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Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: itmustbe_it is! on May 27, 2017, 03:35:59 PM
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Hillsborough 1991 - first game of the season
https://youtu.be/8SvbANXsTRI
Highlights (times approximate) :
6m50 Cyrille Regis debut goal
8m30 Dalian Atkinson goal
9m52 Spink great save
11m30 Steve Staunton galloping up the pitch to receive the ball from Atkinson for the winner
12m25 can just hear us singing the BFR song - I remember it being sung the whole game that day for Ron's first game.
Other highlights - Roger Milford's hair, a screamer from david Hurst for Wednesday, Trevor Francis whining in the post match interview.
Big Ron's suit and shades - now that's a manager !!!!
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He was nearing the end of his career at the time, but we got a bit out of Cyrille Regis in the couple of seasons he was with us.
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He was nearing the end of his career at the time, but we got a bit out of Cyrille Regis in the couple of seasons he was with us.
He was great for us for £50k, never let us down.
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Alan Cox who was from the Original London Lions and ex semi professional footballer harped on about Regis even before he became famous. To be fair at the time it would take someone ambitious to have signed him in the 70's and Atkinson was quite a visionary at the time in terms of what he wanted from a football team.
Regis was never an Andy Gray and didn't have movement like many centre forwards but he knew where the goal was.
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Where did he go after the Albion? Straight to us? I've completely forgotten now.
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We signed him from Coventry,I am sure.
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Ronnie Allen recommended Regis for Albion, and when he was manager gave his first team debut.
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He was nearing the end of his career at the time, but we got a bit out of Cyrille Regis in the couple of seasons he was with us.
He was great for us for £50k, never let us down.
Regis, Atkinson, Yorke and latterly Saunders was not a bad group of forwards.
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I'd give the job back to Big Ron in the morning. Even after all these years, I'd take him over Bruce any day of the week.
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I'd give the job back to Big Ron in the morning. Even after all these years, I'd take him over Bruce any day of the week.
He hasn't got the humility required to handle millionaire football players in the second tier.
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What a screamer by David Hurst for the first goal...
And Francis coming on as a substitute, that must have been one of the last times that there was a player-manager in the top flight...
A great game, as you might expect from two BFR teams playing each other...
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Hillsborough 1991 - first game of the season
https://youtu.be/8SvbANXsTRI
Highlights (times approximate) :
6m50 Cyrille Regis debut goal
8m30 Dalian Atkinson goal
9m52 Spink great save
11m30 Steve Staunton galloping up the pitch to receive the ball from Atkinson for the winner
12m25 can just hear us singing the BFR song - I remember it being sung the whole game that day for Ron's first game.
Other highlights - Roger Milford's hair, a screamer from david Hurst for Wednesday, Trevor Francis whining in the post match interview.
Big Ron's suit and shades - now that's a manager !!!!
I always liked Roger Milford's rather 'camp' style of refereeing.
Trevor Francis whining? Surely not. Has he shut up about the play off semi penalties being taken at the wrong end at Preston all those years ago yet?
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What a screamer by David Hurst for the first goal...
And Francis coming on as a substitute, that must have been one of the last times that there was a player-manager in the top flight...
A great game, as you might expect from two BFR teams playing each other...
Gordon Strachan did a few seasons later. And bollocked someone for a mis placed pass, much to the amusement of Villa Park.
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What a screamer by David Hurst for the first goal...
And Francis coming on as a substitute, that must have been one of the last times that there was a player-manager in the top flight...
A great game, as you might expect from two BFR teams playing each other...
Gordon Strachan did a few seasons later. And bollocked someone for a mis placed pass, much to the amusement of Villa Park.
I know Bryan Robson played a season at Boro in the Championship when he first took over. I'm not sure if he played for them in the PL the following season or not.
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I remember the summer when big ron signed, exciting times at villa party, after a miserable season with Dr jo no
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Peter Reid at Man City I think as late as 94-95
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Peter Reid at Man City I think as late as 94-95
Player/managers in the top flight?
Robson at Boro '95-'97 was the last permanent one I think.