Newcastle Squad 1979
Peter Withe had signed for Newcastle during the 78/79 season so he missed out on Forest's European Cup win, but left Newcastle to join Villa where he scored the winner in the 1982 Final
Showing posts with label Aston Villa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Aston Villa. Show all posts
Wednesday, 9 September 2020
Saturday, 5 September 2020
Dennis Mortimer
Dennis Mortimer of Coventry 1972
Dennis transferred to Aston Villa in 1975 and went on to captain them to the 1981 League title and 1982 European Cup.
Friday, 4 September 2020
1971 League Cup Final
1971 League Cup Final
Aston Villa 0 v Tottenham 2 Martin Chivers scored twice
Guessing at the players it looks like Chivers and Steve Perryman for Tottenham and Charlie Aitken, Brian Tiler and Fred Turnbull for Villa.
Phil Woosnam
Phil Woosnam
Former Leyton Orient, West Ham, Aston Villa and Man City player also a Welsh international before becoming a big wig in the American Soccer league.
Jim Cumbes
Jim Cumbes one of the last all rounders who played professional football and County cricket.
Football took him from Tranmere to West Brom then Aston Villa.
In cricket he played for Lancs, Surrey, Worcs and Warwickshire.
Aston Villa
Aston Villa team for the 1957/8 season.
One of their most famous players Gerry Hitchens would sign from Cardiff during that season.
I like those shirts
Gerry Hitchens of Aston Villa.Gerry Hitchens of Aston Villa.
After bursting on the scene with Cardiff and Villa spent most of his career playing in Italy.
Scored 5 goals in 7 England appearances.
Sunday, 14 June 2020
Scrapbook Cards (Part 4)
West Bromwich Albion
West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Random Pictures From The 1970/71 Season
West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Random Pictures From The 1970/71 Season
Wednesday, 22 January 2014
West Ham Colts 1959
Probably the oldest West Ham programme I own is this one from the 1958/9 season, this was the Quarter final replay against Aston Villa which they won 3-2.
In the Semi-final they beat Arsenal 2-1 on aggregate after drawing the home leg 1-1 they won the away leg 1-0.
The FA Youth cup final saw them take on Blackburn, again they drew the home leg 1-1 but they narrowly lost 1-0 in the second leg to a disputed goal in extra time.
The line up is interesting as Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst went on to become England internationals and achieve world fame in 1966.
Eddie Bovington, Jack Burkett and Tony Scott had long careers at Upton Park and Harry Cripps went on to become a legend at Millwall after failing to play a league game for West Ham.
The squad had a very successful season as well as making this final they won the Southern junior floodit cup with a 1-0 win over Chelsea, and also beat an England youth XI by 8-1.
The FA Youth cup final saw them take on Blackburn, again they drew the home leg 1-1 but they narrowly lost 1-0 in the second leg to a disputed goal in extra time.
The line up is interesting as Bobby Moore and Geoff Hurst went on to become England internationals and achieve world fame in 1966.
Eddie Bovington, Jack Burkett and Tony Scott had long careers at Upton Park and Harry Cripps went on to become a legend at Millwall after failing to play a league game for West Ham.
The squad had a very successful season as well as making this final they won the Southern junior floodit cup with a 1-0 win over Chelsea, and also beat an England youth XI by 8-1.
Saturday, 4 January 2014
Football Memories - 1980 FA Cup Run
By the 1980 season I had been a regular at all home and a lot of away games for 4 years - working lad living at home Booze, birds, records and Football .... the usual :)
The 1979-80 season was our second in the 2nd division and after finishing a disappointing 5th in 78-79 we also missed out this season mainly due to the cup run.
We had a great team at this point with class acts like Phil Parkes, Ray Stewart, Billy Bonds, Alan Devonshire and Sir Trevor Brooking. Backed up former Man U striker Stuart Pearson, journeyman striker Dave Cross, young Paul Allen in his first season, Alvin Martin, Geoff Pike, Patsy Holland and slim Frank Lampard.
We had beaten Aston Villa 1-0 in the 6th Round which meant a semi versus Everton at Villa park, luckily my number came up in the draw for tickets and meant a Sunday morning trip up to Upton park to get my ticket.
The game ended up 1-1 with our equaliser memorable due to Stuart Pearson lying injured and being ignored by the Everton defenders and suddenly getting off the floor and running on to a through ball to score.
Brian Kidd getting sent off after his punch up with Super Jock was another great moment.
The replay was hastily arranged for the following Wednesday which meant a quick trip up to Upton Park on the monday afternoon to get a ticket and and having to book a coach trip to Leeds and also pleading with the boss for a short notice day off.
An interesting day having to leave at mid day and getting to Leeds around 6pm, the game itself was only memorable in the first 90 minutes for the brilliant non stop singing of the Hammers fans, extra time was probably my greatest 30 minutes of football supporting as we kept plugging away at our higher rated opponents and were rewarded when Alan Devonshire beat the entire Everton defence to tuck in a superb goal, Latchford equalised and the scoreboard showed that a second replay was arranged for Highfield road Coventry on the following Monday meaning going through all those hassles getting tickets, transport and time off again :(
With seconds left Frank Lampard somehow got his head to a cross and we had won 2-1 ... amazing.
Didn't get home till 4.30am the next day and had to be up at 6.30 for work but it was worth it.
The final meant queueing up for hours at Upton park on a Sunday morning to get a ticket. £3.50 shows how times have changed :)
The day itself worked out brilliantly with us beating Arsenal 1-0 although the old Wembley stadium wasn't the greatest place to watch football, when Brooking scored we were at the other end and so far away we really couldn't tell if it was a goal for a few seconds until the wave of cheering spread around the ground. (Reposted from NBTF)
The 1979-80 season was our second in the 2nd division and after finishing a disappointing 5th in 78-79 we also missed out this season mainly due to the cup run.
We had a great team at this point with class acts like Phil Parkes, Ray Stewart, Billy Bonds, Alan Devonshire and Sir Trevor Brooking. Backed up former Man U striker Stuart Pearson, journeyman striker Dave Cross, young Paul Allen in his first season, Alvin Martin, Geoff Pike, Patsy Holland and slim Frank Lampard.
We had beaten Aston Villa 1-0 in the 6th Round which meant a semi versus Everton at Villa park, luckily my number came up in the draw for tickets and meant a Sunday morning trip up to Upton park to get my ticket.
The game ended up 1-1 with our equaliser memorable due to Stuart Pearson lying injured and being ignored by the Everton defenders and suddenly getting off the floor and running on to a through ball to score.
Brian Kidd getting sent off after his punch up with Super Jock was another great moment.
The replay was hastily arranged for the following Wednesday which meant a quick trip up to Upton Park on the monday afternoon to get a ticket and and having to book a coach trip to Leeds and also pleading with the boss for a short notice day off.
An interesting day having to leave at mid day and getting to Leeds around 6pm, the game itself was only memorable in the first 90 minutes for the brilliant non stop singing of the Hammers fans, extra time was probably my greatest 30 minutes of football supporting as we kept plugging away at our higher rated opponents and were rewarded when Alan Devonshire beat the entire Everton defence to tuck in a superb goal, Latchford equalised and the scoreboard showed that a second replay was arranged for Highfield road Coventry on the following Monday meaning going through all those hassles getting tickets, transport and time off again :(
With seconds left Frank Lampard somehow got his head to a cross and we had won 2-1 ... amazing.
Didn't get home till 4.30am the next day and had to be up at 6.30 for work but it was worth it.
The final meant queueing up for hours at Upton park on a Sunday morning to get a ticket. £3.50 shows how times have changed :)
The day itself worked out brilliantly with us beating Arsenal 1-0 although the old Wembley stadium wasn't the greatest place to watch football, when Brooking scored we were at the other end and so far away we really couldn't tell if it was a goal for a few seconds until the wave of cheering spread around the ground. (Reposted from NBTF)
Football Memories - 1975
The 1974/5 season was the first year that I made regular visits to Upton Park and it turned out to be a great season, we finished a respectable 13th and won the FA cup.
I managed to get a ticket for the Semi final but didn't have the money to go to the replay and couldn't get a ticket for the final.
We had beaten Arsenal at Highbury 2-0 with Alan Taylor scoring twice in the 6th round but were still underdogs for this game as Ipswich were top 3.
This game at Villa park ended up 0-0, the replay at Stamford Bridge saw us win 2-1 with Taylor again scoring twice.
The final saw us beat Fulham 2-0 with Taylor again the hero :)
I did manage to get a ticket for the Charity shield at the start of the next season where we were beaten 2-0 by League champions Derby.
(Reposted from NBTF)
I managed to get a ticket for the Semi final but didn't have the money to go to the replay and couldn't get a ticket for the final.
We had beaten Arsenal at Highbury 2-0 with Alan Taylor scoring twice in the 6th round but were still underdogs for this game as Ipswich were top 3.
This game at Villa park ended up 0-0, the replay at Stamford Bridge saw us win 2-1 with Taylor again scoring twice.
The final saw us beat Fulham 2-0 with Taylor again the hero :)
I did manage to get a ticket for the Charity shield at the start of the next season where we were beaten 2-0 by League champions Derby.
(Reposted from NBTF)
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