Aston Villa Manager Ron Saunders Resigns - 10th Feb 1982

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Ron Saunders resigns as manager of Aston Villa football club. Bob Hall interviews him about the reasons behind the resignation.
Bob Hall piece to camera standing in the car-park at Villa Park where Ron Saunders' name has already been painted out. Exterior shot of Villa Park. Brief shot of Ron Saunders surrounded by the media and chatting to a reporter from BRMB. Bob Hall interview with Ron Saunders about his leaving the club over a dispute about his role at Aston Villa. Also brief interview with the vice chairman Don Bendall and on the training ground Hall talks to Ken Swain and assistant manager, Tony Barton.
All Comments (12)
  • @jonbarker92
    What a manager he was. I often wonder if we would have still won the European Cup if he had stayed.
  • @angelacooper2661
    Takes me right back to childhood memories - first year at senior school and not yet twelve!
  • @damienabbott9805
    So sad, sad, sad!!! This was definitely the turning point in the history of Aston Villa FC. Alex Ferguson won the league championship (or the newly formed Premier League) after 7 years in the Manchester United hot seat and so did Ron at Aston Villa. Only difference was Ron’s team went onto to be crowned champions of Europe the following season. Had he been allowed to stay and do his job, Villa would have been Liverpool’s main rivals of the 1980s. Instead that went to Everton.
  • @matthewleslie4448
    I remember Tony Butler on the radio when this happened touting Ron for the Blues job with City sacking Jim Smith around this time. Wonder if if he got the nudge from Ron to do this? Not unusual back in the day - Jock Stein got Archie McPherson of the BBC to publicly champion him for the Scotland job when Ally McLeod resigned.
  • @benellis9665
    I'm making a radio documentary for the 82 anniversary. I'm wondering could I possibly use the audio from this please? I'll give you a full credit of course. UTV!