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Author Topic: Alan Wright.  (Read 7647 times)

Offline VillaSpen

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Alan Wright.
« on: February 24, 2012, 04:22:50 AM »
Just saw this week's Premier League World show and it contained a focus on Alan Wright. His fondness for the Villa is in no doubt after watching this.

http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/photos-and-videos/videos/remember-me-wright.html

Glad he's happy and still involved in the game.

Offline willywombat

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Re: Alan Wright.
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2012, 07:20:28 AM »
Excellent! I used to love Wrighty and that team was one of my favourites from down the years

Offline asgpaul

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Re: Alan Wright.
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2012, 10:13:36 AM »
I can recall some mascots almost being the same size as Wrighty!  He was a great servant to the club and a good solid LB, a Mr Dependable type player.

Offline Irish villain

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Re: Alan Wright.
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2012, 10:24:39 AM »
Thanks for posting, I enjoyed that!

Offline darren woolley

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Re: Alan Wright.
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2012, 10:49:49 AM »
Thanks for posting, I enjoyed that!

Me too.

Offline SarkGrime

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Re: Alan Wright.
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2012, 01:27:07 PM »
Enjoyed that very much. Great find. There's a brief shot of Neil Warnock on the bench at Sheffield United. Is that who I think it is behind him and to the right?

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Re: Alan Wright.
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2012, 01:47:46 PM »
Thanks for posting, I enjoyed that!

Me too.
And me, I thought he was a cracking player for us.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Alan Wright.
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2012, 02:36:52 PM »
I used to love Wrighty when he played for us. Never understood why he was club scapegoat so much of the time.

Must be something to do with being a full back down VP, nearly all of them seem to cop it.

Offline ChrissyPrice

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Re: Alan Wright.
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2012, 07:58:02 PM »
I used to love Wrighty when he played for us. Never understood why he was club scapegoat so much of the time.

Must be something to do with being a full back down VP, nearly all of them seem to cop it.

He wouldn't be a scapegoat now. Automatic man of the match.

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Re: Alan Wright.
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2012, 08:26:29 PM »
Great find.

Cracking player, good technique, tonnes of stamina and aways gave his all. Glad to see him happy and still involved in the game.

Offline Irish villain

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Re: Alan Wright.
« Reply #10 on: February 25, 2012, 12:15:01 PM »
Thanks for posting, I enjoyed that!

Me too.
And me, I thought he was a cracking player for us.

He was excellent for us. It was clear from that clip how much it hurt him when he had to leave Villa Park.

Offline usav

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Re: Alan Wright.
« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2012, 02:15:06 PM »
Agreed, great clip.  Nice little pad that as well.

Offline VillaSpen

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Re: Alan Wright.
« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2012, 07:40:27 PM »
I would say that his Boxer was a beautiful big girl but when stood next to Wrighty it's hard to tell! Her beauty isn't called into question but she may only be the size of a Yorkshire Terrier.

Offline The Left Side

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Re: Alan Wright.
« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2012, 09:27:13 PM »
I saw it too and it was great, I couldn't believe he spent 9 years at Villa, he scored some great goals too!

Offline eamonn

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Re: Alan Wright.
« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2012, 12:25:36 AM »
He gave himself an extra year in the interview, he was with us '95-'03. I also learned from wiki that he is  third place in Villa European appearances only behind Sid and Mortimer.

Interesting to hear his story about being messed around by McLeish at Rangers. Must give him a bit of satisfaction looking at the fullbacks big 'Eck plays these days.

 


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