The Biggest Disappointment of Recent Times Our last FA Cup Final

[Richard E]

The 2000 FA Cup Final was many things but it definitely was not our worst result in the last 10 years. 

[Richard E]

Being less pedantic, it was the worst day of my Villa-supporting life. For years I had wanted to see us in the FA Cup Final, the holy grail and the only important thing we have not won in my lifetime, and then it was a total non-event. The banter wasn't half as good as at the League Cup Finals either, and then the icing on the cake of gloom was the slow traffic out of London through hordes of celebrating Chelsea fans. Jeez. 

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

The only thing that comes close is the two individual mistakes right at the end of the Stoke game that cost us a victory just after the Moscow event.

[danno]

It did arguably lead to the exodus of Southgate, Ehiogu and Boateng to Boro. and some of the coaching staff, the name Paul Barron rings a bell?

David James went to West Ham and played for another ten years, replacing him we brought in Schmeichel who retied 2 years later...

John Gregory lasted another season and a half.

I agree that all the gains of the Brian Little and John Gregory years, did all seem to fizzle out with this cup final.

Incidentally did anyone see on the os that Daveed Ginola has apologised about his time at the club?  Personally I'm just glad he's finally got that off his conscience.

[ez]

I paid a tout £250 for a ticket. Oh dear.

[steamer]

I flew for 11 hours to get to London.
As my U.K passport had expired I had to go in through the " Other nationals, entry" A nasal nosed cockney looked at me and asked, "what is the purpose of your visit" Me in my Retro 70,s Villa shirt replied. "to see the Villa lift the cup"
Great weekend, crap game and very little to tell my late dad about when I got home.
Please let the chance come again, when we really want to win it.

[Pat McMahon]

god hawkeye you are a happy chappy worse result in last 10 years

Yes it was a shit game, still think David James a c***

I never watched the game on TV and I never will but my memory was that James played well and made a few decent saves to keep us in it when Chelsea turned the pressure on. I definitely don't blame him for the defeat.

A team with Weah, Zola, Desailly, Leboeuf, Deschamps, Di Matteo were certainly better than us.

All in all just a shit day.

[thick_mike]

I don't think that there's a sporting event as emotional as the FA Cup. I will never forget walking up the steps to our seat with my Dad and seeing the pitch. (Just thinking about it now has brought a tear to my eye). Dad has seen Wolves, Albion and Blues in FA Cup Finals, but couldn't get a ticket in '57 (travelled down, but couldn't afford the tout's prices).

I can hardly remember the football though.

[Chico Hamilton III]

A strange day. Started off as one of my best ever Villa-supporting days, ended up as one of the worst.

I left Wembley on the stroke of the final whistle, didn't wait to se the presentation, raced back home to Tooting, where I was living at the time ( full of Chelsea fans, Tooting) locked the door, swiched the phone off and drunk myself yampy.

Never seen the highlights of the game, never even seen a replay of the goal. Airbrushed from history.

[Nev]

Sometimes you just know it's not going to happen. We were staying in central London and one young lad with us was lifted the night before for drug running in Leicester Square, the undercover coppers were persuaded to let him go when they realised he was with his Dad but it spoilt the night for them. It seemed to take an age to get to Wembley and once there we seemed to be in a mixed area (depsite us all being ST holders) and it lead to a pretty nasty atmosphere. We did a Chico and legged it at the final whistle, I had a blazing row with one of the lads about waiting for his brother and the following morning our train back to Brum was delayed.

The only bit of the day I enjoyed was seeing us walk out for an FA Cup final at the old Wembley.

[Dave Clark Five]

They are still trying to flog the programmes for this game. What a non-event. Mind you, the semi final was shit as well.

[Big Dick Edwards]

I had a seat right by the steps where the players walked up to receive the cup. It could have been an amazing bit of luck to be sat there if we'd finally won it after half a century's wait. Instead my abiding memory of the occasion is of being in too close proximity to that little prick Dennis Wise with his toddler in one arm and the FA Cup in the other.

Mind you, I did meet Johnny Dixon outside beforehand.

[andyaston]

It was just one massive anti climax we played for a 0-0 from the first minute.

The semi final was much the same but the penalty shoot out gave it some excitement.

[Des Little]

I was absolutely hammered that day...can hardly remember a thing about it, which is probably a good thing. 

[LeeB]

I was absolutely hammered that day...can hardly remember a thing about it, which is probably a good thing. 

Me too, so much so I thought we'd played we'll.