Aston Villa: On This Day

[Godfrey Brian]

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.

[PeterWithesShin]

Maybe Dave meant this

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31598202

[PeterWithesShin]

11 years ago

[PeterWithesShin]

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

[Brazilian Villain]

Dean Smith turns 55 today.

[sid1964]

Is it really 30 years ago this weekend that we beat Leeds to win the league cup?

[Deano's Mullet]

.Big Ron was 87 a few days ago. Merse's birthday today.

[PeterWithesShin]

12 years ago we lost 1-4 at home to Stoke.

[Dave]

Thirty years ago we last won a proper trophy.

[LeeB]

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.

[Nev]

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.

[dcdavecollett]

Wasn't it in the cup game at Sunderland that Bozzie produced a string of incredible saves?

[Villa in Denmark]

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.

[Lucky Eddie]

Sunderland wasn't on route to the Leeds final.

It was two years earlier after we'd knocked small heath out.

[Villa in Denmark]

Sunderland wasn't on route to the Leeds final.

It was two years earlier after we'd knocked small heath out.

You're quite right. Even hired a car to get to that Sunderland game so god knows how I got that mixed up.