The All Time (under 20 appearances) Villa XI

[pauliewalnuts]

Gawd bless Les Sealey. No age to die.

To fully understand how fucking mental he was, you had to see him playing for the reserves, so you could hear him.

He was a more than decent goalkeeper, though. Not many characters like him in the game these days.

[the-farmer]

Gawd bless Les Sealey. No age to die.

To fully understand how fucking mental he was, you had to see him playing for the reserves, so you could hear him.

He was a more than decent goalkeeper, though. Not many characters like him in the game these days.

About 78/79 the junior team I was in had a trip to Ryton to watch Coventry train.
The one thing I remember is watching Les or should I say listening to Les swearing his head off. He gave us influential 10/11 year olds a fit of the giggles.

[PeterWithesShin]

We have to find place for that lad who played about 10 mins at Manure when we were relegated. Ritchie? That has to be pretty nailed on to be the shortest ever Villa career.

[nick harper]

We have to find place for that lad who played about 10 mins at Manure when we were relegated. Ritchie? That has to be pretty nailed on to be the shortest ever Villa career.

Stuart Ritchie.

Charlie Young - played in the 5-1 in Dec '76 but not many others I don't think.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Kevin Keelan, the GK who played for Norwich in the 1975 League Cup Final against us, only played 5 times for us. Was apparently a pretty decent player.

[dave shelley]

He was.  Gave good service to Norwich.

[ADVILLAFAN]

He was.  Gave good service to Norwich.

Keelan (Jesus) saves,  but Graydon nets the rebound....

[supertom]

Gawd bless Les Sealey. No age to die.

To fully understand how fucking mental he was, you had to see him playing for the reserves, so you could hear him.

He was a more than decent goalkeeper, though. Not many characters like him in the game these days.

I remember the game when Les made his West Ham debut coming on as an outfield player. He was a good keeper and it's a shame he had to play second fiddle so often in his career. 459 appearences isn't too shabby but it should have been more really, for a career in excess of 20 years.

[Legion]

Nii Lamptey.

[b23]

Joseph Ward.

Im sure i saw him play at Man. Utd.

Scottish striker. 2/3 appearances ? Zero goals ?

[Pat McMahon]

Joseph Ward.

Im sure i saw him play at Man. Utd.

Scottish striker. 2/3 appearances ? Zero goals ?

IIRC he came on in a 1-1 away draw around 1978

[*shellac*]

Neil Tennant

He found greener pastures in Smash Hits and Pet Shop Boys.

[Dave Cooper please]

Neil Tennant

He found greener pastures in Smash Hits and Pet Shop Boys.

Oops! I of course meant Neil Tarrant. Came from Ross County after scoring a shed-load in Scotland and did bugger all before going back to Scotland and then embarking on a grand tour of North-East non-league teams.

[nigel]

Stick Jake Findlay in goal....better than most mentioned.

Without doubt.

I always thought Sealey played more than 20, according to Wiki it was only 18.

[Holte L2]

David Hughes.

I thought he was destined for greatness.