The south west from Birmingham to Bristol to Cornwall has huge Villa support. Probably only beaten by Liverpool now as the ManU fans seem to have evaporated. I’ve never met a Wolves fan ever.
Budleigh Salterton always struck me as the kind of name that would be played by Terry-Thomas is a film on Boxing Day.
At a slight tangent, didn’t bump into too many Villa during my travels in Oz in 1990/91. However did spend a few weeks in Bundaberg QLD picking tomatoes. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and I now notice that there is a “Brothers Aston Villa” football team based in Bundaberg , formed in 1967 no less. Anyone shed any detail on the origin of this team and their current well being ? Gutted to think I wandered around “ Bundie” all those years ago proudly wearing my “Mita Copiers” shirt without bumping into a fellow Villain !
I'm surprised they don't support one of the top Italian sides like Milan or Barcelona.