Blue Noses & Villans
Ron Saunders: Aston Villa Manager 1974-82 / Birmingham City Manager 1982-86
While in charge of Aston Villa, Ron Saunders won the League Cup in 1975 & 1977, and the First Division Championship title in 1980-81, but then resigned from Villa in January 1982, due to a disagreement with the board over his contract. At the time, Villa were mid-table in the First Division but in the quarter-final of the European Cup. His assistant Tony Barton took over, guiding them to European Cup glory four months later.
Surprisingly, he moved straight to Villa's arch-rivals, Birmingham City. They went down in 1984 but he got them back into the top flight at the first attempt. In January 1986, Saunders walked out on struggling Birmingham to take charge of local rivals and fellow strugglers West Bromwich Albion.
Alan Curbishley 
Birmingham 1979-83 Villa 1983-85
Bobby Thomson Villa 1959-64 Birmingham 1963-68
Bruce Rioch 
Villa 1969-74 Birmingham 1978-79
Bryan Small 
Villa 1991-95 Birmingham 1994-95
Cammie Fraser Villa 1962-64 Birmingham 1964-66
Carl Tiler Villa 1995-97 Birmingham 2000-01
Chris Sutton 
Birmingam 2006 
Villa 2006-07
Colin Withers Birmingham 1957-64 Villa 1964-69
Craig Gardner 
Villa 2005-10 
Birmingham 2010-Present
David Geddis 
Villa 1979-83 
Birmingham 1984-87
Dennis Mortimer 
Villa 1975-85 Birmingham 1986-87
Des Bremner 
Villa 1979-85 
Birmingham 1984-89
Dwight Yorke 
Villa 1989-98 
Birmingham 2004-2005
Emile Heskey 
Birmingham 2004-06 
Villa 2009-Present
Frank Carrodus Villa 1974-79 Birmingham 1982-83
Gary Charles 
Villa 1994-99 Birmingham 2000-01
Geoff Vowden Birmingham 1964-71 Villa 1970-74
Ivor Linton Villa 1976-82 Birmingham 1983-84
John Sleeuwenhoek 
Villa 1960-68 Birmingham 1967-71
Kevin Phillips 
Villa 2005-06 
Birmingham 2008-Present
Kevin Poole Villa 1984-87 
Birmingham 1997-2001
Lee Jenkins Villa 1978-80 Birmingham 1985-86
Les Sealey 
Villa 1991-92 Birmingham 1992-93
Liam Ridgwell 
Villa 2001-07 
Birmingham 2007-Present
Mark Jones Villa 1981-84 Birmingham 1984-87
Noel Blake Villa 1979-82 
Birmingham 1982-84
Peter Withe Birmingham 1975-77/87-88 
Villa 1980-85
Phil Robinson Villa 1986-87 
Birmingham 1990-91
Robert Hopkins Villa 1979-83 
Birmingham 1982-87/88-91
Ron Wylie Villa 1958-65 
Birmingham 1965-70
Stan Lynn 
Villa 1950-62 Birmingham 1961-66
Tony Hateley 
Villa 1963-67 Birmingham 1969-71
Tony Morley 
Villa 1979-84 Birmingham 1984-85
Trevor Hockey Birmingham 1965-71 Villa 1973-74