200k fine....

[Richard E]

Trust statement due out any minute and Fantastic Mr Fox is not impressed by the fine at all.

can you put the letter/statement on here? How do you know bout Fox's views?

Have cheltenhamlion and Mr Fox ever been seen together in the same room?

Yes, but there's a super injunction preventing the photographs being published.

We stepping into Paul Jewell - News of the World territory?

Jeez, that's a mental image I didn't want in my brain this close to bedtime.

[Toronto Villa]

how is the nightmare scenes of the 80's at Boro tonight going to be handled by the football authorities?

[cheltenhamlion]

Can someone cleverer than me link the Trust statement?

[Richard E]

how is the nightmare scenes of the 80's at Boro tonight going to be handled by the football authorities?

Put it this way, the fine will dwarf the amounts the banks have had to set aside for PPI compensation. I'd imagine martial law can't be far off.

[PeterWithesShin]

Can someone cleverer than me link the Trust statement?

This?

http://villatrust.org.uk/?p=1280

[Richard E]

Can someone cleverer than me link the Trust statement?

This?

http://villatrust.org.uk/?p=1280

Well said, Villa Trust.

[DeKuip]

Well said Villa Trust on behalf us all. Thank you.

[Toronto Villa]

Well said the Trust and they could have gone on and on about several more events since that game including tonight by Boro fans. If £200k is the going rate then they better start handing out fines and the Football League needs to folllow suit on the name of consistency. I hope Villa have a response to al of this and not just The Trust.

[itbrvilla]

Anyone else think Matt Kendricks Tweet at the bottom of the article misses the point of it completely?

[old man villa fan]

Having dwelled on the matter, 200,000 of these filled with coppers in a fleet of Securicor vans delivered to FA Headquarters would be my sensible, considered response.

Now that would be a good idea.  The fans caused the problem and pay the FA on behalf of the club.  That would be a massive statement and a put down for the FA at the same time.  Could you imagine 200,000 bags of coppers being delivered to the FA.

[DeKuip]

The bags of cash suggestion isn't as daft as it sounds. Over 25,000 of us are visiting the FA's headquarters in a couple of weeks time so we can deliver bags of cash in person. They're not going to allow us up to the offices themselves to hand them over but we could leave them just over the barriers beside the pitch at the front of the lower tier, or under our seats when we leave. Or we could have a Minute's Donation in say the 20th minute where we empty cash bags full of pennies all over the place.
Anyone not going could write a cheque out to "The FA Greed Fund" or "FA Rip off The Fans Fund" and post it to The Football Association, Wembley Stadium, PO Box 1966, London SW1P 9EQ.

[itbrvilla]

The bags of cash suggestion isn't as daft as it sounds. Over 25,000 of us are visiting the FA's headquarters in a couple of weeks time so we can deliver bags of cash in person. They're not going to allow us up to the offices themselves to hand them over but we could leave them just over the barriers beside the pitch at the front of the lower tier, or under our seats when we leave. Or we could have a Minute's Donation in say the 20th minute where we empty cash bags full of pennies all over the place.
Anyone not going could write a cheque out to "The FA Greed Fund" or "FA Rip off The Fans Fund" and post it to The Football Association, Wembley Stadium, PO Box 1966, London SW1P 9EQ.

imagine a pile of moneybags behind the goal.

[Virgil Caine]

The bags of cash idea would be a protest but the fine would still be in place as , and I apologise for being the killjoy here, the method of payment is not legal tender. It would be a significant protest action but unlikely to be picked up by the media as they have already sided with the FA.

I would prefer if Villa made an offer to pay £200k to Acorns which would make the FA look the money grabbing organisation it truly is if they refused such an offer. The media would have to come to our side as well.

[itbrvilla]

The bags of cash idea would be a protest but the fine would still be in place as , and I apologise for being the killjoy here, the method of payment is not legal tender. It would be a significant protest action but unlikely to be picked up by the media as they have already sided with the FA.

I would prefer if Villa made an offer to pay £200k to Acorns which would make the FA look the money grabbing organisation it truly is if they refused such an offer. The media would have to come to our side as well.

I'm sure I read that fines are given as charity donations by the FA. So the £200k is given by the FA to charity.

[PeterWithe]

Can someone cleverer than me link the Trust statement?

This?

http://villatrust.org.uk/?p=1280

Well said Trust. And joined.