From the publisher:
The inside story of Aston Villa’s greatest captain – from lifting the European Cup to the controversies that defined a career.
From Dennis Mortimer, the leader at the heart of Villa’s most successful era, sharing untold stories from the dressing room and beyond.
From early battles at Coventry City against legends like Bobby Moore and George Best to becoming Ron Saunders’ trusted lieutenant at Villa, Mortimer reveals the highs of the 1981 league title and 1982 European Cup – and the painful fallout that followed.
Inside you will discover:
- How Mortimer drove Villa from challengers to champions of England and Europe
- First-hand tales from the most successful period in the club’s history
- The shock of being frozen out by the chairman and the road to departure
- Final chapters as a player at Brighton, Sheffield United and Birmingham City – and the move into coaching
A frank, vivid and definitive autobiography from the skipper who made Villa’s golden years possible.
The author:
Richard Sydenham was born into an Aston Villa-supporting family in Birmingham in 1974. He became a journalist in 1994, writing predominantly on Warwickshire CCC and Aston Villa for Midlands newspapers. He wrote on international cricket for organisations such as Reuters, the Associated Press, The Sunday Telegraph and Daily Star Sunday before starting his own sports management company, Big Star Creations. This is his seventh book.
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