Rivals: Aston Villa vs Birmingham City - Classic Midland Derby Games - Softcover
Synopsis
They say love of sport is a shared passion - but twice a year, in any city with two top clubs, football turns friends into enemies, starts bitter arguments, and can even divide families, as the passion of local derby games boils high. Nowhere is that more true than in England's second city. The first time Aston Villa played Birmingham City, then called Small Heath Alliance, back in 1879, the game was settled by a disputed goal. Ever since there has been controversy and anger as well as excitement, joy and disappointment provided by tense and ferociously contested football games. Packed with fascinating statistics, facts, trivia and unforgettable quotes, this book tells the compelling tale of the second city derby.
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Product Description
It was September 1879 when Aston Villa's footballers first made the short journey to play a friendly game against Small Heath Alliance - the club that later became Birmingham City. They lost one nil to a disputed goal, Villa's players called the Muntz Street pitch "only suitable for pot holing". And there has never been a game that could be described as a friendly since. This book tells the story of one of football's most fierce and bitter rivalries, a fixture that never fails to inflame passions and create debate in England's second city. Packed with memorable quotes, facts and trivia, there are statistics that should settle many an argument. On the other hand, they might just provoke some more ...
About the Author
Ralph Ellis has covered football in the Midlands since he moved to the area to join the Sports Argus as chief sports reporter in 1983. He moved to the Daily Star and while still based in the region rose to become chief sports columnist. Now, as a successful freelance, he is the Sunday Mirror's main man in the region. A regular guest on talkSPORT, he also writes a successful column for Betfair, while previous books include a collaboration with Sir Ian Botham and 'An Away Game Every Week', a unique history of Bristol Rovers.
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- PublisherJ H Haynes & Co Ltd
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0857332066
- ISBN 13 9780857332066
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages215
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