Aston Villa 0-2 Birmingham City 2002/2003

[@godsstruggler8783]

Wolves fan. I never got why Blues fans despised Villa so much (besides geography) but since working with a bunch of them this last five years I can understand.

[@pwareham61]

Well, Wolves and Albion are not exactly best mates.

[@JF-sb5mo]

All in our shadow that's why

[@whatayear]

@@JF-sb5mo Never have been, never will be.

[@JF-sb5mo]

@@whatayear yeah keep telling yourself that we all know the truth

[@whatayear]

@@JF-sb5mo Why exactly are we in your shadow? We go where we want, do what we want, it's a predominantly Blues town, when we play we hardly see you, cos a lot of your fans are commuter. So come on do pray tell?

[@bluess85]

Should be in the FA rules that Blues and the Vile can't be relegated purely for the games they produce against each other, best derby in England.

[@buddylove88]

Good times for the blues!! RIP J LLOYD SAMUEL 🙏

[@mvt250]

Club Brugge fans & Birmingham City fans , friends forever !

[@jh1tf381]

Stfu

[@daverobertson5633]

Who the fuck are Club Brugge? Shit Club, just like Small Heath.

[@Grahamgregorythethird]

Shit club alliance

[@Grahamgregorythethird]

@Bcfc 1875 that mans worth more than your club😂 maybe if u had a player his level u wouldn’t be getting liquidated

[@bridgestblue5007]

@@Grahamgregorythethird Funny how Aston Villa always keep very quiet about their original name.... HOLTE SCHOOL OF GENTLEMEN was not it... by jove! x

[@twilliamspro]

If my memory serves Enkleman was was nominated for Birmingham player of the season for this

[@DapperAF]

brilliant turn by Kenna on that first goal, he was a great player.

[@peterh1353]

Good Birmingham side. Lots of energy and players who looked in the right division. Brief moment in time thing.

[@stevecollins6858]

Villa fan here. I remember this night so well. Sitting in lower Holt and when blues scored at least 20 blues fans jumped up celebrating. Big fights kicked off. I was only 14 with my 2 mates. Was pretty tense atmosphere all night. Then on the way to aston train station with helicopters flying all over with spot lights on fans scrapping outside the ground. Pretty scary for a young fan without my parents. Just ran to the station.

[@jonnym7926]

A relative of mine was a copper in the west mids police and they said there were hundreds if not thousands of arrests during these games but they never published figures as they didn't want it too reflect badly on the city.

[@stevecollins6858]

@@jonnym7926I'm Villa through and through and never miss a home match but I just love football in general so I never pass up an opportunity to go any game if a tickets going spare and I've been to so many of the so called big derby football matches where apparently fans hate eachother etc ect but I'll tell you now no derby is a hateful as the Villa Birmingham derby. It's pure nastiness.

[@1875BMC]

Fanny

[@stevecollins6858]

​@@1875BMCmaybe as a child with 30 something year old blues scum trying to attack me. Let me guess you're a Zulu 😂 so pathetic! 😂😂

[@neilpountney9414]

@@stevecollins6858 Blues fan here I can never condone violence at the end of the day regardless of any reasons. I went to so many rival games between these two and there is nothing like the euphoria when you win and the downright utter misery if you lose. I miss those days but in truth I doubt they will ever return. Villa and are billion miles ahead of us and good luck to them. As I have aged I have lost the hatred I had in my youth but if we play them again I am sure the monster will rise again....

[@connorrussell3884]

I wasn't at this particular game but can totally agree about the hate comment. I'm a bluenose and been to many Villa- Blues games and I must say the atmosphere in the ground is electric. That hostile feeling you get when the match is about to kick off is scary but brilliant. I crave these derby's and hope Blues can sort this joke out with the board and hopefully both teams will meet agin soon.

[@chz9530]

10 years later and he's making a living from working on homes under the hammer 😂😂

[@peterh1353]

He gets more excited about a two-up-two-down in Derby than any man I know.

[@jh1tf381]

Makes more money then you, virgin

[@stevewhiteba]

and they both work for the beeb- be great to see them work together.

[@hudson7354]

And he’s still a liar

[@barryharnett5172]

@@peterh1353 ìù

[@zu1875lu]

what an atmosphere that night was.........electric and one of the best ive been to........aint it a shame we cant have them in the week nomore :(

[@rohithraman6488]

Can't believe Dion was shocked that he was sent off 😂

[@michaelharris2002]

Ah , the good old days . Keep right on 🍻

[@daverobertson5633]

As a young villa fan this was my first derby, and my worst. I got shit about this one at school for years haha. Had some better times since against the blues, got to love derby day. Who knows when the next one will be.

[@darrenwilson99]

Enjoy your time in the league you should be in, fella. I am a Blue Nose and was in the Holte End when we beat you 2-1. I behaved myself. One day some miracle will happen and Blues will rise again.

[@ForzaNapolI1875]

@@darrenwilson99 KRO

[@adebolabloke6962]

darrenwilson99 The miracle has started.

[@BigSmokeMUFC]

Gonna be 20 years since the both of youse play each other. Birmingham City are miles off the big boys. Pretty sad ngl.

[@warwickmjs]

The Horse is a legend. Must be the only player in the history of this fixture to score home and away and finish a match in goal!

[@captainmorgan123]

a whaaaaaa

[@AttackWithStyle]

The days when football tops where too big for any mortal man

[@SuperTrojan64]

Most penalties were caused by blokes tripping on their own kits

[@zerocool9182]

Lol I know what was that about

[@Stabber_67]

Pride of Birmingham 🔵

[@matthewk4251]

9:55 you can see it kicking off near the pitch

[@BezzSayNuffin]

I miss this blues team!

[@avfcad]

My first villa blues derby, and even though we lost ive not been to a game since that has matched the feeling of that night, pure hatred. Kicking off inside and outside the ground before and after, 1st time id been to villa park where the holte was singing an hour before kick off, unreal

[@simonmakinde230392]

That tackle on Robbie Savage at 4:35... 😱😱

[@alexavfclineham7301]

A wonderful sight, and the headbutt afterwards, worth taking the loss just for that

[@williamgeoffreyjones3421]

Savage a shining example to all young footballers how to take everything out of the game and put little back

[@robbiefellows2200]

He was great for Blues.

[@steveo4400]

@@robbiefellows2200because he’s got long hair, cause he’s everywhere.

[@DotM68]

Legend.

[@mrblue4558]

the only thing he headed all game

[@brennybobs]

Blues have really being missing Fahey this season. I didn't rate him like a lot of fans but I think in his abscence we've been really shown up this season. Get well Keith.

[@billkent6037]

This was probably the most toxic football match I have ever seen.. Pure hatred!

[@AlonsoSC]

Saludos desde Chile espero que suba luego el Birmingham me encantan estos derbis

[@TheUniversityLad]

who are the Villa?...kro!

[@callumhall2006]

Sotv #kro

[@GeorgeBarron0926]

anthony statham thats why theyre called small heath anthony 😉 sotc

[@thejuke7988]

@@GeorgeBarron0926 all these years later and you still can't take the fact that we have the city name. Wounded haha

[@colinjennings3661]

The only thing your tin pot club has brought on the name of our great city is shame.

[@J_-mg3bx]

Who watching this is in 2019 just to see em get beat 😂🔵⚪

[@joelombardi95]

Enckleman's a blueeenose

[@JohnGolf123]

Having watched this, it just occurred to me how Villa were so much of a long ball team at the time.

[@alexavfclineham7301]

Loads of sides were, football has really progressed from 2010 onwards

[@matthewk4251]

That season had everything

[@borderfrontsub141]

wish blues scored infront of there fans to see there reaction. would of gone mental.

[@robbiefellows2200]

Peter Enckleman. Voted runner-up in Birmingham City's Player Of The Season 2002/03

[@charvey101]

Sent off for butting Robbie Savage? But it's entirely the right thing to do.

[@maxb2932]

Ummm, really?

[@GSBConstantine]

max Bartholomew yeah, even as a blue nose i'd love to drop the nut on savage.

[@Joshtrivett1307]

Travis Bickle Dublin fouled him anyway the headbutt sealed Dublin’s fate

[@MiggyE91]

Where is Gudjonsson's horror tackle??

[@The69ersFC]

Here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3fSZZdnhrxgr7M

[@TheMusicGuru22]

whats happening other side of the pitch with the fans at the very end?

[@SuperTrojan64]

STAN THE MAN LAZARIDIS 💙💙💙

[@EmuGamesMaster]

One of the most underrated players to wear the blues shirt. He was fantastic.

[@ArqzY]

hopefully we play the villa again soon, missed this atmosphere

[@JohnGolf123]

I agree, but the way they are now, I'd rather stay away from them for a while. KRO.

[@19856chris]

I’m a blues fan and sat in the holte end with 3 other blues fans as the vile couldn’t sell their tickets. I was only 16 and celebrated both goals. Great memories

[@professionalman1960]

As if blues fans were shitting it that night in and around the stadium - nevermind dont let the truth get in the way of bullshit

[@MultiMcgurk]

I doubt it pal as holte end was always season ticket holders . Think you dreaming

[@19856chris]

Doubt all you want. It happened and I wasn’t the only group of blues supporters in that stand. We all stood up and celebrated not once but twice. I guess you watched it on tv 🤣

[@MultiMcgurk]

@@19856chris yes I did . Lol getting angry are we . Well unless you got a ticket from a season ticket holder then it must be another stand

[@professionalman1960]

liar

[@BigSmokeMUFC]

What a team Birmingham were back then. Now they're relegated to League One and are miles off Aston Villa

[@steveberridge4648]

Bruce may have been hated at Newcastle but he did well at Birmingham.

[@dodgemia4582]

Won the match and stood firm you lot came but old bill controlled you,we don't run chaps ctid

[@warwickblues5860]

savage had a plan that day.... and it worked

[@onewildcarl82]

Who ran away last week at St.Andrews

[@raulcostello3050]

Still love watching this.. Kro sotv

[@bentooth1585]

Raul costello Yh I love to see Dion drop the nut on savage #UTV #SOTC

[@ivorbiggun7048]

2022.Here repping Acocks Green. KRO 👍

[@philliphaylor1590]

16 years later we are still above them KRO

[@2506JJhudson1990]

Both Robbie savage and Dion Dublin would go on to have good careers... on day time TV.

[@airbus33t]

Didn't hit him hard enough Dion

[@zu1875lu]

Woo oo oo 👜

[@pwareham61]

Blues fan here, and I thought Savage was an irritating prick.

[@JohnGolf123]

I know. The clip ended at 10mins. Will try and upload it if I get chance.

[@rsd5592]

can u upload the rest of this? even though im a villa fan :L

[@kevinhall2829]

Dublin would iron savage out make no mistake would have been fun to watch actually.

[@clemo141]

btw villa fans it's called the BIRMINGHAM derby for a reason :)

[@PapaulskiBCFC]

For all those accusing Savage of saying something racist should know after the game Dublin admitted that nothing of the sort was said. What Dublin did was wrong and should have known better. Might of cost Villa a chance of winning the game. KRO!!!!

[@mikeyf4018]

The tackle was a sending off , The headbutt was a sending off ,,, But the commentators are looking to blame the player in blue saying it must have been something he said ....

[@JohnGolf123]

It was bubbling under the surface all night, but the tackle and the headbutt was the catalyst which led to everything else that happened afterwards. It was possibly the most poisonous atmosphere I've ever been in.

[@peterh1353]

He was annoyed and had a right to be. Six foot and 13 stone through your ankle. I only played until I was 26 and my ankles are bad and crack like twigs when I turn them. On sticks if I had been a pro until 32.

[@tonyashmore7021]

Nothing better than beating the villa at their place, was there from the time Kenny Burns scored in front of the holt end to the time when Blues went up and it took the villa 6 games to beat us, sadly since then due to mis management Blues dropped away and villa left us well behind and I didn't think we would be back up there But the Blue machine has awoken with the current owners now we are on the way back, KRO & SOTV

[@rsd5592]

@JohnGolf123 u had the chance yet :P ?

[@MalcPerks]

I wonder if they are talking to each other yet?

[@GravityBoy72]

Birmingham were in the Premiership? When?

[@JohnGolf123]

They were in PL in 2002/03 2003/04, 2004-05, 2005/06. Then again in 2007/08, 2009/10, and finally 2010/11. They haven't been back since.

[@GravityBoy72]

@@JohnGolf123 There were? Don't remember.

[@JohnGolf123]

No prob mate. It ended up finishing at 10 mins when there was prob a couple of minutes left which showed it all erupt at the end with Joey Gudjonsson's tackle on Upson and the fans losing it. Will try and upload the rest when I get chance.

[@leeakers6422]

Where’s the second villa red card?

[@davidpalin1790]

Great game. Great result 👏 😅😅😅 Keep right on

[@chris.bcfc.keeprighton.5685]

In the days before the spineless one knee'rs.

[@clemo141]

haters need to leave Savage alone i met him after a match and he was so nice off the pitch a completely different character to what people think he is

[@alexavfclineham7301]

I get that but he's still a prick, baits us with underhanded digs still years later

[@neilpountney9414]

Enckelman should have had that second goal covered he basically chickened out. Despite enjoying the result as a Blues fan I was never a Robbie Savage fan. As the poor brother in the second City any win over Villa was Gold dust whether us Blues fans like to admit it or not!

[@JohnGolf123]

Can't disagree there. Savage was a crafty so-and-so - even before we signed him. He had a deserved reputation for cheating and generally being a snake. He even admitted that he'd have engineered a move to join Villa if Mark Hughes had gone there instead of Blackburn, and I'm sure he would have. With regard to the Enckleman mistake- we all laughed at the time, but you could tell that his confidence was shot to pieces after the first game, and a mistake was always likely to happen in the return game. If he'd kept his cool, he'd have got there first, but as you said, he saw Horsfield bearing down on him and bottled it. Ah well, Villa have certainly got their revenge since those heady days, and I've lost count of the times that we've bottled these derbies since.

[@pwareham61]

I was never keen on savage either, a gobshite, who would run a mile if someone squared up to him. And his piss poor excuse for going to Blackburn. Tosser.

[@colinjennings3661]

Sixteen years since this happened and still the great unwashed talk about it..and They say we are historians.

[@kaydzkmedia989]

And get a bigger club oh I forgot u can't ur only a small lil town HAHAHA BIRMINGHAM CITY ALL THE WAY FOR THE WIN

[@Jaymzbutler4]

SOTV KRO

[@Rokkzz]

SOTV KRO YOU BLUE BOYS 🔵

[@GCT223]

Eh

[@JohnGolf123]

for being headbutted?

[@nickedwards9464]

Sav was a big lad for Blues, missed he when he went. Dubz was out of order.

[@JohnGolf123]

He was, his work rate was phenomenal. Blues never replaced him, and the term never looked right after he left.

[@michaelperks1991]

dublin's challenge was very very late in the first place, of corse Savage said something that really annoyed Dublin but with a late challenge and a blatent headbutt (not the worst in the world but he definetly moved his head towards Savage) he couldn't have hoped to stay on the pitch. Silly play by Dublin in such an important game

[@datguy7077]

Zidane should have seen this game could have been a different outcome then in 2006

[@markwall6710]

Laziridis couldn't even celebrate his goal in front of the Holte cause he was shitting himself lol

[@stevee6305]

to be fair, Blues were so used to beating Villa in those days it became second nature

[@dddfff3578]

upson Birmingham city?cb

[@eppalan9987]

Don't let you distract that the date of this match was 03/03/03 🤣

[@samanthaharris3927]

BLUES BLUES FANS WILL CHERISH THIS FOREVER 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@Bcfc141]

light years is more than an overstatement- a 0-1 win against us isnt what i call light years ahead, we outplayed you for 80 minutes. get ready to once again be equal to the team that carrys this citys name mate ;)

[@2511dhall]

Should never been a late KO both matches in that season as they were MNF matches.

[@JoeRussell1875]

Mark Halsey is the same distance from Savage as Dublin is, if he said something so bad he'd have heard it as well.

[@kaydzkmedia989]

SHIT ON THE VILLA

[@jackvlogs2671]

blues till I die

[@exitroyale7873]

your right

[@ScarvesForUnited]

IS. IT. FUCK.

[@mikethemod64]

Funny, memories of this game used to hurt, seems a long time ago, we're light years ahead of Small Heath Alliance these days

[@raybarrett7985]

you are little aston

[@andrewwheeler8591]

🥱

[@kaydzkmedia989]

Lol maybe if the villa fans weren't so gobby no one would argue we shud be frends we r both the same place

[@duckingforcover09]

@KeenoGamers I know, I miss the Villa loosing them.

[@raghudesai1217]

No words

[@777Trigger]

Why is it called the second city derby?

[@Woodyladnige]

We did score in front of THEIR fans ha ha it was amazing what a night

[@helenloughton2418]

Always great winning at bell end park.this one especially kro

[@9wolves2007]

Still can't fathom what Savage said to him there; was it "fcking prick"?

[@JohnGolf123]

I always thought it was something like 'f*cking wanker" as the referee got into the middle of them. I was there that night, and if both teams had stayed at 11v11, it would have probably ended 0-0 as there was nothing between them These sort of moments often turn games, and it certainly did. It was anarchy, on the pitch, in the stands, and outside. I can honestly say that I've never been to a game before, or since, which had so much poison and vitriol as this one.

[@padmdhs]

Cant wait to see us beat villa again kro

[@callumjordan6134]

Villa are gone they will go down next season aswell

[@villatillidie1100]

Callum Jordan The irony... 😂

[@Edzio91]

I agree!

[@mariotucci3]

great game i was there 5 nil to blues shit on the vile

[@daverobertson5633]

The greatest achievement in your shit clubs history

[@chriso8485]

I heard Bluenoses got battered that night

[@karmapolicedept]

"i think there was contact"- alan smith...... really???

[@scottsvxr]

Robbie whispered in his ear.....off road parking🤣😂.

[@duckingforcover09]

Birmingham is the Second City, these teams are from Birmingham, therefore it is called "The Second City Derby".

[@willatherton4101]

he hardly touched savage wtf

[@yOuth1874]

dublin was/is/always will be a villa legend, SOTC

[@MUFCWH7]

Robbie Savage use to polish Dion Dublin's boots for him when he was in the Man Utd youth team.

[@stevecourtenay7393]

Dublin a joke of a player joke of a presenter

[@deathrager2404]

ahahhaha villa wanted revenge but got rekt again, and even better, at home :D

[@standupEFC]

Don't think he did he'd get banned forever and be hated by black teamates when a lot of birmingham fans are black can you imagine the response.

[@biffalo2993]

KRO !!!!!!!!

[@bradleyburden1010]

sotv kro !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Ruthypops1]

fucking hilarious from Dublin, and I like Sav aswell. Steaming in with an old skool tackle then the headbutt, quality