Quote from: dave shelley on October 20, 2019, 07:48:16 PMI was one of the million at Highbury and Rotterdam. The Highbury game was my greatest experience of following the Villa...ever! Just beats Rotterdam. It was a day when I'm sure I experienced most human emotions all rolled up together in the space of an hour and a half. I never, ever thought I would see my beloved Villa win the first division title and just ten years earlier we'd been in the third division. A tremendous, wonderful day. The joy of being with tens of thousands of Villa fans both at Highbury and on foreign shores at Rotterdam has never been surpassed.Agree with this. I was at both as a 16 and 17 year old. Magical days
I was one of the million at Highbury and Rotterdam. The Highbury game was my greatest experience of following the Villa...ever! Just beats Rotterdam. It was a day when I'm sure I experienced most human emotions all rolled up together in the space of an hour and a half. I never, ever thought I would see my beloved Villa win the first division title and just ten years earlier we'd been in the third division. A tremendous, wonderful day. The joy of being with tens of thousands of Villa fans both at Highbury and on foreign shores at Rotterdam has never been surpassed.
My recollection is that numbers In the press varied between 10-13k. I was among the last to buy my coach and match ticket as I rushed back from university in Sheffield to beat the deadline ( if I recall it was the Friday of the Swansea game). I asked the ticket office how many had been sold and they told me 11.5 - 12k ( remember this was pre. Computers so not completely accurate. ). A neighbour worked at Villa Park and that weekend he told me the head of security (John Hood?) told him the club knew of fans who had gone over and had already bought tickets in Rotterdam. Given the shenanigans in Anderlecht it was amazing that the police and UEFA did not clamp down on this. I met a number of people in the Double Diamond in Rotterdam on the day of the game who had bought tickets locally. There were a few big Dutch blokes stood next to me in the game too and they had just bought tickets from Feyenoord and said they had sold a few that afternoon to Villa fans,
There was a fair few of us at the Milk Cup semi away to Everton in 84.Highbury was c22,000 to 25,000Rotterdam was c13,000
Quote from: TonyD on November 14, 2019, 06:55:42 PMThere was a fair few of us at the Milk Cup semi away to Everton in 84.Highbury was c22,000 to 25,000Rotterdam was c13,000My mum stopped me from going to the semi final at Goodison. I was thirteen but had the measles. I wasn't happy.
Quote from: Damo70 on November 14, 2019, 07:23:26 PMQuote from: TonyD on November 14, 2019, 06:55:42 PMThere was a fair few of us at the Milk Cup semi away to Everton in 84.Highbury was c22,000 to 25,000Rotterdam was c13,000My mum stopped me from going to the semi final at Goodison. I was thirteen but had the measles. I wasn't happy.Not our greatest moment. Possibly the angriest I've seen Villa fans away from home.