Wainy316 Posted March 11, 2022 Posted March 11, 2022 (edited) I have the below picture on my wall in canvas form. I just happened to be staring at it the other night and was thinking of the first player I thought of in each shirt. Not necessarily my favourite or the best player, just whoever springs to mind first. From left to right... Row 1: Peter Withe, Dean Saunders, Dalian Atkinson, Mark Draper Row 2: Gareth Southgate, David Ginola, Darius Vassell, Thomas Hitzlsperger Row 3: Ashley Young, Darren Bent, Ashley Westwood, Ron Vlaar Row 4: Idrissa Gueye, John Terry, John McGinn, Jack Grealish Edit: I don't think Hitzlsperger even wore the shirt I envisioned him in! All part of the fun. Must have been the DWS (cows) that drew me in on him. Edited March 11, 2022 by Wainy316 1
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted March 11, 2022 Posted March 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: I have the below picture on my wall in canvas form. I just happened to be staring at it the other night and was thinking of the first player I thought of in each shirt. Not necessarily my favourite or the best player, just whoever springs to mind first. From left to right... Row 1: Peter Withe, Dean Saunders, Dalian Atkinson, Mark Draper Row 2: Gareth Southgate, David Ginola, Darius Vassell, Thomas Hitzlsperger Row 3: Ashley Young, Darren Bent, Ashley Westwood, Ron Vlaar Row 4: Idrissa Gueye, John Terry, John McGinn, Jack Grealish No Carbone in row 2? BOOOO! 1
Steero113 Posted March 11, 2022 Posted March 11, 2022 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: I have the below picture on my wall in canvas form. I just happened to be staring at it the other night and was thinking of the first player I thought of in each shirt. Not necessarily my favourite or the best player, just whoever springs to mind first. From left to right... Row 1: Gary Shaw, Dean Saunders, God, Savo Row 2: Paul Merson, David Ginola, Juan Pablo Angel, Gary Cahill Row 3: John Carew, Darren Bent, Benteke, The massive massive snake Row 4: Idrissa Gueye, John Terry, James Chester, For some weird reason Samatta Edited March 11, 2022 by Steero113 1
Mark Albrighton Posted March 11, 2022 VT Supporter Posted March 11, 2022 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: From left to right... Row 1: Gordon Cowans, Dean Saunders (and Garry Parker), Dalian Atkinson, Andy Townsend Row 2: Paul Merson, Mark Delaney, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger Row 3: Martin Laursen, No one in particular, Christian Benteke, Scott Sinclair Row 4: Jordan Veretout, Albert Adomah, Tammy Abraham, Wesley Some of those make sense to me, others don’t. Edited March 11, 2022 by Mark Albrighton
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted March 11, 2022 Posted March 11, 2022 5 minutes ago, gwi1890 said: I always associate the NTL with JPA True. Probs because he might have been my favourite player at the time. Was in JA and used to watch River Plate at the time, wanted us to sign both him, and Saviola for a long time, couldn't believe it when we actually went after him. I remember being as defensive of him, with his difficult start, as I was of Gabby in the latter days, and KD at times. lol 1
Wainy316 Posted March 11, 2022 Author Posted March 11, 2022 9 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: No Carbone in row 2? BOOOO! He was definitely the second player to flash into my head when I looked at that shirt.
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted March 11, 2022 Posted March 11, 2022 Just now, Wainy316 said: He was definitely the second player to flash into my head when I looked at that shirt. I bet we could make a really Class XI out of all the names from those generations which will be named in this thread. Hint: Asking someone to start a " Name your Villa XI " from these jerseys etc.
Wainy316 Posted March 11, 2022 Author Posted March 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: From left to right... Row 1: Gordon Cowans, Dean Saunders (and Garry Parker), Dalian Atkinson, Andy Townsend Row 2: Paul Merson, Mark Delaney, Gavin McCann, Thomas Hitzlsperger Row 3: Martin Laursen, No one in particular, Christian Benteke, Scott Sinclair Row 4: Jordan Veretout, Albert Adomah, Tammy Abraham, Wesley Some of those make sense to me, others don’t. Looks like you fell into the same trap as me. Hitzlsperger never wore that shirt! As I've said in my edit, I reckon it was down to the sponsor.
Wainy316 Posted March 11, 2022 Author Posted March 11, 2022 3 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: I bet we could make a really Class XI out of all the names from those generations which will be named in this thread. Hint: Asking someone to start a " Name your Villa XI " from these jerseys etc. 16 shirts. You could even have 5 subs
Villatillidie95 Posted March 11, 2022 Posted March 11, 2022 The striped badge shirts remind me of JPA and J Lloyd Samuel, I remember that JPA used to always look at the ball and never the goalie when shooting. Acorns shirt reminds me mainly of Ash Young but also Gabby Genting Casinos shirt is Benteke without a doubt 32 red uncle albert adomah W88 Wesley (first home game of the promoted season when we beat everton 2-0), just have a vivid memory of him scoring a nicely placed shot
Mark Albrighton Posted March 11, 2022 VT Supporter Posted March 11, 2022 1 minute ago, Wainy316 said: Looks like you fell into the same trap as me. Hitzlsperger never wore that shirt! As I've said in my edit, I reckon it was down to the sponsor. I guess I forgot to edit your post fully! Hmm. Luke Moore, maybe. It’s not as vivid as the others.
Mantis Posted March 11, 2022 Posted March 11, 2022 Since my first season seeing Villa play in person (all home shirts): 2001/02 - Angel 2002/03 - Dublin 2003/04 - Angel 2004/05 - Barry 2005/06 - Baros 2006/07 - Petrov 2007/08 - Carew 2008/09 - Young 2009/10 - Milner 2010/11 - Downing 2011/12 - Petrov 2012/13 - Benteke 2013/14 - Vlaar 2014/15 - Benteke 2015/16 - Lescott 2016/17 - Kodjia 2017/18 - Terry 2018/19 - McGinn 2019/20 - Grealish 2020/21 - Watkins 2021/22 - Buendia
Wainy316 Posted March 11, 2022 Author Posted March 11, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: I guess I forgot to edit your post fully! Hmm. Luke Moore, maybe. It’s not as vivid as the others. No, I left him in because he was still the first person I thought of. I would probably say Cahill was second. Edited March 11, 2022 by Wainy316
KentVillan Posted March 11, 2022 Posted March 11, 2022 All of them it’s an overweight bald man holding a pie shouting abuse at whoever our left back is 1 1
PerryBarrPet Posted March 11, 2022 Posted March 11, 2022 How times change. Mine is Gerry Hitchens in 1960 - I was 12 then! 1
Mark Albrighton Posted March 11, 2022 VT Supporter Posted March 11, 2022 36 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: No, I left him in because he was still the first person I thought of. I would probably say Cahill was second. Yeah I get that, I’m saying I didn’t edit your post to remove him, I missed it. I think of Der Hammer in the Rover sponsored shirt. But not as much as McCann, for whatever reason.
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