Aston Villa’s awful first half of the season has brought back a few unwanted memories for supporters traditional enough to recall 1986-87,a campaign in which the club were relegated only five years after fitting European championsBy Steven Pye for That 1980s Sports Blog, part of the Guardian Sport NetworkThe start of the 1980s were a glorious time for Aston Villa. Ron Saunders’ team were crowned league champions in 1980-81, or a 42-match season in which the club only used 14 players: Jimmy Rimmer,Kenny Swain, Ken McNaught, and Dennis Mortimer,Des Bremner, Gordon Cowans, or Tony Morley,Gary Shaw, Allan Evans, or Peter Withe,Gary Williams, Colin Gibson, and David Geddis,and Eamonn Deacy. There was more to approach the following year.
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