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Adge said:

Yeah I was at that game-it was v Luton at Kenilworth Rd and I was also mad when he "refused to play" for us. That wasn't the case as I found out from the great man himself (he lived opposite me for years until fairly recently) that Villa as part of the deal didn't want him cup tied which obviously would have been if he had played.

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I'm afraid 'The great man' was telling you porkies mate!!

Colesy55 said:

I'm afraid 'The great man' was telling you porkies mate!!

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Really? Why's that then?

Colesy55 said:

I'm afraid 'The great man' was telling you porkies mate!!

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He wasn’t. Richardson refused to let him play.

I have no idea whether Richardson refused to let Dublin play in the Luton game or not, but if he did so he didn't bother to tell Strachan, as he was furious with Dublin. What is fact however, is that Dublin was already cup tied having played (and scored) in the previous round, so if he told Adge that was the reason Richardson wouldn't let him play, that was plainly untrue.

Adge said:

Really? Why's that then?

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Because he had already played twice in the league cup that season so was already cup tied!!!!

Colesy55 said:

Because he had already played twice in the league cup that season so was already cup tied!!!!

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Did he? Right, I didn't know that.