The excellent website – The Stirrer – has broke the story that Nathan Baker the young 18 year old defender, currently on loan to Lincoln was caught selling Wembley cup final tickets on his facebook page
Each Villa player gets 10 tickets for the final and he was boasting of selling tickets for up to £200. He is young and looks a bit of a idiot for this but Villa’s and his response is perfect. Shows under the new press spoekesman Brian Doogan we are far more savvy.
The club’s Head of Media Brian Doogan said, “We’re talking about an 18-year old boy who’s made a mistake – that’s what has happened”.
“Nathan said, “I wish to apologise unreservedly to the fans for my actions. I appreciate that it is a privilege to be part of Aston Villa Football Club and one day I hope to play in the first team, but I understand that my behaviour off the pitch must speak as loudly as my actions on the pitch.
“I have been informed by the Club that I will no longer be receiving any tickets for the Carling Cup final and, while I will be sorry not to be able to cheer Aston Villa on at Wembley, I understand and appreciate that it would be inappropriate for me to have these tickets given my actions.”
Hope Nathan learns a valuable lesson from this and do what other players do and be less public about selling their allocation off !
Aston Villa News 24/7
The club seem to have handled this with tact while also giving the player in question a wake up call.
proves how much the club has moved away from the dictatorship of the olden days.
totally agree, very sure footed on this
I would just like to say, I am a long life Villa fan from the days standing at the back of the holte in a 48 000 crowd when we beat Bournemouth, I was there when Pele came with Santos… I could go on. I now live in Montpellier France, and would dearly love to go to wembly on Sunday but don’t have any tickets. So how about selling me two of the allocation tickets not going to the young villa player.
Yours sincerely
Maurice Woulfe
My brother Austin Woulfe has been a season ticket holder for years in the holte. The last game I was at was Villa v Liverpool at Christmas, a miserable night, you would agree.
On a wing and a prayer