collapse collapse

Please donate to help towards the costs of keeping this site going. Thank You.

Recent Topics

Everton 0-1 The Mighty Aston Villa post match detox by LeeB
[Today at 10:56:39 AM]
Louie Barry by Brend'Watkins
[Today at 10:43:29 AM]
Diego Carlos by Drummond
[Today at 10:41:53 AM]
Boubacar Kamara by Drummond
[Today at 10:34:37 AM]
Tyrone Mings by Mister E
[Today at 10:26:00 AM]
Jaden Philogene (sold again) by LeeB
[Today at 09:59:21 AM]
Yazin Ozcan (spotted at VP wearing a big coat) by darren woolley
[Today at 09:18:22 AM]
The last time - Everton away by darren woolley
[Today at 09:16:56 AM]

Recent Posts

Follow us on...

« previous next »
Pages: 1 2 3 [4] 5   Go Down

Author Topic: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah  (Read 6061 times)

Offline Jon Crofts

  • Moderator
  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 21463
  • Location: Lost In The Supermarket
  • GM : PCM
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #45 on: December 08, 2023, 07:58:10 PM »
I'm truly in awe of the way he touched peoples lives in some way. Take for instance a friend of mine, not a Villa fan, not even a football fan, a rough, tough, hard as nails former SF soldier who posted on his Facebook along the lines of 'not a poetry fan but I always took notice of what Benjamin had to say, would love to have sat and had a pint and a chat with him'
Logged

Offline curiousorange

  • Member
  • Posts: 9246
  • Location: In the sauce
    • Chris Stanley's Bazaar
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #46 on: December 08, 2023, 08:30:45 PM »
His was the kind of Britain I've always wanted to live in.
Logged

Offline mrfuse

  • Member
  • Posts: 3795
  • GM : 28.02.2023
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #47 on: December 08, 2023, 08:33:06 PM »
Quote from: Paul.S on December 08, 2023, 06:33:46 PM
A lovely man and a huge shock when I heard. We should really do something for him tomorrow.

Totally agree, I hope we do something in his memory tomorrow. Listening to him and reading the comments has brought tears to my eyes.
Logged

Online Brazilian Villain

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 41304
  • GM : 09.03.2025
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #48 on: December 08, 2023, 09:54:51 PM »
Logged

Offline RichardBatchelor

  • Member
  • Posts: 1041
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #49 on: December 08, 2023, 10:03:50 PM »
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on December 07, 2023, 11:10:43 PM
Really felt this one, feels like we've lost a person we could really do with not losing.

This. The world has become a slightly worse and blander place today. Loved him.
Logged

Offline astonvilla82

  • Member
  • Posts: 2623
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #50 on: December 08, 2023, 10:07:15 PM »
Quote from: curiousorange on December 08, 2023, 08:30:45 PM
His was the kind of Britain I've always wanted to live in.
👍
Logged

Offline Russ aka Big Nose

  • Member
  • Posts: 1142
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #51 on: December 08, 2023, 11:07:31 PM »
Quote from: curiousorange on December 08, 2023, 08:30:45 PM
His was the kind of Britain I've always wanted to live in.
Me too.
Logged

Online Sexual Ealing

  • Member
  • Posts: 21328
  • Location: Salop
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #52 on: December 08, 2023, 11:16:01 PM »
Quote from: Russ aka Big Nose on December 08, 2023, 11:07:31 PM
Quote from: curiousorange on December 08, 2023, 08:30:45 PM
His was the kind of Britain I've always wanted to live in.
Me too.

<iframe title="vimeo-player" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/9726755?h=8a88bbd87e" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0"    allowfullscreen></iframe>
Logged

Online Sexual Ealing

  • Member
  • Posts: 21328
  • Location: Salop
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #53 on: December 08, 2023, 11:16:20 PM »
Well I fucked that up.
Logged

Offline SaddVillan

  • Member
  • Posts: 1886
  • Location: Saddleworth
  • 1000 ft up in the hills gazing down on Manchester
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #54 on: December 08, 2023, 11:31:43 PM »
Logged

Offline Rudy Can't Fail

  • Member
  • Posts: 40683
  • Location: In the Shade
    • http://www.heroespredictions.co.uk/pl/
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #55 on: December 09, 2023, 01:23:12 AM »
Quote from: Jon Crofts on December 08, 2023, 07:58:10 PM
I'm truly in awe of the way he touched peoples lives in some way.

Indeed. I'm amazed at the numbers of posts from friends of all ages who I thought wouldn't have been interested in him and his work. He really was a beautiful soul.
Logged

Offline Toronto Villa

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 56712
  • Age: 52
  • Location: Toronto, Canada
  • GM : 22.07.2025
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #56 on: December 09, 2023, 01:26:36 AM »
It would be ace if before kick off tomorrow the club played that video. What a way to celebrate his life and get the crowd going.
Logged

Offline Matt C

  • Member
  • Posts: 5988
  • Location: Southern California
  • GM : 18.06.2020
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #57 on: December 09, 2023, 03:28:29 AM »
“Form is temporary but class, class is permanent. And you know what? We have class.”
Logged

Online andyh

  • Member
  • Posts: 16736
  • Age: 59
  • Location: Solihull
  • GM : May, 2012
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #58 on: December 09, 2023, 06:30:51 AM »
Logged

Offline JD

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 10107
  • Location: Canterbury NZ
  • Stay Free
  • GM : 19.01.2025
Re: RIP Benjamin Zephaniah
« Reply #59 on: December 09, 2023, 07:13:34 AM »
Quote from: andyh on December 09, 2023, 06:30:51 AM
Quote from: Brazilian Villain on December 08, 2023, 09:54:51 PM
https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/1733238018310332687
A genuine tear for a wonderful man.

Me as well. He just seemed to be a genuinely lovely man as well as a Villa fan. RIP Benjamin.
Logged
Pages: 1 2 3 [4] 5   Go Up
« previous next »
 

SimplePortal 2.3.6 © 2008-2014, SimplePortal