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Aston Villa - Saturday 23/01/10

It had been all anybody had talked about since the draw for the fourth round had been made - Aston Villa away. Chasing that coverted Champions League spot in the Premiership, already in the final of the Carling Cup and packed with some of the best young English talent around, most people were expecting what could best be described as a raping. Still, days like this are meant for upsets - could the Albion pull off one of the biggest in recent years?

On the journey home from this particular game, Baby Potts was unfortunately lost. He had been a loyal companion on his eight away games, yielding six wins and many of us had grown to become quite attached to the little chap. In honour of his passing, we would like dedicate this Crocs on Tour outing to the memory of Baby Potts - may he be happy and cherished, wherever he is. Gone, but never forgotten - RIP Baby Potts

 

 

Thanks to Judith, we now had a nearly fully clothed baby

Baby Potts enjoys a drink in Wetherspoons

Poverty is obviously not high in Birmingham as this collection of discarded bread and biscuits indicates

Rather than use a path, Rumble takes the unconventional route of trekking across what could best be described as marshland outside of the cathedral

Bobby Charlton was spotted in this particular pub

Jenkins uses a stirring device as a monocle on McCarthy  

Rumble and Jenkins show off Baby P's scarf

Baby Potts gets into a bouquet of flowers on the bar

Potter and the Baby show off his new attire

Baby Potts soon acquires an Aston Villa scarf from an opposition fan

McCarthy, Potter and the baby meet the bishop of Birmingham following the completion of his service

Rumble caused all manner of problems as he was spotted leaving the ladies toilets by a women who was about to enter and greeted him with a simple on word phrase - "F**k"

Baby Potts tries on this traditional northern headwear provided by Tom Walmsley

The barmaid is impressed with the baby. We were obviously impressed by her

Mendoza whips out the babies scarf

At 2.15pm a desparate scramble to reach the ground ensures, which see's McCarthy miss a bus. Thankfully, Rumble and Jenkins were on hand to stop the vehicle and let him on

He celebrates by bringing a virtually full pint onto the vehicle taken from the pub and consuming it

Potter had got slightly carried away with the ticketing device and managed to pull around four passengers worth out of it

The bus driver gave us a big honk as he drove off, clearly enjoying the day

Jenkins takes a rest on this bed outside a shop, and Rumble's attempts to push him off would result in a nose injury

McCarthy holds aloft one of the many pieces of fruit and veg that Rumble decided to launch down the street at him

The Holte End comes into view

The back of the North Stand

The Holte Stand from inside

The Trinity Road Stand

Charlie Oatway played a key part in the warm up in his role as first team coach

The Albion players complete their warm up

Quite what this mascot is meant to be either than a massive queer is anybodies guess

Gullys Girls presence certainly bought a stir to many gents trouser area

The teams arrive to a rapturous reception 

Jim McNulty continued his flair look of gloves and short sleeves

Hi Max!

Villa's weakened team soon gets stronger as injury forces James Milner from the bench

Gustavo was looking practically edible in this suit reminiscent of Mark McGhee

Villa Park was full to capacity for todays clash

Brad Guzan in goal for Villa is beginning to show signs of a massively receding hairline

Martin O'Neill prowls around his technical area

The Albion come forward with a free-kick

It took 70 minutes for the stewards to decide to move these fans into their designated seats - pointless isn't really the world Seb Carole makes his third, yes third, Brighton and Hove Albion debut
Stuart Downing was wearing delightful green boots as he prowled the left touchline Another attack for the Albion
Contrary to popular belief, Villa Park was not holding auditions for The Bill A valiant fight and an extremely respectable scoreline for the Albion
Inigo Calderon is going the right way about becoming an Albion flair icon following his "sod defence" approach despite being a right back The players exchange shirts come the final whistle
The Albion players wave to the 6500 official away fans who had made the journey Rumble cunningly ties McCarthy's hat to his coat, meaning he was unable to remove it
Why Potter decided to pull off what can only be described as a massively spastic face is anyones guess The last ever photo of Baby Potts - gone, but never forgotten
   

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