Reports that local politician and West Brom fan, Sir Simon Darby was seen wearing a Claret and Blue Aston Villa scarf were quickly dispelled after it was investigated and found to be former Eastenders actor, Todd Carty, sporting a West Ham United Scarf. A close friend of Avid 'Ammer Mr Carty said that he was forever getting phone calls from "some posh sounding bloke calling himself Nick", thinking it was Eastenders co-star Nick Cotton played by actor John Altman.
A spokesman for Aston Villa said that their scarves were quite often mistaken for Scunthorpe and Burnley mascots as well as West Ham scarves. Aston Villa who along with rivals West Brom, who were one of the founder members of The Football League way back in 1888, are only one of four teams in The football league that wears a Claret and Blue kit.