Aston Villa v Sheffield United Post-Match Thread

[oldham_villa]

I found Oldham away a real downer I think it was 89/90 when we finished runners up - I thought it could be our cup year but we rolled over 3-0

Welcome gaza .

That was a bad game, midweeker I recall ? Horrible plastic pitch and we just never got going. Left on about 70 mins got back to the car to find we'd been blocked in and couldn't move. Listened glumly to rest of game on the car radio :-(

I remember going there in the 87-8 season, and thinking it was entirely possible that I would never, ever be as cold as that at a football match again for the rest of my life.

I go to Boundary Park quite frequently. It hardens you, watching it nigh on every week. Bloody freezing!

Nick

[oldham_villa]

Thank The Lord we didn't get drawn to Oldham, as they are better than Sheffield United! My mates would never let me live it down

[oldham_villa]

I've seen Villa at Boundary Park 3 times

87 - memorable moment in a 1-0 away win was a McInally bicycle kick in the 6 Yard box, where he missed it completely. The Chaddy Rd end laughted their cocks off

90 - the worst moment of watching villa. We had clearly not scouted their previous matches and went out of the cup with a limp

92 - Garry Parker had just joined and I'm sure this was his debut (oh to have a player of his vision these days). I'm sure this was a 1-1 draw

[Damo70]

That Charlton 87 is a horror show that sticks in my mind.   Wasn't that the game when Andy Gray hit our crossbar with a pass back to the goalkeeper?   That Huddersfield game was horrible too.   The only bit of me that was dry was my feet then I went for a piss and the "toilets" were little more than a black tar painted outhouse.   All the drains were blocked so my feet got as wet as the rest of me.   The Southampton game when we went 4-0 down after 20 minutes is also in the black museum.   The home fans were allowed to walk on a gantry over the visiting fans.   I got hit on the head by a dustbin lid. And there was that game we lost at Watford when the coppers made us walk about ten times around the local allotments before they would let us go to our buses and cars.   When was that?   Early 90s?

At Huddersfield I got back to the coach and realised I had said yes to ketchup on my soaking wet burger (I was a lot fussier at sixteen) and the programme in my pocket was now just a lump of paper mache. My mate and fellow H&V poster was sympathetic to the point of pissing himself laughing.

[PGW]

I've seen Villa at Boundary Park 3 times

87 - memorable moment in a 1-0 away win was a McInally bicycle kick in the 6 Yard box, where he missed it completely. The Chaddy Rd end laughted their cocks off

90 - the worst moment of watching villa. We had clearly not scouted their previous matches and went out of the cup with a limp

92 - Garry Parker had just joined and I'm sure this was his debut (oh to have a player of his vision these days). I'm sure this was a 1-1 draw

Add 1971 Oldham 0 Villa 6 - Ironically Villa had been knocked out the FA Cup the week before in 1st rd by Southend,so some things don't change. The Oldham game was Jim Cumbes debut. Brilliant day pissed down all afternoon.

[Damo70]

I've seen Villa at Boundary Park 3 times

87 - memorable moment in a 1-0 away win was a McInally bicycle kick in the 6 Yard box, where he missed it completely. The Chaddy Rd end laughted their cocks off

90 - the worst moment of watching villa. We had clearly not scouted their previous matches and went out of the cup with a limp

92 - Garry Parker had just joined and I'm sure this was his debut (oh to have a player of his vision these days). I'm sure this was a 1-1 draw

I was at those three. The Parker game was '91 I think and a 3-2 defeat. The only other time I went was the 1-1 draw you mentioned, which was '93 I think. Actually I must have gone to one in between, the year we came second. But I can't remember it.

[tomd2103]

I've seen Villa at Boundary Park 3 times

87 - memorable moment in a 1-0 away win was a McInally bicycle kick in the 6 Yard box, where he missed it completely. The Chaddy Rd end laughted their cocks off

90 - the worst moment of watching villa. We had clearly not scouted their previous matches and went out of the cup with a limp

92 - Garry Parker had just joined and I'm sure this was his debut (oh to have a player of his vision these days). I'm sure this was a 1-1 draw

I was at those three. The Parker game was '91 I think and a 3-2 defeat. The only other time I went was the 1-1 draw you mentioned, which was '93 I think. Actually I must have gone to one in between, the year we came second. But I can't remember it.

I remember Mark Blake scoring a stunning volley there in the early 90's.  Maybe the 1-1 game in '93?

[Damo70]

I think that was the Parker debut in '91. 3-2.  I'm sure one of their strikers got a late winner. Could have been Sharpe, Marshall or even Ian Olney.

[Chris Jameson]

Boundary Park is the coldest ground I've ever been to, every time I've been it's been freezing. The lowest for me was the 3-0 cup defeat. I missed my grandad's funeral for that,my mum insisted I go to the game as my grandad loved football and wouldn't want me to miss it, never forgiven Villa for the performance they put in that night.

[Des Little]

I can't ever recall being anything less than frozen at Roker Park or The Stadium of Light either.

[Dave Clark Five]

I've seen Villa at Boundary Park 3 times

87 - memorable moment in a 1-0 away win was a McInally bicycle kick in the 6 Yard box, where he missed it completely. The Chaddy Rd end laughted their cocks off

90 - the worst moment of watching villa. We had clearly not scouted their previous matches and went out of the cup with a limp

92 - Garry Parker had just joined and I'm sure this was his debut (oh to have a player of his vision these days). I'm sure this was a 1-1 draw

Add 1971 Oldham 0 Villa 6 - Ironically Villa had been knocked out the FA Cup the week before in 1st rd by Southend,so some things don't change. The Oldham game was Jim Cumbes debut. Brilliant day pissed down all afternoon.

I was also there. Don't forget, Andy Lochhead scored a hat trick.

[oldham_villa]

I've seen Villa at Boundary Park 3 times

87 - memorable moment in a 1-0 away win was a McInally bicycle kick in the 6 Yard box, where he missed it completely. The Chaddy Rd end laughted their cocks off

90 - the worst moment of watching villa. We had clearly not scouted their previous matches and went out of the cup with a limp

92 - Garry Parker had just joined and I'm sure this was his debut (oh to have a player of his vision these days). I'm sure this was a 1-1 draw

I was at those three. The Parker game was '91 I think and a 3-2 defeat. The only other time I went was the 1-1 draw you mentioned, which was '93 I think. Actually I must have gone to one in between, the year we came second. But I can't remember it.

I remember Mark Blake scoring a stunning volley there in the early 90's.  Maybe the 1-1 game in '93?

Cheers lads you have just filled in some blanks. I think Mark Blake scored in the Garry Parker debut.

I'm trying to think of the game in the 92/93 season, but struggling. I think it was before Earl Barrett signed for us (though I could be wide of the mark)

[dave.woodhall]

I've seen Villa at Boundary Park 3 times

87 - memorable moment in a 1-0 away win was a McInally bicycle kick in the 6 Yard box, where he missed it completely. The Chaddy Rd end laughted their cocks off

90 - the worst moment of watching villa. We had clearly not scouted their previous matches and went out of the cup with a limp

92 - Garry Parker had just joined and I'm sure this was his debut (oh to have a player of his vision these days). I'm sure this was a 1-1 draw

I was at those three. The Parker game was '91 I think and a 3-2 defeat. The only other time I went was the 1-1 draw you mentioned, which was '93 I think. Actually I must have gone to one in between, the year we came second. But I can't remember it.

I remember Mark Blake scoring a stunning volley there in the early 90's.  Maybe the 1-1 game in '93?

Cheers lads you have just filled in some blanks. I think Mark Blake scored in the Garry Parker debut.

I'm trying to think of the game in the 92/93 season, but struggling. I think it was before Earl Barrett signed for us (though I could be wide of the mark)

1-1. Barrett played; he joined us the previous season as he was cup-tied for the Liverpool quarter final.

[PeterWithesShin]

Tottenham were a non league club when they beat us early 1900s. They had to cheat to do it though.

[adrenachrome]

I've seen Villa at Boundary Park 3 times

87 - memorable moment in a 1-0 away win was a McInally bicycle kick in the 6 Yard box, where he missed it completely. The Chaddy Rd end laughted their cocks off

90 - the worst moment of watching villa. We had clearly not scouted their previous matches and went out of the cup with a limp

92 - Garry Parker had just joined and I'm sure this was his debut (oh to have a player of his vision these days). I'm sure this was a 1-1 draw

Add 1971 Oldham 0 Villa 6 - Ironically Villa had been knocked out the FA Cup the week before in 1st rd by Southend,so some things don't change. The Oldham game was Jim Cumbes debut. Brilliant day pissed down all afternoon.

I was also there. Don't forget, Andy Lochhead scored a hat trick.

I remember that well. There was talk that a load of Man City fans were turning up.