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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Lucky Eddie on October 29, 2010, 04:45:04 PM
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Got to be Kevin Phillips for me - that put my head right following all that pain.
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If we're talking Blues, in recent years it has to be Gabby at the Sty last season because it never looked on the cards the whole match. Of all time it has to be a Deano winner at home in the Coca-Cola in 1993, Paul Tait was sent off as well.
If we're talking Wolves i enjoyed the 4-0 stuffing we gave them in O'Leary's first season.
WBA - Daley's goal in the FA Cup in 1990 and Hitz's last minute winner in 2002.
Coventry isnt a local derby in my eyes but in case anyone is interested i would go for Savo's hat-trick completing goal in 1995, a 4-1 win over BFR's Sky Blues.
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Singing "We'll meet again" at the throngs of blues fans shuffling off towards the exits at around the 70 minute mark during the 5-1 was enjoyable
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Blose, 5-1.
Baggies, 2-1 (Hitzlsperger late goal)
Wolves, 2-1... Heskey.
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So many to choose from, Cahill, Geddis, the 13-0 aggregate season, Thompson, Ridgewell, Gabby, 5-1, Saunders.
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Assuming we're only on about Blues..
1. 5-1. All of it. Even their goal.
2. Gabby at their place last season.
3. Gabby at their place 07/08.
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Recently, either Cahill's due to the importance of winning that game or Gabby's header in 2007.
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If other local sides, dogheads 1-0 in the FA Cup in 83 and LC in 95. Albion is, looking back, the backpass Batson moment.
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Dave Simmons slamming it into the net at the Holte End whilst a team mate sat on their keeper.
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Gabby's header last season, the game was awful and it just was'nt on the cards, the craziest away end celebrations i've been in
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Same as luke25
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Got to be the 5-1 brilliant.
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5-1, in the North Stand with my mate watching us carve through the SHA defence time after time, hardly able to believe it and after each goal, running crazily towards the bottom of the stand and joining in a massive communal pile-on. It was like being 10 again.
Against the Baggies, 4-0 in the FA Cup 1997. Brilliant performance.
Wolves - Angel's second in the 4-0
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The 5-1 against the shit.
The 0-4 against the scum.
The 2-1 against the stripey-filth.
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Of recent times it has to be be Melberg's farewell. 5-1, Blues fans unable to get off down Witton Lane quick enough, and Melberg gets the chance to rub it well and truly in.
However, my favourite moment was Peter Withe's late winner against the Albion in 1981. Villa won the League by default. Yeah, d'fault of Brendan Batson.
Which leads nicely on to my all time favourite derby match. Naturally, Blues stalwart Joe Gallagher wants a bumper pay day for his testimonial, so of course, despite the fact they hate us, Villa are invited along. However, by the time Joe's big night arrives, Villa are Champions. That alone should have been enough to lord it over the great unwashed, but Villa fail to go along with the spirit of a testimonial occasion and send along, not a collection of reserves and up-and-coming youth team players, but the first team squad. Result? 6-0 to the Villa. Next day at school, not a peep from those Noses who had all jumped on the Ipswich-were-the-better-team bandwagon.
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30 seconds in, don't think I've seen or been in a crowd that went so mental,
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Dog Shit- Agent Ridgewells own goal. And Cahills goal at VP.
Olbeiyun- 3 points when it really mattered in April 1981
Wolves- The 4-0
Coventry- putting the final nail in their coffin to send them down.
Walsall- None. We never beat them in 4 attempts in the 3rd division. Little bastards.
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Couldnt agree more Kingthing...
Everyone said the Super Kev was the best victory because it was the first one...
But watching that still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up...
87 minute
We'd just cleared it off the line..
Had been on the rack for most of that 2nd half...
& that header right in front of the travelling faithful....
Proud to say i was there that day... Dont think ive ever celebrated a goal like i did that one...
Fucking priceless memories!!!
Up The Villa!!
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1 other thing i'm not sure if anyone else has noticed...
As the ball hits the net, you see one of the Stewards along the divide jump up & go nuts... Hilarious!!!
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SHA - Gary Cahills over head kick was a brilliant goal, first home win over them and a very important win
Tesco wankers - Hitzlespergers goal was better than sex
Dogheads - Heskeys goal this year was incredible!
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1 other thing i'm not sure if anyone else has noticed...
As the ball hits the net, you see one of the Stewards along the divide jump up & go nuts... Hilarious!!!
Never noticed that before, it made me smile that did.
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My favourite bit was Dion Dublin's header that laid out Gobby Ravage
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My favourite bit was Dion Dublin's header that laid out Gobby Ravage
Bizarre as 1) that helped cost us the match and b) he never even connected properly.
Still, takes all sorts.
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Has to be Frankie Dettori riding home Authorized in 07. He'd been trying for so long to win the big one. I don't mind admitting that when he crossed the line i shed a tear or two.
oh wait, i think i may have misunderstood.
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My favourite bit was Dion Dublin's header that laid out Gobby Ravage
He didn't lay him out and we went on to lose the game.
Savage did exactly what he set out to do, goad our players into losing the plot.
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My favourite bit was Dion Dublin's header that laid out Gobby Ravage
Yes, it was fantastic when we descended to their level.
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But what did you do at the time, shake your head sadly or give Dion a standing ovation?
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If we're talking specific moments then get that photo of Olof pumping his fists in the air as he was subbed during the 5 - 1.
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But what did you do at the time, shake your head sadly or give Dion a standing ovation?
Launched a tirade of abuse towards Savage because I thought that the only reason Dublin would have reacted like that was maybe some sort of racist comment, turned out not to be the case (or at least Dublin has never said so), so he just lost the plot.
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If we're talking specific moments then get that photo of Olof pumping his fists in the air as he was subbed during the 5 - 1.
I was trying to post that on the previos page but couldn't so I gave up.
My favourite football photo I think.
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But what did you do at the time, shake your head sadly or give Dion a standing ovation?
Launched a tirade of abuse towards Savage because I thought that the only reason Dublin would have reacted like that was maybe some sort of racist comment, turned out not to be the case (or at least Dublin has never said so), so he just lost the plot.
I've said it many times but I doubt we'll ever see a night like that again, seemed like most had completely lost their marbles and the players simply joined in.
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But what did you do at the time, shake your head sadly or give Dion a standing ovation?
Launched a tirade of abuse towards Savage because I thought that the only reason Dublin would have reacted like that was maybe some sort of racist comment, turned out not to be the case (or at least Dublin has never said so), so he just lost the plot.
I've said it many times but I doubt we'll ever see a night like that again, seemed like most had completely lost their marbles and the players simply joined in.
That was the moodiest night at Villa Park I've ever experienced.
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03/03/03 A date forever seared on my memory.
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But what did you do at the time, shake your head sadly or give Dion a standing ovation?
Launched a tirade of abuse towards Savage because I thought that the only reason Dublin would have reacted like that was maybe some sort of racist comment, turned out not to be the case (or at least Dublin has never said so), so he just lost the plot.
I've said it many times but I doubt we'll ever see a night like that again, seemed like most had completely lost their marbles and the players simply joined in.
I said something along the lines of "you fucking twat Dion" for falling for Savage's tricks and making winning the game harder for us. Followed by a volley of abuse at Savage of which maybe every 6th word wasn't an obscenity.
As for the atmosphere that night, I don't remember anything that bad even in the 80s. It actually felt like you taste and smell the hatred and violence in the air. I swear I saw police in the Lower Holte looking more than a bit nervous, verging on scared. It literally felt like everyone in the Holte was "up for it".
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But what did you do at the time, shake your head sadly or give Dion a standing ovation?
I was calling him all the names under the sun. It was pathetic. As much as I love Dublin.
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Favourite moment has to be Garry Thompson's headed winner in 87 at the sty. Think they had beat us a few times prior to that and it was a relief to end that run. Cracking goal too!
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1 other thing i'm not sure if anyone else has noticed...
As the ball hits the net, you see one of the Stewards along the divide jump up & go nuts... Hilarious!!!
Never noticed that before, it made me smile that did.
Wonder how nervous they got once that initial reaction had gone & they then realised how close to the knukkledraggers they were!!!! Funny!!!
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Has to be cahills bicycle kick! Pure class!
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Can't decide if I like [in as much as being able to like someone who my knowledge of is based on the games they've been involved in and how they're portrayed in the media] Robbie Savage or not, but listening to him on 6-0-6 on a Saturday evening is almost obligatory in my house now. Entertainment wise, he's a classic.
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Which leads nicely on to my all time favourite derby match. Naturally, Blues stalwart Joe Gallagher wants a bumper pay day for his testimonial, so of course, despite the fact they hate us, Villa are invited along. However, by the time Joe's big night arrives, Villa are Champions. That alone should have been enough to lord it over the great unwashed, but Villa fail to go along with the spirit of a testimonial occasion and send along, not a collection of reserves and up-and-coming youth team players, but the first team squad. Result? 6-0 to the Villa. Next day at school, not a peep from those Noses who had all jumped on the Ipswich-were-the-better-team bandwagon.
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My first ever 'local derby' at the sty
Went along with some school mates
Never forget standing there and my mate came back and shouted "WHAT A SH*THOLE EVEN THE P*SSERS ARE OUTSIDE"
And playing the first 10 minutes with only 10 men "We only need 10 men, We only need 10 men
Got home told the old man where i'd been
"What have you given my money to that wanker for" Bless Him................PRICELESS
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big dion , planting the nut on robbie fucking savage. cant wait until tomorrow when big heskey rips roger fucking johnsons head off
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Lizz, i like Robbie Savage on the radio.
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Gabby's winner! then having to wait just inside the ground for over an hour after the game and seeing the villa players come out to their coach. What a day!
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Favourite moment has to be Garry Thompson's headed winner in 87 at the sty. Think they had beat us a few times prior to that and it was a relief to end that run. Cracking goal too!
I agree, cracking day and atmosphere that day.
also Peter Withe's winner at the Holte in '83 when it trickled in!
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Favourite moment has to be Garry Thompson's headed winner in 87 at the sty. Think they had beat us a few times prior to that and it was a relief to end that run. Cracking goal too!
Always worth a viewing: just look at the packed-out Railway End...
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The other end was chokka, it was pretty scary until they opened that third pen. I'd say half the people in the ground were in those two first pens for a time.
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Sitting in the North Stand after Cahills wondergoal singing "We'll meet again..." at the Blues in the lower Doug Ellis. Priceless.
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But what did you do at the time, shake your head sadly or give Dion a standing ovation?
Shook my head and fucked off to the pub. Was on the Holte with my nephew that night, it was after that incident that things started to get nasty. Horrible night.
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The other end was chokka, it was pretty scary until they opened that third pen. I'd say half the people in the ground were in those two first pens for a time.
We didn't even get in until about 30 mins in. Two/three turnstiles open at the Tilton and the crush against the wiggly barriers was a bloody mare. We heard our lot go bezerk when Bruno's first went in and then a subdued yey when they equalised. Piss running down the terrace at half time... It was still bloody tight with all the pens open. I think Thompson hit the bar just before his goal - just prepared us for the surge when he did score.
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Favourite moment has to be Gary Cahill's wondergoal. Would have been a great goal by a striker but when everyone realised who it was that scored it was like "£&@£ing hell!"
Best match for me has to be the 5-1. Was on a family holiday in Vegas so my dad and I got up at stupid o'clock in the morning to sit in a bar surrounded by bluenoses. A surreal morning that was!
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The other end was chokka, it was pretty scary until they opened that third pen. I'd say half the people in the ground were in those two first pens for a time.
We didn't even get in until about 30 mins in. Two/three turnstiles open at the Tilton and the crush against the wiggly barriers was a bloody mare. We heard our lot go bezerk when Bruno's first went in and then a subdued yey when they equalised. Piss running down the terrace at half time... It was still bloody tight with all the pens open. I think Thompson hit the bar just before his goal - just prepared us for the surge when he did score.
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Favourite Derby Moment: Not Today.
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Allo allo how do you do.
We are the boys in claret and blue,
We love to sing we love to fight,
We hate the twats in blue and white,
Will sing a song of victory,when Villa win division 3,
The city fans will never mock,
when they remember BRUCE RIOCH.
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My favourite bit was Dion Dublin's header that laid out Gobby Ravage
Bizarre as 1) that helped cost us the match and b) he never even connected properly.
Still, takes all sorts.
I think it's bizarre that you use '1' then 'b'
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If we're talking specific moments then get that photo of Olof pumping his fists in the air as he was subbed during the 5 - 1.
I was trying to post that on the previos page but couldn't so I gave up.
My favourite football photo I think.
It's my desktop background.
(http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Aston+Villa+v+Birmingham+Premier+League+wJXCCy1xoJ7l.jpg)
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My favourite was watching the 5-1 game in a pub in Bognor Regis that was the place to watch the games as they had a satellite connection from Albania I believe. So it was the only place to watch the game. Butlins was having an 80's weekend at the time so people we jumping in cabs and asking to see the game. I arrived just before opening and thinking that there were a lot of Villa fans in for the game but it was 50/50 with nearly 50 people. It was all pretty good natured stuff though as most of the group were mixed. I managed to get talking to a couple of Villa lads and one of them turned round and said that his mate's uncle used to be the manager of Musical Youth. My mate and I had tears rolling down our faces at possibly the worst namedrop in history. And of course the game was quite good.
To be honest, the Blues fans looked a lot bigger and rougher than us so it wasn't rammed down their throats.
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The other end was chokka, it was pretty scary until they opened that third pen. I'd say half the people in the ground were in those two first pens for a time.
We didn't even get in until about 30 mins in. Two/three turnstiles open at the Tilton and the crush against the wiggly barriers was a bloody mare. We heard our lot go bezerk when Bruno's first went in and then a subdued yey when they equalised. Piss running down the terrace at half time... It was still bloody tight with all the pens open. I think Thompson hit the bar just before his goal - just prepared us for the surge when he did score.
That was the day the 'Youth' finally started to turn the tables on the Zulu's after four years of being terrorised by them, apparently.
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Favourite moment has to be Gary Cahill's wondergoal. Would have been a great goal by a striker but when everyone realised who it was that scored it was like "£&@£ing hell!"
I was in a bar in Lahore at the time! Ended up with a Rangers supporting mate being very pissed that day. And very happy. Great memeories.
Also the 2-1 win at their place. I was in Bangkok (Gullivers in Sukhumvit) and I was on a footie tour. Me and two otehrs were Villa fans and the rest of the team (about 10-15) all turned in in Blues shirts that they had acquired from the rip-off shops around the place. Very funny. Great atmosphere in the place and then Gabby scored at the death. Priceless. There were quite a few other Villa fans in there by the time he scored and we were dancing around the place. Again, much drinking had, and still was going to be, imbibed.