The Villa Crest

[Tayls_7]

I never saw Dennis Mortimer play but I still prefer him to Mark Kinsella.

Well obviously we'd have to conduct a poll to get to the bottom of that but indeed.  The round badge is a thing of beauty but at my age I would say that. I also want Umbro diamonds running down the arms of our sleeves.

What colour Umbro diamond would you choose for the chest? I always preferred the yellow one to the white one.

I loved the white away strip with the powder blue shorts and stockings. Just beautiful.  Wasn't that then claret diamonds?

[Chico Hamilton III]

I never saw Dennis Mortimer play but I still prefer him to Mark Kinsella.

Well obviously we'd have to conduct a poll to get to the bottom of that but indeed.  The round badge is a thing of beauty but at my age I would say that. I also want Umbro diamonds running down the arms of our sleeves.

What colour Umbro diamond would you choose for the chest? I always preferred the yellow one to the white one.

I loved the white away strip with the powder blue shorts and stockings. Just beautiful.  Wasn't that then claret diamonds?

That white away kit had 3 different coloured diamonds I seem to remember - blue, yellow and claret.

[Tayls_7]

I never saw Dennis Mortimer play but I still prefer him to Mark Kinsella.

Well obviously we'd have to conduct a poll to get to the bottom of that but indeed.  The round badge is a thing of beauty but at my age I would say that. I also want Umbro diamonds running down the arms of our sleeves.

What colour Umbro diamond would you choose for the chest? I always preferred the yellow one to the white one.

I loved the white away strip with the powder blue shorts and stockings. Just beautiful.  Wasn't that then claret diamonds?

That white away kit had 3 different coloured diamonds I seem to remember - blue, yellow and claret.

In that case I'd have the blue band with claret diamonds on.

[Demitri_C]

Technically the lion should be gold, but in a digital world that doesn’t work.

For me it has to stay gold. I wouldnt want the lion going back claret. Its been gold throughout our premier league era and thats how it should stay

Obsessing over "the Premier League era" is about as plastic as it gets. The best badge is the round one. The lion on the round one is claret. Ergo, the lion should be claret. Yellow is a rubbish colour.

Who is obsessing? Im explaining my rationale for ehy i like this badge. Thats not "obsessing"

I think it's more Demitri's age. He has only known that era.

Exactly that mate 👍 was just being born when we won the european cup

[algy]

I never saw Dennis Mortimer play but I still prefer him to Mark Kinsella.

Well obviously we'd have to conduct a poll to get to the bottom of that but indeed.  The round badge is a thing of beauty but at my age I would say that. I also want Umbro diamonds running down the arms of our sleeves.

Who's your favourite player that you've never seen play?

Depends on quite how you define 'never seen play'.  I loved Gary Shaw as a kid.  Would've seen him play on the telly a handful of times, though I don't remember any.  My first game was just after my 6th birthday -- Swindon Town away on 7th May 1988 - he didn't play, and left the club that summer.

If it's players I've genuinely never seen play - probably Johnny Dixon.

[algy]

Technically the lion should be gold, but in a digital world that doesn’t work.

For me it has to stay gold. I wouldnt want the lion going back claret. Its been gold throughout our premier league era and thats how it should stay

Obsessing over "the Premier League era" is about as plastic as it gets. The best badge is the round one. The lion on the round one is claret. Ergo, the lion should be claret. Yellow is a rubbish colour.

Who is obsessing? Im explaining my rationale for ehy i like this badge. Thats not "obsessing"

I think it's more Demitri's age. He has only known that era.

Exactly that mate 👍 was just being born when we won the european cup

Me too - my dad turned down tickets for the European Cup final because I was due to be born the same day.  Forever had an element of guilt because I was born a few weeks premature so he could've gone!  Though it worked out well, because he propped me up in front of the telly and made sure that I was awake for the important bits!

[LeeB]

I never saw Dennis Mortimer play but I still prefer him to Mark Kinsella.

Well obviously we'd have to conduct a poll to get to the bottom of that but indeed.  The round badge is a thing of beauty but at my age I would say that. I also want Umbro diamonds running down the arms of our sleeves.

Who's your favourite player that you've never seen play?

Depends on quite how you define 'never seen play'.  I loved Gary Shaw as a kid.  Would've seen him play on the telly a handful of times, though I don't remember any.  My first game was just after my 6th birthday -- Swindon Town away on 7th May 1988 - he didn't play, and left the club that summer.

If it's players I've genuinely never seen play - probably Johnny Dixon.

Wow, that's some first game! Was my first away game.

I did see Gary play all too briefly, a couple of attempted comebacks and a pre-season friendly. I recall him hitting the bar with a sensational overhead kick though that might be my mind playing tricks on me.

I saw Withe and Mortimer in the play in the flesh, and Andy Gray in his second spell, so my Brian Little is clear in front for my choice, if the criteria is seeming them play live.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Little, Gray and Sid all scored on my first Villa game.

[Drummond]

Deehan, Gregory (2) & Mortimer scored in my first game.

[spartacuss]

Er, I'll raise you Charlton Athletic, November 1959: Hitchens (5), Thomson (2), McParland (2), Wylie and McEwan.  Being only 5 years old and having been passed down to the front to stand behind the railings in Witton Lane, all I remember - much to my shame/regret - is a lot of rushing about, feeling cold and the smell of dubbin and embrocation from the players' boots and legs. Oh, and anxiety that I'd never be re-united with my dad again at the back of the stand.

[Drummond]

This is interesting about our branding.

[dave shelley]

Couldn't get a visa Riss!  It stems from the brainwashing I got from my old man, he loved Billy Walker and to hear, not only him but his mates and my uncles , talk about him, he must have been some player.  It's been with me all my Villa life.

He was my nan's favourite player too, would guess she'd have been the same sort of age as your dad etc.

My old lad was born in 1919 just as Billy Walker made his first team debut so he watched Billy as a schoolboy and teenager.  He never stopped telling me about him.  Billy Walker died on my birthday 1964.

[Ad@m]

Technically the lion should be gold, but in a digital world that doesn’t work.

For me it has to stay gold. I wouldnt want the lion going back claret. Its been gold throughout our premier league era and thats how it should stay

Obsessing over "the Premier League era" is about as plastic as it gets. The best badge is the round one. The lion on the round one is claret. Ergo, the lion should be claret. Yellow is a rubbish colour.

Who is obsessing? Im explaining my rationale for ehy i like this badge. Thats not "obsessing"

I think it's more Demitri's age. He has only known that era.

Exactly that mate 👍 was just being born when we won the european cup

I was being born when we won the league the year before and I know the round badge is the best one!

[Weedy]

Home Kits here:
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa.htm

Away Kits here:
http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa-change-kits.html

[robbo1874]

I never saw Dennis Mortimer play but I still prefer him to Mark Kinsella.

Well obviously we'd have to conduct a poll to get to the bottom of that but indeed.  The round badge is a thing of beauty but at my age I would say that. I also want Umbro diamonds running down the arms of our sleeves.

What colour Umbro diamond would you choose for the chest? I always preferred the yellow one to the white one.

didnt they also sport black diamonds at one point. Sure I’ve seen a Villa shirt with black Umbro diamonds on the front of the home shirt