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Dave Woodhall - Little Book of Aston Villa - 9781847329387 - V9781847329387
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Little Book of Aston Villa

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Description for Little Book of Aston Villa Paperback. Tradition is a byword for Aston Villa. Few clubs anywhere in England, let alone anywhere else, can boast a timeline of success to match the Birmingham club. Founder members of the Football League, they first won the First Division in 1893-94 and by the end of the 1890s they had won five of their six championships and two of their seven FA Cups. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; WSBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 116 x 94 x 17. Weight in Grams: 100. 192 pages, Illustrations. Tradition is a byword for Aston Villa. Few clubs anywhere in England, let alone anywhere else, can boast a timeline of success to match the Birmingham club. Founder members of the Football League, they first won the First Division in 1893-94 and by the end of the 1890s they had won five of their six championships and two of their seven FA Cups. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; WSBT; WSJA. Dimension: 116 x 94 x 17. Weight: 94.

Tradition is a byword for Aston Villa. Few clubs anywhere in England, let alone anywhere else, can boast a timeline of success to match the Birmingham club. Founder members of the Football League, they first won the First Division in 1893-94 and by the end of the 1890s they had won five of their six championships and two of their seven FA Cups. Their last major portion of footballing glory came in 1981 when they won the League again under the disciplinarian Ron Saunders and went on to take the European Cup under his assistant Tony Barton a year later. ... Read more

From Pongo Waring and 'Big Ron' Atkinson through Peter Withe, Gary Shaw and Dr Josef Venglos, to Graham Taylor, Dion Dublin, Gareth Southgate, Dwight Yorke, Juan Pablo Angel, and David O'Leary, there is no lack of contrasting characters to draw on for quotes. Chairman 'Deadly Doug' Ellis is worth a book in himself and few clubs have a richer history or as many outspoken characters to comment on where it's all gone wrong (and occasionally spectacularly right) since the glory days of baggy shorts and Bovril at half-time.

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Product Details

Publisher
Carlton Publishing Group
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847329387
SKU
V9781847329387
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99

About Dave Woodhall
Dave Woodhall is the editor of the Aston Villa fanzine Heroes and Villains and also the author of serveral books about Villa, including Champions, the story of the 1980-81 title-winning team. He has lived all his life in Birmingham.

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