Aston Villa 2 Birmingham City 1 - League Div 1 - 27th Sept 1975

You forget how huge Villa Park was back then with the Witton End (when did it become The North End?) being terracing as well as the Holte. This match was the first time I'd stood in the Holte - had always sat before and had been going since 68. I was only a kid. My eyes were on stalks. Witton End all blue, the Holte absolutely rocking. Loved it. Without terracing football is nothing. Just look at the crowd here - it's fantastic. The Holte is awesome. Floodlights AV. Great times.

John Robson, RIP.

I still have my match ticket. Happy days.

I found the programme today from this very match, with a change from the printed line up, John Robson wrote in, in my old man's hand, whom sadly passed on the 28th June last year. Even better, a programme from the 1957 F A Cup final when the Mighty Villa beat the Busby babes. Cheers Dad, 'Stephen Frank Edwards' forever r I p, or more like play football in the skies with his great mate Peter Burden, (also sadly passed, just before Dad) & have his paint brush out,(fantastic artist) & great footballer couple of trials at Villa, marked Phil Woosnam out the game he told me, then disappointed, heard nothing, disappointed, didn't stay fit, unexpectedly asked bk weeks later sadly injured & unfit :( c'est last vie. Thanks for the programmes Dad, nice surprise ❤ Up The Villa ☝👍🙂

If we'd known back then just how good the "new boy" with the blond hair and the red tie would be. Great upload, Villa Boy. I remember the match well - as I do every match when we beat the Blues :-)

You wouldn't believe Kenny Burns would go on to win so much in the game after a display as bad as that!

I was there only villa fan in blues end couldn’t get in holte end singing me little head off

fantastic derby

I agree the only forigners were scots, Irish and welsh. NFSE

Little and Cowans ❤

Will Villa ever be this good again? I was in the beautiful Trinity rd Stand that day! Go Villa!

The Holte End was mountainous. I think it held 30,000 at one time. It must have been the biggest end terrace. That or the South Bank at Molineux.

I was there and looking at this again nothing changes Blues only tactics was kicking Villa off the Park.Still Great to see Brian Little in his prime Trevor who ?? Haha 😂

I'd walk a mile and a bit....

very small heath then and now UTV

5:14 Big J0e - Landr0ver legend!

Commentator was saying it was a goal before it hit the net? Hamiltons equaliser

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Goo on the villa, beating the shit as per usual.

Sneakiest & dirtiest player I have ever seen, Kenny Burns. Kicked Brian Little all over the place, but Brian had the last laugh UTV