I love being a part of this club, love being captain, love everything this club stands for both on and off the pitch. The underprivileged in the blue corner, only now the support comes from tower blocks, against the privileged in the claret pyjama tops, followed by Royal Sutton Coldfield and Four Oaks. Today, Kenny works in the England set-up, heading up the FA's talent ID programme, and has helped develop players such as Michael Owen, Joe Cole and Danny Welbeck. The defence was never the same because with all due respect to the young lad who came in the experience was obviously not there.

Swain, who will be 72 next Sunday, primarily played full-back but played both midfield and striker positions during his early playing career which began at Wycombe Wanderers in 1973 and finished at Crewe Alexandra in 1992. Comics used to feature snotty-nosed kids from back-to-backs taking on and, against all odds, beating posh Henrys who pronounced their 'aitches' and came from homes with inside lavatories. Next, Kenny was signed by Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest, and he now paints an evocative personal picture of the most charismatic and controversial manager in English football history.George’s Park and by talking to the clubs over a few years was instrumental in better access to players.

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He was in the Villa team that shared the 1981 Charity Shield and was twice voted into the Professional Footballers First Division team of the season: 1980-1 and 1982. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. He also managed the England under-16s for a decade between 2004–2014 and was as an assistant coach for the England national under-17 football team between 2012–13.

We make sure that all our signed items are either collected at our own signing sessions or through a limited number of trusted partners who we've dealt with over many years and are respected within the industry. One of Aston Villa’s European Cup heroes Kenny Swain these days works for the Premier League and still lives in Warwickshire. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too. He added he has nurtured many of the current England players through the system to provide the core of the squad. He left Villa in 1982 and had spells with Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth and finally Crewe Alexandra. SEE the BACKSIDE OF the PHOTO - many times the image for sale will present stamps, dates, and other publication details - these marks attest to and increase the value of the press photos.

Between 2002 and 2004, Swain was Director of Football at Thomas Telford School and scouted for a number of clubs. Swain, 5ft 11 ins, was a striker in those days and he enjoyed a good partnership with Steve Finnieston.Portsmouth and Crewe were the last clubs to figure in an illustrious career that saw him play more than 100 games for five different clubs. Swain was right back in the Villa team that won the League title – the old first division before the Premier League arrived – in the 1980-81 season under manager Ron Saunders and the side that won the European Cup in 1982 under Tony Barton.