Villa 1 Coventry 0 August 84

[He wears a magic hat]

Opening Day fixture from the 1984/85 Campaign

Beware the opening minute may make you vommit

[He wears a magic hat]

35 secs to be precise

[nigel]

Great skill from Mark Walters for the goal.

Have to say that I always like Ogrizovic, very underrated keeper.

[garyshawsknee]

5 effing years and an injured Gary Shaw. Things don't seem that bad right now.

[garyshawsknee]

Evans,Gibson,Williams,Sid,Bremner,Walters,Withe,McMahon. Turner did a great job fucking that team up.

[dave.woodhall]

Evans,Gibson,Williams,Sid,Bremner,Walters,Withe,McMahon. Turner did a great job fucking that team up.

He had some help.

[garyshawsknee]

Too much help.

[garyshawsknee]

Evans,Gibson,Williams,Sid,Bremner,Walters,Withe,McMahon. Turner did a great job fucking that team up.

He had some help.

That reminds me, forgot to send the old buzzard my birthday wishes.

[Damo70]

Evans,Gibson,Williams,Sid,Bremner,Walters,Withe,McMahon. Turner did a great job fucking that team up.

He had some help.

For a good businessman Doug didn't exactly drive a hard bargain when it came to selling Rimmer, Swain, Williams, Gibson, McNaught, Mortimer, Bremner, Withe and Morley. Even taking into account age, contracts and transfer fees at the time.

[Charlie8182]

I went to this game when I was 12, I don't recall it being on MOTD.  Our glory days were well and truly behind us by now, after all we lost our next home game 5-0 to Forest, and despite the managerial change I don't believe we brought in any new players during that summer.
Also, only just short of 21,000 for the first game of the season which was a sign of the times, mind you it didn't look so bad with terraces and normal wooden seats, the ground would look virtually empty now.
I didn't know at that time either how much Coventry hated us, it wasn't until about the late 80s after they won the FA cup when I picked up on that.

[The Left Side]

Thanks for posting