What's your favourite Villa possession?

[SteveN]

Oddly enough something I got yesterday.  My dad was Villa through and through passed away nearly two years ago.  I was going through the last of his old papers and came across the Villa Annual 1951 the year of my birth.

He'd told me in the past he had kept newspapers and Villa material to celebrate my birth but he had assumed he had lost them.

I left home at 16 and it was the Villa more than anything which kept Dad and me in contact.

[Flamingo Lane]

The scarf my dad wore to the 1957 cup final, knitted for him by my gran.  And a book of autographs of the 1971 League Cup Final cup squad.

[Concrete John]

You know those Russian doll things where you open it up to find a smaller one inside, and then again and again?  I have a Villa set of those that my sister bought me back from Poland a few years ago.  Hand painted and I really like it and it's pretty much unique as I have never seen another one like it.

I have one too. Someone bought it for me while they were on a weekend break in Prague.

Each doll has a different player painted on it, unfortunately mine is from a few years ago so Lard Arse is on the big one people see most often!  

Hopefully yours is different?

[myf]

1957 FA Cup Final programme and newspaper from that day.

Bought them off eBay a few years ago.

Desperately want to see Villa win the FA Cup again.

Tim, what did you pay for the newspaper on ebay?  I have a '57 framed Sports Argus hanging in the hall and would be interested to know what its worth.

[puppyfeat]

Mine is a Villa mug I bought in the clubshop on the day we beat Liverpool when it was Dean Saunders home debut - so it's almost 20 years old. It reminds me of that game and the friend I took to that match - it was his first time at Villa Park. It's black with the old round crest in gold on it - I love it. I'm amazed I've still got it after all these years - I must've moved about 7 times since then and I've never broke or lost it, which is some kinda miracle. And I still use it.

[Lizz]

You know those Russian doll things where you open it up to find a smaller one inside, and then again and again?  I have a Villa set of those that my sister bought me back from Poland a few years ago.  Hand painted and I really like it and it's pretty much unique as I have never seen another one like it.

I have one too. Someone bought it for me while they were on a weekend break in Prague.

Each doll has a different player painted on it, unfortunately mine is from a few years ago so Lard Arse is on the big one people see most often!  

Hopefully yours is different?

No, it's not. Size order, largest to smallest: Barry, Agbonlahor, Milner, Young then Carew. Mine has pride of place on the windowsill of the spare bedroom.

[Fin Feds Dad]

A framed, limited edition, autographed pencil portrait of God.

It was given to me on my 21st birthday - magic .

[Woody]

Signed Home Villa shirt from GT's final season.  Went to Halesowen (?) after Everton away and got Platty et al signature on my brother's shirt.

If you're reading this Chris you cant have it back!  Its mine now!!!!  And you cant reply 'cos you're banned. Hahahaha

Also got an old beer mug passed down from my Uncle and something else in a presentation box, plus a Villa pendant on wall in study, next to the scummy Stoke shirt (framed) from a drunken charity night at the local where my wife was trying to outbid me from back of room (and we didnt know we were both bidding!)

[willywombat]

We used to have a signed case ball that they warmed up with before the 57 cup final kicked off. My Mum let us kick it around as kids and it eventually fell to bits. I often wonder what it would be worth had it been kept in mint condition.

[Matt C]

Quite simply a Villa scarf that my grandad got me for my first game. I remember him saying 'you're one of us now.'

[lordmcgrath5]

A framed, limited edition, autographed pencil portrait of God.

It was given to me on my 21st birthday - magic .

Sounds great. I'm very jealous.

[Mazrim]

My favourite Villa possession was against Sheffield United a few years ago when we kept the ball for about 5 minutes.




Or, a couple of signed footballs.

[stevenjos]

James Milner

[Concrete John]

Not one of mine, but a lad I know has the 'keep of the pitch' sign from the old Holte.

[jonc73]

White champions of Europe away top - a players one, number 4 on the back given to me by Jim Paul the old kit man in 1982. It's signed..but by the squad a few years later, it's still got Spink, Shaw and Evans but unfortunately Graham Turner signed it too.