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Wales Online
Phil Norris & Sophie Watson

Aston Villa fan sits on all 42,785 seats at Villa Park in 35 hours

A wacky Aston Villa fan spent 35 hours sitting on every single seat at the 42,000 capacity Villa Park to raise money for charity. Simon Osborn, 42, took four and a half days to complete the mammoth challenge of parking his backside on 42,785 seats at the Premier League ground.

The warehouse manager said he was left in 'complete agony' as he spent an average of two second a seat working his way around the Birmingham stadium. Season ticket holder Simon, of Middleton Cheney, Northants., began the challenge on September 26 and finished just before lunchtime on September 30.

He was raising money for Aston Villa’s Dementia Activity Café.

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