Trips down memory lane…
Villa and Everton have that much shared history you could fill an empty Villa Park with articles and still keep writing.
With things looking a bit desperate for us right now, I thought we’d go back to when the Villa and Everton both challenged for the League Championship.
1898-99.
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As Villa face down an increasingly difficult relegation fight, we may be forced to draw any much needed inspiration from past escapes. With the arrival of Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace to Villa Park for another crucial clash tomorrow, it seems apt to delve into the archives and return to the challenging 1994/95 campaign. It was a season where Villa escaped relegation on the final day at the expense of this weekend’s visitors.
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Cast your minds back to the 1974-75 season. Villa are in Division Two, having achieved promotion from the third tier a couple of years earlier.
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So, Liverpool are finally League Champions. It’s only been 30 years of hurt for them and indifference for the rest of us. It’s Villa fans who will remember their last triumph more than most.
Because we ran them closer than anyone else.
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Birmingham-based Villans will choke at the thought but our biggest rivals might not be the delightful souls from St Andrews.
Hard to take in, I admit.
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