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Could be worse - we could be Villa.

Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 3:24 pm
by RampantDuke
I'm definitely not the only person who thinks there is something extremely dodgy about this Chinese fella who has purchased Aston Villa. The press are alluding to it without obviously wanting to be defamatory. What are the odds that we'll be up at Villa Park in the FA Cup 1st Round in November 2017??

Re: Could be worse - we could be Villa.

Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 5:26 pm
by RampantDuke
https://next.ft.com/content/9969d8b0-1e ... dde55ca122

The Financial Times doesn't fancy him that's for sure! Villa are the future Leeds.........

Re: Could be worse - we could be Villa.

Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 12:11 am
by Paul from Barking
Have Villa ever played in the 3rd tier?

Re: Could be worse - we could be Villa.

Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 7:25 am
by rechitski kinzhal
Yes.
I remember it well.
I think it was two seasons and IIRC Birmingham City were in the same division one season with Villa getting a 51,000 crowd for the game at Villa Park.

Re: Could be worse - we could be Villa.

Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 11:36 am
by Bluenose
I was at that game, it was the 67-8 season. It was in fact in the old Second Div, and Villa had just been relegated, so it was the first time we'd played them for ages, and in fact it was the first derby I'd been to. We beat them 4-2; and went on to do the double against them. England had of course won the World Cup the year before, so in them days I used to think football was brilliant.

Little did I know that football would also also encompass Burnett, Boucard, Kane Ferdinand and being one-nil down at Barnet after 20 seconds...