Quote Originally Posted by upthemaggies View Post
Their original studio was on Aston Road, less than a mile from Villa Park. Location rather than personal would account for the bias, Newbon was a Leicester City fan, Trevor East (the sports editor) was a Derby County supporter, Nick Owen was Luton Town and the regular pundit from 1980 was Jimmy Greaves (Spurs/Chelsea). A real pity we didn't get our own East Midlands local news programme a few years earlier as we'd then have a lot more footage from the promotion season to the top flight and the two seasons in which we stayed up. It began in the October of the season we got relegated.
Well, you learn something new everyday. I would have put money on Newbon being a Villa fan.