Thank you for all the posts on here. My heart is full with the joy and pride being expressed - capturing how I feel.
Born and raised in B44, I was at Highbury in '81, age 15, then Rotterdam in '82. I was also at Wembley in '94 and '96 and at god knows how many final and semi-final defeats over the last 40-odd years.
I've lived in Bristol for over 30 years and what made Wednesday night really brilliant was being at the game with my eldest son. He's a Bristolian, living in London, and he absolutely gets what it means to be part of the Villa family.
Our unique name, our colours, our history, and the proud but self-depracating Brummie outlook. He'll be 30 in October, so the other night was the first time in his life he's been there to witness something that I've had the privilege to enjoy over the years.
I hope, possibly even expect, we are set for more of the same for the next few years. Maybe not, but right now, I could not be happier. UTV.
