The Biggest Disappointment of Recent Times Our last FA Cup Final

[willywombat]

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. 

This for me too. Have to say the Chelsea fans were amongst the most classless, ungracious wankers I have ever encountered, ( aside from the lad I walked to the ground with who was sound )

[OzVilla]

What was the score, seriously i've erased it from my memory to such a degree i can't recall if we lost 1-0 or 2-0.

Echo what you say about chelsea fans too, absolute tosspots.

[Grande Pablo]

I think the biggest disappointment that day was when I saw the team.  We'd been playing well with the likes of Alan Thompson et al, but for the final JG brings back all this old favourites - & we stiff on the day.

[curiousorange]

Worst Villa moment for me. Utterly gutted.

[tomd2103]

Never felt as flat after leaving a game. To make matters worse, I walked right into a mass fight on one of the streets (must have been at least 50 people involved in it) after leaving the stadium.  I can vividly remember an oldish bloke who seemed to be minding his own business while all the mayhem was going on, nonchalantly tripping someone up and kicking them when they were on the floor before going on his way.       

To be fair, we were a bit lucky to be there as we had been distinctly second best against Bolton in the semi-final and they missed an absolute sitter in the dying minutes. 

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

I'm awaiting the thread titled:

The Greatest Achievement of Recent Times Our Next Cup Final

[Karlos96]

Everything was great until 3pm my favourite part singing Abide with Me with a tear in my eye.  The less said about the game the better I have still never seen a replay of the goal, I walked out as soon as the final whistle went.  To make it worse we were sat on the coach waiting to get away and seeing all the Chelsea fans walking past like it was just another a game they had been to.  If it had been us that had just won everyone would have been crazy.  All I want to see is us win that cup one day, it's not too much to ask is it?

[Lambert and Payne]

I remember being so excited for it, John Gregory was on "A Question Of Sport" a  few weeks before the game and I was going to see my 1st ever Villa cup win (well, that I was old enough to remember being 8 years old).
We got the coach down, our coach was egged by Chelsea fans by a sevice station by some Cheryl from the Royle Family look-a-like and seeing a Liverpool car sticker in London and wondering if Liverpool was in London

As shit as the day was in my claret and blue face paint, I still have my ticket somewhere, along with my Wembley pennant and my flag. I'm delighted to have been there as it was a real experience for me, not one I enjoyed at the time bawling my eyes out on the steps of Wembley, but something to saviour regardless

My biggest mistake was thinking we'll win it next year, and allowing myself to believe it

[Lambert and Payne]

And, going off on a slight tangent, we lost to Leicester in the Worthington (League) Cup the same season to a Matt Elliot header in the 2nd leg if I'm very not mistaken, I remember not being aloud to stay awake to check the score and being absolutely gutted when I woke the next morning to find out that I wasn't going to Wembley that season

[danno]

think you're right think we lost that semi against Leicester on away goals.

[PeterWithesShin]

0-0 at home, 0-1 away IIRC.

[danno]

yeah it was one nil, obviously just wishful thinking on my part.

[Rico]

Twatted two Chelsea fans on Wembley way before the match. So all in all not the worst day out ever! L;-)

[Holte L2]

I spent £35.00 on my ticket. Which was dear at the time.  Could barely see a thing so I had a row with a steward when moved. 

Subsequently found out the same steward later brought his two Chelsea supporting kids in towards the end of the game.

Glad I got to actually go to an FA Cup Final.  Gutted it was us and the outcome.

[The Left Side]

jcsutv and I watched it with friends with a bottle of champagne chilling, you know the rest.