Author: Nick Sanders
Nick Sanders
Season ticket holder/Holteender since the age of 6 when Big Ron was boss. Teacher by trade but keen interest in journalism and travel. Often (annoyingly) confused with Gary Monk.
Well, here we are. The Champions League Final brings a curtain down on our football viewing for the 2016-17 season. I’m certainly hoping it’s better than the Championship playoff final which flattered to deceive. We should congratulate Huddersfield, the size of their achievement shouldn’t go unnoticed and listening to the chairman at the end, it’s refreshing to see local owners who love the club achieve their dream of making the big time. Looking at the Premier League ahead of next season it does make for interesting viewing. I constantly hear the comment of fans of Leeds, Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest…
Numerous issues have plagued Aston Villa in recent years and the last thing I’m going to do is try and pinpoint exactly where it all began and whether it was entirely down to owners, players, managers etc. We’ve been there, we’ve argued and the record needed changing rapidly. The one area that does interest me most though in the seemingly endless ‘track of frustration’ is that of our travel issues. Now it’s clear that when we departed the Premier League we were awful, both home and away. Three wins all season was an embarrassment to say the least. However, whilst…