Aston Villa Book of the 70s

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

I think the missing player is Mick Hoban, he went to the States soon after to play in the NASL, still there today as a top guy in Nike I believe.
Go on. Without any checking. Somebody name all 17.

Rioch, Turnbull, Aitken, Hamilton, Curtis, Findlay, Vowden, Cumbes, Graydon, Lochead, Tyler, Brown, Evans, Anderson, Rudge, Bradley. - not 100% sure about Findlay and Rudge

Good effort but you've missed Ian Ross and  mistaken Harry Gregory for Jimmy Brown, and I'm pretty sure that  Jake Findlay isn't in the photo, although I've no idea who that guy is.

Like most people here, the difficult one is the player between Curtis and Vowden and, while he doesn't look much like how I remember him, I think it must be Neil Rioch. I'm getting there more by process of elimination rather than anything else, but he came to the club with his brother Bruce, and Chico and Pat MacMahon, in the summer before the Tommy Doc/Vic Crowe relegation  season of 1970/71. I reckon this photo is taken before the 1972/73 promotion season and this means before people like Ian Ross and Chris Nicholl joined the Villa. I think they joined us mid-season and my hunch, therefore, is that the fellow who looks like Ross is in fact Alun Evans; but I could be wrong. I agree on all the others though!

Oscar, I think you have your seasons a year ahead of themselves. 69/70 was relegation and 71/72 was promotion. 

[nick harper]

 


The nbook is now going to print for anyone interested. Happier days for Villa fans.


THE BOOK HAS GONE TO PRINT AND LAUNCHES ON NOVEMBER 5TH AT VILLA PARK




This much anticipated book has (finally) gone to print, with a launch event being planned at Villa Park on November 5th – full details are currently being finalised with the Club and will be e-mailed to you (by us) in the next week to ten days. Many of the Aston Villa 1975 League Cup winning side will be at the event to sign your books.

If you plan to attend the book launch, we will arrange for your pre-ordered books to be there for collection, however, if you cannot make the event when the details are confirmed, the books will be couriered to you week commencing November 7th.

As mentioned above, we will be e-mailing you again when the exact timings of the Villa Park launch have been confirmed.

Thanks once again for your support with the book project, it will be stunning and well worth waiting for!

 


The Big Aston Villa Book
of the Seventies

The Big Villa Book of the Seventies is a 'monster' 420-page, large format, high-spec, hard back, limited print run book that contains the most comprehensive and painstakingly researched account of a hugely eventful decade – one that saw a great club rise back to the top flight of English football, with Wembley finals and European adventures along the way.
 


 

 


But the book celebrates more than just footballing moments – The Big Aston Villa Book of the Seventies captures the whole era too – a time during which many fans fell in love with the club, and a time when the vast Villa Park terraces were packed with likeminded souls cheering the Claret and Blue of Villa back to where they belonged.
 
We have unearthed hundreds of never-used or long-forgotten photographs that will be reproduced alongside a match report from every game, plus a player profile of every Villa player (with a photo), interviews with some of the stand-out players, as well as league tables and statistical information season by season.

The book has been written by Colin Abbott, the author of several excellent Villa books over the past decade, and a regular contributor to the official match-day programme and the local media.
 
 
www.legendspublishing.net/villa



There is also in-depth coverage of the pre-season matches, friendlies, testimonials, Central League, Southern Junior and FA Youth Cup matches. Until now this information hasn't been at hand in any one place.

Any books ordered now cannot have names added as the book has gone to print.
 


RESERVE FURTHER COPIES HERE

[steamer]

I am a bit, duff
I tried to click on the link and nothing happens.
How do I order a book ?

[in exile]

I am a bit, duff
I tried to click on the link and nothing happens.
How do I order a book ?

Try clicking the link again and wait for a while for it to open.
It will eventually, or it did for me anyway, but it took a couple of minuets

[martin o`who??]

That should be some read when it eventually sees the light of day - Christmas prezzie sorted I think (for the missus!).....

[steamer]

I am a bit, duff
I tried to click on the link and nothing happens.
How do I order a book ?

Try clicking the link again and wait for a while for it to open.
It will eventually, or it did for me anyway, but it took a couple of minuets

Thanks
Pity I saw this late, would have loved to have had a book with my late dads name in it as a dedication, he had myself and my brothers listed in the David Goodyear and Tony Mathews book.
Some nice pictures of me as a youth in both the Weir book and the Ron Saunders scrap book.
As an egotistical bastard I can wait to see if I am in one of those thousands of previously unseen photos. Ha, Ha,

[Stu]

I am a bit, duff
I tried to click on the link and nothing happens.
How do I order a book ?

Take out a second mortgage.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

1:13 on the video. Laucnhed ? Hope the book proofreading has been done.

[Smirker]

Brilliant photos PWS. My first trips to Villa Park were in the Trinity and for a long time it was a unique stand that was a colossal source of pride. To me Villa park has never been the same since 2000 when it was demolished.

Question for anyone who knows: was it possible to redevelop the stand in the same way Rangers redeveloped their main stand? They added a tier and a new roof and managed to keep the brick facade.

[Oscar Arce]

I think the missing player is Mick Hoban, he went to the States soon after to play in the NASL, still there today as a top guy in Nike I believe.
Go on. Without any checking. Somebody name all 17.

Rioch, Turnbull, Aitken, Hamilton, Curtis, Findlay, Vowden, Cumbes, Graydon, Lochead, Tyler, Brown, Evans, Anderson, Rudge, Bradley. - not 100% sure about Findlay and Rudge

Good effort but you've missed Ian Ross and  mistaken Harry Gregory for Jimmy Brown, and I'm pretty sure that  Jake Findlay isn't in the photo, although I've no idea who that guy is.

Like most people here, the difficult one is the player between Curtis and Vowden and, while he doesn't look much like how I remember him, I think it must be Neil Rioch. I'm getting there more by process of elimination rather than anything else, but he came to the club with his brother Bruce, and Chico and Pat MacMahon, in the summer before the Tommy Doc/Vic Crowe relegation  season of 1970/71. I reckon this photo is taken before the 1972/73 promotion season and this means before people like Ian Ross and Chris Nicholl joined the Villa. I think they joined us mid-season and my hunch, therefore, is that the fellow who looks like Ross is in fact Alun Evans; but I could be wrong. I agree on all the others though!

Oscar, I think you have your seasons a year ahead of themselves. 69/70 was relegation and 71/72 was promotion. 

Andy Lochead: Not at all...the first comment was mine about Mick Hoban.

[dave.woodhall]

Brilliant photos PWS. My first trips to Villa Park were in the Trinity and for a long time it was a unique stand that was a colossal source of pride. To me Villa park has never been the same since 2000 when it was demolished.

Question for anyone who knows: was it possible to redevelop the stand in the same way Rangers redeveloped their main stand? They added a tier and a new roof and managed to keep the brick facade.

I've spoken to a few people about the old Trinity and they pretty much all say the same - it was falling down.

[Oscar Arce]

Evidently there are some older gentlemen on H&V!

Anyone care to own up to being the oldest?
I'm a youngster of 61.

Older gentlemen? How very dare you! I own up to be the same age as berneboy, only just though my birthday was last week!
VTID !

[Smirker]

I've spoken to a few people about the old Trinity and they pretty much all say the same - it was falling down.

Thanks Dave. A great shame but makes me feel a bit better than it wasn't just knocked down for the sake of it.

I was a child so can barely remember it.

[Villafirst]

Sounds a great book. My favourite decade as a Villa fan. The two best seasons were 74-75 & 76-77. Especially that 5-1 thrashing of Liverpool in Dec 76, remember that?

[cdbearsfan]

I've no problem with knocking the old stand down. It wasn't big enough and the poles got in the way from many of the seats.

It should've been done in a far more imaginative and classy way though, keeping the lion badge and not just making it look like any old generic big stand in the country.