Charlie Aitken 80 today

[Villa Lew]

Yes 'Mr Aston Villa' our all time record holder with 660 appearances, becomes an octogenarian today. Happy birthday Charlie.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Happy birthday Charlie!
He used to live in the next road to me.

[Steve67]

Happy birthday Charlie.  Never to be forgotten, what a great player for this club. I doubt his appearance record will be broken?

[dave shelley]

I was there for his debut and for most of his Villa career then, in later years had the pleasure of refereeing him when he played for the Villa Old Stars.  A thoroughly nice man.  Happy birthday Charlie, legend.

[Villa Lew]

I was there for his debut and for most of his Villa career then, in later years had the pleasure of refereeing him when he played for the Villa Old Stars.  A thoroughly nice man.  Happy birthday Charlie, legend.

Yeah I was there for his debut Dave, also Johnny Dixon's final game.

[walsall villain]

I was there for his debut and for most of his Villa career then, in later years had the pleasure of refereeing him when he played for the Villa Old Stars.  A thoroughly nice man.  Happy birthday Charlie, legend.

Yeah I was there for his debut Dave, also Johnny Dixon's final game.

and me, was it Gerry Hitchens last game too before being transferred?

[nick harper]

Great servant, happy birthday Charlie.

50 years since we won the 3rd division championship and the start of the road to Rotterdam. It would be nice for the club to get as many of them to VP as possible before the end of the season for the fans to show their appreciation, especially after Andy Lochhead’s recent passing.

[garyellis]

I always loved Charlie Aitken a true servant and Villa through and through
Happy Birthday Charlie

[wittonwarrior]

I remember his last game for us 0-0 away at Arsenal first season back.  Got treated badly by the club at the end but that's football all over.  A proper servant of the club - hardly seen in football these days.

[dave shelley]

I was there for his debut and for most of his Villa career then, in later years had the pleasure of refereeing him when he played for the Villa Old Stars.  A thoroughly nice man.  Happy birthday Charlie, legend.

Yeah I was there for his debut Dave, also Johnny Dixon's final game.

and me, was it Gerry Hitchens last game too before being transferred?

No, I'm fairly sure it was against Burnley in the first ever League Cup.  I think he was gone before the final.  For those that never saw Gerry play, you miseed something very special.

[ROBBO]

Thanks for reminding me how old I am.

[nigel]

My first Villa hero, and, for me, the best ever left back.

A little side story.
My in laws lived just down the road from him in Burcot. The father in law knew him fairly well in some capacity.
F.i.L was telling me that Charlie really looked after his body. He was really in to nutrition and was mindful of what he ate and drank.
I guess this was pretty much unheard of back then in an era of boozing and smoking.

[darren woolley]

Happy Birthday Charlie

[Hopadop]

My old dad was a rugby man from the valleys, and didn't have a lot of time for football players, but he met and really liked Charlie. I don't think it's possible to dislike him by all accounts.

Happy Birthday Charlie and may you have many more happy years.

[gpbarr]

One of the greats. My dad took me to my first game at VP in 77 so missed seeing him live.

Happy birthday