I was in Galway in 2007 so popped into Ernie’s and had a chat with Eamonn. Very unassuming but you could see a real toughness in him- he had never shirked a tackle, as a few of that Juventus team could vouch.
/Quote from: Pat McMahon on August 23, 2020, 06:52:20 PMI was in Galway in 2007 so popped into Ernie’s and had a chat with Eamonn. Very unassuming but you could see a real toughness in him- he had never shirked a tackle, as a few of that Juventus team could vouch.I walked past his family’s shop in Galway last month. Closed down, sadly. End of an era.
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Quote from: saunders_heroes on September 21, 2020, 08:47:12 PM/Quote from: Pat McMahon on August 23, 2020, 06:52:20 PMI was in Galway in 2007 so popped into Ernie’s and had a chat with Eamonn. Very unassuming but you could see a real toughness in him- he had never shirked a tackle, as a few of that Juventus team could vouch.I walked past his family’s shop in Galway last month. Closed down, sadly. End of an era. His brother's is still going strong.
Bit of a tearjerker alright...Guess with a name like his from a town not too far away, I was bound to be a Villan after the man Deacy had paved the way. Certainly was how I felt when I first heard of him in my mid-teens, reading of how he had lived the dream I was still having. A dream many of us have had and held. A mere example but there must be a part of Risso and Drummond in their weekly 5-a-sides, wearing Villa shirts and feeling they are playing the part of their true self - one which leads Villa to another title; which just happens to be in a universe a little parallel to this...And great to see the main man, Mr Saunders give the stamp of approval to the subject. Wonder when that was recorded as Ron looks good and his shrewd self in the video.
Quote from: Ger Regan on November 09, 2020, 10:50:57 PMQuote from: saunders_heroes on September 21, 2020, 08:47:12 PM/Quote from: Pat McMahon on August 23, 2020, 06:52:20 PMI was in Galway in 2007 so popped into Ernie’s and had a chat with Eamonn. Very unassuming but you could see a real toughness in him- he had never shirked a tackle, as a few of that Juventus team could vouch.I walked past his family’s shop in Galway last month. Closed down, sadly. End of an era. His brother's is still going strong.Is that the one bang in the centre or the one slightly out of town ( the latter being where I met him and was then known as Earnie’s IIRC).