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Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: OzVilla on May 21, 2011, 10:53:17 PM
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I can think of a few but i'll go for Villa 0-0 Leeds Utd at VP in November 1990.
Nothing happened at all, only memorable by it's dullness and a bad incident post match with a Policeman outside The Vine Pub on Lichfield Road (not hooligan related).
First time i'd been genuinely bored at a game.
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Sheffield Wednesday away. Around about 98/99. It was a freezing cold night, awful game in which Hendrie scored the winner with only a couple minutes to go. It was a midweek game the M1 was chocker the only decent thing was the result.
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1977 League Cup final vs Everton at Wembley
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A few years back, MON's first season I took the Mrs to Villa Park for a different experience (she don't get football) to see us play Portsmouth. Terrible game.
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Southampton, around 85/86, 0-0, lowest league crowd since the second world war, cold, boring as hell. So boring it's memorable!
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Yes, that Southampton game was a shocker and bitterly cold.
I recall we played the Albion on a Friday night near to Christmas in the late eighties - 0-0. Went with my Boggie mate in the Holte and that was a shocker too. Most passionless Derby i've ever seen on and off the pitch.
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Everton at home in 1993/94, just after winning the League Cup. Stood on the Holte and got drenched. 0-0 and without a proper shot on goal, if I remember correctly. Horrendous.
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Villa 1-1 Wigan back in 2006/07.
Shite game, only positive being two shit goals.
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Stoke away last year. Boring as fuck and bloody cold too.
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Villa v boro just before cup it was 0-0 there were no shots no tackles nothing
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A few years back we played a pre season friendly away to Feyenoord in Rotterdam. Not sure of the the year, the only thing I remember is George Boateng getting a cheer from the home fans at his former club.
I went on the club coach trip and of course it was virtually a straight through and immediate return trip via calais. It was a blistering hot day with a few hundred Villa fans there, half of us knackered from spending so many hours on coaches the other half knackered from partying in Amsterdam before moving onto the game.
Suffice to say the game itself was 0-0. I guess I only went as a sort of pilgrimage. I have watched Villa play two games at that stadium in Rotterdam, this goaless friendly and some 1-0 game back in the early 1980s.
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1977 League Cup final vs Everton at Wembley
Terrible game. "Pass the ball back..pass the ball back...pass the ball back Everton"
The 1st replay at Hillsborough wasnt much better.
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1977 League Cup final vs Everton at Wembley
Terrible game. "Pass the ball back..pass the ball back...pass the ball back Everton"
The 1st replay at Hillsborough wasnt much better.
When I remember what I went through to get my ticket to see the game of a thousand passbacks I shudder.
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West Ham at home. March 1997 .
0-0 with nothing of note whatsoever happening.
The dullest game that I bothered to trek across the Irish sea for.
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0-0 V Wimbledon in 86-87 or the year after (around that period) I was still in the first flush of excitement stage as a ten year old going to VP. Even through Starry eyes it was a shocker!
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Villa 0-2 Blackburn. There were gales to the extent that the trains stopped running. The ball seems to just go out of play from every goal kick. And we lost 2-0. At home. To Blackburn Rovers.
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1977 League Cup final vs Everton at Wembley
Oh God.
The highlights were:
Chasing scouse touts when we arrived
A Duncan Mackenzie shot over the bar in the first half
The delay to the second half while both teams searched for a band members spur
Errrr... that's it
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I can't recall what season it was, think I've tried to wipe from memory but we drew 0-0 with Coventry at VP and those t**ts from Sky had the nerve to switch it to a Monday night game too!!!
Think I saw worse as a kid but the fact I had moved to Bristol a few years earlier and still decided to drive up to watch that made me vow to never attend another Monday night game again, but being a t**t myself, I continue to attend fixtures switched by sky tho' I think I'm safe in saying I'll never attend another Monday night game against Coventry!!!!!
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Villa 0-0 Everton 1993-94 and 1994-95. Both finished goalless, the first one the afore-mentioned anti-climax after the League Cup win, the second a tense stalemate between two teams fighting relegation.
Villa 0-1 Man City 1996 Alan Wright hit the crossbar - that was it. We were guaranteed 4th and had won a cup, City needed to win to avoid the drop and they won the battle but not the war.
Villa 1-0 Bradford 1999 Ok we won but symptomatic of several John Gregory home performances we were shocking and not pretty on the eye at all.
Villa 0-1 Blackburn last season. One chance all match i reckon and they took it.
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As suggested in the thread title, I've probably been to dozens of instantly forgettable Villa matches - and, guess what? I've forgotten them.
One match though played at Villa Park remains in my mind for its shear tedium. The summer of 95 as England prepared for Euro 96 and I was tempted into doing what I would ordinarily steer well clear of: attend a meaningless international friendly. Well it was for the Umbro Cup, but it was a friendly in all but name. Brazil v Sweden, which 12 months earlier had been a World Cup semi-final. I know it finished 1-0 to Brazil, but other than the fact it was played at a funerial pace, I can't remember anything about watching the World Champions whatsoever.
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The 0-0 at home to Cov when the highlights were the squadrons of paper planes coming from the Holte.
Another 0-0, this time Boro. I think it was a midweek game just before the LC Final, i'm sure I remember Scott Murray playing.
19/03/96, It was indeed just before the 96 LC Final, and Scott Murray did play.
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Quite a few but Wembley 2000 sticks around in my head probably because it was a big occasion.
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Villa 0 - Everton 0 in 1998 at home, I want to block it from memory
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There was another really awful Everton 0-0 game. I think when we had a caretaker in charge. Can't remember the season, but it was in the last 15 years or so.
Probably one of the ones mentioned above.
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A couple of 0-0 home draws against Man City come to mind, so dull that I remember them...
April 1987, just before we were relegated, most notable for the continual driving rain and pretty much nothing else.
February 1994, a re-scheduled night game with not many there, it was freezing and a desparate game, only thing worth noting was Dean Saunders shooting wide from a penalty.
And October 2000, a Sunday Sky game at home to Sunderland and again 0-0. Kevin Phillips hit the bar for them, and thats really all that happened.
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Yea I remember that 0-0 v Coventry with the paper planes, served Sky right. And it being a bitter cold Monday night game made it worse.
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There was another really awful Everton 0-0 game. I think when we had a caretaker in charge. Can't remember the season, but it was in the last 15 years or so.
Probably one of the ones mentioned above.
Deehan was in charge, between Gregory leaving and Taylor returning? Feb 2002, a supporter ran on the pitch I think.
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Sheffield Wednesday away. Around about 98/99. It was a freezing cold night, awful game in which Hendrie scored the winner with only a couple minutes to go. It was a midweek game the M1 was chocker the only decent thing was the result.
You may be thinking of a rescheduled league game a couple of days after beating Bolton in the semi-final of the FA Cup. We won 1-0, Alan Thompson scored in the last minute. Quite a few fringe players got a run out to ''impress for a Cup final place''. I believe the lesser-spotted Najwan Ghrayib even got a run-out.
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A few 0-0's stand out, Norwich away last time they were up, Stoke away last season, blues at home this season was wretched, remember going to Sunderland under GT II and having a row to myself, no atmosphere, no shots or anything of any note, we lost to a late Bellion goal.
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Yea I remember that 0-0 v Coventry with the paper planes, served Sky right. And it being a bitter cold Monday night game made it worse.
wasnt this the game BFR returned for the first time?
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Stoke away 87-88, 0-0. Nott County away 91-92, 0-0 and very, very cold.
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If you were around in the sixties, there were just too many to choose from, so it's a blessing that I can't remember many of them - well, not for the football anyway. One that does stick in the memory though (and that's only because it was the World Cup) was the dire 0-0 draw between West Germany and Argentina in 1966, and about the only thing that was memorable was the entire group of Argie supporters - perhaps as many as 10 of them in the Trinity who spent the whole game shouting AR-GEN-TI-NA, AR-GEN-TI-NA.....
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I was at one of those Everton 0-0s in the 90's. It was a Sunday afternoon and the game was live on Sky. Me and my lad (who was about 8 at the time) sat in the Trinity Road Corner of the Holte right at the front and when I saw the highlights on Sky we were on TV every time there was a corner. We were surrounded by totally empty seats you see. It was around Christmas and we had to go to the pantomome straight after to see Des O'Connor, Harold Bishop from Neighbours, The Chuckle Bros and Brum the Car. I tell you now I couldn't bloody wait to get in that nice warm Hippodrome Theatre away from this apology of a football match and the freezing cold.
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West Ham at home. March 1997 .
0-0 with nothing of note whatsoever happening.
The dullest game that I bothered to trek across the Irish sea for.
My first ever game!
A 0-0 at home to Liverpool in MON's first season stands out as one of the dullest games I've seen.
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Another 0-0 against everton came just after the 94 cup win, that was a bad night despite the trophy being paraded.
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The 1-0 home defeat by Blackburn in what turned out to be O'neill,s last match takes some beating, i felt like going home at half time i was so bored.
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Helsingborg at home sticks in my mind.
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One that does stick in the memory though (and that's only because it was the World Cup) was the dire 0-0 draw between West Germany and Argentina in 1966, and about the only thing that was memorable was the entire group of Argie supporters - perhaps as many as 10 of them in the Trinity who spent the whole game shouting AR-GEN-TI-NA, AR-GEN-TI-NA.....
The beautiful football of the 66 argentinian team displayed here. What did Alf call them.....animals ?
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The Stoke home game this season was pretty dismal, so much so that I went from actively supporting Stoke's bid to win the FA Cup against Money City to hoping that such a bunch of dullards got nowhere near the trophy.
The Valencia 0-0 just before O'Neill walked was terrible too.
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Two games both from the 94/95 season one against Everton the other against Leeds both bloody awful and cold.
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Most `Boro games from the Eighties, exception being, when we belted `em in `81, and our usual nightmare against Manchester city, cant speak for anyone else, but i HATE that fixture.
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A game vrs Oldham a week before the 94 Carling Cup final springs to mind think we lost 1-0.
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Villa at home to Ipswich 0 0 can't remember if it was late 70s or early 80s, but a flock of pigeons sat in the centre circle and was there all the match !
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Villa at home to Ipswich 0 0 can't remember if it was late 70s or early 80s, but a flock of pigeons sat in the centre circle and was there all the match !
Spot on Sir Paul - that is my nomination too.
It was in 1975-76, our first season back in the top flight and we were pretty average that year, staying up thanks to our home form. Nothing happened all afternoon, and a flock of pigeons were literally able to sun themselves in the torpor of one of the most apathetic displays by any group of professional athletes - and fans - ever assembled. The one event counting against this nomination was a piledriver from Chris Nicholl which I think hit the bar and came down near the penalty spot. Andy Gray rather amazingly went for it with his feet and not his head, and splattered their keeper who lost a few teeth and sustained a broken nose in the process. I think it was Lawrie Saville rather than Paul Cooper in goal that day, and he must have rued his selection as he lost a fair bit of blood.
The pigeons fled during the attack that led to this incident and then safely settled back down as the medics did their job. I have seen worse games, notably any home match v Boro in the mid to late 70s, but none so dull as this one.
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The recent game at home to Wigan was a chore to watch. If it werent for the goals i'd have fallen asleep with the rest of the lethargic crowd.
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Has to be the 5-1 win over the Blues.
I just got fed up taking the P*** ;D
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Seriously though:
A game vrs Newcastle a few years back, around 1979 I think. Winter and raining if my memory's right.
We went 1-0 up in the 1st minute and .................... that was it.
I remember going home thinking it had been 0-0, I'd forgotten we'd scored it was so boring.
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0-0 against Birmingham at Villa Park when O'Leary was in charge.
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0-0 against Birmingham at Villa Park when O'Leary was in charge.
There was a 0-0 at St Andrews under O'Leary but not at Villa Park.
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0-0 against Birmingham at Villa Park when O'Leary was in charge.
There was a 0-0 at St Andrews under O'Leary but not at Villa Park.
I found that game exciting. I was away for the weekend in Herfordshire and could just vaguely pick up the WM signal on an old radio constantly having to move the radio and aerial around for 90 minutes.
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some % Villa
watched Redditch United vs. Evesham in a 1988/89 pre pre pre FA Cup qualifier (!), whilst Dennis Mortimer was player-manager of 'The Reds'. It was a bloody freezing windswept October afternoon and a diabolical game of football. Only good thing was seeing Mortimer, who actually played in it.
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Southampton, around 85/86, 0-0, lowest league crowd since the second world war, cold, boring as hell. So boring it's memorable!
This is the clear winner for me. You really had to be there to appreciate how miserable it was. 8,000 for a top flight match and one chance for Villa right at the end, that was fluffed by a virtually crippled Gary Shaw. Shocking.
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Thanks Pete, i had all but erased that awful game from my memory but you have brought it back to me now. Shocking sums it up.
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Wimbledon away at plough lane in Dr Jo's year in charge, fecking awful game and best view of it was from the portacabbin loos. Same season away at Crystal Palace, another 0-0 bore draw
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Under Sir Graham MK2 losing 1-0 at home to Southampton
Last season the 1-0 defeat to Sunderland
Quite a few of the games under Gregory
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We drew 0-0 at home to Leeds when they had Brian Deane playing for them. Absolutely freezin, the game was utter garbage and only Deane rescued it with some of the worst forward play ever seen. Talk about a 50p 'ead.
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So, so many. One that sticks out is 0-0 with West Ham, Easter 1999. Utter garbage from us, really summed up the post xmas malaise that season. It was a stupid time cos it was on telly as well. Sky must have booked it after a couple of the stormers we were involved in first half of the season
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Blackburn last home game of the previous season was dull. Don't think Blackburn had a shot on target but won it thanks to an own goal by Richard Dunne.
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Villa 0 Walsall 0 in the old third division days. the ground was silent.
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Helsingborgs at Villa Park.
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Another 0-0 against everton came just after the 94 cup win, that was a bad night despite the trophy being paraded.
I remember the trophy being paraded. There was no reception at the council house because of some mix up so paraded it at the Everton game.
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There was a 0-0 against Coventry, Monday night game I think in the 94-95 season, that was achingly dull.
There was a massive deluge at half time, so much so we thought they might abandon the game, but unfortunately they didn't.
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There was a 0-0 against Coventry, Monday night game I think in the 94-95 season, that was achingly dull.
There was a massive deluge at half time, so much so we thought they might abandon the game, but unfortunately they didn't.
I remember that, the most rainfall ever anywhere in the world in a 10 minute period It's the only thing remarkable about the match and the only reason I remember it.
As for the dullest....a game back in the mid 70's against Ipswich which ended 0 - 0. There was hardly a single shot on goal in the whole game. The game lacked such little action that a flock of pigeons parked themselves in a corner of the pitch, they were only ever disturbed by the occasional wayward pass. Even Monday's mail highlighted the match as the dullest ever and had a picture of the pigeons rather than an action shot.
Had it been only slightly dull I probably wouldn't have remembered it.
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There was a 0-0 against Coventry, Monday night game I think in the 94-95 season, that was achingly dull.
There was a massive deluge at half time, so much so we thought they might abandon the game, but unfortunately they didn't.
I remember that, the most rainfall ever anywhere in the world in a 10 minute period It's the only thing remarkable about the match and the only reason I remember it.
As for the dullest....a game back in the mid 70's against Ipswich which ended 0 - 0. There was hardly a single shot on goal in the whole game. The game lacked such little action that a flock of pigeons parked themselves in a corner of the pitch, they were only ever disturbed by the occasional wayward pass. Even Monday's mail highlighted the match as the dullest ever and had a picture of the pigeons rather than an action shot.
Had it been only slightly dull I probably wouldn't have remembered it.
Bren'd - I was there and completely agree. I posted similar views to you a few months back on this thread a couple of pages above. Utterly dull game.
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In recent years the game that really stands out for me was against Boro.Even though we won 2-0 (Laursen scored at the witton End) it was devoid of any atmosphere to the point where even the goals were barely celebrated.Utter pap.Also that 0-0 with Cov mentioned above, that stunk the place out.