During his lifetime the late great Pele graced football stadiums around the world - and one of those was Aston Villa's Villa Park.
The Brazilian legend was part of a Santos side who made a famous visit to Birmingham back in 1972.
The only things close to outshining Pele that night were the floodlights, which blazed bright enough to blind the Brazilians. At a time of electricity rationing, Villa had forked out £5,000 to hire a generator for the evening, and still the lights wouldn't function correctly.
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