Social media campaign successfully finds Fabian Delph's stolen captain's armband
Thanks to the help of an Aston Villa employee, Fabian Delph will be reunited with his captain's armband.
The Aston Villa captain was mobbed by supporters during the team's FA Cup victory over local rivals West Brom and ended up losing the armband in the melee.
However, a campaign to find the armband kicked off shortly after, thanks to the team's masseur, Alex Burton.
The armband has been missing for 12 hours now...pleas share and bring him home #AVFC #returnofthearmband pic.twitter.com/lofYsrnDlH
— Alex Butler (@bigal2881) March 8, 2015
The perpetrator was discovered within an hour of Burton's plea.
In hindsight, it seems like an easy find when you consider the following:
Got Delphs captains arm band!! ???
— Rob (@Rob___Taylor) March 7, 2015
@Rob___Taylor I here you have an armband of ours...DM me for a chinwag
— Alex Butler (@bigal2881) March 8, 2015
(Note: Chinwag = chat)
After some abuse from Villa supporters, Rob eventually did the right thing.
I am working on returning Fabian Delphs armband, will everyone clam down please
— Rob (@Rob___Taylor) March 8, 2015
Ok #AVFC fans the armband is being returned let's all just enjoy our day and thank @Rob___Taylor for being a good sport
— Alex Butler (@bigal2881) March 8, 2015
Now that that's settled, it will be interesting to see if the club takes this into consideration when deciding whether to punish the fan for invading the pitch during Saturday's contest. He is, of course, one of the hundreds of fans to be identified.
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