Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Lucky Eddie on November 09, 2010, 10:36:03 AM
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''would you bet against us?''
''Don't tell me; show me''
Two great Villa men - anyone got any more timeless Villa quotes.
How about :-
''If I'd had a gun I'd have shot him''
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'Look at the size of his cock!'
Alan Wright remarking on Dion Dublin's appendage, in the shower, after his debut at Villa Park.
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"I've never heard of Birmingham City"
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I recent read Derek Dougans autobiography and he said something like:
"There is a mystique about Villa Park, history oozes from the ground like vapor"
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Was it Tommy Doc, who said,
10,000 would turn up at VP just to watch the shirts drying on a washing line,
or something like that??
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"honest bunch of lads"
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"I want him in front of me where I can see him".
Tommy Docherty when informed he had the full backing of chairman Doug Ellis.
'With your usual vocal backing and 110 per cent effort from each and every one of the players I am sure we will get the right result.'
Ron Saunders programme notes.
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Was it Tommy Doc, who said,
10,000 would turn up at VP just to watch the shirts drying on a washing line,
or something like that??
Yes it was, he talked us up big when the club had been dying on its feet months earlier.
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From Big Ron:
"I just got up from my seat to walk down to the bench to pass on some important technical information to my players - like the game had started"
I think this was the 1st leg of the Semi Final in '94 against Tranmere when we found ourselves 2-0 within minutes.
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The great Ron Saunders on Tony Morley:
"he was a great lad, a lovely lad but you had to give him a bolloclking once a week or he thought you'd fallen out with him"
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" I found his name in a book"
Dr Jo on appointing Peter Withe as his coach
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We haven't had one from Deadly. How about "Aston Villa should always be a democracy and never under the control of one man".
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You want a Doug one?
'like a son to me' is my favourite, he had more black son's than Waynetta.
Does that class as racist or just Dougist apologies either way x
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"Every year it is becoming more and more difficult for football clubs of any standing to meet their friendly engagements and even arrange friendly matches. The consequence is that at the last moment, through cup-tie interference, clubs are compelled to take on teams who will not attract the public. I beg to tender the following suggestion as a means of getting over the difficulty is that ten or twelve of the most prominent clubs in England combine to arrange home-and-home fixtures each season..........."
W. McGregor 2/3/1888
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'With your usual vocal backing and 110 per cent effort from each and every one of the players I am sure we will get the right result.'
Ron Saunders programme notes.
Favourite modern quote
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'With your usual vocal backing and 110 per cent effort from each and every one of the players I am sure we will get the right result.'
Ron Saunders programme notes.
Favourite modern quote
That's the one that always comes to my mind as well.
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I always liked this from John Gregory:
“There’s an aura about this club, a sense of history and tradition. Even the name is beautifully symmetrical, with five letters in each word.”
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My favourite lesser-known quote, one I've used several times, was from reserve full-back Dennis Jackson about his colleague Ron Atkinson: "I played with Ron in about a hundred games. And according to Ron he was man of the match in at least 99 of them."
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"I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my right". Lee Hendrie
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Didn't SGT give a HT talk that comprised of something like "Gentleman, you got us into this mess, now you get us out of it" when we were 2-0 down at Crewe in the FAC, and we went on to win 3-2?
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I can't remember the exact quote so apologies for the paraphrasing but I recall Balaban moaning that even Doug Ellis did not know who he was. Dougs response was similar to " Son you cost me six million pounds I know exactly who you are"
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I always liked this from John Gregory:
“There’s an aura about this club, a sense of history and tradition. Even the name is beautifully symmetrical, with five letters in each word.”
There's another line to that, isn't there? Something about the pleasure gained from saying or writing the words.
He might've produced some boring football, but he always gave good quotes.
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JG when we sold Yorke.
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I always liked this from John Gregory:
“There’s an aura about this club, a sense of history and tradition. Even the name is beautifully symmetrical, with five letters in each word.”
There's another line to that, isn't there? Something about the pleasure gained from saying or writing the words.
That was Richard Whitehead quoting John Gregory:
There are loads of Uniteds, lots of Citys and Towns, a goodly sprinkling of Wanderers and Rovers and even a few Albions. But there is only one Villa – the greatest name in football in every sense. John Gregory, our former manager, had an eye for the populist quote and never more so than when he said: “There’s an aura about this club, a sense of history and tradition. Even the name is beautifully symmetrical, with five letters in each word.” He’s right, too. Just try writing it down now in upper and lower case. Aston Villa – heartstoppingly lovely.
I love Peter Morris's writing and am always moved by these lines from "Aston Villa - The First 100 Years":
The door to the lavishly appointed Guest Room at Villa Park was open and out in the corridor the little boys, dodging the commissionaire, were calling for Brian Little and John Gidman. Quite rightly, they took no notice of myself and the elderly bald-headed man, bespectacled, stooping a little, who was quietly finishing his tea. He looked at them for a moment, a whimsical look, and moved to the long windows overlooking the now deserted playing pitch.
“Every time you come back here it must bring back memories Pongo” I said. He stared out for a long while. I thought he’d forgotten I was there. “Aye,” he said suddenly, “aye, they’re a great club…the greatest.” I stood and looked with him, this old man whose goals had set the Villa crowds roaring so long ago. It was not quite dusk on that March afternoon and I saw them too…they were out again, the old ghosts…Jack Hughes, scorer just about one hundred years earlier of Aston Villa’s first goal (perhaps to the very day)…George Ramsay…the Hunter brothers…Willie McGregor…Denny Hodgetts…legion upon legion of them on parade now, filling the field with claret and blue…the century with pride.
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"We're not fickle.......We just don't like you"
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"I want to play for an Italian club. Someone like Barcelona."
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I always liked this from John Gregory:
“There’s an aura about this club, a sense of history and tradition. Even the name is beautifully symmetrical, with five letters in each word.”
There's another line to that, isn't there? Something about the pleasure gained from saying or writing the words.
That was Richard Whitehead quoting John Gregory:
There are loads of Uniteds, lots of Citys and Towns, a goodly sprinkling of Wanderers and Rovers and even a few Albions. But there is only one Villa – the greatest name in football in every sense. John Gregory, our former manager, had an eye for the populist quote and never more so than when he said: “There’s an aura about this club, a sense of history and tradition. Even the name is beautifully symmetrical, with five letters in each word.” He’s right, too. Just try writing it down now in upper and lower case. Aston Villa – heartstoppingly lovely.
I love Peter Morris's writing and am always moved by these lines from "Aston Villa - The First 100 Years":
The door to the lavishly appointed Guest Room at Villa Park was open and out in the corridor the little boys, dodging the commissionaire, were calling for Brian Little and John Gidman. Quite rightly, they took no notice of myself and the elderly bald-headed man, bespectacled, stooping a little, who was quietly finishing his tea. He looked at them for a moment, a whimsical look, and moved to the long windows overlooking the now deserted playing pitch.
“Every time you come back here it must bring back memories Pongo” I said. He stared out for a long while. I thought he’d forgotten I was there. “Aye,” he said suddenly, “aye, they’re a great club…the greatest.” I stood and looked with him, this old man whose goals had set the Villa crowds roaring so long ago. It was not quite dusk on that March afternoon and I saw them too…they were out again, the old ghosts…Jack Hughes, scorer just about one hundred years earlier of Aston Villa’s first goal (perhaps to the very day)…George Ramsay…the Hunter brothers…Willie McGregor…Denny Hodgetts…legion upon legion of them on parade now, filling the field with claret and blue…the century with pride.
Cheers for clearing that up, Frank. Jibba81, I found it from this (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/aston_villa/article4652386.ece) article.
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"I want to play for an Italian club. Someone like Barcelona."
Mark Draper!!
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A chap couple of rows from my seat after seeing another Ashley Young cross sail 10 foot over Carew's head " Ash he is big but not fuckin that big"
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Cheers for clearing that up, Frank. Jibba81, I found it from this (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/aston_villa/article4652386.ece) article.
That's an excellent piece, like everything Richard Whitehead has written about Villa.
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The "Do you want to bet against us..." makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. My late dad always said that was when he knew Villa would win the league. And he wasn't noted for his optimism.
Some great quotes on here.
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Cheers for clearing that up, Frank. Jibba81, I found it from this (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/aston_villa/article4652386.ece) article.
Yeah nice one Frank and nelrazor, that's the article I remember it from. I've got it penciled in for a reread at work tomorrow.
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Can remember John Gregory was asked asked a question about being in trouble with the F.A. where he replied " It's ok i have set up a direct debit with them ."
Also Sir Graham Taylor was talking about David Ginola when the player left the Villa, Taylor was saying to him he wished he could of worked with him and the great quote was " If i saw you come back into your own half i would of subbed you."
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Cheers for clearing that up, Frank. Jibba81, I found it from this (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/aston_villa/article4652386.ece) article.
Yeah nice one Frank and nelrazor, that's the article I remember it from. I've got it penciled in for a reread at work tomorrow.
Bookmarked it for tomorrow too, but it was just to tempting to read tonight.
Great line on my all time Villa favourite.
''God gave Sid a left foot that could unpick the lock of a bank vault and the gift of vision only previously bestowed on Clark Kent''
along with David Platt's “My ambition is to make a run that Sid doesn’t read.”
Brilliant!
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Big Ron - 'We had our 3 Bulgarians playing today - would've should've and could've'
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"We are not talking about a mere business this is Aston Villa Footbal Club and it deserves nothing but the best".
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A few years ago someoe bought me the 'LIttle Book of Aston Villa Quotes'. There are some real classics in there and I'll try and dig it out tonight and post some. For instance:-
David Ginola; "Birmingham is a great place to live."
David Ginola (a few months later); "Will this city ever run out of grey paint?"
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I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona. Mark Draper
I'm as happy as I can be - but I have been happier. Ugo Ehiogu
I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my right. Lee Hendrie
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Not an Aston Villa quote, although completely relevant to us, I particularly liked the quote that came from Birmingham City after they'd printed our honours in their diary: "We would also like to make it clear that Birmingham City Football Club has never won the European Cup."
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"If there is a club in the country which deserves to be dubbed the greatest (and the matter is of some delicacy) few will deny the right of Aston Villa to share the highest niche of fame with even the most historic of other aspirants. For brilliancy and, at the same time, for activity in philanthropic enterprise, for astuteness of management and for general alertness, the superiors of Aston Villa cannot be found."
William McGregor
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"Finance is important, but we should never forget that we are not talking about a mere business. This is the Aston Villa football club, and it deserves nothing short of the best."
Frederick Rinder
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for astuteness of management and for general alertness
William McGregor
He obviously hadn't accounted for the likes of DOL
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The "Do you want to bet against us..." makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. My late dad always said that was when he knew Villa would win the league. And he wasn't noted for his optimism.
Some great quotes on here.
Thing with that was it was actually said with a bit of menace too, which kinda added to the whole experience.