Nobody Remembers Second Aston Villa 19891993

<P><B><I>Nobody Remembers Second: Aston Villa''s Near Misses: 1989-1993</I> charts a fascinating period in Villa''s history and features exclusive interviews with many of the central characters.</B></P><P>There were two League Cup wins in the 1990s, but apart from that the huge Midlands club failed to match its former glories.</P><P>However, in the 1989/90 season, manager Graham Taylor and players such as Paul McGrath, Gordon Cowans and David Platt powered the side to the runners-up spot behind Liverpool, and for much of the season they were in title contention despite narrowly avoiding relegation the season before.</P><P>Three years later, new manager Ron Atkinson also led a title charge, with a vastly changed squad. That bid faltered at the finish, when Manchester United became the first champions of the newly formed English Premier League.</P><P><B>This book delves into the 1989 to 1993 period in unprecedented detail and gets the views of Atkinson, then club secretary Steven Stride and a host of key players.</B></P>