VillaJ100 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 20 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: Has to wait until his son visits again to turn his computer back on. More steam, son! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SirSteveUK Posted June 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 16, 2019 Old but perfectly compos mentis thanks , I own and use an IPad, an IPhone and a laptop - but not all at once, mind. Gerry Hitchens 23 (25) R.I.P. Peter McParland 22(25) Bobby Thomson 20 (22) () incl FACup 1959/60 My first season as a fan - and my first away game - at the Hawthorns. But - quiz question - who did we play? 2 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Teale's 'tache Posted June 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 16, 2019 9 minutes ago, SirSteveUK said: Old but perfectly compos mentis thanks , I own and use an IPad, an IPhone and a laptop - but not all at once, mind. Gerry Hitchens 23 (25) R.I.P. Peter McParland 22(25) Bobby Thomson 20 (22) () incl FACup 1959/60 My first season as a fan - and my first away game - at the Hawthorns. But - quiz question - who did we play? The knights of the round table?... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSteveUK Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 No, nor the Knights who say 'ni' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 40 minutes ago, SirSteveUK said: Old but perfectly compos mentis thanks , I own and use an IPad, an IPhone and a laptop - but not all at once, mind. Gerry Hitchens 23 (25) R.I.P. Peter McParland 22(25) Bobby Thomson 20 (22) () incl FACup 1959/60 My first season as a fan - and my first away game - at the Hawthorns. But - quiz question - who did we play? Wolves, FA Cup semi final, lost 1-0. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2019 If semi finals were no longer played at Wembley there wouldn't be a hope in hell of The Hawthorns getting a semi final now. We'd all be travelling up to Liverpool or Manchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 8 minutes ago, sidcow said: If semi finals were no longer played at Wembley there wouldn't be a hope in hell of The Hawthorns getting a semi final now. We'd all be travelling up to Liverpool or Manchester. I'd like to think a bit of common sense was applied, 2 midlands clubs in a semi final so how about playing the game at a ground in the midlands? But then i remembered that the FA applying common sense is extremely unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2019 32 minutes ago, av1 said: I'd like to think a bit of common sense was applied, 2 midlands clubs in a semi final so how about playing the game at a ground in the midlands? But then i remembered that the FA applying common sense is extremely unlikely. I was thinking more the size of the grounds. To be fair Villa Park is on the small side nationally now. I would guess in the 50s to 60's The Hawthorns could probably hold 50,000 plus then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted June 16, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, sidcow said: I was thinking more the size of the grounds. To be fair Villa Park is on the small side nationally now. I would guess in the 50s to 60's The Hawthorns could probably hold 50,000 plus then Quote The all-time attendance record at the Hawthorns was set on 6 March 1937, when 64,815 spectators crammed in to see Albion beat hot-favourites Arsenal 3–1 in the FA Cup quarter-final. It is worth noting that this attendance was probably bettered, when Albion played Newcastle in a fifth round tie in 1954, when over 80,000 people turned up. The official crowd was put at 61,088. The highest ever league crowd was for a 1–1 draw 60,945 against Wolves on 4 March 1950. Wikipedia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Some great info on our new man Wesley Moraes: Here's a Q&A with Jonas, a 26-year-old lawyer living in Eeklo, 40 minutes east of Bruges. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/wesley-villa-premier-league-benteke-16438527 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mottaloo Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 So.....how do we pronounce his last name ? I'm going for "Mor-ay-esh" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirSteveUK Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Well, he goes by Wesley - so that's all you need to pronounce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Hopefully be itsotp today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 5 hours ago, mottaloo said: So.....how do we pronounce his last name ? I'm going for "Mor-ay-esh" More-ice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted June 17, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted June 17, 2019 Morris. Got to be a song in there about Smith going to Belgium and bringing us back a Morris Minor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withes_shin Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 On 16/06/2019 at 09:40, villarocker said: You won't laugh at - Withe and Shaw! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wythenshawe Wythenshawe (/ˈwɪðənʃɔː/) is an area of south Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire,[1] in 1931 Wythenshawe was transferred to the City of Manchester, which had begun building a massive housing estate there in the 1920s. With an area of approximately 11 square miles (28 km2), at one time Wythenshawe was the largest council estate in Europe.[2][3] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 14 hours ago, mottaloo said: So.....how do we pronounce his last name ? I'm going for "Mor-ay-esh" yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 Hopefully he will become Benteke 2.0 for us! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 The good bit of difference here is that the Villa of old would of sold Wesley for a good price if he becomes ace for us, but this Villa were all about keeping our ace pilots now.. So yes I hope our Brazilian gets right to it and opens his check book. He does sound like a very hard working guy, will have to watch that temper though, I am mainly concerned about this report of his temper flaring. If Wes can control it, I think Smith and staff will make him into the player he is destined to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-R Posted June 17, 2019 Share Posted June 17, 2019 15 hours ago, mottaloo said: So.....how do we pronounce his last name ? I'm going for "Mor-ay-esh" More-Ay-es is the sounding sure of it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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