"Birmingham is the greatest!" Aston Villa legend Gabby Agbonlahor revisits his roots | With Halifax

Aston Villa's all-time leading @premierleague goalscorer Gabby Agbonlahor heads back to his roots in Birmingham to explore the place that made him, after Birmingham was named in the Sunday Times' Best Places to Live in the country, sponsored by Halifax.
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[@webbzz91]

Birmingham is the most underrated city in the UK.

[@Faya.16]

Worst city imo

[@simonbird8093]

Haven't been there for a while but always enjoyed my trips to Birmingham. Great place and really friendly people.

[@isha2611]

​@@simonbird8093 Thank you

[@kmoe786]

​@FAYADZ🦊 That's your opinion and you're entitled to it......doesn't mean you're right though

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

And as a Brummie I’m happy to keep it that way ngl❤ Can’t imagine how unaffordable it would get if people weren’t too snobby to live here

[@Daniel-cm3iv]

Watched you break through, my old man took me home and away, not a single game missed. Gabby you will always be a villa legend and that will never ever change! VTWD! SOTC!

[@alfieb6711]

Love Gabs❤propa brummie la

[@um8778]

I respect Gabby's bravery, he's walking around Aston himself with an expensive camera. Much respect.

[@JohnLawson1]

😂😂😂😂

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

😭😭😭

[@imightbewrong_]

Good on you Gabby! Erdington legend. Bleak Hill hero.

[@colinlawrence9182]

Im a nose mate but fair play to you for promoting our great city in an honest way except for the last bit lol KRO

[@villainofthepiste8275]

VILLA LEGEND- Scored SO MANY against The Blues- They hated him!!! lol He was a good player, who scored some important valuable goals in his career and was also capped by England a few times. Anyone who says he was sh*t either is a sad Bluenose or they know F.A. about Football. He was never a prolific goal scorer but I tell you now- In his prime, every defender in the top flight was worried about his pace. One of the top 3 fastest. if not the fastest EVER!!!

[@balsham137]

Legend...some say he couldn't kick a ball

[@alfieb6711]

People who say he was shite have never kicked a ball in their life, he was a PL striker most his career put some respect on his name u couch sitters

[@7th.trumpet]

He was shite though ! 😂

[@stephenlynch6389]

When he was named captain they got relegated same year. The hair on my balls deserves more respect

[@alfieb6711]

@@stephenlynch6389 How many premier league games u played then mate? Or even professional football games? Same as me 0 so have some respect for someone u would die to have lived his life

[@stephenlynch6389]

@@alfieb6711 I don't look at gabby and wish I was him man's a fucking laughing stock

[@paulhanson5164]

@@stephenlynch6389 Have a bit of respect mate and get your balls waxed, no woman wants to be tea bagging a hairy sack.

[@tobyward6094]

Lovely video done villa proud gabby

[@MWH86]

Yes Gabby!! UTV

[@um8778]

Gabbaayy the Brummaayy

[@Blucifah]

RIP dalian Atkinson, he's more a legend

[@andrewsherliker5619]

Now in Auckland get back to Sutton and Villa every two years and still have a Brummie accent in NZ loved it Gabby

[@neilj6322]

Legend….😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dobronx666]

if you ask Gabby what's 2 + 2 the answer you'll get is yellow

[@jackbolland]

Simon Jordan said that right? 😂

[@seeker6436]

I'm a Villa fan and I love Gabby but he ain't a Villa legend, most Villa fans would agree with me.

[@7th.trumpet]

Does 3 kick ups at the start and stops gasping for breath !! 🤣

[@TheCurtisdavies]

except that… isn’t true?

[@OldHarryRocks]

*starts not stops What you said isn’t true or correct

[@RandomParkShots]

Talksport know what they’re doing with this title 😂 I guess the marketing guys only show the higher ups the numbers and not what people are actually saying about the content

[@chriso8485]

The best thing about Birmingham is it's not Wolverhampton

[@WingmanLive]

Ha yezz you gotta go see Derrick it's the rules!💜💙

[@nigelmohawk218]

Legend

[@paulorganisation1]

To people in the comments, if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything😅😅

[@ammac8044]

Things happen everywhere and I wouldn't say more things happen in Birmingham or in Aston more than other places I understand there may be agendas behind things. Villa Park is in Aston areas that surround Aston are Perry Barr, Handsworth, Great Barr, Erdington, Lozells there are good people from these areas too. Sutton Coldfield with its royal status and Solihull which wants to be its own city and not be connected to Birmingham which are areas that are not near to villa Park.

[@isha2611]

Well said.

[@mattyd5932]

I like Gabby

[@cameronprice6645]

Utv from sutton💜💙

[@paulgray7014]

Legend?? haha come of it. what did he win for starters. Aston Villa league title winners in 1981 and European Cup team in 1982 their legends

[@seeker6436]

You're bang on mate, love Gabby but he ain't a legend.

[@cricketbat09]

UTV 💥💥

[@Nostradanus86]

Could of sworn they just had 10 words on repeat loop

[@GrahransWoWGold]

That thumbnail... 🤦‍♂😂

[@msv7856]

I heard he lives in Solihull which isn't Birmingham.

[@villainofthepiste8275]

He was bought up a few miles from the ground and said he goes back now and again- were you listening- fool!

[@msv7856]

@VillainofthePiste He was brought up in Erdington. Which is a couple of miles away. But now lives in Solihull. Grealish also lived south of the city. So I don't know why he's promoting the place when he doesn't want to live there.

[@Elite-jq7nt]

Thats up for debate most folk in Solihull consider themselves Brummies speak with a Brummie accent and Birmingham Airport and Birmingham NEC is in Solihull plus they have a B post code and telephone is 0121! Major difference is the council you are under!

[@msv7856]

@@Elite-jq7nt The Google maps aren't always accurate

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

@@msv7856 Solihull is Birmingham though, the only reason you’d separate it is on technicalities but functionally speaking it belongs to the same urban area and everyone I know from Solihull considers themselves a Brummie (unless they’re a snob!)

[@alexandergeorgiev74]

Legend 🤠🤣 lol

[@BadAppleBlues]

only good thing about Brum is that it is the hometown of the one and only Black Sabbath!

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

And Tolkien❤

[@matthewryan663]

Legend? …

[@Rimxcheese]

My favourite villa player ❤

[@Avapieces]

😂😂😂 He isn’t reading the comments lad

[@petermashem5858]

I thought he was coming to his real home: Nigeria

[@jayjayb89]

Was that gabby giving Birmingham city FC some respect....

[@matthancock260]

He never gave Small Heath Alliance any respect

[@Faya.16]

Villa "Legend" LOL

[@barrywalls7175]

Is he a villa legend?

[@deanhowell5936]

No

[@ShtOnThecity]

Yes he just never won any trophies with us

[@deanhowell5936]

He had 3 good, but not amazing seasons under Martin O Neill and that was it. From 2013 onwards he was lazy overweight and didn't put in the required effort. Lack at his stats from 2013 onwards

[@9etherking707]

Legends don't spend their entire careers fighting relegation 🤣🤣

[@ShtOnThecity]

@@deanhowell5936 I get were you’re coming from he was very frustrating to watch at times but for me personally the most successful villa side I’ve saw in my lifetime was under O’Neil im not the biggest fan of gabby personally I’d put Ashley young in the villa legend conversation over gabby especially the way he has been playing for us at the age of 37

[@richarddallaway53]

Safe 😂😂

[@Canadaismybitch]

Aka takin a break from whining on talksport?

[@valuetraveler2026]

Walks around empty park 😮

[@ryancarlo9328]

Please stop calling him a legend, it's an insult to the true greats of our great club.

[@justoli9039]

He was spot on till he said safe in Birmingham. I've worked on the doors in Birmingham and I can tell you now safe is the wrong word to use.

[@villainofthepiste8275]

Every big city has dodgy areas- So you avoid them!

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

It’s about as safe as most other cities tbf

[@justoli9039]

@@user-ed7et3pb4o not the doors I've worked on

[@justoli9039]

@@villainofthepiste8275 I was on about the doors I've worked on

[@lfcspectre4335]

Gabby Agbonlahor couldn't lace Jude Bellingham boots

[@liamzebear]

Retired a one club man.

[@user-ed7et3pb4o]

It’s going to be so awkward when Jude doesn’t go to liverpool

[@dimebagdirty]

Sorry Gabby but I wouldn't be walking round Digbeth or Small Heath at night. It might be diverse but it's a dump.

[@neilpalmer1662]

Legend???

[@skylarutd]

Aston Villa Legend? u taking the piss

[@unknownuser5548]

okay

[@ivansmith3759]

If he is a legend then it show how Villa lacked quality players 😂

[@ryancarlo9328]

But we haven't. He just isn't a legend!

[@deanhowell5936]

Gabby Agbonlahor was an Arsenal fan at school and he wore his arsenal shirt under his school shirt at school. Ask him and Gabby if you are reading this you know its true.

[@ryavfcmatteo]

He’s always made it clear he has a soft spot for arsenal because he liked some of their players, but don’t lie he’s villa through and through. He’s always made that clear, from the area, went to games growing up playing for the academy, he liked arsenal, never supported them

[@deanhowell5936]

@JP Marko yes he went to games at villa park because he was in the academy and he lived in nearby Erdington, but he used to wear an Arsenal shirt to school back in 2001.

[@danielhughes7359]

Birmingham safe 😂😂😂😂 maybe behind his gated community

[@joebees21]

I was thinking the same. Only decent places to live in and around Birmingham I can think of are Edgbaston, Bournville, Digbeth, Brindley Place, Harborne, Moseley, Kings Heath, Hagley, Solihull, Sutton, Jewellery Quarter, Stirchley, Lichfield, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Telford, Cannock, Hednesford, Burntwood, Leamington Spa. Everywhere else I'd steer clear of and a lot of these are some way out of Brum.

[@gingermcginge6466]

I mean Birmingham is as grim as it comes. When you drive through on the motorway you can literally see the line where it goes light to grey back to light on the other side.

[@deanhowell5936]

Birmingham is a great city. Have you spent time there or just driven through?

[@gingermcginge6466]

@@deanhowell5936 driven through because it’s grim

[@deanhowell5936]

I actually live in Great Bridge by Tipton. But Birmingham is close enough. A nice city with good food and friendlier than London people.

[@gingermcginge6466]

@@deanhowell5936 most places are friendlier than London folk

[@ryancarlo9328]

@@deanhowell5936 I have lived here my whole life, where are you getting that idea from?

[@Cal2929]

It just isn't though is it...

[@petersmith2522]

Birmingham was the capital of england originallly

[@deanhowell5936]

​@Peter smith seriously?

[@petersmith2522]

@@deanhowell5936 thats what they used to say but i was just looking now and its saying it wasnt but yet years ago they said it was and then it became london

[@seymourhundos7986]

Even more diverse .. Aka Even more of a dump 🤣🤣🤣

[@me4374]

Why he never left? Cos no one would buy him!! He was god awful

[@Joker-et2je]

IF Gabby was a Legend, I must be a Mythic❕🙄 Where’s the “Dislike” button⁉️🤣

[@MrBurnley21]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Smethwick and Lozzells, 2 beautiful areas of Birmingham 🤭🤢🤮

[@stephenlynch6389]

A legend Jesus christ I've heard it all now. The most mediocre league 1 standard player I've ever seen