I just want to say…

That was the BEST game I have EVER been to at Villa Park. It had everything, the goals, the drama, the atmosphere, the occasion, the poetry, the tension. Simply epic. I remember reading a post yesterday about someone hoping we would able to emulate St James Park when the anthem came on, when the noise levels went ballistic. What actually happened was even better. The noise as the players came out was ear splitting. But then when the anthem got going, initially, there was some solid cheers – but then it very quickly quietened down to almost silence. Every fan in that stadium just wanted to hear that anthem, soaking up every second in in some sort of surreal disbelief. It was reverberating around inside the stadium, utterly magical. I honestly couldn't believe I was standing there, I put my phone away and just absorbed it all. I later realised I had "filmed" an entire 45 minutes of video of the inside of my pocket. Then when the anthem finished, the noise was tremendous, I bet you could have heard the stadium for miles around. Electric atmosphere.

The entire game, the fans never let up, even when the Bayern fans started chanting, it wasn't long before the Holte was shutting them down again (the Bayern fans were great mind) Absolute scenes when the first goal went in, gutted it was offside, not to mention the awful refereeing!

I thought the Olympiakos game was good – it doesn't even come close now. Walking down the stairs out of the stadium, spontaneous singing from fans, everyone absolutely high as a kite, fans still inside the stadium were waving and singing at fans walking outside the stadium. I will remember that game for a long, long time. I have never really known a successful Villa, I was 7ish when we last won a trophy. These moments have made all those years worth it, through thick and thin, VTID!!!