Gut wrenching defeats.

[olaftab]

Every time we lose an FA cup tie however the dfeat at home against manure after going 2-0 up was the worst ever.

[Richard E]

Every time we lose an FA cup tie.

Have no fear, your gut will remain unwrenched today.

[olaftab]

Well it's nice to 7/1 against odds being offered by the Bookies for away team at Villa Park. Just like away teams at Eastlands or SB!

[joe_c]

Gut wrenching victory today according to some strange folk on the main forum.

[Cambridge Claret]

I remember many of the above but for me two stick in the brain:
West Ham 1 Villa 0 FA Cup Quarter Final 1980. It was going to be our year. We had held them brilliantly for 90 minutes. Then Ken McNaught handled? and Stewart scored from the spot. Unbelievable.
Sheffield United 2 Villa 1. 14th Feb 1976. I had started college in Sheffield the previous year and had seen the Blades thrashed several times including 5-1 at Villa Park. They had 4 points only by February and were bottom by a street. Villa go there, play abysmally and who should score the winner but Chris Guthrie, who must have been the most inept centre forward ever to grace the top division. Beyond humiliation.

[pooligan]

There have been so many over the 50 odd years i have been watching Villa,that it would take hours to name them. The ones that spring to mind, are the Leicester match where we scored and it was'nt given,the match at Walsall on a boxing day1970 and we  were thrashed 3-0 and even missed a pen a few days after reaching Wembley.The boxing day match at Small Heath when we lost 3-0 and also the one with the Enkelman gaff

Others that have just come to mind, Coventry away on a foggy boxing day when we lost 3-0, Liverpool winning in injury time a couple of seasons back ,losing at Bournemoth 3-0 in the third division and that match at the baggies where we somehow managed to lose 3-1 while leading with something like ten minutes to go

[Damo70]

I remember many of the above but for me two stick in the brain:
West Ham 1 Villa 0 FA Cup Quarter Final 1980. It was going to be our year. We had held them brilliantly for 90 minutes. Then Ken McNaught handled? and Stewart scored from the spot. Unbelievable.
Sheffield United 2 Villa 1. 14th Feb 1976. I had started college in Sheffield the previous year and had seen the Blades thrashed several times including 5-1 at Villa Park. They had 4 points only by February and were bottom by a street. Villa go there, play abysmally and who should score the winner but Chris Guthrie, who must have been the most inept centre forward ever to grace the top division. Beyond humiliation.

Was Chris Guthrie even more inept than Carl Leaburn? I think he scored about ten goals in a couple of hundred top flight games for Charlton and Wimbledon. Nine of them against the Villa I think.

[usav]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it, but the Coventry away game in 1990 when Platt buggered up his knee and effectively ended our slim title chances at the same time.

[Damo70]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it, but the Coventry away game in 1990 when Platt buggered up his knee and effectively ended our slim title chances at the same time.

I thought it was Mountfield who injured his knee in that game.

[PeterWithesShin]

It was Mountfield. He didn't play again that season. The only game Platt didn't play was the last game of the season.

[LeeB]

It was Mountfield. He didn't play again that season. The only game Platt didn't play was the last game of the season.

He did, and he was still knackered, as he was outstripped by Robert Rosario for Norwich's equalizer in the penultimate game.

[PeterWithesShin]

My mistake. He played the last 5 but was subbed in 3 of them.

[joe_c]

It was Mountfield. He didn't play again that season. The only game Platt didn't play was the last game of the season.

He did, and he was still knackered, as he was outstripped by Robert Rosario for Norwich's equalizer in the penultimate game.

Mountfield opened the scoring for them as well as I recall.

[montague]

I remember many of the above but for me two stick in the brain:
West Ham 1 Villa 0 FA Cup Quarter Final 1980. It was going to be our year. We had held them brilliantly for 90 minutes. Then Ken McNaught handled? and Stewart scored from the spot. Unbelievable.
Sheffield United 2 Villa 1. 14th Feb 1976. I had started college in Sheffield the previous year and had seen the Blades thrashed several times including 5-1 at Villa Park. They had 4 points only by February and were bottom by a street. Villa go there, play abysmally and who should score the winner but Chris Guthrie, who must have been the most inept centre forward ever to grace the top division. Beyond humiliation.

I was at that away game in Sheffield. We took the lead as well and should have won easily. Gutting as was we didn't win a single away game all season and this was a big chance for us to do so (see also Blues and Cov away we should have won). I think Tont Currie scored for them but could be wrong.

We also beat them 4-1 in the FA cup the season before when we were 2nd division and they were first ("first division rubbish" etc)

[montague]

I remember many of the above but for me two stick in the brain:
West Ham 1 Villa 0 FA Cup Quarter Final 1980. It was going to be our year. We had held them brilliantly for 90 minutes. Then Ken McNaught handled? and Stewart scored from the spot. Unbelievable.
Sheffield United 2 Villa 1. 14th Feb 1976. I had started college in Sheffield the previous year and had seen the Blades thrashed several times including 5-1 at Villa Park. They had 4 points only by February and were bottom by a street. Villa go there, play abysmally and who should score the winner but Chris Guthrie, who must have been the most inept centre forward ever to grace the top division. Beyond humiliation.

Here a link to the West Ham game if you bear to watch it. Ray Stewart never missed penalties so it was all over when McNaught stuck his hand up.

http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=west+ham+aston+villa+fa+cup+quarter+final&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=4461386D613264737D474461386D613264737D47