A Game of Three Halves: The Official Kenny Swain Biography

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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.

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. Press photos have been available to the public for just a few years, and similar to baseball cards, they have attracted investors and collectors.

With Villa, Swain was switched to full-back and was a part of the team which won the league championship and European Cup in consecutive seasons. 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. Fans are invited to come along and meet Kenny, who will be happy to sign copies and talk about an illustrious career which included a five-year spell with Villa. I can only think that the manager Tony Barton was under pressure to drop the wage bill and that was why Kenny went.

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.He left Villa in 1982 and had spells with Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth and finally Crewe Alexandra. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too. Swain began his professional career with Londoners Chelsea, signing from Wycombe Wanderers in the summer of 1973. The captain of the League Championship and European Cup team was midfielder Dennis Mortimer, who tells me: “The move was visionary by the manager. A versatile player, Kenny Swain has played in various positions but reached the highest level when he played as right back at Aston Villa, where he won the 1980/81 First Division and 1981/82 European Cup.