I didn't know that at the time, as I can't remember the relegation, and without Wikipedia, the world was a dark, data-free void that still gives me nightmares.
Hand-me-down footie shirts were par for the course round our way. My best mate didn't own a football shirt that hadn't been his brother's first.
Luckily I only had older sisters, and their dresses didn't go with my footie boots. But because of the price, I could only have a Villa shirt as a Christmas prezzie, so I still had to wait till half way through the season anyway.
