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Title: Ron Saunders- 80 today!
Post by: eastie on November 06, 2012, 10:13:31 AM
Happy birthday to Ron Saunders and thanks for all you did to bring such success to our club Ron- may you enjoy your 80th and have many more to come- a true legend!
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Post by: Villan For Life on November 06, 2012, 10:15:51 AM
Happy birthday Ron, a legend indeed.
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Post by: Clampy on November 06, 2012, 10:19:36 AM
Happy Birthday Ron!
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Post by: Richard E on November 06, 2012, 10:21:48 AM
Happy Birthday Ron. Thank you for all the brilliant memories Sir.
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Post by: PaulWinch again on November 06, 2012, 10:24:22 AM
Happy birthday Ron.
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Post by: Chico Hamilton III on November 06, 2012, 10:24:46 AM
Happy birthday, Boss!

Amazing to think that he's "only" 9 years older than Fergie
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Post by: Sexual Ealing on November 06, 2012, 10:27:47 AM
Isn't he a Jehova's Witness nowadays? They don't celebrate birthdays, you insensitive shower of shits.
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Post by: olaftab on November 06, 2012, 10:30:02 AM
Ron happy birthday and thank you again.
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Post by: danlanza on November 06, 2012, 10:52:08 AM
Happy Birthday to the Legend.
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Post by: Lambert and Payne on November 06, 2012, 11:00:20 AM
Happy Birthday Ron
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Post by: saunders_heroes on November 06, 2012, 11:20:03 AM
Isn't he a Jehova's Witness nowadays? They don't celebrate birthdays, you insensitive shower of shits.

Ha!
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Post by: Rudy Can't Fail on November 06, 2012, 11:35:20 AM
Happy birthday to the greatest ever Villa manager. Enjoy, Ron and thanks for such wonderful memories.
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Post by: Mortimer's Bear on November 06, 2012, 12:10:39 PM
Happy birthday Gaffer.
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Post by: not3bad on November 06, 2012, 12:28:25 PM
All the best Mr Saunders, and thanks again!
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Post by: anonymous on November 06, 2012, 12:37:33 PM
On behalf of Ron, he has read all your kind words, and says a big thank you.

Regards to "Isn't he a Jehova's Witness nowadays?"
 he is no more a J W than he is a sikh, he has nothing to do with any 'religion'.
It was another cace or being miss quoted by thick reporters.
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Post by: Sexual Ealing on November 06, 2012, 12:40:10 PM
On behalf of Ron, he has read all your kind words, and says a big thank you.

Regards to "Isn't he a Jehova's Witness nowadays?"
 he is no more a J W than he is a sikh, he has nothing to do with any 'religion'.
It was another cace or being miss quoted by thick reporters.

My apologies to the great man. I should have known that he'd have more sense.

Happy Birthday, Mr S.
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Post by: darren woolley on November 06, 2012, 12:44:55 PM
Happy birthday Ron.
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Post by: Rioch is King on November 06, 2012, 12:52:12 PM
Happy Birthday Mr Saunders - the crowd I used to go up the Villa with were a right mouthy bunch but we all had the greatest respect for you.
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Post by: PGW on November 06, 2012, 01:48:19 PM
Mr 110% Happy Birthday Sir.
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Post by: Pete3206 on November 06, 2012, 01:50:32 PM
He'll make it to 90 and beyond.

Do you want to bet against him?
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Post by: Rip Van We Go Again on November 06, 2012, 01:53:10 PM
Happy Birthday Ron.

The Championship season is a given, but i'll always be grateful for my favourite season of all - 1976/77.
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Post by: PeterWithesShin on November 06, 2012, 02:17:45 PM
Happy Birthday Super Ron.

(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/sport/Pix/columnists/2012/5/2/1335971484601/Ron-Saunders-008.jpg)
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Post by: Dave Cooper please on November 06, 2012, 03:06:32 PM
He'll make it to 90 and beyond.

Do you want to bet against him?

110 surely?
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Post by: Dr Butler on November 06, 2012, 03:10:21 PM
Happy Birthday Mr Saunders.  UTV
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Post by: The Left Side on November 06, 2012, 03:13:27 PM
Happy Birthday, Boss and thank you for the memories!
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Post by: Dave Summers on November 06, 2012, 04:00:37 PM
Happy Birthday Ron.

The Championship season is a given, but i'll always be grateful for my favourite season of all - 1976/77.

Absolutely spot on, my favourite team as well.  As someone said on here previously, not sure there has been a better front six for Villa than Mortimer, Cropley (My fav of all), Cowans, Little, Gray and Deehan.   And added to those for injuries you had Carrodus and Graydon.   A truly wonderful attacking team and I'm convinced if we had had Jimmy Rimmer in goal and not had to play as many games, we may well have won the league 4 years before we did.

Happy Birthday Ron and many thanks for the interview you gave my mate and I for our school newspaper in 1979.  I won't forget you gave us the chance of a cuppa and a Fruit club biscuit with the players afterwards.

Those who are too young to remember him as our manager, you have no idea of what you missed.

UTV !!
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Post by: flybo on November 06, 2012, 04:30:42 PM
Happy birthday Ron
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Post by: Rudy Can't Fail on November 06, 2012, 04:47:37 PM
Happy Birthday Super Ron.

(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/sport/Pix/columnists/2012/5/2/1335971484601/Ron-Saunders-008.jpg)

That picture is absolutely brilliant. Any idea where I could buy a print?
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Post by: PeterWithesShin on November 06, 2012, 04:55:14 PM
I found it on the interweb. If you don't have the stuff to do it at home, stick it on a memory card and take it to Jessops or somewhere like that?
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Post by: MonsXI on November 06, 2012, 05:00:31 PM
Happy birthday Sir Ron
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Post by: steamer on November 06, 2012, 05:15:38 PM
My greatest Villa memories are supporting and following the teams that Ron built.
You were an inspiration to my generation of Villa fans. May you have a 110% day and would you bet against Ron reaching 100 ?
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Post by: Jimbo on November 06, 2012, 05:21:36 PM
Happy birthday, Ron. We may never see the like again.
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Post by: Percy McCarthy on November 06, 2012, 05:33:03 PM
Happy birthday to The Boss. Three teams who did the business, we should have kept him for another ten years.
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Post by: class_of_82 on November 06, 2012, 05:34:53 PM
happy birthday mr saunders you gave us some of the best days of our lives. loved it when the "saunders saunders" chant went up and it sounded like the whole ground was doing it. if only you was given your wish of being in total control of the club like fergie was at man utd then i feel we would of been challenging not only for the league every year but the european cup as well. i can remember your parting words that every single footballing position in this club is covered in triplicate from 1st team to youth team and i can see it being messed up within 3 yrs, how right you were.
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Post by: dave shelley on November 06, 2012, 05:35:58 PM
A shining example of everything that was, is and should be what every manager of Aston Villa should aspire to.  I had the honour of shaking his hand at the reception after the Eamonn Deacy memorial match back in August, it put the seal on my Villa watching career to date.

Many happy returns  Gaffer.  My eldest grandson has the privilege of sharing the same birthday, happy birthday to him too.
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Post by: georgesherwood on November 06, 2012, 05:38:21 PM
A shining example of everything that was, is and should be what every manager of Aston Villa should aspire to.  I had the honour of shaking his hand at the reception after the Eamonn Deacy memorial match back in August, it put the seal on my Villa watching career to date.

Many happy returns  Gaffer.  My eldest grandson has the privilege of sharing the same birthday, happy birthday to him too.

Me too, one of the best moments i've had as a villa fan meeting the great man , he didnt know what all the fuss was about!
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Post by: richardhubbard on November 06, 2012, 05:49:24 PM
Our greatest post war manager, happy Birthday Ron
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Post by: JUAN PABLO on November 06, 2012, 06:10:45 PM
Happy Birthday to a great great man.

Thanks for the memories  I will always have .
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Post by: Legion on November 06, 2012, 06:21:06 PM
Happy Birthday. Thanks for the great memories.
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Post by: frankmosswasmyuncle on November 06, 2012, 07:46:32 PM
Happy Birthday Mr Saunders.
You and your players gave me the best times ever supporting the Villa, achieving things I thought I could only ever dream of.
Truly wonderful memories.
You are a true Villa legend.
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Post by: Rimmy Jimmer on November 06, 2012, 08:07:34 PM
Happy Birthday Ron. A true Villa legend for eternity.
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Post by: Louzie0 on November 06, 2012, 08:11:21 PM
Happy Birthday Ron. A true Villa legend for eternity.

And so say all of us.  Happy Birthday Ron!
Many happy returns.
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Post by: john2710 on November 06, 2012, 08:21:45 PM
Happy Birthday Ron - thank you for the time of our lives :-)
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Post by: SoccerHQ on November 06, 2012, 08:44:00 PM
Blimey thought he was a bit older than that, happy birthday Ron!

One of my favourite memories of the last few years when he came onto the pitch before the Manure game.

Wonder if he's been back to many games since?
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Post by: HK Villan on November 06, 2012, 09:41:45 PM
Total utter absolute LEGEND.  Happy 110% Birthday wishes Sir Ron!
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Post by: robbo1874 on November 06, 2012, 09:51:58 PM
Many happy returns Sgt Major Saunders.

Wonderful times for a 7 year old kid to be a Villa supporter.
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Post by: gabbythelegend on November 07, 2012, 04:59:03 AM
Is Tony Barton going to come in just before the chant and cake on his birthday? ;)
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Post by: dave.woodhall on November 07, 2012, 11:19:37 AM
Is Tony Barton going to come in just before the chant and cake on his birthday? ;)

If that was an attempt at humour it wasn't very funny.
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Post by: Witton Warrior on November 07, 2012, 08:31:22 PM
To this day the only person I ever called "sir" and meant it!
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Post by: gabbythelegend on November 09, 2012, 12:46:22 AM
Is Tony Barton going to come in just before the chant and cake on his birthday? ;)

If that was an attempt at humour it wasn't very funny.

Sorry Dave :(
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