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When James Milner returned from his post-World Cup contract negoti – sorry, holiday – the emnity between club and player was seemingly resolved in what was termed an ‘amicable chat’. Martin O’Neill went on to quote the manager who figures largest in his footballing career, Brian Clough, by concluding that they sat down together, talked about it and decided in the end that the manager was right.

You’d be forgiven for thinking that Brian Clough stalks the corridors of Villa Park in the way that a fictional Don ...

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Twas on a cold March day in 1997 when Heroes and Villains first hit the ‘net. I ripped off some code from a magazine cd, and uploaded about 12 pages to my Virgin.net freespace account. It joined the “VillaWeb” (what ever happened to that?) as one of the 2...