Alpay - your memories

[Oscar Arce]

A total c**t
A misguided nut job
A disgrace to the shirt
In the Villa Park 'Hall of Shame' along with S.Hodge and S.Delph, a trio of tossers

Is that any use?

[Kevin_Yahoo]

Hi guys,

I see someone has already posted it anyway, but just to say many thanks for all your comments

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/blast-past-no-15-alpay-144758636.html

And yeah, had to "tone down" some of the more colourful language!

Cheers,
Kev

[brian green]

Now you have with our assistance written your article  Kevin I think it is fair to comment that Alpay Ozalan never had legendary status with Villa. He was a good player and in the early days a popular player but was never remotely a legend.

[nuninho]

Good read Kev, will check out the other player's articles in the next day or two.

[Dante Lavelli]

Is that the same alpay starting a fight in the Turkish parliament?

[Stu82]

Is that the same alpay starting a fight in the Turkish parliament?

Just saw the same image, build looks like him, just checked and he is a politician.
Amazing.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

He's an MP for the Erdogans ruling right wing AKP.
He has previous form for brawling in parliament.

In the Parliamentary elections of 24 June 2018, he was elected a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey representing Izmir for the AKP. According to his own statement he was more excited the first day in parliament than when playing football before 85,000 people. In 2021, he was involved in a brawl in the Turkish parliament where he was seen fighting against Özgür Özel, a politician of the Republican People's Party (CHP).

During the Claw lock military operation against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), he demanded the cancellation of a concert of Aynur Dogan in Istanbul, because he deemed her a supporter of the PKK. In August 2024, Özalan attacked and slapped Ahmet Sik, a member of parliament from the Workers' Party of Turkey, in parliament in Ankara during a debate on the imprisoned human rights lawyer Can Atalay. Sik fell, whereupon a brawl broke out involving several people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpay_%C3%96zalan

[cdbearsfan]

Horrendous twat. Not because of how he behaved at Villa, because of how he's behaved since. Massive supporter of a tyrant who can't win an argument properly so resorts to violence.

[Cliftonville Villlain]

Always remember Terry Venables praising him to the hilt when was a pundit during Euro 2000. That match with England completely derailed his career with us.

[dcdavecollett]

I remember a player who got off to a good start -flattening Dennis Wise in his home debut- who eventually became a liability -always blaming others for his own mistakes.

No wonder he became a politician!

[The Man With A Stick]

got off to a good start -flattening Dennis Wise in his home debut

One of the few players I despise more than Alpay.  Odious little twerp.

[SoccerHQ]

Always remember Terry Venables praising him to the hilt when was a pundit during Euro 2000. That match with England completely derailed his career with us.

We were trying to sell him before.

Signed him when no one had a clue who he was but he was solid first season (got caught out positionally at times) and then the second season him and Mellberg were a brilliant combination for the first 20 games.

Then he picked up an injury, got fit for the World cup and was named in the best 11 and then came back and wasn't interested as he thought he should've been playing for Bayern Munich.

Don't think him and SGT saw eye to eye and he was rarely seen after the 3-0 at the sty when he was at fault for one of the goals.

Still here when O'Leary came back and he surprisingly started him for the season opener at Portsmouth ahead of Mellberg which wasn't popular and we lost. Then in/out, was booed by the fans after scoring v Charlton and then the England game happened a month later and we saw good reason then to terminate his contract.

I remember aswell he used to run to the Holte pre match and thump his chest which I'd never seen a player do before so he was initially a fan favourite before it all went sour.

[Mortimer's Bear]

I loved him when he first joined, even got Alpay on the back of a shirt. Everything changed after the WC though.

[kippaxvilla2]

Can never forgive him for that performance at the sty in September 2002 especially the third goal,