Cheers General. I saw Gareth get the ball in front of goal and I thought "if the General has had a word, he'll shoot here". He did and scored so thanks. Next time one of the boys needs a pep talk I'll let you know
On a serious note, I took my 6 year old Nephew and 33 year old sister to their first ever football game. They were impressed with every part of the Villa matchday experience such as walking out to see the inside of Villa Park for the first time, the experience of the atmosphere, the euphoria of celebrating a goal and the excellent staff inside the ground.
When we scored our 2nd goal just after half time they thought all the Villa fans had gone mad when we were all cheering a Bolton goal. After looking around confused for a few moments they realised we had swapped ends.
Because of the excitement our team caused they are now fans for life and even though my sister has (obviously) never really been into football before she thoroughly enjoyed the day.
The only negative point she picked up on was the surrounding area walking towards VP from the Aston Church side is not very nice at all. Its not until you get past Aston Church the area looks nice.
I know Villa have been putting a lot of money into redeveloping some surrounding areas. Is this area part of any redevelopment plans or do you not have any control or jurisdiction over this?
Thanks for reading the waffle