Tony Hateley

[villan from luton]

RIP Tony Hateley, bit before my time but read about you.

[jeowje]

Tony, Tony Hately, Tony Hately in the aiir!

RIP, holteender in the sky

[TheSandman]

RIP.

[richardhubbard]

RIP

[Deano's Mullet]

RIP Tony

[Ron Manager]

He was a massive hero of mine even though I never saw play for us. I remember feeling quite depressed when I was told that we had sold him for a record breaking transfer fee.

My first game at VP was 27 DEc 1966 v Sunderland. This is the team that played (note: no centre forward)

Colin Withers
Right back Mick Wright
Defender Keith Bradley
Left back Charlie Aitken
Centre half John Sleeuwenhoek
Midfielder Bobby Park
Midfielder Lew Chatterley
Wing half Dave Pountney
Outside right Johnny MacLeod
Winger Tony Scott
Inside forward Peter Broadbent

Lew Chatterley was not a midfielder he was a centre half who filled in as centre forward  for a time. He was no doubt at No9 in this match. Scored a few as well!

[Ron Manager]

For some reason he was never truly appreciated by our fans. "If he scored two we'd complain he hadn't got three" was one comment.

Well he was truly appreciated by most of our fans including me. When Harry Burrows left he had to carry the forward line by himself and this he did with a goals return that didn't make sense in such a poor side. Quite magnificent at times. But some of our 'fans' expected him to score every match and that, of course ,is impossible.

[IFWaters]

RIP Tony

Shame the BBC page don't acknowledge he played for us more than Chelsea or Liverpool. Airbrushed from history once again.

[Ron Manager]

He was a massive hero of mine even though I never saw play for us. I remember feeling quite depressed when I was told that we had sold him for a record breaking transfer fee.

My first game at VP was 27 DEc 1966 v Sunderland. This is the team that played (note: no centre forward)

Colin Withers
Right back Mick Wright
Defender Keith Bradley
Left back Charlie Aitken
Centre half John Sleeuwenhoek
Midfielder Bobby Park
Midfielder Lew Chatterley
Wing half Dave Pountney
Outside right Johnny MacLeod
Winger Tony Scott
Inside forward Peter Broadbent

Chatterley, normally a centre-half ,was centre-forward around that time.
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Yes he was but look at the players in defence .Charlie Aitken,Mick(Michael)Wright and Keith Bradley were specialist full backs. Did Keith Bradley fill in as a centre back (next to Slogger) on that day? I cant think of any other answer.

[richard moore]

Just a bit before my time and a bit after my Dads' time so someone who never gets discussed so much in our Villa loving family. What a shame, 72 seems so young these days

[Brend'Watkins]

Just seen Sky sports news, the info bar has him listed as former Liverpool and Chelsea striker. No mention of Villa or Notts County.

[Virgil Caine]

Just seen Sky sports news, the info bar has him listed as former Liverpool and Chelsea striker. No mention of Villa or Notts County.

Which is weird( but not surprising as far as Sky Top 5 is concerned)as the baulk of his appearances were between us and County. I am sure I saw him play in a derby match for the noses against us around 1968/69 , a nil nil, if I remember correctly.

Rest in Peace.

[Ron Manager]

He scored consistently for Liverpool (in tandem with Roger Hunt) and is fondly remembered by their older supporters. When he went back to Notts County at the fag end of his career he upped his scoring rate again and got them promotion.

Tony and his son Mark are the only father and son duo to score 200 goals each in the football league.

A record that will probably stand forever.

[frank]

For some reason he was never truly appreciated by our fans. "If he scored two we'd complain he hadn't got three" was one comment.

This is true. He missed as many as he scored and got quite a lot of stick from the fans. I remember this particularly when we went out of the FA Cup to Aldershot in 1964. Didn't he miss a penalty in this tie? Yet his scoring record speaks for itself (86 in 148). His 4 goals in the remarkable 5-5 draw at WHL have already been mentioned, but I think my own favourite Hateley performance was the 2 goals in a comprehensive 4-0 defeat of Man U in 1963. We certainly missed him after he went to Chelsea, and we were relegated that season.
RIP, Tony.

[darren woolley]

RIP Tony.