Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: dave.woodhall on July 16, 2017, 09:14:57 PM
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The next step.
http://thebirminghampress.com/2017/07/the-hitch-hikers-guide-to-the-montgomery-waters-meadow/
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Pretty much summed it up.
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Chortle.
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Well summed up - the only thing more pathetic than the 'performance ' was seeing the captains armband passed to Micah Richards.
If the management fail to recognise and understand how much that act would have pissed off the travelling fans , we are going nowhere .
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Did we have to use the Bescot for a European game in the 90s?
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Which one will learn, John or Neil?
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Did we have to use the Bescot for a European game in the 90s?
No, it was a pre-season against a Bucharest. I think it was John Fashanu's debut and we won 8-1 or something like that.
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Did we have to use the Bescot for a European game in the 90s?
A friendly against Rapid Bucharest in 1994. We won 8-0.
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Interesting, cheers.
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Which one will learn, John or Neil?
Steve.
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Did we have to use the Bescot for a European game in the 90s?
No, it was a pre-season against a Bucharest. I think it was John Fashanu's debut and we won 8-1 or something like that.
I don't remember that game at all.
Oh and spot on about the ground. It was a pain in the arse to get to in and stuck in the middle of a massive car park.
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The stadium is such a nothing structure my first thought on seeing it was that it will not be long before you can buy a football stadium on line. Your stadium will be delivered next Tuesday some time between 10 o'clock and 6 o'clock. Do you want the old one taking away?
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Did we have to use the Bescot for a European game in the 90s?
We used The Hawthorns for a game against foreign opposition around 1995 as I think they were still working on The Holte. I can't remember whether it was a friendly, UEFA Cup tie or Intertoto Cup tie.
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I find it astonishing they haven't got a railway station or halt, its right next to the bloody railway.
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I think that the Hawthorns game was the Intertoto early in the season. I seem to recall a ridiculous booking for time wasting over a throw in and the ref blowing for time before the 90 minutes were up.
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Did we have to use the Bescot for a European game in the 90s?
No, it was a pre-season against a Bucharest. I think it was John Fashanu's debut and we won 8-1 or something like that.
I don't remember that game at all.
Oh and spot on about the ground. It was a pain in the arse to get to in and stuck in the middle of a massive car park.
I have always found it easy to get to The Bescot from the Solihull area. Maybe because I did the journey so often when my companies head office was in Walsall. And the kids are happy as next door is the MacDonalds. (Ronald, not Steve or Liz).
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Did we have to use the Bescot for a European game in the 90s?
No, it was a pre-season against a Bucharest. I think it was John Fashanu's debut and we won 8-1 or something like that.
I don't remember that game at all.
Oh and spot on about the ground. It was a pain in the arse to get to in and stuck in the middle of a massive car park.
I have always found it easy to get to The Bescot from the Solihull area. Maybe because I did the journey so often when my companies head office was in Walsall. And the kids are happy as next door is the MacDonalds. (Ronald, not Steve or Liz).
Poor Andy, he always gets forgotten about, unlike that rotter Jim.
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The Hawthorns game was the legendary Celtic Vigo in 2000.
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Did we have to use the Bescot for a European game in the 90s?
A friendly against Rapid Bucharest in 1994. We won 8-0.
Yep, I remember Fashanu scored and I think Nii Lamptey scored a couple as well.
Wasn't the Holte being rennovated at that time too? I seem to remember it feeling good to be back on terraces behind the goal and enjoying the atmosphere that standing produces again.
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The Hawthorns game was the legendary Celtic Vigo in 2000.
I remember that one. The refeering was shambolic and that's being kind.
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Well summed up - the only thing more pathetic than the 'performance ' was seeing the captains armband passed to Micah Richards.
If the management fail to recognise and understand how much that act would have pissed off the travelling fans , we are going nowhere .
Same goes for Agbonlahor.
This is the Christmas video for those that haven't seen it, skip to 3min40secs.
https://youtu.be/GHNXzIS21Ho
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The Hawthorns game was the legendary Celtic Vigo in 2000.
Thinking about that referee makes me almost appreciate Phil Dowd.
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The Hawthorns game was the legendary Celtic Vigo in 2000.
Thinking about that referee makes me almost appreciate Phil Dowd.
There must be a thing about refs called Phil. The two Phils Dowd and Don never used to give us anything but gave the opposition plenty of decisions in their favour.
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Fashanu - grade A tosser. I was appalled when we signed him and winced when this thread reminded me that he really did play for us.
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Fashanu - grade A tosser. I was appalled when we signed him and winced when this thread reminded me that he really did play for us.
Whenever I watch, hear or see an interview with him he tries to come across as very clever and eloquent but just comes across to me as quite a strange bloke. We signed him too late. At Wimbledon he was an effective striker in his prime. With us he was past his best and more interested in his TV programme and his business interests.
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Spot on Dave.
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The Hawthorns game was the legendary Celtic Vigo in 2000.
I remember that one. The refeering was shambolic and that's being kind.
They had some great players in that era: Mostovoi, McCarthy, Makelele. Lovely team to watch
Villa were less pleasing on the eye despite being a solid team
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They really were, Karpin another very talente player.
Still the most bonkers game I've watched villa.
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Did we have to use the Bescot for a European game in the 90s?
A friendly against Rapid Bucharest in 1994. We won 8-0.
Didn't Mark Burke play for them, bizarrely?
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Why isn't there a station by the ground FFS?
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The Hawthorns game was the legendary Celtic Vigo in 2000.
I remember that one. The refeering was shambolic and that's being kind.
They had some great players in that era: Mostovoi, McCarthy, Makelele. Lovely team to watch
Villa were less pleasing on the eye despite being a solid team
They were an earlier version, and routed us at Villa Park after we'd come back from their place with a lead, 98 I think.
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Why isn't there a station by the ground FFS?
There wouldn't be enough use for a station but not having buses to the town centre is ridiculous.
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There was a double decker bus at the back of their main stand after the game but getting a taxi was impossible if you didn't book one 3 hours beforehand.