Funny or Strange Happenings You Have Witnessed As a Villa Fan

[Lucky Eddie]

Savo spitting towards the away end at rovers .............

[The Laughing Policeman]

Seeing us win at home last season.
'Johnny Angel' blaring from the tannoy on the day JPA made his first appearance for us.
The boos ringing out when we made our first appearance in the yellow and blue away shirt because we all thought they were Italians.
Every Div 3 awayday.

[OzVilla]

The continued abuse and subsequent collapse in performance of the Oxford United Goalkeeper during a League Cup game at the Manor Ground in Oct 1993.

The Holte End genuflecting when some Portuguese team bought on a sub called Jesus in the UEFA Cup mid 80's.

The Villa v Blose home game in the torrential rain in 1983. 

[DeKuip]

Just a few months after watching our team win the European Cup,  and still pinching myself believing it had all been a crazy dream - I drove home from work down the Aston Expressway listening to our first defence of the trophy on the radio. It was a surreal moment as the game was actually taking place over to my left behind closed doors at Villa Park. A quiet Wednesday afternoon in Brum felt so far removed from that night in Rotterdam, and as someone who was at every home and away game around that time it felt really strange not to be able to watch it.

[gnrpoison]

The Villa/Newcastle game that saw Carew's hattrick and Bouma's goal, as Keegan had recently rejoined them and they were getting hammered by us in the second half. The chants of 'there's only one Kevin Keegan' by our fans towards the end of the game had me in stitches.

The subsequent game the following season when they were relegated, the banner of 'Who's your next messiah Ant or Dec?', Their inept cannot be arsed performance even though a draw would have saved them I think and then the 'down with the baggies chant' so loud that when it was shown on Football first/Motd and it cut to Shearer looking unhappy with the chants all around him.

Bannan trying to outjump Zigic in 10/11 against Blues and the fan heading the ball back onto the pitch in the same game, only to be turfed out I think by the stewards.

[pbavfckuwait]

The half caste guy, think his name was Moses, getting chased around Meadow Lane sodden wet pitch by about two dozen coppers, in his crombie , bowler hat and brolly and the coppers falling over in the mud like nine pins.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Standing in Oldhams Boundary Park about 30 minutes before kick off, I think it was the 6-0 win in 71/72.
You became aware of a car horn going off. Looking over to the corner they had a ramp which allowed those light blue disability three wheeler cars to drive down and watch the game from the cinder track. One of them had fallen off the edge of the ramp and was on its side. Three or four stewards walked over picked the car up to put upright and the driver simply carried on and took up his position on the track.

[Virgil Caine]

The half caste guy, think his name was Moses, getting chased around Meadow Lane sodden wet pitch by about two dozen coppers, in his crombie , bowler hat and brolly and the coppers falling over in the mud like nine pins.

PC Pendant alert. I think the phrase that should be used now is ' of mixed race' or ' of mixed ethnic background' however it was the term of the time and I am pretty sure Moses would not have worried too much about the label.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

As our sixth goal went in against Everton in the 6-2 drubbing, my glasses flew off in the surging melee and disappeared into the massed throng below us in the Holte. I was convinced I'd have to watch the rest of the game in blur-o-vision, but then a complete stranger came up through the crowd from at least 20 feet further down and handed me back my specs. I can only assume that he knew they were mine from my screwed up face. They had landed in the hood of his parka and were in immaculate condition.

[ktvillan]

Chris Nicholl scoring all four goals in the 2-2 draw at Leicester.

Tearing apart the best team in Europe 5-1 in 45 minutes with a rookie centre back playing.

Rodney Marsh's grundies/arse when he mooned the Holte End.

Saying hello to Pele and giving him a pat on the back at Highbury in 1981.

Dion Dublin dropping the nut on Savage.

Frank Carrodus dribbling round what seemed like the whole of the Man City defence and then tread on the ball and fall flat on his face with only the keeper to beat.  The Holte End collectively pissed itself.



 

[kippaxvilla2]

As our sixth goal went in against Everton in the 6-2 drubbing, my glasses flew off in the surging melee and disappeared into the massed throng below us in the Holte. I was convinced I'd have to watch the rest of the game in blur-o-vision, but then a complete stranger came up through the crowd from at least 20 feet further down and handed me back my specs. I can only assume that he knew they were mine from my screwed up face. They had landed in the hood of his parka and were in immaculate condition.

Am I right in thinking there were only 17,000 at that game and it seemed like so many more given sasid melee's.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

As our sixth goal went in against Everton in the 6-2 drubbing, my glasses flew off in the surging melee and disappeared into the massed throng below us in the Holte. I was convinced I'd have to watch the rest of the game in blur-o-vision, but then a complete stranger came up through the crowd from at least 20 feet further down and handed me back my specs. I can only assume that he knew they were mine from my screwed up face. They had landed in the hood of his parka and were in immaculate condition.

Am I right in thinking there were only 17,000 at that game and it seemed like so many more given sasid melee's.

If I remember it was on Sunday and on TV so the crowd probably wasn't that big, but there was a fair bit of dancing on the Holte that day. We played Forest once two days before Christmas in a Milk/Zenith/Whatever Cup type thing and I think there was only about 6000 there but the atmosphere (and melee) was mental although that might have been something to do with the amount of pre Christmas bevvies.

[DesBremner]

Dean Saunders throw in off the back of the opposition player that lead to a goal
Still makes me laugh thinking about it
Just wish I could remember who we were playing and who scored..........


As a footnote my son did the same in an under 15 game last year whereupon the other player chased him, kicked him up in the air and was sent off.........

[Chico Hamilton III]

The green sand

[Charlie8182]

A couple of streakers, the first was female at Bramall Lane in 1991 who ran into Paul McGrath as the game was going on.
The 2nd was a night match against Charlton at the Valley at Xmas 1998, he was arrested and marched past the Villa fans who sang 'What the fucking hell is that!'

The solo Elvis impersonator at Elland Road in the Villa End (2003), you definitely had to be there!