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Mickey Buttress XI & PAGET RANGERS XI
BOLDMERE ST MICHAELS, The Trevor Brown Memorial Ground K/o 2pm Price ÂŁ3 which includes admission into the match
in aid of the royal derby hospital charity fund & Andrew buttress
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Contents
4 | Mickey Buttress & The Game 7 | About The Charity
8 | About Paget Rangers
11 | Meet The Lions & Legends 12 | Jimmy Rimmer 13 | Nigel Spink
14 | Kenny Swain
15 | Gary Williams 16 | Allan Evans
17 | Ken McNaught 20 | Des Bremner
21 | Gordon Cowans
22 | Dennis Mortimer 23 | Tony Morley 24 | Gary Shaw
Printed By The Villa Times Produced By The Villa Times Match Organised By Steve Collins Tony Bradley Peter Brennan Michael Buttress Andrew Buttress Lions & Legends Paget Rangers Boldmere St Michaels
Welcome and thank you to everybody who has attended today’s game, by being part of today either by attending the day or just by purchasing our programme you are paying your part in raising funds for the renal unit of the royal derby hospital. You may well ask why the royal derby hospital? Well over the last eight years they have helped to keep Mickey’s son Andrew alive! That’s how important the work they do is. Without the renal unit many people we love young and old would no longer be with us. Andrew was keen to do something to show his appreciation for the help he has received from the royal Derby hospital renal unit and with the help of his dad and the lions and legends we were able to put today’s event together. There are many people to thank firstly yourselves by purchasing the programme you have shown your support and were are very grateful for this. THE LIONS AND LEGENDS give
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27 | The Subs
30 | The People Who Made It Happen
33 | The Game
34 | Mickey Buttresss XI
their time most weekends of the year to raise money for good causes around the midlands
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Designed By Peter Brennan
25 | Peter Withe
TO KEN AND THE LADS A MASSIVE THANK YOU!!
To all who have helped behind the scenes both today and in the lead up to the game my sincere thanks. Finally to all of you players, supporters and helpers and anyone I’ve forgotten to mention WELCOME TO THE GAME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPORT.
Steve Collins and Tony Bradley
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However last year Andrew picked up an infection and it started attacking the kidney I had donated, after many months of tests and various periods in Derby Hospital it was found the kidney was not working and had to be taken out.
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Welcome to Boldmere football club for this charity match in aid of kidney research, in particular the Renal Ward at the Royal Derby Hospital. I would like to thank the Lions & Legends, Boldmere F.C and all the other people who have made this match possible. It is often said sport brings people together, this match is an example of just that. Many years ago in the seventies I was fortunate to play for Aston Villa, a fact of which I am extremely proud, and was also lucky enough to grow up playing youth football with the likes of Gordon Cowans, Nigel Spink and Gary Shaw. At the club at the time was Ken McNaught who is the manager of Lions & legends, he quickly offered the services of the side when he heard my son Andrew was ill. I also played for various sides in the Erdington area where I met the lads who organised today’s event. The reason we are playing this match is that my son who they all knew from him coming to watch many matches has for some years suffered with kidney problems. It all started just after Andrew left the army where he had served in the Household Cavalry (Blues & Royals) for five years taking in tours of Bosnia and Iracq. Soon after leaving the army Andrew became ill and in 2007 finally collapsed with total kidney failure. He relied on dialysis at Derby Hospital to keep him alive. In 2008 after a number of tests I was found compatable and we had a kidney transplant in November of that year. The operation went well and for five years Andrew led a relatively normal life other than being on constant medication.
ABOUT THE I would like to thank the Lions & Legends, Boldmere F.C and all the other people who have made this match possible
This was a long and delicate operation but after six weeks in hospital Andrew was discharged and is now back on dialysis. Although we seemed to be back where we started from, I am in no doubt without efforts of Derby Hospital the outcome could have been far worse. Over the last eight years our family have seen how many people of all ages suffer from some form of kidney disor-
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which is why I hope we can do our bit today and raise some money for a very worthwhile cause.
So on behalf of the entire Buttress family I thank the lads who have helped organise this match and look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones and for everyone to enjoy the day!.
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So on behalf of the entire Buttress family I thank the lads who have helped organise this match and look forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones and for everyone to enjoy the day!.
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THE CHARITY
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tions and fundraising has also paid for Derby Renal Unit’s two “holiday dialysis” caravans. These dialysis caravans are based at campsites in Wales and Devon and give patients and their families the freedom to go on holiday together but still give patients their weekly dialysis
Donations to the Renal Unit are used to purchase the most up to date medical equipment (new ultrasound and dialysis machines were purchased during 2013) and many other items such as TVs for patients to watch while they are receiving dialysis to help make their time in hospital as comfortable as possible. In recent years dona-
treatment which they cannot miss. Thank you so much to everyone involved in the charity match against the Aston Villa Lions and Legends for showing your support for the Renal Unit and Derby Hospitals Charity.
ency unit) and a 56 station chronic haemo-dialysis area where patients attend in shifts for their dialysis treatment. There are currently 220 patients on unit-based haemodialysis, 17 patients on home haemodialysis and 100 patients on peritoneal dialysis.
Thank you so much to everyone involved in the charity match against the Aston Villa Lions and Legends for showing your support for the Renal Unit and Derby Hospitals Charity
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rom buying relaxation CDs for a clinic area to providing a fantastic new outside play area at the Children’s Hospital or the most up to date equipment for our medical staff to use when treating our patients, Derby Hospitals Charity plays a vital role in the day to day life of the Royal Derby Hospital. In recent years we have spent over £1.5 million each year on patient welfare including medical equipment, staff welfare and training and various research projects. The Renal Unit offers treatment for a population of about 700,000 people. 80% of the Unit’s patients are from Southern Derbyshire, but other patients come from parts of South Staffordshire (Burton), North Derbyshire and North West Leicestershire. Caring, devoted staff look after patients with all forms of kidney disease including advanced kidney disease, dialysis and transplantation. There is a 22 bedded inpatient area (including a 4 bedded renal high dependency area and another 4 bedded medical high depend-
JULIE CHAPMAN Manager, Derby Hospitals Charity
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PAGET RANGERS HONOURS LEAGUE
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aget Rangers Football Club was formed in 1938 by pupils of Paget Road School in Erdington, Birmingham. To begin with the club was accepted as members of the Intermediate Division in the Birmingham Juvenile Organisation Committee. Paget enjoyed instant success by winning the league title at the first attempt and repeating the feat the following year. Unfortunately, the War caused a temporary halt to the club's progress but once football was resumed, Paget joined the Birmingham Youths and Old Boys A.FA. In 1949, they moved to the Central Amateur League and a year later, joined the Worcestershire Combination. Ron Timmings never allowed another club to enter his heart and after his national service he became Mr Paget Rangers, serving as Secretary, Treasurer, Manager, Coach and Chairman, alongside the other jobs as Groundsman, Raffle Ticket Seller and every other capacity in which he could serve. In 1951, the club made a giant leap forward by purchasing their own ground in Springfield Road, Walmley, for the sum of £550. They set up home for the next 42 years. Throughout the 1950s, Paget enjoyed a period of consolidation before experiencing their first major success in 1960 when they completed a quadruple by lifting the Midland Combination League
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and Sutton Coldfield Charity Cup. The following season saw the club capture the league title once again, however, further success eluded the club until 1967 when they again won the Midland Combination League Cup beating Alvechurchwho had beaten them in the previous year's final. Additional success came in 1970 with yet another Midland Combination league title and a runners-up spot the following season. In 1971 the club took yet another major step forward by erecting floodlights with Aston Villa providing the opposition at the official switching on ceremony. Paget were elected as founder members of the Midland Football Alliance for the commencement of the 1994/95 season and became the inaugural winners of the League Championship, winning the title by 12 points from Hinckley, thus gaining promotion to the Southern League Midland Division. Paget's first season back in the Midland Football Alliance saw further off field tribulations affect the composition of the team. Once again youth featured prominently as the Bears attempted to stabilise in new surroundings. Despite all that has been written and said the only undisputable fact is that in less than 10 years Paget Rangers Football Club went from millionaires to mendicants. The Club played its last senior game at Vale Stadium on Tuesday 23 April 2002 against Barwell. Paget
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Midland Football Alliance Champions 1994/95 WM Football League Runners UP 1991/92 Midland Com Champions 1959/60, 1960/61, 1969/70, 1970/71 Intermediate League Champions 1938/39, 1940/41 Youth Floodlit League Champions 1999/2000
CUP Birmingham AFA Senior Cup Winners 2012/13 West Midland League Cup Winners 1991/92 Finalist 1992/93, 1993/94 Midland Football Combination Cup Winners 1959/60, 1966/67, 1970/71, 1982/83, 1985/86 Birmingham Senior Cup Semi Finalist 1994 Birmingham Junior Cup Winners 1959/60, 1969/70 Lord Mayor Charity Cup Winners 1994/95 Walsall Senior Cup Winners 1985/86 Staffordshire Senior Cup Finalist 1994/95 Semi Finalist 1993/94 Tony Alden Memorial cup Winners 1970/71, 1972/73, 1983/84, 1986/87 Sutton Coldfield Charity Cup Winners 1957/58, 1959/60, 1965/66, 1967/68, 1998/99
won the game 3-1. In 2011 lifelong Paget Rangers supporter Matthew Dainty set about reforming the club with the ambition of returning Paget to the Midland Alliance as quickly as possible. After 18 months of planning Paget’s application to the Midland Combination for the 2012/13 season was rejected, thus meaning the Bears had to join the Birmingham AFA where they were placed in Division 2. Again, much like the original club Paget enjoyed instant success winning the Birmingham & District AFA Senior Cup at the first attempt, Paget defeating Athletic Sparkhill in a thrilling final 6–5. In total three Premier Division clubs were defeated in the competition. Paget also came top of their league, pipping second-place Aston Reserves by a few points, to secure the AFA Division 2 title, and a double haul in their first season back.
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LIONS & LEGENDS
It is still early days for the association but we have already been able to raise over ÂŁ100 000. Here is our mission statement: Founded by a number of high profile former professional footballers and led by players from the Aston Villa European Cup winning squad of 1982, our aim is to support fund raising events for charities and good causes, locally, nationally and internationally by bringing together our own resources and contacts from the sporting, business, media and entertainment worlds. May 18th Charity football match in support of Forces Support. Stratford Town FC, Stratford upon Avon. Kick off 2pm July 26th Charity football match v Barwell FC XI, Kirkby Rd Sports Ground. LE9 8FQ Kick off 3pm. Lions & Legends v Mickey Buttress XI
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Jimmy Harris is proud to sponsor Jimmy Rimmerand be associated with the game good luck to everyone involved.
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ot everyone in the Villa camp was jubilant on the night of May 26, 1982. For Jimmy Rimmer, the European Cup final against Bayern Munich left him feeling devastated rather than delighted. Although he was as happy as anyone with the outcome, his own involvement in what should have been the greatest night of his football life was over after just nine minutes. A recurrence of a neck injury suffered in the final league game against Swansea the previous Friday forced Rimmer to make the hardest decision of his career and indicate to manager Tony Barton that he simply couldn't continue. While substitute Nigel Spink performed heroics to keep Bayern at bay, Rimmer was in tears as he received treatment from club doctor David Targett in the dressing room, although he did manage to return to the dug-out in time to witness Peter Withe's winning goal. His misfortune meant he holds the distinction of having won European Cup medals with two different clubs - despite not being on the pitchy at the end of either final. He had been on the bench when Manchester United beat Benfica in the 1968 final at Wembley. Despite the cruel blow of his injury in Rotterdam, though, Rimmer had the satisfaction of being one of only five Villa players to start all nine European Cup matches that season. Having forged his early career with United, Rimmer had a spell on loan with Swansea City and then joined Arsenal before moving to Villa for ÂŁ65,000 in 1977. Over the course of the next five seasons, he was a model of consistency, missing only one game and helping Villa to the title in 1980-81. He returned to Swansea in 1983.
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igel Spink made more appearances for Villa than any other goalkeeper, and there were a historic moments during the course of his 460 games for the club. He had the distinction, for instance, of being Villa's keeper in the club's firstever Premier League match, a 1-1 draw at Ipswich Town in August 1992. Spink, though, will always be best remembered for his inspired performance more than a decade earlier, when he went on as a substitute for the injured Jimmy Rimmer in the European Cup final. Less than 10 minutes into the game, Rimmer was forced to go off with a shoulder problem and it looked bleak for Villa as the regular number one was replaced by a player who had only one first team appearance to his name. But Spink became the hero of Rotterdam with a succession of brilliant saves which denied hot favourites Bayern Munich before Peter Withe grabbed the winning goal. That was one of five occasions on which Spink went on as a substitute. The other four were all in Premier League games - including two in his last season at Villa Park, by which time he had become second choice to Mark Bosnich. His final appearance, in fact, was as an outfield player when he replaced the injured Ian Taylor in the last minute of a 1-0 defeat at QPR in December 1995. Five weeks later he joined West Bromwich Albion on a free transfer, bringing to an end a magnificent 19year Villa career. For much of that time he was Villa's first choice goalkeeper and he also helped Villa to victory over Barcelona in the 1983 European Super Cup as well as making a substitute appearance for England against Australia in June that year.
Tim Oldbury the proud sponsor of Nigel Spink wish everybody all the best for todays game COME ON YOU LIONS ! Lions & Legends v Mickey Buttress XI
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enny Swain played in numerous positions, including striker, midfielder and full back. Swain began his professional career with Londoners Chelsea, signing from Wycombe Wanderers in the summer of 1973. As he had been a non-contract player with Wycombe, having joined them from college football, his signing-on fee was just ÂŁ500. He made his League debut for Chelsea in 1974. His most successful season with the club came in 1976-77, when his strike partnership with Steve Finnieston helped Eddie McCreadie's young side win promotion back to the First Division. He remained with Chelsea until 1979, when they were relegated, and then signed for Aston Villa for ÂŁ100,000. With Villa, Swain was switched to full-back and won the league championship and European Cup in consecutive seasons. He left Villa in 1983 and had spells with Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth and Crewe Alexandra. He later moved into management, enjoying stints with Grimsby Town and Wigan Athletic, and currently the England under-16s, as well as an assistant coach for England national under17 football team. Now in his second spell with The FA, Kenny first joined the organisation as Technical Director of the National School in Lilleshall in 1998, after managerial earlier stints at Wigan Athletic and Grimsby Town. He then spent two years as Director of Football at the Thomas Telford School before returning to The FA to take charge of the England U16 team in 2004.
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ary Williams could hardly have picked a more opportune time to establish himself as a Villa regular. He played half the games during the title-winning campaign of 1980-81 and really came into his own as the team followed up with their European Cup triumph a year later. Williams made 43 appearances that season, and although he missed both legs of the opening round against Valur, he then became an integral part of the side who went on to conquer Europe. A versatile footballer, capable of operating in any number of positions, Williams was at his best as a steady full-back. He joined Villa as an apprentice in 1975, turning professional three years later and making his debut as a substitute against Everton early in the 1978-79 campaign. He played 23 games that season, only for his progress to be halted by an injury which restricted him to just one starting appearance plus two as substitute in 1979-80 - although he did have nine games for Walsall during a loan spell in which he helped the Saddlers to promotion from the old Fourth Division. Then came the glory years, Williams also adding a European Super Cup medal to his league and European Cup honours. He continued to serve Villa well during the leaner years of the mid-eighties before ending a 12year association with the club when he joined Leeds United in 1987.
Andy Dowling is honoured to sponsor Gary Williams and wishes everyone involved GOOD LUCK in todays game ! Lions & Legends v Mickey Buttress XI
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Allan Evans played a crucial role at the heart of the defence during Villa's championship and European Cup
triumphs. Yet it was as a striker that he had arrived at Villa Park from Dunfermline Athletic in May 1977. He scored 15 goals for the Scottish club, including a couple of hat-tricks, although his Dunfermline debut was one to forget he suffered a broken leg against Glasgow Rangers. After his move to Villa, he was regularly on target for the reserves and played up front in his first three games, scoring against Newcastle United to indicate his future lay up front. By the end of that season, though, he had been converted to a central defender, a position in which he served the club so well over the next decade. Solid and consistent, he was a fine tackler and a commanding header of the ball, and was parsimonious in the extreme when it came to keeping out forwards. During the championship campaign of 1980-81 his impressive form ensured that Villa conceded only 40 goals during the course of their 42 games. And when he got forward, his predatory instincts meant he was always a threat to opposition defences - he was on target seven times that season. His excellent form also earned him four Scotland caps, and it wasn't until the second half of the club's relegation season of 1986-87 that he ceased to be a first team regular. But even then, he fought his way back into the team 12 months later to become a pivotal figure in Villa's promotion from the old Second Division. He also made 26 appearances in the club's first season back in the First Division before joining Leicester City on a free transfer in August 1989 and subsequently moving to Australia.
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en McNaught's first experience of a Villa triumph was not one he wished to remember. He was a member of the Everton team beaten by Ron Saunders's men in the 1977 League Cup final. If McNaught was an extra-time loser in the famous second replay at Old Trafford, though, Saunders clearly saw him as a player who could help bring success to Villa. The Villa boss paid Everton ÂŁ200,000 for McNaught's services that summer and although the central defender initially struggled to settle, he gradually established himself as an integral part of the team who would go on to enjoy League Championship and European Cup glory. His initial defensive colleague was Leighton Phillips but by the start of the 1978-79 campaign he had forged a partnership with fellow Scot Allan Evans which would form the backbone of Villa's domestic and continental triumphs. The son of former Scottish international Willie McNaught, he joined Everton as an apprentice in 1972 and made 86 appearances for the Merseysiders - he was the only ever-present in 1976-77 - before his move to Villa Park. Along with six other players, he again enjoyed an ever-present campaign as Villa won the title in 1980-81, and although a knee injury meant he missed most of the first half of the following season, he was back in time for the later stages of the European Cup. Indeed, he scored Villa's second goal with a close-range header in the second leg of the quarter-final against Dynamo Kiev, while he and Evans were towers of strength against Bayern Munich in the final. He was also in the side who won the European Super Cup by beating Barcelona in 1983 but in August that year he was transferred to neighbours West Bromwich Albion.
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The Erdington Club sponsors Dennis Mortimer hope you have a brilliant day GOOD LUCK TO ALL ENVOLVED !!
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he image is one which remains etched on the mind of any Villa supporter, even those too young to remem-
ber it. Dennis Mortimer stood proudly at the Feyenoord Stadium in Rotterdam on the night of May 26 1982, holding aloft the European Cup, football's most prestigious club trophy. Mortimer was captain of the team which achieved a feat that even the most ardent Villa supporter could not have envisaged. He was also skipper of the side who, 12 months earlier, had become Football League champions for the first time since 1910. Those achievements alone make him one of the greatest players in Villa history, although he served the club for rather longer than two glorious seasons, having made more than 400 appearances during a decade in claret and blue. Signed from Coventry City for ÂŁ175,000 on Christmas Eve 1975, the forceful midfield made an immediate impact on his debut against West Ham on Boxing Day, helping Villa to a 4-1 victory over West Ham. Over the course of the following two seasons, the midfielder played more than 100 games, and was a member of the Villa team who beat Everton in the marathon League Cup final of 1977. And although Jimmy Rimmer and Peter Withe were older, Morty was also the father figure of the team who were crowned champions and European Cup winners in consecutive seasons at the dawn of the 1980s. He was the longest-serving member of that all-conquering team and was the undisputed driving force, making great demands on himself and his colleagues as well as producing powerful runs which struck fear into the hearts of opposition defences.
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lthough it is frequently overlooked, Des Bremner's contribution to Villa's glory years of the early 1980s was immense. Essentially a right-sided midfielder, his unselfish non-stop running was a key feature of Villa's attacks during their charge to the championship in 1981 and the European Cup a year later. He was equally comfortable, though, at full-back or in central defence, versatility which proved invaluable when he deputised for the injured Allan Evans in the away leg of the European Cup quarterfinal against Dynamo Kiev. And while goalkeeping hero Nigel Spink and match-winner Peter Withe made all the headlines in the European Cup final in Rotterdam, Bremner's tireless work and crunching tackles was responsible for frustrating Bayern Munich's star players. The hard-working Scot began his career as a defender with Hibernian, but during the course of 255 games for the Edinburgh club he was converted into a midfielder, scoring 22 goals before his ÂŁ250,000 transfer to Villa in 1979. His goal haul in claret and blue was more modest, but where he had narrowly missed out on major honours north of the border, he more than made amends in the Midlands, enjoying triumphs in the league, European Cup and European Super Cup, as well as playing in the World Clubs Championship against Penarol in Tokyo. His all-action style epitomised Villa's success during that heady period. A non-stop grafter, he simply got on with the job, content with his role as a vital cog in a smooth-running machine. Described by manager Ron Saunders as "the most underrated footballer I ever purchased", Bremner was every inch a team man. It was hardly surprising, then, that Saunders should take him to Birmingham City when his Villa days came to an end in October 1984.
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ary Shaw was the golden boy of Villa's golden era. Holte Enders had no problem at all in identifying with a local lad who hit the target on a regular basis. Shaw's partnership with Peter Withe struck fear into the heart of opposition defences during the title-winning campaign of 1980-81 and the European Cup trail the following season. While Withe provided the power, Shaw's pace and anticipation completed a lethal duo - and also earned his accolades far beyond Villa Park. In 1981, having contributed 18 goals to Villa's League Championship triumph, he was voted PFA Young Player of the Year. And 12 months later his talents were acknowledged on the continent as he received the accolade of European Young Footballer of the Year. The blond-haired boy from Kingshurst began his apprenticeship with Villa in 1977 and by the end of the following year he had been given his first taste of senior football, making his debut as a substitute at Bristol City before making a couple of starting appearances. He signed professional on his 18th birthday and established himself as a first team regular in 1979-80 before missing only two league games during Villa's march to the title the following season. His Euro award was the result of some outstanding performances along the road to Rotterdam, including the crucial breakthrough goal from a seemingly impossible angle in the quarter-final against Dynamo Kiev. He remained a regular during the 198283 season, during which he won a European Super Cup medal but then, sadly, became the victim of a series of injury problems which seriously curtailed his appearances over the course of the next five years.
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anager Ron Saunders described Peter Withe as "the last piece in the jigsaw" when he signed the much-travelled striker from Newcastle United in the summer of 1980. But even the astute Saunders could not have imagined how perfectly Withe would fit into the Villa picture. Within two years, the forceful marksman had more than repaid the club record ÂŁ500,000 which Villa invested to bring him from St James' Park. In his debut campaign in claret and blue, Withe scored 20 league goals to inspire Villa to the club's first league championship crown for 71 years. And while his league output was reduced by 50 per cent the following season, he hit the most important goal in Villa's history to clinch victory over Bayern Munich in the European Cup final. A powerful, bustling centre-forward, Withe perfectly complemented the pace and anticipation of his striking partner Gary Shaw throughout that glorious chapter of the Villa story. He also maintained a high scoring ratio over subsequent seasons, too, and had contributed 92 goals by the time he moved to Sheffield United in 1985. If his prolific output made him a Holte End hero, though, it wasn't the only reason he was so popular. Always a showman, he ran to the Holte terracing at the end of every match to collect a bag of sweets from one of his adoring supporters. Withe was 29 when he joined Villa and had already won a championship medal with Nottingham Forest under Brian Clough's management. He had the option of joining a number of clubs, including his boyhood favourites Everton, but decided Villa Park offered the best prospect of a second medal. His vision could not have been more accurate and he also won 11 England caps, scoring once.
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ew players throughout Villa's history can match the sheer quality of passing displayed by midfield ace Gordon Cowans. Over 15 yards or 50, the midfielder's delivery of a football oozed poise and precision, and invariably set a dangerous attack in motion. He left the club three times - and on each occasion he returned, latterly as a youth coach and then first team coach. He was always destined to wear claret and blue, having been on schoolboy forms at Villa Park from the age of 12, which probably explains why he was always tempted back. On leaving school, he graduated through Villa's youth and reserve teams before being handed his first taste of senior football in 1976, when he went on as a substitute against Manchester City at Maine Road. By the end of the following season he was a first team regular as well as winning a League Cup medal following a dramatic victory over Everton in the second replay of a marathon 1977 final. Between 1979 and 1983, he didn't miss a single match as he became an integral figure in the most successful period of the club's history, adding league championship, European Cup and European Super Cup medals to his collection. His long unbroken appearance run came to an end when he broke his leg in a pre-season friendly, causing him to miss the whole of the 1983-84 campaign. In 1985 he joined Italian club Bari, but was brought back to Villa Park by Graham Taylor three years later. Once again, he excelled, helping Villa to finish runners-up to Liverpool in 1990. Later that year Taylor, having been appointed England manager, handed Cowans his 10th and final cap, but in 1991 the midfield man was sold to Blackburn Rovers. In 1993 he returned for a third spell before joining Derby County. He is now Academy Manager at Aston
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Villa's triumphs of the early 1980s were built essentially on team work, but Tony Morley was always guaranteed to throw in a touch of flamboyance. Supporters rose to their feet in anticipation whenever the flying winger was in possession of the ball - and his pace and silky skills rarely disappointed them. For sheer showmanship, Morley's twisting and turning before he crossed for Peter Withe to hit the European Cup winner is a moment which is still vivid for Villa supporters who either witnessed it at the time or have subsequently watched video footage of the memorable moment. And apart from his ability to create openings for colleagues, Morley also contributed a fair number of goals. He was on target 10 times during the titlewinning campaign of 1980-81 - including a spectacular Goal of the Season against Everton at Goodison Park. And although his six-goal league return the following season was relatively modest, four more came in European Cup ties, making him Villa's leading scorer in the competition. His second goal against Dynamo in Berlin, when he raced the length of the pitch before slotting home a low shot, ranks among the club's all-time great goals, while his sublime left-foot shot against Anderlecht proved to be the goal which carried Villa to the final. Signed from Burnley for ÂŁ200,000 in the summer of 1979, Morley spent four successful years at Villa Park before being transferred to West Bromwich Albion in December 1983. He served under manager Ron Saunders at three different clubs - Villa, Birmingham City and Albion during a second spell at The Hawthorns. He was also a member of the Villa side who beat Barcelona in the European Super Cup, as well as winning six England caps.
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ANDY BLAIR
Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Blair grew up in Bedworth, Warwickshire, and was educated at Nicholas Chamberlaine School in the town. He made his league debut for Coventry City, whom he had joined as an apprentice, on 28 October 1978 in a 2-1 win against Birmingham City. He also played top-flight football at Aston Villa (in two separate spells) and Sheffield Wednesday, respectively, and on loan at Wolverhampton Wanderers. In November 1984, while playing for Sheffield Wednesday against Luton Town, he achieved the unusual distinction of being the first player to ever score a hat-trick of penalties in the
PAT HEARD
As a product of the youth system at Everton, left-footer Heard made eleven appearances for the club. In October 1979, the young midfielder was signed by Aston Villa at a valuation of £100,000 (2013: £430,000) in a deal which saw John Gidman move the other way. Heard made nine appearances in his first season at Villa Park but was not one of just 14 players used by Ron Saunders to become League champions in the following season. His single goal came during a 4-3 defeat to Arsenal at Highbury in March 1982. Pat Heard won a European Cup medal after being named as a substitute for the 1982 European Cup Final, although he was not used during the match.
Heard left Villa in January 1983 for Sheffield Wednesday priced at £60,000; his new club's hopes of promotion from the Second Division had been dented by a recent slump in form. A clash of heads fractured his skull ending his playing career at the age of 34. After football, Heard embarked on a variety of careers including as a publican in both Hull and Chesterfield, a summariser for Free Radio Birmingham, a stage hypnotist. Most recently, as an Approved Driving Instructor, Heard taught Villa youngsters Barry Bannan, Benji Siegrist, and Andreas Weimann to drive.
League Cup. He also appeared for Barnsley and Northampton Town before playing in Malta for Naxxar Lions later returning to England to play for a number of non-league teams, including Kidderminster Harriers. In 1989 he opened a small chain of self-named shops across Coventry, selling sports clothing, sports goods, and school uniforms. The business was acquired by Sporting Success Ltd in 2007 and the stores continue to trade in 2012, He is currently working as a scout for Stoke City.
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DAVID GEDDIS When Ipswich Town's leading goal scorer, Trevor Whymark, was injured against Norwich City on Boxing Day 1977, Geddis replaced him in the line-up and remained in the side. This enabled Geddis to become one of the youngest players ever to make an appearance in the FA Cup final, as Ipswich progressed through the competition to Wembley, where they beat Arsenal. Geddis delivered the cross which led to Roger Osborne's winning goal. He was transferred to Aston Villa in 1979 for £300,000 and the following season won a league championship medal by being one of the 14 players Villa used that season. He filled in
COLIN GIBSON
Born in Bridport, Dorset, Gibson started his career with Aston Villa, and played in the 1978 FA Youth Cup defeat to Crystal Palace. After making his debut against Bristol City on 18 November 1978, he broke into the first team in a Ron Saunders side narrowly missing out on European qualification in 1978–79 and 1979–80. He faced competition from Gary Williams, Mike Pejic, and Eamon Deacy for the left-back spot. He went on to make 21 appearances in the 1980–81 season, as the "Villans" were crowned First Division champions. He then played at Wembley in the 1981 FA Charity Shield, as Villa shared the trophy after a 2–2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur. In the 1981–82
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campaign, he featured in both legs of the European Cup wins over Icelanders Valur and German side Berliner FC Dynamo, but remained on the bench for the 1982 European Cup Final victory over Bayern Munich at De Kuip. He took the trophy out on a night of drinking with Gordon Cowans and lost it, before it was returned to him the following day by police officers.He featured in both legs of Villa's 1982 European Super Cup victory over Barcelona, as Villa overturned a 1–0 defeat at the Camp Nou to claim an extra-time victory at Villa Park. Tony Barton's side went on to reach the quarter-finals of the European Cup in 1982–83, where they were knocked out by a Juventus side fronted by Michel Platini.
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whenever Shaw or Withe were injured or suspended and best remembered for scoring two goals in the 3-0 win over rivals Birmingham City. "Geddo" was a popular figure at Villa Park, but limited first team opportunities saw him move to then Second Division Barnsley in September 1983, where he notched an impressive 24 goals in 45 starts before attracting the interest of his former Villa boss Ron Saunders at promotion-chasing Birmingham City just before Christmas 1984. He joined the blues for a fee of £80,000 and quickly became a fans' favourite, due to his contribution to Blues' promotion winning campaign of the 1984/5 season.
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THE MANAGERS
RON SAUNDERS On arriving in the Villa hot seat as Vic Crowe’s replacement in June 1974, Ron Saunders set about laying the foundations for the most successful spell in the club’s modern history. The Birkenhead-born boss, who cut his managerial teeth at Yeovil Town and Oxford United, before having spells at Norwich City and Manchester City, made his impact felt immediately. He guided Villa to promotion from the Second Division, as well as a League Cup triumph, in his first season. The claret and blues lifted the League Cup again under Saunders in 1977, but, the best was yet to come. In 1981, Saunders went on to secure an even greater prize, ending Villa’s 71-year wait for the First Division championship. The league title success was all the more remarkable because Villa used just 14 players in what was then a 42-game season. In January 1982, Saunders, who would later go on to manage Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion, resigned with Villa sitting mid-table in the First Division and through to the quarter-finals of the European Cup. Before going into management, Saunders was a determined centre-forward, scoring over 200 goals in a playing career which took him to Everton, Gillingham, Portsmouth, Watford and Charlton Athletic.
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TONY BARTON Tony Barton born in Sutton, Surrey and managed Aston Villa to success in the 1982 European Cup, three months after taking charge. He followed this up beating Barcelona in the 1982 European Super Cup. Tony Barton won England Schoolboy (1 cap) and Youth (5 caps) honours before beginning his football career with Fulham who he joined as a junior. After a spell on loan to Sutton United, he turned professional with Fulham in May 1954. He went on to score 8 times in 49 games for Fulham. He moved to Nottingham Forest in December 1959 and after never really establishing himself at Forest, making only 22 appearances (scoring once), moved to Portsmouth in December 1961, where he subsequently became player-coach. After retiring as a player, after 130 games and 34 goals for Portsmouth, he remained on the club's coaching staff. He subsequently joined the coaching staff at Aston Villa, becoming assistant manager to Ron Saunders in 1980. Villa won the League Championship in 1981 (their first league title in 71 years) and Barton was promoted to the manager's seat in February 1982 after Saunders resigned. He guided Villa to victory over Bayern Munich in the 1982 European Cup Final and followed this up with the 1982 European Super Cup the following season, but their league form (sixth in 1983 and tenth in 1984) did not match their success in Europe and he was sacked in May 1984.
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Long into the night, Villa supporters were still pinching themselves, barely able to believe what they had witnessed. Twelve months earlier, their team had become league champions for the first time in 71 years and surely it couldn’t get any better than that? It just had. On a warm night in Rotterdam, Villa had won the most prestigious prize in club football, the European Cup. Despite having battled their way past Valur (Iceland), Dynamo Berlin (East Germany), Dynamo Kiev (USSR) and Anderlecht (Belgium), the boys in claret and blue had been given little hope as they lined up for the final against German giants Bayern Munich. That effectively became no hope when goalkeeper Jimmy Rimmer went off with a neck injury and was replaced by Nigel Spink, a youngster who had made just one previous first team appearance. But Spink’s second game for Villa turned out to be the game of his life as he made save after save to deny Bayern’s talented forwards. Spink, without doubt, produced a hero’s performance to ensure that the mighty Germans were frustrated – and there was another hero lying in wait. With 67 minutes on the clock, winger Tony Morley twisted and turned past his marker before delivering a perfect cross from the left. Unmarked at the far post, Peter Withe didn’t make proper contact,
but who cared? The ball flew off his shin and into the net to give Villa the greatest triumph in their history! “I can remember it as if it happened yesterday,” said Withe in the 2001 book The Road To Rotterdam. “Tony Morley turned a defender one way and then the other. Klaus Augenthaler was marking me but he sensed the danger and moved across to cover, which left me on my own as I reached the six-yard box. “Tony drove the ball hard across the goalmouth but it seemed to happen in slow motion and I said to myself: ‘Concentrate!’ The ball hit a divot as it reached me and half hit my shin and half hit my ankle before flying against the post and in. “I’m convinced that if I’d struck it properly, the ‘keeper would have saved it!”
Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich MAY 26, 1982 – De Kuip Stadium, Rotterdam
ASTON VILLA: Rimmer (Spink), Swain, McNaught, Evans, Williams, Bremner, Mortimer, Cowans, Morley, Withe, Shaw. BAYERN MUNICH: Muller, Dremmler, Horsmann, Weiner, Augenthaler, Kraus (Niedermayer), Durnberger, Breitner, Hoeness, Mathy (Guttler), Rummenigge
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ter City, Derby County, Brighton & Born in Porsgrunn, Norway, he won 22 Hove Albion and Bradford City. Followcaps for Northern Ireland at full interna- ing a spell in Indonesia with Bandung he has since become a journeyman in nontional level and is Plymouth Argyle's most capped player with 21. He played league football, playing for Daventry in the Football League for Plymouth Ar- Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Chasegyle, Cardiff City, Leeds United, More- town, Redditch United, Tamworth, cambe and Oxford United. Capaldi can Corby Town and Highgate United. play in defence as a left back and in mid- Darren Byfield field as a left winger. He began his career with Aston Villa in
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1997, and enjoyed loan spells with Preston North End, Northampton Town, Sneekes started as a Youth player at Ajax Amsterdam, and made 22 appear- Cambridge United, and Blackpool, beances for Netherlands National School- fore winning a move to Walsall in June boys. He made his debut for Ajax at the 2000. He scored the winning goal in the 2001 Second Division play-off final, age of 16, and broke through into the Netherlands U21 team, he went on to and then made a £50,000 move to Rotherham United in March 2002. He play for Volendam, Fortuna Sittard and was traded to Sunderland in February FC Locarno before moving to England 2004, and then moved on to Gillingham to play for Bolton Wanders, WBA, five months later. He transferred to Stockport, Hull and Herfølge. Millwall in June 2006, before joining Daryl Burgess Bristol City in August 2007. He moved on to Doncaster Rovers in July 2008, Burgess began his career at West before linking up with Oldham Athletic Bromwich Albion, where he made his in August 2009, having played on loan debut during the 1989–90 season. He at the club during the previous season. spent 14 years at WBA, and played nearly 400 first-team games for the Bag- His stay at Oldham lasted only a handful gies, mostly as central defender or right- of games, after which he returned to Walsall. He joined Tamworth in January back. He was released by West 2013. Bromwich in 2001, and then joined Northampton Town. He went on to play for Rochdale, he moved back to the West Midlands to join Kidderminster Harriers of the Conference. He left Kidderminster at the end of the 2005–06 season and signed for Nuneaton Borough, and later joined Bromsgrove Rovers
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Nigel Spink Bryan Small Steve Staunton Kenny Swain Gary Williams Pat Heard Allan Evans Ken McNaught Colin Gibson Des Bremner Tony Morley Ian MacDonald Gordon Cowans Martin Carruthers Julian Joachim Ian Taylor Alan Wright John Capaldi Stan Petrov
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David Arrowsmith Mark Bennett Luke Bradley Matthew Coates Robert Dainty Mitchell Dunbar Michael Edmead David Franklin Richard Gayle Michael Harrigan Peter Logan Mark Moloney Dean Morris James O’Callaghan Paul Smith Thomas O’Callaghan Danny O’Callaghan Kurt White Daniel Zouch
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Tim Oldbury Ryan Nicholls Tony Capaldi Micky Buttress Daryl Burgess Robert Lockey Lee Hendrie Richard Sneekers Darren Byfield Ben Wheeler Darrius Vassell Stuart McNaught Brendan O’Reilly Dave Bendall Nigel Ford Steve Bembow Dean Coates Steve Collins Stephen Rigby
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