Villa 3 Norwich 2 - 40 Years Ago, March'83

[Paul.S]

I've watched that Sid goal against Juve a few times now. I mean, it has everything...technical ability, great feet, vision and bravery. An unbelievable run into the box and the best flying header you could wish to see. Fuckin' hell, what a guy!

Remember that goal like it was yesterday. I was 14 and was banned from going on my own as the old man wasn’t well. I went, paid for it afterwards but it was worth it just to see Sid play. A wonderful goal, an unbelievable midfielder and my favourite ever player at the Villa.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

If there was a better passer of a football over long distances with either foot, I'd like to know his name.

His tackling wasn't bad either.

[Flamingo Lane]

For someone of such a slight frame, his tackling was phenomenal, Cowans could win the ball fairly and squarely against any of the so called hard men of the day, and boy were there some, his bravery in the tackle was truly something.  He also had this great technique of dispossessing an opponent of the ball by sliding in on him from behind, going to ground, coming away with the ball glued to his feet, and with his opponent left in a heap, wondering what had just happened.

[dcdavecollett]

He did that so many times!

[pauliewalnuts]

Best team I've ever seen live, that Juventus one.

Zoff, Gentile, Cabrini, Scirea, Tardelli, Rossi, Platini and Boniek. What great, great players.

Oh and Bettega was in the team too.

Two magnificent pieces of skill in that clip - Sid's shuffle, and Platini's ball for Boniek to score.

Anyone who doesn't want us back in Europe ASAP is smoking crack as far as I am concerned.

[pauliewalnuts]

I've watched that Sid goal against Juve a few times now. I mean, it has everything...technical ability, great feet, vision and bravery. An unbelievable run into the box and the best flying header you could wish to see. Fuckin' hell, what a guy!

Although, Zoff getting beaten like that at his near post.

*whistly thing*

[PeterWithesShin]

Spartak Moscow in 1983 put in the best performance by an away side at VP I ever saw. It will probably never be beaten as in my mind now they would have battered Brazil '70 that night. But they were very very good.

[dcdavecollett]

We must have been pretty good as well Spartak only beat us with a late, deflected shot.

[eamonn]

I was too young for those ones, so Celta Vigo handing our arses to us at VP in November '98 when we were top of the league was chastening. I've always looked out for their results since.

[dave shelley]

Spartak Moscow in 1983 put in the best performance by an away side at VP I ever saw. It will probably never be beaten as in my mind now they would have battered Brazil '70 that night. But they were very very good.

Heartily agree, they were absolutely brilliant that night.

[Exeter 77]

Spartak Moscow in 1983 put in the best performance by an away side at VP I ever saw. It will probably never be beaten as in my mind now they would have battered Brazil '70 that night. But they were very very good.

Heartily agree, they were absolutely brilliant that night.

We were going through in that game all the way from the 2nd minute when Peter Withe put us in front in the game and on aggregate right up until Cherenkov got his second in the 89th minute. I remember it as a breathless sort of game with both sides counter-attacking.

[LeeB]

Best team I've ever seen live, that Juventus one.

Zoff, Gentile, Cabrini, Scirea, Tardelli, Rossi, Platini and Boniek. What great, great players.

Oh and Bettega was in the team too.

Two magnificent pieces of skill in that clip - Sid's shuffle, and Platini's ball for Boniek to score.

Anyone who doesn't want us back in Europe ASAP is smoking crack as far as I am concerned.

Hey, that's unfair, every crackhead I know wants us in Europe too.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Spartak Moscow in 1983 put in the best performance by an away side at VP I ever saw. It will probably never be beaten as in my mind now they would have battered Brazil '70 that night. But they were very very good.

Heartily agree, they were absolutely brilliant that night.

It was football from the future.

[WarszaVillan]

Spartak Moscow in 1983 put in the best performance by an away side at VP I ever saw. It will probably never be beaten as in my mind now they would have battered Brazil '70 that night. But they were very very good.

Heartily agree, they were absolutely brilliant that night.

We were going through in that game all the way from the 2nd minute when Peter Withe put us in front in the game and on aggregate right up until Cherenkov got his second in the 89th minute. I remember it as a breathless sort of game with both sides counter-attacking.

We led the whole tie after scoring early on in Moscow, with them only equalising for the second time after Ormsby gave a penalty away in the last minute of the first leg. Walters's goal was fantastic.

[dcdavecollett]

Yes, a brilliant turn and shot from the right-hand corner of the box.

What a player he could have been!