Opposition and date?

[Wax Eater]

I found these photographs on a Facebook group and just wondered if anyone knew the date and opposition? I'm guessing 1991 and Villa, but I'm not 100% sure.

 

[Bladesman]

I found these photographs on a Facebook group and just wondered if anyone knew the date and opposition? I'm guessing 1991 and Villa, but I'm not 100% sure.

Silent Blade might know.

 

[Silent Blade]

 

[Panini]

We played Villa at home in the old D1 in March 1991 so that's not totally unrealistic, but I'm sure the Kop roof wasn't like that for over 2 months before the roofless game against Norwich. That also wouldn't explain the sparsely populated SS.

I reckon this is a reserve game sometime in late April / early May 1991 but unfortunately I don't have a source for reserve fixtures from that period. It's almost certainly Villa, whatever the competition. Perhaps one for Silent Blade ?

 

[Silent Blade]

We played Villa at home in the old D1 in March 1991 so that's not totally unrealistic, but I'm sure the Kop roof wasn't like that for over 2 months before the roofless game against Norwich. That also wouldn't explain the sparsely populated SS.

I reckon this is a reserve game sometime in late April / early May 1991 but unfortunately I don't have a source for reserve fixtures from that period. It's almost certainly Villa, whatever the competition. Perhaps one for Silent Blade ?

 

[west_yorks_blade]

wow - some reight names there.

'10p your match programme'

 

[Panini]

No First Division games that weekend due to England playing Turkey the following midweek, hence no Platt in this Villa "reserve" team.

 

[Silent Blade]

No First Division games that weekend due to England playing Turkey the following midweek, hence no Platt in this Villa "reserve" team.

Looks like Tracey had to play because Kite was unfit?

 

[Wax Eater]

Thanks everyone. I asked the bloke who posted the pics and you were correct. The goalkeeper is Les Sealey apparently.
It's from a Facebook group about old goal nets and stanchions, which I was a bit obsessed with when I was a lad. Every club seemed to have their own unique style of netting and stanchions back in the day, which I loved.
Most clubs seem to have the same box nets now, which is a bit sad.

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

Not another Wilder post

 

[The Bear]

Thanks everyone. I asked the bloke who posted the pics and you were correct. The goalkeeper is Les Sealey apparently.
It's from a Facebook group about old goal nets and stanchions, which I was a bit obsessed with when I was a lad. Every club seemed to have their own unique style of netting and stanchions back in the day, which I loved.
Most clubs seem to have the same box nets now, which is a bit sad.

Great lets have a discussion about that.

I notice that the stanchions are the 'paper clip' type.

When did we change to those from the ones that angled down to the ground. I suppose the change was due to that goal that someone belted in, it hit the base of the rear stanchion and came out and of course no goal was given Chelsea or Charlton or somewhere was it?

 

[Silent Blade]

Great lets have a discussion about that.

I notice that the stanchions are the 'paper clip' type.

When did we change to those from the ones that angled down to the ground. I suppose the change was due to that goal that someone belted in, it hit the base of the rear stanchion and came out and of course no goal was given Chelsea or Charlton or somewhere was it?

Glenn Cockerill v Grimsby in Sept 1984 too

 

[Bla blade]

There's been a couple of howlers in more recent times even with the modern day box style nets. One at Bristol City when a shot hit the back of the net and flew back out and the ref played on. I think Neil Warnock's Crystal Palace were the visitors. The other was at Watford.... either the same thing or might have been where ball went wide but the ref gave a goal.

I would say that goal line technology and VAR (if Prem) would prevent that today but the bottling little sh1t Paul Tierney begs to differ.

 

[Revolution]

There's been a couple of howlers in more recent times even with the modern day box style nets. One at Bristol City when a shot hit the back of the net and flew back out and the ref played on. I think Neil Warnock's Crystal Palace were the visitors. The other was at Watford.... either the same thing or might have been where ball went wide but the ref gave a goal.

I would say that goal line technology and VAR (if Prem) would prevent that today but the bottling little sh1t Paul Tierney begs to differ.

The Watford one was Stuart Atwell just being an awful referee. It has to be seen to be believed.

 

[Panini]

This is my favourite of the genre. Took me 3 watches when I first saw it to understand what had happened. Quite incredible.

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

This is my favourite of the genre. Took me 3 watches when I first saw it to understand what had happened. Quite incredible.

How on earth did the referee still give it? Was VAR in operation . If so this is a bigger balls up then Hawkeye vs Villa

 

[I should coco]

Villa's goalie, Lee Butler was a couple of years below me at Dinno School for Refined Gentlemen and I'd suggest he's been to more matches than some on here. He made a handful of appearance for Villa in the First Division and went on to have a decent lower league career. Last I heard, he was goalie coach at Wrexham.

Got us freebie tickets for a game in the 80s at Villa Park (Morris pen - we were shit) which we thought would be all red carpet and prawn sandwiches in the players' family area. Trouble was that Villa had a lot of inner city Brummies in the squad who'd handed out tickets to all their homies, so me and my mate sat on our hands trying not to talk, amidst a mob of right pirates. Lesson learned, so subsequent visits to Villa were on the away end.

I think their number 9, Dwight Yorke may also have scraped a living form the game.

 

[Silent Blade]

The Watford one was Stuart Atwell just being an awful referee. It has to be seen to be believed.