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Offline Grande Pablo

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #255 on: May 13, 2020, 09:34:31 PM »
4-3 at Derby was 91/92 and I think that was Parker's debut.

I've a vivid memory of Midlands Today really bigging this game up a giant killing.  Alan Towers was interviewing BFR at the Baseball Ground - BFR eventually cracked & said something along the lines of 'he thinks you lot are rubbish' as the players walk past them into the dressing room.

Offline eric woolban woolban

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #256 on: May 13, 2020, 09:47:21 PM »
Alan Towers. Blast from the past. Now deceased I believe.
Left the BBC with this parting shot.

https://youtu.be/es7K3LnVtW4

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #257 on: May 13, 2020, 10:20:20 PM »
Alan Towers. Blast from the past. Now deceased I believe.
Left the BBC with this parting shot.

https://youtu.be/es7K3LnVtW4

Ha ha, I've never seen that, that's the full Partridge! Top man.

Offline Damo70

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #258 on: May 14, 2020, 05:32:28 PM »
Alan Towers. Blast from the past. Now deceased I believe.
Left the BBC with this parting shot.

https://youtu.be/es7K3LnVtW4

Ha ha, I've never seen that, that's the full Partridge! Top man.


Brilliant. I hope they presented him with the gold watch before he said his 'fond goodbye'. And yes his wording was very Partridge.

Offline Damo70

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #259 on: May 14, 2020, 05:41:17 PM »
4-3 at Derby was 91/92 and I think that was Parker's debut.

I was at the 4-3 midweek game at Derby in the cup. We were seated in the top tier of one of the stands behind the goal whereas on our previous visit (Cascarino's debut) we were stood in the pen behind the goal. But I was also at the Oldham away game and I thought that was Garry Parker's debut game.

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #260 on: May 14, 2020, 06:05:26 PM »
4-3 at Derby was 91/92 and I think that was Parker's debut.

I was at the 4-3 midweek game at Derby in the cup. We were seated in the top tier of one of the stands behind the goal whereas on our previous visit (Cascarino's debut) we were stood in the pen behind the goal. But I was also at the Oldham away game and I thought that was Garry Parker's debut game.

I too was at both games, and honestly couldn't tell you who's right.

Offline eric woolban woolban

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #261 on: May 14, 2020, 10:29:35 PM »
Just done a bit of googling.
Garry Parker signed Friday 29th November 1991.
The next day we lost 3-2 away to Oldham and Parker was in the starting line up.

Offline Exeter 77

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #262 on: May 14, 2020, 10:34:14 PM »
4-3 at Derby was 91/92 and I think that was Parker's debut.


I was at the 4-3 midweek game at Derby in the cup. We were seated in the top tier of one of the stands behind the goal whereas on our previous visit (Cascarino's debut) we were stood in the pen behind the goal. But I was also at the Oldham away game and I thought that was Garry Parker's debut game.
It was Oldham away which was a couple of months and several games before. I think I'm confusing his first game with his first goal.
https://www.11v11.com/players/garry-parker-243/team/aston-villa/#clubmatches

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #263 on: May 14, 2020, 10:37:13 PM »
Just done a bit of googling.
Garry Parker signed Friday 29th November 1991.
The next day we lost 3-2 away to Oldham and Parker was in the starting line up.

I seem to remember Mark Blake scoring a good goal in that game. He got a run in the side then a looked a good prospect, but for some reason he didn't kick on.

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #264 on: May 15, 2020, 12:53:15 AM »
Probably going to add another 100 pages but why were we so bad in the FA cup around that time?

2nd place prem season lost in replay to Wimbledon on penalties in 4th round.

Season we won the league cup we lost to Bolton who weren't even in the premier league at the time, too much fixture congestion?

Frustrating period of our obsession considering how strong we were in the league cup in that period.

3-0 QF lost to Oldham in 1990 aswell, I assume that was the season they nearly beat Man. United in the semi final.

Frustrating period of our obsession considering how strong we were in the league cup in that period.

Our record in the early to mid 80s was even poorer when you consider how open the competition was in that period compared to the present day.


« Last Edit: May 15, 2020, 12:55:01 AM by SoccerHQ »

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #265 on: May 15, 2020, 09:02:47 AM »
The Oldham game was on their awful plastic pitch on a horrible Wednesday night which at least partly contributed to the terrible performance.

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #266 on: May 15, 2020, 09:14:52 AM »
We just didn't turn up for that 1990 quarter final at Oldham that night. It was a pathetic display (I deliberately didn't use the word performance because we didn't perform whatsoever). The car load of us who travelled left before the end, which was very rare for us.

At Anfield in 1992 we put in a good performance but the ref P.Don gave every decision to Liverpool and gave us f*ck all. That should have been our year with second division Portsmouth and second division Sunderland waiting for us in the semi and the final.

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #267 on: May 15, 2020, 09:39:47 AM »
Probably going to add another 100 pages but why were we so bad in the FA cup around that time?

2nd place prem season lost in replay to Wimbledon on penalties in 4th round.

Season we won the league cup we lost to Bolton who weren't even in the premier league at the time, too much fixture congestion?

Frustrating period of our obsession considering how strong we were in the league cup in that period.

3-0 QF lost to Oldham in 1990 aswell, I assume that was the season they nearly beat Man. United in the semi final.

Frustrating period of our obsession considering how strong we were in the league cup in that period.

Our record in the early to mid 80s was even poorer when you consider how open the competition was in that period compared to the present day.




Mate, we've been 'that bad' in the FA Cup for my entire life

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #268 on: May 15, 2020, 09:42:00 AM »
We just didn't turn up for that 1990 quarter final at Oldham that night. It was a pathetic display (I deliberately didn't use the word performance because we didn't perform whatsoever). The car load of us who travelled left before the end, which was very rare for us.

At Anfield in 1992 we put in a good performance but the ref P.Don gave every decision to Liverpool and gave us f*ck all. That should have been our year with second division Portsmouth and second division Sunderland waiting for us in the semi and the final.

We should have at least got them back to Villa Park. It was a missed opportunity because that Liverpool side was shite, well shite for them anyway.

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Re: The rapid decline of the 92/93 team
« Reply #269 on: May 15, 2020, 09:48:11 AM »
We just didn't turn up for that 1990 quarter final at Oldham that night. It was a pathetic display (I deliberately didn't use the word performance because we didn't perform whatsoever). The car load of us who travelled left before the end, which was very rare for us.

At Anfield in 1992 we put in a good performance but the ref P.Don gave every decision to Liverpool and gave us f*ck all. That should have been our year with second division Portsmouth and second division Sunderland waiting for us in the semi and the final.

We should have at least got them back to Villa Park. It was a missed opportunity because that Liverpool side was shite, well shite for them anyway.



After beating us in the QF Liverpool were lucky to scrape a draw with Portsmouth at Highbury in the semi. They then only scraped through on penalties in the replay at Villa Park. If I remember right it was a crap penalty shoot out with more pens missed than scored.

 


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