I wonder what Sir Brian makes of our mainly inept performances this season? He should be advising Tony to pull the trigger and get Bruce in!
One game that sticks in my mind was an FA Cup Replay against Southampton. It was in the days of Tommy Docherty and we had drawn 2-2 at The Dell. I reckon the crowd was 65000 but I could be delusional. I remember Dave Rudge skipped over a massive sliding tackle from a bloke called John McGrath to cross for a Peter Broadbent headed goal. It was a Wednesday night and when we played at home again on the following Saturday, you could still see the stud marks in the pitch from the sliding tackle. Have I got my facts right?
Quote from: ClarrieBlue on September 18, 2016, 10:40:08 PMOne game that sticks in my mind was an FA Cup Replay against Southampton. It was in the days of Tommy Docherty and we had drawn 2-2 at The Dell. I reckon the crowd was 65000 but I could be delusional. I remember Dave Rudge skipped over a massive sliding tackle from a bloke called John McGrath to cross for a Peter Broadbent headed goal. It was a Wednesday night and when we played at home again on the following Saturday, you could still see the stud marks in the pitch from the sliding tackle. Have I got my facts right?I remember the game well. We were on a double decker coming down College Road but not going very far due to the huge volume of traffic. A few of us decided to jump off and run the rest of the way in case we missed the start of the game. As we were jogging past The Barn the bus cruised past and we had the piss taken out of us by all on board.I don't think it was 65K though, more like 60K.
Quote from: papa lazarou on September 19, 2016, 02:31:53 PMQuote from: ClarrieBlue on September 18, 2016, 10:40:08 PMOne game that sticks in my mind was an FA Cup Replay against Southampton. It was in the days of Tommy Docherty and we had drawn 2-2 at The Dell. I reckon the crowd was 65000 but I could be delusional. I remember Dave Rudge skipped over a massive sliding tackle from a bloke called John McGrath to cross for a Peter Broadbent headed goal. It was a Wednesday night and when we played at home again on the following Saturday, you could still see the stud marks in the pitch from the sliding tackle. Have I got my facts right?I remember the game well. We were on a double decker coming down College Road but not going very far due to the huge volume of traffic. A few of us decided to jump off and run the rest of the way in case we missed the start of the game. As we were jogging past The Barn the bus cruised past and we had the piss taken out of us by all on board.I don't think it was 65K though, more like 60K.59084 was the attandance. If you are thinking of the goal scored in front of the Holte from a Rudge cross was Lionel Martin a tap in rather than a header after Godfrey dummied at the near post stepping over ballfor Martin to finish. I can't recall the goal at the Witton End by Broadbent at all for some reason. That may have been a header from a Rudge cross.The first game was brilliant 2-0 up at HT through Godfrey and Hole, thousands of Villa in the 27k crowd absolutely swamping the Milton Rd end. Plus rather unfortunately for a wedding fans running everywhere around church grounds when trying to take wedding photos. Heady days as a 14 yr old
Well, Sir Brian was brought is as an advisor to the board, so naturally you'd expect him to advise the board ffs!
I was just seeing on Twitter that Sir Brian has a book out soon
Quote from: PeterWithe on November 04, 2018, 07:19:22 PMI was just seeing on Twitter that Sir Brian has a book out soonI have a Brian Little book. 'The Return Of The Little Villan'. I haven't read it for while but I think it was pretty much what it said on the tin. It was pretty much all about his return to Villa as a manager. So a proper autobiography would be interesting. After a good playing career sadly cut short he made a terrific start to his managerial career at Darlington (two promotions I think), Leicester (another promotion after a couple of close misses) and winning a trophy with Villa. There seem to be various reasons put forward for how, when and why he left his post as Villa manager so it would be good to hear his side of the story. Sadly his managerial career went progressively downhill from there at Stoke, Albion, Hull, Tranmere and Wrexham.
I've got a signed copy of this.