Aston Villa v AFC Bournemouth, 12 February 1972

[Towser]

Does anyone have a programme from this match they want to sell please? This was the first game my Dad and Uncle took me to and my introduction to Villa Park. Both my Dad and Uncle have since passed away and I would love to get something from the match.

Many thanks

[Legion]

Try here?

[Towser]

Try here?

Thanks Lee, already tried them and all the usual suspects, no joy yet

[andrew08]

I should have that in my collection at work. I’ll let you know. I’m pretty much 100% with home game programmes  from the 60’s through to the mid 90’s so if anyone wants one for a 30th/40th 50th Birthday prezzie for someone pipe up.

[andrew08]

Got it. PM me your address and I’ll bob it in the post. The next programme along is Santos btw.

[Towser]

PM Sent, sorry its late only just seen your reply.

Let me know how much you want for it please

Thanks again

[andrew08]

No probs, just replied

[Towser]

No probs, just replied

Not received your reply Andrew, checked and double checked.

[Towser]

Andrew, what can I say? Thank you so much. I just got out of the shower to find the programme in my porch, you should have knocked, we could have had a coffee and chat, you dont know what this means to me, This was my first game at Villa Park, My Dad and Uncle (both no longer with us, HEITS) took me I was 12.

Thank you again #UTV

[Graylittle]

Got it. PM me your address and I’ll bob it in the post. The next programme along is Santos btw.

I was speaking to an old c crew bout the Santos game few years ago, he said it was the first game he went to and the que from the holte end started from the Witton end.

[Godfrey Brian]

Glad you got the programme Towser. I've just re watched the clip of the game. Phenomenal day, I was a teenager on the packed out Holte and the noise  was incredible. We are lucky to have footage as MOTD didn't cover 3rd division games usually. The game was an early kick off as    the Miners' strike was on and they were concerned about power cuts so didn't wanted to finish in daylight. As an aside two days earlier  Birmingham had been the venue for one of the most significant pieces of Trade Union history- the Battle of Saltley Gates when workers from everywhere joined Miners (led by Arthur Scargill) to prevent deliveries and close the plant. To a 13 year old that was secondary to the forthcoming  match but it triggered much of the political climate which shaped my early adulthood and beyond! I can still see that ball dropping and suddenly realising that Andy Lochhead was still on his feet and open to shoot! What times to live through!

[Oscar Arce]

Great memories of this match.
A massive crowd of nearly 50,000 with Bournemouth's strikers McDougall and Boyer doing well for them, a win would have put them level with us at the top and they took the lead I remember Tony Scott who was an ex-Villa player crossed for McDougall to score with a diving header to take the lead, but Villa stormed back in front of the Holte in the second half.
It remains one of the noisiest Villa atmospheres I can remember with goals from Vowden and Andy Lochead winning it for us.
I remember Ray Graydon was superb in that game, constantly attacking their full back and sending in crosses in the second half.

[Towser]

48 years ago today, Happy Anniversary to me 

[dcdavecollett]

Happy anniversary, Towser.

This was a really memorable game for the likes of us. I was on the Holte -the noise after Villa had gone 2-1 up was incredible (we'd been behind for over half an hour) but then the noise went up another notch -11?- when Chico Hamilton put a shot inches wide just after.

What days!!

[GXVilla]

Fantastic memories of a superb match in what was a great season to follow the Villa. I was there on the Holte with my Dad (HEITS) as well, perched on my little stool, barrier behind us halfway back up the Holte just to the left of the goal. A whole community around us that we got to know through going week in week out. The atmosphere was what made it for me as the football was blood and thunder with only flashes of quality. The Villa, Villa chant still makes the hairs on the back of my neck rise!
I was incredibly lucky to be part of a generation growing up on that incredible rise from Division 3 to glory in Rotterdam, and even luckier to be born into a claret and blue family!
Hopefully a few HEITS have spent the last few days discussing what a great game that was.