TV must share blame for Villa pitch invasion

I HAD to laugh about the hysteria over the pitch invasions at Aston Villa last week.

Yes, certain elements of the crowd’s behaviour at the FA Cup derby clash with West Brom were wrong – the seat throwing for one.

But to condemn a pitch celebration as “disgraceful” when the same scenes at the famous Hereford v Newcastle tie back in 1972 are used to promote the IAN HOLLOWAY once used an analogy of going on the pull to describe his team’s ugly win.

Holloway’s strained relationship with Millwall finally came to an end last week, leaving fans feeling like they’d pulled the really attractive barmaid they’d fancied for years – only to discover she was crap in bed. ARE you entering the Blue Peter competition to design the 2015 FA Cup final mascot? I am – under a false age, of course.

I’m torn between two characters though, both of whom per fectly sum up the FA.

I’m thinking of either a fat cat in a pin-stripe suit, or a white elephant. VETERAN front man Emile Heskey has agreed a new deal with Bolton.

The contract is said to involve several add-ons, including a stair-lift, a weekly supply of Werther’s Originals and some plastic bedsheets. competition on television smacks of laughable double standards.

What they should be focusing on is the fact that yet again a kick- off time has been dictated by the TV companies and contributed to the trouble in allowing fans to get pissed up before the game.

Alcohol restriction was one of the first tactics to be used to combat hooliganism in the 80s, yet it seems to have been completely ignored lately in the quest for more and more telly cash. LAST week I asked which team

had made the most appearances in the last 32 of the FA Cup. The answer was Aston

Villa. This week’s Fact Hunt poser is:

Who scored Nottingham Forest’s only Premier League hat-trick?

Answer next week...