Proper football. 1 sub, numbers 1 - 12 on shirts, no names, no advertising, run out on to pitch, kick ball around, kick off. Brilliant. Hardly ever a backwards pass. Proper terracing, proper atmosphere. I've followed Villa through thick and thin since 67 and always will but modern football fries my head. Just look at the Holte End back then. Incredible. All Seater mandate ruined grounds.

Went to this game with my late dad i was 11 now 53 Villa and my late dad are still in my heart

@nealwilson6488

5 жыл бұрын

I was the same age as you but in the away end. Great days "Favorite away ground"

@markhemming318

4 жыл бұрын

I think I was with my late father at this game when I was 11, I'm now 54, and yes, both still reside in my heart.

@adrianbellemy4420

2 жыл бұрын

Once a villa fan always a villa fan, vtid

Went to Villa with United in 1977 and was blown away by the size and noise of the Holte End

Andy Gray was brilliant in this game & his second goal is my favourite of all the Villa goals he ever scored.

The Holte before the fencing divide! Knees up mother brown!!

The third villa goal summed up Andy Gray . Brave and fearless to the point of madness. He was a great centre forward during his first two years at villa.

@jamesmcgrath578

Жыл бұрын

He was brilliant in his 2 years at Everton too

Thanks for these great videos.. I am a villa fan from Greece.. Villa is one of the greatest clubs... Thanks for the memories with these videos..

The ‘old’ Holte End when it was standing. Those were the days...

Thanks Villa Boy...what a splendid football, what style and beauty. Salutes from Barcelona. Football? England on 70's...of course...

I was 10 and my villa following days were just starting. Andy Gray was my first hero, was heartbroken when he went to Wolves. That whole villa team were legends, 75-82 were magical years for us.

Great Game..Great Atmosphere........Great Result Loved the old Trinity Rd Stand....Memories os sitting in it with my late father

I remember being at the game but I don't remember anything about the evening afterwards :-) Andy Gray was so small but as you see in the winning goal, he outjumped everyone. Great memories of standing in the Holte with over 20,000 other fans.

It was a tipical English match:power,skill and speed, fantastic

Villa had more major honours to their name than any other English club at this point in time and had been the most successful club in English football for three-quarters of the twentieth century! When Sky/BTSports journalists and viewers try to re-write the history of the game and tell you that club x, y and z are the biggest and most historic, point them in the direction of Villa Park and remind them that the game's original giant - the truly great, historic "big" club of English football - is Aston Villa FC. Also tell them Villa's DNA demands they will one day be back on the very top of the pile, in their rightful place.

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

Really? Didn't know that if true. Even Man U?

@mallard4998

Жыл бұрын

Indeed!!!

@richardhumphrey2685

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct, and of course Villa's William Mcgregor created league football as the world knows it.

@deejay5224

Жыл бұрын

Up until the ww2 villa were regarded as the biggest club in world football. That's how historic we are.

@richardhumphrey2685

Жыл бұрын

The grand old man of English football.

Oh God. What happened to Villa. Andy Gray is one of our all time greats. Still that team mainly broke up in 1978-79 and a virtual new team won the league and European cup shortly after. Can Villa be ever as great again.. Yes.

@gmansid3576

5 жыл бұрын

And that's the measure of how good a manager Saunders was. And the fitness he demanded. Just watch those Villa players go.

@thevillaaston7811

5 жыл бұрын

'Oh God. What happened to Villa.' Doug Ellis got his hads on it again in 1982.

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

Probably not sadly as money purely speaks. Still Brentford are there! Brentford! Do my eyes deceive me. Must be owned by an Arab or Putin maybe..

Woah Andy, woah Andy, you're the greatest, the Holte End say, Woah Andy, woah Andy, we'll be with you all the way.

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

Not for long tho as he scuttled off to Molineux then Goodison. Have goals will travel. Nice to see that the Midlands clubs mainly didn't desert their homes. Great stadiums especially Molineux.

@probablygraham

2 жыл бұрын

@@seltaeb3302 - Andy Gray gave everything for the Villa though (which sadly meant he was always injured), and the club made a fortune when they sold him. He only cost £110,000 and Wolves paid £1.5 million for him.

I was 18 years old what a fantastic game old school football ⚽️ end to end 👏 great memories in the holte end. Villa fans are greatest fans end of story. Up the villa

The best United away kit of all time!!!

Great ground villa park was

@avfczone

5 жыл бұрын

Lowki 73 Still is, what do you mean..

@villatrinity3518

3 жыл бұрын

Think he means both

Fabulous to look back on those days. I would have been there in the Wilton Lane. If you listen carefully they play the theme of the unmade silent movie at the start by Hurricane Smith. My favourite players back then were Cropley, Carradous and Graydon but what a team throughout in truth. Also I bet the groundsmen earned his money!! 🦛 playground

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

I loved pitches in different states, the worse they are you got great matches like the terrible Baseball Ground. Clough would deliberately over water the pitch for namby pamby teams namely Italians & Spanish. Players would give you great skill without complaint on them. Now it's too perfect & has took that variable element out from excitement. Result boring.

This Andy Gray is the same that played at Everton?...What a good player. Fantastic match between great teams.

Both teams would win trophies that season, United the FA Cup and Villa the League Cup.

Was at the game. One of the best games I have ever witnessed. Two very good sides going toe to toe.

still my favourite away game

This was Villa's greatest team. Unlucky that lots of games in long cup runs effected league games and Andy Gray was just unplayable at this time. Saunders' had to break up the team for various reason's ---injuries, players wanting to leave/aging etc -----but he built another great team.

Can't wait to see Aston Villa here in Townsville ,North Queensland when they meet the Brisbane Roar later this month at the recently built "Bendigo Bank" stadium,which has an all seater capacity of 25000.

Brilliant footage, shame their is no highlights of the 75 league cup game. 2=1 United and a brilliant atmosphere all night, classic cup tie.

wow, these names (both sides) come drifting past me, like ghosts from my MUCH younger days. Look at the state of that center circle, and only early November, despite following one of the longest hottest, driest summer's, on record. I guess Technology makes today's turfs look unreal, no matter which month it was. Note how fortunate United were, having a sympathetic Ref, 4 or 5 times.

As a 6 year old at the time , I refused to go after getting caught up with police horses and a charge from West Ham outside the ground on my previous trip to Villa Park .......My Dad and brother had seats next to Macari who signed their program.......Needless to say , when they returned unscathed, had a great game , great seats and a Villa win , I was beside myself with envy ......lol

Villa destroyed mighty Liverpool the following month. Happy days!

@valiantv2897

4 жыл бұрын

and the mighty port vale 3-0 in feb 77, my first away game age seven, ive never forgotten it

I was there as a 14 year old villa fan and when Andy gray scored the winning goal I went crazy great memories 😀😀😀👍👍👍

When footy was great to watch.

Andy Gray young player and player of the season in the same year. Only two players have ever done that and Gray did it at Villa

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

He made some money with these million pound transfers back then he had. Just as well as football can kick you down when you're up as injuries did for him. A brave goalscorer & a big mouth!

United started well that season and were top of the league in early October. Then Buchan got injured and they couldn't function without him. He came back in mid-December and, of the 21 league and cup matches between Christmas and mid-April, United W 16 D 3 L 2. By then they were in the FA Cup semis and they threw three or four of the remaining league matches before winning at Wembley.

Great memories thanks I was there in the holte THE RIGHT SIDE 🙌

I remember the Rangers game. We was let into the Holte end, even though the Rangers fans had already broken in to the Holte, they were throwing bottles up to the roof gurders, showering glass everywhere, match abandonded a guy got stabbed, as far as i remember. Good times the 70s being a Villa fan.

Best night of my life.

@penfloyd

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed.....

1874, what a great year for football.

I think that there's another reason why he didn't end up at Celtic!!

Will Villa ever be this good again??????

@Macca1000001

3 жыл бұрын

Yep.

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

Probably not but then again Brentford snuck in.

@duncanedwards7840

Жыл бұрын

We're getting there right now, I'd say. Unai Emery's claret & army. U TV.😂 ✌️👏🙏

I remember Andy Gray catching Laurie Sivvel in the face against Ipswich. There was blood everywhere.

that team had goals to spare andy missed 2 sitters and stumpy missed the pen and we still won

Up the Villa 🦁

Chaos against Rangers in the friendly a few weeks previous to this game thousands of jocks running amok

Why did Villa sell Andy Gray to Wolves, he was a class centre forward both on the ground and in the air?

@VillaBoy

3 жыл бұрын

Because his injuries were taking their toll and £1.5m was an unbelievable deal.

@vordman

3 жыл бұрын

@@VillaBoy Right, thanks for that. It was still a big mistake as Gray went on to have a terrific career. There again, Villa won the League and European Cup without him.

@VillaBoy

3 жыл бұрын

@@vordman Wrong Andy was never a goal scorer after leaving Villa he only scored 38 for Wolves in 133 games and 14 in 49 games for Everton. Saunders knew what he was doing the best sale he ever made were his words.

@vordman

3 жыл бұрын

@@VillaBoy The memory cheats, I suppose. Andy Gray had a great footballing brain and though his goal scoring might not have been prolific later, there were a lot of big goals in those numbers. He scored the winner for Wolves in the League Cup final. And he became a cult figure at Everton. Although not really a first eleven pick he often came off the bench to turn a game and was admired for his bravery.

@seltaeb3302

2 жыл бұрын

Money that's why.

When football was real and for the working class, then, along came the money!!

I was pretty dissapounted that night

alex steptney reminds me of scottish keepers in that era,awful,,andy gray would run into a wall to get the ball,,hard as nails

That's just what *Rangers* fans do. Liquidation is permanent!

1977.

Ah the days when Man U fans were Mancunians before the post '93 plastics.

@stevanjones2407

5 жыл бұрын

1977 utd had over 300 supporters clubs in the uk,,,get ya facts right and stop listening to bull shit

@mickfoskett6629

4 жыл бұрын

stevan jones ..well said m8..hes a fucking idiot!..i was a cockney red in the 70s and 80s when we were only winning the odd cup..but great days glad I was part of the red army!

@thomasglover7937

4 жыл бұрын

@@mickfoskett6629Ha. Don't make out United were some lower league dross like Port Vale or Scunthorpe. You were still one of the most successful teams in English football by the 1970s (7ish championships, FA cups, European cup). Plus the whole George Best thing Fact is, you're a glory hunter. End of x

@mickfoskett6629

4 жыл бұрын

@@thomasglover7937 ..did I make out united were some kind of lower league team like Grimsby or Scunthorpe?..no just stating facts that during the 70s and 80s we were only winning the odd cup then but I still went home and away..and by the way..i was born in Salford and my family moved to London when I was 5..don't comment on something you know nothing about!!👹

@duncanedwards7840

4 жыл бұрын

@@mickfoskett6629 So, what your acknowledging is, that Gman Sid, is correct, but you were many plastic even sooner.