Best Uncapped Players

None of my preceding 'best' team posts talked much about Villa's outstanding players of 9 or more years service who were never capped while with the Villa. This is the list of what is now a dying breed:

Those highlighted were particularly great servants to Villa.
Teddy Lee (1874-1884)
Archie Hunter (1878-1890)
Albert Brown (1884-1894)
Albert Evans (1896-1907)
Freddie Miles (1902-1913)
Tommy Lyons (1907-1919)
Clem Stephenson (1910-1921)
Joe Harrop (1912-1921)
Tommy Weston (1912-1922)
Len Capewell (1921-1930)
Teddy Bowen (1924-1934)
Alec Talbot (1924-1936)
Billy Kingdon (1926-1936)
Fred Biddlestone (gk, 1930-1939)
Ernie Callaghan (1932-1947)
Bob Iverson (1936-1948)
Jackie Martin (1936-1949)
George Edwards (1938-1951)
Joe Rutherford (gk, 1939-1951)
Frank Moss jnr (1939-1955)
Harry Parkes (1939-1955)
Billy Goffin (1945-1954)
Dickie Dorsett (1946-1955)
Johnny Dixon (1946-1961)
Peter Aldis (1950-1959)
Stan Lynn (1951-1961)
Alan Deakin (1960-1969)
Charlie Aitken (1961-1976)
Michael Wright (1962-1972)
Gary Shaw (1979-1988)
Ian Taylor (1994-2003)

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A Villa 'Best Team' Since World War 2

Well, now for my favourite players since World War 2 - which is the time since I was born (1944). This is just a personal view. What's yours?

4-3-3:
Nigel Sims
John Gidman
Paul McGrath
Gareth Southgate
George Cummings
Danny Blanchflower
Brian Little
Gordon Cowans
Johnny Dixon
Gerry Hitchens
Dwight Yorke

Subs: The list of possible subs is almost endless, but I would choose the following 12 as my next most favourite...
Jimmy Rimmer
Harry Parkes
Olof Mellberg
Charlie Aitken
Allan Evans
Gareth Barry
Denis Mortimer
Gary Shaw
Andy Gray
Peter Withe
Peter McParland
Tony Morley

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Aston Villa's Best-ever Team - Version 2

I have created a version 2 as I decided a true "best all-time" Villa team should be based on their playing contribution to the club and to football - not whether one was necessarily a better player than another.

I have applied these criteria (in this order):

1. A minimum of 9 years' first-team service with Villa.
2.  More than 300 first-team Villa appearances in competitive matches, unless the player was a captain for more than 3 years. 
3.  Must have played for their country while playing for the Villa. 
4. Preference to an individual that has played in a trophy-winning Villa team.

So, here we are with sadly, Archie Hunter, Charlie Aitken and Johnny Dixon totally omitted as they were not capped!

Sam Hardy (gk, 1912-1921)

Howard Spencer (1894-1907)

Jimmy Crabtree (1895-1904)

Allan Evans (1977-1989)

James Cowan (1889-1902)

Frank Moss, snr. (1914-1927)

Charlie Wallace (1907-1921)

John Devey (1891-1902)

Harry Hampton (1904-1920)

Billy Walker (1920-1933)

Joe Bache (1901-1915)

Subs (from);

Billy George (gk, 1897-1912)

Nigel Spink (gk, 1977-1996)

Tommy Smart (1920-1934)

Tommy Mort (1922-1935)

George Cummings (1935-1949)

Steve Staunton (1991-2003, 2 periods)
Jimmy Gibson (1927-1936)
Alex Massie (1935-1945)

Vic Crowe (1954-1964)

Gareth Barry (1998-2009)

Charlie Athersmith (1891-1901)

Dicky York (1919-1930)
Frank Broome (1934-1946)

Billy Garratty (1897-1908)
Ronnie Starling (1937-1948)

Gordon Cowans (1976-1994, 3 periods)

Dennis Hodgetts (1886-1896)

Eric Houghton (1929-1946)

Arthur Dorrell (1919-1930)
Tony Daley (1985-1994)

Gabby Agbonlahor (2006-2018)

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