Villa Park at its finest

[Pat McMahon]

I was at that game and it was indeed a joy to be on a packed Holte.

Truth be told it was an anti climax - they were too good for us, which became obvious after the opening 15 minutes or so, and the atmosphere was muted quite quickly. I recall the Argus the following Saturday saying how the crowd had been quietened after half an hour or so - can't remember the actual focus of the article but that stuck out for me. Liverpool had a large following that day and most of the singing you could hear on tv was from them.

[class-of-82]

i can remember ray houghton taking a free kick bout 15 yds from where the foul was commited for one of liverpools goal
forgave him when he signed for us

[Flamingo Lane]

I was at that one, drove up from Bristol and took with me a young lady I was very keen on at the time.  It didn't work, and she still owes me for the ticket.

[Hillbilly]

That Villa kit was baaaaad. Barnes was different class. Makes one appreciate outlawing the back pass, not least because it correlates with the end of Liverpool's dominance.