When Villa & Forest Ruled the World (And Where It Went Wrong)

When former European Champions Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest play in the Championship it’s probably the most prestigious game in a second tier anywhere in the world. This is the story of their European triumphs and where their fall from grace started.
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[@voltrox3250]

In 5 years, Villa is fighting for top 5 and Forest has been promoted. It's really nice to hear stories like these from people of the older gene who actually saw those amazing glory days. It makes the our bond with this game even stronger.

[@josephlausi4726]

Look at how far we have come... we're now a team that are 9th in the prem, have just beaten Chelsea away and for the second transfer window running, spent over £100 million pounds on some serious European talent. I could cry 🥹🔴🌳

[@jonathanfrimerman8855]

I wish forest to be in europe one day

[@birdy953able]

As a forest fan it’s nice to see two teams who deserve some recognition finally getting it

[@DuxoupJr]

As a Villa fan I agree

[@villa_tr8488]

As a fellow villa fan I agree

[@Life4Football-q1s]

As a fan from outside the uk... I'm From Jamaica... And as a utd fan for almost 20yrs.. These team so called "small teams" history is awesome.... Better than some of these so called "big teams" world 😈😈😈

[@jeffcorncompany9480]

Awkward because I’m , Leicester fan sorry

[@drtiger1834]

As Villa fan Nottingham forest should be in the premier league full stop

[@lolodo98]

Hope these two clubs get back to the Prem soon.

[@fuckmesidewaysdaddy7875]

Vincent N won more champions leagues than u

[@samdekruyf7497]

Fuck me Sideways why are you insluting him? He says something positive

[@kisbie]

theBirdyy Villa now in the play-off final, though Fulham is a pet club of mine so I’m backing them.

[@sidvicious05]

theBirdyy villa lost to fulham

[@sidvicious05]

theBirdyy villa are still in the championship

[@maxbubba66]

I miss Villa, Forrest and Leeds in the top division. Much rather have them than Stoke, West Brom and Watford. Probably showing my age there though..................

[@lewispiper9922]

maxbubba66 I think it's nice to see a change to be honest.

[@maxbubba66]

Yeah, fair enough. As I said, I'm probably being a bit nostalgic. I do miss Leeds vs Man U and Leeds vs Chelsea. They were always intense games. I suppose you can't blame the other teams for not having those kind of historic rivalries but they did make the division more interesting.

[@lewispiper9922]

maxbubba66 true it was good... of course as a villa fan it would be great to get to the prem... I miss match of the day and anfield away.... we always seemed to get a result there haha

[@maxbubba66]

Yeah, you gave us a couple of hidings the last time you were up. I remember two or 3 3-1s to the Villa. When Benteke was still a confident striker. I don't remember losing too often apart from that though and a Fowler hat-trick away in '98 in a 4-1 win with Paul Ince getting the other. Best of luck for the rest of the season buddy.

[@lewispiper9922]

maxbubba66 you too... nice win for you lot on Sunday as well haha

[@oliveroconnor5983]

Villa: new ambitious owners and chasing promotion Forest: new owners and have just acquired one of the most highly rated managers in the championship The future is bright for the Midlands giants

[@aidygooner]

Gary Brazil shouldn't have bottled it like a typical Englishman demand to manage Forest permanently instead of boring Karanka slowing the development of their good young players.

[@power279]

I love to see nottingham back to EpL..they have the history..the fans..the stadium and above all.. The ClUb Is Big🔥🔥

[@gingeria8494]

THE midlands giant tho are Currently sat 2nd in the league

[@gidgambo]

Gingeria84 Leicester, Aston Villa, Nott Forest, Wolves, Stoke and Birmingham. None of them are 2nd.

[@jlue1993]

Gingeria84 err no they're sat about 10pts clear at the top 👀

[@AVFCVlogger]

COME ON YOU VILLA BOYS

[@jimturburfield4525]

As a Villa fan I'm constantly told "You live in the past" but surely it is better to have a history than have nothing at all? I was a kid when Villa and Forest were Champs of Europe and remember it like it was yesterday....At least we both have something to look back on with pride before football was destroyed by Sky and money because it won't ever happen again to us or to the haters. I have loads of mates who are Forest and there is a special bond between the fans that the six fingered lot from Small Heath and the Ram's in their baked bean can stadium will never experience, and they will both forever live in our shadows. UTV

[@laurocoman]

Back when football was just a sport and football was for footballers. No media and sponsored-induced shit.

[@matthewrowe6594]

Pride park is not a baked bean stadium

[@villa_tr8488]

Birmingham City have no future or past

[@bumpercart9878]

Just because your club is slowly fading away 😂

[@nickshale6926]

Bencody215 whereas yours never amounted to anything, and never will.

[@Barstoolfan42]

As a villa fan from the us, and someone who is only 19, I’m so interested in our clubs history

[@isaiah6730]

Is everybody just gonna ignore that villa won the league with 14 players...

[@kaiturner9266]

Yeah we all are gonna ignore it cuz villa are shit

[@alvincarlos2897]

@@kaiturner9266 plastic fan

[@louismiddleton66]

P0lar_ Vort3x plastic shit

[@FreakZoneark]

P0lar_ Vort3x plastic shit

[@SGT676]

@@kaiturner9266 even if you hate them you can appreciate what they accomplish

[@maurodriguesxr]

Villa Park may be one of the most beautiful stadia in England.

[@netweed09]

na, lol It's not bad but ''beautiful'', wtf is this the San Siro?? lol

[@voetbal12]

San Siro is a piece of shit.

[@doyoulikebeetroot]

San siro vs villa park? The San siro wasn't much till the 1990 World Cup just a nice but modern stadium, no soul to speak off Villa park has tons of history still preserved and is one of the best examples of a classic English football ground if not The best this comes from a Wednesday fan btw, no allegiance to Villa.

[@dejankarius6440]

Is San Siro in England? Reed before you write you fucking idiot!

[@doyoulikebeetroot]

CALLE R Who is that directed at?

[@thescottishcrusader2781]

As a Forest supporter it saddens me a lot how these teams fell. The City Ground and Villa Park were the first stadiums I ever went to and I cherish those memories dearly

[@nurhamizan9859]

but nottingham in premier league now congrats mate

[@josephlausi4726]

Forest are now 9th in the premier league after beating Chelsea away 👏 and their team is worth 1.1 billion pounds 🔴🌳

[@CIMAmotor]

I loved watching Forest and Villa when I was a kid, followed them in Europe like I was a fan! Would love to see them back in the top flight.

[@caynehampton1878]

Villa and Forest have more history than Man City!

[@soliabdelhakam5035]

cayne hampton true...liverpool fan here FUCK CITY

[@jameswright1879]

And every other team bar 4 clubs

[@afca8823]

City is money football is money. Football is not excited anymore the Champions league is 15 years the same shit , REAL .. BARCA .. BAYERN .. CHELSEA .. PARIS .. always the same clubs that are in the last 16 or 8 , 4. Football have no surprise anymore . Football will be taking over by brands the brands like Red Bull will dominate one day.

[@caynehampton1878]

A F C A sadly its true. Real and Barca dominate the Champions League every year. Messi and Ronaldo are 2 of the greatest players in football. But I want Manchester United to win the European Cup.

[@jameswright1879]

cayne hampton the politics of football is a complicated matter. One could go all the way back to association footballs inception (1800's) and discuss the financial injustice in the game, even back then.

[@morganbruce9087]

The amount of people who think these 2 tams are shit because they are in the championship but they dont realis the history

[@ramajpotala]

Right now they are not so good, thats why they are in the 2nd tier, their history will always remain but they cant live on it in their current situation

[@GeorgeThompson89]

Morgan Bruce they are shit

[@edzothedon1487]

Well they literally are shit. Just because they have history doesn't mean they're still good

[@louisround877]

Eliot Luka Yeh 4-2 against arsenal is shit isn’t it 👍

[@edzothedon1487]

+Louis Round Ya winning one game all of a sudden makes them good?

[@paddyp3457]

5-5 did this great relationship justice

[@Jakorae]

Thanks for doing a piece on my team ASTON VILLA! Hope we go up this year, want to be back at the top!

[@DuxoupJr]

It's looking good for us though :D

[@villa_tr8488]

We are back

[@dean4662]

@@villa_tr8488 we are down!

[@MADMANB68]

Dean Reece keep the faith brother! We’re up for another season and Super Jack is staying 🙌🏽🦁 UTV

[@Derret134]

I'm an Arsenal fan but Aston Villa belongs to EPL. Hoping that they get promotion this season.

[@liamevans9333]

Derret134 respect

[@frostythesnowman3533]

We'll be back

[@doggosloveme]

Derret134 they might be swapping places with you lot the way things are turning out 😂😂😂

[@kisbie]

I only want to see Villa back in the Premier if they have ambitions of competing for and winning it. A club of that size shouldn't be settling for 17th like they were last time. Otherwise 'their' place might as well be taken by a small(er) club battling against the odds.

[@EAMCFC]

Any team that has won the European cup deserves to be in the top tier of their country

[@Joot_Doctor]

I’d love to go to Birmingham one day and watch the Villans play. Been a fan ever since my father got me a shirt when I was around 7.

[@villa_tr8488]

Rate it

[@robbie6186]

Plastics won’t understand the great history of these clubs

[@craigdouglas6674]

Agree, Aberdeen aswell

[@ramajpotala]

Dont think any plastics would watch this video to begin with..

[@warlikebiscuit9113]

Benger619 3 European cups. And like 4 titles in a span. Between the two clubs in like a span of eight years

[@bt7033]

Look up the list of English clubs with the most trophies, Villa are 6th and have only just been taken over by Chelsea in the last couple of years despite how much they've spent and won over the last 20 years, just shows how far ahead they were for over a hundred years

[@maurodriguesxr]

Plastics think football started in 2006.

[@BertoCarvalho]

I've always been a Forest fan since I was a kid. Greetings from Lisbon from a Benfica fan, hope you'll get to the top soon.

[@vasiljambazov]

This is why becoming a champion is most important thing for any club. Nobody can take away that from you. Once a champ, you are champ forever!

[@eavyeavy2864]

Irrelevant old fart's perspective. This is mentality of kid who won something in grade school but cant do anything in workplace

[@vasiljambazov]

@@eavyeavy2864 ahahahahaha, hey new fart, what I said don't mean teams should NOT try to win again. Nobody can win everything all the time. But once you prove your worth, everybody should respect you. It is a simple concept, why can't you understand it?

[@eavyeavy2864]

@@vasiljambazov Let me tell you about some PIG clubs Absorb all supporter money just so they can watch players who can’t get promoted, no top tier for 3 decades

[@eavyeavy2864]

@@vasiljambazov but can they do it again now? No? Hahahahaha

[@raymondmcdonald355]

Their history and greatness will never be lost on me.

[@jackbennett8311]

This was a great video showing two massive giants of English football, nowadays teams with smaller history make the higher leagues and that is down to the good management of them, there are some sleeping giants of English football and my team forest and villa are two of them.

[@MeeHeeCanMF]

Never knew about Villa and Forest’s rich history. Glad I learned about it, was interesting!

[@garyunsworth726]

How did you not know about their history??

[@hypershame4469]

cos you are Man city fan who didn't have History

[@felipecaredona91]

Both bigger and more respected than man city and Chelsea, no arab or russian money, just good football and balls.

[@felipecaredona91]

good you had to clarify the "before 2003" cause you know you did not exist before that, and 2 cups and a super cup, OMG that's such a legendary trophy case. you are right, you were always big and russian money had nothing to do with it.

[@felipecaredona91]

hahaha, that all you gonna say? keep crying? man, go ask Abramovich if he can win an argument for you too mate.

[@ja-dp6gl]

Felipe Cardona 😂😂😂

[@albasit85]

Felipe Cardona I knew someone in this comment section will say this... In 1892, Man utd were called Newton Health who were elected to the football league but a decade later they went bankrupt, they were shit and they didn't win any trophies at that time, but everything changes cause of John Davies. Before Arsenal were in North London, they were shit and had no fans then they got brought up by Henry Norris who helped them moved to North London and bribe the fa to promote Arsenal in the first division, even though they finished 5th in the 2nd division, which caused Tottenham and Chelsea to be relegated. City and Chelsea are actually decent and they won some trophies even both club got bankrupt. Nothing is fair or equal in football or life.

[@chivachum]

Felipe Cardona lmao you have two different teams from two different countries

[@anup256]

Had goosebumps. Amazing stories

[@liamscharneck2072]

Make a video explaining the depth of Orlando pirates and kaizer chiefs and their history in south african football

[@jawsavfc]

Feel like theres still that slight bond between both clubs, love to see fans from both sides still interacting, forest gave us matty cash recently and this season we loaned them keinan :))))

[@BlackJawXVI]

Videos like this is why I watch this channel.

[@alexrobert13]

Could soon see all English European Cup / Champions League winners in the top flight Aston Villa Chelsea Manchester United Nottingham Forest Liverpool Be truly something special!

[@alexrobert13]

Feels like I am missing someone but can’t think who!

[@peterruff5810]

Your prediction has happened.

[@christianwatson1149]

Aye, memeulous is on the commentry. Good job lad 👍

[@isakpetterssonmusic]

I'm a United fan but i hope that Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Leeds gets promoted to Premier League soon once again we're they belong.

[@EAMCFC]

Maybe not leeds

[@alficammy6159]

@@EAMCFC yeah gudluck on your UCL next season ooops sorry

[@EAMCFC]

@@alficammy6159 still this year

[@iqbal610]

@@EAMCFC leeds promoted!

[@EAMCFC]

@@alficammy6159 thanks for wishing me good luck mate I'll bare that in mind since we can play in it

[@djheroandrew]

2 Brilliant clubs and I will be there cheering the lads in claret and blue UTV

[@bhvillaman4401]

Were back in the big time now boys, and playing bayern munich tonight. Biggest night of my villa life as i was born in 1998. Lets gooooooo

[@el_pibe_anarco_76]

Go Aston!

[@SpaceMonkeeyy]

Reminds me the story of my hometown club Tbilisi Dinamo who won Cup Winners Cup in 1981 and sadly my generation has only seen them qualify once for Uefa Cup back in 2004-5. They thrashed mighty Liverpool back in the day and even got standing ovation from West Ham fans on Upton Park. COPA we'd be delighted to have you in Tbilisi, Georgia. www.theguardian.com/football/beyond-the-last-man/2015/sep/07/dinamo-tbilisi-liverpool-west-ham

[@ishy8723]

aston villa has a space in my heart.

[@jackavfcgarfield890]

Ishy because a lot of our good players won you the league after you bought them?

[@aguerothings4549]

JACKAVFC GARFIELD mate there was hardly any good players fro villa....

[@Jude-hz1mn]

@@aguerothings4549 delph and barry

[@matthaeus7762]

Mirror Milner, Barry, Delph...

[@EAGalvez]

The ammount of respect this two clubs deserve but they are not getting is unreal, I love english football including the Championship so there's no doubts on me when I say how much I want these two, and specially Forest because I sympathize with the club, to return to the Premier League as soon as they can.

[@joeorion6387]

EMILIO AGUIRRE

[@charlottelacey8229]

Brilliant work. Two historic stories here that show football is more than just the Premiership. There are historic clubs that have contributed great things on the European scale that don’t necessarily play in the top division today. Football is much more than just the Premier League, I hope one day that these armchair fans see that. The game goes right down to grassroots level and it goes right to your doorstep.

[@kiesears5612]

Liverpool retained the European Cup before Forest but the fact Forest won 2 and retained is an incredible achievement, Villa also a massive club with great fan base. Hope one day both in the premier league again

[@NormanOtterman]

Not a fan of either side but still awesome to see that 2 such storied clubs will now battle each other back in the top flight once again.

[@thekeegster6278]

As a West Brom fan, I would love to have all the Midlands teams in the top flight once again! Midland clubs have very deep rooted history and have their fair share of success! It’s exciting to see the Baggies and the Trees fighting for promotion right now! Hopefully they get the ticket!

[@villatrinity3518]

Same here certainly makes it interesting with a local derby game or two. Reckon Baggies are staying up?

[@Alejandroprz000]

My respects to these 2 legendary clubs like ‘Forest and ‘Villa !

[@Luca-of6ct]

Good luck with the future villa and forest! *Fulham fan*

[@thorboysen3318]

Nottingham Forest is such a great club and a big name...! Aston Villa is already back in the PL. And Nottingham Forest should be back, too. They just belong there when you look at history.

[@jf29superfortress31]

Both are historically massive!! But Forest have more CL's than man city, chelsea Atletico, PSG combined 😂😂

[@westheking12]

Leeds as well. Would be great to see all 3 of them back in.

[@keyuantejohnson6266]

@@jf29superfortress31 chelsea a bigger club than forest

[@thescottishcrusader2781]

@@keyuantejohnson6266 only because of money. Btw, if we are "small" why are you everywhere on Forest videos. Jealous aren't you?

[@villatrinity3518]

@@keyuantejohnson6266 may I ask which part of London are you from, North, South, West or East London?

[@sulasaurus]

massive respect for these clubs.forest was incredible and they're not short of silverware.it was no money winning tricks.just fun and banter.

[@saminyead1233]

Congratulations to Aston Villa for making it to the Premier League again! I sincerely hope they're here to stay. From a Spurs fan.

[@villatrinity3518]

Thanks my man..we are alive and kicking still lol. Good luck

[@darth6466]

Finally both these great teams back in the top flight again

[@sdssds6551]

At least they won the champions league.... unlike Arsenal

[@stankogalniceanu3981]

And man city

[@sdssds6551]

Adebayo Akinfenwa lol

[@ollie3292]

Twice... in a row

[@mattieire]

European cup*

[@mattieire]

Manchester United #1 same trophy different format - European cup didn't have a group stage and had less seeded teams

[@shanewright2772]

There'll never be another Brian Clough. The greatest manager ever and he proved it twice.

[@SuperSkullSplitter]

Villa Park is by far the coolest stadium in England.

[@villatrinity3518]

It's certainly up there 👍

[@gomey70]

That Forest side were great. We had some epic battles with them back in the day. Villa were always a bit of a flash in the pan and only won the league because Liverpool were in transition that year.

[@TheT0ttenham]

Two proper clubs

[@lestajesta9682]

Define a proper club.

[@frostythesnowman3533]

There not Chelsea or Manchester City, there proper clubs with history and innovations to the game. That's what he means. Tell me what has Chelsea and Man City done for the game and what is there history, if there was a uefa or fifa competition for historical football clubs Villa would definitely be there but man city and chelsea and psg couldn't even buy there way into it.

[@TheT0ttenham]

Jai Barnett couldn’t have said it better myself mate

[@matthancock260]

@@lestajesta9682 not Leicester

[@rohithraman6488]

@@frostythesnowman3533 I want to ask you, when will you class Chelsea as a historical football club?

[@sazhawk]

Hope to see both in the Premier League as soon as possible again. I’m a fan of SV Waldhof Mannheim. We were relegated all the way down to the 5th tier of German football. We won the 4th tier Championship last season, were promoted to the 3rd Bundesliga and are currently ranked 2nd. Unfortunately corona brought the season to a halt. Hopefully, they’ll just use to current table to decide who’s going to be promoted into the 2nd Bundesliga. Feel free to check out SV Waldhof Mannheim, I believe Vice news or some other KZbin channel covered our DFB Pokal match against Eintracht Frankfurt. Also check out the videos on our Derby against FC Kaiserslautern!

[@nanakwame5604]

As a Chelsea Fc fan, I must admit that I admire these two great clubs. 👍🏿

[@kernatex]

14/11/2020, Aston Villa sit 6th in the Premier League table. What an amazing story

[@dnstone1127]

Forest has more European cups than League titles, amazing.

[@damsideau]

Hope it will be a thriller this Saturday when the two legends meet again in 2023!

[@angusmayo4493]

Clough is the GOAT of managers!

[@adamastill2056]

As a Forest fan I was at Villa Park on my birthday in 2016 when we drew 2-2 against Villa and it was a good game of football and I was dreading that game thinking we was going to get battered but we didn’t Villa Park is one of the best grounds I have ever been to in my life

[@villatrinity3518]

Thanks Adam, the City Ground is an iconic stadium too, you sense the history of the place when there. Hope you get back to the Prem soon

[@TheCheesyNachos]

that 5-5 draw earlier this season tho, holy shit

[@dbz9393]

you mark my words, within a couple years time forest and villa will be battling it out in the UCL one day

[@conorhudin9679]

Up the villa

[@hl1702]

We are! UP THE VILLA

[@sidvicious05]

up the wolves

[@kaiturner9266]

SHIT THE VILLA SCUMBAGS

[@AntandleahanddadTaylor]

@@kaiturner9266 sotc

[@derk.1923]

@@sidvicious05 Wolverhampton is shit 😂😂😂

[@9imack]

I remember going to watch City away at both Forest & Villa many times when I was a kid in the '70s. I was lucky enough to see both clubs parade their European Cups when we played them at the start of the seasons after they'd won & I looked with envious eyes wishing it could be my team. Back then all 3 clubs would be challenging for honours near the top of the league come the end of the season. City fans know all too well how having a shite owner can bring your club to it's knees but as everyone's seen with us, a good one can get it back up again. Both Forest & Villa should be Premier League clubs & I genuinely hope to see them back where they belong.

[@villatrinity3518]

Cheers Ian, you are a proper City fan, I've always respected Manchester City, one of the true old school great clubs, yous deserve all the success that you are currently enjoying now and I remember you having some dire times, in their shadow, championship, league one etc... I was there in Rotterdam in 1982 as a 12year old, magical times, hope you get your hands on it one day too. Good luck.

[@kylebullingham8984]

I’m an Ipswich fan and we won the UEFA CUP in 1981 where’s a video about our history @COPA90 a biased are we?

[@pushanmukherjee]

Villa is a huge, huge club they finished in the champions league qualification spot jst 10 years ago, with plyers like Agbonlahor and ashley young

[@davisantana6183]

They are still bigger tha arsenal

[@abdullahkhasawneh9750]

Davi Santana fuck off

[@okmann98]

I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS how many european cups does Arsenal have?

[@robbie6186]

Davi Santana just not true tho is it

[@hypn07ical]

I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS except that time your chairman took part in corruption with the FA to send down Tottenham even though you finished bottom

[@Victor-eg8yk]

Lol. if they are bigger than arsenal then they are bigger than every other club apart from liverpool and man utd.

[@chrisvillan88]

Villa fan myself but have great respect for Forest. Hope Forest stay up

[@keneokafor8327]

Nottingham forest will rise again

[@danavfc3780]

kene okafor hope both of us do pal

[@lennonwant145]

I wish

[@joanbresci4494]

We all wish. But it wont happen in the hands of Evaggelos marinakis. He is a convicted criminal gangs leader here in Greece and its such a disgrace he was allowed to buy the club.

[@gingeria8494]

No. You’ll have to figure out how to beat us first🐏

[@AbdulSalam-hv2ms]

dont worry nottingham forest will rise again one day

[@nickdowling2463]

Great vid 2 big clubs that should be back in the PL UTV

[@victoralbano97]

How Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest ruled the world if they both lose to Peñarol and Nacional respectively? They ruled Europe back then

[@dylanswain3186]

Aaarghh watching The Blades play Villa at home tomorrowwww so exited UTBUTBUTB

[@flozohren765]

I feel with them. my club is 1860 Munich ( german champion 1966 )

[@claretblue2509]

Now there both in the premier league

[@stevenportillo7572]

Copa 90 with another great video

[@stephanobarbosa5805]

When Villa & Forest Ruled Europe... not the world...because they lost against Nacional & Peñarol.... Uruguay

[@Redeemed2Righteousness]

And Here we are 4 years later, both back where they belong🌳

[@beezy_1413]

And now they are both in the prem

[@charlesthebrick5251]

Here we gooo

[@MRTEVMc]

Been waiting for this for a while

[@pushanmukherjee]

Brian Clough was the difference, the greatest English manager that England never had!!!!!!!!!

[@tonywilliams7152]

Bob Paisley

[@pushanmukherjee]

@@tonywilliams7152 He was Scottish.

[@tonywilliams7152]

@@pushanmukherjee English

[@justinsfhc]

Villa is back baby

[@EdwinLuciano]

When Villa & Forest Ruled the _World_ ? In 1980, Uruguay's Nacional defeated Nottingham Forrest and in 1982 Peñarol defeated Aston Villa in the Intercontinental Cups. May have ruled Enland/Europe. There's football outside of Europe and it's sometimes better.

[@dcmully8983]

They are English , they don't care about that.

[@dcmully8983]

Juan Munoz I support United aswell. When they won the Club World Cup in 2008 I got the winners badge put on my United shirt. It's mostly the English press that dismiss it.

[@dcmully8983]

Juan Munoz Yes, but if I say that to a Liverpool, Arsenal or Chelsea fan they say it isn't a "real" honour

[@Aditya-iz8rt]

Used to be like that anyway now they don’t stand a chance

[@EdwinLuciano]

Ben from the lane, The top South American sides don't stand a chance against the top European teams today but a lot of that has to the with the fact that the top South American players almost all play in top European teams. Back then, I don't think you had _any_ South Americans playing for English clubs and teams like Boca Juniors could hold on to a Diego Maradona until he was 22 and that was considered young. These days, the South Americans are coming at a much younger age and this weakens those teams considerably.

[@الاسد-ج1ر]

1:20 Tim Bull have amazing voice . He must be a sport commentator or somthing like this . His voice seems like voice of an english commentator i forget his name .

[@Khalid-bz5ef]

Villa & Forest > Arsenal & City

[@aguerothings4549]

Khalid Alnajjar derby county> man united

[@trawlrz37]

Lol nice joke

[@villatrinity3518]

@Deimos may I ask with respect, are you from the Greater Manchester region?

[@Dan-qp5tq]

@@trawlrz37 arsenal no. Villa are bigger than city

[@peloquin1979]

I've been a baggies fan for over 40 years and by default I should hate Villa (as rivalry goes), but I don't. I have the utmost respect for this Villa team and their achievements. The early 80s was such a historical moment in time for British clubs. Made up of all British and mostly all local lads. Wow how it's all changed. These historical events will never be repeated again and it's quite sad.

[@kevinprior3549]

Derby v Forest, Leeds v Derby, Forest v Leeds, Villa v Leeds, Derby v Villa, Villa v Leeds... these fixtures were pretty prestigious too

[@lwii1421]

Both bigger clubs than Manchester City!

[@villa_tr8488]

Burn

[@EAMCFC]

You can say that now but we will continue fighting

[@villa_tr8488]

Shut up plastic fan

[@EAMCFC]

@@villa_tr8488 I'm not plastic you second rate human being

[@aceinthehole1222]

It's crazy to see how so many great clubs have fallen off since the 80s and 90s. Hope they find their way back one day.

[@jdz9952]

Meanwhile Chelsea’s and City’s history before 2004 is nonexistent

[@Rahat-cg8rv]

J D just like Nottingham Forrest and Aston villa's present is irrelevant. I don't know why people like u don't wanna appreciate Chelsea and man city. Yes they spend a lot of money but that doesn't mean they didn't work hard for trophies.

[@EAMCFC]

Do your homework kid might wanna research Chelsea and man city as well while doing that

[@SportsFan-vq9kk]

@@Rahat-cg8rv I'm a Chelsea fan and even I can agree that without the money we have we wouldn't be the same team we are today.

[@willav9267]

We are the first boys in claret and blue, West Ham got their colours due to beating us in a wager which led to them getting a squads amount of kits, and Burnley took on Claret after Villa won the 1st Division in 1908

[@blakesooly2722]

UP THE VILLA ❤️💙

[@MarpleSteve]

I remember watching these great sides come to Maine Rd and will always consider them at least as big as us. The Villa fans were massively critical of us as a club and fans at Wembley which surprised me. Roles can and will reverse at some point and at least City and Leicester have given hope to all fans that one day it could happen for them. In 90s and early 2000s I genuinely thought that the top 4 were locked in forever and that we’d won our final trophy back in 1976. We ended that despair for most football fans - sadly it took foreign cash to do it.

[@villatrinity3518]

Steve, as a Villa fan I can only say good things about City as a club and your fans, the non plastics ones are proper supporters. I remember being at Villa Park in 1993 when we played you and there was a banner unfurled in the away end " Good Luck Villa from the City of Manchester" as we were challenging Man Utd for the innaugural Premiership title. City fans even joined in the appeals for handball when Keith Curle handled it. You've had to endure some right crap times (relegations championship, league one, your neighbours etc) so for me you deserve all the success you get now. Would any clubs supporters reject billionaire owners coming in and changing the landscape, course not, it's just jealousy. In my opinion Villa, Everton, City, Leeds Newcastle are all similar, we are all big clubs.

[@MarpleSteve]

@@villatrinity3518 thanks for your comment. Proper fans are all the same - it’s all about sharing fun and moments of euphoria. Sad that vAR and Covid has diluted it all. But happy memories

[@samfoster8087]

We rule the midlands now 🔵⚪️🏆

[@joshuacadman7653]

Sam Foster not for long😉 forest will be back soon. Respect what you've done though

[@seanholloway2052]

Haha you are funny

[@blakehaddon7173]

Sam Foster u may be better now but both forest and villa have better histories than Leicester but winning the premier was pretty good ngl

[@lestajesta9682]

By the time Forest get back in the PL, Leicester will be miles ahead of Forest, with a global fanbase, finances, stability, Forest are history, Leicester City are the future of the Midlands.

[@frostythesnowman3533]

Leicester was a 1 off there has to be an underdog winning every now and then

[@oufcfan5100]

As a young Oxford fan who wasn't there in the 80s (when we were top team) I understand what the young fans in this video are saying

[@epicKLguy]

do Hamburg

[@CheeseChilliNaanBread]

We’re back to where we both belong ❤️🌳

[@dominicallin834]

Cloughie is the greatest

[@matthewrowe6594]

And still a ram even up there🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏🐏

[@abdirahmanshariif2172]

Aston villa and Nottingham Forrest will rise again ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@decebalus321]

Please go to Craiova in Romania. They are the only team with many fans and Ultras!!! :) Edit: only team in the first Division.

[@stankogalniceanu3981]

What about CSM Iasi?

[@decebalus321]

Adebayo Akinfenwa The ultras from Craiova are more and they are better

[@stankogalniceanu3981]

Why don't they use pyros or flares?

[@decebalus321]

Adebayo Akinfenwa I don't know :/

[@aidygooner]

It's so sad that Romania as a country is corrupted and their football has been affected by that social cancer of corruption. That country has historic well-supported clubs who are dying because of mafias

[@mehakpreetsinghsohi4428]

Villa fan here. We are back to the prem this season and beat Liverpool by 7-2