golden years? the 70s

[wittonwarrior]

Some snap shots:

The Balloons at Southampton in the cup, West Ham Boxing day, the Ipswich 5-2 game (previous season it had been 0-0), the league cup finals and plenty of semis.  Everton away first away win in the top division some 12 months after gaining  promotion, followed only 2 weeks later with Gray's goal at Sunderland.

Beating Liverpool at Anfield on bonfire night, really dodgy day out.  Winning and losing at the sty, the Saturday after OT at Coventry - 2 nil down won 3-2.  The specials, yes the Hole in the wall, Witton End, Jimmy Rimmer, Leicester away in the league,  so so many memories

[villan from luton]

Great days, the 76/77 squad was the most exciting football I have ever seen from a Villa team, the game v Liverpool will never be forgotten. The Ipswich game, I think ayoung John Wark was playing centre back, remember a subsequent programme of Andy beating him to a header. The 74/75 team was superb from Sir Ron, my first trip to Wembley to be behind the goal when Ray Graydon got the rebound in v a great keeper in Kevin Keelen

[Rudy Can't Fail]

If you'd been told at the end of that 74/75 season that we'd go on to become league champions under Ron Saunders I think there'd have been no reason to be surprised. 

Amazing looking back how a 2nd Division manager won the FA Manager Of Year award. Fully deserved too.

Reharding the 57,000 at Villa Park for the Sunderland game, there were thousands locked out. My father's mate, who went with us to most home and away games that season, made his own way there that day, arrived at 1.30pm and still didn't get in. I gave him a bit of my Villa Park turf for his lawn as some form of compensation. He'd followed the Villa since the early 50's and was absolutely gutted to miss out on that day. My father made a rule of never mentioning it in his company.

Thinking about it, he went to Wembley and Hillsborough but missed out at Old Trafford in 77 too. Possibly the two best games to be a Villa fan in the 70's.

[Rudy65]

Great days, the 76/77 squad was the most exciting football I have ever seen from a Villa team, the game v Liverpool will never be forgotten. The Ipswich game, I think ayoung John Wark was playing centre back, remember a subsequent programme of Andy beating him to a header. The 74/75 team was superb from Sir Ron, my first trip to Wembley to be behind the goal when Ray Graydon got the rebound in v a great keeper in Kevin Keelen

I was only 12 in 77 but that is my favourite season ever. Saw lots of the games and loved everything about the team

[wittonwarrior]

the promotion games 1975 - the game that is often forgotten the come back against Albion around easter, Blackpool and Sheff Wed.

West Ham Boxing day and the 51,000 crowd, of  course Old Trafford league cup replay, and how about Tottenham away the 4-1 win - think we had beaten Wolves first game of that season.

Andy Gray hated the way he left for Wolves but what a player

[montague]

Silk scarves (or silk like)

[Flamingo Lane]

the promotion games 1975 - the game that is often forgotten the come back against Albion around easter, Blackpool and Sheff Wed.

I went to all those games, and endorse what was said above about the game v West Brom, which we won 3-1 (all goals at the Holte End) after being a goal down.  Albion had beaten us three times in a row before we beat them that day, and above any other game in that great season I think it was winning that one that instilled the belief that there would be no stopping us.

[TopDeck113]

Silk scarves (or silk like)

To be worn tied round your wrist whilst sporting a leather, sorry, leatherette bomber jacket.

[big 1st serve]

Remember that West Brom game, think we went a goal down, mad snow & sleet storm, John Wile flicking the V,s at the Holte, & Chico scoring .
Got a feeling it was on MOTD?