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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Legion on September 07, 2014, 09:02:03 AM
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Which is the 'best' goal scored against us?
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He shouldn't have been on the pitch at the time, cheating bastard.
I reckon Warnock's brilliant goal for QPR when he sent Given the wrong way was the best goal we've conceded. Pure class.
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Shame he never did anything like this when he was playing for us.
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The one I often remember.
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Ian Rush scored a beauty back in the early 80's on a freezing Friday night.
Also the John Barnes diving header 0-2 FA cup game under sir graham.
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Paul Ince scored a cracker circa 1989 for Wet Spam. Ran from the edge of his own box and stuck it in the top corner from about 25 yards.
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Never been any. Every goal we've ever conceded was just lucky, or, more likely, a figment of everybody's collective imagination, ergo proof that we are, indeed, living in The Matrix.
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The one I often remember.
Me also, but for a different reason - I was in hospital, having been blinded in one eye (temporarily) playing football the night before. Obviously I only heard it being described on the radio...even if I'd seen it, I probably wouldn't have seen it.
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In recent years the first one of these two.
http://m.youtube.com/results?q=sulley%20muntari%20v%20villa&sm=3
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I don't like thinking about goals against us.
Haven't we ever let one in that sent the b-lose down or something?
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Razor Ruddock stuck a corker in against us in the League Cup v Millwall. 3-1 Villa.
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Van Persie's goal season before last probably one of the best last few years.
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I wanted to sign Mark Pembridge for about 5 years on the back of that goal.
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Razor Ruddock stuck a corker in against us in the League Cup v Millwall. 3-1 Villa.
Good goal completely overshadowed by McInally's second that night.
http://m.youtube.com/results?q=villa%20v%20millwall%20league%20cup%201988&sm=3
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3rd Division.
Villa vs Torquay
My 4th game.
Villa dominate the game for 89 minutes (seemed that way)
Torquay make a break away, and Jimmy Cave sticks it in the back of the net from 25 yards
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Van Persie's goal season before last probably one of the best last few years.
I don't consider that a goal as it was off-side.
Annoys me every time they show it.
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Ashley Cole scored a great team goal against us for Arsenal years back.
Quite a few Villa fans applauded that one.
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I don't like thinking about goals against us.
Haven't we ever let one in that sent the b-lose down or something?
I am the same. I tend to blank them from my memory. But I do remember the Ruddock goal for Millwall in the cup being very good and then a few months later the Ince goal for West Ham.
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3rd Division.
Villa vs Torquay
My 4th game.
Villa dominate the game for 89 minutes (seemed that way)
Torquay make a break away, and Jimmy Cave sticks it in the back of the net from 25 yards
Was that the one we won 5-1? Brian Little's debut?
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Van Persie's goal season before last probably one of the best last few years.
I don't consider that a goal as it was off-side.
Annoys me every time they show it.
All 3 of their goals were off that night. Technically we won that game 1-0
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Matt Jansen's goal for Crystal Palace when we beat them 3-1 and the goal was a consolidation. Couldn't find a You Tube video of it though.
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Matt Jansen's goal for Crystal Palace when we beat them 3-1 and the goal was a consolidation. Couldn't find a You Tube video of it though.
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I just watched that Jansen goal. Kept watching and the Athletic Madrid game came on, we battered them at Villa Park the place was rocking!
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3rd Division.
Villa vs Torquay
My 4th game.
Villa dominate the game for 89 minutes (seemed that way)
Torquay make a break away, and Jimmy Cave sticks it in the back of the net from 25 yards
Was that the one we won 5-1? Brian Little's debut?
Wow- that's the goal I always quote as the best I've seen against us- thought it was false memory syndrome! I think his name was Mickey Cave. It was a top five match in our first season in the third and ,I think, Dick Edwards was playing against us.You are right we were all over them and then Cave just hit one of the hardest shots I recall from distance and, viewed through the Witton End railings, it hardly raised above grass level before hitting the net in front of the Holte.
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Only opposition goal I can ever remember applauding was Helsingborg. And that was done sarcastically.
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Most comical goal I remember was Norwich at home, 1994-95 season. They have a corner, Bosnich comes for it with no chance of winning, misses it, Norwich player hits the post, Kevin Richardson clears it, Norwich player hits the bar, Villa player clears it, tremendous scramble before Norwich player scores finally from header.
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Le Tissier at Villa park. He took on about 3 players and spanked it in the top corner. He scored a few at VP though, so finding which brilliant one might be tough.
Was late on. And another one of those moments when I said about 3 seconds before oh fuck hes gonna spank this in. See Sherwood for Spurs as an other example of such.
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3rd Division.
Villa vs Torquay
My 4th game.
Villa dominate the game for 89 minutes (seemed that way)
Torquay make a break away, and Jimmy Cave sticks it in the back of the net from 25 yards
Was that the one we won 5-1? Brian Little's debut?
No, Mal.
Was our first season in Div 3 and we lost 0-1 :-[
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Any goal where we are winning at least 3-0 with 5 mins to go.
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I will pick two. Brian McDermott and Willie Young both for Arsenal. No idea now if they were taps in, headers, or 30 yard screamers. Frankly, who cares ?
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To be fair Eric gates goal down B6 in 81 was both sickening but superb rolled into 1.
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Le Tissier at Villa park. He took on about 3 players and spanked it in the top corner. He scored a few at VP though, so finding which brilliant one might be tough.
Was late on. And another one of those moments when I said about 3 seconds before oh fuck hes gonna spank this in. See Sherwood for Spurs as an other example of such.
I remember this one from Le Tissier it was our first home game of the 94/95 season I was sat in the Witton Lane that night as soon as he hit it I knew it was flying in the top corner.
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I reckon it was the year after that one, because I am sure I got a proper deja vu from it.
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Matt Jansen's goal for Crystal Palace when we beat them 3-1 and the goal was a consolidation. Couldn't find a You Tube video of it though.
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Memories. I think that was when we were going nowhere in the league, Gregory took over and with 11 games to go, won 9 and drew 2 to get us into Europe.
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Les Ferdinand scored an absolute screamer against us for QPR on the first home game of the 93/94 season. We won the game 4-1 though with some screamers of our own.
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Les Ferdinand scored an absolute screamer against us for QPR on the first home game of the 93/94 season. We won the game 4-1 though with some screamers of our own.
Missed that goal as was getting a drink. 2 late goals from Atkinson and Staunton. Wonder strikes.
Anyone got a link for that game?
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Most comical goal I remember was Norwich at home, 1994-95 season. They have a corner, Bosnich comes for it with no chance of winning, misses it, Norwich player hits the post, Kevin Richardson clears it, Norwich player hits the bar, Villa player clears it, tremendous scramble before Norwich player scores finally from header.
If we are talking about Norwich goals at Villa Park there is only one that immediately springs to my mind and it was about eight years before that.
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You can take your pick of any one of about 500 Le Tissier scored against us.
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Didn't Fashnu score a belter against us?
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Van Persie's goal season before last probably one of the best last few years.
I don't consider that a goal as it was off-side.
Annoys me every time they show it.
I tell you what annoys me, The amount of goals they show on tv that are scored against us, like oh here's some twat lets show a montage of about 4 goals past the Villa
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You can take your pick of any one of about 500 Le Tissier scored against us.
It wasn't just us to be fair. I always remember those two he got against a blue kitted Newcastle in the early days of Sky. The very early days of Sky when Jonathan Pearce used to urge us to "Come and have the crack on Super Sunday Talkback".
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Can't really remember any goals scored against us at villa park. One of beelzebub's in his hatrick against us was quite good as I recall.
Not against us, but best goal (by a long way) by a non- villa player I've seen scored at VP was giggs's in the semi-final. Absolutely fantastic
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More for the occasion and the timing than the quality of the goal itself, but if anyone asks me about an opposition goal at Villa Park the first name I think of is Paolo Rossi.
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Ronnie Rosenthal.
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When I was posting about the Rossi goal I honestly considered adding a bit about Ronnie's screamer into the top corner. ;D
And let us not forget Mark Walters little dance after scoring the opener.
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It's probably paranoia but it seems to happen a lot that when a striker is in a barren spell he breaks it against us. Remember Forlan going something like 28 games without scoring and being a laughing stock, then we went to Old Trafford. Anyway, back to the original question that volley from Scholes at the Witton End was horrendously good strike. The ginger bastard. Also as much as it grates, Long's first last season at the Hawthorns was a great goal. The bastard.
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Most comical goal I remember was Norwich at home, 1994-95 season. They have a corner, Bosnich comes for it with no chance of winning, misses it, Norwich player hits the post, Kevin Richardson clears it, Norwich player hits the bar, Villa player clears it, tremendous scramble before Norwich player scores finally from header.
Deano, that goal was so comically shite it closed the credits for French TV channel Canal Plus' European football round up that weekend.
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3rd Division.
Villa vs Torquay
My 4th game.
Villa dominate the game for 89 minutes (seemed that way)
Torquay make a break away, and Jimmy Cave sticks it in the back of the net from 25 yards
Was that the one we won 5-1? Brian Little's debut?
No, Mal.
Was our first season in Div 3 and we lost 0-1 :-[
I was at that game and strangely enough I can still recall my dad asking a bloke with a radio on the bus home who had scored for Torquay and the name Mickey Cave stuck in my mind. John Dunn didn't bother diving as he knew he had no chance. I didn't realise it was 89th minute though.
To this day Mickey Cave is the only Torquay player I could ever name.
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To this day Mickey Cave is the only Torquay player I could ever name.
And he's been dead for 30 years. I went to school with a kid who played for Torquay
None-Villa goals at Villa Park - I went to the FA Cup semi final between Ipswich and Man City in 1981 ( standing in the Man City end with the biggest bunch of racist lunatics I've ever met) and Paul Power scored a blinding 25 yarder in extra time to win the game. Nice goal, nice moustache
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Paul Power. A classic 70's/80's one club man. Until he went to Everton obviously.
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Robbie Fowler got a few crackers against us for Liverpool back in the day.
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3rd Division.
Villa vs Torquay
My 4th game.
Villa dominate the game for 89 minutes (seemed that way)
Torquay make a break away, and Jimmy Cave sticks it in the back of the net from 25 yards
Was that the one we won 5-1? Brian Little's debut?
No, Mal.
Was our first season in Div 3 and we lost 0-1 :-[
I was at that game and strangely enough I can still recall my dad asking a bloke with a radio on the bus home who had scored for Torquay and the name Mickey Cave stuck in my mind. John Dunn didn't bother diving as he knew he had no chance. I didn't realise it was 89th minute though.
To this day Mickey Cave is the only Torquay player I could ever name.
To be honest, Pat, it may have been Mickey Cave, not Jimmy.
It was late in the game when he scored. It certainly felt like the 89th as the time flew by after.
I might try and find out. Knowing my memory it was probably in the first half :-[
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3rd Division.
Villa vs Torquay
My 4th game.
Villa dominate the game for 89 minutes (seemed that way)
Torquay make a break away, and Jimmy Cave sticks it in the back of the net from 25 yards
Was that the one we won 5-1? Brian Little's debut?
No, Mal.
Was our first season in Div 3 and we lost 0-1 :-[
I was at that game and strangely enough I can still recall my dad asking a bloke with a radio on the bus home who had scored for Torquay and the name Mickey Cave stuck in my mind. John Dunn didn't bother diving as he knew he had no chance. I didn't realise it was 89th minute though.
To this day Mickey Cave is the only Torquay player I could ever name.
To be honest, Pat, it may have been Mickey Cave, not Jimmy.
It was late in the game when he scored. It certainly felt like the 89th as the time flew by after.
I might try and find out. Knowing my memory it was probably in the first half :-[
7th November 1970 .Mickey Cave it was. Definitely second half (must have lost the toss- they scored at The Holte End). Took them to third place and us fourth.
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Not against us, but best goal (by a long way) by a non- villa player I've seen scored at VP was giggs's in the semi-final. Absolutely fantastic
Really? You watch it again. Only one actual challenge and that was when he wa sin the box. He runs about 50 or 60 yards without being challenged. IT WAS A BRILLIANT FINISH BUT NOT A FABULOUS GOAL BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION. I'll stop shouting now.
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Couldn't agree more peter. In fact, it is the most over-hyped goal at VP in my view.
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3rd Division.
Villa vs Torquay
My 4th game.
Villa dominate the game for 89 minutes (seemed that way)
Torquay make a break away, and Jimmy Cave sticks it in the back of the net from 25 yards
Was that the one we won 5-1? Brian Little's debut?
No, Mal.
Was our first season in Div 3 and we lost 0-1 :-[
I was at that game and strangely enough I can still recall my dad asking a bloke with a radio on the bus home who had scored for Torquay and the name Mickey Cave stuck in my mind. John Dunn didn't bother diving as he knew he had no chance. I didn't realise it was 89th minute though.
To this day Mickey Cave is the only Torquay player I could ever name.
To be honest, Pat, it may have been Mickey Cave, not Jimmy.
It was late in the game when he scored. It certainly felt like the 89th as the time flew by after.
I might try and find out. Knowing my memory it was probably in the first half :-[
7th November 1970 .Mickey Cave it was. Definitely second half (must have lost the toss- they scored at The Holte End). Took them to third place and us fourth.
Cheers Godfrey. I genuinely had forgotten that Torquay were up there with us at the top of the table.
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3rd Division.
Villa vs Torquay
My 4th game.
Villa dominate the game for 89 minutes (seemed that way)
Torquay make a break away, and Jimmy Cave sticks it in the back of the net from 25 yards
Was that the one we won 5-1? Brian Little's debut?
No, Mal.
Was our first season in Div 3 and we lost 0-1 :-[
I was at that game and strangely enough I can still recall my dad asking a bloke with a radio on the bus home who had scored for Torquay and the name Mickey Cave stuck in my mind. John Dunn didn't bother diving as he knew he had no chance. I didn't realise it was 89th minute though.
To this day Mickey Cave is the only Torquay player I could ever name.
To be honest, Pat, it may have been Mickey Cave, not Jimmy.
It was late in the game when he scored. It certainly felt like the 89th as the time flew by after.
I might try and find out. Knowing my memory it was probably in the first half :-[
7th November 1970 .Mickey Cave it was. Definitely second half (must have lost the toss- they scored at The Holte End). Took them to third place and us fourth.
Cheers Godfrey. I genuinely had forgotten that Torquay were up there with us at the top of the table.
Two days before I was born.
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Paul Ince for West Ham near the end of the 88/89 season. He ran from half way in his own half took a few players on and then hit a 30 yarder into the top corner. The Holte applauded it probably because it was early in the game, it was to become the only goal though and we felll further towards the relegation zone. Thankfully West Ham went down instead of us.
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Matt Jansen's goal for Crystal Palace when we beat them 3-1 and the goal was a consolidation. Couldn't find a You Tube video of it though.
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Memories. I think that was when we were going nowhere in the league, Gregory took over and with 11 games to go, won 9 and drew 2 to get us into Europe.
Lost two, both at home to sides that were relegated (Barnsley and Bolton).
I maintain that the football we played during those three months we've never bettered in the fifteen or more years since (also lost and won against Atletico during this time). Yorke, Savo, an emerging Hendrie and even Joachim and Collymore at times, gelled fantastically in many of those games.
Barry looking an absolute star at 17 on his home debut and Yorke dinking a match-winning penalty against Arsenal on the last day seemed to preview an incredibly exciting future in store. Brian Little must have been shaking his head, it was the same rabble that failed to show their potential for the two thirds of the season he had been in charge.
Then the summer came, Savo left and the saga of Dwight's departure rumbled on before ending in acrimony. We continued to boss the league for the rest of the calendar year but something had changed and the effusive, attacking football of Gregory's early games was suddenly giving way to a more pragmatic, fitfully exciting but ultimately functional approach, and spring '99 was as torrid and depressing as the preceding one had been entertaining and satisfying.
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Matt Jansen's goal for Crystal Palace when we beat them 3-1 and the goal was a consolidation. Couldn't find a You Tube video of it though.
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Memories. I think that was when we were going nowhere in the league, Gregory took over and with 11 games to go, won 9 and drew 2 to get us into Europe.
Lost two, both at home to sides that were relegated (Barnsley and Bolton).
I maintain that the football we played during those three months we've never bettered in the fifteen or more years since (also lost and won against Atletico during this time). Yorke, Savo, an emerging Hendrie and even Joachim and Collymore at times, gelled fantastically in many of those games.
Barry looking an absolute star at 17 on his home debut and Yorke dinking a match-winning penalty against Arsenal on the last day seemed to preview an incredibly exciting future in store. Brian Little must have been shaking his head, it was the same rabble that failed to show their potential for the two thirds of the season he had been in charge.
Then the summer came, Savo left and the saga of Dwight's departure rumbled on before ending in acrimony. We continued to boss the league for the rest of the calendar year but something had changed and the effusive, attacking football of Gregory's early games was suddenly giving way to a more pragmatic, fitfully exciting but ultimately functional approach, and spring '99 was as torrid and depressing as the preceding one had been entertaining and satisfying.
Yes those last 12 or so games of 97-98 were magical. The display at Sheffield Wednesday when we won 3-1 was perhaps the best display, as bad as they were it was a complete Villa performance. I also remember a game vs Coventry, our favourite away ground at that time and their fans thought they would turn us over having already done so in the FA Cup. Nope, overhead genius goal from Yorke and we won 2-1. Also loved a win at Southampton where Yorke scored an amazing finish first time from an Alan Wright cross. To be fair the start of the next season wasn't bad either but as always we failed to build when in a dominant position.
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One of beelzebub's in his hatrick against us was quite good as I recall.
His chip from the edge of the area was good. Hat-trick against us as QPR's player manager and he took himself off pretty much as soon as he scored his third. The bastard.
We were winning 1-0 as well.
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3rd Division.
Villa vs Torquay
My 4th game.
Villa dominate the game for 89 minutes (seemed that way)
Torquay make a break away, and Jimmy Cave sticks it in the back of the net from 25 yards
Was that the one we won 5-1? Brian Little's debut?
No, Mal.
Was our first season in Div 3 and we lost 0-1 :-[
I was at that game and strangely enough I can still recall my dad asking a bloke with a radio on the bus home who had scored for Torquay and the name Mickey Cave stuck in my mind. John Dunn didn't bother diving as he knew he had no chance. I didn't realise it was 89th minute though.
To this day Mickey Cave is the only Torquay player I could ever name.
To be honest, Pat, it may have been Mickey Cave, not Jimmy.
It was late in the game when he scored. It certainly felt like the 89th as the time flew by after.
I might try and find out. Knowing my memory it was probably in the first half :-[
7th November 1970 .Mickey Cave it was. Definitely second half (must have lost the toss- they scored at The Holte End). Took them to third place and us fourth.
Cheers Godfrey. I genuinely had forgotten that Torquay were up there with us at the top of the table.
Didn't they get relegated that season, after a bright start?
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There was Jon Hurley's thunderbastard for Fulham at Loftus Rd. A classic "oh for fuck's sake" moment.
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Hi Nigel.
Torquay were relegated the following season.
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There was Jon Hurley's thunderbastard for Fulham at Loftus Rd. A classic "oh for fuck's sake" moment.
Only away game I've ever been to with my Parents. We were one-nil up after about 30 secs. Dodgy penalty as well I seem to remember.
Cracking strike though.
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Hi Nigel.
Torquay were relegated the following season.
Ah, cheer, Dave
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There was Jon Hurley's thunderbastard for Fulham at Loftus Rd. A classic "oh for fuck's sake" moment.
Bit like the Shelvey goal last season from the half way line ...
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sylvain distin scored a brillaint against us when he played for man city. it was a mid-week match. he started in his own box and we were just sliced open.
goal here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCfWbdDsYiE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCfWbdDsYiE)
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Back in October 85, attacking the Holte, a young Nigel Clough for Forest was attacking down the right and from over 20 yards out with even looking like he was going to do anything, hit the ball with the outside of his foot sending the ball into the top lefthand corner to score the winner. Absolutely superb goal.
We lost 2-1, Gibson scoring for us with Brendan Ormsby managing to score an own goal.
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OK here is one. See if anyone remembers:
Match against QPR in the second division mid 70's. QPR have a good team and win promotion that season. Free kick to QPR about 5 yards outside the area fairly central. Terry Venables takes it and lifts the ball right over our wall in a loop fashion. Gerry Francis who had taken up a position by the side of our wall turns around and volleys it into the net. Terrific goal as MON would say!
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I remember that one, Olaftab.
It was the winner as well -our first home defeat in eleven months.
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The next few games will give us a better idea of the progress made at the back.
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The next few games will give us a better idea of the progress made at the back.
Today wasn't bad?
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The next few games will give us a better idea of the progress made at the back.
Sorry but how is this connected with this thread?
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I remember that one, Olaftab.
It was the winner as well -our first home defeat in eleven months.
I think that was very good QPR team.
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Yes, they and Burnley were outstanding teams that year, else the great Vic Crowe might have managed consecutive promotions.
Just imagine, no Ron Saunders!!
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I don't understand the thread title.
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Yes could have said "Best goal against us" as it says in the first post.
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The thing about Vic missing out on promotion that season and being replaced by Ron makes me believe in the idiom that out of bad some good happens.
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The thing about Vic missing out on promotion that season and being replaced by Ron makes me believe in the idiom that out of bad some good happens.
See also Small Heath actually manage to win a trophy but still end up relegated and skint almost immediately afterwards.
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Paul Ince for West Ham near the end of the 88/89 season. He ran from half way in his own half took a few players on and then hit a 30 yarder into the top corner. The Holte applauded it probably because it was early in the game, it was to become the only goal though and we felll further towards the relegation zone. Thankfully West Ham went down instead of us.
was that the simod cup or whatever it was called- midweek game? Think I was at that one.
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Paul Ince for West Ham near the end of the 88/89 season. He ran from half way in his own half took a few players on and then hit a 30 yarder into the top corner. The Holte applauded it probably because it was early in the game, it was to become the only goal though and we felll further towards the relegation zone. Thankfully West Ham went down instead of us.
was that the simod cup or whatever it was called- midweek game? Think I was at that one.
No it was a league game late in the season. Might have been a bank holiday.
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I am pretty sure thehe Ince goal was on a Saturday. I was on the Holte on crutches after doing my knee ligaments playing football. They brought a load of away fans because it was Frank McAvennie's return/second debut after rejoining them from Celtic.
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Definitely on a Saturday.
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I would have said midweek. Young me recalls an evening with bugger all away fans there where he ran through half the team and cracked one in.
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It was a Saturday, some part of my memory thinks Butler was in goal for us that day?
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Definitely on a Saturday, although it was a bank Holiday weekend. We played QPR on the following Monday. And the away support was big as it was a relegation six pointer and they had just brought their golden boy back to the club. Butler was in goal that day. I can't actually recall us playing West Ham at home in midweek in my time going to Villa Park.
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Yep, definitely a Saturday, as I'm sure the 88/89 season review video will show.
I'm trying to remember whose picture was on the front of that video and I think it was Mark Lillis.
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No, wait, I think it was Rambo, actually, in his away shirt.
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No, wait, I think it was Rambo, actually, in his away shirt.
That rings a bell. Arms aloft celebrating a goal. Maybe at Arsenal or West Ham in one of the early season games?
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http://www.11v11.com/matches/west-ham-united-v-aston-villa-18-january-1989-31945/
full stats for that game - 18th jan 1989
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it was a Wednesday
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http://www.11v11.com/matches/aston-villa-v-west-ham-united-25-march-1989-89257/
sorry, wrong game, this was the one. he scored in both games
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http://www.11v11.com/matches/aston-villa-v-west-ham-united-25-march-1989-89257/
sorry, wrong game, this was the one. he scored in both games
That team looks shit, we lost arguably our two best players out of it (Keown and McInally) but signed God and nearly won the league.
It was ace supporting the Villa back then.
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Definitely on a Saturday, although it was a bank Holiday weekend. We played QPR on the following Monday. And the away support was big as it was a relegation six pointer and they had just brought their golden boy back to the club. Butler was in goal that day. I can't actually recall us playing West Ham at home in midweek in my time going to Villa Park.
Good point there Damo. The only time I can recall playing at home v W Ham was a Monday night at the beginning of the 1999-2000 season, when we somehow contrived to lose the ball in their half with a few seconds to go and they ran up the pitch and equalised.
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http://www.11v11.com/matches/aston-villa-v-west-ham-united-25-march-1989-89257/
sorry, wrong game, this was the one. he scored in both games
That team looks shit, we lost arguably our two best players out of it (Keown and McInally) but signed God and nearly won the league.
It was ace supporting the Villa back then.
Considering we sold two of our best players and replaced them with a non league striker who never got in the first team, Adrian Heath who was a flop signing, a crocked Man Utd reject and a relative unknown from the Danish league, the improvement in our league position from the season before was quite astounding. We didn't even get off to a flying start. To be fair, the washed up United reject and the Danish bloke weren't bad as signings go.
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