Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: CT on May 28, 2018, 11:07:19 AM
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This doesn't sound good at all.
https://stv.tv/amp/1416316-aberdeen-legend-neale-cooper-fighting-for-life-after-fall/?__twitter_impression=true
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He was very highly rated when we signed him and it looked a great bit of business to get him, I seem to remember him being continually injured though and not very good when he did play. He was a pretty firm tackler mind.
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Really sorry to read he has died. RIP.
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Sadly been reported he has died.
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Yes just checked, it sounds rather suspicious to say the least, RIP Neale.
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Sad news
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Only 54. That is very sad. I remember him as a no nonsense tough tackler. Opposition supporters would probably reword that.
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Not been a good couple of years for ex-Villa players. RIP Neale. Very sad indeed.
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Only played about about a dozen games for us but very sad news. Highly rated when we signed him but struck with constant injury problems.
RIP Neale.
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He sat next to me on the steps Swindon away, the day we got promoted.
R.I.P.
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I remember us signing him which at the time seemed a big coup. Such a shame.
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RIP Neale
I recall signing him for a decent fee at the time circa £200K-£300K
He had trouble settling and I think he was burgled at one point - he was prone to serious injuries and later in his career he piled on the weight
I will remember his blonde curly locks !!!
Very sad to lose another ex player so very young
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Such a shame. Condolences to family and friends. R.I.P
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RIP Neale. From an era when defenders were no nonsense, and erm...shorts were short
(https://thumb.ibb.co/iDhqSd/8_FF5_A61_E_538_A_4_E42_812_D_E4_C6_E82_FC520.jpg) (https://ibb.co/iDhqSd)
Loved that Henson shirt as well.
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RIP Neale.
Signed from Aberdeen, wasn't up to the challenge but a really hard tackler, a lovely, funny bloke by all accounts, remember his blond curly locks.
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Another sad day. Atkinson, Taylor, Samuel, Ugo and now this. RIP.
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Sad to hear about the death of Neale Cooper .i watched him in the reserves as well as his few first team games and believe me he was as hard as nails R I P Neale
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Very sad news, he had won 3 league titles and the European Cup Winners Cup with Aberdeen under the managership of Alex Ferguson and came highly recommended, when we bought him. Sadly due to injuries only played 22 games in 2 seasons.
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I remember being at the Frank Worthington testimonial at the sty as a fifteen year old and hanging around outside for autographs afterwards. Some guy approached Graham Turner to see if he could attend a function regarding a youth football team and Turner said he couldn't as he would be scouting at the Scottish Cup final. I remembered that conversation when we signed Neale Cooper a few weeks later and realised that must have been who Turner was going to watch. I met Neale Cooper briefly outside Portman Road after SGT's first game in charge. Cooper seemed to have had a few post match swift ones in the players bar. I have told a story on H&V in the past regarding his time going out with an old manageress of mine from way back but now isn't an appropriate time to repeat it. When J Lloyd Samuel died I posted how Villa had seemed to have suffered more than their fair share of premature deaths with the likes of Birchy, Ugo, Bernie Gallagher, big Cyrille and Dalian and it has happened again.
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Bleed on the brain I understand from people who know him up here, not suspicious at all.
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Very said news, no age at all, R.I.P.
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A typical no nonsense get stuck in type midfielder that were around at that time, a poor mans Greame Souness. Looked like he could improve us but injuries took their toll. A particularly terrible shooter iirc.
Sad news.
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Very sad news, he had won 3 league titles and the European Cup Winners Cup with Aberdeen under the managership of Alex Ferguson and came highly recommended, when we bought him. Sadly due to injuries only played 22 games in 2 seasons.
Neale Cooper: Alex McLeish devastated by former team-mate's death
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44284275
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I took as little interest in Scottish football then as I do now, so I had no idea of what type of player we'd signed.
It soon became clear to me when I first saw him play, at home to Forest I think it was, and his first 'touch' was to deposit one of theirs in the Witton Lane!
Another one gone too young.
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No pun intended, but they've sadly sort of died out today, the insane scottish player who used to deposit the opposition into the first row of the stands. Doug Rougvie was another one. RIP.
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It soon became clear to me when I first saw him play, at home to Forest I think it was, and his first 'touch' was to deposit one of theirs in the Witton Lane!
That might have been a young Stuart Pearce, I certainly remember him being left in a crumpled mess in a game and he wouldn’t have played against Forest many times.
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Very sad news RIP Neale.
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Very sad.
I remember a programme cover featuring him (maybe his debut), whereby he is kicking a ball; he looked massive.
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Remember watching him in a Central League match at Newcastle and a bloke near me spent the entire match shouting "I can what you're up to Cooper, you're a thug". He didn't hold back in a tackle but all looked perfectly fair to my biased eyes!
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RIP Neale
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Very sad.
Rest In Peace Neale