32 Years tomorrow

[Weedy]

My memories of that day:

2 carloads; Me, my sister, my mate, his siter and dad, plus his brother and co.
Trying to listen to any nearby radio in the Clock end.
Going ballistic when we knew we'd done it.
Going on the pitch.
Stuck on the North Circular - all the horde in cars singing and chanting to bemused shoppers.
Chasing the Villa coach up the A40 - flashing the lights and pipping the horn as each player came to the back to fill up with booze.
Cheering and shouting Withe & McNaught as they got off the coach at Hockley Heath.
Meeting other fans in the Locker in Solihull and getting very pissed, then watching it on MOTD later.

[ADVILLAFAN]

And to think that the long haired skinny runt who rolled that ball agonisingly past Jimmy Rimmer for one of their goals is none other than Reading's now ex Matt Lucas lookalike manager. Never been able to get my head round that...

Oddly when we played Reading in the FA Cup Quarter Final a few years ago, in the programme they asked him what his favourite memory from playing was. He said something like 'Arsenal against Villa on the last game of the 1980/81 season, the atmosphere from their fans  that day was amazing'.

[Dr Butler]

I received a signed 80/81 shirt for my 50th in April which hangs proudly in our house and it brought home just what an amazing feat it was with just 14 players....

me and my Dad sadly could not go to Arsenal that day,  but listened to the radio like many thousands of others.

UTV
the Doc

[walsall villain]

I had a seat for that game and remember the sight of all the Villa fans in the clock end, the disappointment of how we played and the joy at realising we were about to win the league.
At the time I am sure Arsenal were no 'bigger' than us, I suppose the one regret is that we didn't keep building from that point. I went to loads of away games that year on the basis that it might not happen again but who knows, in 1978 you wouldn't have thought it was just around the corner. Wouldn't it be great if the power base of the premiership changed and we again had a chance?

[villan from luton]

God bless Jankovic RIP

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Running on the pitch at the end of the game and trying to grab a divot as a keepsake. A copper grabbed me and punched me on the side of the head.
Stunning!
;-)