Ugo Ehiogu - RIP

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Seen a video of Merson being asked to discuss it on SSN which was upsetting  to watch.

Very sad news. Managed to get his autograph on about 3 occassions as a kid when seeing him out and about and he was always brilliant.

An excellent defender, shocking at attacking the ball at a corner. I still joke about his 50p piece head when Baker or whoever sticks one a mile wide.

Terrible news, genuinely awful. It's not often stuff like this with people you don't know gets me, but this one has. Horrible

Well done on the banner.

[shipscat]

Rip Ugo.

A man mountain,a warrior and genuinely one of us forever now.Somebody whom we all associate with this great football club.

I can only echo previous comments about him on the pitch.I'll always recall the languid running technique,the total commitment to attack the ball,and the clap at the Holte end at the end of proceedings. I've never seen anyone better at shielding the ball... Whenever he was in front of the forward,no one ever was able to nick it off him as he dummied and strutted.

Always approachable out and about..And willing to discuss and debate the issues at B6.Always used to see him post home game in San Carlo on temple Street.. Normally in company with bozzie and Yorke.. Talking shop about the day's events...

Thank you Ugo

[trevor fisher]

AC Villa you are a star. I hope the banner will be photographed with the players in front of it and then copies can be sold for the Heart FOundation. It would be good to get a little positive out of something totally negative.

Your anecdote reminds me of a villa mate of mine who was working on the phones at a local cash and carry, and Ugo rang up to order some stuff. So my mate said how much he was looking forward to seeing him next year, and Ugo laughed and said 'depends on what club I am playing for'. Part of the dispute which led him and Gareth S to leave for Middlesborough I suppose, but he was very pleasant, my mate was impressed.

In over 50 years of supporting the Villa I can only ever remember 3 centre back pairings - Evans and McNaught in the European Cup team, Laursen and Mellberg, and Southgate and Ehiogu. A wonderful player and seems to have been highly thought of all over. He must not be forgotten

[Virgil Caine]

A professional footballer in every sense. RIP Ugo.

[Risso]

AC Villa you are a star. I hope the banner will be photographed with the players in front of it and then copies can be sold for the Heart FOundation. It would be good to get a little positive out of something totally negative.

Your anecdote reminds me of a villa mate of mine who was working on the phones at a local cash and carry, and Ugo rang up to order some stuff. So my mate said how much he was looking forward to seeing him next year, and Ugo laughed and said 'depends on what club I am playing for'. Part of the dispute which led him and Gareth S to leave for Middlesborough I suppose, but he was very pleasant, my mate was impressed.

In over 50 years of supporting the Villa I can only ever remember 3 centre back pairings - Evans and McNaught in the European Cup team, Laursen and Mellberg, and Southgate and Ehiogu. A wonderful player and seems to have been highly thought of all over. He must not be forgotten

Southgate and Ehiogu were much better than Laursen and Mellberg in my opinion.  Their playing style just worked better together, and of course they played many more games together, mainly due to Laursen's injuries.

[olaftab]

AC any chance of a picture of your banner on here?

[PeterWithesShin]

Well this got some dust in my eyes.

https://twitter.com/itvfootball/status/855432146663731200/video/1

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[ACVilla]

Sorry, the photos don't quite do it justice. It will look awesome in The Holte tomorrow.
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[cdbearsfan]

Well done. Looks good to me.

[KevinGage]

Ugo, m'lord doesn't really scan.

So hopefully we can stick with the original tomorrow.

[Somniloquism]

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Whats with the McD's clown in the background?

[nick harper]

Great article by Henry Winter in The Times today. Difficult to read without a tear in the eye and a mention for that H&V front cover mentioned a few pages back.

[Tucson Villain]

Banner looks good. Nice job.

[Somniloquism]

That Merson video,......

However if you go on further, they interview Bryan Robson for him signing Ugo (and Southgate) to Boro and then followed on with McClaren. Now obviously before he started his eulogy, they told him that "remember that with Ugo and Southgate in defence, you won the only major trophy in Boro's history".

His eulogy: "...and with both him and Southgate, they won their only major trophy which must be the highlight of their professional careers."