Quote from: dave.woodhall on June 13, 2018, 09:50:37 PMQuote from: TopDeck113 on June 13, 2018, 09:41:15 PMOver 50 years you can add Leeds to the list.They've not won as many trophies as us in the fifty years beginning 13th June 1968. They had won the League Cup in the March, so they were the holders. Add to that the Fairs Cup, FA Cup, two league titles and a Charity Shield. By my calculation, compared to us they're down two domestic cups (and we've reached more finals), up one league title, and won the Charity Shield outright. We both have won a European trophy (although they've been to more finals and their defeat in 75 was somewhat controversial). Let's agree that that makes them our equal over five decades. Added to which, over that period we also probably both have as many chokes in cup finals as one another.
Quote from: TopDeck113 on June 13, 2018, 09:41:15 PMOver 50 years you can add Leeds to the list.They've not won as many trophies as us in the fifty years beginning 13th June 1968.
Over 50 years you can add Leeds to the list.
I have never been so desperately despondent about supporting the Villa. My dad and uncles used to tell me about how bad things were in the mid to late sixties until HDE took over. I started going in 69 so I’ve seen some bad times too. This is definitely my mid sixties. 2nd division, bankrupt and about to sell our best players with a dinosaur as a manager. Does it get any worse than that?
Quote from: Allan C on June 14, 2018, 11:15:33 PMI have never been so desperately despondent about supporting the Villa. My dad and uncles used to tell me about how bad things were in the mid to late sixties until HDE took over. I started going in 69 so I’ve seen some bad times too. This is definitely my mid sixties. 2nd division, bankrupt and about to sell our best players with a dinosaur as a manager. Does it get any worse than that?Oh toughen up for crying out loud (no offence meant though). The club will fight on and continue and we’ll come back stronger however long it takes. I don’t know about anyone else but all this crap we’ve had to endure has made me love the club even more.
Quote from: saunders_heroes on June 14, 2018, 11:20:23 PMQuote from: Allan C on June 14, 2018, 11:15:33 PMI have never been so desperately despondent about supporting the Villa. My dad and uncles used to tell me about how bad things were in the mid to late sixties until HDE took over. I started going in 69 so I’ve seen some bad times too. This is definitely my mid sixties. 2nd division, bankrupt and about to sell our best players with a dinosaur as a manager. Does it get any worse than that?Oh toughen up for crying out loud (no offence meant though). The club will fight on and continue and we’ll come back stronger however long it takes. I don’t know about anyone else but all this crap we’ve had to endure has made me love the club even more.In the late sixties they ripped up the old plan that had seen them fall down the leagues and started again with a completely fresh idea on the way forward. When you reach the bottom, you either change your ways completely or you continue to fail and eventually fold.