Jonny Gould's Football Fix
All For The Love Of The Game: Peter Withe's story, Episode 2
Published: 21 June 2024 at 08:00 Europe/London
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Episode notes
"I had a dream I would play for Aston Villa Football Club!"
Welcome to Part 2 of All For The Love Of The Game, the story of Peter Withe’s memorable football career.
In part 1, Peter took us from his humble football beginnings on Merseyside, all the way to league title glory with Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest.
We start with this episode with his unlikely departure from Nottingham Forest on the edge of European glory for second division Newcastle United. He mentions another familiar Villa figure, Martin O’Neill.
Peter explains how he left Forest for a tenner a week and why he dropped down a division to do so - and the inside story behind his "dream move" to Aston Villa.
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