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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Legion on January 21, 2013, 07:22:04 PM
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Never tire of watching that game.What an atmosphere.
I was at Rotterdam, and Wembley in 75, 77, 94, and 2000.I was at Highbury when we won the league, and at VP when we beat Lplop 5-1, but for some reason the Tranmere game is still my favourite Villa game.
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'Quality crosses, that's what led to the 2 goals' Oh for a few Tuesday night.
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Thanks for sharing Leeg, but now you've got me worried about who would be taking our penalties tomorrow!
Bannan, Benteke, Vlaar... who else?
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Never tire of watching that game.What an atmosphere.
I was at Rotterdam, and Wembley in 75, 77, 94, and 2000.I was at Highbury when we won the league, and at VP when we beat Lplop 5-1, but for some reason the Tranmere game is still my favourite Villa game.
Pretty much ditto for me less Wembley 75, this is my favourite game with the Arsenal Father Christmas game a close second.
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Never tire of watching that game.What an atmosphere.
I was at Rotterdam, and Wembley in 75, 77, 94, and 2000.I was at Highbury when we won the league, and at VP when we beat Lplop 5-1, but for some reason the Tranmere game is still my favourite Villa game.
It just edges out the first Inter Milan game as my favourite ever Villa match. As a game it had it all and the atmosphere inside Villa Park was unreal. Being born in 1980, the fact that it meant I would be seeing Villa in a Wembley final for the first time just topped it all off really. The final wasn't too bad either!!
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God I loved that!! Relive it everytime I watch that. Come on you Villa boys
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Never tire of watching that game.What an atmosphere.
I was at Rotterdam, and Wembley in 75, 77, 94, and 2000.I was at Highbury when we won the league, and at VP when we beat Lplop 5-1, but for some reason the Tranmere game is still my favourite Villa game.
Pretty much ditto for me less Wembley 75, this is my favourite game with the Arsenal Father Christmas game a close second.
Neither of you went in '96?
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And Tranmere is still my favourite game purely for the drama.
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Tranmere game was fantastic. I was in the Witton, or Doug stand with the rest of Cannock Villa and waited for hours for my Final ticket.
Was at Wembley with all of Cannock Villa for that game. Special mention to Custard Beast, Steve, who was DJ at Wimbelbery Rock club. UTV.
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Yeah, forgot that.
I'm too used to glory.
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Never tire of watching that game.What an atmosphere.
I was at Rotterdam, and Wembley in 75, 77, 94, and 2000.I was at Highbury when we won the league, and at VP when we beat Lplop 5-1, but for some reason the Tranmere game is still my favourite Villa game.
Pretty much ditto for me less Wembley 75, this is my favourite game with the Arsenal Father Christmas game a close second.
Neither of you went in '96?
I was on Her Majestys Service in the jungles of South America.
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I was feeling a little apathetic about tomorrow night until I watched that!
Come on Villa!!!
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The image of Shaun Teale sat bolt upright celebrating after scoring is one of my favourite Villa images.
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My favourite game - remember getting in and my Mum asking if I'd been on the pitch. The Holte was epic.
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See this is why I really want a pitch invasion tomorrow. I know it's illegal and makes us look small time but I missed the semi-final in 2010 so I've never been on the pitch before and it looks amazing.
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I'd forgotten their last minute freekick where they hit the inside of the post. I do remember turning the TV off when Richardson missed his and shouting down "That's it, we are out" as I couldn't face the last penalty. Then I came downstairs, my mum flicked the TV over and Daley was walking up to take his.
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It's a toss up as to the loudest game i've ever been to, that or the Inter Milan game under Atkinson.
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I still have the skid marks in my pants from the second leg.
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The image of Shaun Teale sat bolt upright celebrating after scoring is one of my favourite Villa images.
Definitely.
But I can't see any of our current crop putting their head in against a boot to score.
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It's a toss up as to the loudest game i've ever been to, that or the Inter Milan game under Atkinson.
At. Madrid at home was the best.
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The atmosphere on the Holte was unreal that day. Anyone remember why it was played on a Sunday and not midweek?
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The atmosphere on the Holte was unreal that day. Anyone remember why it was played on a Sunday and not midweek?
Live TV I think
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Never tire of watching that game.What an atmosphere.
I was at Rotterdam, and Wembley in 75, 77, 94, and 2000.I was at Highbury when we won the league, and at VP when we beat Lplop 5-1, but for some reason the Tranmere game is still my favourite Villa game.
Pretty much ditto for me less Wembley 75, this is my favourite game with the Arsenal Father Christmas game a close second.
Neither of you went in '96?
I was on Her Majestys Service in the jungles of South America.
To busy chopping trees down to follow the Villa. No excuse Jon ;)
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See this is why I really want a pitch invasion tomorrow. I know it's illegal and makes us look small time but I missed the semi-final in 2010 so I've never been on the pitch before and it looks amazing.
Same here, I was Upper Holte for Blackburn but it looked absolutely fantastic.
I remember my Dad had this on video. I can never remember seeing Shaun Teale playing live in a Villa shirt, but I'll never forget his name or the moustache. I used to pretend to be Bozzie every night for about 3 weeks after seeing this video
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There are plenty of other ways of getting on the pitch. FootballAid, for example. I took part in this a few years ago and loved every second of it.
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Wonderful ocassion and the Blackburn second leg wasn't too shabby either. Here's to another one tomorrow.
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In recent memory, the Leicester Semi was the only one without any real incident or excitement. Even the Bolton one had us close to winning it on away goals with our chances but wayward finishing cost us. Let us all hope that is not the case tomorrow.
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Never tire of watching that game.What an atmosphere.
I was at Rotterdam, and Wembley in 75, 77, 94, and 2000.I was at Highbury when we won the league, and at VP when we beat Lplop 5-1, but for some reason the Tranmere game is still my favourite Villa game.
Pretty much ditto for me less Wembley 75, this is my favourite game with the Arsenal Father Christmas game a close second.
Neither of you went in '96?
I was on Her Majestys Service in the jungles of South America.
To busy chopping trees down to follow the Villa. No excuse Jon ;)
More of a 6 month game to see who could get the furthest into Guatemala without getting caught and claiming it was purely a map reading mistake honest Sir. My call sign came close, but I cannot condone that sort of childish behaviour.
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In recent memory, the Leicester Semi was the only one without any real incident or excitement. Even the Bolton one had us close to winning it on away goals with our chances but wayward finishing cost us. Let us all hope that is not the case tomorrow.
The Leicester semi was dreadful, the Bolton semi had all the promise of a great game, if I remember correctly JLloyd Samuel scored late on in front of the Holte?
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What a day that was in 1994, two weeks of misery beforehand after losing the first leg then getting knocked out of the FA Cup at Bolton and having to wait to the Sunday, the atmosphere beforehand was from recollection a very nervous one with many on the Holte that day looking around thinking how the hell can we turn this around. We shouldn't have worried our name was on the Cup that year with the draws we had and some of the luck we had. Great memories and I must admit I nearly passed out after Rico blasted it over the bar. Oh for even half the drama tomorrow. Come on Villa, we can do this, every single one of us.
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Love how we scored our first vs Tranmere bang on 19 minutes, imagine if the same happens tomorrow
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The 94 shirt is getting dragged out of retirement for tomorrow night. It worked then and it will work tomorrow.
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Seeing Andy Townsend on PremierADLive tonight, he's aged pretty well.
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There are plenty of other ways of getting on the pitch. FootballAid, for example. I took part in this a few years ago and loved every second of it.
I am looking to do that, how much is it? Never got an email back from them
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I think I paid around £250. Well worth it.
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I may be too old for such things these days but pitch invasions are a bit of a Villa tradition.
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remember getting there about a hour before ko and the noise was immense as we walked into the holte. far and away the best game and atmosphere I've ever witnessed. very sad seeing the holte gone
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Archetypal Villa. If we're going to win, we're going to do it the hard way.
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My favourite Villa game ever, which in itself says all you need to know, when you consider the Final!
Proper mental celebrations on the Holte after every goal and penalty. If you notice, Dalian doesn't really celebrate his goal much despite everyone else going barmy. I remember Big Ron explaining why - Dalian thought we still needed another goal to keep us in it! Not the sharpest tool in the box, our Dalian.
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That game was the true "Holte's Last Stand", the last time we truly stood shoulder to shoulder and experienced the real rocking, writhing, dangerous and emotional roller-coaster that only a packed Holte End in a vitally important game could produce.
Also I reckon it was the last time I cried at a football match.
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If you notice, Dalian doesn't really celebrate his goal much despite everyone else going barmy. I remember Big Ron explaining why - Dalian thought we still needed another goal to keep us in it! Not the sharpest tool in the box, our Dalian.
Judging by the Tranmere defence, they might have thought the same as well. No one moved or reacted after the goal.
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Dave, I think that's one of the reasons so many people remember the game with such affection: the standing experience at its very best. When the delirium from the final penalty save had died down, I found myself man-hugging a bloke who I'd stood near for years, but never knew his name, tears in ours eyes, and all we kept saying to one another was, "Wembley...we're going to fucking Wembley!"
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That first leg against Tranmere was one of the best atmospheres I've ever been in at Villa Park, up in the old Trinity Road, what a fucking racket.
I can't think of many goals I've celebrated as much as that Atkinson header.
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That first leg against Tranmere was one of the best atmospheres I've ever been in at Villa Park, up in the old Trinity Road, what a fucking racket.
I can't think of many goals I've celebrated as much as that Atkinson header.
Personally I enjoyed the second leg at Villa Park. :P
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My mom passed away from cancer on Jan 23rd 94 she was Villa mad bless her and said we're going to Wembley this year Son after we beat Spurs. I remember crying my eyes out in the Witton upper with my sister when we finally made it, talk about an emotional roller coaster and the atmosphere was the best I've ever known! Needless to say the tears were flowing again when Rico lifted the cup!
19 years on and we're in the same boat, let's do it again, I'm sure the Holte Ender in the sky will be watching!
UTV!!!
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I can't get in the mood for this, don't know why, There are some reasons outside of the Villa, but they are not helping with their current trajectory.
I hope tomorrow restores my faith
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What a miserable night that was at Tranmere. A much better than team than we had today taken apart by Tranmere, who themselves had some very decent players. There are definitely similarities, and I know, hand on heart we can do this tomorrow. We need to be clinical and get the score level on aggregate as early as possible. We nearly blew it vs Tranmere, and against Blackburn a number of years later. Both ended being incredible games for different reasons. I don't need the heart racing like crazy tomorrow. Can I not just get a simple 5-0 battering?
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We fucking need a bit of that tomorrow from Captain Concrete
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That first leg against Tranmere was one of the best atmospheres I've ever been in at Villa Park, up in the old Trinity Road, what a fucking racket.
I can't think of many goals I've celebrated as much as that Atkinson header.
Personally I enjoyed the second leg at Villa Park. :P
Ha ha, good point.
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Wouldn't just love to have that kind of atmosphere at VP most weeks.
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What a miserable night that was at Tranmere. A much better than team than we had today taken apart by Tranmere, who themselves had some very decent players. There are definitely similarities, and I know, hand on heart we can do this tomorrow. We need to be clinical and get the score level on aggregate as early as possible. We nearly blew it vs Tranmere, and against Blackburn a number of years later. Both ended being incredible games for different reasons. I don't need the heart racing like crazy tomorrow. Can I not just get a simple 5-0 battering?
It was pretty horrible, but when it comes to league cup semi final misery, I don't think anything will ever top Oxford away, 1986.
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Dutch football looks awesome.
The fans always seem to look like British fans pre 1990, the grounds all look good, the quality is decent, and the atmosphere seems quality whenever I see Dutch football.
I also thought Ajax at our place the other year were the most impressive visiting fans I've seen for ages.
They absolutely never fucking shut up. It was actually annoying towards the end, they went on so long.
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This and the SHA 5.1 are my favourite games.
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Great to see the old Holte and Trinity looking so well.
There was a brief period (between the completion of the new Witton and the demolition of the Holte) that the stadium looked at it's best, IMO.
Remember them turning the time off from the bottom of the scoreboard, so we didn't know how long was left. That Atkinson header will be one of the images that flashes before me when I die.
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That day has a huge personal resonance, & the atmosphere there that day capped it all.
Inter Milan & possibly Arsenal (the parachute game) come close.
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Happy memories. Look how smug the tranmere bench and penalty taker looked before Bozzie stepped in. What a keeper he was, and what a team that was. Happy days.
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Happy memories. Look how smug the tranmere bench and penalty taker looked before Bozzie stepped in. What a keeper he was, and what a team that was. Happy days.
Yet their league form wasn't much better than this one's.
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True, but I know who I'd back in a head to head!
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The team who got 41 points from 42 games, obviously.
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Stood in The Holte for the 2nd leg. When the third goal went in, I ended up no where near where I was originally standing. It was utter bedlam. When Bozzie saved the last pen, I suddenly found myself on the centre circle. Amazing day.
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What a miserable night that was at Tranmere. A much better than team than we had today taken apart by Tranmere, who themselves had some very decent players. There are definitely similarities, and I know, hand on heart we can do this tomorrow. We need to be clinical and get the score level on aggregate as early as possible. We nearly blew it vs Tranmere, and against Blackburn a number of years later. Both ended being incredible games for different reasons. I don't need the heart racing like crazy tomorrow. Can I not just get a simple 5-0 battering?
It was pretty horrible, but when it comes to league cup semi final misery, I don't think anything will ever top Oxford away, 1986.
I remember that game too, but I didn't attend it, so I suppose I was lucky not to have witnessed that horror show. Mind you I did attend Oldham away which is shit personified on that wank plastic. I was at Leicester Uni for the Tranmere games and a couple of the lads were from the Wirral and few of us Villa heads headed up there. Like I said shit night and followed by gloating from the Tranmere lads until the second leg. We all got tickets upper Trinity and the place literally shook you'd think the old roof was coming down. Maybe Doug shit himself at the thought and changed it for that reason. In any case, nothing in my memory comes close to that game. And that includes some of our best games at Villa Park, including a never to be forgotten night versus Inter Milan.
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I still get nervous watching those penalties.
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Glad I'm not the only one!
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Should Bossie have been sent off for taking down Aldridge? Would he be sent off for it in 2013? Strange that he didn't even get booked.
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Should Bossie have been sent off for taking down Aldridge? Would he be sent off for it in 2013? Strange that he didn't even get booked.
If I recall correctly the rule was in place by that point and I remember expecting to see Bossie get his marching orders. Bossie's foul was a red card offence then and now, though I don't remember there being too much fuss about it in the media on the aftermath.
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That game was the true "Holte's Last Stand", the last time we truly stood shoulder to shoulder and experienced the real rocking, writhing, dangerous and emotional roller-coaster that only a packed Holte End in a vitally important game could produce.
Also I reckon it was the last time I cried at a football match.
Same for me - I always remember turning round to my Dad after Dalian scored to find he was being carried away by the tide ending up 50 feet away from where we were stood before, if you watch the highlights you can see as the Holte End surges forward like a tidal wave. I also remember the ringing in my ears after like you used to get leaving a cheap club, the noise was immense, after Deano scored it was like someone had released King Kong from behind the stands. The emotion and drama of that day I have never witnessed at VP perhaps the pitch invasion after Blackburn comes close - time for some new memories!
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What a game, what a night...my mate buggered off out of the Holte in a huff about 3 or 4 minutes before the end of normal time...only to come belting back up the steps when he heard the Dalian Atkinson roar.
As good as it was, no pens tonight please...
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I still get nervous watching those penalties.
You are not the only one. My heart was pounding just going through that again. A quite amazing game and boy did I enjoy that final too.
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Hadn't realised until today that we're the only team ever in the League Cup to have overturned a 2 goal deficit from the first leg. Let's hope that Chelsea don't become the second team, whether we get through or not.
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Should Bossie have been sent off for taking down Aldridge? Would he be sent off for it in 2013? Strange that he didn't even get booked.
If I recall correctly the rule was in place by that point and I remember expecting to see Bossie get his marching orders. Bossie's foul was a red card offence then and now, though I don't remember there being too much fuss about it in the media on the aftermath.
It wasn't a definite red card offence, the striker was moving away from the goal and there were three covering defenders all converging on the goal. Some refs might have sent him off, others wouldn't, it wasn't clear cut. Strange that he didn't get a yellow though, it was a pretty cynical foul.
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I'd also like to thank David Pleat for announcing a 3-0 win for Tranmere, seconds before Dalian's goal.
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Should Bossie have been sent off for taking down Aldridge? Would he be sent off for it in 2013? Strange that he didn't even get booked.
If I recall correctly the rule was in place by that point and I remember expecting to see Bossie get his marching orders. Bossie's foul was a red card offence then and now, though I don't remember there being too much fuss about it in the media on the aftermath.
There might not have been much fuss about it in the media but Tranmere fans certainly remember it as a grave injustice. Trust me I lived with one for 3 years at uni.
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We fucking need a bit of that tomorrow from Captain Concrete
Admiral Fibreglass
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http://www.skysports.com/socceram/games/missing_men/0,21650,,00.html
Some more League Cup fun. Took me 48 seconds and I miss-typed a few.
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Ooooh. 44:15:28.
It lagged on one of them or I'd have gone sub 40 seconds I think.
That team was easy though. Probably my favourite team in my Villa supporting life.
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That Atkinson header will be one of the images that flashes before me when I die.
Brilliant.
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Ooooh. 44:15:28.
It lagged on one of them or I'd have gone sub 40 seconds I think.
That team was easy though. Probably my favourite team in my Villa supporting life.
Well done. Took me 3 minutes. I still had to look up how to spell Ehiogu, after all these years
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51 seconds and only that long due to technical difficulties. The names of that team, like those in 94, is engraved in my mind
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36 seconds. Easiest one ever, that team picked itself!
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1:05:11. Not looking properly and I mis-spelt Milosevic.
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46:25 My mouse is playing up.
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My mom passed away from cancer on Jan 23rd 94 she was Villa mad bless her and said we're going to Wembley this year Son after we beat Spurs. I remember crying my eyes out in the Witton upper with my sister when we finally made it, talk about an emotional roller coaster and the atmosphere was the best I've ever known! Needless to say the tears were flowing again when Rico lifted the cup!
19 years on and we're in the same boat, let's do it again, I'm sure the Holte Ender in the sky will be watching!
UTV!!!
Top post. Hope the Villa will do her proud again soon...
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Someone on the pre-match thread mentioned that Big Ron was on the radio today and saying that during a penalty shoot-out the goalie should stand still as a couple always go down the middle. I remember an interview with Bozzie about this game when he said that Ron was trying to get him to do this, but Bozzie refused and was diving for them. Watch after some of his saves he gestures over to the bench and points to himself as if to say he knows best, with BFR gesturing about two (probably that had gone down the middle)
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I listened to this game on the radio, I was 11 at the time and I remember the emotions of that night.