A Game of Three Halves: The Official Kenny Swain Biography

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Biography: Swain had played for Chelsea and won the league championship and European Cup with Aston Villa before joining Pompey in 1983. He added he has nurtured many of the current England players through the system to provide the core of the squad. Press photos have been available to the public for just a few years, and similar to baseball cards, they have attracted investors and collectors.

The captain of the League Championship and European Cup team was midfielder Dennis Mortimer, who tells me: “The move was visionary by the manager.

I never quite understood why Villa sold him to Nottingham Forest in the October after we won the European Cup. You can change your cookie preferences at any time and find out more about our cookie policy by following this link. 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. 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. 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.The defence was never the same because with all due respect to the young lad who came in the experience was obviously not there. He played in every game during the 1986/7 promotion year and was an almost ever present for the first year back in the top flight.

With the Under-17s, they were involved with two World Cups and two European Championship successes in 2010 and 2014. Clubs played for: Chelsea, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, West Bromwich Albion, Crewe Alexandra. I love being a part of this club, love being captain, love everything this club stands for both on and off the pitch. George’s Park and by talking to the clubs over a few years was instrumental in better access to players. He continues to work these days with the Premier League ensuring that the club’s academies are working to the correct guidelines.Since the photos are old press photographs they may have scratches, lines, or other wears of time, which just underlines the authenticity and age of the photos. With Villa, Swain was switched to full-back and was a part of the team which won the league championship and European Cup in consecutive seasons. 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. 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.

Swain began his professional career with Londoners Chelsea, signing from Wycombe Wanderers in the summer of 1973. Kenny was obviously an excellent footballer, but perhaps more importantly he was a modest, funny nice guy.

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. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too.