Insignificant Villa players in history

[fbriai]

David Unsworth must be up there.  Did he even play for us before his wife threw a tantrum?

He played a friendly or an Intertoto Cup game, didn't he?

Didnt he play in friendly at Wycombe

That rings a bell. Especially with the Gregory link.

[ez]

Isiah Osborne, Mustapha Salifou, Marlon Harewood, Habib Beye, Ivo Stas, Franz Carr, Neale Cooper Eric Djemba Djemba the list is endless

Salifou was with us four seasons... why???

[fbriai]

It's an interesting classification. Should we put Frank McAvennie and Warren Aspinall in there with him as well?

That's a bit harsh on Warren Aspinall. I remember seeing him play for us a fair bit back in 1987/88 in the old second division. A quick google shows he played 44 games for us and scored 14 goals and if my memory serves me correctly, one of them was away at West Brom in a midweek match.

Fair point, mate. In light of Toronto's clarification, I'll swap him for Didier Six.

[ASHTONVILLA]

Berson
De Bilde
Bakke

[tricky59]

Tommy Craig.  My recollection of him was as a very fine player, who just did not completely fit in with the Villa's style of play.

[andyh]

Mervyn Day

[Chipsticks]

Makoun's gotta be up there. Over 50 caps for his national side, having played Champions League football and gaining a solid reputation while at Lille and Lyon before moving to us for over £6 million at age 27 - supposedly his prime.

What a flop.

[Toronto Villa]

Makoun's gotta be up there. Over 50 caps for his national side, having played Champions League football and gaining a solid reputation while at Lille and Lyon before moving to us for over £6 million at age 27 - supposedly his prime.

What a flop.

yep entirely agree. He'll be known more for his flashy jumper and being sent off at Blackpool. Came with a good reputation and a cracking CL goal vs Real Madrid I think.

[eamonn]

Balaban, he was no Jankovich.

[Villan For Life]

Nigel Callaghan.

What a waste of a transfer fee. I recall that he arrived around the same time as Heath. IIRC he ended up as an overweight club DJ in Ibiza

[IFWaters]

This site is worth a trawl for that info, brings back memories

http://astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/

Reminds me of a bloke I used to know called Andy Comyn who played 12 games for us in 1990. His first games was 3rd round of the FA Cup at home against Liverpool in front of 48,000. He got turned inside out by John Barnes at his best.

[damon loves JT]

Am I imagining John Fashanu in a Villa shirt?

[mattjpa]

What about the guy in the tracksuit bottoms? so insignificant I dont even remember his name, just that he came to us on a loan and played in tracksuit bottoms every game. I remember thinking he had a decent reputation beforehand and hoped that if he did well it might turn into a permanent move. From memory he was completely toilet.....

[Chipsticks]

What about the guy in the tracksuit bottoms? so insignificant I dont even remember his name, just that he came to us on a loan and played in tracksuit bottoms every game. I remember thinking he had a decent reputation beforehand and hoped that if he did well it might turn into a permanent move. From memory he was completely toilet.....

Are you thinking of Gabor Kiraly? Loaned goalkeeper in 2006/07. I remember we played him in an FA Cup tie at Old Trafford, which we lost in the last few minutes after a shot from OGS went straight through him.

[Toronto Villa]

Am I imagining John Fashanu in a Villa shirt?

excellent call on John Fashanu Mr Terry