How many Villa for England?

[Percy McCarthy]

I heard Bent was our seventieth England player. Does that mean we are now on 71, as it was Downing's first cap as a Villa player as well?

[Shrek]

Do you mean against denmark? There were 3 villa players with 4 previous villa players.

[Percy McCarthy]

Do you mean against denmark? There were 3 villa players with 4 previous villa players.

No, I don't mean we had 70 or 71 Villa players playing against Denmark the other night. I meant over the last 137 years. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

[Phil from the upper holte]

No I think he means overall

70 england players have been capped whilst playing for England?

[TheSandman]

71 was what I worked it out as. Might have been wrong.

[Percy McCarthy]

No I think he means overall

70 england players have been capped whilst playing for England?

God this is more complicated than I thought.


70 or 71 Villa players have played for England.

[Percy McCarthy]

71 was what I worked it out as. Might have been wrong.

Anything official? Gabby was number 66 I think.

[eastie]

Central news said more villa players capped than any other team for England but I thought they said 72, not sure though.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

71 apparently - someone's done the hard work already:

http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/astonvilla/england_players.htm

It would be 72 if you include Scott Carson who played for England whilst on loan to us.  By that measure, Kyle Walker wouldn't count either.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

We've got a lot of one-cap wonders in there.

[luke25]

Some simply fantastic names there, Gordon Sidney Cowans, Earl Delisser Barrett and my personal favourite Ugochuku Ehiogu

[eastie]

Surely if Carson was picked on the back of playing for villa he would count ? He was playing for villa at the time he was picked, same as when walker was picked his club was named in brackets as Aston villa .

[Percy McCarthy]

Some simply fantastic names there, Gordon Sidney Cowans, Earl Delisser Barrett and my personal favourite Ugochuku Ehiogu

And Ivanhoe of course, but Lerwill misses that one out. Good work otherwise though John.

My first ever paid article was about Villa's England contribution.

[eamonn]

Some simply fantastic names there, Gordon Sidney Cowans, Earl Delisser Barrett and my personal favourite Ugochuku Ehiogu

How much wood would an Ugochuku chuck if an Ugochuku didn't have an ego the size of a small country?

[cdbearsfan]

We've got a lot of one-cap wonders in there.

Including the greatest one-cap wonder of all time. Howard Vaughton. Played one, won one, scored FIVE. Never picked again.