Celebrity Fans. What's The Point?

[dave.woodhall]

It was Sid Hooper. Gold star to anyone who knows his Villa connection.

No Googling.

Well you learn something new every day. (Googled)

It's not what's on Google page one.

No, I had to delve deeper. Something to do with my dad's favourite player I imagine.

Sort-of. Stan Stennett was part of a 'showbiz' consortium who make enquiries about buying the Villa before the Pat Matthews bid. He said at the time that he would have made Trevor Ford manager.

[spartacuss]

We might have Nigel Kennedy, Geezer Butler, Tom Hanks, Prince William, Martin Shaw etc as fans but - as well as that Albatross-around-the-neck David Cameron - we have the ex-'adviser' to Theresa May - Nick Timothy - onboard!   We're double-albatrossed I tell ya!  That's why we seem to be condemned to sail the rough seas of the Championship for evermore!

Forgot a couple of other 'positive' celeb fans: Lee Child and the illustrious - Erdington born - Tony Garnett (director/producer "Cathy Come Home", "The Price of Coal", "The Spongers", "This Life" etc.).

Garnett's social humanity alone might be a counterbalance to the jinx represented by those two Tory tossers - Cameron and Nick Timothy - who have done so much to enhance the quality of life in the U.K. in recent years. And cursed the Villa too.

[papa lazarou]

It was Sid Hooper. Gold star to anyone who knows his Villa connection.

No Googling.

Well you learn something new every day. (Googled)

It's not what's on Google page one.

No, I had to delve deeper. Something to do with my dad's favourite player I imagine.

Sort-of. Stan Stennett was part of a 'showbiz' consortium who make enquiries about buying the Villa before the Pat Matthews bid. He said at the time that he would have made Trevor Ford manager.

Ah, I picked up on Trevor Ford being godfather to Stan's son Ceri. Very interesting, that about the consortium.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Amy Winehouse. Wasn’t she a Villa fan?

[Godfrey Brian]

It was Sid Hooper. Gold star to anyone who knows his Villa connection.

No Googling.

Well you learn something new every day. (Googled)

It's not what's on Google page one.

No, I had to delve deeper. Something to do with my dad's favourite player I imagine.

Sort-of. Stan Stennett was part of a 'showbiz' consortium who make enquiries about buying the Villa before the Pat Matthews bid. He said at the time that he would have made Trevor Ford manager.

There was an item by Eric Morcambe in an old 'Topical Times Football Annual' in which he said he was part of the same consortium. I don't recollect the other members but am very pleased that Pat Matthews' bid won!!

[Small Rodent]

Isn’t Brendan’s son Domnhall Gleason also Villa?

[Exeter 77]

I think Primal Scream's (and occasional Charlatan) keyboard player Martin Duffy is a Villa fan.

[dave.woodhall]

I never knew Eric Morecambe was involved but there's a story that Max Bygraves was.

[Chico Hamilton III]

I never knew Eric Morecambe was involved but there's a story that Max Bygraves was.

There was a Max Bygraves/ Villa (I wanna tell you a) story on here recently wasn’t there?

[david wall]

Amy Winehouse. Wasn’t she a Villa fan?

Think it was her boyfriend

[Brend'Watkins]

Isn’t Brendan’s son Domnhall Gleason also Villa?

I thought that too.

From his Wiki page...

Gleeson resides in Dublin, Ireland, his place of birth.[1] Gleeson shares a love of the English football team Aston Villa with his father Brendan. He described the team's FA Cup semifinal win over Liverpool at Wembley Stadium in 2015, as one of the "great days of my life

[mr underhill]

It was Winehouse's husband who was the fan - Blake Fielder-Civil, a truly unpleasant man whom I'd rather wasn't ever a supporter.

[Chico Hamilton III]

It was Winehouse's husband who was the fan - Blake Fielder-Civil, a truly unpleasant man whom I'd rather wasn't ever a supporter.

A bit like David Cameron?

[mr underhill]

no as far as I can tell, Dave never force fed Samantha crack cocaine and heroin. Let's keep politics out of it.

[Chico Hamilton III]

no as far as I can tell, Dave never force fed Samantha crack cocaine and heroin. Let's keep politics out of it.

It’s a celebrity Villa fan thread, laced with questionable humour. I’ll let the mods tell
me what to leave out