Following a discussion on Heroes & Villains, the fanzine received permission from the club to erect a plaque to those players, officials and supporters who served in wartime. This will be on public display somewhere around the ground. After talking to a plaque manufacturer, they have come up with suitable wording, along the lines of In grateful remembrance of those players, officials and supporters of Aston Villa FC who served their country in wartime, and in particular Bill Bowker, Arthur Dobson, Alfred Edwards, Billy Gerrish…

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Last night, Villa played Man City in the FA Cup, with key players rested. Although the team had experienced internationals playing, it was not their strongest team. Was it right to weaken the team, putting the Premier League first, or should we have had a right go at Man City with our strongest team? Does it make a mockery of the FA Cup for us to get this far and then not play our strongest available? What about the fans who have paid their money…

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500 programmes have been made available from Saturday’s  home victory over Manchester City. Please click on the following link to order yours now: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230577015026&autoredirect=off

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CHRIS PRICE RECOVERING AFTER FREAK ACCIDENT One week ago, former Aston Villa right-back Chris Price, who played over 100 games for the club from 1988-1992, nearly lost his life when he was caught by a ‘rip’ underwater current and dragged out to sea while playing football with his youngest daughter on a beach near his home in Brisbane, Australia. Chris was eventually found face down in the water and not breathing. Whilst the beach lifeguards were working to resuscitate him, Chris suffered a cardiac arrest…

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The Football Supporters’ Federation are conducting a short survey so that we can accurately gauge the opinion of fans up and down the country. We hope that you have got a minute spare to complete our first survey of this kind, which has only two questions, to let us know your views on footballer’s wages. We’ve had thousands of fans from clubs up and down the country filling it in, but at the minute Villa fans are somewhat under-represented in our responses, and we want…

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  MPs are to investigate how professional football in England and Wales is governed to see if it requires government intervention to reform it. The cross-party committee will examine whether there is too much debt in the professional game. It will also look at whether the rules requiring owners to be “fit and proper persons” are adequate. Sports managers, club representatives and fans are among witnesses expected to be called by the committee. The inquiry has been prompted by the rows relating to debts at…

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The William McGregor is 1 year old today! Happy Birthday to you! The statue was unveiled 1 year ago on 28th November before the Spurs game by Lord Mawhinney. We hope you still enjoy seeing it.

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An insightful piece by Dave Boyle, Supporters Direct When clubs like Chesterfield and Exeter became owned by crooks, people didn’t seem to care that much, because neither were big clubs, like Liverpool. When Portsmouth’s owners turned out to have been functionally innumerate, or broke, or maybe to not even exist (or maybe all of those things), people didn’t seem to care much because Portsmouth were just a small club which seemed bigger just by dint of the league it played in. It wasn’t a big…

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Thousands of German football fans came together last Saturday in a mass demonstration to make clear their opposition to rising ticket prices and the commercialisation of the game. The peaceful protest, titled Zum Erhalt der Fankultur (For the Protection of Fan Culture), was attended by fans of approximately 50 different clubs and an estimated 6,000 attendance was claimed by organisers. The event was supported by Football Supporters Europe of which the FSF is an affiliated member. Clubs from the first, second and third divisions of Germany’s…

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Joint statement from the Spirit of Shankley and ShareLiverpoolFC Spirit of Shankly-ShareLiverpoolFC welcomes the likely end of Hicks and Gillett’s ownership of LFC, regardless of the current attempts to prolong this process. At this stage we remain open minded about any new ownership regime. However our long held view that supporter ownership is right for Liverpool Football Club remains unaltered. The aspiration amongst supporters to become part of the ownership of LFC by investing our own money and to have our interests represented in the…

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