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. With our high quality and fast digitizing process, we help newspaper archives in converting their physical prints into digital format. He did not talk to Ball for 15 years but hearing about Ball’s wife having cancer he phoned Alan and they had a very good chat for an hour – something Swain has always been pleased about, especially as his hero as a player Ball had a premature death in 2007.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time and find out more about our cookie policy by following this link. Swain, Kenny I went to Ruffwood School and teacher training college with Kenny and was always one year ahead of him, consequently, I only got to know him when he joined the 6th form and our time at Shoreditch College.He wasn't supposed to play but we were short of players so he and a lad named as Satchel played who is now a Sir. 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. Clubs played for: Chelsea, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, West Bromwich Albion, Crewe Alexandra. His most successful season with the club came in 1976–77, when his strike partnership with Steve Finnieston helped Eddie McCreadie's young side win promotion back to the First Division.

Kenny was obviously an excellent footballer, but perhaps more importantly he was a modest, funny nice guy. The underprivileged in the blue corner, only now the support comes from tower blocks, against the privileged in the claret pyjama tops, followed by Royal Sutton Coldfield and Four Oaks.oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup. George’s Park and by talking to the clubs over a few years was instrumental in better access to players. With the Under 16s, Kenny coached the side to victories in the Victory Shield nine out of ten years and the Montaigu and Nordic Tournaments. The value of original Press Photos prints has been steadily increasing in value and is expected to to continue doing so.

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. 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.Kenny, who was born in Birkenhead, made his league debut for Chelsea in 1974 and his best season was 1976-77 when he helped the young side gain promotion back to the old first division. 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. However, if you offer a relevant product or service that may interest our readership, we are open to bribery and corruption.