27 years

[ASHTONVILLA]

I was 23, and had moved up to Wigan to live with my girlfriend who I’d met at university the year before. She fucked off back to Cumbria after a year, but I stayed and met my now wife. Since then I’ve done 10 years in Greater Manchester, 12 on the IOM and 5 in the East Midlands.

For most of that time you lot have been magnificent bastards. Cheers all.

I also moved to Wigan 6 months later to live with my girlfriend, but sadly I married her and what a disaster that was!

[PaulTheVillan]

I was 23, and had moved up to Wigan to live with my girlfriend who I’d met at university the year before. She fucked off back to Cumbria after a year, but I stayed and met my now wife. Since then I’ve done 10 years in Greater Manchester, 12 on the IOM and 5 in the East Midlands.

For most of that time you lot have been magnificent bastards. Cheers all.

I also moved to Wigan 6 months later to live with my girlfriend, but sadly I married her and what a disaster that was!

Wigan? I’m sorry for your loss

[Nunkin1965]

I'd have been 30 and working at a photo Lab.
In those 27 years I'm still married and am self employed as a decorator, had 2 kids, 2 cats, 1 dog and a few guinea pigs.
Oh yes and I've probably spent easily well over 5 figures on this football club.
I don't want to be 84 before this joyous day happens again please.

[PeterWithe]

I was 22, I went to home games in those days with a mate who died young so always a bittersweet memory of victories and defeats in the 90s

[ASHTONVILLA]

I was 23, and had moved up to Wigan to live with my girlfriend who I’d met at university the year before. She fucked off back to Cumbria after a year, but I stayed and met my now wife. Since then I’ve done 10 years in Greater Manchester, 12 on the IOM and 5 in the East Midlands.

For most of that time you lot have been magnificent bastards. Cheers all.

I also moved to Wigan 6 months later to live with my girlfriend, but sadly I married her and what a disaster that was!

Wigan? I’m sorry for your loss

Compared  to Shard End Wigan was paradise.

[London Villan]

We beat them twice in just over a week in 1992, both at VP. 28th Oct 1-0 in the League Cup (Saunders) and 7th Nov 1-0 in the league (Dalian).

We used to beat them every few years, 1984 (Six game) 1989 (fergie out) 1992 (two wins in a week).

[Exeter 77]

Was the previous victory the Boxing Day one when Gareth Williams looked like a world beater?

Memories in the pub were a little hazy

That was Boxing Day 1989. We beat them in 1992/93 when Dalian Atkinson scored.

In August 1995 I was 23 and watched the game from the old Trinity Road stand level with the North Stand penalty area. I definitely didn’t expect to wait more than double my lifetime up to then to see us beat them again. 

[FrankyH]

I was 30 , and my manager at the the time was a man u fan ( who guess what, never went but was smugness personified ) . I've mentioned this hatred before on another post .Cut a long story short the monday morning I went to see him. He had ditched man u and said he was now following Henesford. My hatred for them is total.

They sing "part time supporters " to all and sundry, but their ground is inhabited by tourist and day trippers.

Had a manager who was a cheat , but the press love to call him sir.

Most brummie reds (i know) used to inhabit the sty and changed allegiance when they realised if Villa became a non-league team we'd still be bigger than that feckin shower  .

Oh , and I forgot to say they are a bunch of wankers.

Edit - not that anyone is interested I was 27 not 30

[Scovilla]

I was 34 years old. My younger son Theo had just been born a couple of weeks before. He has become à huge Villa fan and saw that wonder victory today on FrenchTV. Elated he is.

[olaftab]

I was auditing an offshoot of Barings Bank in Dublin after its Leeson induced collapse. Had been there for 6 months so knew the staff well which included plenty of plastic Reds who scoffed as I mentioned I was heading over for the game. Needless to say I was feeling quite smug when I walked into the office on the Monday morning.

And I thought you would recall that era by mentioning the colour of hair and eyes of some young lady you were comforting at the time?

[brian green]

Grieving the death of my father for whom I had been a terrible disappoimtment.

[UK Redsox]

So our first home win in the league against those c***s since 19 August 1995, coincidentally by the same 3-1 scoreline. Beckham's first league goal for them.


Britpop was just getting started. 'Never Forget' by Take That was number one in the charts. Films that year included Heat, Seven, Usual Suspects and Twelve Monkeys.


Where were you and what you were doing?

I had not even seen a professional football match in person.

I was two months away from attending my first Villa game (the 0-1 loss to Chelsea).

[KevinGage]

Was 15/16 and camping in Ireland with a friend. Three weeks of uninterrupted sunshine, which is a bit unusual for that corner of the world.

From memory, was looking forward to Savo's debut. But didn't expect much from the game.

[Legion]

I was 24. I have no idea what I was doing. Probably damaging something accidentally.

[RamboandBruno]

Was 15/16 and camping in Ireland with a friend. Three weeks of uninterrupted sunshine, which is a bit unusual for that corner of the world.

From memory, was looking forward to Savo's debut. But didn't expect much from the game.
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Ive been going to Ireland nearly every year for all of my 48 years on this planet, i dispute there has ever been 3 weeks of uninterrupted sunshine!