32 Years tomorrow

[pbavfckuwait]

Missed the Rotterdam game as being a service man at the time I was in the Falklands, but Highbury had always been one of my favorite grounds, remember wagging it from school and ended bunking a train from Brum to London and telling them we were on a school project getting showed around Highbury and that indoor pitch never seen anything like it, so to win it there was so so special, mind you got my nose bust having a row with a blue nose arse hole in the Shamrock when I got back to Brum, but would not change that day for anything, the ride up the M1 was something that will never be repeated.

[JUAN PABLO]

Look what I found today in my loft , You remember these

[Hookeysmith]

Some brilliant images that stir the memories like it was yesterday - although i bemoan my age and the fact that my body is falling apart i would not swap youth for the memories of that era

We were indeed "there"

[Dave Clark Five]

We used to have these:

[The Left Side]

Saturday 3pm every other week!

[Flamingo Lane]

I was there, with my dad, two sisters and brother-in-law.

I recall (correct me if I'm wrong) that the game was made all-ticket very close to the day of the game.  But to be certain of getting into this game, my dad had bought 5 seat tickets direct from Arsenal many weeks before.  However, these seats were very low to the pitch and right next to the North Bank amidst, obviously, the Arsenal fans.  We therefore had a very different experience from those at the Clock End.

[Mister E]

http://youtu.be/cDVpkdTLV2c

I hadn't seen this before. At first ! thought it was only on for under a minute and a half - then I realised it says 1 hour and 22 minutes. The quality is a bit dodgy in places - but the story is all there!

Great video - I particularly liked the story from Tony Morley about Saunders insisting that players had a nip of brandy before each game!

[Pat McMahon]

I wrote a longish piece on a similar thread a couple of years ago, but it was a marathon day out for me and my mates ( subsequently I found it in a book by a bloke who comes on here and nicks posts without asking - Dave W knows his name) . A very draining experience that day and it was a lot moodier than many people remember.

Nice close up of Danny in the top picture posted above - he must have been sent down not long after this game.

[Big Dick Edwards]

I was in one of the first Villa coaches to arrive back at VP after the Arsenal game. The atmosphere in the Aston Tavern as it filled up with more returning coachloads was amazing. I'll never forget it.

[Dave Clark Five]

I was in one of the first Villa coaches to arrive back at VP after the Arsenal game. The atmosphere in the Aston Tavern as it filled up with more returning coachloads was amazing. I'll never forget it.

We also went straight into the Aston Tavern. I will never understand why we went with the Travellers Club. Only benefit was that I can still remember the occasion, which wouldn't have been the case if we had gone by train with all the beer that would have been drunk.

[PeterWithesShin]

http://youtu.be/cDVpkdTLV2c

I hadn't seen this before. At first ! thought it was only on for under a minute and a half - then I realised it says 1 hour and 22 minutes. The quality is a bit dodgy in places - but the story is all there!

Great video - I particularly liked the story from Tony Morley about Saunders insisting that players had a nip of brandy before each game!

I'm sure it's the official Champions DVD the club brought out a few years ago.

[SirSteveUK]

I remember it being so crammed in the Clock End, I had some refreshments in a carrier - but couldnt take my arms from my side to reach it....till half time...

 

[Kiddy villain]

I remember Pele was at Highbury that day, the Cocneys were singing " sign him up" . And I've never forgiven them for spoiling our day by coming on the pitch at the end and they wouldn't let the Villa players come back out to salute the fans.........

[hilts_coolerking]

It's great to see our triumph is not just remembered by us.  In this month's When Saturday Comes there's a two-page photo spread and short article about us losing at Highbury and yet winning the title.  There's a particularly excellent shot of our supporters massed in the clock end - well worth a look if you were there - plus photos of the subs bench, Dennis Mortimer and Ron Saunders (smiling), Gary Shaw, and our lot having invaded the pitch.  Lovely stuff.

[TopDeck113]

Just been flicking through my copy of WSC now and came to the centre spread.  Fantastic photos of a fantastic day!  Those of us of a certain age to be the Children of the Revolution are so lucky to have those memories.




As an aside, someone I know celebrated her fiftieth birthday on 2nd May.  She was somewhat taken aback when I told her that I could remember exactly what I was doing the day she celebrated turning 18!