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Offline Dave Cooper please

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #60 on: May 26, 2013, 03:03:59 PM »
Wright Aitken Brown Arce Hole was the ultimate mythical line-up of the time.
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Offline dave shelley

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #61 on: May 26, 2013, 03:06:11 PM »
Godfrey's Aitken Arce Hole was doing the rounds in my time.
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Offline Ian.

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #62 on: May 26, 2013, 04:29:36 PM »
In a big push to finish in the top four MON signs Emile Heskey........Oh he did didn't he the bloody twit.
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Offline danlanza

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #63 on: May 26, 2013, 04:54:32 PM »
Quote from: Fasth56 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
Oh dear. My old man was a doghead. Does that mean that my mom............?
Fair play mom. Couldn't stand being a doghead.
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Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #64 on: May 26, 2013, 08:23:13 PM »
Quote from: Exeter 77 on May 24, 2013, 07:58:26 PM
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on May 24, 2013, 03:24:30 PM
Quote from: Exeter 77 on May 22, 2013, 07:15:30 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.

Doh (ray) me!
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Offline cdward

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #65 on: May 26, 2013, 08:58:51 PM »
Ancelotti, Klinsmann,  Benitez, Mark Hughes and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer all appointed as next manager.
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Offline dave.woodhall

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #66 on: May 31, 2013, 04:51:25 PM »
We were running away with the league when we signed Tony Cascarino.
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Offline Irish villain

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #67 on: May 31, 2013, 04:54:28 PM »
Christian Vieri about to sign for villa in the summer of 1998.
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Offline Damo70

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #68 on: May 31, 2013, 07:03:15 PM »
Quote from: dave.woodhall on May 31, 2013, 04:51:25 PM
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.
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Offline Steve R

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #69 on: June 01, 2013, 04:09:06 AM »
Quote from: Irish villain on May 31, 2013, 04:54:28 PM
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.
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Offline cheltenhamlion

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #70 on: June 01, 2013, 07:49:23 AM »
The gents agreement with The Rags about not using the name Birmingham.

Signing Benni McCarthy every Summer for about 7 years.
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Offline Damo70

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #71 on: June 01, 2013, 10:50:04 AM »
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.
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Offline ez

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #72 on: June 01, 2013, 12:07:49 PM »
Quote from: Irish villain on May 31, 2013, 04:54:28 PM
Christian Vieri about to sign for villa in the summer of 1998.
He was going to be Dwight Yorke's replacement if I remember.
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Offline Damo70

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #73 on: June 01, 2013, 01:19:24 PM »
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.
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Offline Irish villain

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Re: Villa myths
« Reply #74 on: June 01, 2013, 01:25:53 PM »
Quote from: ez on June 01, 2013, 12:07:49 PM
Quote from: Irish villain on May 31, 2013, 04:54:28 PM
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?
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