My photos from the game – Villa thrash Blues 5-1 on April 20th 2008, I watch from the Director’s box, sitting behind England manager Fabio Capello, having met Villa chairman Randy Lerner. Good times!
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The 1.6 billion dollar handshake
Today was a good day. My beloved football team Aston Villa thrashed local rivals Birmingham City 5-1 at Villa Park and I was there. (Full match report). I’ve been lucky recently and have been able to go to a couple…
Tagged with: Aston Villa, AVFC, Birmingham City, Doug Ellis, Premiership, Randy Lerner, Tony Morley, Trevor Francis, Villa, Villa Park
Posted in Birmingham, Football
Posted in Birmingham, Football
The end of ticket touting in the UK?
According to this Guardian Unlimited article the UK Government may actually be about to get serious about ticket touting (scalping for you US people) and put laws in place to stop it. I certainly hope that something is done about…
Tagged with: Concerts, eBay, Live Music, Re-selling, Scalping, Scalps, Sports Events, Ticket Touting, Tickets, Touts
Posted in Culture, Football, Music, Politics
Posted in Culture, Football, Music, Politics
Your Brazil Name Is…
England might be out of the World Cup, but at least we can have some with the ‘brazilname’ generator. Just click here, enter your forename and sirname and you’ll get your very own Brazilian Footballer name! Make sure you share…
England Out.
Yet another England World Cup dream in tatters. Yet another loss to Portugal on penalties. Yet another injury. Yet another bad decision by a ref. Yet another red card. Millions of words have been and will be written about this…