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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #15 on: November 21, 2025, 08:18:54 PM »
Nah, it isn't his footage but from a stock one for Birmingham Skyline which was mislabeled. Coincidently it is actually Leeds.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #16 on: November 21, 2025, 10:55:47 PM »
Nah, it isn't his footage but from a stock one for Birmingham Skyline which was mislabeled. Coincidently it is actually Leeds.

Ahh, that's why so much of it didn't make sense, I spent ages trying to work out what the building with the crane could be, oh well.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #17 on: November 22, 2025, 07:42:07 PM »
Pat Murphy just did his last report for the Beeb today, think he’s retiring
51 years mainly midlands based

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #18 on: November 22, 2025, 08:07:38 PM »
Pat Murphy just did his last report for the Beeb today, think he’s retiring
51 years mainly midlands based

He used to buy the fanzine. Often the sign of a decent bloke.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #19 on: November 22, 2025, 08:18:11 PM »
Pat Murphy just did his last report for the Beeb today, think he’s retiring
51 years mainly midlands based

He used to buy the fanzine. Often the sign of a decent bloke.

Old school but decent bloke as you say

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #20 on: November 22, 2025, 08:24:28 PM »
A consumate professional, an inspiration and a great help to many and a gent. There are few of them left.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #21 on: November 22, 2025, 08:34:00 PM »
A consumate professional, an inspiration and a great help to many and a gent. There are few of them left.
He was. Even if I once once had a go at him off in H&V for being so negative about Paul Lambert era Villa.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #22 on: November 22, 2025, 08:34:37 PM »
Heard Pat Murphy's last comment on air to Mark Chapman on R5 earlier, can't for the life of me remember it exactly or even remotely, other than the gist of it was something along the lines of it's always best to leave before being asked to leave.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #23 on: November 22, 2025, 08:42:07 PM »
I hadn't realised it was his last one today. Heard him earlier in the day and thought he was sounding old. I've always enjoyed listening to his reporting though.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #24 on: November 22, 2025, 09:31:28 PM »

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #25 on: November 23, 2025, 02:49:19 AM »
A consumate professional, an inspiration and a great help to many and a gent. There are few of them left.

Often bumped into him at Edgbaston back when I used to go.

He was always very gracious seemed to have an an encylopeidic knowledge of sports in the West Midlands.


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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #26 on: November 23, 2025, 12:41:59 PM »
Just read this on Twitter: https://x.com/patmurphybbc/status/1992293819006763511

Friend of a friend, Pat prefers cricket but goes where he's told. Good luck to him.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #27 on: November 23, 2025, 12:45:50 PM »
Just read this on Twitter: https://x.com/patmurphybbc/status/1992293819006763511

Friend of a friend, Pat prefers cricket but goes where he's told. Good luck to him.

The praise from his fellow commentators/journalists/pundits says it all.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #28 on: November 24, 2025, 09:44:07 AM »
Heard Pat Murphy's last comment on air to Mark Chapman on R5 earlier, can't for the life of me remember it exactly or even remotely, other than the gist of it was something along the lines of it's always best to leave before being asked to leave.

True, but I'd hope he would never have been asked to leave.

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Re: Other Villa stuff
« Reply #29 on: November 24, 2025, 09:46:50 AM »
Well played the London Lions

Anyone turn out for them?

 


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