Here cometh the Rocket Man

By Bill Howell on Oct 27, 08 08:46 PM in Journalists

Pity the Villa fans caught in the middle of a three car pile-up just shy of junction 16 on the M6 at around 11.30am.

Not only did they lose the roof of their car, the fire service had kindly removed that to get them out, but they also missed a four goal thrashing of Wigan.

Would they be more upset about the car or the loss of an away trip?

The M6 was a car park for an hour. There was the sight of Villa fans walking up the carriageway for a chat with other football supporters. Stoke fans were on their way to Manchester. Don't suppose their conversation was anything other than a few grunts about how good Thomas Sorensen has become.

I arrived in sunshine. It was weather that by the second half would become sheeting rain.

All the pre-match talk was of John Carew. Woud he start, or would his punishment for being in a lap dance bar in the early hours of the morning before the Ajax game continue?

Much of the talk centered around the Villa supporter who took the trouble to phone a local newspaper on Thursday evening with details of Carew's rendevous.

The general consensus was the the fella might be lucky to escape an ear-bashing from one or two fans.

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