Villa myths

[Dave Cooper please]

Wright Aitken Brown Arce Hole was the ultimate mythical line-up of the time.

[dave shelley]

Godfrey's Aitken Arce Hole was doing the rounds in my time.

[Ian.]

In a big push to finish in the top four MON signs Emile Heskey........Oh he did didn't he the bloody twit.

[danlanza]

If your Dad was a Villa fan and you're not, then your mom must have played away

Oh dear. My old man was a doghead. Does that mean that my mom............?
Fair play mom. Couldn't stand being a doghead.

[PeterWithesShin]

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.

Doh (ray) me!

[cdward]

Ancelotti, Klinsmann,  Benitez, Mark Hughes and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer all appointed as next manager.

[dave.woodhall]

We were running away with the league when we signed Tony Cascarino.

[Irish villain]

Christian Vieri about to sign for villa in the summer of 1998.

[Damo70]

We were running away with the league when we signed Tony Cascarino.

We were twenty points clear.

Just like Manchester City in the seventies until they signed Rodney Marsh and Newcastle in the nineties before they signed Tino Asprilla.

[Steve R]

Christian Vieri about to sign for villa in the summer of 1998.

And the chance to get a few games for Warwickshire seconds had been thrown in as a sweetener.

[cheltenhamlion]

The gents agreement with The Rags about not using the name Birmingham.

Signing Benni McCarthy every Summer for about 7 years.

[Damo70]

The Vieri story was hilarious. He had moved clubs for massive money the year before, had a great world cup, and apparently we were going to buy him for about half of what he cost twelve months previously.

[ez]

Christian Vieri about to sign for villa in the summer of 1998.

He was going to be Dwight Yorke's replacement if I remember.

[Damo70]

If I remember correctly, he grew up and went to school in Australia until he moved back to Italy with his Italian parents as a teenager. I'm sure I saw him interviewed once and he spoke perfect English with an accent Alf Stewart would have been proud of. I don't remember him calling anyone a 'flaming gallah' though.

[Irish villain]

Christian Vieri about to sign for villa in the summer of 1998.

He was going to be Dwight Yorke's replacement if I remember.

I remember it being on teletext as a rumour and in one of the papers. I remember calling 'clubtalk' or whatever it was called and it was there too.

Was the rumour based on the fact he had played against us in the Uefa Cup?