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But you have Anthony Frank Iommi, William Thomas Ward, John Michael Osborne, and Terrence Michael Butler for, I mean this affectionately, working class shitheads from the suburb, like not even quite Birmingham, of Aston, the surrounding areas of the dystopian industrial hellhole that is Birmingham, U.K., Me and you are a couple of rednecks, buddy.

Like we're no, we're no strangers to a rough and tumble place.

Birmingham is rough.

How many believe that whether it is

Birmingham, Aston, London, Northampton, Southampton, whatever, we have enough places to be standing and to be singing all over they have to, they will know, they will know that Jesus is alive through us.

Through us.

Listen, remember the story, the Gaza story, when they attack, nobody, they bomb them, bomb them, bomb them, bomb them, and then the president of Israel said, we are entering on this date.

But talk to me about your childhood, your mom, your dad, where you grew up.

So my childhood started in Aston.

I was born in Aston, Dudley Road Hospital.

Moved from Aston to Neitchells, to a back-to-back house.

And I was there till I was eight, till they did the swim clearance and everything was flattened.

So we were given the choice of Wheelie Castle or Kitts Green.

And as I say, my dad was Irish.

He came over as a teenager.

Now, and likewise, if it was in Birmingham, you do the same.

You send them to masj- uh, Masjid Salafi in Small Heath or, um, or, uh, Aston.

Now, London, even more choice.

Now, you have the mara- different marakas in London, Masjid Ibn Baz, Masjid, uh, Markaz Sunnah, Darus Sunnah.

We're in Birmingham, your home city.

One of the issues where you led in the course of the last 12 months was an investigation into West Midlands Police's handling of McAfee Tel Aviv playing Aston Villa, your team.

What that investigation on your part uncovered was incompetence on the part of the police, but also something I think most people here would find more worrying, which was what should be an impartial institution... essentially privileging one part of the community and one set of views over others.

Do you just want to explain to the audience, some of whom will be familiar with the story, others perhaps less so, what the rot was at the heart of West Midlands Police?

So Villa drew McAbee Tel Aviv.

And as soon as that happened, I grew up in Birmingham.

I actually went to school in Aston, a couple of hundred yards away from the ground.

And I thought, oh, dear.

Which is different from Birmingham.

Which is different from Aston.

Which is different from Wolverhampton.

Which is different from- Warwick ...

Um- We're in Birmingham, your home city.

Um, well, one of the issues where you led, uh, in the course of the last 12 months was an investigation into West Midlands Police's handling of Maccabi Tel Aviv playing Aston Villa, your team.

What that investigation on your part uncovered was, uh, incompetence on the part of the police, but also something I think most people here would find more worrying, which was what should be an impartial institution essentially privileging one part of the community and one set of views over others.

Do you just want to explain to the audience, some of whom will be familiar with the story, others perhaps less so, what the rot was at the heart of West Midlands Police?

Mm.

And as soon as that happened, um, I grew up in Birmingham.

I actually went to school in Aston, a couple of hundred yards away from the ground, and I thought, "Oh.

Oh dear," uh, because, you know, I, I know about the politics of the city.

Hello, good evening to Aston Villa fans and welcome to the Villa Forever

podcast.

I am your host, Chad Williams.

After the international break, it's been over three weeks I'm glad it's only been back again.

It feels like it's been three months.

And on Saturday, with our attention to Premier League football, Aston Villa host Brentford at Villa Park in the Premier League.

On Saturday, it's a 3pm kick-off at Villa Park.

Over the next few weeks, Aston Villa And a very busy fixture schedule.