27 years

[Meanwood Villa]

I was 14 and attended the match. Bit similar to today, I was waiting for the comeback that never materialised. Tremendous season, my favourite ever.

[Grande Pablo]

I stuck £5 on a 3-1 win that day, so was secretly pleased when young Beckham stuck that late consolation goal in.  Maybe the 27 year hoodoo was squarely down to me.

[tommy smart]

I was with my 12 year old son in the upper Trinity. Today I was with 2 (out of 6) of my grandkids, 7 and 15 years old respectively, in the middle Trinity. After the game they kept telling to stop saying “well,well,well”.

[N'ZMAV]

for most of the people that have been to all those games throughout the 27 years, you know you was waiting for the comeback. I was never comfortable until the referee blew up.

[wince]

for most of the people that have been to all those games throughout the 27 years, you know you was waiting for the comeback. I was never comfortable until the referee blew up.

I didn’t. The 3-1 that springs to mind was Coca Cola cup 94 when they were all over us. Today they seemed on ropes. I hope we trounce them on Thursday in the cup but don’t know if we are getting ahead of ourselves. This feels like the real deal

[PaulWinch again]

I was 11 years old.

[dave shelley]

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!

There has...once.  I was here for it, the early eighties, they even introduced a hosepipe ban.

[usav]

I was at the game as a 21 year old, also donating to the Dave Woodhall retirement fund before the match.

It seems like yesterday, but it isn’t, it’s a bloody long time ago and a lot has happened both personally and otherwise in that time.    Quite ridiculous to think about it all, really.

[shipscat]

 19 August 1995, I was, courtesy of the Royal Navy, onboard HMS Gloucester, transiting East towards the Straits of Hormuz to commence a five month deployment, in what is nominally called the Persian Gulf. We'd sailed from Portsmouth on the third.

I was relatively new to the ship, having joined Valentines Day...but I had already made a (subsequent) lifetime friend, Scott from Northfield (all his mates were noses but he was proud to be Villa in Nose central!). I had spent my earlier days onboard the Gloucester, and prior to my re-joining, Scott had been informed, "he's one of you horrible ferkers..Villa this/ Villa that".

Vividly remember the afternoon/evening, it was first day of the season. I'd been on watch in the Ops Room, and this presented the opportunity, via my constant begging to the communications office for a spot of satellite radio comms (at about £12 a minute-thank you UK Taxpayers) for the first half radio coverage. When the third went in I am sure I danced! Went off watch, time for tea, teatime in the Junior Rates Dining Hall and I recall it being steak,and the tables were full of our Manchester(and Norfolk as I remember) loving shipmates, and I took great delight in informing them of the ferkin pasting they were receiving in B6. None of them believed me..And to be fair I had a certain rep. Cue the second half, the dining hall radio burst to life, with the BBC World Service on VHF giving a second half commentary. I sat smug and informed all, we'd probably compete for the league and we nearly did.

Today, I was buzzing at half time in the Trinity concourse. Scott had just come though the turnstile, he'd missed the first half as his son had been playing. A quick discussion over potential Villa ferk ups and what we needed to see this through, we reminisced and remembered that day, half a lifetime away. Absolutely brilliant then..and brilliant today.

[Stu]

19 years old and I just left a job to go to Aston University. I’d also met a gorgeous girl from Devon who was a Man United fan, so I sent her a programme from the game. I didn’t really hear from her again after that.

Get in. Lucky escape.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Great story shipscat!
UTV!

[FrankyH]

I'm not ashamed to say I've watched the sky highlights on loop for the last hour and a half and I'm still looking forward to match of the day.

I would have given Dendoncker or Bailey MOTM  at the game today , but watching the highlights on loop , I think Watkins , for assists and working his bollocks off might deserve it.

[Ian.]

Twenty years old and I remember getting out the shower after a preseason friendly and had heard from one of our players that we were 3-1 up but our record signing was stretchered off. I raced to the clubhouse to watch the scores come through. What a feeling that was when I saw it on TV, especially as over half my side supported them.

[LeonW]

The 1995 game was my first game as a season ticket holder. Actually met Beckham on the Monday and made sure he was reminded of the result.

[ADVILLAFAN]

I was 12 - so probably being a prick.

I was 2 weeks from being 12, do probably playing with Manta Force