58 Years of Hurt, in all its awfulness

[dave.woodhall]

Portsmouth an Sunderland to follow wasn't it, for them ?

Preceded by Crewe, Bristol Rovers and Ipswich.

[Damo70]

Portsmouth an Sunderland to follow wasn't it, for them ?

Preceded by Crewe, Bristol Rovers and Ipswich.

They beat Portsmouth (managed by Jim Smith I think) on penalties at Villa Park after a draw at Highbury. I'm sure it was one of those shoot outs with loads of misses that ended up something like 2-0.

[Richard E]

Portsmouth an Sunderland to follow wasn't it, for them ?

Preceded by Crewe, Bristol Rovers and Ipswich.

They beat Portsmouth (managed by Jim Smith I think) on penalties at Villa Park after a draw at Highbury. I'm sure it was one of those shoot outs with loads of misses that ended up something like 2-0.

And that was after they got a jammy late equaliser in the last minute of extra time in the original game.

[tomd2103]

Wasn't the replay played in mad fog as well?

Fucking Wimbledon.  All the hatred for MK Dons made me forget how much I despised those bastards 20-odd years ago.

That 1989 game was the most thuggish performance from an opposition I can remember, worse than any game against Small Heath.

Was that the game that Tony Cascarino missed an absolute sitter in the dying minutes in front of the Holte?

[Exeter 77]

Wasn't the replay played in mad fog as well?

Fucking Wimbledon.  All the hatred for MK Dons made me forget how much I despised those bastards 20-odd years ago.

That 1989 game was the most thuggish performance from an opposition I can remember, worse than any game against Small Heath.

Was that the game that Tony Cascarino missed an absolute sitter in the dying minutes in front of the Holte?

Cascarino didn't sign until March 1990.

[castlefields_villan]

So, would it be some kind of a record to have :

Been knocked out of the FA Cup twice in the calendar year - 1970
and not to have played an FA Cup game in the calendar year - 1972 despite us entering it every year ?

[Villa in Denmark]

Man U (various), Liverpool and this years effort were painful but Wimbledon was the one that felt like the hugest kick in the bollocks.

Which one, there are 3 exits to Wimbledon, saw 2 of them first hand, the 0-1 loss at Villa Park when Allan Evans missed a penalty and the Plough Lane replay when Alan Cork popped up deep into extra time to send us home in the rain the bald bastard.

In the whole smörgåsbord of Cup exits that I've had served up to me by the Villa, a last minute extra-time defeat watched from the open terrace at Plough Lane in a January monsoon will always rank up there as one of the most miserable football-related evenings of my life.

Agreed. As a reply to the entrance to Villa Memories, this one must be in with a chance of winning "wettest" match.

I think the trench coat I wore that night is still drying out.

[Villa in Denmark]

My earliest memory is as a nine year old watching the wrestling on World Of Sport when the West Ham score came up and we had conceded the late penalty goal. I was at the Oldham QF game in 1990, which was pretty grim but we still had the league to play for. The one that got to me the most was Liverpool in '92. Phillip Don was ref and gave us nothing. It didn't help that they went on to win the trophy by beating two average second division sides. Looking through all those games from 1980 onwards, strangely the only one I can't recall at all is Everton in 2009.

To those of us of a certain age 1992 was The One, not helped by Liverpool's ridiculously easy run to the final.

Was that the 1-0 at Anfield with the sudden appearance of the yellow 3rd kit and Dariuz Kubicki's debut?

[AV82EC]

My earliest memory is as a nine year old watching the wrestling on World Of Sport when the West Ham score came up and we had conceded the late penalty goal. I was at the Oldham QF game in 1990, which was pretty grim but we still had the league to play for. The one that got to me the most was Liverpool in '92. Phillip Don was ref and gave us nothing. It didn't help that they went on to win the trophy by beating two average second division sides. Looking through all those games from 1980 onwards, strangely the only one I can't recall at all is Everton in 2009.

To those of us of a certain age 1992 was The One, not helped by Liverpool's ridiculously easy run to the final.

Was that the 1-0 at Anfield with the sudden appearance of the yellow 3rd kit and Dariuz Kubicki's debut?

Yep that's the one, BFRs claret and blue army all the way through half time and total heartbreak. I think it's the most upset I've ever been after a match ever. Typical of our luck though, 2 Division 1 clubs and 6 Division 2 clubs in the Qtr finals and we draw each other!

[Villa in Denmark]

My earliest memory is as a nine year old watching the wrestling on World Of Sport when the West Ham score came up and we had conceded the late penalty goal. I was at the Oldham QF game in 1990, which was pretty grim but we still had the league to play for. The one that got to me the most was Liverpool in '92. Phillip Don was ref and gave us nothing. It didn't help that they went on to win the trophy by beating two average second division sides. Looking through all those games from 1980 onwards, strangely the only one I can't recall at all is Everton in 2009.

To those of us of a certain age 1992 was The One, not helped by Liverpool's ridiculously easy run to the final.

Was that the 1-0 at Anfield with the sudden appearance of the yellow 3rd kit and Dariuz Kubicki's debut?

Yep that's the one, BFRs claret and blue army all the way through half time and total heartbreak. I think it's the most upset I've ever been after a match ever. Typical of our luck though, 2 Division 1 clubs and 6 Division 2 clubs in the Qtr finals and we draw each other!

Yes, remember the feeling of "oh f¤¤king hell" when the draw was made.
Only just getting into the queue on the Sunday morning in time to actually get a ticket (the previous night had proved to be neither an all nighter or an early to bed to get up at 4am!)
The sinking feeling when Michael Thomas? scored thinking there was no way back from that.  Huffed and puffed but I don't remember a good chance after we'd gone behind

[dave.woodhall]

My earliest memory is as a nine year old watching the wrestling on World Of Sport when the West Ham score came up and we had conceded the late penalty goal. I was at the Oldham QF game in 1990, which was pretty grim but we still had the league to play for. The one that got to me the most was Liverpool in '92. Phillip Don was ref and gave us nothing. It didn't help that they went on to win the trophy by beating two average second division sides. Looking through all those games from 1980 onwards, strangely the only one I can't recall at all is Everton in 2009.

To those of us of a certain age 1992 was The One, not helped by Liverpool's ridiculously easy run to the final.

Was that the 1-0 at Anfield with the sudden appearance of the yellow 3rd kit and Dariuz Kubicki's debut?

Yep that's the one, BFRs claret and blue army all the way through half time and total heartbreak. I think it's the most upset I've ever been after a match ever. Typical of our luck though, 2 Division 1 clubs and 6 Division 2 clubs in the Qtr finals and we draw each other!

There were six division one teams in the draw but we still got the hardest one. It's odd to think that this was the last quarter-final we lost and as joe_c said once, a generation of Villa supporters has grown up not knowing us lose one.

[Damo70]

My earliest memory is as a nine year old watching the wrestling on World Of Sport when the West Ham score came up and we had conceded the late penalty goal. I was at the Oldham QF game in 1990, which was pretty grim but we still had the league to play for. The one that got to me the most was Liverpool in '92. Phillip Don was ref and gave us nothing. It didn't help that they went on to win the trophy by beating two average second division sides. Looking through all those games from 1980 onwards, strangely the only one I can't recall at all is Everton in 2009.

To those of us of a certain age 1992 was The One, not helped by Liverpool's ridiculously easy run to the final.

Was that the 1-0 at Anfield with the sudden appearance of the yellow 3rd kit and Dariuz Kubicki's debut?

Yep that's the one, BFRs claret and blue army all the way through half time and total heartbreak. I think it's the most upset I've ever been after a match ever. Typical of our luck though, 2 Division 1 clubs and 6 Division 2 clubs in the Qtr finals and we draw each other!

It was definitely the yellow kit day. I was wearing one. I thought Dariuz made his debut a lot earlier. I have got the game at The Dell just a handful or so  games into the season in my mind.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Man U (various), Liverpool and this years effort were painful but Wimbledon was the one that felt like the hugest kick in the bollocks.

Which one, there are 3 exits to Wimbledon, saw 2 of them first hand, the 0-1 loss at Villa Park when Allan Evans missed a penalty and the Plough Lane replay when Alan Cork popped up deep into extra time to send us home in the rain the bald bastard.

In the whole smörgåsbord of Cup exits that I've had served up to me by the Villa, a last minute extra-time defeat watched from the open terrace at Plough Lane in a January monsoon will always rank up there as one of the most miserable football-related evenings of my life.

Agreed. As a reply to the entrance to Villa Memories, this one must be in with a chance of winning "wettest" match.

I think the trench coat I wore that night is still drying out.

That wasn't rain that night, it was a vertical tsunami. I was wearing a Crombie overcoat at the time and it trebled in weight with all the water. I remember getting back to the station thoroughly pissed off only for the old bill to stop me getting on the train with the rest of the Villa fans. They wanted 'a quiet word' so I was stuck there for ages. I suppose if that'd happened these days I could've filmed it on my phone and uploaded it to twitter to start the 'Free the Plough Lane One' campaign. #fascistcops #pisswetthru

[Villa in Denmark]

Maybe it was the first time I'd seen Dariuz in action then, or had he played a lot then suddenly been dropped?

Can't remember after all this time, just that there was something about his appearance / non appearance.  Either way, not one of the happiest journeys home.

[Damo70]

Man U (various), Liverpool and this years effort were painful but Wimbledon was the one that felt like the hugest kick in the bollocks.

Which one, there are 3 exits to Wimbledon, saw 2 of them first hand, the 0-1 loss at Villa Park when Allan Evans missed a penalty and the Plough Lane replay when Alan Cork popped up deep into extra time to send us home in the rain the bald bastard.

In the whole smörgåsbord of Cup exits that I've had served up to me by the Villa, a last minute extra-time defeat watched from the open terrace at Plough Lane in a January monsoon will always rank up there as one of the most miserable football-related evenings of my life.

Agreed. As a reply to the entrance to Villa Memories, this one must be in with a chance of winning "wettest" match.

I think the trench coat I wore that night is still drying out.

That wasn't rain that night, it was a vertical tsunami. I was wearing a Crombie overcoat at the time and it trebled in weight with all the water. I remember getting back to the station thoroughly pissed off only for the old bill to stop me getting on the train with the rest of the Villa fans. They wanted 'a quiet word' so I was stuck there for ages. I suppose if that'd happened these days I could've filmed it on my phone and uploaded it to twitter to start the 'Free the Plough Lane One' campaign. #fascistcops #pisswetthru

I wasn't at Plough Lane that night but I was at Leeds Road in 1987. Was anyone at both? If so, firstly I admire you and secondly and most importantly - which was wettest?