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Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: Ron Manager on May 18, 2016, 04:58:07 PM
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There is a picture of Andy Gray heading a magnificently brave goal against Ipswich. He arrives over George Burley It was either in the 5-2 win in 1976 in which he got a hat trick or the 1978 6-1 win . I thought it was in the following programme but I cannot trace it. Anybody help on this one?
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First hatrick for the Villa. What a start we had to that season - West Ham 4-1 (or was it 4-0) and we beat them in the cup as well. Even beat Man City in the cup a week after Beirut at Maine Road.
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Is this the one?
(http://i.imgur.com/ui1K3Kc.png)
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I was in the Holte that day as an 11 year old. Best AV team in my time. AG at his best
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My first Villa game. The 5-2 in 1976.
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Is this the one?
(http://i.imgur.com/ui1K3Kc.png)
Shoot! ? Think ive still got that one in the loft
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Remember that game vividly, we were some side going forward that year.
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Andy was as photogenic as the Elephant Man , but as a footballer he had that knack being a great subject for an action photograph.I know its not the same , but I think Thomas Hauser said ,Ali had a unique quality of never being in a bad photo.
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Is this the one?
(http://i.imgur.com/ui1K3Kc.png)
Shoot! ? Think ive still got that one in the loft
Villa programme extract from the following home game
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Dad took me to both of those Ipswich games I was 8 & 10
I remember the hat trick 5-2 game.
I don't think he played in the 6-1 win ?
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Is this the one?
(http://i.imgur.com/ui1K3Kc.png)
Right goal wrong picture Morris.The one I remember was
a lot closer to Gray/Burley and a single picture of the pair.
I will keep looking.Thanks for putting this montage up'
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First hatrick for the Villa. What a start we had to that season - West Ham 4-1 (or was it 4-0) and we beat them in the cup as well. Even beat Man City in the cup a week after Beirut at Maine Road.
We beat West Ham 4-1 on Boxing Day 1975 (1975-76 season) and then we beat them 4-0 on the first day of the 1976-77 season, as well as beating them 3-0 in the FA Cup the following January.
I seem to remember we beat Manchester City 3-0 (think Brian Little got all 3 - he certainly scored 2 outstanding goals, one where he turned a defender and left him standing before scoring and another was a sort of overhead kick) at Villa Park in an early round of the League Cup on our way to winning it. In the FA Cup, I seem to remember we beat Leicester, West Ham and Port Vale before unluckily losing at Old Trafford in the 6th round after we had played a LCF and a replay in the previous 7 days.
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I always thought that Andy Gray header was him beating Kevin Beattie in the air. The photo actually looks like John Wark though I have no idea if he played that day.
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I always thought that Andy Gray header was him beating Kevin Beattie in the air. The photo actually looks like John Wark though I have no idea if he played that day.
Youre right, defo John Wark
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How about this one
(http://i.imgur.com/JA94zaM.jpg)
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However, I prefer this pic
(http://i.imgur.com/JTYSGfv.jpg)
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How about this one
(http://i.imgur.com/JA94zaM.jpg)
That's the one Morris! It's definitely John Wark not George Burley as I remembered it though
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Great find.
Dennis Shaw was a little bit before my time, but reading that and remembering the likes of Leon Hickman and Rob Bishop brings into sharp focus just how much the Mail has declined.