Aston Villa Season 1991-1992

[mcgrath_85]

Hi guys. I hope everyone is safe and well! During this strange period of no new Aston Villa stories or matches and having a way more down time than usual I've decided to revisit some Villa season reviews on the YouTube. The first one I've watched again after many years is the 1991-1992 season: Big Ron's first season in charge that largely served as a transitional year. I thought it would be nice and welcome to start a thread so folks can share their memories of that season.

What struck me first off, was the amount of new faces that came in and ones that left before and during the season. It was clear that Ron didn't rate the squad that did so poorly under Josef Venglos and rightly so. It's very reminiscent of what we've done this season, although we didn't sign a load of young foriegn players with no English football experience. 
Further thoughts on the not so great season but instrumental for the two to follow was Cyrille Regis playing a big role even though he looked forty. Also, I didn't realise that Dwight Yorke was a regular starter at that time and his class was apparent then. Overall, after watching the review, it made me pine even more for how football used to be and even Aston Villa for that matter.

[Cliftonville Villlain]

Watched Villa in Dublin that pre-season with all the new faces and Andy Gray was Big Ron's assistant. Remember Paul Mortimer having a great game and thinking hell be a good`un. I'll just get me coat...

[dave.woodhall]

The worrying thing is how many of the new signings have since died.

[Damo70]

I think I was at our first pre season fixture and BFR's first game at Witney Town when half of the team were Villa debutants. Apparently BFR had done some part time coaching there whilst still playing for nearby Oxford. Very informal, no stands and basically a parks pitch style set up. We stood on the touchline and I had a chat with Kevin Richardson who had just been subbed and was standing on the touchline with the rest of us fans (there were very very few of us as I recall). I saw Ivo Stas play and score in what to the best of my recollection was a 6-0 win. He hit the side netting and it went through the netting and into the goal and the ref allowed it.

[pauliewalnuts]

May i be the first to say that Sheffield Wednesday away on the first day of the season was one of the best away days ever.

[Steve67]

May i be the first to say that Sheffield Wednesday away on the first day of the season was one of the best away days ever.

Fantastic day, bathed in sunshine, winning in the last few minutes.  My first trip to Hillsborough with my mates from Holly Lane Football Club.  Great days.

[eamonn]

The Hillsborough reprise last April was pretty sweet too.

[CT]

The week before Sheffield Wednesday, Villa took a team to Gl**cester City for a friendly.

We all went over expecting the youth team and were pretty shocked when the first XI played the first 45 mins. I knew the Gl**cester manager and Chairman at the time, they were really good people, and they got me and three mates some tickets to go into the supporters club and possibly meet the players after.

So, four of us are sat there just having a drink, when Tim, the manager, calls me over. He hands me this huge bottle of champagne and tells me to follow him. Before I know it, Big Ron and Andy Gray are sat in front of me. I get to present this champagne to them as a thank you for bringing such a strong side. He then invites my mates through and we get photos with the players.

It was a fantastic night and I was so grateful to Tim for what he did.

Then a week later, we had one of the best away days ever in Sheffield!!

[AV82EC]

That Sheffield Wednesday away game is up their in my 5 top away experiences. It was absolutely bananas.

[AV82EC]

Of course this was also the season of 1 goal in 11 games finished with a 5-2 win at Spurs!

[cdbearsfan]

We really, really, really should have won the bloody cup.

[Clark W Griswold]

The new signings; Sealey, Kubicki, Ugo, Teale, Staunton, Richardon, Mortimer, Regis, Atkinson. What a class bunch of signings, the only fuck up being Mortimer. We then also signed Parker and Barrett during the season.
Somewhat better than our success rate with signings over the past 10 years.
Also, as Dave said, the sad thing is that 3 of those initial signings have died well before their time.

[Olof's Beard]

 Sealey, Ehiogu, Regis, Atkinson. Four have died, which really is hard to fathom.

[garyshawsknee]

Unfortunately it's 4. Dear old Les departed a few years back.

[Chico Hamilton III]

May i be the first to say that Sheffield Wednesday away on the first day of the season was one of the best away days ever.

Yes, a fantastic day. It’s hard to imagine now what a big story it was at the time, Big Ron leaving “the best job in the world” and then returning to Hillsborough for his first league game. He was getting real grief off them before the game as well. We tore them to pieces on the pitch. How many Villa debuts that day? That was when new players didn’t need a dozen games to settle in