Feeling very confident today. I reckon we will record our first victory over Aston Villa at Villa Park since that fantastic 2-0 FA Cup win on Saturday January 23rd, 1999. My prediction is a 2-1 victory with goals coming from Healy and Kamara. Talking about that victory eight years ago spurred me on to get the programme out. As you will remember, we were in the second division at that time (the third tier for younger readers) and Villa were flying high at the top of the Premiership.
The Villa programme was full of praise for us. In a five page feature it labelled the team as 'no ordinary second division side' and highlighted how chairman Mo was 'bankrolling a soccer revolution on the north bank of the Thames'.
As a mattter of interest our 16-strong squad was listed as follows: 1. Maik Taylor; 2. Steve Finnan; 3. Rufus Brevett; 4. Simon Morgan; 5. Chris Coleman; 6. Kit Symons; 7. Barry Hayles; 8. Paul Bracewell; 9. Geoff Horsfield; 10. Paul Peschisolido; 11. Steve Hayward; 12. Gus Uhlenbeek; 13. Andre Arendse; 14. Neil Smith; 15. John Salako; 16. Dirk Lehmann.
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