Never meet your hero

• #150 Reply
  Posted by Breezeblock on 17 Jun, 2012 14:07
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  Quote from: Rip Van doin' the Lambert walk on 15 Jun, 2012 17:47

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  Quote from: Rudy Lambert on 15 Jun, 2012 17:23

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  Quote from: Breezeblock on 13 Jun, 2012 12:47

  Taken in Bulgaria, 2008:
  
  
  The bloke is an absolute gentleman. Get well soon Stan.
  

  
  Super picture.
  

  
  Indeed. What are the chances of meeting in Bulgaria both Stan and Bjork.
  

  Very funny.
  

  I thought it was Blur's Alex James, ripped off his tits on charlie and tandorri flavoured cheese.
  

  Made me laugh. My son, who is now 18 wasn't so impressed tho' 
• #151 Reply
  Posted by john in oz on 18 Jun, 2012 17:18
• steve mcmachon coached here in perth,west oz   his son played for us but they didnt last too long
• #152 Reply
  Posted by Percy McCarthy on 18 Jun, 2012 17:54
• Lived by Gary Shaw as a babby, then went to school with him. Met Tony Morley, Dennis Mortimer, Ian Taylor, Ron Atkinson and John Robertson. All sound apart from Robertson, wanker.
• #153 Reply
  Posted by Rudy Can't Fail on 18 Jun, 2012 18:00
• What happened with Robertson, Percy?
• #154 Reply
  Posted by Phil from the upper holte on 18 Jun, 2012 18:35
• I met Ian Taylor again Saturday, bloody legend, my mate took the bloody picture and I had my bloody eyes closed
• #155 Reply
  Posted by Flamingo Lane on 18 Jun, 2012 18:37
• John Slueewenhoek used to call at our house each week in the early 70s to deliver Villa bingo tickets for Dad to sell at Longbridge and his local pub (in Oldbury, so not many takers there).  His visit was the highlight of my mum's week.
• #156 Reply
  Posted by Percy McCarthy on 18 Jun, 2012 19:03
• Rudi: Robertson was just miserable and a bit patronising when we were outside having a fag at a reserve game.
  
  To be fair it was two games before the end of his last season so maybe the job was getting to him. My journo mate reckons he's always a miserable sod because he doesn't like present-day footballers.
• #157 Reply
  Posted by clash city rocker on 19 Jun, 2012 22:53
• Met Savo outside selhurst park after we had lost to Wimbledon. He obviously wasn't going back on the coach. Seemed polite enough although he probably couldn't understand the Birmingham accent of someone who had been on the lash for several hours.
• #158 Reply
  Posted by Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle on 20 Jun, 2012 08:42
• Quote from: clash city rocker on 19 Jun, 2012 22:53

  Met Savo outside selhurst park after we had lost to Wimbledon. He obviously wasn't going back on the coach. Seemed polite enough although he probably couldn't understand the Birmingham accent of someone who had been on the lash for several hours.
  

  
  Ahhh. That would be the Selhurst Slur. Suffered with that myself on many an occasion. Pretty much on par with the Maine Road Mumble and much preferable to the Roker Park Ralf.
• #159 Reply
  Posted by RunRickyRun on 20 Jun, 2012 08:46
• Quote from: Phil from the upper holte on 18 Jun, 2012 18:35

  I met Ian Taylor again Saturday, bloody legend, my mate took the bloody picture and I had my bloody eyes closed
  

  
  Did you meet him in Chickentown?
• #160 Reply
  Posted by lordmcgrath5 on 20 Jun, 2012 12:15
• Quote from: Percy McCarthy on 18 Jun, 2012 19:03

  My journo mate reckons he's always a miserable sod because he doesn't like present-day footballers.
  

  
  Sounds reasonable enough.
• #161 Reply
  Posted by lordmcgrath5 on 20 Jun, 2012 12:20
• Quote from: McGraths Dry Cleaning on 14 Jun, 2012 08:39

  My Mum once made Paul McGrath go home to get his dry cleaning ticket with the words "I know you're Paul McGrath but I can't give you your dry cleaning without your ticket".
  

  
  Fair play to your mum! Rules are rules. I'm sure Paul understood perfectly.
• #162 Reply
  Posted by rutski on 20 Jun, 2012 13:42
• Quote from: Ian Price on 18 Jun, 2012 18:37

  John Slueewenhoek used to call at our house each week in the early 70s to deliver Villa bingo tickets for Dad to sell at Longbridge and his local pub (in Oldbury, so not many takers there).  His visit was the highlight of my mum's week.
  

  highlight of mums week eh??? pfnarr pfnarr
• #163 Reply
  Posted by geeeenius1971 on 21 Jun, 2012 16:16
• Met Chris Nicholl in a service station on way back from Southampton where he had been doing some hospitality work,a brilliant man.He was having a meat and potato pie and invited us to sit with him and talked about the Villa for ages.Think we drew 2 all and conceded a last minute goal some things never change
• #164 Reply
  Posted by Rip Van We Go Again on 21 Jun, 2012 16:54
• Quote from: geeeenius1971 on 21 Jun, 2012 16:16

  Met Chris Nicholl in a service station on way back from Southampton where he had been doing some hospitality work,a brilliant man.He was having a meat and potato pie and invited us to sit with him and talked about the Villa for ages.Think we drew 2 all and conceded a last minute goal some things never change
  

  Heard from a few people about what a nice bloke he is.