Simon Trickett 💙

Father, husband, NHS manager, football fan and occasional cricketer. Avfc fan. Views on here are definitely all mine and not official NHS.

[Simon Trickett 💙 @tricks36]

Fantastic read and an inspirational story #avfc #amadou #onana

[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

“If you want a good football story, watch a good football match. This is life I’m talking about.”

Amadou Onana owes a lot to Belgium for the beginning of his football career, but he also wants to pay respects to the people who have been with him the entire way. https://t.co/JkmeWkB7EF

[Simon Trickett 💙 @tricks36]

@AVFCMarkM No way Barcelona have the money to pay for Gordon. Rashford is a much better player, and they can't scrape the ££ together for him, Gordon will be 2 or 3 times as much.

[Simon Trickett 💙 @tricks36]

@espenstrand Bizot is going, wants to be a number 1. I’d imagine Zych will be number 2 next season. I suspect Abraham will also move on, and probably Mings.

[Simon Trickett 💙 @tricks36]

@doc3d 100% agree with that. There’s a long list, but no second yellow for Merino for that was the most unfathomable decision of the season by quite some distance.

[akavfc @magicmanavfc]

What a season
Beat Man City twice
Beat Arsenal
Beat Liverpool
Beat Chelsea
Beat Tottenham
Beat Man Utd
Finished 4th
Won the Europa League
Qualified for the Champions League twice
Broke records

Love this club

Enjoy the summer all Villa fans everywhere

#utv #avfc

[Simon Trickett 💙 @tricks36]

@JimmyTheBrummie Glad you are ok, stay well James. There’s a big community on here who really do give a shit. Whatever you are going through it will get better I am sure 💜💙

[Simon Trickett 💙 @tricks36]

@TheOriginal_Cat Great thread mate, captured the mood perfectly. I felt that on the walk down to the ground, it was eerily quiet really and everyone was nervous but properly zoned in to at needed to be done #avfc #utv

[Simon Trickett 💙 @tricks36]

Totally agree. Outstanding service and a world away from UK budget airlines. Excellent service @TurkishAirlines

[church of aston @Church_of_Aston]

Big shout out to Turkish airlines as well.
Probably the best airline i have travelled with, excellent food great staff and best in flight entertainment ever @TurkishAirlines

[Claret & Blue @ClaretBluePod]

Prince William meets Claret & Blue... the video nobody saw coming

👉🏻 https://t.co/o3Z4xWL2c9

#AVFC

[Simon Trickett 💙 @tricks36]

Come on Villa. Huge game, massive pressure, a chance to be remembered forever UTV #avfc 💜💙

[The Prince and Princess of Wales @KensingtonRoyal]

Come on Villa! Good luck in tonight’s Europa League final. UTV! W

[Simon Trickett 💙 @tricks36]

Fantastic heartfelt words from a top bloke and a brilliant footballer. This club is special, everyone needs to be 100% on board and believing for the 36 hours ahead. UTV 💜💙

[Ezri Konsa @EzriKonsa]

Believe, Villans.

Before the Final, I wanted to take in the moment to share a few words with you all 💜

https://t.co/axZBb34j4J

[Dec @KingsyAVFC]

When Unai mentions structure...this is it

Unbelievable coaching 😅

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

The loud noise you can hear out your window is coming from Villa Park

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Villans

Only one Villa team have broken the glass ceiling in our European history, we know their names, immortal in the history of our great club.

Many of us have tried and failed to to bring a magical European trophy back to Villa Park.

I remember that night against Atletico Madrid, glorious failure on the night. I've never heard Villa Park so loud. The Holte lead the way, and young Villans in K3, K4, K5, you have the chance to do something special and louder. You can and you must.

Make this grand old stadium stand for 90 minutes and never relent for one damn second.

But the Holte End is one fourth of the jigsaw.

Trinity. We need you.

North. We need you.

Witton (sorry Doug). We need you.

Bayern Munich. Beaten.
PSG. Beaten.
Atletico Madrid. Beaten.
Anderlecht. Beaten.
Athletic Bilbao. Beaten.
Barcelona. Beaten.
Inter Milan. Beaten.
Ajax. Beaten.
Celtic. Beaten.

A handful of clubs have those scalps.

The special sauce in every win? You, Villans. YOU.

Every one of those wins, the noise rivaled anywhere at any time.

We face admirable foe and a special football club that I know very well. A club who believed in miracles and miracles came true for them.

Our players need our voices, our songs, our heart and soul on Thursday. Every stand. Every Villan, old or young.

Remember when you walked into Villa Park for the first time? The joy, the tears, the pride, holding the hand of your Mom or Dad or excitedly shephereded in by your big brother or sister or best mate?

Let the memory of them be your guide tomorrow night.

Sing for Spinksy, Birchy, Alan McInally, for Gary Shaw, for Brian Little, for Paul McGrath and for John McGinn.

To the players and staff, we know how good you are, and we ALL want you to walk into the pantheon of greats that adorn our halls.

As someone once said..

"The lows just make the highs higher. We are at the heart of English football, we have a majestic name, a decorated past, we serve as a shining light among our peers, we are Aston Villa ".

I believe.
We believe.
Villa believes.

UP THE FUCKING EUROPEAN VILLA!!!!

[The Cells View @TheCellsView]

Incredible to think we beat both these teams at Villa park last season #PSGBAY #avfc

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[Simon Trickett 💙 @tricks36]

Karma for allowing that absolutely ridiculous huddle around the centre spot. Should have been dismissed then instantly #avfc

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

Club statement: Liam Rosenior

[Rob Warner @Real_Rob_Warner]

I feel sorry for people who don't like football. Up the Villaaaaaaa! (Edited the original for privacy reasons)