Villa vs Bradford (h) 1988 match footage

[Deano's Mullet]

Great piece from Central News i believe featuring the Bradford win that virtually clinched promotion from Div 2 to Div 1.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Thanks for that.
Our last league game at VP outside the top division.
Promotion was assured a few days later with the 0-0 draw at Swindon.

Thats almost a quarter of a century ago now and Im wondering where the time has gone!

[Pete3206]

Oh the memories. What a great time I had that season.

[darren woolley]

Nice to see that again cheers Deano.

[The Left Side]

I remember that like yesterday, great header from Platt and we won in claret shorts!

[andyaston]

That was the longest second half ever!

[The Left Side]

If we had decent home form we would have gone up as champions but visiting teams used their visit to Villa Park as their cup final, great images of the old Holte end.

[curiousorange]

You tit, Aspinall.

[usav]

I remember it well, we squeezed home, didn't we?

[The Left Side]

I remember it well, we squeezed home, didn't we?

Yeah but we did it and the images from Swindon were fantastic!

[willywombat]

Funny that, I always recall Platt's header being from much further out, another 10 years and it would have been from the halfway line

[Chico Hamilton III]

Funny that, I always recall Platt's header being from much further out, another 10 years and it would have been from the halfway line

ha ha. Same with me - that's the trouble with Youtube.

What a fantastic day though. Pitch invasion at the end, thought we were home and dry.....

I also remember thinking that 36,000 ( I think that was the crowd) was a fantastic gate for Villa

[charlie659]

LOL - I can see me and my mate on pitch at the end!

Bought dodgy (forged) tickets for Swindon in the Little crown after this game, my favourite Villa season ever - happy Days

[Dave P]

I went to this game but I was only 7 and dont really remember much about it.  Certanly not is importance.

[Nev]

We secured the play off place and in the interview after the Swindon game, Sir Graham identified the importance of this win going into the final game saying that we had "another bite of the cherry". It took the pressure of the team but it didn't seem like it at the time.