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Aston Villa: Memory Lane
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Thomas Holte
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Good way to while away a very,very wet Cornish day.Well done
Claret & Blue Blood
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I named all of them bar 2 - pretty good going as it was almost 50 years ago
Thomas Holte
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Claret & Blue Blood
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All playing in black leather boots - Adidas, Puma and Gola (remember them?) and not multicoloured Nike in sight. Showing my age again!!This is a good find and brings the memories flooding back. It's noticeable how bad the pitch was in the middle and must have made it harder for our more skillful players in the team of which there were many. Also a large away following of United fans in the Witton end.
Good interview at the end with a very young Andy Gray.
Happy days and we could only dream about what was to come over the next 6 years.
I have to say that my Adidas Inter screw-in studs boots were the best I ever had. My Gola Harrier trainers were great - until I developed a liking for black Adidas Samba that I have stayed with ever since.
Only got rid of my Puma Pele boots a couple of years back.
I had them on a nail in the garage hoping our local veterans team might get desperate.
Thomas Holte
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The day apparently Graham Taylor walked into the dressing room at half time after a no show from the players and the team losing 2-0 and simply said: "You got yourselves into this mess now go back out onto the pitch and get yourselves out of it" and then walked out of the dressing room door.
That was confirmed to me as correct by no other than Alan McAnally himself and he should know!
That was confirmed to me as correct by no other than Alan McAnally himself and he should know!
garygaryshaw
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https://www.streamfootball.tv/aston...-throwbackthursday-avfc-https-t-co-efbelwuib5
27 years ago yesterday. Big Rons Villa turn the Scousers over on their own patch and do the home and away double for the only time I can remember.
27 years ago yesterday. Big Rons Villa turn the Scousers over on their own patch and do the home and away double for the only time I can remember.
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Old Trinity Villan
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First time i have ever seen this. Enjoy.
https://www.macearchive.org/films/central-news-28051982-european-cup-winners
https://www.macearchive.org/films/central-news-28051982-european-cup-winners
Thomas Holte
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Old Trinity Villan
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I bet there are a few on here in that crowd at the end lol
Cheshire Villan
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Brilliant find. I was in Victoria Square over by the town hall. If you look hard enough I’m still nursing the hangover from Rotterdam!
Claret & Blue Blood
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Dean Smith was on the bus and at the Council House as a kid - anyone pick him out?
Old Trinity Villan
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I will have another look. It was hard to see as by then i appeared to have something in my eyes.
Claret & Blue Blood
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I know, I was the same.
An old song by Mary Hopkins kept coming back into my mind. "Those were the days my friend, we thought they would never end"
And then the Holte End version "Those were the days my friend, we took the Stretford End“
The Fear
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Ha, just came on to post this! Lovely isn't it!?
Not boasting (but I am!) just sent it on to King Ken and Sir Dennis.
sirdennis
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