Villa v watford Fa Cuo 1983. ITV 4+1 now.

[bertlambshank]

Just starting.

[bertlambshank]

Strange seeing Mark Walters play up front with Gary Shaw.

[spk]

cheers mate,at home today !

[bertlambshank]

That was a great goal.

[sid1964]

I thought that was going be our year, and then Arsenal away in the next round, totally gutted as I left Highbury that day!

[Chico Hamilton III]

I was convinced this was our year as well. Sat in the Trinity for the Watford game.

Wolves in the previous round? remember hundreds of dog heads getting on to the pitch and having to sit almost on the touch line in front of the Witton to watch the match .

The next round at Arsenal was only a couple of days before we played Juventus?

[Damo70]

I can't remember whether the game in Turin or at Highbury came first Chico, but I know they were played one after the other whichever way it fell. I remember listening to BRMB commentary of Gary Shaw playing in the game in Turin and watching him on A Question Of The Sport at the same time! I remember that cup run fondly. I was at the Wolves and Watford games and I remember all the fuss about Walters goal at Northampton. I actually watched that on ITV4+1 today whilst doing some paperwork. I also heard that after the Everton/Spurs game Elton Welsby said Hoddle was out of the Home International with Wales. I'm pretty sure Gordon Cowans took his place and made his debut that night. I also seem to remember Derek Statham being the other debutant. But most importantly, I left the same channel on afterwards and my paperwork was totally disturbed by the appearance on The Saint with Roger Moore of the gay chef from Fawlty Towers who fell in love with Manuel as a German agent. Wasn't he French in FT? He must have been the go-to guy for foreign accents in the sixties and seventies.

Just read that back and to be clear, he was a gay French chef in FT and a German agent in The Saint. He wasn't a German agent posing as a gay French chef in FT.

[vaughan_ellis]

My very first Villa game. Happy memories....

[Exeter 77]

This is the previous round against Wolves

[Damo70]

Not a great time for English football and the crowds, but if you look at games like Wolves and Watford in the cup that season and the opening day game against Albion  the following season that get shown these days, we come out of it well in every way I think.

[andyaston]

I wished ITV 4 would start showing highlights from another season instead of the few months of 1983 and 1979 they seem to repeat to death.

[bertlambshank]

I wished ITV 4 would start showing highlights from another season instead of the few months of 1983 and 1979 they seem to repeat to death.

ITC own most of the football that was on ITV maybe its all they can get off them.

[dave.woodhall]

I can't remember whether the game in Turin or at Highbury came first Chico, but I know they were played one after the other whichever way it fell. I remember listening to BRMB commentary of Gary Shaw playing in the game in Turin and watching him on A Question Of The Sport at the same time! I remember that cup run fondly. I was at the Wolves and Watford games and I remember all the fuss about Walters goal at Northampton. I actually watched that on ITV4+1 today whilst doing some paperwork. I also heard that after the Everton/Spurs game Elton Welsby said Hoddle was out of the Home International with Wales. I'm pretty sure Gordon Cowans took his place and made his debut that night. I also seem to remember Derek Statham being the other debutant. But most importantly, I left the same channel on afterwards and my paperwork was totally disturbed by the appearance on The Saint with Roger Moore of the gay chef from Fawlty Towers who fell in love with Manuel as a German agent. Wasn't he French in FT? He must have been the go-to guy for foreign accents in the sixties and seventies.

Just read that back and to be clear, he was a gay French chef in FT and a German agent in The Saint. He wasn't a German agent posing as a gay French chef in FT.

Highbury then Turin.

[martin o`who??]

Watch the footage of the Holte when the first goal goes in, everyones going nuts but theres one old fella wearing specs on his own who just stands there totally unmoved, looking round as if to say WTF!, i reckon it was his first and last visit to the Holte.

[Pete3206]

Watch the footage of the Holte when the first goal goes in, everyones going nuts but theres one old fella wearing specs on his own who just stands there totally unmoved, looking round as if to say WTF!, i reckon it was his first and last visit to the Holte.

Nah, the Holte was full of them. They were known as misery arses. I remember one game (Pompey League Cup), where we had come from behind to take the lead. With the Holte going crazy, the git who had been stood there all game moaning, just folded his arms, shook his head and said "about fucking time!"