Swain began his professional career with Londoners Chelsea, signing from Wycombe Wanderers in the summer of 1973.

With the Under-17s, they were involved with two World Cups and two European Championship successes in 2010 and 2014. 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. With our high quality and fast digitizing process, we help newspaper archives in converting their physical prints into digital format. Biography: Swain had played for Chelsea and won the league championship and European Cup with Aston Villa before joining Pompey in 1983.Between 2002 and 2004, Swain was Director of Football at Thomas Telford School and scouted for a number of clubs. 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. One of Aston Villa’s European Cup heroes Kenny Swain these days works for the Premier League and still lives in Warwickshire.

Press photos have been available to the public for just a few years, and similar to baseball cards, they have attracted investors and collectors. He was captain and an integral part of the team until his final months and his departure left, according to Swain, a ‘sour taste’ in his mouth. Swain, 5ft 11 ins, was a striker in those days and he enjoyed a good partnership with Steve Finnieston. Alongside the date of the transfer, the clubs involved and the transfer fee, it also displays the market value of the player at the time of the transfer. 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.A Game Of Three Halves tells the tale of the man who quit teaching to sign for Chelsea, the glamour club of the 1970s, and then moved on to Aston Villa where - having converted from striker to a full-back role - he played an integral part in winning the First Division championship and the 1982 European Cup win. Comics used to feature snotty-nosed kids from back-to-backs taking on and, against all odds, beating posh Henrys who pronounced their 'aitches' and came from homes with inside lavatories. We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading. 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 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. We make sure that all our signed items are either collected at our own signing sessions or through a limited number of trusted partners who we've dealt with over many years and are respected within the industry.Swain, Kenny When Kenny was at Chelsea a good many years ago I had the privilege to play with him for a local Sunday league side for just one game. The defence was never the same because with all due respect to the young lad who came in the experience was obviously not there. Kenneth Swain (born 28 January 1952) is an English former footballer who played in numerous positions, including striker, midfielder and full back.

We assist them in setting their prints free for future generations to access and appreciate them and their historical value. Please remember it can take some time for your bank or credit card company to process and post the refund too. Today, Kenny works in the England set-up, heading up the FA's talent ID programme, and has helped develop players such as Michael Owen, Joe Cole and Danny Welbeck.All structured data from the main, Property, Lexeme, and EntitySchema namespaces is available under the Creative Commons CC0 License; text in the other namespaces is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 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.