Eleven years ago this month - 5-2 at Boro

[Deano's Mullet]

Our only away win in the league that season, Joey Gudjonsson in midfield, Darius Vassell in one of his finest games for the club,  Gareth Barry's first goal for two years and George Boateng, then of Boro,  lucky to stay on the pitch after a bad tackle on Gudjonsson.

Aston Villa: Enckelman, Delaney, Mellberg, Johnsen, Samuel, Hitzlsperger, Gudjonsson (Hendrie 90), Barry, Vassell, Dublin, Moore (Staunton 78).
 Subs Not Used: Postma, De la Cruz, Crouch.

On paper not a bad looking team but we still only finished just above the drop zone. Amazingly it was our home form that kept us afloat with eleven wins and two draws compared to six defeats.

[FrankyH]

Is that the game Cattermole starting blabbing ?

[l_mckay]

Can't believe that's 11 years ago. Remember the game well 2-0 up only to let them back in,great touch from Barry for our 3rd goal I remember

[Damo70]

I was thinking who I would have in our present team from that line up. Be nice to have a squad including Delaney, Staunton, Mellberg, Hitzlsperger, Barry and Dublin or Crouch.

[Pat McMahon]

Is that the game Cattermole starting blabbing ?

I think that was the Saturday game when we won 4-0 with a Luke Moore hat trick.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

That video must have been posted by a Boro fan if you look at the YouTube intro.

"Middlesbrough take a surprise tonking at The Riverside from feeder-club Aston Villa." 

[Chris Harte]

They'd had Southgate and Ehiogu plus a couple of backroom types off us in the few years before. Hence the use of "feeder club." The only way that's likely to happen now is if we send a loanee.

[joe_c]

I was at a concert at the Hummingbird that night. Unfortunately, I cannot now rest until I find out who it was. Good find, Deano's Mullet. I always get perverse satisfaction from deflated partisan commentary and this is an excellent example.

[Damo70]

They'd had Southgate and Ehiogu plus a couple of backroom types off us in the few years before. Hence the use of "feeder club." The only way that's likely to happen now is if we send a loanee.

One of the 'backroom types' was Steve Harrison, SGT's assistant/coach with Watford, Villa and England. Until his England gig was ended by publicity of his party piece involving a plastic cup on the floor. Which was once discussed at some memorable and amusing length on this forum. My understanding was he performed the trick whilst positioned on various hotel beds but some believed he was capable and ambitious enough to be on top of a wardrobe.

[joe_c]

It was this. Good lineup with the exception of The Thrills.

[Damo70]

I thought at first that was a Youtube link to Steve Harrison's party piece.