The name Peter Withe conjures up memories of a bygone era, when football was a proper man's game and there were very few egos around the dressing room - and players drove around in Maestro's instead of Maserati's. The well-travelled striker saw action in South Africa and the United States before heading back to England to achieve considerable domestic success and pick up international honours.At 6'2" and strong on the ball, Withe cut an imposing figure up front and his ability to s...

Formed in 1874, Aston Villa are the fifth most decorated club in English football history. As well as 19 major domestic honours, including seven league championships, Villa are one of just five British clubs to have won the European Cup.This they achieved in 1982 under manager Tony Barton when Peter Withe scored the only goal of the game to defeat Bayern Munich. They followed this a year later with the European Super Cup, which was won with a two-leg victory over Spanish giants Bar...

On leaving school in 1969, Brian signed as an apprentice for Aston Villa who had just been relegated to the Third Division for the first and only time in their history. He made his senior debut on 30 October 1971, in a 4 – 1 win over Blackburn Rovers at Villa Park. In that same season, he also helped Villa win the FA Youth Cup. He was part of Villa's League Cup winning teams of 1975 and 1977 and scored two goals in the second replay victory over Everton in the 1977 final. Brian helped the ...

Manchester City have signed England midfielder Jack Grealish from Aston Villa for a British record £100m.The 25-year-old joins the Premier League champions on a six-year contract and will wear the number 10 shirt recently vacated by Sergio Aguero.The fee surpasses the £89m Manchester United paid to re-sign midfielder Paul Pogba from Juventus in 2016."City are the best team in the country with a manager considered to be the best in the world," said Grealish. "It's a ...

A unique book of fans' memories, throw in some Villa related poems, historical facts, a bit of trivia, some one-liners, a few original photographs and you've got the recipe for an interesting and informative book that all Villa fans will love. Villa's history is second to none, and the fans have seen some fantastic teams and some exceptional players, and this book will surely bring back some of those memories from the dim and distant past. Memories range from when Villa were the best in Eu...

This book follows the life of a young miner who was plucked from the mineshaft to find himself playing football in the Italian League several years later. It is surely something that dreams were made of, a real rags-to-riches story; however, this is exactly what happened to one such talented, working-class lad from a small Shropshire mining village, in the late 1950s. Gerry Hitchens was an uncomplicated footballer with obvious natural ability and virtues. It is fair to say there have bee...

The Gerry Hitchens Story follows the life of a young miner who was plucked from the mineshaft to find himself playing football for Aston Villa, and then in the Italian League a few years later. It is surely something that dreams were made of, a real rags-to-riches story; however, this is exactly what happened to one such talented, working-class lad from a small Shropshire mining village in the late 1950s. Gerry Hitchens was an uncomplicated footballer with obvious natural ability and virtu...

This is the story of a young boy's dream of finding a cure for people with cancer, just like him. Told through the eyes of his mother, it is a true and honest account on his positive, cheery, determined and selfless outlook, The Harry Moseley Story - Making it Happen is a true account of how a 'normal' little boy with big dreams and a selfless, compassionate outlook on life proves that with hard work, anything can be achieved. This is an emotional, heart-warming and truly inspirational acc...

An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” (The Washington Post) biography of the extraordinary, tragic life of America’s twentieth president—James Garfield.In “the most comprehensive Garfield biography in almost fifty years” (The Wall Street Journal), C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Progressive firebrand and conservative compromiser; Union war hero and founde...

A wedding in Spain. The most infuriating man. Three days to convince your family you're actually in love. . .Catalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding. Especially when her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows – including her ex-boyfriend and his fiancée – will be there.She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic for her and aid in her deception. NY...

'ONE OF THE GENRE'S STANDOUT STARS - THERE IS SO MUCH HEART IN THIS BOOK!' heatEscape to the beautiful town of Littlewood with this heart-warming read, p****erfect for fans of Cathy Bramley, Holly Hepburn and Jo Thomas.Welcome to Brew, a cafe where kindness is almost as important as coffee... almost!Abbie has fled London and the humiliation of not being able to make rent after bein...

The acclaimed, award-winning author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace presents a “carefully observed journalistic account [that] widens our view of the modern ‘immigrant experience’” (The New York Times Book Review) as he closely follows four Los Angeles high school boys as they apply to college.Four teenage boys are high school seniors at two very different schools within the city of Los Angeles, the second largest school district in t...