Alan Wright. He was my first favourite player, for no particular reason. I met him at my first game when I was 8, 1-3 loss to MON's Leicester. Every player I met was miserable (Staunton in particular), but when I asked Alan for his autograph and showed him his name on the back of my shirt, he looked genuinely chuffed and made a joke about me being taller than him by the time I was 10.It being my first game, and the lads being a bit grumpy after a loss, I think I was a little scared, to be honest. But meeting my favourite player, and him being the only guy in the room who gave me a smile is one of my fondest Villa memories.
I didn't actually realise how small he was until I met him! To me, he looked a 'normal' guy in a land of giants.
I named my first cat and my aspidistra after him