collapse collapse

* - On Sale NOW -

Claret Blue and Green

The story of Aston Villa’s Irish connection

£9.99 plus postage

For ROW Postage please email iotp@heroespublishing.net

Postal Location

Recent Posts

Re: Other Games 2025-26 by PeterWithesShin
[Today at 06:07:28 PM]


Re: Ice Hockey [NHL & Elite League] by Skipper_The_Eyechild
[Today at 06:05:06 PM]


Re: Other Games 2025-26 by Flamingo Lane
[Today at 06:04:43 PM]


Re: Other Games 2025-26 by cdbearsfan
[Today at 06:03:36 PM]


Re: Other Games 2025-26 by TopDeck113
[Today at 06:03:19 PM]


Re: Bologna FC 1909 v Aston Villa Pre-Match by kippaxvilla2
[Today at 06:02:47 PM]


Re: Other Games 2025-26 by Nev
[Today at 06:01:44 PM]


Re: Other Games 2025-26 by kippaxvilla2
[Today at 05:59:56 PM]

Follow us on...

Author Topic: Alex Cropley RIP  (Read 5740 times)

Offline Pat McMahon

  • Member
  • Posts: 7469
  • Location: Shanghai - Blarney Stone for Villa games
Re: Alex Cropley RIP
« Reply #75 on: April 03, 2026, 12:56:36 AM »
I’d forgotten, but he was very good very quickly with us, and I don’t remember him having to take time to settle in. I could never work out why Arsenal had let him go.
In the short time he was at Arsenal he suffered  two broken legs so I'm guessing they had enough concerns about his long term fitness to gladly recoup virtually the transfer fee from us that they'd paid Hibs.

Cheers Dick. I never knew that.

Offline Brend'Watkins

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 24157
  • Location: North Birmingham Clique teritory
  • GM : 23.07.2026
Re: Alex Cropley RIP
« Reply #76 on: April 03, 2026, 01:06:54 AM »
I’d forgotten, but he was very good very quickly with us, and I don’t remember him having to take time to settle in. I could never work out why Arsenal had let him go.
In the short time he was at Arsenal he suffered  two broken legs so I'm guessing they had enough concerns about his long term fitness to gladly recoup virtually the transfer fee from us that they'd paid Hibs.

Cheers Dick. I never knew that.
I vaguely remember that at the time and wondered why we made such a gamble on a player. Like another wonderful player we signed much later with an iffy injury record I’m so glad we did. And yes, he was great from the off.

Online FrankyH

  • Member
  • Posts: 2422
  • GM : 12.03.2026
Re: Alex Cropley RIP
« Reply #77 on: Today at 04:08:34 PM »
A minutes applause today at the Hibs game


 


SimplePortal 2.3.6 © 2008-2014, SimplePortal