Match Preview.

Leicester City v Aston Villa. Filbert Street. 3.00pm. Saturday 25th September, 1999.

Villa in Town.

Peter Gilbert 23.9.99.

I used to be really jealous of Aston Villa, it felt like we were their reserve side. They had our manager, coaching staff, our best midfielder and my favourite City player at the time a certain J.Joachim.  But things have shifted somewhat in the last couple of years.
Brian Little has moved on and is now doing the rounds of Div 1/2 'wannabe' clubs.
Mark Draper can't get in the side, and he certainly wouldn't get into ours. Simon Grayson failed there, they desperately tried to buy Steve Walsh from us but good old JJ is still playing like a diamond, he was their top scorer last season with 16 in all competitions.
. They have however bought Dion Dublin, whom we couldn't afford although he was actually born round the corner from Filbert Street.
During recent years we've been a thorn in their side, in fact I can't remember the last time they beat us.   I remember the furiously hostile reception we gave Brian Little and co. on their first trip back.    Since then we've always been 'up for it'.    I like their manager John Gregory, he's bright and witty but their Chairman makes Barry the Hangman look like a presenter off playschool .By comparison. I suspect it won't be long before JG and AV part company, then guess who he'll have earmarked for his vacancy, and I'll tell you what if Martin takes that job it'll show what a desperate man he is.
Last season they were top of the Premiership for 14 weeks but it all came tumbling down shortly after they played us. We drew both our games with the last season.
We should be able to go one better than that this season, and this week would be a good time for a win methinks.

Villa fans have an annoying nasal accent and they moan constantly unless they are top of the league, in other words they moan a great deal.  They will strike up conversation though along the lines of.................................... 'Oi............am considerably.......reacher................... than yo.' As far as football clubs go, they are richer than us, they are often contesting for the very top players.   Their ground can hold 40,000 and more but generally it's half empty as their fans are trolling about moaning about boring football
But do they worry us?   Well they're due a win against us, but not just yet

Forecast: Home win by a single goal.

Did You Know?

1.Aston Villa were founded during the winter of 1874.75 by a bunch of bored cricketers.
2.They moved to Villa Park in 1897.
3. They've been league champions on 7 occasions,the last of which was in 1980/81. 3. They've     won the FA Cup 7 times.
4. They are one of only 6 clubs to achieve the league and FA Cup double in 1896/97.
5. They've competed in Europe on 11 occasions. They won the European Cup in 1982.
6. Their 1961 League Cup win made them the first English club to lift all three major trophies.