Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Villa Memories => Topic started by: Charlie8182 on April 07, 2019, 12:29:50 PM
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Not the best quality footage (appears quite dark) but a game from just a few weeks after the boardroom battles/EGM, including a dog on the pitch, a rare sending off for those times, and a winner where the ref should have just given the goal instead of a penalty.
https://youtu.be/Yu-PMoN6Rok
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Great post!
Thanks a lot, Charlie.
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Brilliant Charlie! All I can remember was the dog coming on and the Holte chanting Andy is back!
(Andy Gray had just left for Wolves).
A very rare sighting of Mick Pejic as well!
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That's an excellent find, and very interesting (and relatively rare) footage of the side in 79/80 evolving into the one that would become champions the following season. It's especially interesting to see Brian Little and Gary Shaw playing together.
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Every time I look at these clips from back then, I always ask myself the same question...How the hell did Denis Mortimer not play for England? That goal he scored there was just typical of the way he played, what a build up for it too; Sid's skill in taking the ball past the Stokie and then the exquisite pass.
Another question I ask myself is, how much better would those Villa players (and others to be fair) if they had pitches to play on like there are today?
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any one else notice Garth Crooks (no:10) around 5.40mins in to video..like myself he was a lot thinner in those days
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Brilliant.
Thoughts:
This must be the only recorded footage of Mike Pejic in a Villa shirt.
What a player Denis Mortimer was.
What a beautiful flick from Sir Brian of Littlehampton.
A disallowed goal for Kenny Swain, a rare occurence.
The fledgling brilliance of Cowans and Shaw.
Geoff Scott playing for Stoke, he passed away recently.
Allan Evans and Ken McNaught: Rocks in defence