mine. I hope the club can do both the credit they deserve soon.

[maigrait]

Good read plus meant I spent the next 30 minutes on other articles on the site instead of doing work. Not all bad.