Amusing moments at Villa Park

[Deano's Mullet]

One more, Blackburn at home last season in the FA Cup, bloke behind me in the Holte was slaughtering Robert Pires and announcing how crap he was. Cue a Pires goal. Virtually everyone around us in the vicinity turned round to needle him causing him a lot of embarrassment and humble grins.

[Ger Regan]

Bannan attempting to win a header against Zigic at VP last season was very funny too.

[Big Dick Edwards]

Never seen it mentioned on here before,so sorry if it has been,but does anyone else remember Villa playing the Italy Under 19 in a pre season game at Villa Park and being booed as they came onto the pitch by most of the Villa fans..This was due to Villa deciding to play in their new yellow and blue away kit to give fans the chance to see it.I can still remember the piss taking i recieved at work on the Monday morning.

Yes, I remember that game. I think Dick Edwards led the team out and his face was a picture when they were booed onto the field..

[knowsleyvillain]

The inter pre season game, when the physio ran on in a suit & a pair of boots! Then to get dogs abuse on the way off.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

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[Damo70]

Can anyone confirm my memory of a Boxing Day game against QPR in the late eighties, a long ball played up to Alan McInally who blatantly (from my view in The Holte End, but not to the officials) slapped the ball down into his path to run on and score and the QPR defenders going ape?

And this wasn't at Villa Park but the group of us that travelled to away games together in the late eighties and early nineties were at Highbury in 1990, Chris Price fluffed a chance and one of the lads went on a long tirade about how he didn't deserve to call himself a footballer and quote 'he will never score for us as long as he's got a hole in his arse' only interupted a couple of minutes later by Chrissy getting a late winner for us.

[Oscar Arce]

Never seen it mentioned on here before,so sorry if it has been,but does anyone else remember Villa playing the Italy Under 19 in a pre season game at Villa Park and being booed as they came onto the pitch by most of the Villa fans..This was due to Villa deciding to play in their new yellow and blue away kit to give fans the chance to see it.I can still remember the piss taking i recieved at work on the Monday morning.

Yes, I remember that game. I think Dick Edwards led the team out and his face was a picture when they were booed onto the field..

It was actually Brian Tiler who was captain under the Doc, remember he famously fell out with Big Dick, I don't think he ever captained the Villa but stand to be corrected mate..
Later on that season Tiler was replaced as captain by Brucie Rioch as Tiler suffered a loss of form and stick from the fans, many who viewed him as Docherty's golden boy. He never really won over the fans, did he ?

[pooligan]

Yeah i think your right Oscar in saying that Brian Tiler never really won the fans over. If i remember rightly the Doc signed him from Rotherham a club he had managed so he was seen as the Docs golden boy. I remember him as being a Stuart Downing type i e bit of a fairy.

[Pat McMahon]

Must admit Oscar i had forgotten that Harry Gregory moment.Another amusing moment i have remembered was a game against Wolves at Villa Park. It was in the 77/78 season and for some reason it was a friday night game.It was a  typical dour derby match when with the score at 0-0 there was a comedy of errors in the wolves defence and one of their defenders,think it was Brazier played a back pass back to his keeper only to put it in his own net.I think we went on to win 2-0 with Dixie Deehan scoring but i don't remember that goal at all.

Pooligan, you do Brazier an injustice here, as it wasn't just a simple miss-hit back pass to his keeper but a gorgeous chip from outside the box. Cue lovely choruses of "Pass the ball back, pass the ball back, Wanderers". One of those poetic justice goals as Wolves had been very defensive that night.

Does anybody remember a game around 1972 (against Huddersfield I think) when Bruce Rioch hit a trademark rocket from 25 yards and wheeled away in triumph for a few seconds celebrating his goal, not realising his shot had actually come back off the bar and play was continuing?

[charlie659]

Most amusing moment NOT at Villa Park:

George Boateng throwing Paul Dickov's boot over the small stand at Filbert Street (2001?) and Dickov having to be restrained by his own team-mates (pissing themselves laughing!) from trying to kill Boateng 

[SashasGrandad]

Was it Rodney Marsh or Stan Bowles who bared their arse in front of the Holte end in the 70's

Remember the song - Where your wife gone, Stanley Bowles

With the milkman etc.

[Gareth]

Les Sealey, god bless him, bored in one game and doing the chicken dance!

Les Ferdinand getting sent off for ranting at the ref

The laughter when Bellamy's hamstring went....cruel but hilarious!

[willywombat]

Must admit Oscar i had forgotten that Harry Gregory moment.Another amusing moment i have remembered was a game against Wolves at Villa Park. It was in the 77/78 season and for some reason it was a friday night game.It was a  typical dour derby match when with the score at 0-0 there was a comedy of errors in the wolves defence and one of their defenders,think it was Brazier played a back pass back to his keeper only to put it in his own net.I think we went on to win 2-0 with Dixie Deehan scoring but i don't remember that goal at all.

Does anybody remember a game around 1972 (against Huddersfield I think) when Bruce Rioch hit a trademark rocket from 25 yards and wheeled away in triumph for a few seconds celebrating his goal, not realising his shot had actually come back off the bar and play was continuing?

Yes, first home game of the season I think?

[Damo70]

I threw this one into a chants thread a while back but I'm 99.9% certain we played Arsenal at Villa Park in the first game after Tony Adams got sent to prison.
The chants of 'Wheres Your Donkey Gone'? were long and loud.

[Pat McMahon]

I threw this one into a chants thread a while back but I'm 99.9% certain we played Arsenal at Villa Park in the first game after Tony Adams got sent to prison.
The chants of 'Wheres Your Donkey Gone'? were long and loud.

Together with "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to see your donkey put away"