Nobody Remembers Second Aston Villa 19891993

<p><strong><em>Nobody Remembers Second: Aston Villa 1989-1993</em> charts a fascinating period in Villa''s history and features exclusive interviews with many of the central characters.</strong></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><strong>This book delves into the 1989 to 1993 period in unprecedented detail and gets the views of Atkinson, then club secretary Steven Stride