Dion Dublin (3 Viewers)

torchomatic · Sep 9, 2011

Dean Emerson was a brilliant player before bastard Megson broke his leg. I was there that day, lots of snow I seem to remember.

ICHAN said:
Him and dean emerson used to come in the saracens head longford as well as the bookies across the road.

Colonel Mustard · Sep 9, 2011

hamil99 said:
Hadji said himself that he went over to dions nice new house, bought by villa, and dion spent all nite telling him how great it is at aston and how he could be playing for them.... thanks dion...

I don't think Hadji and Dublin ever played together at City, and Hadji only left after the club were relegated (which was understandable for both club and player given his pedigree), so I don't think it's really something one can hold against Dublin.

Sterling Archer · Sep 9, 2011

hamil99 said:
Hadji said himself that he went over to dions nice new house, bought by villa, and dion spent all nite telling him how great it is at aston and how he could be playing for them.... thanks dion...

Hadji was crap in the relegation season anyway. Although getting £2.5m + Julian Joachim was an absolute joke.

Colonel Mustard said:
tbf, George Boateng criticised Bryan Richardson for his spinning of his transfer to Villa. That was on Boateng's official website, which is now sadly no more. Considering that Boateng, Dublin, and Huckerby have all hinted at the 'issues from above', I'd take any of the Richardson era PR with a pinch of salt.

I'd love to read that. Really interested about the late 90's. The American fellers book of the 97/98 season is a must read for any Sky Blues fan.

operationprem · Sep 9, 2011

Sterling Archer said:
This is what kind of irritates me but is understandable about the generation of Coventry fans who started supporting post relegation.

a. The poor b*stards haven't seen some brilliant footballers like myself (90's) and even more so the older Cov fans (60's, 70's, 80's) have seen.
b. The knock on effect from (a) is that players like Michael Doyle and Richard Keogh get into their best ever CCFC XI's
c. Our averagely if not dross players get bigged up to levels they are nowhere near. In another thread I saw someone say Keogh could play in a lower table Prem team like Bolton!
d. They have arguably watched the club in its worst decade out of all living Coventry City fans.

Being a teenager and watching us beat Man United after being 2-1 down with 5 mins to go, Ndlovu tearing apart Anfield, Aloisi and Boateng thrashing Villa at Villa Park, Hadji, Keane and Macca leading us to victory against Arsenal, etc. I know the 00's have been sh*t and the 10's aren't starting great but I am thankful for at least having some good memories.

Although I do wish I had been born 10 years earlier.

Great post brilliant memories sums up being a city fan for me, loved watching ndlovu as young lad

Il Pirata · Sep 9, 2011

Good guy, met him more than once.

Very important player too.

Colonel Mustard · Sep 9, 2011

It goes without saying that Keane, McAllister, Dublin, Nuddy, Huckerby, Whelan, Gallacher et al made for great memories, but how about some memories of the lesser obvious guys?

For me, a prime example was Paul Williams' first season. He played CMF all season, and was this rampaging rhino of a player. Think he won player of the season and then, bizarrely, he never played in that position again. Great fun to watch that year though.

Sterling Archer · Sep 9, 2011

Whenever people were picking who they wanted to be on the playground playing football, all the other kids were Cantona, Fowler, Shearer etc I always chose either Peter Ndlovu or Dion Dublin. I'm white enough to be considered an albino.

ICHAN · Sep 9, 2011

If memory serves me right wasn't his brother meant to be quite good as well?
Yeah was a nice bloke always had time for a chat.

Sterling Archer · Sep 9, 2011

Can anyone remember Paul Williams shinning in a screamer against Newcastle in the Robbie Keane season from about 30 yards out? I don't think me and my Dad celebrated, I think we just looked at each other with bewildered "did Willo just do that?" looks. :laugh:

Colonel Mustard · Sep 9, 2011

ICHAN said:
If memory serves me right wasn't his brother meant to be quite good as well?
Yeah was a nice bloke always had time for a chat.

Adam Ndlovu. I think the word at the time was that City were interested in both brothers, but only picked one because of the overseas player rule in place at the time. Not sure if there's any truth in it or not.

operationprem · Sep 9, 2011

Il Pirata said:
Good guy, met him more than once.

Very important player too.

I saw him once at new street train station but was too star struck to speak, had to send me Mrs to get his autograph....sad fecka

Colonel Mustard · Sep 9, 2011

Sterling Archer said:
Can anyone remember Paul Williams shinning in a screamer against Newcastle in the Robbie Keane season from about 30 yards out? I don't think me and my Dad celebrated, I think we just looked at each other with bewildered "did Willo just do that?" looks. :laugh:

Was that the game we won 4-0? I took a girl on a first date to that game, in the West Terrace no less. Classy! God knows what she thought of thousands of the City hardcore going nuts.

Il Pirata · Sep 9, 2011

Sterling Archer said:
Can anyone remember Paul Williams shinning in a screamer against Newcastle in the Robbie Keane season from about 30 yards out? I don't think me and my Dad celebrated, I think we just looked at each other with bewildered "did Willo just do that?" looks. :laugh:

I remember that, pretty sure it was towards the East Stand although I could be wrong.

Willo was the only player I saw use his weaker foot to pass because his stronger foot would kick the ball out of the stadium.

operationprem · Sep 9, 2011

Sterling Archer said:
Can anyone remember Paul Williams shinning in a screamer against Newcastle in the Robbie Keane season from about 30 yards out? I don't think me and my Dad celebrated, I think we just looked at each other with bewildered "did Willo just do that?" looks. :laugh:

yeah I remember I don't think willow believed it either he looked shocked...did you see him on the masters the other week he's right fat bastard now

operationprem · Sep 9, 2011

Anyone remember huckerbys first goal? sure it was on his debut after coming on as sub

Moff · Sep 9, 2011

Sterling Archer said:
Can anyone remember Paul Williams shinning in a screamer against Newcastle in the Robbie Keane season from about 30 yards out? I don't think me and my Dad celebrated, I think we just looked at each other with bewildered "did Willo just do that?" looks. :laugh:

I remember it well wasnt it our fourth in a 4-1 win. Happy days!

A good post on an intersting subject. Dion was a great player for us, and served us well, and was shafted by glenn hoddle in not going to the World Cup.

His leaving did for me at the time leave a sour taste, as he refused to play, but then i wasnt party to the dark forces that were coming from above from BR, so I can probably now undertsand why he did what he did. It didnt bother me he went to Villa, but i would have preferred him going to someone other than a midland neighbour.

Going back to Wallace, I can just remember his era and him and Ferguson was a great partnership. Neither went on to great success after leaving us, I just wish they had stayed longer.

Gibson was a great goal poacher and saved us many time in the mid 80's Bobby Gould period, whilst Speedie was just fantastic, played for the cause and gave everything, whilst also scoring some class goals.

In terms of team players though, the 87 squad would be hard to beat. Played their hearts out for each other, and had a great team spirit, not like some of the players today who turn up for the cash and go through the motions (not at CCFC as they get little cash!)

Oh and Torchy you were right Megson nailed Dean Emerson, and I still cant forgive the t*sser for it today.

Il Pirata · Sep 9, 2011

No I don't remember that.

Remember when we sung that song about Dublin having AIDS He didn't like that. Silly really, but that's football fans for you.

melbourneskyblue · Sep 9, 2011

Pretty much kept us up for a few seasons did DD

Legend

Moff · Sep 9, 2011

operationprem said:
Anyone remember huckerbys first goal? sure it was on his debut after coming on as sub

Yep, wasnt it against Newcastle in a 2-1 win?

How that must have p*ssed Keegan off

Colonel Mustard · Sep 9, 2011

operationprem said:
Anyone remember huckerbys first goal? sure it was on his debut after coming on as sub

I remember his debut. He came on as a sub and absolutely skinned the fullback with his speed, then crossed the ball past the keeper for a simple tap-in (can't remember who got the goal though). Huck had serious wheels back in the day.

Colonel Mustard · Sep 9, 2011

Il Pirata said:
Remember when we sung that song about Dublin having AIDS He didn't like that. Silly really, but that's football fans for you.

Yeah. I remember the fans booing Dion while he was a CCFC player after a long goal drought; it eventually led to him being put on the sub's bench, and his first sub appearance resulted in a goal (and he never looked back). He was also slammed for going to Villa, and had songs sung about his neck injury. For all the slating we may give Dublin about his Villa move, the CCFC fans weren't always innocent lambs.

Macca · Sep 9, 2011

God people talking about "watching Ndlovu when I was a lad" is making me feel old!

AngryAnt · Sep 9, 2011

Dublin is a legend for the club, he always gave his all (besides that one game but he was already on his way out and i'm more inclined to take his story than BR's) and the amount of fans who boo'd him when he appeared for Norwich against us a few seasons back made me slightly sick.
Yeah he went to villa, but he also head butted savage and for that, he just goes up even higher in the legend books (why couldn't he have done that while he was with us though).

He should have been playing for England, he was probably the best outfield player we've had not to play for England, guess thats what we got for being an unfashionable club.

SkyBlueScottie · Sep 9, 2011

hamil99 said:
Hadji said himself that he went over to dions nice new house, bought by villa, and dion spent all nite telling him how great it is at aston and how he could be playing for them.... thanks dion...

Dion never moved, which was part of the reason he went to the Villa, stayed in the same house, kids would not have to switch schools....

cv3 · Sep 9, 2011

Although he wasnt with us long i remember Micky (sumo) quinn with fondness. He called himself the 'fastest man in football over a yard' and he knew where the net was. That christmas when we beat liverpool 5-1 and the villa 3-0 was special and i went to highbury for the first game of the season when he got a hatrick assisted by Roy wegerle and we won 3-0. Liked a beer ,a bet ,his grub and played top fight football, what a star.

Trond Egil Soltvedt · Sep 9, 2011

Sterling Archer said:
Can anyone remember Paul Williams shinning in a screamer against Newcastle in the Robbie Keane season from about 30 yards out? I don't think me and my Dad celebrated, I think we just looked at each other with bewildered "did Willo just do that?" looks. :laugh:

it was a hoof from nearer 40 odd yards, pretty sure it was a long ball nothing more, that was a odd game,

2 of the best goals i remember was froggys screamer against everton and Chippo`s blast from almost an impossible angle v Leeds

howzer · Sep 9, 2011

its hard to remember him having a bad game. i loved Malteeza ... as for Keane, funny i remember watching him sprint from about 1 feet away from me towards the goal ... his feet were so fast, and his touch !! that ball seemed to sit on his feet when he sprinted, pure class the pair of them, if only we had kept Keane, he could have kept us up for years... still be there now

ccfctommy · Sep 9, 2011

I think 99% of fans have forgiven DD now, especially since he did work for Sky and said nice things about us. The worst thing was him refusing to play in a League Cup game at Luton and us getting beat.

Some of the songs sung about him at the time were terrible though!

torchomatic · Sep 9, 2011

I'm in the 1% then. A player should never refuse to play for his club. You can't get more unprofessional than that. I was one of the ones who'd travelled down to Kenilworth Road too.

ccfctommy said:
I think 99% of fans have forgiven DD now, especially since he did work for Sky and said nice things about us. The worst thing was him refusing to play in a League Cup game at Luton and us getting beat.

Some of the songs sung about him at the time were terrible though!

Gaz · Sep 9, 2011

DD should have been an all time skyblue legend in my eyes, but that went up in smoke when he left to go to the Villa.

I wouldn't have held it against him at all, if he had moved to any club other than them, after the very good years service he had given us.

I still to this day havn't ever been as gutted about a player leaving Cov as I have when he left.

Sbmacca · Sep 9, 2011

torchomatic said:
Dean Emerson was a brilliant player before bastard Megson broke his leg. I was there that day, lots of snow I seem to remember.

Not that it matters. But was at a wedding in the summer sat next to Dean emerson. Nice guy, bit before my time so was good to hear some of his banter about what went on in the 80's etc!!!!

Adam Jones · Sep 9, 2011

I never could get used to the site of Dublin in a Villa shirt! I'm surprised nobody's mentioned his spell at Leicester, though: a double-Judas! Still, a tremendous player that we never truly replaced; he deserves to be remembered as a legend of the club for his dedication and devotion during a period in our history when we looked consistently certain of relegation. It was Dublin that kept us competitive more often than not. A true leader and a superb role-model. In hindsight, he was under-appreciated. He was one of those rare players that can instil a certain pride in you when you watch them play for your club by their sheer effort. Not to eulogise him by any means, but his impact was immeasurable, especially in 1996/97. I think it's a shame he had such a mixed spell at Villa, because he deserved a more substantial England career.

ooh ahh lloyd mcgrath · Sep 10, 2011

torchomatic said:
My favourite every player. I remember him waving to the crowd from a stretcher after breaking his leg. What a legend!

Ultimate City Leg. Seem to remember Gazza breaking his arm on Lloyd's face while trying to elbow him

ooh ahh lloyd mcgrath · Sep 10, 2011

Colonel Mustard said:
It goes without saying that Keane, McAllister, Dublin, Nuddy, Huckerby, Whelan, Gallacher et al made for great memories, but how about some memories of the lesser obvious guys?

For me, a prime example was Paul Williams' first season. He played CMF all season, and was this rampaging rhino of a player. Think he won player of the season and then, bizarrely, he never played in that position again. Great fun to watch that year though.

I always liked Alan Green. Unfortunately for him he played at the same time as the Fergi/Wallace combination. Similar player to Wallace in a lot of ways, and also new where the net was.

Disorganised1 · Sep 10, 2011

The Stein ~ Hutchinson partnership was the number one for me, but Dion was a very shrewd buy by Phil Neale, though he was slated for it at the time.

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