Villa fans plot protest

Aston Villa fans are planning a ‘Show Doug The Red Card’ protest against club chairman Doug Ellis during Saturday’s home Barclays Premiership clash with Middlesbrough.

Villa Fans Combined (VFC) will be handing out 20,000 red cards prior to the game for supporters to hold up to demonstrate that they “have had enough of the mediocrity, underachievement and lack of backing given to the managers of the club over the past 22 years”.