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@leewatkeys9065 Жыл бұрын
I went to my first game against Cardiff in I think it was 1967 with a Villa fan brother. This was my second game took by my other villa fan brother when I was 12. Became season ticket holder the following year as I was allowed to go on my own to the games then. How great it was then to have a full house and standing. Happy days and memories 👍🏻😀seem to remember a night game against Arsenal in the mid/late 70’s when Francis and Malcolm Mc Donald bothe scored hatricks in a 3-3 draw.
@southlondon633 жыл бұрын
I remember watching games like this as a kid on an old Bush black and white TV and loved it thinking back. Into the 80’s when l went to footy regular, grounds hadn’t changed much but the atmosphere was just as great.Maybe took things to much for granted and would love to relive those times , everything was so much easier back then
@andymatthews76172 жыл бұрын
Great days.
@wendyloo863711 ай бұрын
Our TV was a PYE with a Y...... 😂
@southlondon6311 ай бұрын
@@wendyloo8637 Yep we did eventually upgrade to a Radio Rentals colour tv, wooohooooo👍
@richardparkin49305 жыл бұрын
What a time for football. We loved him at Forest. What a player.
@raysmith2940 Жыл бұрын
we loved him at Blues!
@TonyKDeakin8 жыл бұрын
I was at this game and TF gave Todd a torrid afternoon
@railwaystationmaster9 жыл бұрын
That was some first half ! The mercurial TF mesmerising yet another terrified back four .
@kav66664 жыл бұрын
Was just to young to see him play, BUT I've had a drink with him and he's a total gentleman
@tarantinidust1177 жыл бұрын
Strange to think that at least 3 of that Derby team (Gemmill, Rioch and Todd) went on to play for Blues.
@pwareham612 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Rioch played for villa
@mickjeynes1172 Жыл бұрын
@@pwareham61 Rioch played for Blues on loan three times in 1978. He was on loan from Derby
@raw57426 жыл бұрын
Not a blues fan , nor was I born at the time , but I could watch Francis play all day , never mind the overpaid proto type athletes that are today's footballers.
@desponsonby93685 жыл бұрын
Trev was a great pro, played while injured, never knew him give anything less than 100%
@vicenteandrew43932 жыл бұрын
instablaster.
@pwareham612 жыл бұрын
Just a whole lot of magic
@mrshifter958211 ай бұрын
God bless him, he was the noses hero we had Andy gray. He was a proper footballer and a proper hero to the blues. God bless him
@TheSkinheadmoonstomp9 жыл бұрын
I remember this game well, but I think Derby still won the title that year while we of course at the Maine Rd nightmare to end our season, still tears on my pillow! KRO
@seltaeb33022 жыл бұрын
Trevor Francis began at Birmingham FC Div 2 aged 16 & already getting noticed. I rmbr seeing him playing Hull. Extraordinary he stayed at Birmingham FC until Clough bought him for £1mill at Forest in '79. Money wasn't what football was about until the 21st century.
@pulso77842 жыл бұрын
I heard Cloughy said he’d refuse to pay £1m for ANY player, therefore, the transfer actually went through for £999,999.99!!! 🤣🤣
@dougscrivens400211 ай бұрын
When TF came to Birmingham from Devon he would watch us in the local park. I asked him to join us. No chance, he said. You lot clobber me and it's a one way ticket home. Not that we would have caught him, he was so quick.
@barnbersonol Жыл бұрын
I remember most of these players!
@alanpashley3227 Жыл бұрын
Bob Hatton remember him playing at beautiful down town Bramall lane for Sheffield United 👍⚔️
@mickcooke111 ай бұрын
My first season attending St. Andrews as a blues fan, TF was the reason kro one love BCFC
@stevesmith90153 жыл бұрын
I was at this game I left before the end to get my train back to Derby and missed both Derby’s goals
@Marlondurran11 ай бұрын
LoL British rail bastards you can never depend on them..😅
@lennylaa16862 жыл бұрын
Great to see a good close up after Bruce Rioch scored for Derby. He was my all-time Aston Villa hero. Quality midfielder with a powerful, bombshell left-foot. Heartbroken when he left us four months earlier but he became an even better player performing in the top flight - I think Derby were Champions that season under boss Dave Mackay.
@raysmith2940 Жыл бұрын
Mentioning Rioch in th esame breath as TF, lol..
@njd23422 ай бұрын
Nureyev the ballerina would have been proud of that the dive by Francis.
@spodge12334 күн бұрын
That first goal, I mean yeh 1970s English defenders, but how fast was that turn. Francis would still be world class today, possibly more so in the light of the modern quick-play game and the protection offered to attackers.
@TheUnfortunateFilms3 жыл бұрын
I was at this with my dad and uncles, and one auntie.
@raysmith29403 жыл бұрын
wow!
@ivorbiggun70482 жыл бұрын
Good Memories 👍
@andrewward655511 ай бұрын
R.I.P super Trev
@anythingpeteives Жыл бұрын
Watched this because of TFs recent passing. Great player. Can't say as much for the defender on that first goal. And Todd definitely got his foot to the ball on that second penalty. But, my oh my, the ref looked like he should have been collecting his pension. At least one improvement for the modern game. No more old codgers refereeing at the top level.
@portcullis5622 Жыл бұрын
Back then, nearly everyone on the pitch looked about 10 years older than they actually were. That referee was probably only 39!
@palmertrees4 жыл бұрын
I was 4 years old and only 6 months into my new home after Mom had selected a different model.
@seltaeb33022 жыл бұрын
Err..?
@martinsmusic2223 Жыл бұрын
Second penalty award is a farce. Slow it down to 0.25 playback speed in your settings and you'll see the ball superbly won by the defender and no contact made with Trevor Francis.
@georgianwindow11 ай бұрын
Gemmil Todd Francis Roger Davis Howerd who else blasts from the past on show
@bcfc1875111 ай бұрын
The beautiful thing about these glory days watching Blues with these players was it was always worth the entrance fee... thanks for the memories!!
@wessexTim Жыл бұрын
Was there in the top half of the Railway end!
@tiltonroadbirmingham115311 ай бұрын
I was on the Tilton behind the goal, great days loved every minute.
@WELLBRAN5 жыл бұрын
When my brother was small he could do impersonation of Hugh johns...lol
@malthusXIII-fo3ep Жыл бұрын
Shocker of a dive by Francis for the second penalty. If he was available today in the Second City,...he would definitely be with a top club like Aston Villa to have any chance of developing his skills and winning trophies.
@ga-ow7yf11 ай бұрын
Aston Vila a top Club.😂😂😂😂😂
@sargestack56572 жыл бұрын
Just watched this on TV and I kid you not 2 minutes in and the camera spans onto the crowd and there is a young supporter who is a dead ringer for one of the Campbell brothers out of Birmingham regarding group ub40
@LolLol-yl7vm19 күн бұрын
Trevor Francis.. 1st British £1M footballer !
@hypnotics78863 жыл бұрын
“That’s handball, that’s handball by Roger Davis. What a foolish young man. There was no need for that”- don’t get frank commentary like that anymore 🤣
@lennylaa16862 жыл бұрын
Davis looked very guilty, could not complain.
@davidpalin1790 Жыл бұрын
Keep right on 😅
@jodiepreston4397 Жыл бұрын
Was this three days after Birmingham lost 2-1 at Crewe in the League Cup.
@youngsilencer81229 жыл бұрын
I'm going to game tomoz
@chokoholmes917711 ай бұрын
proper game of football!
@dalemcilwain2 жыл бұрын
Back then the refs were making good calls.
@Camberwell86 Жыл бұрын
"Rioch with the easiest job in the world to knock it in" bruv them ones ain't easy at all 😅 maybe on the training ground but not in a match 😂
@kristianclark47835 жыл бұрын
Why were Birmingham down to 10 men?
@terryjross118411 ай бұрын
TF was some player
@MrJeepsters3 ай бұрын
Les grands clubs étaient t-ils aveugles ? Personne n'a sollicité Trevor Francis.
@Ratboy-ed3lb4 жыл бұрын
They were taught to dive I notice
@seltaeb33022 жыл бұрын
Diving was a no no & disapproved by fellow pros strongly & was rare until someone called Klinsmann appeared! Then it really started.
@chriso84853 жыл бұрын
Blimey, the Blues won a game?
@seltaeb33022 жыл бұрын
Roger Davis showed he could dribble about with deft touches but that hand ball. Why Roger? It was coming down anyway. He was showing his guilt & getting caught out.
@Suttoner762 жыл бұрын
Disgusting dive by Trevor Francis for the second penalty. Who says diving is a modern thing brought over by foreign players? He was Jurgen Klinsmann before Jurgen Klinsmann as in theatrically throwing his head back at the slightest touch.
@andymatthews76172 жыл бұрын
NO V A R .
@freddiefreeman411911 ай бұрын
Two dodgy penalties there, and I hate Derby. Trevor Francis Birmingham and Forest legend
@davidblackburn70908 жыл бұрын
BURNLEY FC. RULE !
@tiltonroadbirmingham11535 жыл бұрын
With a name like that ?
@seltaeb33022 жыл бұрын
The years just fly past now especially my 68yrs. Once the 21st century came football changed. It looks like a video game. No longer watch it except for the KZfaq treasure. 20yr olds watch it like I watch football in the 1930s say. It's the long hair they laff at! Comb overs like Ralph Coates that billow out with a strong wind!
@ianhudson91772 жыл бұрын
That second penalty was a joke...was the ref a Forest fan?Peter Daniel didn't deserve that...he was a replacement for Roy Macfarland for most of the season & won a League Winners Medal at the end of it