Well that footage certainly seems to reflect the disorganised and chaotic nature of the day!We were sat amongst the Arsenal fans near the foot of the North Bank, and they were in no mood to simply stand by and let us enjoy our triumph. We had bought seats for this game some weeks beforehand, from a bloke my dad knew, having seen how the last day would be likely to play out. I may be wrong, but I recall that the game was only made an all ticket affair a week or so before the game itself.
I’m struggling to work out which is which. I can’t see the clock easily. We’re we the ones mostly still in the stands at the end of the ones on the right on the pitch?
Historic footage.Remember being stuck on the North Circular and worried we'd miss kick-off.Then the madness of the Clock-end- the full spectrum of emotions in a few minutes. Once out of the ground it was Villa everywhere. Thick traffic all the way back and a lovely touch when the coaches got back to Villa Park- the Holte End floodlights were on. We ended up in The New Bell -just beat last orders! One of the great days!
Quote from: Godfrey Brian on September 05, 2020, 05:32:04 PMHistoric footage.Remember being stuck on the North Circular and worried we'd miss kick-off.Then the madness of the Clock-end- the full spectrum of emotions in a few minutes. Once out of the ground it was Villa everywhere. Thick traffic all the way back and a lovely touch when the coaches got back to Villa Park- the Holte End floodlights were on. We ended up in The New Bell -just beat last orders! One of the great days!By getting out those few minutes early, we beat all that and coincidently, we too got back to the New Bell and were also back in time to buy the Argus.One of the things that stick in the memory is stopping at lights on the North Circular and a car full of Arse fans pulling up alongside and gesturing to wind down my window(they knew we were Villa as our scarves were hanging out of the back windows) and I thought here we go but despite that I wound down my window and to my surprise they all started yelling congratulations and how they were delighted we'd won the league as they didn't want Ipswich to win it as they hated them. Happy days.
Quote from: dave shelley on September 05, 2020, 05:51:28 PMQuote from: Godfrey Brian on September 05, 2020, 05:32:04 PMHistoric footage.Remember being stuck on the North Circular and worried we'd miss kick-off.Then the madness of the Clock-end- the full spectrum of emotions in a few minutes. Once out of the ground it was Villa everywhere. Thick traffic all the way back and a lovely touch when the coaches got back to Villa Park- the Holte End floodlights were on. We ended up in The New Bell -just beat last orders! One of the great days!By getting out those few minutes early, we beat all that and coincidently, we too got back to the New Bell and were also back in time to buy the Argus.One of the things that stick in the memory is stopping at lights on the North Circular and a car full of Arse fans pulling up alongside and gesturing to wind down my window(they knew we were Villa as our scarves were hanging out of the back windows) and I thought here we go but despite that I wound down my window and to my surprise they all started yelling congratulations and how they were delighted we'd won the league as they didn't want Ipswich to win it as they hated them. Happy days.Gents, do you mean The New Bell at the bottom of Booths Farm Road, Great Barr by any chance?