Brilliant (140th Anniversary)

[SoccerHQ]

Good to see the legends on the pitch , I could understand it being more low key this time and not helped with the low crowd and Monday night but just compare the euphoric Sheffield United celebration to tonight and that shows how far we've fallen as a club.

[PeterWithesShin]

I bet it was still better than the Centenary of VP celebration.

[olaftab]

I missed the legends parade arriving 5 mins into the match. I blame the local residents as always on these weekday night games. How dare they park their cars outside their houses and make it difficult for me to find a parking place.

[Pat McMahon]

Only thing wrong with video was Deadly trying to mention his bicycle kicks.
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In China Doug is revered as the inventor of the bicycle. He is bigger than Mao.

[OzVilla]

Dave - edited to embed the video.

Here's our contribution from across the pond:

Marvelous, I prefer your one. Those blokes in San Diego like like a right couple of axe murderers.

[tomd2103]

One thing that stood out when the players were bringing the trophies on to the pitch that has never really occurred to me before was that in the space of 25 years, we won every domestic trophy and the European Cup.  I was born in 1980 and 1957 has always seemed a bit disconnected to me, so I've never really considered that someone born in 1950 would have seen all those successes in roughly the same timespan I have been following the club .  When you factor in the drop down to the third tier and subsequent return to the top flight, what a 25 year period that was in comparison to say the mid 80's onwards period that fans my age have experienced.         

[wolfman999]

Great to see the legends and trophies but the irony of the heights our great club once achieved compared to what it has reduced to now is no doubt lost on the brainless morons sorry custodians presently running it.

[Louzie0]

I like the official one but the one from the supporters in the USA is wonderful, especially the soundtrack. Well done all round, I think.

[The Laughing Policeman]

The exact date doesn't matter. We were formed in 1874 (probably), so let's just enjoy it.

Correctamundo PWS. Cracking video , though disappointingly Bradley sounds somewhat northern. Do we have any famous Villa fans who are Brummies other than Benjamin Zephaniah? Kennedy, Merv and Prince Billie  are all from out of town, and Tom Hanks is a bit fair weather for me.

David Cameron could have done it to give it more passion and sincerity   

Did anyone see Camerons speech at JCB? At the end he apologised for having to rush off, but he explained that he was off to Sir William Dugdale's funeral. He then mentioned Sir Bills wartime exploits and riding in the Grand National finishing up with "and of course he was Chairman of Aston Villa, the worlds greatest football club."

[LTA]

Have just found this video again on the net.  Wonderful, but makes me so much sadder about where we are now.