First Villa Hero

[ADVILLAFAN]

Who was your first Villa hero?

I think weirdly I quite liked Derek Mountfield, as I always liked goalscoring defenders. Moved onto Staunton afterwards.

I think my brother may have had a figurine of Mountfield, which may have helped. He has Van Basten by the same company, but I wasn't bothered about him.

[john e]

Andy Gray

[Martin Carruthers]

David Platt

[Brazilian Villain]

Not sure I really had one but if pushed probably Allan Evans.

[CT Villan]

Sid by a country mile.

[West Derby Villan]

Bruce Rioch

[Percy McCarthy]

Sir Brian.

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

Charlie Aitken.

[cdbearsfan]

Rambo McInally.

[TelfordVilla]

Another vote for Bruce Rioch. I cried when he left for Derby. Not even a big club at the time I thought, though they went on to win the league.

[LeeB]

Garry Thompson.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Willie Anderson

[Exeter 77]

Andy Gray and Sir Brian - could never split them even when I was really young.

[The Charmer]

Tony Hateley. He was the main source of Villa's goals back then.

One very sad and puzzled 11-year-old when he went to Chelsea.

[Deano's Mullet]

David Platt but the one I truly idolised even more once he'd signed was Dean Saunders.  We've had strikers with superior goalscoring records but I really loved the guy.