I was at this match standing on the left hand side of the shelf at the front where it dips upwards.I was 12. When the goal was scored we threw our hands up and the crowd behind us pushed forward . I was crushed with my chest up against a bar trying to push back with all the strength I didn't have ....I never stood there again... I still have the programme to this , but I have a very mixed memory of it....
I know it is so scary nobody having the common sense to pick up on how dangerous football grounds were in that area. I can remember being a kid back then cars did not tend to have seat belts in the back too.
No play acting , no flicks and silly tricks, hard men playing a hard game. The only thing that's better now is the pitches. I really think the standard of football has gone down in this country since all these mediocre foreigners have come here, look at our success in Europe now compared to then? Didn't Villa win the European Cup that May? Better kits, better balls and the fans are miles better than the middle class twits that go to matches nowadays ...
Chris Hughton was awesome for Tottenham, especially in the early to mid eighties. COYS
those were the days.
honest footballers were shining on the pitch. no drama no dive. got tackled and just carry on.
wot a football it was then.⚽⚽⚽
I was at this match standing on the left hand side of the shelf at the front where it dips upwards.I was 12. When the goal was scored we threw our hands up and the crowd behind us pushed forward . I was crushed with my chest up against a bar trying to push back with all the strength I didn't have ....I never stood there again... I still have the programme to this , but I have a very mixed memory of it....
I was at that villa game great side . And yesterday 40 years later watching a spurs getting stuffed by man u with no desire commitment or ideas .
Anyone got FA CUP SEMI 1982 v Leicester?
It's on Match Time Revisted tomorrow morning on ITV4.
While playing attractive football they did not have the strength to win more than one trophy.. This was proved again 5 years later in 1987.
Find it remarkable that Tony Morley from 1980 onwards was not in the England team..not to mention Cowans..
@6:42 look at the kid with ginger hair.7 years before Hillsborough.Horrifying
MrDoncos the things at hillsbrough were the police mistakes not the terraces nor the fences.
bring back the standing terraces!
mohdazmi10 of course fences were part of the tragedy at Hillsborough.
That’s a horrible thing to see
Mass jibbing also played a part
I know it is so scary nobody having the common sense to pick up on how dangerous football grounds were in that area. I can remember being a kid back then cars did not tend to have seat belts in the back too.
And if you had them in the front seats , they were optional
Villa didn't have a home draw in the cup for 5 years? That's harsh
News anchor looks like Pat Riley with a beard.
No play acting , no flicks and silly tricks, hard men playing a hard game. The only thing that's better now is the pitches. I really think the standard of football has gone down in this country since all these mediocre foreigners have come here, look at our success in Europe now compared to then? Didn't Villa win the European Cup that May? Better kits, better balls and the fans are miles better than the middle class twits that go to matches nowadays ...
bascet1. so so true. no diving rolling around as if your about too die.
You're right about the play acting but talking absolute bollocks if I may say so about the standard of football.
Lots of great points an I agree with most except the standard of player an game has improved.
america, meet jimmy hill.
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