Simon Goodyear

As a life-long Aston Villa fan, Simon Goodyear's late father had watched with interest from the terraces, a raw but strong and powerful footballing talent who soon become an idol to thousands of English and Italian fans during the late 1950s and early 60s. With the passing of his father in 2008, Goodyear felt inspired to fulfil his father's idea of writing a biography of Hitchens, a quiet man and great footballer. He has put together not only a biographical account of the story of Gerald...See more

As a life-long Aston Villa fan, Simon Goodyear's late father had watched with interest from the terraces, a raw but strong and powerful footballing talent who soon become an idol to thousands of English and Italian fans during the late 1950s and early 60s. With the passing of his father in 2008, Goodyear felt inspired to fulfil his father's idea of writing a biography of Hitchens, a quiet man and great footballer. He has put together not only a biographical account of the story of Gerald Archibald Hitchens - player, husband and father - but a brief historical insight into football in Britain and Italy during the 1950s and 1960s. See less