Ugo Ehiogu - RIP

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Ugo-a Player, with Power, Purpose and Poise. You were honest and genuine and advertised the game of football in the right way. You were intelligent and innovative especially in your last role at spurs. You brought genuine joy to tens of thousands of people with your excellent talent, skill and leadership. These are all qualities which actually mean something when attributed to the right person. Thanks for the memories Ugo! RIP big man. UTV

[paul_e]

Working in the gambling industry, the two mantras I've heard most often are "do what bet365 do" and "do what Paddy Power do". For different reasons, those two are light years ahead of most of the competition.

Paddy power were one of the first companies to fully embrace social media and let it define them.  They have created a soccer am style company persona and it's proven to be very successful.

To add a bit of relevance back to Villa Unibet are another one that has done a great job with creating a personality for themselves, at least in the scandinavian market where they sell themselves as studious analysts of the game which is a very effective approach in Norway at least (and I suspect in Sweden and Denmark where the culture around football is fairly similar).  They're like the Klopp of betting companies.

[Bad English]

I suppose one could force oneself to be outraged at such a tasteless publicity stunt regrettable error but I've rather hie me online to put £25 on Ozzie Osbourne for whom they are offering fair odds.

[Villa in Denmark]

Working in the gambling industry, the two mantras I've heard most often are "do what bet365 do" and "do what Paddy Power do". For different reasons, those two are light years ahead of most of the competition.

Paddy power were one of the first companies to fully embrace social media and let it define them.  They have created a soccer am style company persona and it's proven to be very successful.

To add a bit of relevance back to Villa Unibet are another one that has done a great job with creating a personality for themselves, at least in the scandinavian market where they sell themselves as studious analysts of the game which is a very effective approach in Norway at least (and I suspect in Sweden Denmark where the culture around football is fairly similar).  They're like the Klopp of betting companies.

Correct for over here. They set out to market themselves as "by players, for players". As an added bonus there's a couple of Villa shirts knocking about in their current TV adds.

[Canadian Villa]

I suppose one could force oneself to be outraged at such a tasteless publicity stunt regrettable error but I've rather hie me online to put £25 on Ozzie Osbourne for whom they are offering fair odds.

Did the odds shorten with Ugo now out of the PaddyPower running?

[dutchvilla]

Nice piece by Gareth Southgate on Ugo here

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/dec/17/ugo-ehiogu-remembered-by-gareth-southgate

[purpletrousers]

Nice piece by Gareth Southgate on Ugo here

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/dec/17/ugo-ehiogu-remembered-by-gareth-southgate

Thank you, I appreciated reading that. Good lesson to end on / learn from too.

It perhaps just lacked an image of the pair of them, shoulder to shoulder on duty in claret and blue. I'm sure someone here will oblige though.

[PeterWithesShin]

[purpletrousers]

Thank you PWS. Finding myself with an urge to remember the sense of confidence of those two going into battle together...









I'm sure I recognise the kid they chose as mascot here:



And as a Chaplain I thought I should bring God into the thread *





*buddhisty one mind ;)

[Axl Rose]

Nice piece by Gareth Southgate on Ugo here

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/dec/17/ugo-ehiogu-remembered-by-gareth-southgate

Thank you, I appreciated reading that. Good lesson to end on / learn from too.

It perhaps just lacked an image of the pair of them, shoulder to shoulder on duty in claret and blue. I'm sure someone here will oblige though.

Ugo came to my mind today, and on Google I came across that article. A very nice tribute from Southgate.

I still can't believe Ugo passed away at such a young age. I loved him.

[Ian.]

Nice piece by Gareth Southgate on Ugo here

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/dec/17/ugo-ehiogu-remembered-by-gareth-southgate

Thank you, I appreciated reading that. Good lesson to end on / learn from too.

It perhaps just lacked an image of the pair of them, shoulder to shoulder on duty in claret and blue. I'm sure someone here will oblige though.

Ugo came to my mind today, and on Google I came across that article. A very nice tribute from Southgate.

I still can't believe Ugo passed away at such a young age. I loved him.

I named my first car Ugo. Always will be one of my idols.

[Axl Rose]

Nice piece by Gareth Southgate on Ugo here

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/dec/17/ugo-ehiogu-remembered-by-gareth-southgate

Thank you, I appreciated reading that. Good lesson to end on / learn from too.

It perhaps just lacked an image of the pair of them, shoulder to shoulder on duty in claret and blue. I'm sure someone here will oblige though.

Ugo came to my mind today, and on Google I came across that article. A very nice tribute from Southgate.

I still can't believe Ugo passed away at such a young age. I loved him.

I named my first car Ugo. Always will be one of my idols.

Good stuff, mate!  That's put a smile on my face this evening.

[FatSam]

I named my first car Ugo. Always will be one of my idols.

Was it a Yugo?

[clash city rocker]

I named my first car Ugo. Always will be one of my idols.

Was it a Yugo?

Remember years ago being on a first aid course with a chap called Hugo. He could talk and bore for England which usually meant we were late finishing. We used to say to him.....Hugo that way and we'll go this way.....he never got it.

[KKAVFC]

Nice this from stand in Spurs boss Ryan Mason tonight after the win v Soton "It's been a busy day at the club, it's also four years to the day since Ugo Ehiogu passed so I want to dedicate that to him and his family - everyone at the club still remembers and thinks of him".