Mervyn King's Villa jollies

[Chico Hamilton III]

Not sure where this should be posted, it's irrelevant but still Villa-related

Search for "Aston Villa" on the Bank of England's website ( I was bored on my dinner hour) and there's a list of games which Merv attended as a guest of various big-wigs, including Lerner and Faulkner.

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/Pages/Search.aspx?k=aston%20villa

There’s even a copy of the speech he made at Villa Park in 2004, where he regales his audience of the visit made to Villa Park by John Maynard Keynes in 1913

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Documents/speeches/2004/speech211.pdf

It interested me, anyway

[lovejoy]

We are supported by the Prime Minister, former Governer of the Bank of England and the next but one in line to the throne. If we lived in a dictatorship we would be the most successful club (think Franco's Spain). Sometimes democracy sucks.

[freethinker]

I like the quote from John Maynard Keynes about his visit to Villa Park:

"Birmingham has a very definite character ... The scene was very much as I imagine the Coliseum ... The crowd maintained a dull roar nearly all the time, rising into a frenzy of excitement and rage when the slightest thing happened."

[eamonn]

I'm surprised Mr Woodhall has never managed to dig out those Keynes quotes during all his hours of research (or maybe he has).
So, do we all love Merv a bit more after that educational lesson on inflation and pre-WWI Villa ?

[dave.woodhall]

I'm surprised Mr Woodhall has never managed to dig out those Keynes quotes during all his hours of research (or maybe he has).
So, do we all love Merv a bit more after that educational lesson on inflation and pre-WWI Villa ?

I never knew about them before. Thanks.

[maidstonevillain]

Worth adding to the quotes thread.

[Drummond]

I love our club.

[Salsa Party Animal]

I think we should have Merv as a director of our board among with a former player/Graham Taylor.

[Mister E]

I was invited by Mervyn in 2004 to give him an update on the AV Supporters' Trust activity at the height of the Ellis-Out campaign. He was an interesting, interested and attentive host and - I suspect - a behind-the-scenes agent of change at VP.

The media coverage of our club as a result of people like MK, the current PM and Prince Billy is all to the good.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I remember him being introduced at an AGM when he became a Vice President before he got the top job at the BOE. He stood up with his copy of the Villa v Man U 1971 programme and showed genuine enthusiasm and was very entertaining. Usually the only fun at Villa AGMs was heckling Doug.

[Mister E]

I remember him being introduced at an AGM when he became a Vice President before he got the top job at the BOE. He stood up with his copy of the Villa v Man U 1971 programme and showed genuine enthusiasm and was very entertaining. Usually the only fun at Villa AGMs was heckling Doug.

Do you mean the League Cup Semi, on December 21st 1970? - I was there.

[Dante Lavelli]

I'd love to see him play a part in the club's future. The numbers he must have access to on his mobile would surely make any investment worth it.

[Witton Warrior]

I'm more interested what everyone on here is up to rather than another member of the ruling elite...

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I remember him being introduced at an AGM when he became a Vice President before he got the top job at the BOE. He stood up with his copy of the Villa v Man U 1971 programme and showed genuine enthusiasm and was very entertaining. Usually the only fun at Villa AGMs was heckling Doug.

Do you mean the League Cup Semi, on December 21st 1970? - I was there.

Yes. I should have said season 1970/71.

[Hillbilly]

I hope he goes nowhere near the Villa board. This man presided over the biggest banking and financial clusterfuck in living memory.