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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Franchise plc
H&V 129 – March 2006 With the exception of Manchester United, it’s doubtful that there’s a more loathed team in the country than MK Dons. Everyone knows the story of how Wimbledon, who had spent twenty years battling their way … Continue reading
Well, Who’s It Gonna Be Then?
H&V 51, April 1997. It’s obvious that we’re going to be in the market for a new forward in the summer. The candidates are many and the arguments will rage until our new record signing (as he will surely be) … Continue reading
Nightmare Journeys From Hell
H&V 83 – January 2001. Wimbledon, FA Cup replay, 1993. I used to have a soft spot for Wimbledon. All that little club embarrassing the big boys and the rest of it. Great, I used to think. Anybody that shows … Continue reading
The Astonian Chronicles
H&V 59 – April 1998. Amongst the collection of old publications we were sent some years ago was a copy of another long-running periodical, The Astonian Chronicles. The following excerpt is from vol 4, no. 8, which came out in … Continue reading
I Hate the Villa
H& V 128 – January 2006 I suppose I’d better start off with a confession. I don’t like football. To be honest, I don’t like Aston Villa. Now before you start wondering what I’m doing writing in H&V and why … Continue reading
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You Know You’re a Brummie Because –
H&V 72 – December 1999. 1. You say “town” and expect everyone to know which one. 2. You tell children to “mind the horse road”. 3. You have never been to Aston Hall but you know intimately the backstreets of … Continue reading
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The Perry Barr Pet
H&V 64 – January 1999. Some time around the end of the last century we came across a collection of early supporters journals which dealt with the affairs of the Aston Villa Football Club in the 1890s. Issue 4 came … Continue reading
The Youth of Today
H&V 95 – March 2002. The children of the Children of the Revolution….well not exactly, but here we can take a look at a few of the young wannabes at Villa Park. We’ve heard it all before, this kid is … Continue reading
Heroes and Villains 