Six years ago today.

[rob_bridge]

My kids were quite young during this season so I could only pick and choose my games.  However I did go to 6 games and only saw us lose once.  How the fuck did I get that type of ratio during this season?!

I think me and Missus went to the same number as you and saw us pick up 9 points. Only loss was against Sturkes and new that were going to have another long season. More rubbish that I thought. Individual tickets were cheap as chips 2nd half of season even good seats in Trinity

[Villan82]

Maybe it's the scars of those years but the sense of 'circling the drain' for 4 seasons before eventually going down is precisely the reason why the sheer number of losses we have tolerated since we came back up as been a worry to me. I thought we could get promoted and concentrate on doing a sort of Brian Little on things, build teams that are hard to beat and then see where you go from there.

[RamboandBruno]

My kids were quite young during this season so I could only pick and choose my games.  However I did go to 6 games and only saw us lose once.  How the fuck did I get that type of ratio during this season?!

Im like you in that my kids were young at the time, and i missed my share of games. I remember Watford in November 15, and when Deeney got the winner, it felt like we were gone even by then. Chelsea at home near the end of the season, i asked my lad who was only 6 at the time what he thought the score would be, he said 4-0 to them, he was spot on! And then the paper aeroplanes from the holte end kept on coming….

[Meanwood Villa]

I think the only point I saw us get that season was the Newcastle game at the end of the season. The games by that stage had become secondary to having a chat during them because we were so awful. I remember it getting to 80 minutes and thinking "we might not lose here". This was also the day of the inflatables protest, which was a sight to behold from the lower Holte. Wave upon wave of beach balls etc. coming down from the upper.

[AV82EC]

On the back of the Cup Final and resurgence under Sherwood I foolishly invested in a season ticket. The last game I attended that season was the Everton home game on 1 March, the atmosphere was horribly toxic and a friend who hadn’t been down for a few seasons was genuinely shocked at the anger and vitriol. A truly miserable season which I can’t remember much of unsurprisingly.

[neil strevens]

I was in hospitality at Old Trafford that day. Got absolutely plastered before the game as I was dreading it. We actually weren't too bad and the 1500 Villa fans there were louder than the locals. As I remember, Ashley Westwood seemed to be the only player who was genuinely upset at the end.

[dave.woodhall]

I was in hospitality at Old Trafford that day. Got absolutely plastered before the game as I was dreading it. We actually weren't too bad and the 1500 Villa fans there were louder than the locals. As I remember, Ashley Westwood seemed to be the only player who was genuinely upset at the end.

Welcome back Mr S. I was asking about you only yesterday.

[neil strevens]

Dave

I still have a season ticket but don't get down as often as I want / should. I still cause alarm amongst adjacent passers-by when an acceptable Villa result occurs.

[Pat McMahon]

Neil were you at Leicester last week? I was chatting to the bloke behind me who was from Edinburgh

[Des Little]

I remember a lovely day at Bournemouth opening day...blazing sun, a win and a few beers on the front afterwards.  Highlight of the season, although it wasn't up against a great deal.

[dcdavecollett]

Well, there were two other games we won all year...

[trinityoap]

And we were singing "Welcome to the premier league" when we scored. That ended well then!

[ez]

Everything about that season was awful. Worst villa team I've ever seen. Nobody at the club seemed to care, they just let it happen.

[wittonwarrior]

From Hope to paper planes and signing about European nights.

Sherwood was shafted and we were left without a paddle.  We were like a sick pet just waiting for the vet to put us out of our misery.  Even our subs were subbed (Norwich away) , away ticket prices were not regulated yet so a lot of money went down the drain watching 11 shirts.

Even the FA cup did us no favours struggled away at Wycombe before a home roasting against Man City reserves. 

Still the aways were selling out!  Its a Villa thing.

[kippaxvilla2]

And somehow or other we got a 0-0 home draw in the league against Citeh.