Avfc96 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Gavin McCann, such an average footballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 He was ace for us under DOL, always gave 100% in a villa shirt. Gavin McCann, such an average footballer. He made up for it effort and commitment though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 He was ace for us under DOL, always gave 100% in a villa shirt. Gavin McCann, such an average footballer. He made up for it effort and commitment though. Did he?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 To be fair, I never had a problem with him. Average but tried hard seems a fair description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Just discovered Brendan Ormsby suffered a stroke in 2013, there was a fund raising match for him at the weekend featuring a lot of ex pros, many from Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted April 20, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2015 Just discovered Brendan Ormsby suffered a stroke in 2013, there was a fund raising match for him at the weekend featuring a lot of ex pros, many from Leeds. Yeah, that was on the local news up here last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted April 21, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted April 21, 2015 http://www.teamtalk.com/championship/9813424/Bolton-suspend-Barry-Bannan-and-Neil-Danns Bolton manager Neil Lennon has confirmed he has suspended two players for breach of club discipline following an altercation at the team's hotel. On-loan Crystal Palace player Barry Bannan and fellow midfielder Neil Danns were the subject of complaints made by guests at the Bolton Whites Hotel, adjacent to their home at the Macron Stadium, ahead of the trip to Brentford on Saturday. Lennon dropped the pair for the 2-2 draw at Griffin Park and he has not yet decided how long they will remain banned from the club. “I'm not a massive disciplinarian but we set standards at the club and when you fall below them you're going to get punished,” he said. “We do not discourage players going out and socialising but their behaviour was unacceptable so we've had to discipline them within the club rules. “You can punish players financially but I think it hurts them more when they don't play. They're good lads, good types, and they're disappointed with their behaviour and were more than apologetic for it. “It's down to me how long they'll be suspended for. I'm in a good mood today so I might lift the ban soon. I might not.” The exact nature of their behaviour is unknown and the Bolton Whites Hotel, a partner of the club, refused to comment on the incident. Bannan joined Wanderers in February on a loan deal until the end of the season, while Danns signed a one-year contract extension in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Didn't even know Bannan was off on loan from Palace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Con tells me it was all much ado about nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Always has been a massive pisshead old Bazza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Con tells me it was all much ado about nothing. He's being kept out of the team to lower his value for a cheap purchase in the summer where Lennon will mould his team around him for next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post snowychap Posted April 24, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 24, 2015 They think it’s all over: ex-footballers on life after the final whistle ... Nigel Spink, 56 Then: goalkeeper for England and Aston Villa, 1982 European Cup winner. Now: courier, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. Nigel Spink in full flight. Photograph: Rob Thomas/Getty Images I spent 23 years as a player in the English league, 20 of those in the top flight, mainly for Aston Villa. In 2000, at the age of 42, I fancied playing for one more year after leaving Millwall, so I went to non-league Forest Green Rovers. After about 10 games, the manager got the sack and my old Villa team-mate Dave Norton and I became joint managers. I found it too difficult, both playing and managing, so gave up playing. I stayed as manager for 18 months. Then I hooked up with Steve Bruce and worked as a goalkeeping coach at Birmingham, before going with him to both Wigan and Sunderland. When the whole management team at Sunderland got the sack, my friend Paul Munro and I hired a van to clear out my rented apartment and bring my stuff back to the family home in the West Midlands. We were pootling along the motorway with a van full of gear – “Hmmm, this isn’t too bad”. Paul was looking for an alternative career, so six months later we started up our company, S&M Couriers. In the meantime, I got another job at Bristol City that lasted a couple of years, but it was all coming to a natural end. I was ready to come out of full-time football – it had become very demanding. If you’re in the Premier League, you get the financial benefits of working seven days a week. If you’re not in the Premier League, you don’t and I wasn’t enjoying what I was doing. I’d fallen out of love. Since I started driving the van, I’ve loved it. We’re nationwide, so we go anywhere. This week I’ve been up to Berwick-upon-Tweed, to Glasgow, to Aberdeen, to Cornwall, to Kent. I’ve delivered a pallet of eggs to Tesco in Cardiff, I’ve delivered parts to a wind farm. Anything that fits in the van, we’ll deliver. The reward is trying to make a success of the business. And I love driving. We used to take it in turns driving Steve Bruce’s Mercedes up to Wigan from Birmingham, and I drove back home from Sunderland two or three times every couple of weeks. I really enjoy meeting the people who load you up or unload you at the other end – ordinary people who aren’t in the fantasy world of football. I get recognised quite often, especially if I’m delivering in the Midlands. It’s nice. People want to talk about football and ask about my career. They don’t understand why I don’t want to be in the game any more. But it’s OK, I understand that they don’t understand. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 CINDERFORD Town manager John Brough is delighted to have tied down star striker Ethan Moore to an 18-month contract. Read more: http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Ethan-Moore-extends-stay-Cinderford-Town/story-26091156-detail/story.html#ixzz3YEvxtIov 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mammoth10 Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 As many folk on here already know Stan Petrov is making his mark in over 35's football, his team Wychall are in action in another cup final this Sunday am against a team called Monica Star, champions of the top division (one above Wychall) and with their own stars such as *carsley and devlin* but notably Lee Hendrie too, so worth a trip to Boldmere St Michaels at 10.30 to watch this..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDuck Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Bosnich back in the news... http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32492827 Former Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich has pleaded guilty to reckless driving after hitting and injuring a cyclist with his car in Sydney. The 43-year-old appeared in a Sydney Court to face charges over the incident which occurred in the city's central business district on 21 May, 2014. The former Australian goalkeeper had become involved in a dispute with a cyclist over lane positioning. Bosnich will be sentenced on 9 June. According to court documents seen by the Sydney Morning Herald, Bosnich wound down his window and told the cyclist: "Champion you gotta pull a little to the left, you can't keep to the middle of the road." The cyclist, 38, then struck the side of Bosnich's vehicle with an object, causing a rear view mirror to fall out of its housing. Police reports said the former Aston Villa and Chelsea goalkeeper turned towards the cyclist, striking the rear wheel which caused the victim to fall off. The cyclist was taken to hospital with minor injuries to his ribs and elbow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 28, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted April 28, 2015 CINDERFORD Town manager John Brough is delighted to have tied down star striker Ethan Moore to an 18-month contract. Read more: http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/Ethan-Moore-extends-stay-Cinderford-Town/story-26091156-detail/story.html#ixzz3YEvxtIov Barcelona next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Ian Taylor is a guest on Soccer AM today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Fair play to Gary Cahill. There's not much left for him to win in club football now apart from the super cup and charity shield. He came to us as 14/15 year old so I guess that qualifies him as a product of our youth system. Has anyone else from our academy gone on to win so many top honours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Fair play to Gary Cahill. There's not much left for him to win in club football now apart from the super cup and charity shield. He came to us as 14/15 year old so I guess that qualifies him as a product of our youth system. Has anyone else from our academy gone on to win so many top honours? Barry Bannan : La Liga: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13 Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12; Runner-up 2010–11, 2013–14 Supercopa de España: 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013; Runner-up 2012 UEFA Champions League: 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11 UEFA Super Cup: 2009, 2011; Runner-up 2006 FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011; Runner-up 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 is Barry Bannan actually Carles Puyol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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