John Terry insists adding a Championship promotion with Aston Villa to his decorated CV would rival his other significant achievements in the game.

Outside the Hawthorns stands a statue to The Bomber. Not the Bavarian one, he of the 72 goals in the 68 internationals, but the Black Country one, whose statistics were pretty impressive too.

Paul Lambert admits Aston Villa head into today’s clash with Swansea (3pm) “a million miles” from where he wants the club to be.

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