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Offline Dr Butler

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #120 on: January 27, 2016, 04:30:23 PM »
Quote from: dave.woodhall on January 09, 2016, 08:11:11 PM
Hundreds with but a single thought - Spurs.

just for you Dave, a Central News report...not great quality, but some great action and some nice shots of the Villa faithful and Sir Graham at the end :)



UTV
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Malandro

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #121 on: January 27, 2016, 04:44:01 PM »
Enjoyed that video, cheers.

Good tackle by Mabbutt!
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Offline The Left Side

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #122 on: January 27, 2016, 04:48:21 PM »
What was the last line by Phil Mepham "supporters will be confident of a victory over Wimbledon on Saturday". If only Platty had scored the penalty against Segars it might have been a different story.
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Offline edgysatsuma89

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #123 on: January 27, 2016, 11:32:36 PM »
It was before my time but why a turnip? I get that the dickheads at the sun wanted to unfairly hammer him but was there a reason behind that terminology?
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Offline dave.woodhall

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #124 on: January 27, 2016, 11:43:47 PM »
Quote from: edgysatsuma89 on January 27, 2016, 11:32:36 PM
It was before my time but why a turnip? I get that the dickheads at the sun wanted to unfairly hammer him but was there a reason behind that terminology?

England had just lost to Sweden.
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Offline Dave Cooper please

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #125 on: January 28, 2016, 09:16:18 AM »
Quote from: edgysatsuma89 on January 27, 2016, 11:32:36 PM
It was before my time but why a turnip? I get that the dickheads at the sun wanted to unfairly hammer him but was there a reason behind that terminology?

Yes, the reason is that they are a bunch of ******.
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Offline edgysatsuma89

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #126 on: January 28, 2016, 12:45:26 PM »
Quote from: dave.woodhall on January 27, 2016, 11:43:47 PM
Quote from: edgysatsuma89 on January 27, 2016, 11:32:36 PM
It was before my time but why a turnip? I get that the dickheads at the sun wanted to unfairly hammer him but was there a reason behind that terminology?

England had just lost to Sweden.

Ah right ok. Cheers Dave.
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Offline oldham_villa

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #127 on: January 28, 2016, 11:44:54 PM »
Good ol Doug making the situation focus on him lol
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Offline ez

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #128 on: January 30, 2016, 01:42:51 PM »
Quote from: edgysatsuma89 on January 27, 2016, 11:32:36 PM
It was before my time but why a turnip? I get that the dickheads at the sun wanted to unfairly hammer him but was there a reason behind that terminology?

There was a newspaper headline. Swedes 2 Turnips 1, or whatever the score was. It was actually aimed at the players.
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Offline Steve67

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #129 on: January 30, 2016, 02:46:04 PM »
They had morphed a turnip on to the face of Sir Graham to give him a turnip head.
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Offline AV82EC

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #130 on: January 30, 2016, 11:01:01 PM »
Quote from: ez on January 30, 2016, 01:42:51 PM
Quote from: edgysatsuma89 on January 27, 2016, 11:32:36 PM
It was before my time but why a turnip? I get that the dickheads at the sun wanted to unfairly hammer him but was there a reason behind that terminology?

There was a newspaper headline. Swedes 2 Turnips 1, or whatever the score was. It was actually aimed at the players.

Followed by Yanks 2 Planks 0 from recollection.
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Offline four fornicholl

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #131 on: January 30, 2016, 11:03:34 PM »
Quote from: Newby on January 30, 2016, 02:46:04 PM
They had morphed a turnip on to the face of Sir Graham to give him a turnip head.
bastards
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Offline adrenachrome

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #132 on: January 30, 2016, 11:06:08 PM »
Quote from: Newby on January 30, 2016, 02:46:04 PM
They had morphed a turnip on to the face of Sir Graham to give him a turnip head.

When he got sacked,  the Scum had that on the front page with a headline along the lines of "That's Your Allotment".  Wankers.
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Offline peter w

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #133 on: January 30, 2016, 11:14:20 PM »
Quote from: ez on January 30, 2016, 01:42:51 PM
Quote from: edgysatsuma89 on January 27, 2016, 11:32:36 PM
It was before my time but why a turnip? I get that the dickheads at the sun wanted to unfairly hammer him but was there a reason behind that terminology?

There was a newspaper headline. Swedes 2 Turnips 1, or whatever the score was. It was actually aimed at the players.

given that we usually always lose in Sweden and given that that particular Sweden team finished 3rd in the 1994 World Cup it seems very over the top but also how Sir GT has been harshly remembered. The defeat against the US was poor but that was arguably the best US team, after us they lost 4-3 against Germany. Just a sign that they weren't mugs.   
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Offline Colin B

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Re: Graham Taylor
« Reply #134 on: January 31, 2016, 12:16:53 AM »
Was there once a quote from him about the then players thinking they could turn up, and eat Fish and Chips, and then play on a Saturday....
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