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Offline Godfrey Brian

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Re: Aston Villa: On This Day
« Reply #165 on: March 03, 2026, 03:59:17 PM »
Nothing happened today, ever.
;)The game that deserves headspace on this day is Dynamo Kiev 0 Villa 0 in 1982. Despite major injuries in defence and being messed about big time by the authorities (including being told where we were actually playing very late!) Villa put on a gritty, resilient performance away in this European Cup quarter final first leg. Tony Morley plays his one hundredth game Sir Dennis talks of reaching the final and a thousand prayer-mats are placed before BRMB radio receivers.
« Last Edit: March 03, 2026, 04:40:54 PM by Godfrey Brian »

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Aston Villa: On This Day
« Reply #166 on: March 04, 2026, 12:13:28 PM »

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Aston Villa: On This Day
« Reply #167 on: March 07, 2026, 02:34:56 AM »
11 years ago


Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Aston Villa: On This Day
« Reply #168 on: March 07, 2026, 02:58:08 AM »
And this gives an idea of what it's like to walk out onto the pitch for a game like this, and how the stands look


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Re: Aston Villa: On This Day
« Reply #169 on: March 19, 2026, 12:46:52 PM »
Dean Smith turns 55 today.

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Re: Aston Villa: On This Day
« Reply #170 on: March 19, 2026, 10:46:24 PM »
Is it really 30 years ago this weekend that we beat Leeds to win the league cup?


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Re: Aston Villa: On This Day
« Reply #171 on: March 20, 2026, 11:16:01 AM »
.Big Ron was 87 a few days ago. Merse's birthday today.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Aston Villa: On This Day
« Reply #172 on: March 23, 2026, 12:12:54 AM »
12 years ago we lost 1-4 at home to Stoke.

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Re: Aston Villa: On This Day
« Reply #173 on: March 24, 2026, 11:36:57 AM »
Thirty years ago we last won a proper trophy.

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Re: Aston Villa: On This Day
« Reply #174 on: March 24, 2026, 11:54:08 AM »
Thirty years ago we last won a proper trophy.

And I had one of the worst hangovers I can ever remember having to this day.

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Re: Aston Villa: On This Day
« Reply #175 on: March 27, 2026, 06:20:15 PM »
It will never be topped. The Julius Caeser hotel, O'Henry's in Kilburn the day before, and my mate Seamus getting booted up the arse by some Redneck for singing "so fucking easy" outside Wembley.

I went to every round, Sunderland and Arsenal on my own because I was convinced that we'd win it. I have the tickets saved for posterity in a framed picture along with a shot of three of us holding the cup at the end of season bash.

Talking about the possibility of attending the Europa League Final if we got there, one of the young 'uns was incredulous that I wasn't bothered if I missed it. But then they never experienced 1994.

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Re: Aston Villa: On This Day
« Reply #176 on: Today at 12:20:41 AM »
Wasn't it in the cup game at Sunderland that Bozzie produced a string of incredible saves?

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Re: Aston Villa: On This Day
« Reply #177 on: Today at 02:59:16 AM »
Wasn't it in the cup game at Sunderland that Bozzie produced a string of incredible saves?
Yes. How we won that game I'll never know.

 


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