Aston Villa Old Stars
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The Aston Villa Old Stars team has been proudly playing for over 50 consecutive years. Up to twenty-five matches every year are played throughout the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands, Cyprus, Holland, France, Spain and Germany. The team plays fundraising football fixtures all year round, as well as cricket matches. If you have any queries about a potential match, please contact us by clicking here.
Since 1960, the names of the former players to have appeared in the Aston Villa Old Stars team reads like an Aston Villa Who’s Who? The following is just a small selection of the great names to have represented the team since its formation:
| Charlie Aitken | Peter Aldis | Ron Atkinson |
| Paul Birch | Fred Turnbull | John Burridge |
| Harry Burrows | Mush Callaghan | Larry Canning |
| Vic Crowe | Frank Carrodus | Jim Cumbes |
| George Cummings | Alan Deakin | John Deehan |
| Johnny Dixon | Dickie Dorsett | Jimmy Dugdale |
| Trevor Ford | John Gidman | Brian Godfrey |
| Andy Gray | Chico Hamilton | Eric Houghton |
| Steve Hunt | Brian Little | Stan Lynn |
| Jimmy McEwan | Johnny MacLeod | Con Martin |
| Peter McParland | Sammy Morgan | Dennis Mortimer |
| Frank Moss | Chris Nicholl | Ian Olney |
| Harry Parkes | Leighton Phillips | Chris Price |
| Bruce Rioch | Ken Roberts | John Robson |
| Joe Rutherford | Davie Rudge | Pat Saward |
| Jackie Sewell | Gary Shaw | John Sleeuwenhoek |
| Nigel Sims | Gordon Smith | Leslie Smith |
| Simon Stainrod | Bobby Thomson | Mike Tindall |
Added to these are the following players. They are just a selection who have already played or, are committed to playing in the current team:
* denotes international and/or major trophy winner
| Garry Thompson | *Gary Charles | *Gordon Cowans |
| *Neil Cox | *Tony Daley | *Mark Delaney |
| *Mark Draper | *Allan Evans | *Gareth Farrelly |
| *Steve Froggatt | Bryan Small | *Pat Heard |
| *Lee Hendrie | *Mark Jones | *Tommy Johnson |
| *Mark Kinsella | *Ivor Linton | *Gavin McCann |
| Dave Norton | Ben Petty | Phil Robinson |
| *Brendan Ormsby | *Nigel Spink | *Kenny Swain |
| *Ian Taylor | *Paul Merson | *Mark Walters |
| *Gary Williams | Darren Bradley | Mark Burke |
| Martin Carruthers | Andy Comyn | Phil King |
Many of these former professional footballers have achieved the highest honours available in the game and in today’s multi-billion pound professional football environment; it is highly commendable to see so many great players giving their time and commitment in support of a deserving cause.
The Aston Villa Old Stars team and Aston Villa FPA have helped to raise over £5 million for charitable and deserving causes and they are, without doubt, the leading former players’ team in the UK.
To arrange a fixture or for more information – please contact us:
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