Go Ahead Eagles v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[Brend'Watkins]

The Liver Bird. But it’s just a mythological one.

[Villafirst]

Mings might well be fit for this game, so him and Lindelof could start.

[Drummond]

Walsall Town Swifts in their first game.

I just knew you would get that.

PS. Things such as Heanor Town/Dukla Pibram don't count.

Sheffield Wrensday?

[eamonn]

Hopefully we don't slack off like we did at Bruges (league stage) or Monaco, or they'll be dancing in the streets of Go Ahead tomorrow evening.

Tomorrow ?

You're always a day away.

[Brazilian Villain]

We have played four other sides with a bird in their name.
Swansea are one, who are the other three ?

One of them you have to go back to the 19th century.
One of them we played in Europe and it is their correct full name .
The other we played in a one off game (think Swansea above).

*Willing to be corrected if there are more.

Blackpool and Blackburn Rovers.

[eamonn]

Think that's colours rather than birds 🐦

[Dave]

We have played four other sides with a bird in their name.
Swansea are one, who are the other three ?

One of them you have to go back to the 19th century.
One of them we played in Europe and it is their correct full name .
The other we played in a one off game (think Swansea above).

*Willing to be corrected if there are more.

Having looked at a list of teams we've played, presuambly it's going to be Fimleikafélag is Icelandic for puffin, or Zrinjski is Croatian for heron or something like that?

[rougegorge]

We have played four other sides with a bird in their name.
Swansea are one, who are the other three ?

One of them you have to go back to the 19th century.
One of them we played in Europe and it is their correct full name .
The other we played in a one off game (think Swansea above).

*Willing to be corrected if there are more.

Valur Reykjavik ?

[Dave]

We have played four other sides with a bird in their name.
Swansea are one, who are the other three ?

One of them you have to go back to the 19th century.
One of them we played in Europe and it is their correct full name .
The other we played in a one off game (think Swansea above).

*Willing to be corrected if there are more.

Valur Reykjavik ?

Nice.



A Gyrfalcon apparently.

[MorrisNielson]

We have played four other sides with a bird in their name.
Swansea are one, who are the other three ?

One of them you have to go back to the 19th century.
One of them we played in Europe and it is their correct full name .
The other we played in a one off game (think Swansea above).

*Willing to be corrected if there are more.

Bristol Tity
Bradford Park Avemue

Or……
Aldershot as in Alder Flycatcher
Wednesbury Strollers as in Blue Bellied Roller

[Brazilian Villain]

Think that's colours rather than birds 🐦

I was being slightly facetious. I got a European one (not Valur Rekjavik) which is a little more obvious.

[Somniloquism]

Seems we are playing in the third kit tomorrow.

[Mister E]

We've played at Griffin Park before - does that count?

[VILLA MOLE]

Seems we are playing in the third kit tomorrow.

have we played in it yet ?

[Somniloquism]

Nope. First outing.