Best header of a ball you have seen while a Villa player

[The Left Side]

Paul McGrath

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Hateley, then Gray, then Withe (who had the most awesome chest control too).

Hateley wasn't that bad with his feet. Against Chelsea he ran through their defence wirth the ball at his feet and smashed it into the back of their net for (I think) our second. Sadly they scored six.

[SteveN]

Hateley, then Gray, then Withe (who had the most awesome chest control too).

Hateley wasn't that bad with his feet. Against Chelsea he ran through their defence wirth the ball at his feet and smashed it into the back of their net for (I think) our second. Sadly they scored six.

That was the game Tambling scored 5 and was then substituted or "declared".  I think Hateley went to Chelase not long after that game.

[Whiney MacWhineface]

Broke my teenage heart

[garyshawsknee]

For someone who wasn't built like a brick shit house JPA was quite useful in the air,as was Yorke. Surprised no ones mentioned Carew.

[exiled on the wirral!]

Im surprised no one mentonend Olof Melberg, great header at Old Trafford one year, could really do with him in our back line at the moment.

Derek Mountfield got his fair share of headed goals too.

[Ron Manager]

Hateley, then Gray, then Withe (who had the most awesome chest control too).

Hateley wasn't that bad with his feet. Against Chelsea he ran through their defence wirth the ball at his feet and smashed it into the back of their net for (I think) our second. Sadly they scored six.

Big Tone scored quite a few with his feet. I remember him defending a Leeds free kick when he was at Chelsea.Peter Lorimer let fly one of his guided missiles which Hateley stopped by sticking that famous head in the way.About three seconds later he collapsed onto the deck.  Lorimer had the hardest shot in football and must have thought he'd killed him. Tones on You tube
at the national football place in Sheffield meeting the fans.

[cdbearsfan]

David Platt.

[villan from luton]

Andy Gray, brilliant header of a ball and not especially tall.

[Damo70]

My strikers would be Withe followed by Gray. As far as defenders go Laursen followed by Evans and both were dangerous up front too. Peter Withe could also lay the ball off with his chest to someone better than anyone else I've ever seen.

[Zhong Yi]

Who remembers Garry Thompson scoring against Swindon in the second division with a header harder than anyone else could kick?

yep, was about to post about Thompson who had a great season and was a powerhouse in the air, his best came agains Blues at home.

slightly before my time but was Andy Gray as effective for Villa as he was for Everton? Where he only ever seemed to score with headers - usually from the most impossible of angles. 

[E I Adio]

Who remembers Garry Thompson scoring against Swindon in the second division with a header harder than anyone else could kick?

yep, was about to post about Thompson who had a great season and was a powerhouse in the air, his best came agains Blues at home.

slightly before my time but was Andy Gray as effective for Villa as he was for Everton? Where he only ever seemed to score with headers - usually from the most impossible of angles. 

Yes, Gray was a lion heart in the box. As the papers commenting on his goals frequently said - "he put his head where others wouldn't put their feet."

Sad that he turned out to be a fat, opinionated, sexist pillock.

[Zhong Yi]

he would "stick his head in a cement mixer to get a goal", according to TV pundits in Everton's title winning season, which he played in.

proud to say though, i read his autobiography in about 1988 - Shades of Gray, where he really did big up Villa and the city of Birmingham as well!

[Whiney MacWhineface]

It should have been utterly astonishing that Gray didn't even make the Scottish squad for the World Cup in 78, but when Gidman and Little get just two England caps between them in that era...

[Pat McMahon]

Who remembers Garry Thompson scoring against Swindon in the second division with a header harder than anyone else could kick?

yep, was about to post about Thompson who had a great season and was a powerhouse in the air, his best came agains Blues at home.

slightly before my time but was Andy Gray as effective for Villa as he was for Everton? Where he only ever seemed to score with headers - usually from the most impossible of angles. 

Yes, Gray was a lion heart in the box. As the papers commenting on his goals frequently said - "he put his head where others wouldn't put their feet."

Sad that he turned out to be a fat, opinionated, sexist pillock.

In 1976-77 in particular he was unbelievable and fully deserved the dual PFA awards he received that year. He was as brave as a lion, utterly committed and never gave defenders a moment's rest. He was only 5 ft 10', small for a centre forward, but seemed to want to get on the end of a cross more than any other player. His hat tricks against Ipswich and Albion that year were both stupendous. If he had remained injury free we may have finished higher than 4th.