Fond Memories of Games We Have Lost

[Dave P]

Shamelessly stolen from Owlstalk after being directed to there this week. What games do you hold dear despite the wrong result.  Mine would be the 4-3 v Newcastle in 96/97.  Dwight Yorke was unstoppable that day.  I imagine Arsenal 2 Villa 0 in 1981 will get a lot of love here as well.

[Kingthing]

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Not for the scoreline but a cracking atmosphere and plenty happening on the pitch.

[Charlie8182]

Villa 2 Liverpool 4 in 1982 - 3 down in no time, back to 2-3 at half time, battered their goal in the 2nd half before a late Ian Rush goal ended our comeback - but a great game from what I recall.

We technically beat Athletico Madrid on the night (2-1) but lost on away goals in 1998 - but what an occasion.

[cdbearsfan]

Arsenal away, 1981.

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[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

1971 League Cup Final.
Steve Bastard Perryman and Martin Bastard Chivers left a 13 year old kid in tears but I was so proud to be a Villa fan at Wembley.

[Damo70]

Manchester City away in December 1992. A relative of mine persuaded a handful of us who used to go in the same car to away games to join what became known as 'the barmy bus' to Manchester City. We left from The Bell pub in Marston Green with a mini bus driver dressed as General Bombthebastards from the Kenny Everett show (I can't remember if we hadn't been told about the fancy dress bit or if we just hadn't bothered). we got there by mid morning and went to a pub. When one of us pointed out that our driver was drinking our concerns were met with the answer "he's only drinking halves". We lost 2-0 and ended up in another pub after the game. It was run by a guy who had previously run The Three Magpies in Hall Green and he was mates with a couple of our travelling party. He had framed pictures of the previous weeks News Of The World on the walls as he had held a Christmas party for the local police and there had been some 'adult entertainment' going on upstairs which had involved coppers and strippers who did extras. During our after match drinking the general/our driver was still drinking his halves. I got dropped off at God knows what time at a bus stop round the corner from my parents house where I still lived. I got off the barmy bus, threw up at the bus stop and walked home.

[dave shelley]

Arsenal away, 1981.

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Agreed.

[rob_bridge]

Arsenal home in December 2007. They were frightening pre Eduardo leg break.

[Damo70]

I hated it at the time, but being one of the few (5,595) at Selhurst Park on Easter Monday 1987 when Charlton beat us 3-0 and as good as relegated us has in hindsight become my badge of honour/I was there game .

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I hated it at the time, but being one of the few (5,595) at Selhurst Park on Easter Monday 1987 when Charlton beat us 3-0 and as good as relegated us has in hindsight become my badge of honour/I was there game .

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[SoccerHQ]

Liverpool in the cup in 2002.

Just before xmas and didn't kick off until 9pm due to huge queues for ticket collection. It was a really good game aswell, think we lost 3-4 after extra time.

[Deano's Mullet]

Man United at home 1993-94. Champions Vs runners up and a fantastic game of football.

[Chris Jameson]

One of my favourite away trips was to Notts County in the nineties, terrible match, 0-0, summed up by Richardson and Staunton doing a free kick routine that involved them both running over the ball and leaving it to nobody. It absolutely lashed it down, it was freezing, there was a small turnout of Villa fans and we spent a lot of the time not actually watching the match but we had such a laugh. Also got hopelessly lost after the match but it's one of my fondest memories of watching Villa.

[IAmTheOneIanOlney]

Losing 1-0 at home to Chelsea in 95/96 sticks out because it was a privilege to watch Ruud Gullit play that day.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Arsenal away, 1981.

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Agreed.

This.