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Online Legion

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26.01.1983
« on: January 26, 2014, 12:57:35 PM »

Offline Des Little

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Re: 26.01.1983
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2014, 07:36:47 PM »
What a night. Never to be forgotten

Online lovejoy

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Re: 26.01.1983
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2014, 07:42:54 PM »
Never a pen on Walters.

Offline The Left Side

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Re: 26.01.1983
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2014, 08:21:17 PM »
Dirty bleeders

Online Pete3206

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Re: 26.01.1983
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2014, 09:00:45 PM »
Trivia - Their goalie Urruti, died in a car crash in 2001.

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Re: 26.01.1983
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2014, 09:25:52 PM »
Wonderful night. Marred only by the sending off Allan Evans who was suspended for the Juve game a few weeks later. If he'd have played then who knows?

The game was the last truly memorable performance by that squad. I left Villa Park thinking that we were going to successful for years to come. In hindsight how wrong I was.

Offline WarszaVillan

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Re: 26.01.1983
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2014, 08:49:49 AM »
Withe's forearm smash for the first goal was something

Online FrankyH

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Re: 26.01.1983
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2014, 09:19:32 AM »
My mate threw a scarf I had lent him on the pitch , which Peter Withe wore  !

Offline Damo70

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Re: 26.01.1983
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2014, 06:50:40 PM »
It was one of my most memorable days/nights at Villa Park. The atmosphere was incredible, partly down to Barcelona's 'tactics'. I don't think I have ever seen any footage at all of the first leg.

Offline WarszaVillan

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Re: 26.01.1983
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2014, 07:00:16 PM »
Exactly what i was thinking. I remember following the away leg on the radio but have no recollection of ever seeing their goal at
 the nou camp.

Offline Rudy65

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Re: 26.01.1983
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2014, 11:58:36 PM »
It was one of my most memorable days/nights at Villa Park. The atmosphere was incredible, partly down to Barcelona's 'tactics'. I don't think I have ever seen any footage at all of the first leg.

Agreed. They were a dirty team. Much different from the Barca of today. Great night

 


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