00:00For many people across the West Midlands, this was about more than football.
00:05Aston Villa's 3-0 win over Thryberg in Eastern Ball
00:08ended one of the longest waits in the club's modern history.
00:12The goals came from Uri Tellerman, Iman Liano-Banduea and Morgan Rodgers,
00:18giving Villa a first major trophy since 1966
00:21and a first European success since the famous European Cup win of 1982.
00:28Prince William, a long-standing Villa supporter, was amongst those watching as the celebrations began.
00:35But back home, the pitchers told their own story too.
00:39At the indoor arena, supporters stood shoulder to shoulder,
00:43some in old shirts, some with children, seeing a night like this for the first time.
00:48Every attack brought people to their feet, every goal turned the room into a wall of noise.
00:53It was a shared West Midlands moment,
00:55not just for those who follow every fixture,
00:58but for families, friends and neighbours caught up in the scale of it.
01:02The team supporters have lived through difficult seasons, near misses and lung rebuilds,
01:07which is why the final whistle carried such emotional weight across Birmingham and the wider region.
01:13For Aston Villa, this was more than a final.
01:16It was the end of decades spent waiting for another European night to define the club.
01:21A new set of names now sits beside the legends of 1982
01:25and supporters have a memory for life.
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