Shaw and Withe Deadly Strike Duo

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

What about the B.G.s ?

Thats Brian Greenhalgh and Brian Godfrey, a double signing from Preston in 1967. From memory it was a combined fee of £30k.
OK the Villa were rubbish then, but I checked and they scored 18 between them in their first 17 games.

[Oscar Arce]

What about the B.G.s ?

Thats Brian Greenhalgh and Brian Godfrey, a double signing from Preston in 1967. From memory it was a combined fee of £30k.
OK the Villa were rubbish then, but I checked and they scored 18 between them in their first 17 games.

That's right Andy they came as a pair and for that brief period were on fire !
My first real strike partnership 'heroes'
RIP Brian Godfrey

[somec]

For someone of my age, in my early 30's, I would go for  Deano and Dalian as the best duo I've seen up front for the villa.

92-93, what a season! Great football, great goals and we had a young Dwight Yorke to call upon as well.

[Percy McCarthy]

Little, Gray and Deehan got 73 goals I think. 26, 29 and 18 respectively.

[LeeB]

Little, Gray and Deehan got 73 goals I think. 26, 29 and 18 respectively.

That's incomprehensible to me.

[Pete3206]

What about Penrice and Cascarino? Some list that is.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Stainrod and Thompson.

Amassed 12 goals - between them - in the relegation season.

[PGW]

Nice to see someone remember the B G's on this thread - remembered with fondness both signed i think by Tommy Cummings. Greenhalgh didnt last long he'd gone by 1969 making about 40 appearances scoring a dozen goals. Godfrey as we know became captain and had a fine 4 years and we reluctantly let him go to get Ray Graydon from Bristol Rovers.
Anyway back to this thread...Gray and Little were marvellous but i have to go for that lovely Manchester suburb of Wythenshaw we as a team were at an absolute peak when they were strutting their stuff!!!!

[Damo70]

Shaw and Withe. Not bad for a plan B. The original plan was for Little and Withe to be the partnership. I'm sure that would have been great too but it's hard to imagine it could have worked better in terms of the team and trophies.

[Big Dick Edwards]

Little, Gray and Deehan got 73 goals I think. 26, 29 and 18 respectively.

That was the most exciting, goal-laden forward line I've ever seen in Villa shirts. They were simply unstoppable in 1976. If we hadn't have been ravaged by injuries as the run-in approached we'd have won the league title that season.

[oldham_villa]

I wonder how things would have panned out if we had.  I was a bit too young to remember the days of 76/77, but I love hearing peoples comments on it.

For me, it would be Peter Withe and Gary Shaw. Fantastic!

[thick_mike]

My Dad always rated Keith Leonard as the best centre forward he's seen for the Villa. For me it has to be Little and Gray (and Deehan).

[Pete3206]

Shaw and Withe were fantastic for a couple of seasons. I know Withe went to the World Cup with England in '82, but Shaw's exclusion from the squad was criminal. Instead, we took Tony Woodcock and a crippled Kevin Keegan. Doh!

[Lastfootstamper]

Little, Gray and Deehan got 73 goals I think. 26, 29 and 18 respectively.

£70bazillion-worth of talent in today's money. And a combined age of 50something, wasn't it?

[clash city rocker]

Shaw and Withe for me. Met Withey after a Stoke game a couple of years ago. Top bloke who actually cares about AVFC. I wonder if any of todays overpaid twats actually care about the Villa ?