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I write on music, sport and travel. Tweets are mostly along the same lines; I delete most old stuff. Debut book out now - see 📌 pinned tweet! #avfc 한국을 사랑해.

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Joined February 2009
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James Hendicott
2 years
Pinned tweet: Where can I buy your book? These links will, between them, get it to you wherever you are in the world... If you can use independent stores where available, I'd appreciate that, @StanchionBooks and @KennysBookshop have been great. Thanks!
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@jameslineytv Imagine being offended by partisanship and working for GB News. Some self-awareness might help!
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9 months
@steamedhamms @my_pilot Wow, this man thoroughly lacks an eye for the difference between PR and reality.
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2 months
@Jon_Mackenzie Absolute peak United this year. A club perhaps five places above where performances say they should be.
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Hell, yes.
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@GrantSana I've lived in quite a few places and this is lost on me. Irish coffee is superb if you know where to go for it. Yeah, Insomnia for example is pretty dreadful but we have some excellent spots, too.
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@danbardell Do our fans ever stop whinging? This is the most pointless of pointless games, FFS, it'll be forgotten ten seconds after it finishes.
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@BluesWillly @AVFCOfficial Going to Wrexham 🤣🤣🤣
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1 month
The "don't blame Olsen" brigade need to accept at this point that we're a shadow of our usual selves when he plays. The defence fall to bits every time, presumably due to lack of confidence in him. That's six conceded in about 110 minutes now. Not good enough. #avfc
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2 months
@tariqpanja My Aston Villa almost certain to finish above two and a solid shot at finishing above three of the six superleague clubs, too. No one called that at the time!
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23 days
Aside from last night's chaos - Villa did a montage of ppl who died in the past year at half time (former players, fans, etc). Nearly every Liverpool fan stood up and applauded start to finish. Love to see that. In any other environment it'd be a given but not football #avfc #lfc
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2 months
@avfcbreaking Nah, the fact that Newcastle fans are still annoyed about this a decade later is genuinely funny. They could use learning to take a bit of banter. It's one banner.
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@Nancy_Gillen @kirbyhazard I paid £15 to watch my country win the Euros and anyone who thinks that's a bad thing has something wrong with them, frankly 🤣
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1981/82 season: Villa win the European Cup. 1982/83 season: Villa are in the top level of European competition for the last time. 1984: I'm born. 2024: 😃😃😃😃🎉🎉🎉 Alexa, play that beautiful Champions League anthem. Absolutely unbelievable. UP THE VILLA!!! #avfc #utv
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1 month
Gonna put that second half in the context of "7 points from Arsenal, Chelsea + Bournemouth is a fine return" and look forward to cheering on Arsenal tomorrow. Not the first time we've had a bad half, let's look at the bigger picture and move on. The team seem to be able to. #avfc
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2 months
@J_Tanswell In the build up to two corners? What fouls? What an incredibly sore loser 🤣. Ask him about the trip on Watkins in the penalty area...
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James Hendicott
2 months
@xGPhilosophy Really? Accepting I don't fully understand the system, there's got to be easily a 10% chance of scoring in that position once he's on the ball. More, I reckon.
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James Hendicott
17 days
Castore to Adidas is not too far from Gerrard to Emery as an upgrade. Bring it on. #avfc
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adidas Football
17 days
Holte Enders in the stripes. 💜 welcome to the /// @AVFCOfficial
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One of my current favourite ways to make myself socially unpopular is to refer to Aston Villa as the "fourth best team in the Premier League" in the company of fans of Man United and Chelsea and observe the disgust on their faces 🤣 #avfc #leaguetabledoesntlie
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2 months
@FootRankings Thanks! (Spot the Villa fan over here haha)
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@bigmonsterlove I like James Blunt, he's hilarious. His music is a different subject, obviously 🤣
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2 months
@willr171 @avfcbreaking Of course, famously what normally happens when a big premier league side is relegated is the opposition sympathise 🤣. Get over it, we've been there too, it's not personal and definitely doesn't justify a decade of resentment and a completely fake 'rivalry' 🤣
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27 days
I've a great piece of history around unrepresented World Cups explored in my book (see pinned tweet) about what is widely regarded as the best tournament for unrepresented people to date. I hope this is every bit as good...
@UnrepSports
Unrepresented Sports
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Let's make it official. See you in 2025. #WeAreTheUnrepresented
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22 days
Two season-ending injuries to key players before the end of the first game, a 5-1 defeat. 15 consecutive home wins. More than 50 games played, running on absolute empty for the last five. Just sensational beyond belief. #avfc #utv
@CoachesVoice
The Coaches' Voice
23 days
Aston Villa in the Premier League this season... •⁠ ⁠Most points and wins since 1992/93 •⁠ ⁠Most goals since 1976/77 •⁠ ⁠Only team to beat Man City and Arsenal @UnaiEmery_ has led them to the Champions League for the first time since 1983. 💜🇪🇸 #AVFC
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Away from this utter chaos, thank you Chelsea. #avfc
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@classicshirts The original is a lot better.
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@SpurzForEver Congratulations to Spurs on the "the team we care about more than our own probably won't win" trophy. Also, factually wrong.
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My view would be this is probably it for CONIFA. Too consistently unreliable, I wouldn't be booking personal flights to a tournament anymore, let alone a whole team"s worth. It just shows how incredibly London (and other) events were. A huge shame, it was a great project.
@SaschaDueerkop
Sascha Düerkop
1 month
The #CONIFA World Football Cup in #Kurdistan is postponed from 2024 to 2025.
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2 months
St Patrick's Athletic v Waterford #groundhopping
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@FootRankings Oddly that's probably a disadvantage for the 5th CL place next year - as the points are averaged, it'd only take 2 or 3 clubs performing poorly to see them in trouble, and the average quality of a top 9 clubs is likely to be lower that this year's 7. Weird how that works!
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1 month
I thought the Leinster fans on the North side thing was stupid cliche, but I'm there now and some of them do actually look dead uncomfortable 🤣
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1 month
@ChatShirt Two teams are beefing about their shirts and the history of them. One is a slightly cultish club beloved by tru football fans wearing full-sleeve Kappa. The other is a dull new money club with a questionable past clad in season old Castore.
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James Hendicott
28 days
@tomreedwriting @TerraceEdition @GloriousBanners Wonderful ground, but I'm here to (with some bias) point at the magnificent Villa Park.
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If you're expecting me to shut up about Aston Villa between now and May 19th, by the way, you're going to be sorely disappointed. There's a reasonable chance this is the best season we've had since the early 90s even if we lose every remaining game. It's sensational. #avfc #utv
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James Hendicott
1 month
This. Commentary was remarkably pro Chelsea throughout, too. One of the poorer Villa performances this season (outright awful second half), but that's a foul, end of discussion, surely?! #avfc
@PTHosford
Paul Hosford
1 month
The standard of Premier League reffing is bad. But TNT desperately trying to create a controversy around a very clear foul doesn't help them do their jobs, either.
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@BUDJNRR @AVFCOfficial This is a post about someone saving someone else's life mate. Stop farming clicks and show some basic decency. Absolutely moron.
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1 month
I'm gonna have the fear until it's absolutely over, obviously, but with goal difference, this Spurs team very likely needs to beat City even if Villa lose our remaining two. A title chasing City against *this* Spurs team. We're nearly there, surely? #avfc #utv
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James Hendicott
2 months
@Cultureroze @foreverboleynBU @danlb_1882 Not that I owe you an explanation, but here are dozens of blog posts from when I lived in Seoul (below), and the phonetic translation written out: 토트넘 홋스퍼. Some people have done things with their life other than act like an ass on Twitter. Cheers.
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2 months
If he played for anyone else, I'd probably think Emi Martinez was a tool. Villa haven't traditionally had many shithouse type players, and I haven't generally liked them, but my god do I love that man. He's unreal. #avfc #utv
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@UltraTV90 @DeadlineDayLive Even if we're in the Champions League, while we're managed by a hugely respected manager and clearly have a great dressing room with a rep for improving players? I think you might be surprised. We've already got several players on his level.
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1 month
Villa fans, if any one of Chelsea, Newcastle or Man Utd lose (or in Chelsea's case, draw) tonight, we mathematically qualify for Europe. What a season! #avfc #utv
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@robggill @paulmurphy_TD I can't imagine many Irish people are thinking "oh must move there, seems a welcoming neighbourhood" either, tbh.
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2 months
I had the two year old with me, too (as well as my wife and 10 year old son). Normally that would be a recipe for disaster but she was outstanding. Couldn't have dealt with it all better. So proud of her!
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9 months
@andywigmore @jdpoc @Fox_Claire @GBNEWS @JohnRyleyNews How in the absolute world do you not recognise free choice about where you spend your money is very specifically an example of free speech?
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In an hour, St Pauli play away at HSV (cracking German derby), and if they win, they get promoted to the Bundesliga and all but consign HSV to another year in the Bundesliga II. What a scenario! #FCSP
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James Hendicott
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I thought Big 6 Premier League bias on Sky was funny, but Kenny Miller has absolutely disgraced himself on Old Firm commentary. Arguing against the absolute reddest of red cards short of a punch 🤣. Another level stuff.
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I'll have Real Madrid, PSG, Bayer Leverkusen, Juventus, Sporting, PSV, Galatasary and Sparta Prague, please. In for a penny, etc... #avfc
@FootRankings
Football Rankings
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🚨 Aston Villa will play in the Champions League! 🔶 Villa likely to be placed in Pot 4 🔷 21/36 UCL participants confirmed
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James Hendicott
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I think on current form with a depleted squad, tonight is a step too far for the Villa and I can't see it happening. It it does, it'll be the cherry on top of an incredible season. Whatever the outcome is, I'm beyond happy with this team. #avfc #utv
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@idontownacat @itszaeok The song was actually about seeing his ex with someone else. It's depressing I know this 🤣
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James Hendicott
1 month
I'm not sure yet if I'm going to @BeyondThePaleIE this year, but I'd highly recommend it. Great varied music, lovely crowd, just an all-around really nice experience.
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2 months
A throwback interview from around 18 months back - the superb @jamesstarsailor on his solo career and how it fits alongside the band's latest explorations as well as his love of Carole King...
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16 days
The full video of this is seriously moving (possibly only if you're a Villa fan). About 15 mins in when we're 5-0 down and the away end is going absolutely mental singing that Champions League song... decades of watching Villa and I've seen nothing like it. #avfc #utv
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Max Stokes
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NEW VIDEO LIVE NOW! 🍿 The best party atmosphere I ever experienced! What an away end 🥳 🔗 #AVFC #UTV #CPFC
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@AVFCOfficial @leonbailey "Look, look, we've got time". Legend, @leonbailey !
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James Hendicott
2 months
That's fifth minimum guaranteed, right? Newcastle and Man United both need 13 points from a possible 18 to go above us, even if we lose every single remaining game. We'll definitely get more points. Ecstatic with that. #avfc #utv .
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James Hendicott
1 month
I don't think it'll be today on balance, but Aston Villa could qualify for the Champions League today, which is truly breathtaking. Alongside the playoff final win, if it ultimately happens, it'll be the most significant moment for the club in my lifetime, I think. #avfc #utv
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James Hendicott
3 months
@MarcHogan @useful_noise @CondeNast I don't get it, what is this designed to achieve? It seems entirely unnecessary to me.
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James Hendicott
1 month
I don't like moaning about referees, but every single marginal decision has gone against us here. Every one. #avfc
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James Hendicott
23 days
For those who don't follow these things, the #avfc end of season night happened to be tonight, and it looks like absolute chaos... 😄
@PreeceObserver
Ashley Preece
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It all started by Martinez soaking Unai Emery. Welcome to the Champions League. Unreal scenes, here! ⭐ #AVFC #UTV
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Looking at the new format, I genuinely think Villa could get a knock-out tie in the Champions League (requires finishing at least 24th out of 36 in the new league format). What a time to be alive 🤣 #avfc
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James Hendicott
2 months
This win (assuming we dont royally screw up). Is absolutely massive. As big as the Arsenal one. Pressure heaped on Spurs. #AVFC
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James Hendicott
27 days
I am once again asking Irish election candidates to put a policy, any policy, on their election posters. I am not voting for your face.
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James Hendicott
2 months
For the record, we did not deserve to win that at all. And I don't care, at all. #avfc
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James Hendicott
2 months
Semi finals of a European competition. Christ alive! #avfc
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James Hendicott
24 days
I'm having another "frustrated by lack of interest in local media" day. Dublin Gazette has a bigger per issue circulation than the Irish Times. I don't expect to be treated like I write features for the Irish Times, but *some* PR treat features as worthless.
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James Hendicott
1 month
I very much hope I'm wrong, by the way. I just can't see how you can fail to put on a sequence of tournaments and get continued buy-in.
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James Hendicott
17 days
This week's @DublinGazette features my piece with @LemoncelloIE , talking subconscious musical exploration, and folk duets.
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1 month
This game is madness. I think most of us Villa fans feared for the Defence without Martinez, who is key to how we play in possession. Olsen is a reasonable shot stopper but our whole defensive strategy struggles without the pass back option. At least we're in it again. #avfc
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James Hendicott
21 days
For the first time in years I've changed my default lock screen. Couldn't help myself
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James Hendicott
2 months
I wonder what percentage of people on Twitter are purposefully posting stupid opinions to get a reaction. It feels higher every day.
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James Hendicott
20 days
I'd imagine most people who remember themselves at the age of 10 would agree with this. I wouldn't say "I identify as a courgette" now because it risks being taken as mocking someone, and I don't want to do that, but as a 10 year old I'd have found it full on hilarious.
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Cara Lisette
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As someone who works with children, I promise that adults thinking they ‘identify as pasta’ is hilarious to them. IF, and that’s a big if, a child has ever said that, they are 100% taking the piss to see how far they can push right wing adults into embarrassing themselves.
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@LoveMcGrathpod Me too. Villa are my club, I grew up watching them, and I've flown out for today's game, but I (now) live in Ireland and it's not doable week by week. So I watch a lot of League of Ireland, several teams. In fact, I pointedly don't pick one:
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@stphnfllws @danbardell I would, and I 1000% mean this, pay the ticket price to watch us lose this 5 or 6 nil and have a party in the sun. I'm sure they're fine.
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@jdpoc Trump wants to be thrown in jail. It plays into his victim narrative.
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James Hendicott
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Fontaines DC sorted for @3ArenaDublin in December. Too good to miss live, especially the riotous Dublin shows.
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James Hendicott
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@UTDTonyD @AVFCOfficial Onto fourth? What you piping up for 🤣
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James Hendicott
4 months
@RichieRyanDJ The book is absolutely nuts from start to finish Richie. Highly recommended!
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James Hendicott
2 months
For what it's worth, I'd like Arsenal to win the title. But not at the expense of my club, happy to take SIX POINTS off them all day long. Bring on the next round of Arsenal fans commenting on Unai, one of the themes of our season (we love him, not sure why they care!) #avfc #utv
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James Hendicott
24 days
@VulcanVilla @Lucky13Pierre I also didn't hear a poverty chant. And I was in North Stand, near the away fans. I'll hold my hand up if I'm wrong, and I hate that stuff, but I didn't hear it.
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James Hendicott
2 months
Got myself and the little lad tickets for the Liverpool game. They seem to be flying out, suspect they'll be sold out today, hardly any pairs together. Had to take what we could get at the bottom corner of the North Stand (opposite side to the away fans, thankfully!) #avfc #utv
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James Hendicott
3 months
@Davidsm37973608 I think Villa fans have a real affinity with Forest, we have a lot in common as clubs. Glad you enjoyed it!
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James Hendicott
1 month
Olivia Rodrigo's €20 tickets for people who can't afford full prices go on sale soon for Dublin (I don't have details but her website will). Quality thing to do.
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James Hendicott
1 month
Villa were relegated this season and I still consider it the best season of my lifetime. Absolutely unreal achievement against massive odds, if only it happened more often.
@classicshirts
Classic Football Shirts
1 month
On This Day in 2016 🗓️ Leicester City lifted the Premier League trophy! What a moment.
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James Hendicott
1 month
It's been incredible watching the Villa fanbase come to life these last 18 months. Incredible passion behind Emery's team, it's superb to see. 11 days until I'm over, three crucial games before then. Come on, lads!!! #avfc
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matt maher
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If you like flares, this is the place to be. #avfc
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James Hendicott
2 months
It's never gonna be perfect every week, of course, and I'm incredibly happy with progress overall, but this is so poor from Villa. Horrible to watch tonight, I'll be shocked if we get through this. #avfc
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James Hendicott
22 days
That's about the toughest possible outcome, I think, but I'd prefer the full experience. Other extreme would be something like... Inter, Leipzig, Shaktar, Club Brugge, Maccabi, Slavia, Sturm Graz, AEK Which I'd be disappointed with. Give me a massive home tie, please!
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James Hendicott
1 month
Hell yes!!! Definitely off to United or Bayern then ;) #avfc
@David_Ornstein
David Ornstein
1 month
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Unai Emery commits future to Aston Villa by extending contract as boss until 2027. Spaniard happy at #AVFC + club intend to sit down in summer to prolong deal further. Owners see 52yo becoming their version of Sir Alex Ferguson @TheAthleticFC
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@GrantSana Yep. I live in a town of 10,000 and there are quite literally four places here I wouldn't be embarrassed to bring an Italian (and a couple I would, to be fair!). Smug nonsense, for sure.
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James Hendicott
1 month
Villa look absolutely knackered. Any result will do tbh. Great stop from Olsen right on half time #avfc
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James Hendicott
1 month
I did a Take That. Review tomorrow on @GoldenPlec :D
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James Hendicott
28 days
We've actually played extremely well tonight. Incredible season, but I think this is gone. It is what it is. I can't bring myself to get upset, I remember 18 months ago too clearly. #avfc
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James Hendicott
1 month
I think there's a genuine question to be asked about playing Gauci on Sunday tbh. Probably switching Konsa back out wide and putting Carlos/ Torres (if he's fit)/ both back in, too. Defensively, this isn't working in a massive, massive way. #avfc
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@DonaldClarke63 I tell them I don't have a vote because I'm English. They usually try to explain about local elections etc (I know this already and I am a citizen now - accent can be very helpful!), but it stops them trying to win me over, usually haha. Not a widely useful strategy, admittedly.
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James Hendicott
2 months
I don't begrudge anyone enjoying that huge pop stars new music that came out on Friday (careful wording here), and I'm absolutely in favour of 'let people enjoy things', but it's not stand out sensational, is it? I feel confused (/probably old) by the hype... it's... fine?
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James Hendicott
4 months
@outsidewrite Not as good as the Fontaines DC one but still iconic :)
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James Hendicott
2 months
We have never won 20 Premier League games in a (post '92) season before. Blow it up ref! Still 4 to go :) #AVFC
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James Hendicott
4 months
@DeafinitelyHere Here I'm in no position to say if it's true or not. Amazing story though.
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James Hendicott
1 month
Not bad at all this...
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James Hendicott
1 month
That was manic. Exhausting to watch, sometimes you see someone performing like they mean it to the very core of their being, and this was one of those times. Not sure it'd go in my top 10 gigs ever but I'd squeeze it in the top 20. It'll be a stadium next time @oliviarodrigo
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