Just looked at the fixtures from that season and apart from Everton away (when Merson scored) and the Celta Vigo fiasco I don't remember any other games than the Cov and Chelsea ones. Can remember the £ protests against Ellis prior to Angel signing but other than that... nothing. Don't remember any of the cup exits either which is just weird.
The McLeish season - Chelsea away. Thats it, thats the post.
Soccer HQ, I think we had a conversation about this season not so long ago? Can't remember the thread!This season coincided with my first year at uni in Aberystwyth, and for some reason, it's the first season I started going regularly to Villa Park. What are student loans for I suppose? It just reminds me more of good days with loads of new mates who didn't support Villa (first-year flatmates were Spurs, Man Utd, Leeds, Everton, Arsenal) slowly but surely falling in love with the club I love.Yeah, the football wasn't anything spectacular, but sending Cov down, and beating Leicester were highlights. I also remember a 2-1 win at home to Ipswich, taking our seats in the Lower Holte, and finding myself sat next to one of my best mates from high school. Incredibly random, and a Liverpool fan at that!
Quote from: AV82EC on July 06, 2021, 08:12:14 AMThe McLeish season - Chelsea away. Thats it, thats the post. It wasn't so bad up to the infamous Spurs game with Hutton on right of midfield. Before then Norwich 3-2 game was a good watch and we were at least beating the bottom half teams pretty comfortably and scoring a few goals. Awful after that although always remember the Bolton home game for everyone just having enough and mass protest about McLeish for last 15 minutes.16/17 was also a very forgettable season. Bit of intrigue and optimism at the start given the spending and our first season outside top flight for 30 years but we had those two long winless runs and generally terrible standard of games. At least next two seasons in championship were far more interesting.
2003/2004 aside, the first half of the 2000s were a bit meh. The attendances were down on what they were in the 90s.
Quote from: Villan82 on July 06, 2021, 10:34:49 AM2003/2004 aside, the first half of the 2000s were a bit meh. The attendances were down on what they were in the 90s.2002/03 and 2004/05 would've been very forgettable seasons but for the SHA games which stick in the mind for all the wrong reasons.2003/04 was pretty good though, full of highs and lows and us getting closer to top 4 at the end than any of the O'Neill seasons.