Happy Relegation Day!

[Risso]

5 years ago today, we finally had the magic 'R' after our name, as we went down the plughole after circling it for so long.


What a horrendous season that was, and what a completely different proposition we are under the current owners. So cheers, Nas and Wes!

[JD]

What a depressing day that was. I thought we wouldn't be back for years.

Thank you Nas, Wes and Dean of course.

[Drummond]

5 years ago today, we finally had the magic 'R' after our name, as we went down the plughole after circling it for so long.


What a horrendous season that was, and what a completely different proposition we are under the current owners. So cheers, Nas and Wes!

Couldn't be more different.

[Brazilian Villain]

Given where we are now compared to then this might be more appropriate in 'Villa Memories'.

[Chico Hamilton III]

So many shit memories from that period that I don’t know where to start. I think the sight/sound of Villa fans cheering Arsenal’s goals at the final game of the season was the clincher. The giant inflatable penis with a picture of Gabby on the bell end lifted the mood slightly

[eamonn]

Can't we bury this time/thread? We were heading the way of...well, Bury.

[ez]

I've  been watching Villa since the mid 1970s and this was by far the shittist Villa team I've ever seen.  Absolute wretched bunch of losers. Then there was Tim Sherwood. Who on earth decided he was a football manager.

[Clampy]

I was at Old Trafford that day. The fact that it was expected softened the blow a tad. Just a tad mind.

[Rory]

God, only five years. It felt like we were in the Championship for an eternity.

[N'ZMAV]

seems like longer ago.
What a shambles of a club we was, owner, managers that season, players like Agbonlahor, Guzan, Richards, Lescott etc....

The future is bright....

[SoccerHQ]

Shows how quickly we've come back in relatively short space of time.

[N'ZMAV]

Shows how quickly we've come back in relatively short space of time.

it's cost a bit though.... thankfully the owners are rich and the Premier League attracts big dosh.

[ajmant]

That Bacuna back-pass against Southampton at home still sits in the memory like it was yesterday. I was livid that day. I think all the crap we saw that season was epitomised in that one moment, and all my frustration came out at that moment. We were absolutely appalling that season. A far cry from now thankfully!

[SoccerHQ]

Shows how quickly we've come back in relatively short space of time.

it's cost a bit though.... thankfully the owners are rich and the Premier League attracts big dosh.

Easy to say now but we should've just written 16/17 off and not spent much and just spent 6 months just weeding all the losers out.

When you look at the team that went up v Derby the starting 11 didn't cost that much at all with combination of the loans, low cost signings like Hourihane, Taylor, Whelan, Adomah etc.

[N'ZMAV]

That Bacuna back-pass against Southampton at home still sits in the memory like it was yesterday. I was livid that day. I think all the crap we saw that season was epitomised in that one moment, and all my frustration came out at that moment. We were absolutely appalling that season. A far cry from now thankfully!

ah Bacuna - forgot about him. Fucking waste of space he was too often.