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As I write, Aston Villa host Arsenal in a PL match, the ko 7 minutes away.
A relatively new piece of history, on this date, in 1982 was Ron Saunders' migration from Midlanders, Aston Villa, to nearish neighbours, Birmingham City. Having been Villa's most successful manager for a 70 years, Ron asked major share holder, Ron Bendall, for a more secure rolling contract and a guaranteed pay off, should he ever be sacked. Bendall said "no" and Ron resigned! 8 days later Ron joined Brum and his first match was a defeat against.......Villa. (I'm listening to the commentary at Villa Park, this morning as I type!). City subsequently battled relegation (successfully) whilst Villa beat Bayern Munich in the European Cup Final, 1-0. It was the Villa team that Ron buults and Tony Barton, his successor, enjoyed the glory. The Villa programme editor, clearly confused, named the Villa manager as kit man, Roy McLaren!
Saunders failed at City but the club survived relegation again, the following season, winning their last 5 out of 6 matches; they did go down the following season. Saunders won promotion the next season but quit in 1986 having been beaten in the FA Cup by "non-league" Altrincham.
Villa were relegated in 1987, 5 years after being European champions!Their post- Saunders adventures were equally hapless as those in Saunder's post-Villa period. The fans sang, "We won the league, we won the cup but Ronnie Bendall f***** it up". Villa ONE UP at the moment.https://twitter.com/DEANFOOTBALL1/status/1626924656866230272?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet 14 seconds, ignore commentary!
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