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xxWilliam McGregor's grave

08:59:11 by martin@ | Views: 254 | Comments: 0

From bbc News

Football League founder William McGregor's grave rededicated

The grave of the founder of the Football League and former chairman of Aston Villa has been rededicated.

William McGregor was born in Braco, Perthshire, in 1846 and became chairman of the Birmingham-based club in 1886 before founding the league in 1888.

The Aston Villa Supporters Trust has raised about £1,000 to clean up the gravestone.

Trust chairman, Peter Warrilow, described McGregor as "a towering figure in world football".

He said: "William McGregor was far more than a director and chairman, he was the promoter of the first football league in the world.

The trust also helped commission a statue of McGregor which was erected outside Vil...


xxSays it all really....

09:01:45 by martin@ | Views: 199 | Comments: 0


Following a discussion on Heroes & Villains, the fanzine received permis...

xxthe hardest man in history

09:25:48 by martin@ | Views: 2198 | Comments: 0

Hard men and characters. Everybody says there aren't enough of them left in football. All the old faces say there used to be plenty on the old days. Vinnie Jones wouldn't have lasted five minutes agai...

xxScorers of Great Villa Goals

12:08:05 by martin@ | Views: 1710 | Comments: 0

Whose Villa goals have you enjoyed the most - simply because of the quailty of the goals.

So it needn't be a striker, or even someone who got loads, or even someone who scored particularly ...


xxIf you could add just ONE former or past Villa player

10:10:35 by martin@ | Views: 2165 | Comments: 0

You've seen em come, you've seen em go over the years. And im sure there's been many a player who cunjures up good memories at VP. But if you could just add one of those former Villa players to this c...

xxFalling out of love with NEUTRAL football

12:05:58 by martin@ | Views: 2222 | Comments: 0

Anybody else?

I took a passive interest in last night's Arsenal game as it was a decent game, but as a rule of thumb I no longer have any interest in any match that doesn't involve Villa....

xxdifference between managers

12:20:28 by martin@ | Views: 2580 | Comments: 0

The difference between o neill and houllier

By the time Martin O'Neill dramatically quit Aston Villa five days before the start of the season, he was fed up with owner Randy L...




xxOur neighbours

12:03:29 by martin@ | Views: 2058 | Comments: 0

It's about time this got another airing....

The fact that every time the Hawthorns gets near capacity they can't cope, the Alex Cropley game when they set out for ninety minutes to kick anything in claret and blue, Alan Baker, John Woodward, Ray Graydon, their sanctimonious holier-than-thou we're only a little team and we're going to enj...



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