Birmingham Mail and Villa coverage

[Percy McCarthy]

Perhaps we're moving and not telling the players where to.

I do hope so.

[brian green]

We will get Doris the tea lady to make a sandwich for the ones we want to keep and wrap it in a road map.

[old man villa fan]

We will get Doris the tea lady to make a sandwich for the ones we want to keep and wrap it in a road map.

They will also have a set of instructions to find clues along the way.  That is where we lose Gabby at the first clue.

[LeeB]

Perhaps we're moving and not telling the players where to.

I do hope so.

Better still, send them on a "training camp" to a remote island in the Pacific, with a one way ticket.

[LeeB]

Last man standing gets a 12 month contact.

[gnrpoison]

Last man standing gets a 12 month contact.

With Charles N'Zogbia banned from entering.

[Toronto Villa]

Perhaps we're moving and not telling the players where to.

I do hope so.

Better still, send them on a "training camp" to a remote island in the Pacific, with a one way ticket.

Guantanamo Bay is still open. A few months in there for a couple of our boys will humble 'em

[Damo70]

At least two months before the start of next season and they want us to panic about not having set a date for pre season training. Instead we have been messing about with silly things like a change of ownership and trying to appoint the right manager. Definitely grounds for a broken badge graphic.

[damon loves JT]

I don't like to criticise fellow journalists for earning a living, but the coverage of Villa in the Mail is a world away from what you read in the Newcastle Chronicle or the Liverpool Echo about their teams. And as a long-term business proposition, it's not a brilliant look. It comes across as trolling.

[dave.woodhall]

Euro 2016: 160 football thugs ordered to hand over their passports

More than 150 football hooligans have been ordered to hand over their passports to keep them away from Euro 2016.


A total of 160 fans banned from watching matches must surrender their documents on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

Police want to stop them travelling to the tournament in France, which starts on June 10.

Officers will also step up patrols at Birmingham Airport and have teams of “spotters” looking for troublemakers who ignore the restriction.

Chief Insp Nick Rowe, of West Midlands Police , said: “Anticipation is growing for a summer of football and we want people to enjoy the tournament.

“But banning orders are there for a reason and known troublemakers will not be welcome at Euro 2016.

“We will actively pursue anyone who fails to hand over their passport; although in previous years the majority have understood the consequences of ignoring the order and complied with the conditions.

“People may see a more visible police presence at the airport but there is no reason to be alarmed; we will have a targeted, intelligence-led approach.”

Those who ignore the conditions of their order could be jailed for up to six months or fined up to £5,000.

A banning order usually runs for between three and ten years and prevents anyone convicted of football-related offences from attending matches or going to overseas tournaments.

They are given to people convicted of violence or disorder and also those who commit afootball-related offence such as fighting or damaging property in a pub while watching a match.

Passports will be retained until the end of the competition and will then be handed back.

The video on that page is a Villa fan with a banner at Villa Park.

[Des Little]

Isn't it about time some pea brained boggie called the club shop to perform another side splitting prank?

[Nelly]

The Birmingham Mail really are setting themselves up as enemies of Villa for some reason.

[Marlon From Bearwood]

The Birmingham Mail really are setting themselves up as enemies of Villa for some reason.

We can all see it, however when any Villa fans (myself included) point this out to their "journalists" on Twitter, we are patronisingly informed that we've got it all wrong.

[damon loves JT]

The Birmingham Mail really are setting themselves up as enemies of Villa for some reason.

We can all see it, however when any Villa fans (myself included) point this out to their "journalists" on Twitter, we are patronisingly informed that we've got it all wrong.

I get patronised by them even when I'm trying to agree. Odd.

[VillaAlways]

The Birmingham Mail really are setting themselves up as enemies of Villa for some reason.

We can all see it, however when any Villa fans (myself included) point this out to their "journalists" on Twitter, we are patronisingly informed that we've got it all wrong.

Or they just don't answer. Like tonight regarding why a video of a Villa fan with a banner was used when talking about supporters who had banning orders for the Euros