We previously asked you a very simple question on our Aston Villa Facebook page - tell us about your first match at Villa Park. The response was overwhelming, and the stories were just wonderful. Here they are - enjoy them, and feel free to share your own in the comments section.
Paddy Trainor: 21st November 98,our 1st defeat of the season against Liverpool. 4 - 2 and what a game. I think Stan got the line with a bad challenge on Harkness.
Seated near the dugouts. John Gregory was our manager. Ince got the first and I think Fowler might have got a Hat trick.
Honestly can't remember who scored for us, Dublin?? Ian Oliver: Dad took me up to Villa Park from Hereford for my 9th birthday. My brother (Man U fan) joined us at the match and Mum and my 2 sisters came too but didn’t go to the game they had a day out in Aston! Was a real eye opener for them! ?The game was a Div 2 game vs Bradford in May 1988 and we won 1-0 David Platt with the goal. Joe Donovan: I think it was 1976.
I was in the middle of the Holte and I remember Andy Gray scoring with a trademark header. I think we were playing Newcastle. Luke Overton: Villa vs Spurs 1991, think it was 0-0 but all I really remember was I loved Villa but was also extremely excited as an 8 year old to see Gary Lineker play!!! Cliff Roberts: First game was a reserves game v Man City when my uncle took me down in 1979 when I was 12.
I just remember being in the old Witton end behind the goal when Tommy Caton headbutted and pinched one of.