?% Villa - Which trophy would you rather win? (Poll added)

[andrew08]

FA Cup, then I'll not renew my season ticket and retire my support satisfied in a job done.

The thought of even winning this trophy sends tears into my eyes,I don't know how I'll survive the reality. 

[NeilH]

FA Cup, then I'll not renew my season ticket and retire my support satisfied in a job done.

The thought of even winning this trophy sends tears into my eyes,I don't know how I'll survive the reality. 

I know exactly what you mean. I can honestly say that the moment I see a Villa player hold up that famous trophy I will be the happiest man alive.
I remember standing to Abide With Me at the 2000 final and seeing grown men in floods of tears as they sang that tune with genuine emotion. It’s something I’ll never forget and I still dream of the emotion I would have felt had we turned up that day and beaten Chelsea.

[Cjamesk]

FA Cup for me, CL is a mere dream.....

[not3bad]

The PL title has to be bought these days, the Chumps League represents everything that's wrong with football, and the UEFA Cup has become as devalued as the League Cup. The FA Cup is all that's left to remind us of what football is really about. It's the one thing I'd love to win before I have to explain my misdemeanours to my maker.

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[Handsworth Wood Villa]

Added poll.

[PaulWinch again]

FA cup, being born in 1983 I really hope I get the chance of seeing us win it one day. Since the league is now essentially impossible, it's the only thing I can hope for.

[exigo]

In my lifetime I've seen us win the European Cup, Super Cup, League and League Cup. And, if you like, the Intertoto and Peace Cups.

There's just an FA Cup shaped hole in that list.

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

In my lifetime I've seen us win the European Cup, Super Cup, League and League Cup. And, if you like, the Intertoto and Peace Cups.

There's just an FA Cup shaped hole in that list.

But also a Europa League shaped hole as well.

[Concrete John]

If it was the old style UEFA Cup then it's be a close call, but they've de-valued it so much that it's now an automatic choice for the FA Cup.

[lovejoy]

I can name every fan cup winner back to the 70s. Who won the Europa league last season?

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

I can name every fan cup winner back to the 70s. Who won the Europa league last season?

[spk]

I can name every fan cup winner back to the 70s. Who won the Europa league last season?

That is a bloody good point

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

What we need is for the English teams to do better in the Europa League.

i.e. Spurs, Stoke and Fulham all get to the Europa League semi-finals

And then an all-English final.

Interest in the Europa League in this country would then increase massively

Similar to the 2007-08 Champions League when we had Liverpool, Chelsea and Man U in the semi-finals and then of course the Man U-Chelsea final in Moscow.

[E I Adio]

What we need is for the English teams to do better in the Europa League.

i.e. Spurs, Stoke and Fulham all get to the Europa League semi-finals

And then an all-English final.

Interest in the Europa League in this country would then increase massively

Similar to the 2007-08 Champions League when we had Liverpool, Chelsea and Man U in the semi-finals and then of course the Man U-Chelsea final in Moscow.

It must be just me then that views the Europa League as a monstrously irritating irrelevance?

[Concrete John]

It must be just me then that views the Europa League as a monstrously irritating irrelevance?

It has no history behind it right now so I cna understand that position.

The difference with the Uefa/European Cup comparison was that the top teams were in the UEFA and took it seriously, which isn't the case with the Europa, due to the CL becoming the be all and end all of of club football.  The only way the Europa will gain any credibility is at the expence of the CL, so don't hold your breathe.