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Offline Brassneck

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1515 on: October 16, 2019, 10:35:00 AM »
The last player that I can think of that played a full, entire career for us was Charlie Aitken.  I don't count the twenty-one games he played for New York Cosmos as their league was in its infancy.

What's Brian Little done to you?

I guess it wasn't a "full" career?  Likewise Gary Shaw.

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1516 on: October 16, 2019, 10:46:22 AM »
Gary Shaw also played for other clubs.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1517 on: October 16, 2019, 11:53:29 AM »
Gabby.

Offline AsTallAsLions

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1518 on: October 16, 2019, 12:21:17 PM »
Gabby played for both Wednesday and Watford on loan.

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1519 on: October 16, 2019, 12:29:38 PM »
Gary Shaw also played for other clubs.

Didn't he make a very short comeback at some Austrian team.

I can't remember their name, and can't be arsed to google, but *dons WW2 history buff hat* it was the site of a large ball bearing factory which was bombed a lot in the war.

Which is a slightly random fact to recall

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1520 on: October 16, 2019, 12:31:38 PM »
Klagenfurt. I fucking knew it

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1521 on: October 16, 2019, 12:37:00 PM »
Gabby played for both Wednesday and Watford on loan.

I thought about that but to me there's a difference to going out on loan as a youth player and being signed to other clubs. Grealish retires in 15 years as a Villa player, his year at Notts County won't stop me classing him as having spent his entire career with us.

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1522 on: October 16, 2019, 12:37:11 PM »
The last player that I can think of that played a full, entire career for us was Charlie Aitken.  I don't count the twenty-one games he played for New York Cosmos as their league was in its infancy.

What's Brian Little done to you?

I guess it wasn't a "full" career?  Likewise Gary Shaw.
He also played for Walsall, Shrewsbury & short Spell at Kilmarnock

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1523 on: October 16, 2019, 12:37:59 PM »
Gary Shaw also played for other clubs.

Didn't he make a very short comeback at some Austrian team.

I can't remember their name, and can't be arsed to google, but *dons WW2 history buff hat* it was the site of a large ball bearing factory which was bombed a lot in the war.

Which is a slightly random fact to recall

He played for Shrewsbury after that, which was his final "proper" team.  I seem to remember they had a good FA Cup run with him in 91, which was my last year at 6th form.

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1524 on: October 16, 2019, 12:54:15 PM »
The last player that I can think of that played a full, entire career for us was Charlie Aitken.  I don't count the twenty-one games he played for New York Cosmos as their league was in its infancy.

What's Brian Little done to you?

Nowt.  He made a couple of appearances for Darlington but they may have been as sub not sure, but Charlie was the one that immediately sprang to mind.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1525 on: October 16, 2019, 01:21:54 PM »
I don't think Brian played for them.

Offline brentastonb6

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1526 on: October 16, 2019, 11:14:42 PM »
Lots of players don't see out their career at one club because their legs go and they have to play at a lower level. If McGinn leaves Villa aged 39 for some lower division, Scottish, MLS or Chinese team having helped us to seven straight European Cups, it won't be because Villa lack ambition.
Amen.

So are we ignoring Hibs and St Mirren or ignoring the "entire career" bit?

Neither really, I’m grateful to them and Hibs in particular for providing us with a great player yet again. I suppose I could have / should have quantified my spending their entire career here . I’ll be overjoyed if he spends the peak years of his career here and that we are the pinnacle of his hopefully massively successful record, How does that sound ? I also have no problem with him returning to Scotland, China , MLS or anywhere aged 35 .

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1527 on: October 16, 2019, 11:58:50 PM »
He could probably play in Scotland, MLS and China when he's thirty-five and run to all the games.

Offline artvandelay

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1528 on: October 17, 2019, 12:41:22 AM »
I met him in the Mailbox the other week, I said to him; thank you for everything you've done for the villa, no big deal,  he seemed graeful

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #1529 on: October 18, 2019, 05:33:50 PM »
25 today, happy birthday SJM.

 


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