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Villa 1 Albion 0 April 1981
Charlie8182:
Ok it’s the shortest clip ever but it’s the Brendan Batson pass back which you never see on any previews on that season which is strange as it’s a fundamental moment.
https://youtu.be/a7hzUsedBJc
The Left Side:
Wow... I've been waiting years to see that, great find.
Damo70:
--- Quote from: Charlie8182 on April 28, 2019, 08:24:28 PM ---Ok it’s the shortest clip ever but it’s the Brendan Batson pass back which you never see on any previews on that season which is strange as it’s a fundamental moment.
https://youtu.be/a7hzUsedBJc
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Fair play for digging that one out. Peter Withe loved winning a derby game at Villa Park by latching onto an opposition full backs poor back pass. Ask Brendan and Pat Van Den Hauwe.
Flamingo Lane:
Wow. Great find. Without that goal I very much doubt we'd have won the league. Funnily enough, until seeing this footage my recollection was that Withe was left with more time and space than that to execute a lob, but that clip shows him racing on to the back pass and a finish much more instinctive than I remembered it.
Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air:
--- Quote from: Flamingo Lane on April 28, 2019, 11:29:51 PM ---Wow. Great find. Without that goal I very much doubt we'd have won the league. Funnily enough, until seeing this footage my recollection was that Withe was left with more time and space than that to execute a lob, but that clip shows him racing on to the back pass and a finish much more instinctive than I remembered it.
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I sort of understand what you are saying but remember we finished 4 points clear of Ipswich under the old 2 points for a win system. If you believed Balloonhead Brazil you would think we scraped it on goal difference and that it was morally their title anyway by virtue of their 1-0 win at ours on the run in.
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