Eric Gibson
master brummie
Too early for the man I was named after.
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Aston Villa history
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Back (left to right): Tommy Lyons, Arthur Layton, J. Hogan, Billy George, Arthur Cartlidge, Alfred Freddie Miles, John Kearns, John Grierson (trainer).Now name them all.
Second: George B. Ramsay (Secretary), P. W. M. Bate (Club Director), John Devey (Club Director), F. Cooper (Vice Chairman), Fred W Rinder (Chairman), Howard Spencer (Director), J. E. Margoschis (Vice President), D. R. Jessop, E. W. Strange (Asssistant Secretary.
Sitting: William Billy Gerrish, George Hunter, E. Etre, Joe Bache, George Tranter, Chris Buckley, Albert Hall.
On Ground : Joe Walters, Arthur James Moss (trophies). Harry Hampton, Charlie Wallace.
A little more on this Eric:Too early for the man I was named after.
Following on from that game, our own FA urged Villa to do as they were told, and reluctantly Villa stood on the pitch and raised their arms, but at the last minute turned it around and began flicking the "V" to the crowd (the British version of "flipping the bird"). Perhaps luckily, the Germans had no idea what this meant and cheered anyway.
Eric Houghton said the following about this later, "we went to the centre of the field and gave them the two-finger salute instead. "They cheered like mad. "They thought it was alright. They didn’t know what the two fingers meant."
