Joe Cole

[peter w]

What happened to Keith Leonard, how did he get injured?

Went into a challenge with that useless great lump of an Arsenal keeper, somebody Rimmer, and did his knee.

Thanks Dave

No thank-you that bloody Rimmer. What ever did happen to him?

[Ron Manager]

Ron, do you remember Keith Leonard smashing Dave Watson's nose with his elbow during a match against Sunderland during the 70's?  It looked like a squashed tomato. 

A promising career cut short sadly.

I remember Keith Leonard saying 'You have to look after yourself out there. Its the law of the jungle'

[Damo70]

I was too young when Keith Leonard played to remember him. Unfortunately my main memory of him is being caretaker manager of Small Heath for a game when Ron Saunders quit.

[peter w]

Ditto. I grew up disliking him because of his Shit connections. I knew he was ex-Villa but didn't know anything else about him. This is when I was 6 or 7 mind. Didn't he go to them around 77-78ish Or maybe the Albion? Really unclear now.

[QBVILLA]

Only knowledge I have about Keith Leonard is from an old Villa video. Think i'm right in saying he was finished at 24 by a knee injury whilst playing for us?

[Jon Crofts]

I was too young when Keith Leonard played to remember him. Unfortunately my main memory of him is being caretaker manager of Small Heath for a game when Ron Saunders quit.

Keith Leonard could and should have been the answer to Malcolm Macdonald, he had everything except pace and he was my first real Villa hero.

[SteveN]

Saw Leonard & Little tear Millwall apart at the old Cold Blow Lane.

Could have been one of the best if injury hadn't cut his career short.

[Witton Warrior]

Only saw KL play a handful of times but remember folks always commenting how late he came to the game.  We never saw the best of him.
Was at the Arsenal match when he got injured.

[dcdavecollett]

KL was yet another brilliant signing by the late, great Vic Crowe.

Cost a pittance from Highgate United. I saw him make his Villa debut v Forest Reserves as the first part of his 'trial'.

Slower than shit but a wonderful technician -how Graydon and Little loved playing off him in the second half of 74/5.

Also very useful at the old ultra-violence, in the days when it was 'allowed'.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

What thread do I go on to talk about Joe Cole ? 

[edgysatsuma89]

The Joe Cole thread maybe?

[Olneythelonely]

What thread do I go on to talk about Joe Cole ? 

This one. Have you got anything you'd like to say about him?

Maybe there should be a thread for people asking which thread they should post on.

[Matt Collins]

Villa signing Joe Cole has not assisted a Premier League goal since October 2010.

Nice

[silhillvilla]

Assists are over-rated anyway.

[Matt Collins]

Yeah assists don't count for anything it's goals that count.