When is Julian Joachim bringing out his? I mean they're all at it at this stage, but this fella would have some stories to tell. He was still banging them in for Aslockton & Orston as recently as 2019 #theloveofthegame #watchandlearnflabbyagbonlahor
Big Ron's first biography was better than "The Manager."Paul McGrath, Brian Little and Garry Thompsons bios are very good. I found Tony Daleys a little dull.Mr Woodhall's From One Season to the Next is a great book. The review books are very good as well.Ticket to the Moon is great. Rob Bishops 10 Greatest Premier League Villa Players is a good book.
I know the publication is starting to get rarer but one book I would always look out for is the First Hundred Years you can still pick a copy up ad hoc on email or amazon - was my first Villa Book and a really good read. - off the top of my head and I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong (can't be bothered going next door to check) but the author is Peter Morris. Book was published in 1974
Tony Daley has his autobiography out as well. I met him in Truro a month ago and he was such a nice genuine chap.
Quote from: eamonn on December 07, 2022, 02:28:15 PMWhen is Julian Joachim bringing out his? I mean they're all at it at this stage, but this fella would have some stories to tell. He was still banging them in for Aslockton & Orston as recently as 2019 #theloveofthegame #watchandlearnflabbyagbonlahorIt's already out
Got to say so many good books which have come out in the last 10 years, Book of the 70's and Book of the 80's - the European one which Colin Abbott has brought out not so long ago, the 3rd Division book, a couple of European ones, Brassnecks one and Andy Dale's story of the 1981 season. That is before some really good former players books.We are really spoilt for choice book wise. I know the publication is starting to get rarer but one book I would always look out for is the First Hundred Years you can still pick a copy up ad hoc on email or amazon - was my first Villa Book and a really good read. - off the top of my head and I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong (can't be bothered going next door to check) but the author is Peter Morris. Book was published in 1974
The door to the lavishly appointed Guest Room at Villa Park was open and out in the corridor the little boys, dodging the commissionaire, were calling for Brian Little and John Gidman. Quite rightly, they took no notice of myself and the elderly bald-headed man, bespectacled, stooping a little, who was quietly finishing his tea. He looked over at them for a moment, a whimsical look, and moved to the long window overlooking the now deserted playing pitch."Every time you come here it must bring back memories Pongo," I said. He stared out for a long while. I thought he'd forgotten I was there. "Aye", he said suddenly "aye, they're a great club...the greatest." I stood and looked with him, this old man whose goals had set the Villa crowds roaring so long ago. It was not quite dusk on that March afternoon and I saw them too...they were out again, the old ghosts...Jack Hughes, scorer just about one hundred years earlier of Aston Villa's first goal (perhaps to the very day)...George Ramsay...the Hunter brothers...Willie McGregor...Denny Hodgetts...legion upon legion of them on parade now, filling the field with claret and blue...the century with pride.
Quote from: D.boy on December 08, 2022, 01:44:34 PMTony Daley has his autobiography out as well. I met him in Truro a month ago and he was such a nice genuine chap.Book I am reading at the moment.
He could also hear the Villa fans shouting Goo on Tone! Goo on! Goo on! This might have drowned out the ******.