Best Goal Scored By An Opposition Player At Villa Park.

[David_Nab]

Mark Pembridge volley for Luton 1991. If memory serves it was like McGinn"s  vs Sheffield Wed last season.

Great OG by Mountfield as well....

[Dante Lavelli]

Scholes’ volley for me.

I remember that was the first time I thought he was a good player.  Not because of the goal, more so, I then understood what his position was; he just sat in the centre circle and orchestrated the whole match (Pirlo-esque).  It’s funny how you need to see some players live to ‘get it’.   

[Legion]

I remember applauding an Arsenal goal when I used to sit in the Upper Holte. Most people around me did aswell. It was a bloody brilliant goal.

[PeterWithe]

Scholes volley from a corner. David Rocastle lob.

[cdbearsfan]

Scholes’ volley for me.

I remember that was the first time I thought he was a good player.  Not because of the goal, more so, I then understood what his position was; he just sat in the centre circle and orchestrated the whole match (Pirlo-esque).  It’s funny how you need to see some players live to ‘get it’.   

He spent the entire match kicking everything that moved. Not saying he wasn't a great player, but the game is a lot easier when the rules don't apply to you. An utterly disgraceful performance by the referee, I assume he asked for Scholes' autograph after the game.

[West Derby Villan]

Scholes volley

[dave.woodhall]

Matt le Tissier. Every bloody year.

[aldridgeboy]

Another vote for Scholes Volley from me

[PeterWithe]

Cruyff isn’t the only player to have been applauded by us when being subbed. Without thinking too much I can recall Thierry Henry, Gianfranco Zola and Frank Lampard having that acclaim. Along with various ex Villa players returning.

[ChicagoLion]

Cruyff isn’t the only player to have been applauded by us when being subbed. Without thinking too much I can recall Thierry Henry, Gianfranco Zola and Frank Lampard having that acclaim. Along with various ex Villa players returning.

No way was any of that comparable to when Cruyff left the stage.

[Damo70]

Cruyff isn’t the only player to have been applauded by us when being subbed. Without thinking too much I can recall Thierry Henry, Gianfranco Zola and Frank Lampard having that acclaim. Along with various ex Villa players returning.

Lampard was given a good ovation at the final whistle after achieving being Chelsea's top scorer in their history.

[nordenvillain]

Cruyff isn’t the only player to have been applauded by us when being subbed. Without thinking too much I can recall Thierry Henry, Gianfranco Zola and Frank Lampard having that acclaim. Along with various ex Villa players returning.

I did write "That was the one and only time that I have ever seen an opposition player getting a standing ovation from the Villa crowd." I accept that other players got the same when I wasn't there.

[Gareth]

Another Arsenal one was Pires's chip.
Matt Jansen also scored a scorcher, possibly a cup game? He was a great prospect but was severely injured in a motorbike crash.

Was gonna nominate the Jansen one too, for Palace if remember right

Ashley Cole was a superb effort

[Exeter 77]

I remember Sulley Muntari scoring a blinder for Portsmouth in around 2007.

[cdbearsfan]

That's who I was thinking of. Forgot his name.