70s revisited.

[MAGNAN VILLAIN]

Watch a re-run of the Villa - Norwich 1975 League Cup final yesterday, via dvd from the Villa shop, was suprised how many players of both sides kept slipping over during the game and how badly the pitch cut up.
Also had forgotten how good a player Brian Little was at the time, but then again most of the team looked pretty useful.
One thing I did notice, Jim Cumbes and Kevin Keenan (?) the goalkeepers, neither of them wore gloves unlike today when the 'keepers all appear to be wearing oven gloves.
Oh, the villa supporters were in fine voice too!

[E I Adio]

Kevin Keelan. He played a few games for us in the early '60's.

Got his hand to the pen, then Graydon scored off the post. Perhaps if he'd been wearing gloves, who knows?

[Percy McCarthy]

Little was great in that game.

[willywombat]

Great memories of that game! The club released a vinyl LP of the commentary afterwards, I remember a few of us sitting down with a couple of Party sevens to listen to it

[darren woolley]

I've got that dvd I haven't watched it yet will have to soon.

[MAGNAN VILLAIN]

I have an LP commentary of the Villa -Spurs final, was it 1971?  Martin Chivers did the damage I seem to remember.

[willywombat]

I have an LP commentary of the Villa -Spurs final, was it 1971?  Martin Chivers did the damage I seem to remember.

Yep, first time I went to Wembley with the Villa as a 13 year old. Despite beating an admittedly over the hill Utd over 2 legs in the semi, 3rd division Villa went to Wembley on a wave of emotion. In all honesty we could and should have won the game but what the hell, a Spuds fan friend admitted that although they had won the cup, we won the glory. The scenes at the Council house in Brum afterwards were very emotional too. Villa were on the way back

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Little was great in that game.

He was, as was Frank Carrodus, John Robson, it fact, they all played well that day. What a team and what support we had. I recently watched the game on TV for the first time and was just amazed at how loud we were. It was such a brilliant day out, I had my claret and blue top hat my mother made for me, a Villa flag which I still have tucked away somewhere. The love affair with Saunders really took off that day, hearing the Villa fans singing his name and at the end chanting 'We want Saunders!' before he came over to us, big smile and a look of joy having previously lost two League Cup finals with Man City and Norwich.

The two other stand outs from that day, other than the goal and puking on the coach just as we arrived back in Brum was the Villa fans chanting 'Norwich' as their players left the pitch, pure class. The other, which I thought I'd imagined all these years but was confirmed on the DVD, was Ian Ross holding the cup on the shoulders of Jimmy Cumbes with his balls hanging out the side of his shorts.

[itbrvilla]

Little was great in that game.

He was, as was Frank Carrodus, John Robson, it fact, they all played well that day. What a team and what support we had. I recently watched the game on TV for the first time and was just amazed at how loud we were. It was such a brilliant day out, I had my claret and blue top hat my mother made for me, a Villa flag which I still have tucked away somewhere. The love affair with Saunders really took off that day, hearing the Villa fans singing his name and at the end chanting 'We want Saunders!' before he came over to us, big smile and a look of joy having previously lost two League Cup finals with Man City and Norwich.

The two other stand outs from that day, other than the goal and puking on the coach just as we arrived back in Brum was the Villa fans chanting 'Norwich' as their players left the pitch, pure class. The other, which I thought I'd imagined all these years but was confirmed on the DVD, was Ian Ross holding the cup on the shoulders of Jimmy Cumbes with his balls hanging out the side of his shorts.

Nearly had my Hobgoblin Gold all over my keyboard. I think Those incidents deserve a thread of their own.  Anyone remember I think Paul Rideout adjusting his foreskin before he shook some royal hands in 95 FA cup final?

[SirSteveUK]

Little was great in that game.

He was, as was Frank Carrodus, John Robson, it fact, they all played well that day. What a team and what support we had. I recently watched the game on TV for the first time and was just amazed at how loud we were. It was such a brilliant day out, I had my claret and blue top hat my mother made for me, a Villa flag which I still have tucked away somewhere. The love affair with Saunders really took off that day, hearing the Villa fans singing his name and at the end chanting 'We want Saunders!' before he came over to us, big smile and a look of joy having previously lost two League Cup finals with Man City and Norwich.

The two other stand outs from that day, other than the goal and puking on the coach just as we arrived back in Brum was the Villa fans chanting 'Norwich' as their players left the pitch, pure class. The other, which I thought I'd imagined all these years but was confirmed on the DVD, was Ian Ross holding the cup on the shoulders of Jimmy Cumbes with his balls hanging out the side of his shorts.

Nearly had my Hobgoblin Gold all over my keyboard. I think Those incidents deserve a thread of their own.  Anyone remember I think Paul Rideout adjusting his foreskin before he shook some royal hands in 95 FA cup final?

Obviously not wanting to give the dignitaries the 'eye'  ??

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

I have an LP commentary of the Villa -Spurs final, was it 1971?  Martin Chivers did the damage I seem to remember.

Yep, first time I went to Wembley with the Villa as a 13 year old. Despite beating an admittedly over the hill Utd over 2 legs in the semi, 3rd division Villa went to Wembley on a wave of emotion. In all honesty we could and should have won the game but what the hell, a Spuds fan friend admitted that although they had won the cup, we won the glory. The scenes at the Council house in Brum afterwards were very emotional too. Villa were on the way back

Exactly as I remember it willy.
I was 16 and just old enough to get served in pubs - I was tall for my age! - but young enough to blub like a baby when we lost it in the last 10  minutes after playing like proper heroic underdogs.
Definitely a big part of our climb back to greatness!

[in exile]

Great memories of that game! The club released a vinyl LP of the commentary afterwards, I remember a few of us sitting down with a couple of Party sevens to listen to it

Is  this the same one? I got mine from the old CO-OP in Brum

[Damo70]

Great memories of that game! The club released a vinyl LP of the commentary afterwards, I remember a few of us sitting down with a couple of Party sevens to listen to it

Is  this the same one? I got mine from the old CO-OP in Brum

I haven't dug it out for a while but I'm sure the vinyl LP of the European Cup final commentary has ads for the LP's of the two seventies league cup wins.

[in exile]

Did anyone else get goose bumps when they played Theme From Unwritten Silent Movie at Villa Park for the Everton game?

[Flamingo Lane]

I bought the vinyl 12" of the commentary of the 1977 league cup final reply win v Everton.  It was crap, the entire first side of the recording and half of the second side consisted of only the first half of the game, so that the great moments were either not captured properly or not captured at all.  Such commentary as was on the recording was abysmal, sounding as if it couldn't possibly have been done live at the event.  I was so excited to have bought this recording at the time, and it literally went in the bin after one listening.