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Author Topic: Big Ron's big day out.  (Read 4748 times)

Offline bertlambshank

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Big Ron's big day out.
« on: January 24, 2014, 02:31:11 AM »

Offline willywombat

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Re: Big Ron's big day out.
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2014, 02:57:30 AM »
One of the best awaydays I can remember!

Offline PaulTheVillan

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Re: Big Ron's big day out.
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2014, 07:22:08 AM »
Not very often 3 debutants score in the same game.

Offline Dave Clark Five

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Re: Big Ron's big day out.
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2014, 07:28:05 AM »
I miss the trips to Sheffield, with Wednesday and United yo-yoing between divisions. That Wards Bitter was a real treat in those days. There was an old saying, something like: When the bottom falls out of your world, drink Wards and the world will fall out of your bottom. (Change the brewery name at will).

Offline Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle

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Re: Big Ron's big day out.
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2014, 08:15:32 AM »
A brilliant day out. I loved coming away from a ground after games like that, buzzing, hoarse throated and feeling mental.

Offline Damo70

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Re: Big Ron's big day out.
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2014, 08:41:17 AM »
We usually drove to away games but I'm pretty sure we got the coach to this one. Fantastic atmosphere. We all went  to the local when we got back to the Midlands and each of us had a brandy and a cigar in honour of Big Ron. As far as league games go this would probably be in my top three away days along with Everton and Swindon.

Offline Dave Cooper please

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Re: Big Ron's big day out.
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2014, 10:37:08 AM »
Marvelous day out. Got back as far as derby, woke up in someones front garden.
As I say, marvelous.

Offline darren woolley

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Re: Big Ron's big day out.
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2014, 12:28:56 PM »
A brilliant day out I really enjoyed it happy days.

Offline Witton Warrior

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Re: Big Ron's big day out.
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2014, 04:34:50 PM »
Having 3 debutants scoring in one match must be a record?

Offline Damo70

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Re: Big Ron's big day out.
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2014, 04:42:02 PM »
We might have come close to the top flight record for fielding debutants  too. Was it six or seven? Although there was that year in the early eighties when the whole Coventry side were out of contract and had to be replaced. And Ian Holloway's transfer policy at Blackpool and Palace which made Barry Fry seem restrained.

Online AV82EC

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Re: Big Ron's big day out.
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2014, 11:04:57 PM »
As I didn't go to Everton a couple of seasons earlier, probably my best ever awayday.

Offline usav

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Re: Big Ron's big day out.
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2014, 12:58:32 AM »
Up there with my best Villa memories.  One question, where was McGrath that day?

Offline Olof's Beard

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Re: Big Ron's big day out.
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2014, 09:07:01 AM »
Up there with my best Villa memories.  One question, where was McGrath that day?

He was playing

Offline Damo70

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Re: Big Ron's big day out.
« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2014, 07:39:32 AM »
Up there with my best Villa memories.  One question, where was McGrath that day?

He was playing

Didn't McGrath or Mountfield play at right back that day?

Offline Darlo Dave

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Re: Big Ron's big day out.
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2014, 12:29:24 AM »
Regis? Why did we sign that old has been? Atkinson out!

 


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