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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: QBVILLA on November 15, 2012, 12:16:27 PM
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Following Ibrahimovic's great goal last night my lad noticed England fans applauding. He asked me if i'd ever applauded a goal at Villa Park by an opposition player. The only one I can think of was Scholes' volley from a corner at the North Stand. Anyone else? And did you get a reaction from those sat/stood near?
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Pires and A Cole scored great goals at VP for Arsenal that were warmly applauded iirc.
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I applauded a goal by Trevor Brooking for West Ham in 1978.
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Pires...
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Pires and A Cole scored great goals at VP for Arsenal that were warmly applauded iirc.
This.
Scholes volley.
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Did anyone applaud Trevor Francis's hat trick for QPR ? :D
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I've done it a few times, yes. If you appreciate a game you have to applaud its finest moments, even if it costs you personally.
It's at the very heart of sportsmanship in my opinion.
If a player does something truly extraordinary then you're privileged to witness it. So you suck it up, applaud him and then, if you get the opportunity, throw a bottle at him.
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Boniek for Juve in 1983.
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I've done it a few times, yes. If you appreciate a game you have to applaud its finest moments, even if it costs you personally.
It's at the very heart of sportsmanship in my opinion.
If a player does something truly extraordinary then you're privileged to witness it. So you suck it up, applaud him and then, if you get the opportunity, throw a bottle at him.
I agree with your sentiments but would it apply if (now obviously this is totally hypothetical of course) a Blues player cracked in a carbon copy goal of Ibrahimovic's at the Holte End?
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Pires and A Cole scored great goals at VP for Arsenal that were warmly applauded iirc.
That Arsenal display in that first 45 minutes was probably the finest premierleague display i've witnessed first hand. I honmestly thought we were going to finish up losing 7 or 8-0 and came out of the ground feeling pleased we'd managed to lose 3-1. Weird.
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Scholes volley
Rodallega volley
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Matt Jansen's superb long range effort for Crystal Palace against us. We were 3-0 up at the time but it deserved applause whatever the score.
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The Gerrard free-kick was absolute class in 2007, but after the cheating ****** had dived to get the free-kick in the first place I doubt anyone clapped
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i have applauded a few, the scholes and rodallega volleys come to mind. there is nothing wrong with appreciating some brilliance from an opposition player, it shows you actually love football as well as the villa.
i wouldnt though applaud any goals from the olbeyun, blose or wolves no matter what!
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It wasn't a spectacular goal but I remember Helsingborgs' equaliser being applauded. Not by me, I was too pissed off. Also I was at the match when Scholes scored the volley. I didn't applaud and didn't feel like doing so. I think I might have mentioned my opinion of his club in the post match thread last weekend.
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I was only 11 but I remember my dad and some other Villa fans clapping a spectacular overhead kick goal from Arsenal's Paul Davis on the last game of the 82/83 season, but there was no way a stroppy kid like me was applauding a goal against Villa!
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It wasn't a spectacular goal but I remember Helsingborgs' equaliser being applauded. Not by me, I was too pissed off. Also I was at the match when Scholes scored the volley. I didn't applaud and didn't feel like doing so. I think I might have mentioned my opinion of his club in the post match thread last weekend.
Oh don't get me wrong I p dislike Man U more than I do Blues as throughout my childhood we never played Blues and as a Black Country lad i'd never even met a Bluenose. United and Liverpool though, can't stand them. Still found myself applauding that Scholes volley though.
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Alexander Mostovoi ,Celta Vigo.
His performance for Celta Vigo 1998/1999 is the best individual performance I have seen against us.
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It wasn't a spectacular goal but I remember Helsingborgs' equaliser being applauded. Not by me, I was too pissed off. Also I was at the match when Scholes scored the volley. I didn't applaud and didn't feel like doing so. I think I might have mentioned my opinion of his club in the post match thread last weekend.
Oh don't get me wrong I p dislike Man U more than I do Blues as throughout my childhood we never played Blues and as a Black Country lad i'd never even met a Bluenose. United and Liverpool though, can't stand them. Still found myself applauding that Scholes volley though.
I remember thinking "that's a great goal" but seeing those twats cavorting at the other end turned any appreciation of the art of hitting a volley quickly into rage at that despicable club and everyone associated with them. I fully accept this is a fault of mine. I'm too bitter in the heat of the moment. I didn't applaud Rodallega's either and I don't particularly mind Wigan. Apart from when they've just scored against us which was the scenario at that time.
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Paul Ince scored a belter against us for West Ham, just after he broke through, I remember applauding that.
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I remember thinking "that's a great goal" but seeing those twats cavorting at the other end turned any appreciation of the art of hitting a volley quickly into rage at that despicable club and everyone associated with them. I fully accept this is a fault of mine. I'm too bitter in the heat of the moment.
That was my feelings of it, genuinely thought we'd beat them that day
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Alexander Mostovoi ,Celta Vigo.
His performance for Celta Vigo 1998/1999 is the best individual performance I have seen against us.
This.
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Can't remember the lads name but in the Villa Luton game 88/89 Luton took a corner in front of the holte end and the guy lashed it in on the volley from outside the box, incredible goal and among the v signs and expletives there was a smattering of appreciative clapping as the Luton team celebrated in the corner.
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Never have, never will. I don't have it in me to be that objective.
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If it's a good goal applaud it unless it's the noses or a player you hate!
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Pires...
I applauded when we fucked the bandy legged wastrel off.
Does that count?
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I don't think I have, I really appreciated the Scholes Volley but I just shouted fuck off you ginger ******..Really grown up me :)
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When Charlton beat us 4-3 a few years back on the last day, to stay up, Danny Mills got the winner. That wasn't applauded as such but I remember the Holte applauding the Charlton team/fans at the end for staying up.
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Matt Jansen's superb long range effort for Crystal Palace against us. We were 3-0 up at the time but it deserved applause whatever the score.
This is the first one I remember applauding too. I remember Ian Taylor scoring the winner against us for Derby in a pre season friendly at Pride Park that almost got cheered by Villa fans.
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we gave Cruyff a standing ovation, and i even remember a few villa players clapping him off the park in 77.
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applauded the aforementioned pires goal and also sylvain distin's goal for man city against us in a mid-week defeat. it was brilliant. like a knife through butter.
this is it:-
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I'd never do it.
The quality is always tempered by the fact its against us.
The closest to admiration they'll get is a curse under my breath.
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applauded the aforementioned pires goal and also sylvain distin's goal for man city against us in a mid-week defeat. it was brilliant. like a knife through butter.
this is it:-
That was one that in hindsight, I should have clapped. At the time I thought that he just wandered through our shite defence, and was annoyed, but watching replays it was a brilliant burst and composed finish from a centre half I have always rated.
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Fuck that.
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Done it once in my entire life. First game of the season a few years back against QPR ( Staunton scored a piledriver for us). Think we were 4-1 up when QPR scored a consolation goal late on. Me and Alex-Alex Cropley jumped up and cheered their goal because he'd put a few quid on a 4-2 Villa win.
Dunno why I cheered - he didn't give me a carrot out of his winnings...
Edit - "few years back" - it was 16 years ago.
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Recall a sharp intake of breath and then widespread applause on the Holte when Mark Pembridge lashed in a 40 yarder for Luton back in 1991. Was a weird game in general, that. Cantscoreino might even have scored.
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I wouldn't be able to do it myself after every goal we concede I'm gutted.
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I remember quite a row on here after the Pires goal with some getting upset that people had applauded it.
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Don't think I have done this at villa park. Although olofs goals against England were the most entertaining (football related) thing on TV during the summer.
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"A few years back" when I stood on the Holte there was a bloke who whould always applaud the opposition goals, every single flaming one. Not just polite but vigorous and loud so everyone couldn't fail to notice. He stood by us for a year or so doing this, his son would be with him from time to time but never followed his Dads bizarre behaviour.
Needless to say, the gang that I was with, a mixture of all ages. shapes and sizes, began to get a bit peeved with this until a fight broke out after another appreciative round of applause from our friend. He was about 60 and my mates Dad, who was also around that age went for him. It was the youngsters who broke it up.
We never saw him again after that, but I always remember the fact that he wore a leather hat, similar to those Jarman blokes in Ledrhosen who played in the band at the Bierkeller.
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I'm far too bitter and immature when we concede to applaud. I've thought "shit! That was some goal" a few times, and i've certainly appreciated what a good goal it was when i've seen a replay on TV.
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Scholes' volley also, it just felt like the instinctive thing to do at the time and I've always admired him as a player. If it had been Giggs, Ronaldo or Rooney I'd have given them a right round of f***s.
Also applauded Forrsell's consolation in the 5-1 game, as did quite a few others, but that was more of a piss-take than anything genuine.
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I've done it a few times, yes. If you appreciate a game you have to applaud its finest moments, even if it costs you personally.
It's at the very heart of sportsmanship in my opinion.
If a player does something truly extraordinary then you're privileged to witness it. So you suck it up, applaud him and then, if you get the opportunity, throw a bottle at him.
I agree with your sentiments but would it apply if (now obviously this is totally hypothetical of course) a Blues player cracked in a carbon copy goal of Ibrahimovic's at the Holte End?
Of course.
If it was an own goal.
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I couldn't applaud a goal against us. I might admit to a mate through gritted teeth that it was a great effort but never applaud.
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Sometimes I find myself inadvertently clapping softly if an opposition makes a good pass, I remember doing so at what I'm assuming was one of Paul Scholes' passes last Saturday.
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I seem to remember applauding the goal Helsingborg scored against us, in a UEFA Cup match, a few years back. Although if I'd known it would turn out to be the goal that knocked us out of the competition, maybe I wouldn't have!
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I seem to remember applauding the goal Helsingborg scored against us, in a UEFA Cup match, a few years back. Although if I'd known it would turn out to be the goal that knocked us out of the competition, maybe I wouldn't have!
I did as well, although I must admit it was more sarcastic than appreciative and was aimed at Villa.
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I applauded a goal by Ted Mcdougle for Bournmouth too many years ago (third division days) classic diving header
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Ted MacDougall's spectacular diving header for Bournemouth.
Ha. Just noticed avmark's post above. Great times even if it was only the third division.
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I don't think i ever have, not that i remember anyway.
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I have applauded goals and also particular displays of players if they are substituted off and have been really excellent. But its not a habit, I prefer to save my energy to cheer on our own players, it was great to cheer so loud last weekend that i lost my voice. Been a few years since that happened
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I applauded Dyer of Swansea when he was substituted last year. He had a cracking game that deserved recognition. Have also applauded other opposition goals and players when worthy - none spring to mind tho as I blank them from my memory as quickly as possible
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When Charlton beat us 4-3 a few years back on the last day, to stay up, Danny Mills got the winner. That wasn't applauded as such but I remember the Holte applauding the Charlton team/fans at the end for staying up.
I think we also gave Newcastle a warm round of applause when they went down.
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Hernan Crespo's 90th minute consolation goal in a 3-2 win.
Great curler into the top corner.
Everyone else gets applauded with the V's.
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I applauded a late Reading consolation goal at Villa Park in a 3-1 win a few years back with some considerable enthusiasm.
I had a bet on 3-1.
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Dare I say it but the goal that Trevor Francis scored against us to complete his hat trick for qpr at villa park- it was a quality goal the way he took the ball down and volleyed in from outside the box and as much as I disliked him I did applaud as did many others in the trinity road that day.
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I applauded a late Reading consolation goal at Villa Park in a 3-1 win a few years back with some considerable enthusiasm.
I had a bet on 3-1.
When Richard Walker scored our 4th late on vs Watford I remember only half heartedly applauding. I had a bet on us to win 3-0. We'd also had a penalty shout at 3-0 and I stood up and shouted "no penalty".
Which reminds me,I can't remember the game apart from it was lateish 90's but an opposition player was brought down in our box and for some reason I jumped up and shouted "penalty". To this day i've absolutely no idea why.
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Oh yeah, I was once the only person in the Tin Shed End at Feethams, applauding David Platt onto the pitch, when Darlington played Nottingham Forrest, in a League Cup game. In retrospect, I wish I hadn't have bothered.
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I remember when Ronaldinho play for Barcelona against Real Madrid and his genius scoring three world class goals against Real Madrid and he was left with standing ovulation and clapping from Real Madrid fans and this is extremely rare event at the Bernabeu and it really rattled the Real Madrid players.
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Fuck that.
*likes/thumbs-up*
I think the only time I've done it was when in with the opposition's fans just to avoid being found out.
Otherwise the closest to acknowledging an opposing player would be if he had an outstanding game and was being subbed.
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I remember when Ronaldinho play for Barcelona against Real Madrid and his genius scoring three world class goals against Real Madrid and he was left with standing ovulation and clapping from Real Madrid fans and this is extremely rare event at the Bernabeu and it really rattled the Real Madrid players.
It was a great period in his career.
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That Arsenal 100 pass goal Cole smashed in a few years back.
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Fuck that.
*likes/thumbs-up*
I think the only time I've done it was when in with the opposition's fans just to avoid being found out.
Otherwise the closest to acknowledging an opposing player would be if he had an outstanding game and was being subbed.
I am pretty much along these lines. In the heat of the moment, when an opponent produces a moment if genius to score against us, all I can do is either sulk, weep or shout out "bad defending".
I have applauded a few players over the years, most notably Michael Owen, who received an ovation from us when he came ON as sub a week after the England 5-1 Germany game, and I will applaud players going off injured, but I am too one eyed and distressed to applaud a goal.
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Not for me. Like others I'm always too annoyed that we have conceded a goal. I can look back and appreciate it, but at the time I'm too gutted.
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Sometimes football takes over and you have to see it for what it is. Too long ago for most of you to remember but, both Mike Ferguson (whom we signed later) scored a fabulous goal for Blackburn against us sometime in the sixties, you just had to stand and applaud as he'd dribbled (which they did back then) past most of the Villa team and slotted it into the net. Also Bobby Charlton did exactly the same about 1965. Visualise Maradonna against England in the "hand of God" match only beating twice as many players. It must be said that we were quite shit at the time though. Great goals none the less.
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A bit vague here;
(Barry?) Ferguson for Blackburn against us in what i remember as the final game of the season. He dribbled from his own half past the whole Villa team - demoralised I remember, maybe we were relegated.
I were just a lad so maybe 1967?
I think we lost 4-0
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See above berneboy, it was Mike Ferguson. Date's about right though.
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Once, when an Arsenal player scored a sublime goal against us.
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Only once in my Villa life. Sorry to say it was a Paul Scholes goal at Villa Park.
I was in K7, season ticket, when the goal was scored. He hit a 30 yard volley. As soon as the cross came in i shouted to my mates around me " He is going to put this in the back of the net." And he did. One of the best goals i have seen at Villa Park, ever. Next time i will keep my bloody mouth shut. Paul Fuc.in Scholes.
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The one which hit the underside of the bar and went in? If so, I was on holiday at the time and just turned round and walked on to the next pub.
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If we were 17-0 up in the 3rd round of the FA Cup against a non league side with two minutes to go when one of their players runs the length of the pitch bouncing the ball on his head before flicking it up and turning around and hitting it in off the cross bar with a bicycle kick from near the corner flag I still wouldn't applaud.
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Season 73/74. QPR were heading for promotion from the second division. They came to VP. They were given a free kick just outside the box almost central. Terry Venables chipped the ball over the wall and Gerry Francis ran around the wall and volleyed it into the net. I admired that and knew from that day that Venables was a genius.
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The Mark Pembridge volley at the Holte End was a cracker. Most people around me applauded - or at least muttered that is a great goal
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I have but can't remember individual games. Applauding is a defence mechanism as much as it is an appreciation of the opposition's talent. Kind of like saying you had to do that to beat us. Or, if we've won its a patronising "well done".
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I have a few times - Scholes and Pires goals being two that stand out. The way I see it is I love football and if I see something that is world class then I will applaud it even if it is against us.
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The Mark Pembridge volley at the Holte End was a cracker. Most people around me applauded - or at least muttered that is a great goal
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What the hell was Mountfield thinking for their first?
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we gave Cruyff a standing ovation, and i even remember a few villa players clapping him off the park in 77.
I reckon almost everybody in the ground stood and applauded him off. It was the greatest individual performance I've ever witnessed at Villa Park.
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The Mark Pembridge volley at the Holte End was a cracker. Most people around me applauded - or at least muttered that is a great goal
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Not paying sufficient attention to a short corner being taken.
Who was supposed to be patrolling the edge of the 18 yard line ?
I think it's Mark Walters ball watching and allowing the guy who scored to get a good 2/3 yards in front of him.
Who was that on the far stick? He starts on the line as the corner is being taken but by the time the ball is being hit by the scorer he is a few feet off the line.
Spink should have easily got down to it and at worst pushed it round the post for another corner. If it had been a German I'm sure he would have.
An absolutely terrible goal to concede, no credit whatsoever to the scorer or the oppostion whatsoever.
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we gave Cruyff a standing ovation, and i even remember a few villa players clapping him off the park in 77.
I reckon almost everybody in the ground stood and applauded him off. It was the greatest individual performance I've ever witnessed at Villa Park.
I was there; agreed.
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Mark Walters had been gone a few years by this game, it may have been Tony Daley, I think that was the game that Cascarino missed an absolute sitter and the boos started.
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Did anyone applaud Trevor Francis's hat trick for QPR ? :D
Er no but I applauded his four goals against Bolton for Small Heath at the age of.........sixteen!!
Never seen anything like that before or since.
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Did anyone applaud Trevor Francis's hat trick for QPR ? :D
Er no but I applauded his four goals against Bolton for Small Heath at the age of.........sixteen!!
Never seen anything like that before or since.
F*ck me I remember that and I was at school so we must be of same era!
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2 stand out games for me.
1988 v Liverpool in the Cup - Barnes and Beardsley scored crackers and lots of fans in the packed Holte End clapped the second. This was possibly their best ever team but we matched them for an hour (when we were in Division 2)
1989 v Everton - I think we were 5-0 up and they got a consolation and loads of people cheered. In fact the whole ground cheered. Classic game that one - McGrath and Cowans in midfield together on one of the few occasions.
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1989 v Everton - I think we were 5-0 up and they got a consolation and loads of people cheered. In fact the whole ground cheered. Classic game that one - McGrath and Cowans in midfield together on one of the few occasions.
Cottee got one to make it 6-1 and Paul McGrath shinned one past Nigel Spink for 6-2 - 23 years ago last week.
Back on topic, I remember a real screamer from Sulley Muntari for Portsmouth from around 35 yards at the Holte End for Portsmouth a few years ago - 2007 or 2008 maybe.
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Back on topic, I remember a real screamer from Sulley Muntari for Portsmouth from around 35 yards at the Holte End for Portsmouth a few years ago - 2007 or 2008 maybe.
No not Holte End. They were 3-0 up at HT and attacking Witton End. Yes great goal.
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I recollect Stephen Gerrard getting an ovation after single handedly doing us over, probably around 2005/6?
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Paul Ince scored a belter against us for West Ham, just after he broke through, I remember applauding that.
Yeah that's the one that sticks in my memory too - 89 it was.
IIRC, he picked the ball up from our corner on the edge of his own box, ran virtually the length of the field and stuck it in the top corner from the edge of our box. Great goal.
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Neil Ruddock scoring the second best goal of the game for Millwall in 1989 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RO6_Bv-ALU)
David Rocastle around the same time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_RgB_lce8o#t=01m08s)
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Matt Jansen's superb long range effort for Crystal Palace against us. We were 3-0 up at the time but it deserved applause whatever the score.
It was a great run before it as well I seem to remember.
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we gave Cruyff a standing ovation, and i even remember a few villa players clapping him off the park in 77.
I reckon almost everybody in the ground stood and applauded him off. It was the greatest individual performance I've ever witnessed at Villa Park.
As a one eyed 15 year old I most certainly did not applaud Cruyff.
And I am not sure I would be any more magnanimous today.
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Alexander Mostovoi ,Celta Vigo.
His performance for Celta Vigo 1998/1999 is the best individual performance I have seen against us.
Fantastic player! One of my favourites. He absolutely destroyed Liverpool too
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The one which hit the underside of the bar and went in? If so, I was on holiday at the time and just turned round and walked on to the next pub.
That was the one Legion.
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I remember the Everton fans applauding THAT goal by Tony Morley at Goodison Park on our run to being champions in 80/81. I was standing amongst them down the side and there was a murmur which broke into applause purely from them appreciating the build up and the finish. They also clapped Villa at the end of the game. Those were the days!
Anyone care to find the goal and post it on here?
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I remember when Ronaldinho play for Barcelona against Real Madrid and his genius scoring three world class goals against Real Madrid and he was left with standing ovulation and clapping from Real Madrid fans and this is extremely rare event at the Bernabeu and it really rattled the Real Madrid players.
It was a great period in his career.
This needs wider recognition.
Bravo Chris, but too subtle for the masses.
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Paul Ince scored a belter against us for West Ham, just after he broke through, I remember applauding that.
Yes remember that like it was yesterday, I applauded to. Ran from just inside his own half then let fly from 30 yards.
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What the hell was Mountfield thinking for their first?
They were quite regular though weren't they. I thought his name was Mountfield O.G. for about two years.
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I've applauded lots of opposition goals over the years. We're all football fans regardless of the team we support and we can all appreciate quality play. If I'd personally witnessed that Ibrahimovitch goal the other night I'd have given the guy a standing ovation, not just a polite clap. It's got to be one of the best goals I've ever seen.
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Paul Ince scored a belter against us for West Ham, just after he broke through, I remember applauding that.
Yes remember that like it was yesterday, I applauded to. Ran from just inside his own half then let fly from 30 yards.
This is the one that sticks in my mind. Although, at the time, I wasn't very happy.
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Can I just say that I got Chris's joke?
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Paul Ince scored a belter against us for West Ham, just after he broke through, I remember applauding that.
Yes remember that like it was yesterday, I applauded to. Ran from just inside his own half then let fly from 30 yards.
This is the one that sticks in my mind. Although, at the time, I wasn't very happy.
It was one of those "Oh shit, we're going down" moments.
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I remember the Everton fans applauding THAT goal by Tony Morley at Goodison Park on our run to being champions in 80/81. I was standing amongst them down the side and there was a murmur which broke into applause purely from them appreciating the build up and the finish. They also clapped Villa at the end of the game. Those were the days!
Anyone care to find the goal and post it on here?
http://youtu.be/y9ZEM4R0jFk
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Thanks Duncan!
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I seem to recall clapping the occasional opposition goal over the years. When the Villa are 4/5 up and there's a consolation goal for example. Otherwise when we've been getting tonked and I've clapped with heavy sarcasm directed at our bench (particularly during the DOL era).
Turning the question around, has anybody seen opposition supporters clapping a Villa goal?
I seem to remember this happening at Derby and Boro but I may have imagined it.
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Patridge commentates on the Ibrahimovic goal:
http://youtu.be/jd7-8IXMVVY
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When my old man took me down the game, Holte, Left Side, near the bottom, I would quite often find him applauding an opposition goal and thought, "what a geek" and would be dying of embarrassment. Now I could see myself doing it very easily without thinking about it.
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My Grandad (an Ipswich fan) came up the Holte with Dad and i about 12-15 years ago when we played Blackburn. Tim Sherwood scored a corker from about 30 yards and my Grandad applauded, I could have died of horror, thought we were sure to get a pasting.
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Can I just say that I got Chris's joke?
Can you share with the rest of us?
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Can I just say that I got Chris's joke?
Can you share with the rest of us?
Read closely what Salsa wrote.
Good to have you back Chris.
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theres a spelling mistake
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couple of my bluescouse friends rang me up after we beat them at goodison with youngs last minute goal seconds after they had equalised to tell me it was one of the best goals at goodison that year, they couldn't see the funny side of moyes still gesticulating to the villa fans tho as the ball was just going past howard.
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Can I just say that I got Chris's joke?
So did I, eventually. I'm dead quick me.
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Can I just say that I got Chris's joke?
Can you share with the rest of us?
Read closely what Salsa wrote.
Good to have you back Chris.
Right oh, I get it now. Good egg.
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Matt Jansen's superb long range effort for Crystal Palace against us. We were 3-0 up at the time but it deserved applause whatever the score.
I remember applauding that one. First time I applauded an opposing players goal.
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2 stand out games for me.
1988 v Liverpool in the Cup - Barnes and Beardsley scored crackers and lots of fans in the packed Holte End clapped the second. This was possibly their best ever team but we matched them for an hour (when we were in Division 2)
1989 v Everton - I think we were 5-0 up and they got a consolation and loads of people cheered. In fact the whole ground cheered. Classic game that one - McGrath and Cowans in midfield together on one of the few occasions.
I might be mis-remembering this, but was that (Everton) the game where Kevin Sheedy smashed the ball at Chris Price's face from point blank range knocking him unconscious and the paramedics had to come on to stop him swallowing his tongue? Strange I remember that incident and can't remember any of the goals!
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I applauded a goal by Ted Mcdougle for Bournmouth too many years ago (third division days) classic diving header
I remember we all clapped that one. Funny thing though, I remember it as absolutely brilliant from at least twenty yards etc etc. I watched it on You Tube the other week and it weren't that special, or that far. Goes to show what we were used to I guess. Still, great game, great result, great atmosphere.
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I can't say I've ever felt the need to applaud a goal by an away team, no matter how good it is. The most I'll go for is a grudging acknowledgement after the game when I've had a chance to calm down a bit.
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I just got Chris's joke
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I remember the Everton fans applauding THAT goal by Tony Morley at Goodison Park on our run to being champions in 80/81. I was standing amongst them down the side and there was a murmur which broke into applause purely from them appreciating the build up and the finish. They also clapped Villa at the end of the game. Those were the days!
Anyone care to find the goal and post it on here?
A bit later than that, we played Everton at their place (late 80's or early 90's) and at the end of the game Neville Southall applauded the Villa fans. Not just a brief, token gesture, applauding all four sides of the ground either.
There has been some wanky behaviour from that lot and their fans in recent years, but they're generally a decent bunch. They seem to have gone beyond that weird phase of hating us, which helps of course. Probably because we're little threat at the moment.
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I remember us all being spellbound when Cruyff came with Barcelona - He was applauded off with genuine affection and admiration.
Don't remember their goals but our two in the last few minutes raised the roof.
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I applaud them If they score in their own net ;)
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I applaud them If they score in their own net ;)
On that basis, Richard Dunnes been applauded a lot in his time.
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I first encountered the 'applauding the opposition scoring as a means of expressing your frustration at our own shitness' phenomenon as Liverpool took the lead on the last day of the Holte. That's how I interpreted it as a 13 year old at the time anyway, but then again I was in the Doug Ellis upper. We roared back second half, and realised that maybe Dwight Yorke might amount to something afterall...
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I am not going to applaud oppposition goals - especially at Villa Park. There always seem to be some group of twats in the corner prepared to do that. What makes it worse is none of them seem regulars whereas I hardly miss a home game.
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Acknowledging excellence is permissable.
i recal several years ago Gerrad being applauded off after being subbed by our support after beating us pretty much on his own.
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it definitely should be allowed. I remember the Portsmouth fans staying till the end after being pumelled by Arsenal and giving a standing ovation. That type of spirit rekindled my love for football.
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On our last visit to Highbury Thierry Henry gave a masterclass and we in turn gave him a standing ovation when he was substituted. That wasn't so much applauding an opposition goal as recognising genius when we saw it.