How an unlikely scouting trip led to Aston Villa 'gate-crasher' conquering Europe
"I'm not sure I should be here!" were the words heroic back-up goalkeeper Nigel Spink muttered to Gordon 'Sid' Cowans as Karl-Heinz Rummenigge leaped up into the air to send his overhead kick just inches past Aston Villa's far post. Spink simply didn't have time to register that he was to replace the stricken Jimmy Rimmer in Villa's goal in the ninth minute in Rotterdam as the might of Bayern Munich continued to pile forward.


