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Post by jpm64 on Sept 25, 2014 11:11:03 GMT
So who was at Villa Park the night Nello played ? I was there and from my memory we packed the away end which was directly opposite a very sparsely populated Holte End ! I also seem to remember a certain Martin Carruthers playing for Villa...... And scoring  |
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Post by Gods on Sept 25, 2014 11:25:43 GMT
I was not in attendance.
Remind me whose testimonial game it was ?
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Post by jpm64 on Sept 25, 2014 11:27:48 GMT
I was not in attendance. Remind me whose testimonial game it was ? It was for Gordon Cowans and I remember their being some talk about Cowans possibly signing for us..... Which of course never happened |
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Post by roosterscomb on Sept 25, 2014 11:33:46 GMT
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Post by JoeinOz on Sept 25, 2014 11:35:28 GMT
After tonight THAT testimonial could acquire the status of the Sex Pistols gig at the Free Trade Hall..... everyone will claim to have been there!  |
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Post by Davef on Sept 25, 2014 11:39:25 GMT
According to Lou, Nello had TK by the throat in the dressing room after the game, telling him that he'd ruined his big chance.
What a clown. (TK that is, not Nello).
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 11:42:00 GMT
Gordon Cowans had two noses.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 12:04:29 GMT
Am I right in saying we discovered Martin 'Fuckinell' Carruthers that night?
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Post by jpm64 on Sept 25, 2014 12:07:37 GMT
Am I right in saying we discovered Martin 'Fuckinell' Carruthers that night? Yes....... See my OP |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 12:26:49 GMT
Yep, I was there. Great night. We were still enjoying the glow of promotion and took quite a big following considering the game. Seem to remember the rest of the ground was fairly empty. The old Holte End before it was knocked down was very impressive. Can't remember the score, but do remember Nello coming on.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 12:34:31 GMT
Am I right in saying we discovered Martin 'Fuckinell' Carruthers that night? Yes....... See my OP  sorry mate, missed that. I did quite like Carruthers though despite his wankness  The goal he scored against Mansfield in the league cup was a beauty, just a shame he was scared on 1 on 1's. |
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Post by jpm64 on Sept 25, 2014 12:40:02 GMT
Yes....... See my OP sorry mate, missed that. I did quite like Carruthers though despite his wankness The goal he scored against Mansfield in the league cup was a beauty, just a shame he was scared on 1 on 1's. I remember him being in one of his many 1 on 1 positions at Tranmere...... And actually burying it  We didn't know whether to laugh or celebrate !! |
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Post by bogus on Sept 25, 2014 12:45:55 GMT
Yep, I was there. Great night. We were still enjoying the glow of promotion and took quite a big following considering the game. Seem to remember the rest of the ground was fairly empty. The old Holte End before it was knocked down was very impressive. Can't remember the score, but do remember Nello coming on. Think it was 3-1 to the Villa, if I remember right  And Martin Carruthers, to use a modern term, actually came on and tore us a new one, that night. It was a great night and, not surprisingly, we got a great show of appreciation from Sid Cowans as he walked off the pitch. must have been 2-3000 of us for "somebody else's" testimonial. Happy Days! Who says the Prem is the place to be?  |
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Post by trebor63 on Sept 25, 2014 14:49:18 GMT
I was there and I seem to remember Stoke fans made up a large proportion of the crowd, like everyone else Icouldn't believe TK rammed Nello out of the way to score!
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Post by michelle1863 on Sept 25, 2014 16:05:02 GMT
I was there! Brilliant laugh, couldn't believe it when Nello actually came on after we'd chanted for him...think the villa fans wondered what an earth was going on!!!
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Post by Lard on Sept 25, 2014 16:27:44 GMT
I was there. I seem to recall that the score was 4-1
I also remember that when Nello had come on, all the players seemed to be working on creating a chance for him to score, and it seemed that Tony Kelly hadn't read the script. If memory serves, he intercepted a pass to him and tried to score himself, then missed.
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Post by Kenilworth_Stokies on Sept 25, 2014 16:32:16 GMT
I was there in the lower tier of the seats in the end opposite the Holte End. A cracking atmosphere, I bet the Villa fans didn't really know what to make of it. Will it feature in Marvellous I wonder?
Carruthers was an FA Youth Cup winner with Villa and an exciting prospect, or so we thought. Mazy dribble to force yourself into the box, powder puff shot and fall on your arse. Textbook.
By the way, there wasn't meant to be innuendo in that last paragraph.
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Post by chellpotter on Sept 25, 2014 16:34:35 GMT
I went with my Dad and brother, didn't Tony Kelly (the less weighty and less skillful one) take the ball off him and try to score.
My memory is a bit hazy but I remember most Stokies were livid.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2014 16:44:59 GMT
I remember the crowd being abysmal for such a good servant for Villa, wasn't it 5,000 or something daft with a decent following of Stokies as well??
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Post by Lard on Sept 25, 2014 17:09:20 GMT
I was there in the lower tier of the seats in the end opposite the Holte End. A cracking atmosphere, I bet the Villa fans didn't really know what to make of it. Will it feature in Marvellous I wonder? Carruthers was an FA Youth Cup winner with Villa and an exciting prospect, or so we thought. Mazy dribble to force yourself into the box, powder puff shot and fall on your arse. Textbook. By the way, there wasn't meant to be innuendo in that last paragraph. I have seen a still from the film with Macari giving him his instructions as he's about to come on, so to some degree it will be featured Sent from my GT-I9505 using proboards |
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Post by Lawto on Sept 25, 2014 17:16:23 GMT
I was. Me and Bogus were there. I remember a certain Martin Carruthers played for Villa and i thought he looked a good player ????
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Post by CalgaryPotter on Sept 25, 2014 17:18:10 GMT
Massive following from Stoke for a friendly, Cowans face was lit up with us at the end and showed his appreciation to which Stoke fans gave back. Martin Carruthers tore us a new one and Nello coming on was hilarious. Great night and one of the best last minute decisions I've made |
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Post by block23 on Sept 25, 2014 17:20:10 GMT
It was a cracking night to celebrate the end of a great season, for that reason I had a few too many to remember the details!
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Post by minty1964 on Sept 25, 2014 18:47:39 GMT
lower tier behind the goal......nello came on with a shirt way too small (belly et al showing).... and spink in goal turned round laughing and said " who the chuffin ell is this"
stokies followed with the nello nello nello and its true, he was meant to be set up for a shot and tk forgot the plot...mint day and night :-)
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Post by block30row19 on Sept 25, 2014 18:54:15 GMT
Yep. I remember it being a really poor show from Villa fans and I would have said we took 3 to 4 thousand. Filled the lower tier anyway. Don't know how many that holds ??
We were on a high though just after promotion to the championship so a short trip down the M6 to a Prem team was a must I soppose.
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Post by Batfink on Sept 25, 2014 19:17:00 GMT
One of my first away matches
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Post by bunnyscfc on Sept 25, 2014 19:56:57 GMT
we easily packed the away end. Obvious to all players and everyone in the ground what was going on with Nello at that corner and TK f**** it up.
Scandalous Villa turn out for a legend of theirs
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Post by bromsgrovepotter on Sept 25, 2014 21:44:40 GMT
Crowd was 3,000
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Post by burge2u on Sept 25, 2014 22:10:21 GMT
Steino scored a blinder from a free kick at the Holte End.
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Post by mcf on Sept 26, 2014 7:15:57 GMT
I'd have guessed that we took about 2k and that it was 5k in total.
Pretty poor from them really.
My recollection was that it was that bad from Tony Kelly that it wasn't obvious what on earth he was trying to do. I think he was trying to control it for Nello but just fucked it up and then a Villa defender just cleared it.
I was a student in Birmingham at the time so I took a couple of mates who followed other clubs and they were pissing themselves at the whole Nello cameo.
Superb programme last night as well.
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sorry mate, missed that. I did quite like Carruthers though despite his wankness 
