Paul McGrath’s time at Villa Park is remembered as one of the most illustrious periods in Aston Villa‘s history. Joining the club in 1989 from Manchester United, McGrath quickly became a defensive stalwart, earning the nickname “God” from the Villa faithful for his imperious performances. Despite battling chronic knee issues that often kept him […]
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Let’s roll back to the 1992/1993 season and review the BBC’s “Match of the Day,” quest to find the “Goal of the Season”. This sought-after award aimed to recognise the most exceptional and breath-taking goals from the English football leagues and the viewers are treated to a parade of stunning strikes, individual moments of pure […]
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The 1982/83 Super Cup final was a highly anticipated clash between Aston Villa, the reigning European Cup champions, and Barcelona, winners of the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup. Barcelona took a first leg lead from the Camp Nou courtesy of a goal from Marcos Alonso. However, Aston Villa responded strongly in the return leg at Villa […]
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Born on December 22, 1973, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Thompson’s journey in football began with his hometown club, Newcastle United where he emerged through the youth ranks. Despite a near fatal accident during his youth days, Thompson fought back from potential career ending injuries to sign professional terms with the Magpies in 1991 before making […]
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From their inception in the gaslight era to the floodlit modern day, Villa’s journey has been a rollercoaster ride, complete with the ups, downs, and loop-the-loops that’d make even Alton Towers jealous. The Whistle Blows: Villa’s Golden Years (1874-1920’s) Founded in 1874 by a bunch of cricket players (because, why not?), Aston Villa became the […]
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The Scotland international midfielder Des Bremner spent the vast majority of his career at Easter Road, Villa Park and at St Andrews. The defensive midfielder began his career at Hibernian where he made his debut in 1972, he went on to make 199 appearances for the Hibees scoring 18 goals in the process. In 1979, […]
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A young Villa fan is kitted out and ready for the 1957 FA Cup final action to begin between Aston Villa and Manchester United. At the final whistle the young boy was celebrating the Villans seventh FA Cup title which also remains the last time they won it! SHOP the official Aston Villa retro collection […]
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Mr 110% was manager of Aston Villa between 1974-1982, where he won promotion to the First Division in his first season whilst lifting the League Cup. A year later, ‘Popeye’ was at it again and was leading the claret and blues to League Cup success for the second consecutive year. In 1981, he led the […]
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“Shaw, Williams prepared to venture down the left. There’s a great ball played in for Tony Morley. It must be. It is! Peter Withe!” ITV commentator Brian Moore These were the words that Villa fans heard from legendary ITV commentator Brian Moore during the 1982 European Cup final in what was our finest moment as […]
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Sid Lambert is a 43-year-old man playing Retro Football Manager on his iPhone. He’s gone back to 1995/96 to take over Newcastle United and put right what once went wrong: beat Manchester United to the title. And he’d love it if he beat them. Love it. We left the last instalment with the season just […]
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