The bag of Villa stuff

[Richie]

"I feel that for everyone connected with Aston Villa Football Club the 1984/85 season is going to be a most exciting one".

Is that a fact Doug ? I don't think the 10,000 who turned up to watch us play Stoke would agree !

"Graham Turner was selected for many reasons".

Would cheaper salary than the other candidates be one of those reasons ?

This appointment was today's equivalent of Dean Smith taking over at Arsenal.

Unbelievable.

[Big Dick Edwards]

I've got lots of similar stuff stretching back to the Tommy Docherty era. I think the oldest Sports Argus I kept was the day Villa lost 5-3 at home to Portsmouth in the season we got relegated to the Third Division. I've also got copies of the old Villa Times, the newspaper version. I hope my wife and kids don't just bin it all in ignorance when I die.

[Damo70]

"I feel that for everyone connected with Aston Villa Football Club the 1984/85 season is going to be a most exciting one".

Is that a fact Doug ? I don't think the 10,000 who turned up to watch us play Stoke would agree !

"Graham Turner was selected for many reasons".

Would cheaper salary than the other candidates be one of those reasons ?

This appointment was today's equivalent of Dean Smith taking over at Arsenal.

Unbelievable.

The' many reasons' were

1 Seems to do a good job with bugger all money to spend

2 Will be grateful for the job and do what I tell him to do without arguing

[class_of_82]

I have box fulls of that sort of stuff from 1967 onwards just climbing into the loft now to dig it all out so many memories. Thanks so much