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Offline Toronto Villa

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #105 on: December 26, 2025, 03:02:28 PM »
Not exactly the same thing, but IIRC when we beat Liverpool in Gregory's first game he dedicated it to Little in his post-match interview, which I thought was a nice touch at the time.

They also knew each other from their time at Leicester and had that Villa playing connection.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #106 on: December 26, 2025, 04:25:47 PM »
More fact Gregory was Brian's assistant at Villa.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #107 on: December 26, 2025, 04:46:30 PM »
Is it fact or it my ageing memory in that when Gregory left our form under Little started to deteriorate?

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #108 on: December 26, 2025, 05:42:22 PM »
Is it fact or it my ageing memory in that when Gregory left our form under Little started to deteriorate?

Yes, it did seem to be a factor.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #109 on: December 26, 2025, 06:31:15 PM »
Is it fact or it my ageing memory in that when Gregory left our form under Little started to deteriorate?
Yeah, I’ve often wondered if the Little/Gregory partnership had remained what we’d have achieved. More than either could’ve done on their own imo.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #110 on: January 02, 2026, 02:48:10 PM »
Which one of you was it?

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An Aston Villa fan was taken off an EasyJet flight by Spanish police amid claims from passengers that he was "drinking cans of Stella while shouting about Birmingham".

An onlooker said he was seen drinking cans of beer during check-in and “chanting” on the plane bound for Bristol from Arrecife Airport.

The passenger was removed from the packed plane at 16.55 by five Spanish police officers on December 28, tourists said.

A video filmed onboard the plane showed the unnamed man - wearing an Aston Villa T-shirt - arguing with officers and cabin crew before he stood up and shouted '****!' at airline staff.

He could then be heard yelling: 'What's the problem?', before being dragged off the plane by police as he continued to swear.

One fellow traveller could be heard shouting 'Up the Villa!' as the man was escorted off the flight.

Another passenger yelled: 'Villa are ****', as tourists broke into laughter.

Speaking about the incident onboard the EasyJet flight, a witness said: "When we were queuing to check in where you show your passport and all that, the guy in the video with the Aston Villa shirt on was doing some kind of football chants and kept running around with cans of Stella in his hand just shouting things about Birmingham.

"When we got on the plane, we could hear chanting about wanting to go back to Birmingham, and the stewardesses were running about on the telephones.

A spokesperson for EasyJet told the Daily Mail: "A passenger on flight EZY6648 from Lanzarote to Birmingham on 28th December was escorted off the aircraft prior to departure as a result of disruptive behaviour. The flight then continued to Birmingham.

"Our cabin crew are trained to assess all situations and to act quickly and appropriately, to ensure that safety is not compromised at any time. We take these incidents seriously and do not tolerate disruptive behaviour onboard.

"The safety and wellbeing of our customers and crew is always easyJet's highest priority."

“When we were queuing to check in where you show your passport and all that, the guy in the video with the Aston Villa shirt on was doing some kind of football chants and kept running around with cans of Stella in his hand just shouting things about Birmingham.

“When we got on the plane we could hear chanting about wanting to go back to Birmingham and the stewardesses were running about on the telephones.

“We were sat on the plane for a bit and five of the Spanish Guardia police came on and were having a chat with the air hostesses.

“I heard a bit of swearing and some sort of stuff.

“We were delayed an hour after all of this messing about whilst they got his case off, and then his wife decided to leave as well”.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1199087142326155

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #111 on: January 02, 2026, 02:51:32 PM »
He seems like a character.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #112 on: January 02, 2026, 03:21:59 PM »
Which one of you was it?

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An Aston Villa fan was taken off an EasyJet flight by Spanish police amid claims from passengers that he was "drinking cans of Stella while shouting about Birmingham".

An onlooker said he was seen drinking cans of beer during check-in and “chanting” on the plane bound for Bristol from Arrecife Airport.


Not far from the Forest I believe.....

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #113 on: January 02, 2026, 03:57:17 PM »
I might say UTV to a bloke on the street, I’m not sure I would to a bloke being escorted off a plane!

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #114 on: Today at 09:09:42 AM »
It was an errant 'Nose trying to discredit the club.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #115 on: Today at 09:20:11 AM »
Is he was ‘shouting about Birmingham’ I would if he was shouting about whether it was listening ?

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #116 on: Today at 11:07:35 AM »
Was it danlanza?

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #117 on: Today at 02:03:40 PM »
Dean Smith is walking 50 miles in Jan in aid of Dementia if anyone wants to chuck a few quid to a great cause, a cause obviously very close to him.

https://fundraise.dementiauk.org/fundraisers/deansmith

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #118 on: Today at 02:19:09 PM »
Wrong thread

Offline Chris Harte

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #119 on: Today at 06:12:35 PM »
Right thread.

 


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