Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Villa Lew on January 28, 2022, 04:57:19 PM
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Happy 70th birthday to Villa legend Kenny Swain
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I was so unimpressed when we signed him, an ordinary winger for Chelsea. And then converted to full back, effectively replacing Gidman.
Thank goodness Saunders saw what I couldn’t. Not the first time I’ve been wrong, and certainly not the last.
Happy Birthday Kenny. And thank you.
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Happy birthday Kenny, one of the Rotterdam heroes. P.S Shows I'm getting old, he's 7 months younger than me !
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I was so unimpressed when we signed him, an ordinary winger for Chelsea. And then converted to full back, effectively replacing Gidman.
Thank goodness Saunders saw what I couldn’t. Not the first time I’ve been wrong, and certainly not the last.
Happy Birthday Kenny. And thank you.
Same here and what a right back he transformed into. Great player.
Happy Birthday, King Kenny of Birkenhead.
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Happy birthday Kenny Swain.
The combination of Kenny and Des Bremner on the right flank was brilliant.
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Reliable
Consistent
Dependable
Unassuming
Winner
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Used to take his dry-cleaning to the shop in Dorridge where my mom worked - she got my European Cup final programmes signed by him.
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Whenever anybody mentions someone being a "Rolls Royce" of a player, he always springs to my mind. A languid easiness to his play not seen matched in his position in claret & blue since.
70. Jesus, that makes me feel old. Happy birthday.
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Met him a couple of times. Lovely chap and definatley does not look 70.
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I've also met him a few times really nice man Happy Birthday Kenny.
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Superb player. Can't think of a better right back since. Happy Birthday Kenny.
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Thanks Kenny.
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One of the Original heroes and builders that led us up to the Heights of Europe.
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Legend.
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Legend.
Exactly. Saw him play in 82 and most of the FB we have had since then wouldn’t be up to tying his shoe laces.
A god!
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Giddy was more flamboyant but Kenny Swain was the best right back I’ve seen at the Villa. I can’t believe he is 70 though.
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Pretty sure it was the season we won the League. A player got injured ( can't remember if it was Villa or opposition ) . Kenny picked the ball up and started throwing it to a young kid in the Trinity Road lower and did a heading practice exercise , while throwing the ball and catching it as the young lad headed it back to Kenny . I remember watching from the Holte with enormous jealousy .
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I think Kenny was absolutely superb for two years, combining the defensive skills he had had to learn under Ron with his attacking and fine crossing ability (watch those videos, Matty Cash!).
How he never played for England is beyond my understanding.
Two games into the new season (82/3), after a 5-0 thrashing at Goodison, he presumably had a massive fall-out with the manager and never played for us again, joining Forest, at first on loan, then permanently.
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Before my time, but I've always loved that touch against Liverpool, when he oversteps the ball and rolls it behind him to Shaw to put Mortimer through, there's something of the Brazil 70 team in it's nonchalance.