Lewis Grabban made a return to Villa Park on Wednesday evening. The 30-year-old striker was a great signing by Aitor Karanka over the summer and he’s already proved his worth, with 12 goals this season in the 19 Championship games that have been played this season, with two of those coming at Villa Park yesterday.
What a game travelling fans were .
And a big shout out to the @AVFCOfficial fans. Reception you gave me means a lot. pic.twitter.com/JpCODNRCd6— Lewis Grabban (@grabbs22) 28 November 2018
Grabban was quick to take to Twitter after the game to thank the travelling Forest fans for their support, and also to commemorate the Villa supporters for the fantastic reception they gave him, and they returned the love on social media. Last season saw Grabban bag eight times in 18 games for Aston Villa after he joined the club mid-season and his short time in Birmingham obviously left its mark on the striker.
This season, with a full campaign in the Championship giving him time to show what he can really do and so far he is truly thriving. The goals will do him good after his career had stalled somewhat at Bournemouth and now he can get back to doing what he does best: scoring goals. The Villains, though, will hope that he can make a Villa Park return one day, and bag some more goals in front of the Holte End.
You can read The Villains’ responses to Grabban here:
If your second goal gets Nyland dropped then I think I can forgive you
— Dave (@Dave_1874) November 28, 2018
Class today and tbf so where the #nffc fans loudest away fans this season what a mad game
— martin murrihy (@muzzavilla) 28 November 2018
Good luck for the season grabs x
— TomAVFC (@TommyComma) 28 November 2018
We’re top class fans mate and I have huge respect for you. You deserved the warm reception.. don’t like you for scoring though .
— Jenna Marie Roscow (@jenna85xx) 28 November 2018
Utter legend, keep banging them in. Best since stan.
— Simonbby ☠️🇬🇧🏴 ⚽⭐⭐NFFC (@simonbby) November 29, 2018
If promotion is gained through the class, quality and entertainment a club and its fans provide, there's no doubt @AVFCOfficial and @NFFC will go up. Great game, class from the fans and players on both sides #UTV
— Chris Price (@80cjpricey) November 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/AvfcUTV1/status/1067949264616259589
Great game, proud to part of your reception, pleasant change for our fans to be mentioned in a positive light, well played
— smithy (@Smith53David) 29 November 2018
The Villains absolutely loved Grabban during his time at the club and they’d love to see him return one day.
