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I remember that too, we often used to come back from the game as muddy as the players were.

An interesting piece is coming up for auction next month. An official programme dating back to 23rd October 1909, when Villa beat Bradford City 3-1 with their goals coming from Albert Hall, William Gerrish and Harry Hampton. Villa finished league champions that season. 18,000 were at the game...

My great grandfather and great grandmother were married at St John's 130 years ago today 28th March. :party: A couple of photographs taken not too long afterwards, I would guess:

I stand corrected, he was at The Eagle & Tun too (Birmingham Live link below). https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/gallery/ed-sheeran-eagle-n-tun-16703888

We often popped in there for a game of pool, UB40 were often there and wouldn't say no to a game themselves. 1 As it appeared on a UB40 album, 2 Ed Sheeran in there, 3 How it was before HS2 did for it.

A few of us men could now be in and out in 2 or 3 minutes :laughing: , so that isn't always the case, but I'm sure you are right, it's the time taken and what is being asked for. I seem to remember there was a gent's hairdressers on Stockland Green in the 70s, that specialised in cuts for the...

Hope you have a wonderful day Viv. :party:

Another photograph of the old Witton End and Witton Lane Stand taken in the 50s I think:

1) Villa fans at Euston on their way to the 1920 FA Cup Final at Stamford Bridge (the first held after WWI), which we won beating Huddersfield 1-0, 2), 2) Frank Barson's winners medal and (3) Villa's captain, Andy Ducat (who played both football & cricket for England) shaking hands before the game:

I remember back in the day (60s/70s) the photographs from the football matches used to be on display in the front left windows of the Post & Mail building in town, for the public to walk in and buy a copy inside. I guess that's what your Dad did back then. Good luck with your searching, it would...

I think now that you have a likely date for the Sports Argus (21st Feb) I would first visit the Birmingham Library to see if they have the original paper or a digital copy (having telephoned fist to let them know what you are looking for and why) and if not, check with the Birmingham Mail again...

Yes indeed, I read it that his had gone with his father, perhaps his Dad bought it, having seen himself on the front page, or as you suggest it was in next week's Argus, that his grandparents had bought. If it is the one, The Liverpool Echo may be able to provide a copy of their photograph. Link...

I guess they may well have bought one in Liverpool and brought it back on the train with them (I often did after going to a game to see the other results).

There is a photo taken outside Lime Street on the top of the front page of The Liverpool Echo (14/2/59) that looks promising.

Yes, thanks very much for posting it. Here is a photograph of the Villa team of 1958-59 that villafan86's Dad will have travelled to watch that day (from eBay):

I have had another look on the British Newspaper Archive today and found on the front page of The Birmingham Mail (midday edition 14/2/59) a photograph taken at New Street titled "Cheers for the Villa" showing Miss Margaret Doyle of Shirley and Miss Margaret Downes of Hall Green on their way to...

Ozzy's daughter Kelly also gave a tremendous shout out to the city and Aston Villa to the audience at the recent Brit Awards in Manchester:

Yes, I had thought about that when I was writing it, you are 100% correct. It is a place to avoid at night and in the early morning, I would guess.

This is what the entry to the site looked like recently (1) and underneath (2) is the building that had formerly been St John's School, pictured in 2013: