8 Sept 1990 v Coventry City - won 2-1 with goals from Platt and Cascarino.
Boxing Day 1977 with my dad and my new boyfriend (who I married in 1984). I remember it was a draw but have just looked it up & discovered it was Coventry City.
Boxing Day 1977 - Aston Villa 1 - 1 Coventry City - i was only 5 and I just remember bricking it as was high up in the North Stand and was scared of heights.
Quote from: Top Cat on February 15, 2018, 03:36:48 PMBoxing Day 1977 with my dad and my new boyfriend (who I married in 1984). I remember it was a draw but have just looked it up & discovered it was Coventry City.I stayed at home with Mom and played with my dolls!My first match was 1999 - I'm sure Top Cat can tell me who we played. I think it was 0-0.
Quote from: AV82EC on February 15, 2018, 01:17:24 PM8 Sept 1990 v Coventry City - won 2-1 with goals from Platt and Cascarino.thought I had seen this on youtubeUTVThe Doc
Quote from: Dr Butler on February 15, 2018, 03:16:58 PMQuote from: AV82EC on February 15, 2018, 01:17:24 PM8 Sept 1990 v Coventry City - won 2-1 with goals from Platt and Cascarino.thought I had seen this on youtubeUTVThe DocI was at that game. Coventry's kit was awful.
Quote from: OzVilla on December 10, 2017, 09:02:17 AMBoxing Day 1977 - Aston Villa 1 - 1 Coventry City - i was only 5 and I just remember bricking it as was high up in the North Stand and was scared of heights.Snap!
Quote from: Godfrey Brian on January 11, 2018, 08:01:44 PMQuote from: Pat McMahon on January 10, 2018, 08:06:53 PM27 January 1968 I think - lost 1-0 at home to Rotherham in the cup. My dad put me on his shoulders and got me in for free in the Trinity Road enclosure as was the way n those days. You got me searching the records Pat. As mentioned earlier in the thread this was my first game also and I have little recollection of the football but loads about the ground and crowd! Anyway the date was 17th Feb 1968 .It was the 4th round of the FA Cup. Tommy Doc was their manager at the time (something else I had never linked before) so I guess Brian Tyler was playing for them. We lost to a goal five minutes from time scored at the Holte End by Jim Storrie. I stood at the front of the Holte in line with the goal post so must have had a close up view of my first live Villa disappointment! By contrast nearly a quarter of a century later I took my eldest son to his first ever game, stood in exactly the same spot and Cyrille Regis scored for us at the Holte End within a minute- my lad thought it was always going to be like that! Crikey just realised -it's 50 years up in a few weeks!!!!Cheers GB., I didn't know the date. Like you I don't recall the football but being on my dad's shoulders at the back under the roof, the noise and the smells. I also recall a really friendly copper asking if i was enjoying it. I have been a Holte Ender since the mid 70s but adored that walk into the Trinity Road car park and under the main staircase as a nipper, even when they put seats in the enclosure. It was like entering Santa's grotto. Knocking the old Holte down was very sad but the day the Trinity was destroyed was the day that the real Villa Park disappeared for me. The Holte was the largest end in England and fantastic on its day, but the Trinity was unique in its beauty.
Quote from: Pat McMahon on January 10, 2018, 08:06:53 PM27 January 1968 I think - lost 1-0 at home to Rotherham in the cup. My dad put me on his shoulders and got me in for free in the Trinity Road enclosure as was the way n those days. You got me searching the records Pat. As mentioned earlier in the thread this was my first game also and I have little recollection of the football but loads about the ground and crowd! Anyway the date was 17th Feb 1968 .It was the 4th round of the FA Cup. Tommy Doc was their manager at the time (something else I had never linked before) so I guess Brian Tyler was playing for them. We lost to a goal five minutes from time scored at the Holte End by Jim Storrie. I stood at the front of the Holte in line with the goal post so must have had a close up view of my first live Villa disappointment! By contrast nearly a quarter of a century later I took my eldest son to his first ever game, stood in exactly the same spot and Cyrille Regis scored for us at the Holte End within a minute- my lad thought it was always going to be like that! Crikey just realised -it's 50 years up in a few weeks!!!!
27 January 1968 I think - lost 1-0 at home to Rotherham in the cup. My dad put me on his shoulders and got me in for free in the Trinity Road enclosure as was the way n those days.
I've been looking through the old results but can't really be sure about my first match. I specifically remember at the age of ten watching Villa beat Coventry in the FA Cup third round. It was pouring down and it's my only spoiled programme as it was so wet.I wish I could remember my first game. I used to watch the reserved at lot as a youngster.Aston Villa v Coventry City, 09 January 1965Score 3-0 to Aston VillaCompetition FA Cup 3rd roundVenue Villa ParkAttendance 47,656Aston Villa 3 Coventry City 0Goals:Tony Hateley GTony Hateley GJohnny MacLeod G
Quote from: Pat McMahon on January 12, 2018, 07:00:01 PMQuote from: Godfrey Brian on January 11, 2018, 08:01:44 PMQuote from: Pat McMahon on January 10, 2018, 08:06:53 PM27 January 1968 I think - lost 1-0 at home to Rotherham in the cup. My dad put me on his shoulders and got me in for free in the Trinity Road enclosure as was the way n those days. You got me searching the records Pat. As mentioned earlier in the thread this was my first game also and I have little recollection of the football but loads about the ground and crowd! Anyway the date was 17th Feb 1968 .It was the 4th round of the FA Cup. Tommy Doc was their manager at the time (something else I had never linked before) so I guess Brian Tyler was playing for them. We lost to a goal five minutes from time scored at the Holte End by Jim Storrie. I stood at the front of the Holte in line with the goal post so must have had a close up view of my first live Villa disappointment! By contrast nearly a quarter of a century later I took my eldest son to his first ever game, stood in exactly the same spot and Cyrille Regis scored for us at the Holte End within a minute- my lad thought it was always going to be like that! Crikey just realised -it's 50 years up in a few weeks!!!!Cheers GB., I didn't know the date. Like you I don't recall the football but being on my dad's shoulders at the back under the roof, the noise and the smells. I also recall a really friendly copper asking if i was enjoying it. I have been a Holte Ender since the mid 70s but adored that walk into the Trinity Road car park and under the main staircase as a nipper, even when they put seats in the enclosure. It was like entering Santa's grotto. Knocking the old Holte down was very sad but the day the Trinity was destroyed was the day that the real Villa Park disappeared for me. The Holte was the largest end in England and fantastic on its day, but the Trinity was unique in its beauty.Happy 50th Anniversary to Pat and me today!!! We've never actually met but I bet we've been in the same place experiencing the same ridiculous highs and lows on innumerable occasions since 68! A win at Fulham today would be a nice way to top it off and move into the next half-century.
Quote from: Top Cat on February 15, 2018, 03:47:51 PMQuote from: OzVilla on December 10, 2017, 09:02:17 AMBoxing Day 1977 - Aston Villa 1 - 1 Coventry City - i was only 5 and I just remember bricking it as was high up in the North Stand and was scared of heights.Snap!We struggled at home against them in that period. The season before was the Sun Poster game with both sets of fans doing a walk on with the giant posters over there heads - think that was 1-1 as well.
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