The All Time (under 20 appearances) Villa XI

[knowsleyvillain]

Was at that game also damo70 can not remember much about it but do remember Ivo Stas playing in it & the ground being tiny.

[Damo70]

Was at that game also damo70 can not remember much about it but do remember Ivo Stas playing in it & the ground being tiny.

My memories of it are no stands of any description, just a pitch and a building which housed the changing rooms and bar.

[Dave Cooper please]

I saw Ivo stach (spelling) play for us. think it was Redditch.

I saw him play and 'score' for us at Witney Town. I think BFR had some coaching connections with them from his time at Oxford. The goal was given but I'm pretty sure it went in through the side of the net. I managed to have a chat with Kevin Richardson on the touchline after he was subbed. You've probably guessed it was a pretty relaxed and low key friendly.

The game was played to officially open their new ground. Villa won 7-1, Yorke got a couple if I recall correctly.

Witney Town folded earlier this year. Their nickname was The Blanketmen, I have no idea why.

[tommy smart]

How could we forget Oscar Arce

[Chico Hamilton III]

Could we fit Frank McAvennie in the team, based on his peformances for every other club he played for?

[ADVILLAFAN]

Richard Walker up front, had no pace. Did Luke Moore play over 20 games for us?

Postma was pretty poor, but a decent shot-stopper. Better than Carson or Schmeichel were for us though.

Did Brian McClair ever actually play for us? How many games did Paul Rideout have for us?

[Damo70]

I googled Paul Rideout to see how close I was with my guess of 50 Villa appearances. Considering he ended up playing in the states it was a bit spooky that the first thing that came up was an obituary in an American newspaper for what turned out to be another Paul Rideout.  I was close, he made 54 apps scoring 19 goals. I'm guessing McClair would count even though he never played a game as he was on our books. But under that criteria DJ Campbell would also qualify.

[E I Adio]

How could we forget Oscar Arce

Well why not? 0 appearances is less than 20.

[Flamingo Lane]

Mike Pejic would have to be left back.  He looked a real class act in 79/80 under Ron Saunders, but had to retire through injury after just 12 appearances.

[Brend'Watkins]

What about that former player somebody met at Stoke a few years back.  He was in the Championship winning squad too.

[dave shelley]

Barry Lynch, two appearances during the sixties.

[supertom]

Richard Walker up front, had no pace. Did Luke Moore play over 20 games for us?

Postma was pretty poor, but a decent shot-stopper. Better than Carson or Schmeichel were for us though.

Did Brian McClair ever actually play for us? How many games did Paul Rideout have for us?

Luke Moore played 87 games.

Stefan on the other hand was comfortably under 20 I'm sure. Cracking goal against Charlton IIRC. Probably the highlight of his career.

EDIT- Stefan played 22 times. Surprised.

[Damo70]

Alan Mcloughlin had a pretty good career with Swindon, Portsmouth, Southampton and Ireland. I think he played just the once for us on loan at Coventry in the Zenith cup. I was there that night and I'm pretty sure Terry Butcher got sent off. Malcolm Allen was another international loanee who I would guess played four or five games for us.

[cheltenhamlion]

Jermaine Jenas

[Chris Jameson]

Terry Donovan 17 appearances, 6 goals including two against Valur in our European Cup winning campaign. A lovely bloke too!