Scorers of Great Villa Goals

[DeKuip]

Whose Villa goals have you enjoyed the most - simply because of the quailty of the goals.

So it needn't be a striker, or even someone who got loads, or even someone who scored particularly important goals.

My shortlist from 40-odd years of watching would be:
ANDY GRAY - scored the best headed goals I've ever seen, and plenty of decent ones with his feet too. He seemed to get so many classic goals, often through not being afraid to put his head where it might get clobbered.
DAVID PLATT - had the knack of perfectly timing runs into the box and just didn't score bad goals.
JUAN PABLO ANGEL - some of his finishes, whether headers or shots, were of the highest quality. I just wish he'd played at a time when we had a better team.
BRUCE RIOCH / TOMMY HITZLSPERGER - I can't seperate these two. Clearly Rioch was a better all round player but did "The Hammer" ever score an average goal? Two of the few players we've had who could hit a rocket shot and get it on target.

My shortlist is getting longer in my head as I write, but I'll let the rest of you have a go now.

[luke25]

In my years its gotta be Hitzlsperger, although Staunton and Alan Wright get a mention too

[willywombat]

Brian Little scored some breathtaking goals and could even make a tap in look like goal of the season. Chico Hamilton knocked in a few blinders too from around that time. Benny Carbone springs to mind in latter years

[Charlie8182]

Believe it or not, Dalian Atkinson- not just that goal against Wimbledon.  Just look back at the 90s video's and he scored quite a few belters.

[garyshawsknee]

Believe it or not, Dalian Atkinson- not just that goal against Wimbledon.  Just look back at the 90s video's and he scored quite a few belters.

He had a spell in 92 when he scored nearly 3 goal of the months in a row,a couple at Sheff Wed spring to mind.

[SteveN]

Bruce Rioch - once I was directly behind him when he hit one from out right into the top corner. Exocet doesn't do it justice.

[UsualSuspect]

Andy Gray for me

Watching that team of 76/77 of Little, Graydon, carrodus and gray was the most exciting team I've watched at VP

[darren woolley]

I liked the Dean Saunders one against Ipswich and Dalians against Wimbledon and Gareth Barry's goal against Spurs all great goals in there own right let's hope for more to come at the Villa.

[peter w]

We had our own goal of the season competition at Tottenham in the late 90s when we won 4-2. Dion, Alan Wright and someone else all scored great goals. The passing goal scored by(Yorke? Saunders?) at home against I think Sheff Wed when we passed them to death.

Oh, and then there was Ash...Lee?

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Deanos against Ipswich at VP. Here at No.2>>

Dalians run and goal at Selhurst Park against Wimbledon. As above link, at No.1 of course.
Chris Nicholls belter at Old Trafford against Everton in the LC final.

Mersons at Goodison Park 2000.

Petrov 50(?) yarder at Derby.

Carbone in the cup against Leeds.

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Savo in the cup final at Wembley.

Brian Little run and acute angle in the 75 Old trafford final.

Andy Lochhhead header in the 70/71 semi at VP against Man U. (And if anybody finds footage of that I will pay them to see it again)

[Chico Hamilton III]

All of the above

Plus Tony Daley

[The Left Side]

Deano and Dalian for me, what a great partnership they made.

[robinleper]

Did Andy Townsend ever score a bad Villa goal?
My favourite was his free kick against Chelsea in 97/98

[Reuben]

Did Andy Townsend ever score a bad Villa goal?
My favourite was his free kick against Chelsea in 97/98

He scored a great one at Portman Road too.

Tony Daley was the first name I thought of, a couple v Everton (home and away), that run v Luton.

[eamonn]

Practically all of Hendrie's goals were pearlers , even his most hardened critics (Chico, Leighton, Deej) would have to agree.