Applause for Petrov

[TopDeck113]

Fitting gesture. 

I'm sure his team mates will somehow conspire to concede a goal whilst it's happening...

[Mike Jeffries]

Kinda hoping the ball gets hoofed into a stand as the clock hits 19 minutes, it gets held for a minute wherever it lands and neither players or officials feel the need to look for it for at least sixty seconds (actually if a chelsea player hoofs it into row Z, all the better).

After a minutes ear bursting applause, we then do our best to replicate the kind of noise that used to have me clinging to my dad's trouser leg in awe and fear, when he first started taking me to games.     

[olaftab]

It will be good if players stopped the game and joined in? However don't want to see Terry initiating this.

[ozzjim]

It will be good if players stopped the game and joined in? However don't want to see Terry initiating this.

I don't care if he does, at least it will show a human side of him, as much of a git as he is, I can actually see him being the one that does make sure it all stops.

[DeKuip]

Great idea, but we should do it 19 minutes into EVERY game game, home and away, until Stan is clear of this. He needs our support throughout. I'm sure opposition fans would join in too.

[JUAN PABLO]

Im hoping Heskey scores in the19th minute . That would make my season .

 Seeing it for the first time on the news last night , with pictures of stan and other players talking about it , hit me hard and the tears rolled down my face.

Get well soon Stan the man.

[nigel]

Would love to see Stan lead the team out today.

We could then sing his name then on 19min a minutes applause.

[mikeb1982]

It would be good to keep any booing down as well, regardless of the performance, as shit as we are this season this puts things into perspective

Get well soon Stan, kick its ass

[The Laughing Policeman]

5Live have just mentioned the applause for Petrov on the sports news.

[Lizz]

5Live have just mentioned the applause for Petrov on the sports news.

Yes, heard it too. It's another way of spreading the news for the non-internet users.

[brian green]

Get well soon Stan.   It's a beatable disease these days.   I would post a picture of a young man Stan's age who overcame the illness in his teens.   I would bar two reasons.   I don't know how to post pictures and the picture I have of him is in a Man U shirt.

[Dave Cooper please]

Good work guys, would like to be there but have been struck down with something far less serious but nonetheless something I wouldn't want to share with 35000 fellow fans!
I'll be listening though, so I expect you to be very, very loud okay.

[PeterWithesShin]

Fingers crossed the word has spread enough and folks will have heard or pick up whats going on. I think it helped that the official Villa Facebook page mentioned it again today.

[Chipsticks]

Is there a song we can sing for him?

[cdbearsfan]

"There's Only One Petrov" to the "There's Only One Keano" tune I reckon. It's not actually true, but it's easy to sing and we never minded that there are loads of Keanes!