This might sound like lame self promotion, but it’s the absolute truth. The Villa Wire really is a great tool to get a quick snapshot of the current Aston Villa news, but you’ll also see the odd gem show up in the feed from Flickr. We don’t get as many Aston Villa pictures as I’d like, but it’s still worth keeping an eye on.

A while little wile ago I stumbled on this old picture of Trevor Ford and I fell in love with the colours and the design. Thanks to TuebrookDave for letting me use the pic, here’s what he had to say about it:-

The photo was scanned from The Big Book Of Football Champions dated 1950. The only information is in the picture but Trevor Ford only played for Villa for a couple of years before a disastrous move to Sunderland then back to Wales with Cardiff City. I have other scans of Villa players which I’ll be uploading soon.

As the text says in the picture, Trevor was the first player to attract a transfer fee in excess of £30,000 when he moved from Aston Villa to Sunderland. Keep your eyes peeled for more of these great pics.