Tony Hateley

[Salsa Party Animal]

RIP Tony Hateley. Imagine if we have bit of money and ambition at the time, we could have a team with Blanchflower, Hateley, Hitchens and McParland together. That would be something. Did Hateley play with Gerry Hitchens for Aston Villa together.

[Ron Manager]

RIP Tony Hateley. Imagine if we have bit of money and ambition at the time, we could have a team with Blanchflower, Hateley, Hitchens and McParland together. That would be something. Did Hateley play with Gerry Hitchens for Aston Villa together.

No. Gerry Hitchens had gone to Italy at least two years before. Blanchflower left in 1954 I think.

[nickataylor2000]

My all time Villa favourite. Fantastic goal scorer. Broke my heart when he went to Chelsea. Never really appreciated by some fans but he was the greatest centre forward in the league to me. RIP Tony. Thanks for the fantastic memories.

[Louzie0]

RIP

[wozwebs]

Why no minutes silence or applause yesterday? Had black armbands on but surprised no silence considering we had one for the fan who died recently. Anyone else think this was a bit off?

[Ron Manager]

Why no minutes silence or applause yesterday? Had black armbands on but surprised no silence considering we had one for the fan who died recently. Anyone else think this was a bit off?

Its exactly what I would expect from the people who now run Aston Villa FC. Im totally disgusted with them.

[dave.woodhall]

Why no minutes silence or applause yesterday? Had black armbands on but surprised no silence considering we had one for the fan who died recently. Anyone else think this was a bit off?

Its exactly what I would expect from the people who now run Aston Villa FC. Im totally disgusted with them.

That's totally unfair. Whatever you might think of their professional abilities they have shown time and again that they do the right thing. Not having a silence/applause for a particular player is a regular complaint and ignores the facts that you can't do it for everyone and the family might not want it anyway.

[eastie]

I was talking to someone who was at the notts county v coventry game and said what a tremendous ovation the crowd gave in memory to Tony on Saturday - he did of course play for both clubs and was fondly remembered .

http://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/article/minutes-applause-for-tony-hateley-1342746.aspx

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Why no minutes silence or applause yesterday? Had black armbands on but surprised no silence considering we had one for the fan who died recently. Anyone else think this was a bit off?

Its exactly what I would expect from the people who now run Aston Villa FC. Im totally disgusted with them.

That's totally unfair. Whatever you might think of their professional abilities they have shown time and again that they do the right thing. Not having a silence/applause for a particular player is a regular complaint and ignores the facts that you can't do it for everyone and the family might not want it anyway.

At the last game of the season everybody who was connected with the club that passed away during the previous 12 months is shown on the big screens.
The ex player that most of us would probably agree should have had a minutes silence/applause and did not was John Robson.

[dave.woodhall]

Why no minutes silence or applause yesterday? Had black armbands on but surprised no silence considering we had one for the fan who died recently. Anyone else think this was a bit off?

Its exactly what I would expect from the people who now run Aston Villa FC. Im totally disgusted with them.

That's totally unfair. Whatever you might think of their professional abilities they have shown time and again that they do the right thing. Not having a silence/applause for a particular player is a regular complaint and ignores the facts that you can't do it for everyone and the family might not want it anyway.

At the last game of the season everybody who was connected with the club that passed away during the previous 12 months is shown on the big screens.
The ex player that most of us would probably agree should have had a minutes silence/applause and did not was John Robson.

And yet in the week he died Frank Moss Jr, who was with us longer and played more games, died and no-one suggested a silence for him. It all depends on whether you remember them or not.

[Ron Manager]

Why no minutes silence or applause yesterday? Had black armbands on but surprised no silence considering we had one for the fan who died recently. Anyone else think this was a bit off?

Its exactly what I would expect from the people who now run Aston Villa FC. Im totally disgusted with them.

That's totally unfair. Whatever you might think of their professional abilities they have shown time and again that they do the right thing. Not having a silence/applause for a particular player is a regular complaint and ignores the facts that you can't do it for everyone and the family might not want it anyway.

I think its 'totally unfair' that they used a picture of Tony in a Liverpool kit as a fitting tribute on the official website. Tony Hateley was all we had to look forward to in the middle sixties. He delivered. One minutes silence is not too much to ask for is it.

But if Mrs Hateley,Mark and others in his close family had requested they did not want this fitting tribute by the fans that is of course acceptable.

[eastie]

Why no minutes silence or applause yesterday? Had black armbands on but surprised no silence considering we had one for the fan who died recently. Anyone else think this was a bit off?

Its exactly what I would expect from the people who now run Aston Villa FC. Im totally disgusted with them.

That's totally unfair. Whatever you might think of their professional abilities they have shown time and again that they do the right thing. Not having a silence/applause for a particular player is a regular complaint and ignores the facts that you can't do it for everyone and the family might not want it anyway.

I think its 'totally unfair' that they used a picture of Tony in a Liverpool kit as a fitting tribute on the official website. Tony Hateley was all we had to look forward to in the middle sixties. He delivered. One minutes silence is not too much to ask for is it.

But if Mrs Hateley,Mark and others in his close family had requested they did not want this fitting tribute by the fans that is of course acceptable.

They had not requested that they did not want a tribute as notts county and coventry who he played for gave a minutes applause in his memory.

[dave.woodhall]

Why no minutes silence or applause yesterday? Had black armbands on but surprised no silence considering we had one for the fan who died recently. Anyone else think this was a bit off?

Its exactly what I would expect from the people who now run Aston Villa FC. Im totally disgusted with them.

That's totally unfair. Whatever you might think of their professional abilities they have shown time and again that they do the right thing. Not having a silence/applause for a particular player is a regular complaint and ignores the facts that you can't do it for everyone and the family might not want it anyway.

I think its 'totally unfair' that they used a picture of Tony in a Liverpool kit as a fitting tribute on the official website. Tony Hateley was all we had to look forward to in the middle sixties. He delivered. One minutes silence is not too much to ask for is it.

But if Mrs Hateley,Mark and others in his close family had requested they did not want this fitting tribute by the fans that is of course acceptable.

As I said above; "They should have had a silence" is an easy stick to beat any club with. To criticise their every action because you don't agree with one is, again as I said, totally unfair.

[eastie]

It is interesting some think there should be a minutes silence whereas other prefer a minutes applause .
I think I'm on the side of a minutes applause as too many silences in the past have been spoilt by a few mindless idiots .

[nick harper]

How do the club decided whether to have a minutes applause/silence? His record of 86 goals has been beaten by only Dwight Yorke and Peter Withe since then I think, so in terms of his contribution to our history and our rich tradition of centre forwards, I would have thought the fans would have appreciated the opportunity.