Europa League Winners Post-Match Celebration

[Percy McCarthy]

This is a funny ‘un:

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16kXTvECNG/?mibextid=wwXIfr

[olaftab]

And total, utter respect to the Freiburg supporters for their behaviour during and after the match.

Yes absolutely amazing fans. Very decent outside the ground in town and very respectful at the end. About 80% stayed back to see the trophy presented and a very large majority waited for a good 15 mins past that. I thought our team missed a trick by not going up towards them for appreciation like Olympiakos team did with us a couple of seasons ago.

[Meanwood Villa]

Waiting in the airport for the flight home. What an incredible couple of days. Istanbul was great, Villa fans were great, Freiburg fans were great. The team was even better. Lots of videos to catch up on over the long weekend.

[wince]

Had a bitter red scouse at work whinge we are all celebrating a second rate cup and was offended by me in my replica 82 shirt. Hahahahha fuck off!

[CT]

What an incredible, emotional few days that was.

Amongst all the carnage, my lad said some words to me after the final whistle that brought tears to my eyes. I’ll never forget it. I’m not sure that will ever be topped for me. It’s been a rough 18 months, it was time to let it all out.

The stories, the people, the whole thing was mind blowing. Even losing my flag didn’t dampen any spirits!

UTFV.

[Clampy]

Scrolling through Facebook yesterday, nearly every post was Villa related. It's the best Facebook has been since it started.

[jimmygreen]

Didn't come on here on the night - wanted to concentrate on what was going on in front of me and drink it all in. Finally calmed down yesterday evening and Mom hits me with 'Dad's just said Grandad would've been so pleased about The Villa' on the family WhatsApp. And I'm bloody leaking again. I'm 55 FFS. He's been dead since 86, that first cloth pennant hanging on my bedroom wall was from him. She's right. HEITS.

I'm so pleased for us all. UTV.

[PeterWithesShin]

Well worth a watch

[FrankyH]

And total, utter respect to the Freiburg supporters for their behaviour during and after the match.

Yes absolutely amazing fans. Very decent outside the ground in town and very respectful at the end. About 80% stayed back to see the trophy presented and a very large majority waited for a good 15 mins past that. I thought our team missed a trick by not going up towards them for appreciation like Olympiakos team did with us a couple of seasons ago.

We had a drink and a Kebab at a bar round the corner from the Dubliner after the game. Two young Freiberg supporters sat on our table and  were very gracious in defeat . They really don't like Saltzberg. I told them I'm ashamed to admit it , but I wouldn't have stopped and watched the Trophy presentation if Villa lost . " No surely not" was the response. They were fantastic fans even crongratulating us in the airport Thursday morning. Will definitely keep an interest in them now.

[LeeS]

And total, utter respect to the Freiburg supporters for their behaviour during and after the match.

Yes absolutely amazing fans. Very decent outside the ground in town and very respectful at the end. About 80% stayed back to see the trophy presented and a very large majority waited for a good 15 mins past that. I thought our team missed a trick by not going up towards them for appreciation like Olympiakos team did with us a couple of seasons ago.

We had a drink and a Kebab at a bar round the corner from the Dubliner after the game. Two young Freiberg supporters sat on our table and  were very gracious in defeat . They really don't like Saltzberg. I told them I'm ashamed to admit it , but I wouldn't have stopped and watched the Trophy presentation if Villa lost . " No surely not" was the response. They were fantastic fans even crongratulating us in the airport Thursday morning. Will definitely keep an interest in them now.

I think that not staying around after you lose is a new thing. In 2000 most Villa stayed to watch Dennis Wise carry his baby up the steps. Maybe we dont have the attention spans anymore. Or we are all just a little less gracious. Either way, credit to Freiburg. They seem like a really nice club.

[Smithy]

I am very much looking forward to the social media clips of the players arriving for training today...

[LeeB]

I am very much looking forward to the social media clips of the players arriving for training today...

Sunglasses all round.

[PeterWithe]

If I had serious amounts of money, I’d lump the lot on Man City for Sunday. We should have had the parade on a Sunday and sent the kids team up there, at least they’d be sober.

[Dogtanian]

Got back last night, what a journey! I've had sod all sleep, even by my standards.

On the day of the match, I watched the videos on VillaTV. When McGinn said they didn't want to be a 'nearly team', and wanted something to show for it, I got all emotional thinking of everything that has happened since those two league cups, all the times we've failed at the last hurdles and had to watch others go on and lift a trophy.

Istanbul was amazing, everywhere you turned it was Villa. I didn't even mind when a guy grabbed me in the street for looking too angry and told me to smile! Or the people in front of me giggling every time I booed the opposition (apparently, when I boo I sound like a baying hound).

Hats off to the Freiburg fans. They came early and loudly (teehee), with a plan to drown out the Villa. But as we got closer to kick-off I think it dawned on them that our end stretched all the way to theirs and it was going to be an uphill battle. They kept going though. And quite a few congratulated us in the street after, which was classy.

We watched the match again after with beers in the Eylul Cafe, on that corner near the Dubliner. Everyone was celebrating every goal as if it were live, and when wee John McGinn lifted that trophy again we fucking roared!

We didn't land at Stansted till 1620, and raced through the airport to get to the car in time to watch/listen to the parade on Villa TV. It was awesome seeing everyone celebrating who couldn't be there on the night. I think we've made quite a few young people Villa fans this week. Even my fella donned one of my Villa shirts and went off to join the party!

Got in, ordered a curry, and sat and watched the goals again and the coverage / celebrations with the fella.

Don't think it has fully sunk in yet. I haven't been alone since Sunday, so I am looking forward to this weekend, sitting down on my own with some bourbon, a few Villa vids, and fucking off thirty years of frustration!

UTV. 

[FrankyH]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYoiybPiORr/