Biggest Day Outs

[wittonwarrior]

Am I only one who thinks Old Trafford and Highbury were at the time - supporter wise bigger one offs than Rotterdam. 

My reasoning is partly based on the number of fans at both, the timing of both games in our history and in the case of Highbury.  if that had not happened, then Rotterdam would not have followed.

[OzVilla]

Obviously no where near 20k at Highbury but we took a shedload to Everton for SGT's last game in 1990. We had the whole away end (standing then) and the very top tier of their main stand IIR.  My guess was it had to be around 7k Villa for that one.

[Dick Edwards]

How many did we take to Chelsea when Randy Lerner gave us free coach travel for a midweek cup game at Stamford Bridge? From what I recall we had the whole end. That was a great away day (if you ignore the thrashing we got anyway).

[London Villan]

How many did we take to Chelsea when Randy Lerner gave us free coach travel for a midweek cup game at Stamford Bridge? From what I recall we had the whole end. That was a great away day (if you ignore the thrashing we got anyway).

6,000 I think.

Blackburn under MON in 2009 (2-0 win) there were over 7000 - we had the whole of the one end.

[Dr Butler]

FA Cup vs Arsenal around 2012...If my memory serves me right we took a huge following there...typically Villa lost 3-2 after being two up...Bent scored one....I think the other was from a free kick whcih was headed in by Collins (?)

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[dcdavecollett]

Richard Dunne, I think, though history suggests he was more likely to stick one in his own net than otherwise.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Am I only one who thinks Old Trafford and Highbury were at the time - supporter wise bigger one offs than Rotterdam. 

My reasoning is partly based on the number of fans at both, the timing of both games in our history and in the case of Highbury.  if that had not happened, then Rotterdam would not have followed.

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[Godfrey Brian]

Not necessarily a 'biggest day out' but definitely a glorious day out. On the Saturday following our Wednesday night League Cup Final win v Everton we played Coventry at Highfield Road. New St Station was packed out from mid morning and the match attendance was 10000 above their average. Inside the ground it was Villa represented noisily on three sides with some in the home end. The injured Andy Gray was sitting with the Villa fans.We came from behind twice to win with a Brian Little goal about five minutes from the whistle. It kept us in with a chance for the top spot but too many games in hand. Basically though it was a mass celebration of the Wednesday before and all things Villa with a wonderful side.

[Chris Harte]

BFR's first game in charge. At Wednesday. The club he left for us in the summer after saying he'd never leave.

Two goals down in around only half an hour, only to win 3-2.

Edit, SGT's send off at Everton is a good shout.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Notts County away in 1972. A crowd of 34,000. It's no exageration to say there were at least 20k from Villa. No M42 back then, we got stuck in traffic jams from Tamworth onwards.

[Pat McMahon]

A much overlooked large away support was at Highfield Rd for the league cup 2nd replay v Palace in 1978/79. There were 25k there (IIRC) and palace probably had 2-3k in the away end and the rest was Villa. The attendance that night was higher than Coventry’s average home gate.

[Flamingo Lane]

Notts County away in 1972. A crowd of 34,000. It's no exageration to say there were at least 20k from Villa. No M42 back then, we got stuck in traffic jams from Tamworth onwards.

Most definitely one of the great days out!

[dave shelley]

What I remember most about that match was John Burridge doing his one-armed press ups prior to the kick-off.  There was a tremendous amount of Villa fans there allright.

[Pat McMahon]

What I remember most about that match was John Burridge doing his one-armed press ups prior to the kick-off.  There was a tremendous amount of Villa fans there allright.

I’d forgotten that! He got loads of abuse from the Villa fans before the game.

[Flamingo Lane]

What I remember most about that match was John Burridge doing his one-armed press ups prior to the kick-off.  There was a tremendous amount of Villa fans there allright.

Can't have been, Burridge didn't join us until 1976.

Edit - ah yes. Coventry you mean, not Notts County.