John Aldridge v Portugal 1995. |
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Devrozex
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Yeah rememeber Aldo doing that as well - and because I was around 12/13 at the time absolutely loving it.
I also found it interesting to see USA's Brian McBride do something very similar to Couto in the 2002 World Cup. I'd imagine Couto is just a bit of a pr*ck for the smack-talk and the likes during games.
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Trigboy 10
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That was tiring reading that nonsense it sounded like a political broadcast for Birkenhead! We don't really care about that place and it's hard working environment and what it does and doesn't like thank you!
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Bob Hoskins
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Shocking story.
But a quick google search finds that the only sites that this stroy is discussed is on football forums. So is any of it even true? No newspapers have it - You'd have thought a story like this would have gottten plenty of media coverage, and Taylor would have done plenty of interviews. |
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Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government.
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I wouldn't take any notice of the Laws thing, part and parcel of the game, I would like to here his response to the other lad's accusations though, or even the side of another player who was at Tranmere at the time.
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Peter Stöger
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The goal was scrappy but I do remember when it came just before half time that we deserved it as we battered them at times. Cant remember much of the second. Highlights are on youtube btw
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Paulie
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Dunno if we were at the same game as I remember it being a great match! It was a long time ago though so I could well be mistaken. |
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SuperDave84
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We simply don't know the other side of that story.
Maybe that was the way Aldo was initiated into the game and he felt it had strengthened him mentally. Maybe Aldo thought he was testing the lad mentally and maybe Aldo thought the lad was weak. That certainly wouldn't excuse it but it might explain some of it. Or maybe it's all nonsense. |
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Peter Stöger
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I remember is was a lovely balmy evening for April and a real sense of optimism before the game that we would deal with Portugal on the night. Quite a celebration when that goal went in. I have the same hoodoo feeling whenever Jimmy McGee was commentating, he managed to cover both the Italy and Holland knock out matches in 90 and 94 where we went out. I'd much rather takes my chances with Oh No Danger Here Hamilton.
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Lenny82
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Even if only half of that is true, he sounds like a right w**ker and ruined a poor young lads life.
Would like to hear Aldo's version though. I did see a bit of that sort of treatment of players as a schoolboy when the manager would be picking their kid over a clearly better player and would be quite critical of them at times. That was under 13's! |
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oldbilly
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Ah yeah i get that and its no trade for softies but he actually struck the kid at one point and then refused him a move because he wanted a fee?i remember his son playing in one tranmere match i watched years ago and he was awful,so maybe aldridge was just anothrer frustrated parent trying to push his kid as a player and feck everyone else.dozens of coaches doing that in schoolboy football here every week.
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Drumcondra 69er
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Exactly this. |
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Gashley Grimes
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Was stuck down the West that week & watched this in a pub in Sligo which I remember had a sign on the Ladies toilet 'No need to be here'
WXXXXXs the lot of them. Couto had been in Aldridge's face all night - one of the better results of that campaign all down hill after the Harry Ramsden challenge. Remember it lashed for the return in Portugal and we got stuffed had to thank the North for that chance against the Dutch. Anfield was one of the greatest days of my life - the atmosphere on the Kop & all day around Liverpool was amazing helped by the Dutch fans also - I still have a Utrecht hat from that day. Went over on the boat from Dun Laoighre & every time I here Peace Boat by the Pogues reminds me of that journey. Although I always think the fateful night against England had an effect on the team. Lichtenstein was a disaster RTE even had Ger Canning in the commentary box - disaster. |
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Charlton had him doing a lot of work chasing and harrying defenders so he had a different sort of centre forward role than he was used to. He wasn't ever played out of position and to be fair to him he never complained about his role and the Irish fans could see he was working his bollocks off for the cause. The roar when he finally scored for us (a tap in v Tunisia when Houghton might've scored instead) was massive. |
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I'll always remember that goal v Mexico at USA94
I was too young to remember but why did he take so long to get his first international goal? It was 20 games or so but he was knocking them in every 2nd game in the old first division. Was he played out of position etc |
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Aldo 👏
My favourite player as a young lad |
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2 sides to every story. I'm not saying Aldo is/was a saint but I'd say you could find a couple of bitter YTS players at every club in England to bitch about every single manager there is.
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Kevin sheedy as well named as complicit in that.sad that .aldridge comes over as a nasty bit of work,horrible little man.
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