Chris Nicholl RIP

[ez]

Sad news that Chris Nicholl has now passed away.

[VILLA MOLE]

I am sorry to hear this

[LeeB]

"..for a team that have been behind for so long Villa's play is still orderly and composed"

(Cue Thor's hammer)

RIP Chris.

[Sexual Ealing]

Sad news. Am I right to think he was suffering from dementia?

[maidstonevillain]

A real shame. A major part of my Villa youth.

I was in the crowd almost directly behind him when he scored at Old Trafford. Still makes me smile everytime I think about it.

[thick_mike]

One of my first Villa heroes. RIP HEITS

[Steve67]

RIP big Chris.  A hero to the end.

[kippaxvilla2]

Also scored all four goals in a 2-2 away at Leicester.  Not many have done that.

[dave shelley]

A wholehearted, dependable player who could always be relied upon for a few goals a  season.  I was mooching around Villa Park the day he signed for us and was at OT for 'that goal'.  Never to be forgotten.  RIP Big Man.

[Deano's Mullet]

RIP Chris Nicholl

[Toronto Villa]

One of the most memorable goals in our history.

[ez]

On league cup final day too. His most memorable moment with us. After two replays of course but you know what I mean.

[Villafirst]

Very sad news. Great player. RIP big Chris.

[Flamingo Lane]

That's sad news.  Chris was an absolute rock and a leader in the teams that gained promotion from the old third and then second divisions, and won two league cups.  I was there at the game at Filbert Street when he scored all four goals, but of course the crowning glory of his time at Villa was that goal - glorious in its execution, and made all the more memorable by the occasion, the importance of the goal so late in the game following incessant pressure on the Everton goal, and for the explosion of noise that erupted on the ball nestling in the net.  RIP Chris Nicholl, and thank you for everything.

[Clampy]

That's very sad news. I was in the Holte Suite a few years back and he was sitting on a long table with a few other old un's for a book signing I think so I took a photo and he clocked me and pulled a funny face. It was great. Lovely chap as well on the occasions I spoke to him. RiP