A Game of Three Halves: The Official Kenny Swain Biography

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Swain was right back in the Villa team that won the League title – the old first division before the Premier League arrived – in the 1980-81 season under manager Ron Saunders and the side that won the European Cup in 1982 under Tony Barton. The captain of the League Championship and European Cup team was midfielder Dennis Mortimer, who tells me: “The move was visionary by the manager.

Swain tried his hand at management with a year at Wigan Athletic and a caretaker role at Grimsby without success.SEE the BACKSIDE OF the PHOTO - many times the image for sale will present stamps, dates, and other publication details - these marks attest to and increase the value of the press photos.

The FA reported that as part of their talent identification programme he had a major role in the development of players such as Daniel Sturridge, Ross Barkley, Raheem Sterling, Marcus Rashford, Phil Foden, Luke Shaw, Trent Alexander Arnold and many more progressing from the England Under-16 level to the senior national team. 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. The value of original Press Photos prints has been steadily increasing in value and is expected to to continue doing so. Press photos have been available to the public for just a few years, and similar to baseball cards, they have attracted investors and collectors. George’s Park and by talking to the clubs over a few years was instrumental in better access to players.Swain did not win any honours at Forest but in 1985 he switched to Portsmouth for three years and added a Second Division runners-up medal in 1987 before achieving promotion with a third-place spot with Crewe in 1989. Next, Kenny was signed by Brian Clough at Nottingham Forest, and he now paints an evocative personal picture of the most charismatic and controversial manager in English football history. He achieved success later in his career, adding to the league title and European Cup winner's medals at Aston Villa with a Second Division runners-up medal at Portsmouth in 1987, and achieving promotion in third place with Crewe from the Fourth Division in 1989.