Villa training at ER tonight

[Mick O'Rourke]

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Never mind that, what hotel are they staying in?

We can do that cringeworthy thing and all go along with fireworks. High end hotels will have triple glazing and the players will have an additional sleep schedule on the day of the game anyway but we can pretend it might work.

During the mid 60s to mid 70s when we were qualifying often in the old fairs cup, there was occasions abroad that the team got a "welcome" at hotels.
Drum banging, car and scooter horns,general noise outside to annoy the players.

Jimmy O' was once asked about that regarding one trip to Valencia and replied
" Wisnae any bother,we couldnt hear them from the hotel bar,anyway" !

Interestingly,i think we might have also been Scotttish pioneers in taking our own chef to foreign climes and avoiding possible "tummy upsets" in "home team" hotels !
Not sure about Birmingham,though.