Recent content by villafan86

That sounds very plausible

After a chat, these are the updates I have. It was taken at New St Station and features a large group of supporters with scarves, hats, etc. in front of a sign with train ticket prices. My dad was a 12 year old lad, knelt down in front of them. Someone saw a paper with him in it and told his...

I don't think this is it, but it still feels like a good lead. I have a horrible feeling that the photo was lost in the digitisation of all of these old papers. It being in two separate papers does give me a glimmer of hope. If/when the hunt comes to an end I'll show him this photo and see what...

Thanks for this! It certainly feels like the closest yet but I can't see my old man there. I'm still working towards getting this for his birthday but I'll see if I can get some more info out of him without him catching on. I'll see if he remembers the following (feel free to add to the list of...

Wow, thanks for all of your efforts everyone! I can confirm it was a local paper, his parents saw him on it and discovered that he'd made the trip to Birmingham on his own. It was definitely on the train and it's possible that it could have been taken in Liverpool for a local paper there and...

Thanks for this! I gave it a go, but the best I could find from that week is Harold Macmillan arriving in Moscow! :laughing:

I hadn't! I originally spoke to the club about it ten plus years ago and I don't think they had such archives on the website at the time. Frustratingly the newspaper clippings they have uploaded have been cropped and are missing of all of the photos

Oh dear, sod's law eh? Do you have access to any other local papers from that week?

Could be! I'm going on his memory but it's from a long time ago so I don't want to rule anything out. Any local paper from the era is a viable option

Thanks! That makes sense it being the same day. Are you able to see the next edition/s?

He wasn't mentioned in the article, he was just photographed in a group of supporters in front of the train station in Liverpool (or so he thinks)

I'm trying to track down a photograph from what I believe to have been the front cover of the Sports Argus on the 14th, 15th or 16th of February, 1959. Aston Villa played Everton away on February 14th and my Dad, as a 12 year old, traveled alone on the train to Liverpool to see the game and back...

Hi Theodore, as luck would have it I have a hardback copy in mint condition! I am currently selling items on vinted and usually search for them before listing to gauge what price to list it at. Whilst doing so I came across this post :)