Alex Cropley would have become a legend in the true sense of the word if he had been able to stay fit, he only managed to play 80 odd games for us largely due to a
Baggie tosser(ali Brown) who broke his leg for the second time in his career, as a few who have posted on here you could hear the noise of that break around the ground.
He didn't really recover from that break....a great tragedy for him, AVFC and us supporters.
Incidentally he broke his leg for the first time whilst at Arsenal....i don't know the individual responsible.....but the team SHA.