Famous Villa-related quotes

[eamonn]

Doug: So, you're back for pre-season then?
Balaban: Yes, Mister Chairman. I didn't think you would recognise me.
Doug: The money I spent on you, boy, I don't think I will be forgetting you in a hurry. Have you put on weight over the summer? You have...
Bosko: So have you.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Not famous, but one I've never forgotten. The scene - Trinity Road enclosure, mid 1980s. A freezing cold day, the second half of a crap match (goaless draw against Middlesbrough or suchlike). A little lad,  about eight or nine years old, looking  like he'd desperately prefer to be somewhere warmer, and less boring, turns to his father and says "How long to go, Dad?". An old bloke in the row behind, aged about 80, leans forward and says ruefully "About 70 f*cking years, son."

Earlier this year a colleague's 20 year old lad was taking part in a 48 football thing to raise money for charity and he came into our place to promote it. He got to the end of his presentation and said "after all, 48 hours is an awful long time to play football" and (I apologised afterwards) it just came out: "48 hours? You wanna try 55 years down Villa Park mate, it's fu**in' agony!"

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

'Come on you Villa boys' is what I shout on the rare occasions I am there for kick-off.

I still yell that out religiously. Along with "Come on you Lions".

It must be an "era" thing - my mate and I still shout exactly these two. And did yesterday against Malaga.

[Steve67]

Aston Villa doesn't realise just how big it is- Dean Saunders.

[Mortimer's Bear]

'Come on you Villa boys' is what I shout on the rare occasions I am there for kick-off.

I still yell that out religiously. Along with "Come on you Lions".

It must be an "era" thing - my mate and I still shout exactly these two. And did yesterday against Malaga.

"Come on me babbies" has always been my preferred greeting to the team at KO.

[badluckeric(gates)]

Wembley train station 1994 after the league cup final.
walking (elated) on to the platform and this Man U fan comes running at us. Aye up I thought get ready..
He stops and says: 'What the F*** happened there? This was the one we were counting on!'
(If you remember this was the first leg of the treble they were going for)
Just completed a perfect day.

[cheltenhamlion]

It was BFR to Deano I think when trying to sign him. "Do you want to sign for a club that is going to win lots of trophies, or do you want to play for me at the Villa?"

[Percy McCarthy]

It was BFR to Deano I think when trying to sign him. "Do you want to sign for a club that is going to win lots of trophies, or do you want to play for me at the Villa?"

I don't think they'll be putting that one up somehow.

[cheltenhamlion]

Why not?!!

[Percy McCarthy]

Panicking copper on his radio while trying to control Villa fans at Leeds in the Cup in '88: "there's only about seventy of 'em but they're as hard as nails".

[Villa in Denmark]

Isn't there one about Herbert Chapman taking Arsenal on a European Tour and complaining that wherever he went, people only wanted to talk about Aston Villa?

[peter w]

Isn't there one about Herbert Chapman taking Arsenal on a European Tour and complaining that wherever he went, people only wanted to talk about Aston Villa?

Nah, some bloke called Drake talking about some goals he scored once.

[silhillvilla]

"it was the manner of the defeat " HDE after the 0-6 drubbing at Forest and sacking Turner .

[Vancouver]

Still not seen the General's comment

[freethinker]

Chico's Mervyn King thread reminded me of this one:

“Supporting Aston Villa is much more stressful than being Governor of the Bank of England”