Brigada Corner

[danlanza]

May be worth liaising with Steve Gough at Premier Travel.

Good shout that. Steve is well connected and has been with Villa for, well, forever. Good bloke with vast knowledge.

Agree. I meant in terms of getting questionnaires into his coaches.

There are several Lions Clubs that run coaches to away games.  It may be worth contacting Alan Perrins, who is the Chairman of all the Lions Clubs, to ask the individual Chairmen if they'd hand out questionnaires on their coaches.

As a good friend of Steve Gough I can confirm he has been around for years.

He saw Pongo you know.

On his debut ! When you see him next, ask him about the Ipswich away game in 87 with Cannock Villa. Hilarious does not do it justice.
Kenning van hire in Brownhills is all i will say about that day. What a surreal day. I will PM you if you want more detail about it. What a day.

[andrew08]

As a good friend of Steve Gough I can confirm he has been around for years.

He saw Pongo you know.
[/quote]On his debut ! When you see him next, ask him about the Ipswich away game in 87 with Cannock Villa. Hilarious does not do it justice.
Kenning van hire in Brownhills is all i will say about that day. What a surreal day. I will PM you if you want more detail about it. What a day.
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Intriguing, I will ask him.

[lordmcgrath5]

Used to travel with Premier myself from about 88-90. Always a very professional operation.

But you can't tantalise us with the promise of a story like that and then not deliver. Go on, give us a few more details - I love away trip tales.

[danlanza]

Used to travel with Premier myself from about 88-90. Always a very professional operation.

But you can't tantalise us with the promise of a story like that and then not deliver. Go on, give us a few more details - I love away trip tales.

I will get back to you after work.

[bruisedshins]

Too many people on.this thread who are saying there is more to it but won't say,so what is the point of posting anything.If you can't say what is happening for legal reasons fine say so.But to post 'something is going on but I can't say what' is out of order.

Bang on bert!
The Brigada lads were ejected for standing. Allegedly.
Some are implying it was more than that. Allegedly.
Could somebody give us some idea of what "it" was?

Someone who enquired was told the police are involved so nothing more can be said at the moment. 

Dave with all due respect are people are going to be taken to court for standing up?

Which obviously means it's about something else as well. I don't know what/why/how but that's what I've been told.

Or your being feed shit? That isnt meant to sound offensive iin anyway

It's possible that someone I trust implicitly has lied to me for no reason or advantage, yes.

I can tell you with complete honesty that the events at Rotherham were solely to do with standing so the idea that the police may be involved as a result of this seems highly implausible to me Dave.

I'm not sure whether it's been mentioned in the previous 38 pages of posts but the club have actually spoken to the lads who had their ability to purchase tickets restricted and apologised for the behaviour of the stewards and those fans in question are able to buy tickets once again. Thanks for the support of all those who've contacted the club with regards to this issue, your support is greatly appreciated.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

amfy was due at the club yesterday so looking forward to hearing what happened.
Club have emailed me again to say they will phone me about the (safe) standing thing, but still waiting.

Good to hear that the Brigada guys have got their ticket access back.

[amfy]

Hi! Its all good! I'll post a bit later to let u know what's happening. It'll be easier than posting off the phone now.

[eastie]

Used to travel with Premier myself from about 88-90. Always a very professional operation.

But you can't tantalise us with the promise of a story like that and then not deliver. Go on, give us a few more details - I love away trip tales.

I will get back to you after work.

Come now dan , we are still waiting for away day tale from the 80s , sounds intriguing to say the least mate

[itbrvilla]

Hi! Its all good! I'll post a bit later to let u know what's happening. It'll be easier than posting off the phone now.

Sounds promising. I look forward to hearing the news.