Aston Villa supporter Prince William has offered his thought’s on Wednesday night’s clash against Everton at Goodison Park
Prince William has offered his thoughts on Everton‘s clash against Aston Villa on Wednesday night. The Villa fan was pictured at Birmingham New Street Station’s Wetherspoons pub.
Our sister title BirminghamLive reports that William bought a round as he spent half-an-hour talking with Villa fans heading to Liverpool for tonight’s match against the Toffees. He was said to have enjoyed a Bulmer’s cider as he chatted about the team’s prospects for the rest of the season with a group of friends in the London and North Western.
One of them, John McEvoy, 64, from Solihull, who runs a catering equipment business, said: “William said a family friend took him to his first game – Villa against Bolton – and he’s loved the team ever since.
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“He said he would be watching the match on TV tonight. He was just a really nice, genuine bloke who really loves Villa. He contacted the club and they contacted some of us to arrange this, we knew he was coming, but it’s the first time we’ve met him.
“William thought it would be a tough game tonight as Everton have got their old manager David Moyes back and teams get a bounce when they have a change of manager.”
Student Daniel Jones, aged 18 and from Burntwood, near Lichfield, said: “He was a lovely guy, proper down-to-earth and he loves Villa and the passion we all share. I think if he didn’t have other commitments he would have loved to have been at the match.”
William had earlier attended the College of Paramedics inaugural emergency and critical care conference in Birmingham. He had been named the college’s patron earlier and in his speech paid tribute to the nation’s paramedics working in “highly stressful and often distressing circumstances”.
He told them: “Saving lives is not the only challenge you face. In your role, you are there for people in the most critical and emotional moments. Working alongside you in Wales and East Anglia, I know the team effort that is required to provide emergency health care, but I also know that at the beginning it is sometimes a lone paramedic – in a car, on a bike, in a helicopter, in an ambulance, on foot.
“Your ability to calm the patient, to listen to their fears, to reassure them that help has arrived, is as important as the subsequent medical intervention.”