Friendlies and Testimonials

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Friendlies (Homes)

£2 each unless otherwise stated

1949/50

Birmingham City £40

1951/52

Birmingham City £35

1958/1959

G.A.I.S. Gothenburg £5.00, Hearts £5.00

1959/60

Rapid Vienna £20.00

1961/1962

Dynamo Kiev £5.00

1969/1970

Dunfermline Athletic, Italy Under 21, Napoli,

1970/1971

West Bromwich Albion

1971/1972

Birmingham City, Gornik Zabrze, Santos £3.50 

1972/1973

Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa Youth v Italy Under 18

1973/1974

Feyenoord, Leicester City, Southampton

1974/1975

Leeds United (Centenary special, includes Reprint of 1st ever Villa programme v Blackburn Rovers September 1906) £4.00, Ron Saunders XI v Aston Villa Old Stars (single sheet) £1.50

1975/1976

SK Brann £4.00, Walsall

1976/1977

Eintracht Frankfurt, Rangers £6.50, Royal Antwerp 

1978/1979

Nijmegan £3.00

1979/1980

FC Twente 65

1980/1981

Rapid Vienna £18.00, VfL Bochum

1981/1982

East Germany

1982/1983

Dukla Prague, England Youth (single sheet) £1.50 

1984/1985

Australia, West Bromwich Albion (Bradford Fire Appeal, 4 page newspaper issued by Express & Star) £1.50

1985/1986

Sunderland (single sheet) £1.50, Aston Villa Old Stars v Mita Copy Stars, Aston Villa All Stars v Northfield Town 1975/76 (@ Shenley Lane) £1.50

1986/1987

Atherstone United (single sheet) £1.50

1987/1988

AS Monaco (single sheet), Birmingham City, Coventry City, Aston Villa Old Stars v Manchester United Old Stars (@ Sutton Town)

1989/90

Hibernian £4.00

1990/1991

Moscow Dynamo (single sheet) 

1991/1992

AS Bari, Baltimore Blast (@ NIA) (6-a-side) £4.00, Inter Milan (Under 20s) (single sheet) £1.00

1993/1994

Aston Villa v Atherstone United (@ Bodymoor Heath) (single sheet) £1.50

1994/1995

Rapid Bucharest (single sheet) 

1995/1996

Partizan Belgrade

 

2004/05

Aston Villa Old Stars v Villa Wannabees (single sheet) £1.50

 

2007/08

Inter Milan £3

Friendlies (Aways)

£2 each unless otherwise stated

1968/1969

Walsall (Aug 68) £5.00, Walsall (Feb 69) £5.00

1969/1970

Hibernian £30.00, Luton Town £3.50

1972/1973

St.Martin’s Guernsey £3.50, Wimbledon £30.00

1975/1976

Bristol Rovers, Port Vale v Aston Villa (single card), Sutton Town

1976/1977

Dartford, Sutton Town £3.50 

1980/1981

FC Nurnberg £4.00, VfL Bochum (single sheet) £1.00, Willenhall Town £3.50

1981/1982

Evesham United

1982/1983

Dunstable, FC Kaiserslautern £4.50, Oldbury United £6.00, Schalke 04 £12.50, Werder Bremen £12.50 

1983/1984

Bideford, Boldmere St.Michaels £3.50, Chelmsford City, Clipstone Welfare £1.50, Derby County (single sheet) £1.00, Forest Green Rovers, Poole Town, Portsmouth (single sheet), Walsall Borough, Willenhall Town

1984/1985

Central Wales League (Inc. Central Wales Youth v Aston Villa Youth), Devizes Town, Exeter City, Leeds United, Millwall, Rotherham United, Shrewsbury Town (single sheet) £1.00, Stamford, Welsh Six-A-Side @ Bangor City (Aston Villa, Man City, Cardiff, Swansea, Celtic, Hearts), Wolves (single sheet) £1.50

1985/1986

Exeter City, Liskeard Athletic, Plymouth Argyle £1.50, Sutton Coldfield Town, Tamworth

1986/1987

Atherstone United, Atherstone All Stars £1.50, Bass Charity Soccer Vase @ Burton (Aston Villa, Burton A, Derby, N Forest) £3.50, Celtic £4.00, Leeds United, Port Vale

1987/1988

Atherstone United, BK Vargarna (2 single sheets), Enkopings SK, Gullringen GoIF (single sheet), Highgate United, Mercantile Credit Football Festival @ Wembley (16 League Teams Including Aston Villa) £3.00, Nykopings BIS/IFK Eskilstuna, Tamworth, Welshpool Town Youth & Newtown Youth 

1988/1989

Banks’s Brewery League (@ Kidderminster H), Barnstaple Town, Gosport Borough £7.50, Halesowen Harriers, Hull City (single sheet) £1.50, M.I. International All Stars v Aston Villa Old Boys (@ Alvechurch) £1.50, Morton (single sheet) £1.50, Notts County, Tamworth

1989/1990

Chester City £1.00, Crewe Alexandra, Hednesford Town, Hinckley Athletic, Knowle v Aston Villa Old Stars £1.50, FC Laufen £4.00, Moor Green v Aston Villa (single sheet, unofficial, only record of match) £1.50, Paris Indoor Tournament (Aston Villa, Porto, Malmo, Partizan Belgrade, Nantes, Paris SG) £15.00, FC Solothurn £4.00, Stevenage Borough, Willenhall Town

1990/1991

Amersham Town, Assyriska Foreningen, Bohemians, Cirencester Town, Krylbo IF, Ljusdals IF (Reprint), Mirrlees Blackstones, Oadby Town, Sollentuna Alliansen , Walsall (Bescot Opening) £3.50, Wednesfield Town 

1991/1992

Borussia Monchengladbach (single sheet) £6.00 Gilde Cup @ Hannover (Aston Villa, Hannover, Gornik Zabrze, Toyota Jiko) £3.00, Malvern Town (single sheet, unofficial, only record of match) £1.50, Pelsall Villa, Redditch United, Shelbourne Soccer Festival @ Shelbourne (Aston Villa, Shelbourne, N Forest), Sporting Lisbon (@ AS Red Star 93, Saint-Ouen, France) (single card) £2.50,  Witney Town, Worcester City

1992/1993

Bournemouth, Drogheda United, Dynamo Dresden £3.50, PFV Bergmann Borsig £3.50, Portsmouth, Redditch United, Shrewsbury Town, Westfields, Witney Town  

1993/1994

Atherstone United (single sheet) £1.50, Bromyard Town v Aston Villa Youth (single sheet) £1.50, Evesham United, Hull City, Kings Lynn, Old Wolves All Stars v Old Aston Villa All Stars (@ Stourbridge), Redditch United, United Bank International Soccer Festival in South Africa (Aston Villa, Liverpool, Moroka Swallows, Manning Rangers, Iwiza Kaizer Chiefs, Cape Town Spurs) £15.00, Walsall, Wigan Athletic

1994/1995

Bedford Town, Coleshill Town, Falmouth, Moor Green, Redditch United, Tamworth

1995/1996

Bedworth United, Pelsall Villa, West Bromwich Albion

1996/1997

Stony Stratford v Aston Villa Under 21s, Wrexham

1997/1998

Birmingham City, Evesham United v Aston Villa Under 21s, Motherwell, Oadby Town, Past Masters Tournament (Stars Of 70s & 80s @ Wolves) (Aston Villa, WBA, Wolves, Birmingham, Walsall, Coventry, N Forest, Midland All Stars), Redditch United, Tamworth (Aug 97), Tamworth (Feb 98) 

1999/2000

Dorchester Town, Forest Green Rovers, Gotham Cup @ Giants Stadium New Jersey (Aston Villa, Ajax, Fiorentina, Panathanaikos) £3.00, Stevenage Borough, Tamworth

2000/2001

Moor Green, Newtown, Oadby Town, Raunds Town, Redditch United 

2001/2002

Gateshead (single sheet) £1.20, North Wales Under 21 Tournament @ Wrexham (Aston Villa, Juventus, Manchester City, Wrexham), Real Racing Club (single sheet) £1.20, Tamworth, Telford United

2002/2003

Bromsgrove Rovers Old Stars v Aston Villa Old Stars, De Graafschap £3.00, Moor Green

2003/2004

Al Nasr (single sheet) £3.00, BBK Fotboll £5.00, Bromsgrove Rovers £3.50, Dublin Tournament (Aston Villa, Leeds, St.Patrick’s A, Shelbourne) £6.00, Moor Green £3.00, Pitea IF £5.00, Rugby United £3.00, Scunthorpe United £5.00, Tamworth £5.00, TPS Turku £4.00, Umea FC £5.00, Walsall £5.00

2004/2005

AZ Alkmaar (single sheet) £2.50, Derby County £3.00, Jonkopings Sodra £3.00, Kungsbacka Kombinationen £3.00,Kungshamn/Smogen £3.50, Orgryte (single sheet), Tamworth £3.00, Walsall £3.00

2005/06

FC Utrecht £2.50, G.A.I.S. Gothenburg (single sheet), Gallstads FK (Villa won 14-0) £5.00, Hinckley United £3.00, Jonkopings Sodra £3.00, LZO Under 19s Cup (Aston Villa, Brondby, Werder Bremen, Borussia Monchengladbach, Cruzeiro, Sparta Prague, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich) (6 page foldout issue) £6.00, Tamworth £2.50, Walsall £3.00, Wolves £3.50

 

2006/07

Chasetown £3, Chesterfield £3, FC Groningen, Hannover 96 £5, Hinckley United (Aug), Hinckley United (Oct), Hull City £3, NEC Nijmegan, Oadby Town (Under 18s) £1, Walsall £3.50, Wolves £4

 

2007/08

Chasetown £3, Columbus Crew £4, Hednesford Town (single sheet) £1, Stoke City £3, Tamworth, Toronto (2 single sheets), Walsall £4  

 

Testimonials (Homes)

£2.00 each unless otherwise stated

1969/70

Coventry City (Charlie Aitken)

1973/74

Aston Villa Old Stars v Newtown Unity (@ Paget Rangers) (Ernest O’Grady) (single sheet) £1.50

1974/75

Stoke City (Michael Wright) 

1975/76

West Bromwich Albion (Fred Turnbull)

1976/77

Midland Select XI (Charlie Aitken)

1977/78

Midland Xl v England XI (@ Aston Villa)(Jack Taylor)

1978/79

Aston Villa 1974/75 Xl (Keith Leonard), John Robson International XI (John Robson)

1979/80

Birmingham City (Ron Saunders) £5.00

1981/82

England (Brian Little)

1984/85

England XI (Dennis Mortimer) £5.00

1987/88

Wolves (Nigel Spink) programme £1.50, Brochure £5.00

1988/89

Walsall (Allan Evans) £4.00

1991/92

Birmingham City (Jimmy Dugdale), Wolves (Paul Birch)

1992/93

Stoke City (Gordon Cowans) £5.00

1994/95

All Star XI (Tony Barton Memorial), Birmingham City (Paul McGrath)

1995/96

Aston Villa All Stars v Carrs Paints (@ WMPT, Kings Heath) (Russell Turner) £1.50

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Testimonials (Aways)

£2.00 each unless otherwise stated

1972/73

Coventry City (Ernie Machin) £3.00, Hereford United (Len Weston) £20.00

1973/74

West Bromwich Albion & Aston Villa v Birmingham City & Wolves (Tony Brown) £3.00

1974/75 

West Bromwich Albion (Ray Wilson)

1977/78

Walsall (Bob Davies)

1980/81

Birmingham City (Joe Gallagher), Walsall (Ian Paul Bennett)

1982/83

Hereford United (Tommy Hughes), Mansfield Town (Kevin Bird), Portsmouth (Alex Cropley), Rotherham United (Richard Finney) (single sheet) £3.00

1983/84

Plymouth Argyle (Brian Johnson), Torquay United (Ian Twitchin), Worcester City (Malcolm Phelps)

1984/85

Aldershot (Joe Jopling), Bristol Rovers (Mike Barrett) £3.00, Cardiff City (Jeff Hemmerman) (single sheet) £1.50, West Bromwich Albion (Brendon Batson) £4.00

1985/86

Atherstone United (Brian Kendall), Birmingham City (Kevan Broadhurst), Hednesford Town (Billy Morris), John Powell Select (John Powell)

1987/88

Derby County (Gordon Guthrie) (single sheet) £1.50

1988/89 

Halesowen Town (Geoff Moss), Harworth Colliery Institute (Kevin Pressley)

1989/90

Bromsgrove Rovers (Maurice O'Connell), Halesowen Town (Paul Joinson, Mark Penn, Lee Joinson), Paget Rangers (David Okorhi), Watford (Ken Jackett)

1990/91

Bristol City (Rob Newman) £5.00

1991/92

Evesham United Select (Kevin Mullen), Hibernian (Alan Sneddon) £4.00, Plymouth Argyle (Tommy Tynan), West Midlands Police (Mark Fogarty), Worcester City (Inc WBA v C Palace) (Martyn Bennett)

1993/94

Bilston Town (Mick Richards), Kidderminster Harriers (Paul Davies), Petersfield Town All Stars v Aston Villa 1982/Midlands XI (Tony Barton Memorial) (single sheet) £1.50, Port Vale (John Rudge), Russell Wilton XI (Russell Wilton), West Bromwich Albion (Gary Robson) £5.00

1994/95  

Coventry City (Steve Ogrizovic), Oxford United (Ken Fish) (Inc Oxford v Wimbledon OFA Cup Final) £3.00

1995/96

Birmingham City (John Frain)

1997/98

West Bromwich Albion (Ronnie Allen)

1998/99

Hednesford Town (Kevin Collins)

1999/00

Kidderminster Harriers (Martin Weir)

2002/03

Burton Albion (Darren Stride) £4.00

2004/05

Gloucester City (Brian Godfrey) £3.00

2005/06

Wycombe Wanderers (Steve Brown) £3.50

 

 

Last updated: 18/09/07