Ron Atkinson is one of the top three managers in England.
The Preem-e-are-ship.
The Preem-e-are-ship.
Chris Heck - President of Business Operations by Chris Harte
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Deano's Mullet
Ron Atkinson is one of the top three managers in England.
The Preem-e-are-ship. andyaston
Great footballer aswell, he invented the bicycle kick..
eric woolban woolban
Didn't he refer to Pete Colley from Sky Sports News as the 'Big C'
Lucky Eddie
Hospital Bedgate - great sentiment but a sad reflection of both Aston Villa and early nineties England.
Uncle Junior
You may have heard this before but during his reign at VP no one was allowed to call the dug out "the dug out" For obvious reasons.
I don't like Doug Ellis in the same way that I don't like the Queen - both irrelevant symbols of an age that has outstayed its welcome (IMO, before we get into a Monarchist/Republican schism). But I can also tolerate them because they don't do me any harm.
And I reckon that clip of Ellis shaking Abramovich's hand absolves the old coot for some of the inertia our club went through during most of his tenure. OldUser
An old farmer told me a nice story about Doug today. Back in the heady days of his/Pat Matthews takeover, some plumber mates of said farmer volunteered to go to Villa Park and sort the pipes out. They did this for nothing, and also numerous subsequent returns (often on match days) to fix things.
By way of a thankyou all four blokes were given "life" season tickets by Doug, which he has honoured for all to their dying day, with one left now, and Doug still paying for it. The old farmer is a nose, by the way, not that that has anything to do with the price of fish or Marillion. kipeye
Did he have the other three killed Ian? Nice story for a change.
KevinGage
There was a report beyond parody in one of the broadsheets soon after Gregory took over.
Or more accurately, the first close season after JG took over. There had been plenty of talk at the time of a senior General Manager/ Director of Football to bridge the gap between the board and football personnel. Bobby Robson and Terry Venables were early favourites for the role. HDE had other ideas. Quoting from memory so might not be verbatim, but it was along the lines of: "We looked at a number of alternatives. In the current climate, we needed someone with extensive knowledge and contacts in the domestic game, who also kept abreast of the game in Europe and further beyond. "After careful consideration, we decided the best man for the job was...me" Pages: [1] Go Up
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