The Villa Park misfits – Alun Evans

[tony scott]

Nice article Dave, I remember how excited I was when he signed for us I think everyone really wanted him to succeed,we got tantalising glimpses of his talent but he just never played consistently well enough.

[SoccerHQ]

Amazing what you learn.

For years when I saw an Alun Evans mentioned in the fanzine I always thought the first name was a nickname for Brian Little's long serving number two given he also played for us in the 70s.

Never knew there were two different A. Evans in that era who both played for us.

[dave.woodhall]

I've remembered the time I was in the Holte Hotel and someone pointed to a picture of a player with dark curly hair and said, "Do you know who that is? It's Alun Evans. Not Allan Evans, Alun Evans. He played for us in the seventies."

The poor bloke was so proud that I could barely point out Alun Evans had straight blond hair and a scar down his cheek.

[JD]

Excellent article. Very well written.

[Percy McCarthy]

I remember  he had a long scar on one side of his face. I'm sure there was a story as to how he came by it but can't  remember.  Someone  will probably know. I always thought he was a classy player but clearly didn't figure in Ron's long term plans.

As written in the article

Visiting a Wolverhampton nightclub for a quiet night out with his wife, a man Evans had never even met smashed a pint glass into his face. Almost seventy stitches needed inserting into the wounds and he was scarred him for life.

Did you really need to save him the bother of reading the article? People go to the trouble of writing in the hope that people might read it.

Sorry Percy…I was going to put down something along those lines as I thought he hadn’t bothered to read it in the first place, but I didn’t want to appear picky

Understood old boy.