Brilliant (140th Anniversary)

[aj2k77]

Love it. Hope they play it on the scoreboard before the Southampton game.

[saunders_heroes]

Love the video. The only bit that was a bit cringeworthy was the "we don't choose we were chosen" line. Every club in the land can spout that cheesy line. Other than that it was class.

[ez]

I've seen that guy drinking in The Dirty Duck in Stratford. My other half pointed him out although she couldn't remember his name.

[dave.woodhall]

Love the video. The only bit that was a bit cringeworthy was the "we don't choose we were chosen" line. Every club in the land can spout that cheesy line. Other than that it was class.

I always find it strange that the big clubs are so much busier at this choosing thing than the others. You'd think it would be the other way round.

[Billy Walker]

Any mention of Villa's birthday on Football Focus?

[clash city rocker]

Should show that to the players before Mondays game.Then instead of sat shivering and suffering in the north stand I might have something to celebrate.

[amfy]

For me, choosing losing 2 cup finals as low points was skirting some of our slightly darker moments a little - but I did love it too.

[Hopadop]

I was thinking the same, that was the only duff note.

It really does chip away at cynicism and deliver a big emotional punch. Very well done. I've played it to my little lad a few times now. It's a useful addition to my brainwashing armoury.

[richard moore]

Love it, most of seems like a dim but distant memory sadly, particularly as I was at almost all of those big matches shown and my dad was at Wembley in 57. It seems all we have to hold on to now.

[john e]

Love the video. The only bit that was a bit cringeworthy was the "we don't choose we were chosen" line. Every club in the land can spout that cheesy line. Other than that it was class.

Calvinist is that

[stubbsyandy]

Just love this as this is really how we all feel at heart..its just a dark time right now but we should never forget we are blessed with the finest club in the world (just a bit naff at the moment)

[silhillvilla]

Any mention of Villa's birthday on Football Focus?

Doubt it. I'm not sure 140 is a landmark the bbc will embrace. Unless it's spurs or arsenal.

[TopDeck113]

Any mention of Villa's birthday on Football Focus?

Doubt it. I'm not sure 140 is a landmark the bbc will embrace. Unless it's spurs or arsenal.

Or West Ham.

Or next year when Chelsea manage the grand old age of 110

[TopDeck113]

I, too, see no reasons particularly to mark 140 years.  The video is good and pulls on the heart strings, but preaches to the converted: other than  McGregor being the inspiration behind the Football League, it didn't really say much that most perennial members of football's top flight couldn't say. 

[class-of-82]

the gas lamp that is being erected outside the holte to commemorate all this is actually a temporary one. the permanent one is still being finished.