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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: dave.woodhall on May 20, 2024, 10:40:27 PM

Title: Cheeee-co-o-o-o-o-o
Post by: dave.woodhall on May 20, 2024, 10:40:27 PM: I hope it does him justice.

https://heroesandvillains.info/2024/05/20/cheeee-co-o-o-o-o-o/
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Post by: trinityoap on May 20, 2024, 10:45:16 PM: It does.
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Post by: Legion on May 20, 2024, 11:27:27 PM: Done. Get your spell-checker out.
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Post by: Mister E on May 21, 2024, 07:20:03 AM: Yup, a nice summary of a good guy's life.
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Post by: nigel on May 21, 2024, 07:37:52 AM: Good read, thanks.
Always wondered about his after Villa career. Knew he went to the US, but that was about it.
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Post by: JD on May 21, 2024, 08:55:56 AM: It does Dave, good read.
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Post by: Exeter 77 on May 21, 2024, 02:02:01 PM: A fitting tribute. I was talking to my Dad about Chico last night because he knew him quite well from working with the club in the 70s. He said what a great bloke Chico was.
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Post by: Luffbralion on May 21, 2024, 09:10:43 PM: A great read, Dave. Chico was the epitome of that crazy time in our history in the early 70s....swashbuckling in his style of play and his demeanour.
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Post by: Rioch is King on May 22, 2024, 09:59:28 AM: I had long blond hair as a ten year old kid back in 1970 and one day I was kicking a ball around with my brother in a park in Bournville wearing my Villa shirt and a couple of blokes walking by started chanting Cheee-co - o-o-o….. Cheee-co-o-o-o-o-o ... Made me feel on top of the world. Can't imagine how it must have felt with Holte in full voice.
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Post by: frankmosswasmyuncle on May 22, 2024, 10:07:02 AM: That's a great tribute to a great player....many thanks Dave!

RIP Chico.
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Post by: Lizz on May 22, 2024, 10:13:10 AM: Great read.
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Post by: darren woolley on May 22, 2024, 04:20:13 PM: Great read Dave.
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Post by: Steve kirk on May 22, 2024, 10:35:14 PM: A lovely tribute Dave, Chico was a key part of the Villa fight back after relegation to Division 3.
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Post by: Allan C on May 23, 2024, 07:18:20 AM: Excellent, my dad started taking me down when Chico started under the Doc and players like him are the foundation of my love for the club. I didn’t realise though that he had played for Chelsea. These were fabulous days to be a Villa fan I I remember them fondly
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Post by: Hillbilly on May 23, 2024, 10:42:42 AM: Quote from: Allan C on May 23, 2024, 07:18:20 AM
Excellent, my dad started taking me down when Chico started under the Doc and players like him are the foundation of my love for the club. I didn’t realise though that he had played for Chelsea. These were fabulous days to be a Villa fan I I remember them fondly
Same here. I guess when you’re a kid you don’t know or care about the players’ associations. You just care that they are wearing claret and blue at that moment and that’s enough. RIP Chico.
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Post by: Chris Smith on May 23, 2024, 10:54:19 AM: As above, I think he was one that we could identify with as kids and a big part of the team that got be hooked on Villa.
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Post by: dcdavecollett on May 25, 2024, 02:10:10 AM: Yes, he was a real Holte End hero and a skilful and glamorous player when third division teams could keep their best players rather than being forced to sell them.

Chico completely lost his confidence under Docherty (the man who signed him) but eventually got it back under Vic Crowe and kept his place in Saunders's team that took us back up and also won the League Cup we should have won in 1971. MotM? Chico Hamilton.