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Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: Brend'Watkins on May 28, 2010, 02:56:33 PM
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I remember hearing about this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8709846.stm) at the time. I blame Dave Cooper and his cronies.
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I remember the cup going missing but quickly being recovered. It was reported on Central News / ATV Today at the time.
I didn't realise a bunch of South Yorkshire rozzers were involved though.
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Cracking story. What's Cooper got to say for himself?
I think in the Memories section somewhere on this site there is a story about someone bringing the European Cup home from a pub in a black bin bag to their home in Sutton Coldfield.
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Just listened to Colin Gibson's interview:
''After it went missing we were panicking for an hour or two but we had a couple of beers just in case he brought it back.''
Class.
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I remember hearing about this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8709846.stm) at the time. I blame Dave Cooper and his cronies.
That story was going around for ages in Tamworth after the game, one of my mates at 6th form reckoned it was him who stole it but he was always a bit of a fantasist.
I know a lot of the players used to drink in The Fox, it was always a good place to grab autographs, we'd cycle over there regularly.
I always thought it was a bit of folklore and Chinese whispers but maybe not after all.
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I'd forgotten all about this. What I don't get is how on earth Gordon Cowans and Colin Gibson were allowed to go out on the piss with it. Surely something like that is kept under strict lock and key and only brought out on official occasions?...
Talking of which, coincidentally enough (or probably not, as we of course still around the time of the anniversary), see the post I'm just about to make on this topic.
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I'd forgotten all about this. What I don't get is how on earth Gordon Cowans and Colin Gibson were allowed to go out on the piss with it. Surely something like that is kept under strict lock and key and only brought out on official occasions?...
Nah, the players were allowed to take it to their local boozers to show it off.
Funniest tale I heard (from a former player) was when Tony Morley took it to his local pub in Ormskirk and all his mates pissed in it - filled it up to the brim by the end of the night, so they did.
I know it's probably a different trophy now, but when I saw pictures on Man United players drinking champagne out of the trophy in 1999, I didn't half hope they were drinking from the same European Cup that Morley and his mates had pissed in all those years before.
Villa's Cup - Fill It Up!
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David Gold will probably end up buying and add that to the '66 World Cup that his team won.
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Colin Gibson was just interviewed on R5L, there's another interview later with the police officer who recovered it from Sheffield.
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I know it's probably a different trophy now, but when I saw pictures on Man United players drinking champagne out of the trophy in 1999, I didn't half hope they were drinking from the same European Cup that Morley and his mates had pissed in all those years before.
Ajax kept our trophy after they won it in 1995, so it's a different one i'm afraid. Nice thought though, Roy Keane and Taggart drinking out of it...
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Fantastic story.
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I remember waking up to hear about it on the radio and was surprised to find it had been taken from the pub down the road from us in Tamworth the night before.
It was taken by a Londoner called Adrian, living just up the road from the Fox in Coton Green. He took it up to show off to his Sheffield Uni mates before handing it into the police up there!
And if the Mail claim to have an exclusive interview with this guy Adrian, don't believe them - he was killed in London a few years ago.
If the Mail check their own archives they'll find his full name. If not, they should try the Tamworth Herald archives - not difficult for a proper journalist... although expecting a Mail journo to deal in research and truth is asking a lot I guess.
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It was taken by a Londoner called Adrian, living just up the road from the Fox in Coton Green. He took it up to show off to his Sheffield Uni mates before handing it into the police up there!
If that's right then my 6th form mate was lying then! Thought so somehow.
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... Surely something like that is kept under strict lock and key and only brought out on official occasions?...
Hardly.... it even made an appearance at our school disco.
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Not quite as news worthy as the European Cup back in '82 .............
After we beat Manu in the Coca Cola -Deadly Doug's secretary turned up at my neighbour's party with the cup ............
One of the guests borrowed it for half an hour to show his young lads - the look of panic on Marion's face as she searched the house will remain with me for ever
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Ha ha, I love the plyers from back in the day. they were right beer monsters, i remeber hearing about when they went to the cotteridge working mens club a wreaking havoc. different game now thou unfortunatly.
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I remember waking up to hear about it on the radio and was surprised to find it had been taken from the pub down the road from us in Tamworth the night before.
It was taken by a Londoner called Adrian, living just up the road from the Fox in Coton Green. He took it up to show off to his Sheffield Uni mates before handing it into the police up there!
And if the Mail claim to have an exclusive interview with this guy Adrian, don't believe them - he was killed in London a few years ago.
If the Mail check their own archives they'll find his full name. If not, they should try the Tamworth Herald archives - not difficult for a proper journalist... although expecting a Mail journo to deal in research and truth is asking a lot I guess.
This is the closest story to the truth so far....
Any reason why the BBC did a story on this? Was it so many years to the day?
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Must have been near to the day i guess as its that time of year. we have a habbit of getting cups robbed as well i guess.
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Ha ha, I love the plyers from back in the day. they were right beer monsters, i remeber hearing about when they went to the cotteridge working mens club a wreaking havoc. different game now thou unfortunatly.
You’re right there, Steveo though I’m not sure how kindly we would look on the players now if they were out drinking after a poor performance.
My favourite Villa booze story came about from my barber the summer after we won the League in 1981. He was based at the Scott Arms but used to drink in the Buccaneer in Streetly, where Gordon Cowans was among the regulars, together with a few team mates. The summer after we won the League in 1981, Villa went on a tour of America and the players went at it big time. Sid told Dave the barber that the night before a friendly they had a real party night and got to bed in the early morning and weren’t too fresh for the match. During the warm up it became obvious that one of our flair players was still so pissed he was a danger to himself and he had to be substituted before kick off.
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Must have been near to the day i guess as its that time of year. we have a habbit of getting cups robbed as well i guess.
Not a bad thing though, is it?
Now we can say that we've lost the FA Cup more than the noses have won it and the same for the European Cup!
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I remember waking up to hear about it on the radio and was surprised to find it had been taken from the pub down the road from us in Tamworth the night before.
It was taken by a Londoner called Adrian, living just up the road from the Fox in Coton Green. He took it up to show off to his Sheffield Uni mates before handing it into the police up there!
And if the Mail claim to have an exclusive interview with this guy Adrian, don't believe them - he was killed in London a few years ago.
If the Mail check their own archives they'll find his full name. If not, they should try the Tamworth Herald archives - not difficult for a proper journalist... although expecting a Mail journo to deal in research and truth is asking a lot I guess.
This is the closest story to the truth so far....
Any reason why the BBC did a story on this? Was it so many years to the day?
No it's nothing to do with an anniversary - the story came to light last week because a producer from Radio 4's "You and Yours" spotted the photo in a Sheffield police station when interviewing a copper on a different story.
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Not a bad thing though, is it?
Now we can say that we've lost the FA Cup more than the noses have won it and the same for the European Cup!
Forget Blues, they're never going to get close to winning it, but it is certainly something for Roman Abramovich to contemplate: Aston Villa have had the European Cup nicked more times than you've managed to buy it for Chelsea.
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Funnily enough the European cup was displayed at Asda Minworth on Saturday. It was all part of some Coca Cola promotion I think. Lots of kids having their photos taken with it as suited Villa stewards looking on protectivly of the cup. There was even a draw whereby you could win two season tickets.
Cue the Blue nose family....shaven headed father clad in ill fitting dog shit shirt far too tight for his blubbered mass, with shorts revealing a bollocks tattoo covering an over sized calf muscle, he looked a sight. Amusing though to see his wife and offspring hurriedly filling out their applications to win Villa season tickets, the look of disgust on his face was priceless.
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Saha to Spurs..
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Sorry got abit over excited....
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How the heck did you managed to dreg up this thread to accidentally post on?
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Havent got a scooby! New phone.. Getting in loads of trouble with it!
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I haven't watched the DVD for a while. Didn't Nigel Spink admit to leaving the European Cup on his front lawn overnight after taking it home to Chelmsford to show his mates?
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I haven't watched the DVD for a while. Didn't Nigel Spink admit to leaving the European Cup on his front lawn overnight after taking it home to Chelmsford to show his mates?
Heard that too. Would love to hear all the stories!!