Tommy Martin: Aston Villa fans walk among us. This is their time

These are heady days for Aston Villa fans, that small but statistically significant section of society who are preparing for their first European semi-final since 1982.

Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins and John McGinn during a training session at Bodymoor Heath Training Centre, Birmingham. Picture: David Davies/PA Wire. 

They walk among us.

You may be looking at one now and you don’t know it. They dress like us, act like us and appear just like the rest of us, aside from the wistful look of those who dream often of Gordon Cowans in his prime.