Worst news as a Villa fan?

[fbriai]

Hearing the Villa Park announcer saying that the goalscorer for Sheff Wed was Nigel Jemson after Les Sealey carried the ball over the line then chased George Courteney the length of the park.

I was sat in the front row of the North Stand right behind that. No way did it ever cross the fucking line. Courtney was a bastard.

Sealey agro on the green sand!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

My Top 3:

1. Saunders leaving.
2. Gray going to Wolves.
3. Brian Little (almost) to the Rags

[BNVillan]

Reading that Brian Little was going to the Blues before his medical finished him; my first true Villa hero.

Lerner taking on that loser McLeish

Lerner giving up on the club.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Hearing of Eamonn Deacy's death was tragic news. I'd always intended to go on a pilgramage to Galway and give my respects to the fella.

[ez]

Eamonn Deacy's passing upset me too. I expect there's many of us who feel an affinity with those 14 players of 1980/81.
Ron Saunders leaving was a massive shock.
McLeish's arrival just left me flabbergasted.

[Holte L2]

03.03.2003.

The Bradford Debarcle has hit me quite hard too.

Yorkie leaving was devestating. 

[arnie66]

Sid breaking his leg
2000 cup final.... a non event plus I was in the mixed area of Chelsea and Villa and it kicked off everywhere

[Dr Butler]

A.Gray and J.Gidman leaving....I was genuinely really upset at both leaving the Villa.

UTV
The Doc

[Godfrey Brian]

    1) Learning that Brian Clough wasn't going to be our new manager in 1974 and we were getting some dour, defensive guy called        Saunders instead -disaster! 

     

[willywombat]

Eamonn Deacy's passing upset me too.

I had to read that twice!

[DeHavilland]

Docherty - sacked

[E I Adio]

My first hero Peter McParland going to Wolves upset me enormously as a kid.

[Zakk Fatt]

The realisation that we had sold our entire England Midfield, complete with wingers to our rivals in Manchester and Liverpool making us a feeder club with no width, destined for mediocrity for the foreseable future at the cost of a very capable ambitious manager in the process is the worst recent news.

9 minutes of injury time for Man U in the title race (golden goal) was another, and of course the worst has been Stan.

[silhillvilla]

1) Sid having his leg bust by that WBA thug
2) the death of Tony Barton
3) Yorke leaving for them
4) Barry leaving for them
5) the Stan news
6) Les Sealeys  passing
7) the appointment of McLeish
the Chelsea FA cup final
9) ManUre beating Sheff Weds in the 100 and something minute
10) not signing Juniniho

In no particular order those

[willywombat]

Sid broke his leg during a pre-season friendly in Spain in 1983. It was Alex Cropley who had his leg broken by the stripey animal some years before