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You're right about the postponement. It ended up being played in April and was Wolves' last home game of the season! Mrs Half a Bee recalls an away trip up north that was cancelled, probably in the 90s and a load of City fans ended up at Goodison Park instead.
A year after that fixture, Villa would be relegated to Div 3 for the first time and, a season later, we came close to a return to Div 1. I wasn't alive at the time, but it appears that those days in the late 60s, early 70s only really came back to the club in the late 2000s.
Originally posted by splott parker
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I went, by train, not sure if it was a football special. It was a snowy Boxing Day and we seemed to be at the ground really early. Groundstaff were clearing the snow away from the approaches (Derby would have had it postponed no bother
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One strange anecdote, I’m sure it happened, unless my memory is going doolally, is that Coventry’s game v Wolves had been postponed. Us City fans were stationed on the terraces by the half way line with Wolves fans in front of us supporting us and Coventry fans behind us, also supporting us. The Coventry fans were quite concerned with the Wolves fans presence and urged us not to let on that they were there.
There were a lot of City fans there that day as there were at all the 60s away games I went to, Plymouth in ‘67 being my first. Bluetit (Tony Jefferies) very often in the same company as me. The players very often travelled home on the same train as us.
).One strange anecdote, I’m sure it happened, unless my memory is going doolally, is that Coventry’s game v Wolves had been postponed. Us City fans were stationed on the terraces by the half way line with Wolves fans in front of us supporting us and Coventry fans behind us, also supporting us. The Coventry fans were quite concerned with the Wolves fans presence and urged us not to let on that they were there.
There were a lot of City fans there that day as there were at all the 60s away games I went to, Plymouth in ‘67 being my first. Bluetit (Tony Jefferies) very often in the same company as me. The players very often travelled home on the same train as us.
A year after that fixture, Villa would be relegated to Div 3 for the first time and, a season later, we came close to a return to Div 1. I wasn't alive at the time, but it appears that those days in the late 60s, early 70s only really came back to the club in the late 2000s.
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