Newcastle won today and will be back in the Premier League next season after just one season out. I think Newcastle get relegated at regular intervals on purpose, just to get there huge fan base excited about winning something, promotion, every few years. Ok, ok that was low. I'm just jealous.
One of the Aston Villa fan pages on facebook asked the questions today, "Villa fans are you happy today?" Happy? Happy? Are you kidding? Happy because Villa scrappily won 1-0 against a terrible team battling relegation? So what that it was Birmingham. It was probably the most meaningless Second City derby ever, for Villa. The only significance could have been that it was good to push Birmingham closer to relegation.
Even though I have many opinions and I voice them in many places on the Internet, I have only commented once on an Aston Villa facebook page and it was probably something silly. Today I couldn't resist. "No (not happy). Brighton were promoted and Newcastle are playing tonight to get a step closer to promotion. And Villa are stuck in the Championship for another season." I know there are more important things in the world, I really do, but football and Aston Villa give me pleasure, and I am happier when they are playing Chelsea and Tottenham and dreaming of a European spot than when they are playing Burton and Rotherham.
I hope that this time next year I will be looking forward to a World Cup and what players Aston Villa might spot and possibly buy for their new season in the Premier League. Two seasons in the Championship and it gets very dangerous, very easy to get stuck there year after year, or even worse.
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