21 years ago today - Villa to unveil new signing....

[Chico Hamilton III]

...I can almost hear the ripple of apathy around Villa Park as he marches out of the tunnel to face the Villa faithful.

On another note, does anyone else remember this pre-season game against Hibs???


The Independent

August 4 1989, Friday

Football: Villa clear way for Heath debut

BYLINE: JOE LOVEJOY



ASTON VILLA hope to have Adrian Heath in their team for tomorrow's friendly at home to Hibernian after paying pounds 350,000 to make the Espanol striker their third summer signing.
Villa are awaiting Heath's international clearance after completing a deal complicated by the fact that the Spanish Second Division club still owed Everton money from the transfer which took him abroad 10 months ago.


In overcoming that obstacle, Villa agreed to pay Everton pounds 250,000, with Espanol receiving the remaining pounds 100,000. If the necessary paperwork can be completed today, Heath will join Graham Taylor's new centre-backs, Paul McGrath and Kent Nielsen, in tomorrow's team

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Never liked him, dont like the idea of people who share their names with Tory Prime Ministers wearing our shirt.
Thank the lord Ben Thatchers nearing the end of his career.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Never liked him, dont like the idea of people who share their names with Tory Prime Ministers wearing our shirt.
Thank the lord Ben Thatchers nearing the end of his career.

And I never really liked Andy Blair.

And before you tell me that Tony Blair wasn't a tory........

[Chris Harte]

On another note, does anyone else remember this pre-season game against Hibs???

Yes. A sunny Saturday afternoon. I don't remember Heath though. I seem to remember McGrath in midfield having a stormer, but that could be the mind playing tricks.

We won one-nil with a late headed Kent Nielsen winner.

[bertlambshank]

I remember their "lads" coming for a day out.'orrible bastards.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Did Heath score against us later in his career where Man Citeh beat us?

Possibly Peter Reid was playing for them too?

[Nev]

I have no recolection of Adrian Heath with the exception of a very drunken conversation with a micky mouser outside a club in Torquay that summer.

The only thing I can recall him saying is "Inchy's crap". In fact I think thats all he said in total.

The club was called The Hideaway, quite apt as most of the females did just that when me and my mates walked in.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Never liked him, dont like the idea of people who share their names with Tory Prime Ministers wearing our shirt.
Thank the lord Ben Thatchers nearing the end of his career.

And I never really liked Andy Blair.

And before you tell me that Tony Blair wasn't a tory........

I made up an Aston Villa X1 of British Prime Ministers,  with a couple of dodgy connections.

Andy Blair
Jimmy Brown
Nigel Callaghan
Bobby Campbell (as in Campbell Bannerman)
Tony Eden (on the books late 1950s,didnt make the 1st team)
Adrian Heath
Samuel Law(as in Bonar Law, played 1880s)
James Major (John Majors son, had a trail apparently!)   http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/1506.html
Alex McMillan (youth player 1969-72)
Walpole W (on the books before WW1)  http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/1385.html)
Robert Wilson (9 games in goal 63/64)


PS> Seats available in the Lord North stand. Commentary by Larry Canning.

[cdbearsfan]

On another note, does anyone else remember this pre-season game against Hibs???

I remember McGrath being instantly excellent, Nielsen coming on and somebody shouting "look, it's the fat Jan Molby!" and Hibs having a very smart strip. They still do.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Never liked him, dont like the idea of people who share their names with Tory Prime Ministers wearing our shirt.
Thank the lord Ben Thatchers nearing the end of his career.

And I never really liked Andy Blair.

And before you tell me that Tony Blair wasn't a tory........

I made up an Aston Villa X1 of British Prime Ministers,  with a couple of dodgy connections.

Andy Blair
Jimmy Brown
Nigel Callaghan
Bobby Campbell (as in Campbell Bannerman)
Tony Eden (on the books late 1950s,didnt make the 1st team)
Adrian Heath
Samuel Law(as in Bonar Law, played 1880s)
James Major (John Majors son, had a trail apparently!)   http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/1506.html
Alex McMillan (youth player 1969-72)
Walpole W (on the books before WW1)  http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/1385.html)
Robert Wilson (9 games in goal 63/64)


PS> Seats available in the Lord North stand. Commentary by Larry Canning.

Like it

what about Andy (Earl) Grey?

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Like it

what about Andy (Earl) Grey?

Very good, and of course we have had two Andy Grey/Grays.

Cant believe I forgot Bobby Mcdonald (as in Ramsey McDonald)

More tenuous connections.

 Frank Lloyd (played 5 games 1900-02) as in Lloyd George.
George Russell (1893-95) Earl Russell PM 1865-66

[VillaZogmariner]

What about the player related to Cameron?

[Dave Cooper please]

What about the player related to Cameron?

Stuart Cameron was in our yoof cup winning team alongside the Moore brothers. He plays for Atherstone now.

[The Man With A Stick]

Have we ever had a Bonar-Law?

[ADVILLAFAN]

Surely we've had a Pitt?

Unlikely to have a Disraeli.