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3 July 1987: Villa sold Tony Dorigo to Chelsea for £475k — homegrown, an England international, Player of the Year at 21. Doug Ellis preferred the fee to the player. The sale that defined the era.
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1 July. Seventeen men in Villa's record were born or died on this date — not one made 50 first-team appearances. Among them: Arthur Brown, the club's first international, died 1 July 1909.
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Brian Tiler. Died 30 June 1990, aged 47. Killed in a road accident in Italy during the 1990 World Cup — the same collision that severely injured Harry Redknapp. 127 Villa appearances. Third Division winner 1972.
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Billy George. Born 29 June 1874. 398 Villa appearances. Three league titles. One FA Cup. CPG 1.23.
Also born today: Eric Houghton, 1910. 394 appearances. 170 goals. The Howitzer. 1957 FA Cup as manager.
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Ian Maatsen. Joined Villa 28 June 2024. €44.5m from Chelsea. Player #999. 89 appearances. UEFA Europa League winner 2025-26. Two years ago today.
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Savo Milošević joined Villa on 26 June 1995, aged 21. 64 Partizan goals before arriving. 34 goals in 117 appearances. League Cup winner. Formed the partnership that unlocked Dwight Yorke.
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Billy Kingdon. Born 25 June 1907. Academy graduate #51. 241 Villa appearances across ten seasons. 1926 to 1936. The record reads simply: Played for the Villa.
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George Brown. Born 22 June 1903. 89 goals. 106 goal involvements. 126 games.
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Dean Saunders. Born 21 June 1964. 144 Villa appearances. 49 goals. Premier League runner-up 1993. League Cup winner 1994. 75 Wales caps.
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John Sleeuwenhoek. Died 20 June 1989, aged 45. Joined Villa at 15. Debut at 17. 260 appearances. Sold at 23. Retired at 27. He did everything early.
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Stan Lynn. Born 18 June 1928. Right back. 324 Villa appearances. 40 goals. FA Cup 1957. Second Division 1960. League Cup 1961. A right back who scored goals. Spectacular goals.
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17 June 2020. Villa 0-0 Sheffield United. Behind closed doors. Nyland carried the ball over his own line. Technology failed. No goal given. Villa survived the season by a point.
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Dick Edwards. Died 16 June 2025, aged 82. 77 Villa appearances, 1968-70. Also a country singer — Those Pretty Eyes reached No.2 in the American country charts in 1988. Glen Campbell was sixth.
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Matija Šarkić. Died 15 June 2024, aged 26.
13 times on the Villa bench. Never on the pitch. Academy graduate #275. 9 Montenegro caps. A career that was building.
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RIP Matija.
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Horace Henshall. Academy graduate #9. Born 14 June 1889.
Arrived at Villa aged 16. Waited four years for his debut. 50 appearances. 10 goals.
The ninth player Villa's academy ever produced for the first team.
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Tony Hateley. Player #500. Born 13 June 1941.
148 apps. 86 goals. Football at times seemed alien to him.
The record doesn't lie — and neither do the numbers.
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10 June 1948. George Brown died in Birmingham, aged 45.
The Bomber.
89 goals in 126 apps.
36 in his first season.
Five vs Leicester in 1932.
Bought for £5,000.
Sold for £1,400.
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9 June 1964. Paul Kerr born, Portsmouth.
35 apps. 6 goals.
Joined Villa youth in 1982 — the summer after the European Cup.
Played in the grey years that followed.
The kit looked good though.
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A policeman knocked on Ken Barrett's door one Saturday morning in 1958.
"Don't be alarmed son — you're playing for Villa today at Luton. Get a move on."
5 appearances. 3 goals.
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6 June 1967. Tommy Mort died in Wigan, aged 69.
Left Back. #292. 368 appearances. 3 England caps. Thirteen seasons. The Death and Glory partnership with Tommy Smart. A true Villa great.
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