Aston Villa 1980s squad

Name: Aston Villa 1980s squad
Creator: Flawless
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Every player who appeared for Aston Villa in the 1980s — 91 in all, with their career-at-club league totals.

Allan Evans racked up the most apps of anyone here — 380 in all. Peter Withe leads the scoring with 74. The sharpest strike rate belongs to David Platt: 50 goals in 121 apps. The squad breaks down as 8 goalkeepers, 23 defenders, 41 midfielders and 19 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.

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Player	Pos	Apps	Goals	Legend
Allan Evans	DF	380	51	84
Gordon Cowans	MF	286	42	84
Nigel Spink	GK	361	—	83
Peter Withe	FW	182	74	83
Mark Walters	MF	181	39	83
Tony Daley	MF	233	31	82
Dennis Mortimer	MF	317	31	82
Gary Shaw	FW	165	59	82
Dwight Yorke	FW	232	73	82
David Platt	MF	121	50	80
Paul McGrath	DF	252	9	80
Jimmy Rimmer	GK	229	—	80
Gary Williams	DF	240	0	80
Tony Morley	MF	137	25	80
Brian Little	FW	247	60	79
Paul Birch	MF	173	16	79
Ken McNaught	DF	207	8	79
Colin Gibson	DF/MF	185	10	77
Des Bremner	MF	174	9	76
Paul Rideout	FW	54	19	74
Alan McInally	FW	59	18	74
Stuart Gray	MF	106	9	74
Kevin Gage	MF	115	8	74
Garry Thompson	FW	60	17	73
Kenny Swain	MF	148	4	73
Brendan Ormsby	DF	117	4	73
Martin Keown	DF	112	3	72
Simon Stainrod	FW	63	16	72
Tony Dorigo	DF	111	2	72
Chris Price	DF	111	2	72
Ian Olney	FW	88	16	71
Steve McMahon	MF	75	7	70
Derek Mountfield	DF	90	9	70
David Geddis	FW	47	12	69
Alex Cropley	MF	67	7	69
Steve Hodge	MF	53	12	68
Kent Nielsen	DF	79	4	68
Steve Hunt	MF	62	6	68
Warren Aspinall	MF	44	14	67
Terry Donovan	FW	24	11	66
Bernie Gallacher	DF	57	0	64
Paul Elliott	DF	57	7	64
Mervyn Day	GK	30	—	64
Ian Ormondroyd	FW	56	6	63
Kevin Poole	GK	28	—	63
Andy Gray	MF	37	4	62
Andy Gray	FW	54	5	62
Dave Norton	MF	44	2	62
Steve Sims	DF	41	0	61
Mark Lillis	MF	31	4	61
Dean Glover	DF	39	1	61
Gary Shelton	MF	24	7	59
Eamonn Deacy	DF	33	1	59
Alan Curbishley	MF	36	1	59
Mark Blake	MF	31	2	59
Paul Kerr	MF	24	3	58
Andy Blair	MF	33	0	57
Lee Simon Butler	GK	8	—	57
Nigel Callaghan	MF	26	1	57
Mark Jones	DF	24	0	57
Pat Heard	DF	24	2	57
Ivor Linton	MF	27	0	55
Didier Six	MF	15	2	55
Ray Walker	MF	23	0	54
Andy Comyn	DF	15	0	53
Steve Foster	DF	15	3	53
Darren Bradley	MF	20	0	53
Neale Cooper	MF	20	0	53
Mike Pejic	DF	10	0	52
David Hunt	MF	13	0	51
Gareth Williams	MF	12	0	51
Terry Bullivant	MF	12	0	51
Adrian Heath	MF	9	0	50
Mark Burke	MF	7	0	49
Noel Blake	DF	4	0	49
Phil Robinson	MF	3	1	49
Robert Hopkins	MF	3	1	49
Malcolm Allen	FW	4	0	48
Dale Belford	GK	0	—	48
Gavin Ward	GK	0	—	48
Mark Kendall	GK	0	—	48
Lee Jenkins	MF	3	0	48
Tony Obi	FW	0	0	45
Tommy Mooney	FW	0	0	45
Brian McClair	FW	0	0	45
Lee Turnbull	FW	0	0	45
Tony Rees	FW	0	0	45
Dean Spink	DF	0	0	45
Kevin Rogers	MF	0	0	45
Leigh Palin	MF	0	0	45
Tom Bennett	MF	0	0	45

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