I was married that day.
Funny how a crowd of 30,000 can get lost within Villa Park today yet a similar crowd back then made the place look pretty full.
I missed this game because my dopey sister got married by the Scott Arms at 3.45 that day. To be fair to her she had been trying for the previous Saturday, but I remember the look on her face as she broke the news of the date to me - the first day of the season. She was genuinely panicked when the fixture list came out, since we lived in Great Barr where there were as many Albion fans as Blues and this was always a big one for us. Luckily the priest saw we were all a bit fidgety and let us out at 4.45pm so we could clock the final score, then we got blattered.
Quote from: Pat McMahon on September 22, 2011, 07:03:11 AMI missed this game because my dopey sister got married by the Scott Arms at 3.45 that day. To be fair to her she had been trying for the previous Saturday, but I remember the look on her face as she broke the news of the date to me - the first day of the season. She was genuinely panicked when the fixture list came out, since we lived in Great Barr where there were as many Albion fans as Blues and this was always a big one for us. Luckily the priest saw we were all a bit fidgety and let us out at 4.45pm so we could clock the final score, then we got blattered.My brother got married on the day of a Villa-Blues game. No contest.Sorry our kid.