Villa vs Bradford (h) 1988 match footage

[Des Little]

I was one of the 'erberts on the pitch at the final whistle.  Great days.

[eric woolban woolban]

The away game was on Youtube once.  Bradford City 2 Aston Villa 4.

I remember watching this many times on tape as a youngster.

[dave.woodhall]

I've still never known an atmosphere like this one at Villa Park. It was our generation's Bournemouth.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

The away game was on Youtube once.  Bradford City 2 Aston Villa 4.

I remember watching this many times on tape as a youngster.

That was a great game and a tremendous atmosphere. I am sure two new signings made their debuts, but I cant remember who. It was also the first time I heard the chant "My old man said be a city fan, but I said etc etc" really take off.

[Sam Smith]

Andy and Stuart Gray I think.

[The Man With A Stick]

The week before my tenth birthday, this was one of the first games I went to.  Can remember watching Jaws 2 on TV that night, probably not realising the significance of it all.

Great find, cheers Deano's!

[Somniloquism]

Wasn't that our old Head of Communications at the front of the clip.

[The Left Side]

Wasn't that our old Head of Communications at the front of the clip.

Is he still at Villa Park?

[Somniloquism]

I thought he had been replaced by an MON man who might have left when he did.

[dave.woodhall]

I thought he had been replaced by an MON man who might have left when he did.

Brian Duggan is still there.

[swiss1968]

my favourite ever Villa game,Bradford away,dunno why . they were good at the time and beating them set us on our way,packed into a very tight away end as i recall,good times

[Damo70]

It's weird the things you remember, back in the days of having to wait for Monday nights Central news to see the goal, I remember them showing Ian Botham watching from one of the boxes. Also, I remember the previous home game against Shrewsbury being almost as tense but with about half the crowd.

[bob]

I wasn't really aware of Villa until the following season, but this was my first ever kit.

It's obviously special to me, but how was it received by older supporters at the time? It's pretty gross, isn't it?

[The Man With A Stick]

It's obviously special to me, but how was it received by older supporters at the time? It's pretty gross, isn't it?

Looking back it's one of my favourites, but it was the first one I had too (but with the claret shorts we wore the year after) so that probably clouds my judgement.  The 1989-90 was better all round.