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Matt Maher: Feast or famine for celebrities at Villa Park lately

Covering football matches at the top level can occasionally bring you into close contact with the rich and famous.

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They don’t come much bigger than Prince William, who has become both a regular attendee at Villa’s European matches and a dependable source of mixed zone quotes.

So often has HRH, who has to walk just past the post-match interview area when exiting Villa Park, provided a couple of sentences summing up his view of the game there was almost a sense he was looking for us after this month’s win over Bayern Munich. It has reached the point where it is easier to get a word out of the heir to the throne than some players.

Wills’ decision to stay at home and watch Tuesday’s match against Bologna on television was, therefore, cause for a little disappointment.