norton65ca Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) http://tinyurl.com/a55ggvg I figured it wouldn't hurt to see us back in maybe happier times but far lower down the pyramid. Edited December 31, 2012 by norton65ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norton65ca Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 http://tinyurl.com/ama9blg more good memories. there was football prior to the Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted December 31, 2012 Moderator Share Posted December 31, 2012 How things change, in all regards. It's almost like a different game, now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Those pitches - like the Somme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I went to those games in the 70's back in the 3rd division and in the League Cup victories in 75 & 77. They were great days with great atmospheres. We had some decent players in those days too who would wipe the floor with the current set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Classic Uncle Ray doing what he did best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 It was rubbish being in the old 2nd and 3rd divisions, let no-one tell you any different. Yes, the fans were great, we had some great players and we saw some excellent wins. It was also great travelling with a massive contingent of fans to to tiny 3rd division grounds and overwhelming the home fans. But nothing could really erase the pain and humiliation of having crashed out of top flight football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 It was rubbish being in the old 2nd and 3rd divisions, let no-one tell you any different. Yes, the fans were great, we had some great players and we saw some excellent wins. It was also great travelling with a massive contingent of fans to to tiny 3rd division grounds and overwhelming the home fans. But nothing could really erase the pain and humiliation of having crashed out of top flight football. It wasn't rubbish for me. A young lad going down the Villa for the first time (had to make my own way there on buses) and standing on those packed terraces watching my team win on a regular basis. I never felt humiliated at all. I felt proud to be a Villa fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyBM Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 check out the hair styles, did nobody ut their hair back then or just wait for it to fall out? lol it would be a disaster for this club to be in the 3rd tier again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 It wasn't rubbish for me. A young lad going down the Villa for the first time (had to make my own way there on buses) and standing on those packed terraces watching my team win on a regular basis. I never felt humiliated at all. I felt proud to be a Villa fan. You're obviously a better fan than me, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 You're obviously a better fan than me, then. I can't answer this one as I will get moderated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 It was a joke - note Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 It was a joke - note So was mine. Note Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Phew! Mods please note this jolly, non-aggressive exchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 check out the hair styles, did nobody ut their hair back then or just wait for it to fall out? lol it would be a disaster for this club to be in the 3rd tier again Disaster in what way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I went to those games in the 70's back in the 3rd division and in the League Cup victories in 75 & 77. They were great days with great atmospheres. We had some decent players in those days too who would wipe the floor with the current set up. I had you as being a lot younger judging by your combative posting style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 I had you as being a lot younger judging by your combative posting style. I'll take those comments as compliments as it is New Years day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Whilst there were some great memories to be taken from season 1970-71 until we returned to the top flight at the end of season 74-75 there were also the horrors of the seasons after our relegation in 1966-67 before the lion started to roar again. Being outside of the First Division in seasons 67-68 & 68-69 and then relegated again in 69-70 was not too much fun and seeing the likes of Hull and Bristol City roll up at Villa Park in the late 60s rather than Manchester United and Leeds did not quite cut the mustard.Those 8 years spent outside the First Division hurt the fans and the club and I for one do not want to see that exile repeated as the outcome might not be so positive this time as it was back then or in 1987-88 when under GT we manged to come back at the first time of asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Whilst there were some great memories to be taken from season 1970-71 until we returned to the top flight at the end of season 74-75 there were also the horrors of the seasons after our relegation in 1966-67 before the lion started to roar again. Being outside of the First Division in seasons 67-68 & 68-69 and then relegated again in 69-70 was not too much fun and seeing the likes of Hull and Bristol City roll up at Villa Park in the late 60s rather than Manchester United and Leeds did not quite cut the mustard.Those 8 years spent outside the First Division hurt the fans and the club and I for one do not want to see that exile repeated as the outcome might not be so positive this time as it was back then or in 1987-88 when under GT we manged to come back at the first time of asking. I agree, but I would put a whole lot of the seasons during the 70's as positive memories (or maybe I am just having a senile moment). I think the same situation now would be quite different as the game as certainly moved on, for the better or worse is down to individual interpretation. I enjoyed it back then though and perhaps I was too young to be ashamed but................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Yes we were on the way back up in the early 70s pacbuddies and there were more positive memories than in the previous years of almost total gloom. But back in the Division 3 days Division 1 had looked a very long way off and to have claimed we might win that league and the EC in a decade would have had the men in the white coats knocking on the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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