Begley

Brum were an easy target as the media are not going to fawn over them as they do the likes of Villa and Derby. It wasn't that Blues were an easy target. They failed P&S for the period '15/'16 through to '17/'18 and were punished with a soft embargo. Then in '18/'19 they broke the rules again. Persistent offending will result in severe punishment. Comparing them to Derby is ridiculous as Derby have not broken the P&S rules

Interesting debate and nice to see fans from different clubs chatting. Villa fan in peace here. There are a few mentions of Villa selling their ground to themselves (like Derby) to pass P&S. Although this is not against the rules albeit not in the spirit of P&S, it is not the case that Villa has sold Villa Park. Since buying Villa NSWE have been putting a lot of money into the club and with each investment Xia's shareholding is further diluted, apparently he now owns less that 20% of AVFC whereas he had 45% the day the sale went through. The name of the Villa Park holding company was changed and the directors of the holding company were also changed. It went from Recon (A Xia owned company) to Aston Villa (an NSWE owned company) with Xia removed as a shareholder. There was no sale of Villa Park, it was simply a further dilution of Xia's equity on AVFC