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Author Topic: 1991/92 Villa v Man City  (Read 2474 times)

Offline somec

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1991/92 Villa v Man City
« on: March 15, 2013, 02:06:53 PM »
This was ome of the first games I remember going to.

What a goal from Tony Daley!


Offline Damo70

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Re: 1991/92 Villa v Man City
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2013, 02:19:30 PM »
It was certainly a million times better than the same fixture the previous season.

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Re: 1991/92 Villa v Man City
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2013, 09:23:16 PM »
I remember it being fucking freezing that day.  However, I have no explanation as to why the pitch at the Holte End is covered in snow and the pitch at the Witton End looks comparatively tropical.

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Re: 1991/92 Villa v Man City
« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2013, 05:55:45 AM »
Yes it was very cold and the pitch totally frozen towards the Holte - may not have gone ahead had it been played in this day in age.

One memory of the match that sticks in my mind is a particularly amazing piece of skill from the Lord our Saviour, Paul McGrath.

Defending the Holte, on a surface that made the likes on Niall Quinn look like Bambi on Ice the ball was drilled in to the box from out wide.  Macca, faccing the Holte did a mid air back heeled flick at the near post and managed to clear the ball out of the box and we started a counter attack.  Without trying to get too misty eyed over the great one, it was a particularly superb piece of skillful defending from a player that excelled at it week in week out, similar to his tackle on Ronnie Rosenthal at Anfield in 1993.

Offline willywombat

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Re: 1991/92 Villa v Man City
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2013, 06:55:33 AM »
Yes it was very cold and the pitch totally frozen towards the Holte - may not have gone ahead had it been played in this day in age.

One memory of the match that sticks in my mind is a particularly amazing piece of skill from the Lord our Saviour, Paul McGrath.

Defending the Holte, on a surface that made the likes on Niall Quinn look like Bambi on Ice the ball was drilled in to the box from out wide.  Macca, faccing the Holte did a mid air back heeled flick at the near post and managed to clear the ball out of the box and we started a counter attack.  Without trying to get too misty eyed over the great one, it was a particularly superb piece of skillful defending from a player that excelled at it week in week out, similar to his tackle on Ronnie Rosenthal at Anfield in 1993.

He had that flying back-heel clearance down to a fine art

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Re: 1991/92 Villa v Man City
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2013, 11:06:13 PM »
Great stuff

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Re: 1991/92 Villa v Man City
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2013, 06:54:28 AM »
Funny I have no recollection of that game. Remember David White hammering us the previous year though. Even my memory hates me!

 


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