The end of the line - Graham Taylor

[dave.woodhall]

Dave Collett writes about the end of an era that was far too brief.

https://heroesandvillains.info/2022/06/08/the-end-of-the-line/

[Nelly]

Enjoyed this, thank you. I wish I was there for that chant. I've heard about it a few times now.

[AV82EC]

Enjoyed this, thank you. I wish I was there for that chant. I've heard about it a few times now.

I worked with Evertonians through the 90s and they always used to go in about it.

[Nelly]

Enjoyed this, thank you. I wish I was there for that chant. I've heard about it a few times now.

I worked with Evertonians through the 90s and they always used to go in about it.

The fact that they remembered it is pretty impressive. And that we're talking about it this many years on!

[eamonn]

Pity most Toffees are whining feckers.

[Chris Harte]

I was at this game and haven't seen/heard anything like it before or since. I seem to recall Villa had two-thirds filled the top tier of Everton's three tier stand.

I recall David Platt missed his only game of the season that day because he'd been involved in an vehicle collision with a pedestrian.

[eamonn]

Had he been available to play and score that day, would he have been our only 20 league goal a season man since Withe and now?

[Drummond]

Had he been available to play and score that day, would he have been our only 20 league goal a season man since Withe and now?

Apart from Abraham.

[Chris Harte]

Had he been available to play and score that day, would he have been our only 20 league goal a season man since Withe and now?

Apart from Abraham.

That's remarkable, isn't it? No 20+ striker in the top flight in over 40 years. Platt got 19 league goals in 1989-90 & 1990-91.

[Nev]

The older I get the more I realise a day like that is unlikely to be repeated.

[Villan For Life]

What a day, what a season!

RIP Sir Graham, forever a Villa legend.

[Des Little]

The older I get the more I realise a day like that is unlikely to be repeated.

I thought the very same as I read the piece. I wonder just how many of us that were there still say it’s their best away game?

[Exeter 77]

That entire season has a retrospective magical feel to it because sustained league challenge was so unexpected. Just watching Sid, Paul McGrath and Platt warm up together seemed special.

[dave.woodhall]

The older I get the more I realise a day like that is unlikely to be repeated.

I thought the very same as I read the piece. I wonder just how many of us that were there still say it’s their best away game?

Just about everyone.

[tomd2103]

One of the biggest 'what if' questions during my time supporting the club is what we might have gone on to achieve had Graham Taylor not taken the England job at that point. 

Will always wonder just what he might have been able to build over those next few years.