Villan
Canberra, AUSTRALIA
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Born, Pens, Die.
Lunch time, peace out jobbers.
@PensAreYourDaddy @Villan Yeah, I don't think the person I posted it for read it either!
@Lindas1st L1, are you The Rock, always talking in the 3rd person!
@shooter mcdavid @Villan @SaintMarty I have one team, live and die by the Pens.
Hey BDF, not sure how true this story is but it's amusing anyway.
Contrary to popular belief, Aston Villa were the first to wear claret and sky blue. According to Tony Matthews the claret and blue theme was a Scottish influence, combining the maroon of Hearts and the blue of Rangers, with the Scottish lion rampant included in the badge. Yet another theory from Wikipedia states that the club's proposed colours was chocolate and blue, and that chocolate colour, over time, was switched to claret.
West Ham United, then called Thames Ironworks, permanently adopted claret and blue for home colours in the summer of 1899. Irons right-half Charlie Dove received the kit from his father William Dove, who was a professional sprinter of national repute, as well as being involved with the coaching at Thames Ironworks. Dove Sr. had been at a fair in Birmingham, close to Villa Park, the home ground of Aston Villa and was challenged to a race against four Villa players, who wagered money that one of them would win.
Will Dove defeated them and, when they were unable to pay the bet, one of the Villa players who was responsible for washing the team's kit offered a complete side's 'uniforms' to Dove in payment. The Aston Villa player subsequently reported to his club that the kit was 'missing'.
Thames Ironworks, and later West Ham United, retained the claret yoke/blue sleeves design, but also continued to use their previously favoured colours for their away kits, and indeed, in recent years the club have committed to a dark blue-white-sky blue rotation for the away colours.
@shooter mcdavid @SaintMarty What? Surely your heart is Black and Gold though?
@BDF @Villan @Hoss @Growsdower @shooter mcdavid Yeah. I don't mind West Ham actually.
@CollegeGraduateShoes Classic horror tactic, lulling you into a false sense of security.
@BDF @Villan @Hoss @Growsdower @shooter mcdavid Stole our colours they did!
@Hoss @Villan @Growsdower @shooter mcdavid Probably my most hated sportsman, in any sport. I know a lot of English guys and they all feel the same way.
@Hoss @Villan @Growsdower @shooter mcdavid I voiced my opinion on that prick earlier.
@Growsdower @Villan @shooter mcdavid Also, lpool havent won in a loooooong time!
@Growsdower @Villan @shooter mcdavid United less so than the others I think. Back when they won a few in a row they had a lot of players from their youth system come through, Scholes, Giggs, beckham, the Nevilles setc.
@shooter mcdavid @Villan @Growsdower Haha, Balotelli, guy is a jagoff. I love that's why you started following City.
One good thing about Man City is they remind me of Oasis.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdOSFW_1yRc
@shooter mcdavid @Growsdower Are you one of these NEW City fans? Suddenly, when they buy a title, I'm seeing City shirts everywhere!
@BDF @Villan @AngryPanda @NewYinzer @CollegeGraduateShoes They were great. This my favourite Silverchair song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44NALkVU_yE
@AngryPanda @Villan @NewYinzer @CollegeGraduateShoes I never think about him to be honest, his annoying daughter is tv every now and then though.
@CollegeGraduateShoes @NewYinzer @PezFanIsHere Hey Shoes, you seen REC? Spanish horror film, so good.