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Ray Graydon - His Time At Villa
Ray Graydon has been kind enough to do an interview for www.walsall.vitalfootball.co.uk. What a great coup.
The Villa question is as below, please visit Vital Walsall and read the whole interview, makes for nice reading!
You had a very successful playing career at Aston Villa. What were your best moments and who were the best players you played alongside?
I was very lucky, I had so many good moments at Aston Villa, and it`s hard to pick one.
If I had to choose one it would be in 1975 when we beat Norwich City in the League Cup Final and I scored the winning goal. To score in front of 100,000 people and especially my family - it was a great feeling. I played with so many good players at Villa. Chris Nicholl (who is a very good friend of mine) and Bruce Rioch, both were a very big help for me, they both had great attributes as players and as a person. Chris was a very effective defender and Bruce was very exciting.
I would also add, John Gidman and Brian Little were great young players when I was there.
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not to mention we had our fair share of wins over Utd...
Steve64k
Ohhh..... you do have to go and spoil it don't you Steve64k...Lol The Grayder was a super player for Villa and yes he had some good players around him too. The Good Old Days.....
Pride of Lions
A key player in Villa's two promotions back to Div1 but is shamefully underrated. Little and Gray both benefited substantially from his service.
OnMeHeadFred
Don't know much abou Graydon tbh before my Villa fan era but to score the winning goal for us back then must have been amazing, Cheers Ray wished i was around to see it, i wasn't even a twinkle in my dads rucksack back in 75
ClivetheVillan
Was behind the goal at Wembley, when he scored past Kevin Keelan, who had saved Ray's penalty, but pushed it on the post. The ball bounced back across the goal, where Ray had the simple job of kicking the ball in the net before the keeper could recover. It was one of those slow motion incidents you get in life, and I was just a fan. Must have been an eternity for Ray.
2big4seatswannastand
Wish we had you now Grader , Marc Albrighton take note Ray was a right winger who scored 15-20 goals a season in his prime.
villan57
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