Guest Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 I'm always looking for Villa related stuff, so I do spent a lot of time looking in charity shops for items which contain reference to this great club. Today I found the Sun annual from 1982 (year I was born!) and thought some on here might be interested by the Villa related information in it. My favourite bit is the last picture.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Peter Withe needs to find better reading material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Peter Withe needs to find better reading material I'd agree but I just bought the damn thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 I would guess that a lot of today's posters do not have those memories. They were wonderful days, with a proper league and a level playing field for all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Peter Withe needs to find better reading material I'd agree but I just bought the damn thing but you never said it was your favourite book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGregor1888 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Out of interest, which clubs are featured in it most? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StigVillan Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 I was -3 in 1982 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Out of interest, which clubs are featured in it most? Good question! A fair bit of Villa, some on Liverpool, a bit on Nayson's hero Garth Crooks, an article on Coventry... More of a mixture compared to what we would see today. There is also a fetching Pic of Mark Lawrenson... A diary if the season 80-81.. May - "Last Saturday of league season sees Aston Villa crowned league champions" (I wasn't born, will I ever see it for myself.. I doubt it, that hurts) An article titled "City can be better than United" - it took 300m and 30 years mind! A DIY world cup chart :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa-revolution Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 (edited) You have a great eye for a bargain dodgyknees. Have you been getting tips off Paul Lambert? Edited October 25, 2013 by villa-revolution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGregor1888 Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 (edited) Out of interest, which clubs are featured in it most? Good question! A fair bit of Villa, some on Liverpool, a bit on Nayson's hero Garth Crooks, an article on Coventry... More of a mixture compared to what we would see today. There is also a fetching Pic of Mark Lawrenson... A diary if the season 80-81.. May - "Last Saturday of league season sees Aston Villa crowned league champions" (I wasn't born, will I ever see it for myself.. I doubt it, that hurts) An article titled "City can be better than United" - it took 300m and 30 years mind! A DIY world cup chart :-D Interesting, thanks for that. My memories of that era are that the tabloids were - like now - very pro London clubs and Man Utd/Liverpool (even though Man Utd weren't much cop). Great to see Villa on top of the pile on those pages...we'll be back up there again, mark my words. Edited October 24, 2013 by McGregor1888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 "A diary if the season 80-81..May - "Last Saturday of league season sees Aston Villa crowned league champions"(I wasn't born, will I ever see it for myself.. I doubt it, that hurts)".I was there in 80/81 dodgyknees. I was not born in 1909/10 when we had last won the title and back in the late 60s to early 70s I had no reason to think I would see us win the league and my hope back then was that we would get back in the top flight rather than win it. It hurt then and I can fully appreciate that it hurts now but history can repeat itself and I hope it will in the coming years for those like yourself who have yet to see us take the title and for those of us who would rather like to see us do it again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Favourite TV prog - Different Strokes This one, I guess? Too sugary for words! Car - Talbot Solara N Nice! (Bit different from the typical footballer's motor these days) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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