31 January
- James
- Jan 31
- 2 min read
Charlie waves goodbye and 24 other things that happened on this day down Villa Park way.
On This Day
1931 Villa score their EIGHTY FOURTH goals of the season in twenty-eight Division One games. 1
1931 Pongo Waring 🏴 scores his THIRTY-SECOND goal in twenty-six games. 2
1970 Vic Crowe 🏴 leads Villa for the first time 3
1976 Charlie Aitken 🏴 makes the last of his 658 appearances for Villa 4
1979 Dennis Mortimer 🏴 makes his 150th appearance in a Villa shirt. 5
2004 Peter Crouch 🏴 scores his first goal(s) in a Villa shirt in 24 appearances 6
2004 Nolberto Solano 🇵🇪 makes his debut. 6
2006 Eirik Bakke 🇳🇴 leaves and manager David O’Leary knows nothing about it 7
2007 Shaun Maloney 🏴 signs 8
2007 Juan Pablo Ángel, 31, makes his 205th and final appearance 9
2011 Michael Bradley 🇺🇸 signs, still no-one is sure why 10
2013 Stephen Warnock 🏴 leaves 11
2013 Simon Dawkins 🇯🇲 signs as Lambert’s transfer dealings hit a new low 12
2013 Yacouba Sylla 🇲🇱 signs, at least his name rhymed 13
2017 Scott Hogan 🇮🇪 signs.. and disappoints 14
2017 £1m teenager Jacob Bedeau 🏴 signs 15
2017 Relegation architects Ashley Westwood 🏴 and Jordan Ayew 🇬🇭 finally leave 16
2017 Neil Taylor 🏴 signs as the stench of relegation begins to dissipate 17
2017 Conor Hourihane 🇮🇪 makes his Villa debut 18
2018 Lewis Grabban 🇯🇲 signs on loan 19
2019 Tyrone Mings 🏴 signs on loan 20
2019 Frédéric Guilbert 🇫🇷 signs 21
2019 Tom Carroll 🏴 signs, and makes his way straight to the treatment room 22
2019 £1m teenage signing Jacob Bedeau 🏴 leaves without making an appearance 15
2020 Borja Bastón 🇪🇸 signs, see Michael Bradley 🇺🇸 23
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