John Deehan was a very fine player. His 40 goals in 110 appearances for Villa was an excellent record, especially at such a young age, and in the then first division. It is often overlooked that some of our finest performances in that 1976-77 season were with a front three of Gray, Little and Deehan, and of course the greatest performance of all, the 5-1 win v Liverpool, included two goals from John. I was surprised and disappointed when he was sold, to West Brom of all clubs, where I don't think he did terribly well. However, he did then go on to do very well at Norwich - 62 goals in 162 games.
I wish him and his family all the very best.