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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #45 on: March 20, 2026, 10:57:08 PM »
Dave, do you have a pic of the cover?

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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #46 on: March 20, 2026, 10:59:31 PM »
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Family Nickname: According to Eamonn's brother, Michael, their father always called him his "little chicken".
Affectionate Origin: His father would often say, "Come on my little chick, we are off to football," as they headed to matches.

The nickname stuck with him throughout his successful career, during which he won a League Championship with Aston Villa (1981) and was part of their European Cup-winning squad in 1982. He is so revered in his native Galway that Terryland Park was renamed Eamonn Deacy Park in his honor after his death in 2012.

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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #47 on: March 21, 2026, 11:02:12 AM »
Dave, do you have a pic of the cover?

For some reason I can't upload the whole thing but you get the idea.



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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #48 on: March 21, 2026, 11:29:45 AM »
Re being on-sale tomorrow, I presume you've rejected the overtures of the card machine and cash is still king at H&V Towers/North Stand corner.

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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #49 on: March 21, 2026, 11:44:13 AM »
I reckon I deserve a free copy, because i'm great. In fact, I deserve two in case i lose the other one.

 

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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #50 on: March 21, 2026, 12:05:26 PM »
Re being on-sale tomorrow, I presume you've rejected the overtures of the card machine and cash is still king at H&V Towers/North Stand corner.

I shall be by the McGregor statue.

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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #51 on: March 22, 2026, 12:05:22 PM »
And it's now available online
« Last Edit: Today at 12:33:17 AM by dave.woodhall »

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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #52 on: March 22, 2026, 10:08:37 PM »
That will have to do, nipped up to Tesco to get cash out of the ATM for the book and passed the McGregor about 10 minutes before kick-off but assumed you'd sold-out or were in the ground as no-sign then or 15 minutes after the game ended.

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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #53 on: March 22, 2026, 10:31:20 PM »
Link not working?

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Re: Claret, blue and green
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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #55 on: Today at 07:38:04 AM »
Not sure if I'm missing something but where is the link?

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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #56 on: Today at 07:44:45 AM »
I always considered us the "Irish" club of Birmingham, mainly because of my old man and his Irish mates, all of whom followed us despite living in the People's Republic Of Sheldon.

I'm fact I've never never met anyone from Ireland in the City that follows the Rags, I'm sure there are but it doesn't stop me saying "there is no such thing as an Irish Bluenose" on a regular basis.

Good luck with the book Dave.
I would agree with this.  There is one lad in our group of Irish descent who is a bluenose and he grew up a stones throw from The Sty. We accept it as a mitigating factor.

Totally agree having grown up also in Sheldon as per Nev.

I'd say 80:20 1st and 2nd generation at a guess.

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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #57 on: Today at 07:49:19 AM »
I maybe being thick but can you (Dave) post link as I want to purchase an old fashioned physical copy?

If you are going to be selling at Sunderland game - wasnt able to attend yesterday - let us know.

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Re: Claret, blue and green
« Reply #58 on: Today at 08:02:25 AM »
Not sure if I'm missing something but where is the link?

Top left of the photo under the cover photo.

 


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