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Favourite League Cup Final

1961 vs Rotherham
0 (0%)
1963 vs Blues (i cant imagine this getting votes!)
0 (0%)
1971 vs Tottenham
7 (8.4%)
1975 vs Norwich
4 (4.8%)
1977 vs Everton (vote applies to any of the 3 games)
15 (18.1%)
1994 vs Man Utd
37 (44.6%)
1996 vs Leeds
19 (22.9%)
2010 vs Man ?????. I'm sure its gonna be the best day ever!
1 (1.2%)

Total Members Voted: 83

Voting closed: January 21, 2010, 10:46:35 PM

Author Topic: Which was your favourite League Cup Final?  (Read 13806 times)

Offline Deano's Mullet

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« on: January 21, 2010, 10:46:35 PM »
Mines got to be the 1994 match vs Man Utd but 1996 wasnt bad either! I have included all of them for completists, masochists and on the chance that someone might have really enjoyed their day out despite Villa losing.

Offline Irish villain

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2010, 11:18:01 PM »
I voted 1996 because I was a bit older and a little more crazy about villa than I was in '94 when I was still just discovering them!

Online TaxDodger

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2010, 11:23:51 PM »
1996 because it's the only one I can remember. My first real memory of being a Villa fan.

Offline Bill Locky

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2010, 11:39:39 PM »
1977, not for the excitement while they were looking for the bandsman's spur at Wembley.  But for the 3rd game at Old Trafford - trailing for ages, but remaining confident Saunder's boys would triumph.

Offline OzVilla

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2010, 03:52:22 AM »
It's 1994 for me.  First trip to Wembley in ages, first trophy in ages, massive underdogs to the media darlings who were going for their treble.

From 20 minutes in it was never really in doubt - the whole country rejoiced with us (apart from the Mancs and Noses ofcourse).

Offline Chris Harte

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2010, 08:40:20 AM »
1994 for me. My first time there.

Offline ADVILLAFAN

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2010, 10:19:16 AM »
1996 as I remember it more clearly and we played brilliantly all game.

Plus Ian Taylor scored.

Offline Dave Cooper please

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2010, 10:23:06 AM »
1975 because it was my first visit to Wembley and Ray Graydon was my hero.

Offline andyaston

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2010, 05:09:05 PM »
1994 was brilliant for me beating that lot and stopping their treble dreams tops it for me.

It was more relaxing in 96' we had the beating of Leeds and we were a better team than the one in 94' who, were 12 months past their best.

Offline Karlos96

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2010, 10:15:18 PM »
96 for me I couldn't get a ticket for 94 so that made the game against Leeds more special plus it was my first trip to Wembley.

Offline JD

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2010, 11:12:43 PM »
Quote from: "Bill Locky"
1977, not for the excitement while they were looking for the bandsman's spur at Wembley.  But for the 3rd game at Old Trafford - trailing for ages, but remaining confident Saunder's boys would triumph.


Have to agree with this. The second replay at Old Trafford was a great game and the Villa fans were great.

Offline The Man With A Stick

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2010, 09:33:32 AM »
Has to be 1994.  I wasn't nervous at all on the way down there, after that semi final it was obvious our name was on the cup.

Feel the same this year, don't care who we play, bring it on.

Online Pete3206

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2010, 11:37:47 AM »
1994  Villa 3 Man Utd 1 Just a perfect weekend.

Top Saturday night out around Covent Garden, Villa fans everywhere that night. Fantastic atmosphere.

Sunday we were knocking on the door of the Globe pub on Baker Street. Amazing session there, great laughs taking the piss out of the plastic Mancs and will never forget the bemused look on the faces of the tourists on the open top buses going past.

As for the game, unbelievable stuff.

Oh and don't tell me that Man U fans don't care about the League Cup. I have never seen fans so gutted at losing a game.

If you're planning to go down just for the day this year, I advise you revise those plans. Go for the weekend, you won't regret it.

Offline sali,salifou

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2010, 11:39:13 AM »
Purely because its the first villa game I can remember it has to be 94

Offline TopDeck113

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Which was your favourite League Cup Final?
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2010, 02:43:08 PM »
1994 for me as it was the first time that I'd seen Villa at Wembley in a proper cup final.  

As TMWAS said, our name was on the cup: I never once contemplated that we'd loose that match.  Strange, considering we were playing the reigning champions - and the team that would end the season winning the traditional 'double'.  

In the context of the club's re-birth, 1971 and 1975 were both important milestones.

 


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