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After the Villa


Back in the days before footballers retired as multi-millionaires, they usually had to get a proper job once their playing days were over. Some stayed in the game, most drifted off the scene and into obscurity.

After The Villa is the story of some of these former greats, their lives once they left Villa Park, and what theyre doing now. Included are former internationals, cup-winners, men who have their names carved with pride on the Villa Park roll of honour.

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ISBN: 0-9543884-3-7




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Champions - 1980-81 Revisited

By Dave Woodhall

A month-by-month account of the season in which Aston Villa won their seventh league title, after a wait of 71 years.

Contains contemporary match reports and exclusive interviews with the players who took part in the triumph, as well as the views of supporters and press who witnessed these historic events as they unfolded.

With a foreword by Gary Shaw, member of the team and one of the greatest players in the club’s history.

Paperback, 232 pages, 198x 129mm
ISBN: 0-9543884-2-9

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From One Season to the Next

Most football supporters think their club is unpredictable. But there can’t be many whose recent past includes winning the Championship after apparently selling their best players; their manager walking out on the eve of a European Cup quarter-final; suffering relegation five years after being Champions of Europe; going from destroying the best team in Europe to a relegation battle in the same season; having their manager sacked forty-two days after being offered an extended contract; seeing another boss leave on the eve of a UEFA Cup quarter final; and having the best start and worst run in their history during the same campaign.

One club can... and this book shows how Aston Villa did.

176 Pages fully illustrated

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McMullan to O’Leary

An account of all the men who have enjoyed (or should that be endured?) time in the managerial hot-seat at Villa Park.

Exclusive interviews with ex-Villa managers such as Ron Atkinson, Brian Little, Tommy Docherty, Jo Venglos and Graham Taylor as well as current boss David O’Leary.

The opinions of legendary players Dennis Mortimer, Gary Shaw, Allan Evans, Chris Nicholl, Tony Morley and Alan Deakin, plus many more.

And the unique observations of former chairman Sir William Dugdale and Rosina Barton, widow of the man who managed the club to European Cup glory.

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Perry Barr Pets


The Men and Matches Behind the 1897 Double

by Simon Page


Ridiculous as it may sound, there was a time when Aston Villa enjoyed home advantage in FA Cup ties. Stretching belief further, the Claret & Blue gods actually used to win quarter-finals .... and even semi-finals .... And - this may seem for beyond the bounds of plausibility - we have won the bloody competition! But - and here’s the twist - THE VILLA, OUR VILLA, did the Double in the days when it was difficult, before any old bunch of no-marks could get their grubby, gloryhunting paws on the major trophies. Find out how they did it by reading...... The Pinnacle of the Perry Barr Pets

All the matches of that glorious 1896/7 season are detailed along with biographies of the players and backroom staff who mode the Villa the greatest football club on this, or any other, planet.

This is the most comprehensive season review ever written, and it tells the story of your club’s finest moment. And if that isn’t enough, there’s even the odd 19th Century piss-take of Small Heath and the Olbiyun!

VILLA’S FINEST HOUR BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE ...........as if it were yesterday

PINNACLE OF THE PERRY BARR PETS is a 100 page, large format, fully illustrated book, published by Juma. ISBN 1 872204 30 9.




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Special Offer


These Three Titles ! ! !

Champions
With foward by Gary Shaw. A full guide to Aston Villa’s 1980/81 campaign along with exclusive interviews with the players who returned the club to the pinacle of the sport.

From One Season to the Next
An Astonian Odyssey. The triumphs, trials and tribulations of your favourite football club from 1975 to 2002.

McMullan to O’Leary
Claret and Blue Managers. The stories of the 20 Villa bosses.

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