Cyrille Regis - a tribute

[Louzie0]

Superb tribute to a man whose influence on the world went far beyond his extraordinary skill at playing football.

[rob_bridge]

Fine tribute to a fine footballer

[Dante Lavelli]

This tribute also caused a ‘got something in my eye’ moment.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/18/a-letter-to-cyrille-regis-my-dads-hero?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Hopefully the link works (sent from a phone via an app).

[Deano's Mullet]

https://youtu.be/947LmEX-vxo

Big Cyrille's Villa goals

[Deano's Mullet]

https://youtu.be/947LmEX-vxo

Big Cyrille's Villa goals

I did Mark Blake a disservice, I thought it was Cyrille that got the amazing volley at Oldham but it was actually Blake, watching this video I remember now Regis scored with a header

[Woofles The Wonder Dog]

This, and other deserved tributes to fallen heroes, makes me wonder whether we honour and more overtly appreciate them while they’re still alive to appreciate it.

[Damo70]

https://youtu.be/947LmEX-vxo

Big Cyrille's Villa goals

I watched those goals and realised I was at every one of those games. Even the defeat away to bloody Norwich on New Year's Day!

[cheltenhamlion]

https://youtu.be/947LmEX-vxo

Big Cyrille's Villa goals

I watched those goals and realised I was at every one of those games. Even the defeat away to bloody Norwich on New Year's Day!

I was at the Norwich game as well but was just a kid back then. Barfing in the car on the way was not popular with the older blokes who had a heavy one the previous night.

[bodkins14]

I went to the Norwich game in the boot of my neighbours xr2i as there was no other space in the car. 😀

[cheltenhamlion]

I should add, a few of us discussed this on Saturday. Wonderful, poignant, tribute to Cyrille where the applause started a minute before the ref could start with whistling the tribute to begin and where he just got bored so blew the closing whistle about 3 minutes later!

Made all the better by a cacophony of fucks and booing immediately after because Barnsley turned us around!

[Damo70]

https://youtu.be/947LmEX-vxo

Big Cyrille's Villa goals

I watched those goals and realised I was at every one of those games. Even the defeat away to bloody Norwich on New Year's Day!

I was at the Norwich game as well but was just a kid back then. Barfing in the car on the way was not popular with the older blokes who had a heavy one the previous night.

One of our regular away day gang borrowed a six seater Land Rover as he worked there. He was the only one of us who hadn't got pissed the previous night. Everyone met up at my house (or my parents house to be specific) as it was the most central. I was feeling a bit rough but everyone I answered the door to looked progressively worse than the last. Topped off by our one mate who looked like a walking corpse he was so pale and needed us to tie his laces up for him as every time he bent down to do it he felt sick. He proceeded to be sick out of the window practically all the way down to Norwich. He would be sick, perk up a bit, go quiet again, be sick again and so on. Considering the rest of us weren't feeling too clever it was a miracle he didn't set any of us off. None of this stopped us all from going for a late night curry when we got back onto home territory.

[Sunny Villa]

The landrover driver from the Bromford 😀

[Deano's Mullet]

I didn't know Jason Roberts was his nephew

[Steve67]

Great man, great player. Rest in peace Cyrille.

[amfy]

I actually listened to the whole service on WM at 5.30 last night. The hour and a half surprisingly flew by. His family were amazing - his daughter incredibly moving, his son managed to be hilarious - which must have took some dong but a real credit to his Dad with his resilience.

'Your Dad's a hero!' Yeah! Your hero just grounded me for a month!'