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Offline Damo70

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #45 on: May 22, 2013, 06:40:43 PM »
Steve Bull, Carlton Palmer, Paul Ince and, going back a bit further, Manchester United's Andy Ritchie, Fulham's Tony Gale and Sunderland's Shaun Elliott all signed for Villa more than once. They also all own several properties in the Sutton Coldfield area according to every estate agent who is related to or friends with a Villa fan.

On the other side of the coin, Diego Maradona bought Alberto Tarantini's old house in Dorridge a few years back.

Offline Steve R

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #46 on: May 22, 2013, 07:10:16 PM »
When I saw the thread title I immediately thought of Savo spitting the fans and a defence consisting of Wright, Aitken, Brown ....

Other good ones - The underground river that runs alongside Witton Lane that has prevented proper expansion of that side of the ground and the state of the pitch in the 1980's was a consequence of the ground being built on what was once a lake.

Offline Exeter 77

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #47 on: May 22, 2013, 07:15:30 PM »
We had a midfield of Brown, Arce and Hole.

Offline Mortimer's Bear

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #48 on: May 23, 2013, 06:00:17 PM »
MO'N saved us (was the myth at the time).

Offline Pete3206

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #49 on: May 23, 2013, 06:49:36 PM »
Franz Beckenbauer for Aston Villa's manager


Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #50 on: May 24, 2013, 03:24:30 PM »
We had a midfield of Brown, Arce and Hole.

I don't think they ever together for the first team.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #51 on: May 24, 2013, 03:25:48 PM »
I remember getting ready for work and one of the Breakfast programmes was announcing we'd signed Bergkamp. He ended up at Arsenal.

Offline neo_Villan

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #52 on: May 24, 2013, 04:38:16 PM »
MON turning down Falcao in favour of Heskey?

Offline Chico Hamilton III

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #53 on: May 24, 2013, 05:05:21 PM »
Charlie Athersmith, scampering up and down the wing, holding an umbrella

Online AV82EC

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #54 on: May 24, 2013, 05:58:14 PM »
Franz Beckenbauer for Aston Villa's manager



That must have been true it was on the back of the Meaning Evil?

Offline Damo70

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #55 on: May 24, 2013, 06:04:47 PM »
Surely the only time in history when Franz Beckenbauer, Gerry Francis and Joe Jordan were the three favourites for the same managerial job.

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #56 on: May 24, 2013, 06:12:27 PM »
If your Dad was a Villa fan and you're not, then your mom must have played away

Offline Exeter 77

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #57 on: May 24, 2013, 07:58:26 PM »
We had a midfield of Brown, Arce and Hole.

I don't think they ever together for the first team.

Sorry - I meant that was a myth and never actually happened in a game.

Offline Damo70

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #58 on: May 24, 2013, 10:21:13 PM »
We had a midfield of Brown, Arce and Hole.

I don't think they ever together for the first team.

Sorry - I meant that was a myth and never actually happened in a game.

When I was first told a version of that story years ago it was a forward line of Little Arce Hole.

Online Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #59 on: May 26, 2013, 02:47:41 PM »
We had a midfield of Brown, Arce and Hole.

I don't think they ever together for the first team.

Sorry - I meant that was a myth and never actually happened in a game.

When I was first told a version of that story years ago it was a forward line of Little Arce Hole.

Wright Arce Hole

 


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